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Chin Seow Wei

An optimistic pessimist who is definitely a narcissist and a self-proclaimed perfectionist.

Somehow likes suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) because it is NOT a bad thing. It makes things feel right after you do something when it feels wrong.

Everything is clean and organized, things go in pairs, books stacked according to size and thickness, hands are always clean!, nothing could go wrong… Well, the last part might not be true, but everything else sounds good to me.

Meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed in a cause, or otherwise fixated on something or someone.

Yup, THAT is OCD.


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Loves Reading


I read for enjoyment. Not to kill my brain cells with overly intelligent books like those my brother reads.

I don’t see faults in reading light-weighted chic lit which you can laugh over and just forget about it. That’s the power of Sophie Kinsella.

And those which teach you to appreciate everything in life. The magical hands of Cecilia Ahern.

Let’s not forget Melissa Hill. Plot full of twist and turns, each book, each chapter, each page is something you would NEVER have thought of. Her brilliant narratives will leave you speechless.

Jodi Picoult, whose every book is a page-turner, bringing you to each and every character’s life. Each book, a different story, which brings you to a whole new perception of life and teaches you things which you never have known existed.


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Loves Music


Maybe not every genre, but particularly classical. They are the founders of your music today. Thou shalt not belittle them.

They may be boring without words and somehow tedious to you, but there’s the hidden story behind every single piece which you would never expect.

Let’s take Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony for instance. You would think that remembering all the numbers for the hundreds and thousands of symphonies and orchestral pieces is ludicrous, but if you heard this piece, well, you will definitely know this song. I bet on it.


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So, do not underestimate and underrate classical composers. Would you have been able to write a Bach’s Prelude and Fugue, Mozart’s Sonatas, Chopin’s Nocturnes or Liszt’s Etudes?

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Loves Ice-Cream


My instant source of glucose happiness.

I eat any type of ice cream, EXCEPT durian flavoured or any odd flavours like horse raddish or wasabi or something. ANY normal type of ice cream.

Chocolate, Strawberry, Pistachio, Raspberry, Mint, Blueberry, Rum and Raisin, Wild Cherry, Cookies and Cream, Green Tea, Fruit Sorbets or even Coffee. Anything. But I have one absolute favourite. Vanilla.


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Loves Jogging The Brains


Somehow, I like doing things which works the brains.

For instance, jigsaw puzzles. A tip, don’t do it when you’re sleepy! You’ll sleep on your pieces. Anyway, it’s a good hobby to jog the brains.

Playing music actually does work the brains as well. In a different kind of way.

Add Maths is another fantastic way to kill work your brain cells.


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Loves Multi-Tasking


I know it’s the WORST of things and it’s not possible to multitask, but I do it all the time. (I’m an absolute failure =.=)

Let’s say NOW, I’m doing my homework while typing this.
I watch the television while doing my homework or reading magazines.
I do jigsaw puzzles while watching movies or drama series.
I shower while listening to music.
I read while UNDERSTANDING.
I sleep while DREAMING!

Ooops, that’s too much. But you get the point don’t you?



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Love My Friends


The Four.


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The Ex-School Friends:


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The Cousins:


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Last but not least, all the great friends.

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Because they’re all here to make sure that I’ll never walk alone. (:


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Me, Myself and I

<3 Michelle Chin Seow Wei =)
<3 16-year-old
<3 24th of September =)
<3 Wesleyan
<3 ex-CBNer
<3 Pianist
<3 Cellist
<3 Violinist (Self-learnt.)
<3 * Future Violist (*Soon.)
<3 Avid Reader
<3 Classical Music Aficionada
<3 Devoted Blogger
<3 Composer (Egoistic moment.)
<3 Fashionista
<3 Author (Working on it. =P)
<3 Hereditarian
<3 Vanilla Zealot
<3 Dark Chocoholic =P
<3 Jay Chou Devotee
<3 Chopin Enthusiast
<3 PERFECTIONIST
<3 michelle249_reality@hotmail.com
<3 michelle_mcsw@yahoo.com
<3 Miyazawa.Soichiro@gmail.com



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<3 Love


I don't know what I want,
So don't ask me,
Because I'm still trying to figure it out,
Don't know what's down this road,
I'm just walking,
Trying to see through,
The rain coming down,
Even though I'm not the only one,
Who feels the way I do.


Got the radio on, my old blue jeans,
And I'm wearing my heart,
On my sleeve,
Feeling lucky today, got the sunshine.
Could you tell me what more do I need,
And tomorrow's just a mystery,
But that's ok.


I'm alone, on my own,
And I'm starting off,
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong,
But life goes on,
I'm just a girl,
Trying to find a place in this world.


Maybe I'm just a girl on a mission,
But I'm ready to fly.


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WishList '09


- Apocalyptica CD & Music Scores!
- Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
- Bach's The Well-Tempered Klavier
- Chopin Nocturnes
- Electric Cello!
- Yamaha Keyboard
- White Baby Grand Piano (:
- Vanishing Acts, Jodi Picoult
-The Night = Success (:






{/Puzzle Mania
Thursday, December 10, 2009 ( 5:24 PM )

Sorry that I’ve disappeared for several days. Nope, I haven’t been preparing a long post for GST (I haven’t even started =.=). I have been extremely addicted to jigsaw puzzling, well. My daily schedule revolved around watching drama, jigsaw puzzling, doing my homework, watching television programmes and going for tuition.

And the reason why I am finally online is because I’ve finally finished my puzzle. I took about 5-6 days to finish. A fantastic way to kill a lot of free time (which I don’t have).

Here’s the finished product. Sorry for the instability, used the phone camera.

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Oh, had tuition after tuition yesterday, so Esther came over while waiting for our tuition to begin. We PLANNED to do our homework, but finally, I ended up doing my jigsaw puzzle while she painted her nails. =P And somehow, the topic went to something about cross-breeding of potatoes and tomatoes…

Kor, Shyang, Jun and I went for MPO Happy Hour - Jazz yesterday and it was extremely fun! Will try to write about that soon.

Now, I shall get back to my homework, which I planned to finish today, but that seems rather impossible. Hopefully I can finish by this week. Paris Van Java next week! =D

Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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{/Love Happens
Monday, December 7, 2009 ( 6:45 PM )

Went to school in the morning to get my exercise books. I was planning to pay my school fees but mummy gave extra money, so we have to go again. Well, it certainly took a long time for me to get my books because three form 1 students were getting their stuff for next year as well, so their mothers came and I don’t have to elaborate on this for everyone to know WHY it took so long. Let’s say they bought their uniforms and P.J.K shirts and shorts as well.

After that, Ee Wen and I headed to Times Square. Saw Esther, Hang Yu and Zhi Yang (if we were not mistaken) but they didn’t see us I presume at the LRT station. In case you guys were wondering who was shouting Zhi Yang’s name, it was us. =P

We watched a movie first - Love Happens. I thought that it was quite good. Gives you a whole new perspective of viewing life after a loved one passed on. The cinema was practically empty though, I think there were only about 10-20 people.

Had lunch and walked around after that. Bought some stuff for the Bandung Trip. =X Like sandals! They are incredibly pretty! I had an urge to rush into every toy shop and look for jigsaw puzzles too, but I didn’t. Oh, does anyone knows where we can get a mini vacuum like those ones for computers?

Stay tuned for my next post if I am able to type it in time. It’s about Malaysia’s plans for GST. I haven’t written about these kind of things for some time and this…GST really amazes me, so I shall write about it in my next post. =)

Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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{/CPU
( 6:28 PM )

This was written yesterday - Sunday Night.

Woke up extremely late this morning because of jigsaw puzzling last night.

OH! I forgot to say, I baked Oreo cheesecake yesterday. My first attempt, so I think it was not really good.

Anyway, after fixing my jigsaw puzzle for 2 hours, Jun came home from his SJA (St.John Ambulance) exam at the headquarters and we went to Low Yat to get a new CPU. Changed the Maxis Broadband before getting the stuff and I now have a better broadband. Kor and Shyang drove over to Low Yat to meet us and to help us with the CPU stuff. So, yup, met the guy and got our stuff and stuff (anything they’re called). They helped us assemble the whole thing and Ping, Kor says that it’s even better than yours at home! Since they said we have to take 2 hours, so Jun followed Shyang and Kor home and mummy and I went to get some stuff. OH! Halfway while waiting for my mom, Shyang and Jun dumped us to go play Modern Warfare. =.= Evil little kids.

And Ping. Lalalalala, Windows 7. =D

Anyway, we went around to get stuff. I bought my Apocalyptica CD! Finally got to find the perfect one, which doesn’t cost a bomb.

Inquisition Symphony:

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Well, we didn’t get anything at the end. Wasn’t exactly our day. So, went back to Low Yat to get the CPU, but the guy forgot to do something, so we had to wait for another half an hour or so. Finally got everything and reached home at 9.30pm. =.=

Oh, my jigsaw puzzle which I forgot to post a picture of.

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The insides:

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Warranty letter which says if you lose a piece, you can ask the factory to send you another one. And also glue for the finished product. The sponge for the glue is jigsaw puzzle shaped! =D

My puzzle which is about 1/6 finished now. =D

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The new broadband and old one:

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And I took this picture on Saturday evening. What do you think? =)

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Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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{/MPO - French Romantics
Sunday, December 6, 2009 ( 10:52 PM )

Sorry for the late update, I wasn’t home the whole day and I just reached home. =(

Anyway, we shall begin with MPO.

Kor came over for dinner and mummy cooked Japanese because her friends came as well. They had some concert in Genting Highlands on the same night. We left slightly after that, and yup, Ping, Kor drove us there.

We were 30 minutes early, so went to get a jigsaw puzzle first. I took some time to pick the perfect one.

It’s the world’s smallest puzzle, as in the size of the jigsaw puzzle pieces, not the size of the finished product. A 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. I really badly wanted to get a 500 piece one (which would be easier by half) but couldn’t find any really nice ones which I think would be worth the amount of money spent, so I got a 1000 pieces one.

There was a pre-concert event at 7.30pm, so we went for that one.

They had a short interview with Ludovic Morlot (the French conductor) and also a 15 minute talk on the cello and some pictures which formed a slideshow. It was incredibly informative.

Programme:

Alborada del gracioso - Maurice Ravel
Cello Concerto in D minor - Edouard Lalo
Symphony in D minor - Cesar Franck

(All pieces were in D minor by the way. =P)

Seats: K 23, 24. M 26.

Conductor: Ludovic Morlot

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Cellist: Jian Wang

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Alborada del gracioso

Must be one of the best pieces I’ve heard. Incredibly lively and colourful as Jun would put it. Ravel is now my brother’s 2nd favourite composer (after Johann Sebastian Bach. Must say his full name because there are more than one Bachs. C.P.E Bach for instance). Anyway, it was FANTASTIC. I was quite sad that it was only 9 minutes long. Plus, it had this distinctive Spanish feel to it. Oh, the harps were AWESOME too!

By the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra:



Cello Concerto in D Minor

Lalo writes one of the most beautiful cello concertos. And Jian Wang was really expressive and vigorous. Especially liked the 3rd movement - Allegro Vivace. It was poignant and very sonorous. Oh, the beginning was very interesting. A rather dramatic opening by the orchestra and suddenly, it breaks off as the cello solo comes in. The whole piece is very dominated by the cello as there are very little interruptions by the orchestra when the cello plays, mostly in solo. When there is accompaniment, the orchestra plays extremely quietly. I should really start listening to Lalo.

Jian Wang - Elgar’s Cello Concerto (One of the most famous cello concertos)



Jian Wang - The famous : Bach’s Cello Suite No.1 Prelude



Symphony in D minor

Franck’s symphonies are not bad either. The theme comes back again and again, but with a variety of characteristics every time, as said by the conductor during the interview. I could hear the three-note figure again and again throughout the piece but of course, improvised along the way. Then the 2nd movement - Allegretto, pizzicato by the strings and the Cor Anglais dominated the melody. The second was beautiful. (I’ve ran out of vocabulary). The Cor Anglais, an amazing instrument, which carried the melody euphoniously. The 3rd movement - Allegro non troppo, lively theme from the bases. The harp was beautiful too. And the final grand climax, the three-note figure (theme) once again. Beautiful piece once again.

The conductor was very good, lively and spirited. I really enjoyed watching him conduct. He was really…similar to the other guy who came last time and I think the guy also conducted a cello concerto by Han Na Chang. Look into my previous entries to look at my review on that. =)

Saw several familiar faces during the concert, like some MPYO players, *cough*Dylan*cough*. Surprisingly, Csaba Koros wasn’t present today. I wonder why. But Simon was and he was good! =)

After that, went to the carpark. We practically flew down the escalator because during the interval, Kor realized that he forgot to turn off the dashboard’s light and was rather worried if the batteries would be drained. (We would have been stranded in KLCC for awhile if that happened). But thankfully, it was ONLY the dashboard light so we were still able to start the engine. Left right after that and Kor drove us home. =)

And I started off my puzzle right away and finished the frame at about 1am. =D

Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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{/New Moon
Thursday, December 3, 2009 ( 2:48 PM )

Watched Twilight Saga: New Moon with Esther, Kai Sin, Laura, Hang Yu, Lik Sheng and Ivan while Clement and Kheng Yew watched Ninja Assassin.

Reached early, so bought a Vanilla Cream and read my book in Starbucks. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult. This time, the story revolves around this five year old girl who suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta - OI. And it’s incredibly…painful how she fractures herself from the slightest of movement, including sneezing. Anyway, Laura reached slightly afterwards and we browsed around. Bought a beret from Forever 21, Kai Sin bought one too. (:

Then, continued with the shopping with Laura, Kai Sin, Ivan and Kheng Yew in Cotton On. Bought some stuff and headed to the cinema to meet up with Esther, Lik Sheng, Hang Yu and Clement. Went into the cinema later on and the movie ended at around 2 o‘clock.

Walked around and went to the food court, then we walked around again, until around 4 something, we went to Esther’s house. Left her place at 5pm.

Oh, two days ago, I tried this 1000 piece puzzle which I found when I was looking for my luggage bag. It’s HARD! Especially because it’s a scenic picture under the sea with a lot of blue hues. Doing the frame itself took my almost 3 hours. So, I think I’ll buy a 500 piece one, which has loads of colours so that it’s easier for me. =P

I shall get back to my homework now. I want to finish by the 10th of December, exactly a week from now. Might not be able to make it, but at least I’ve set a date to rush to it. Bye!

Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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{/The Tenth Circle
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 ( 4:33 PM )

My dad and brother went to Teluk Intan this morning, before I even woke up, for a one night’s stay. So I’m home alone until mummy comes back. =(

Today was a productive day! Did some of my homework in the morning and proceeded to finishing my book after lunch. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult. Another great book! But not suitable for teenagers who want to run away from home. =P Who knew mitochondrial DNA would be so fascinating? And Dante's Inferno, the first part of the epic poem, Divine Comedy. The nine levels of hell - The First to Ninth Circle. And this book's title is The Tenth Circle, self-created tenth level. Really, this book is INTRIGUING.  =)

Anyway, starting a new book today. Still pondering between choosing another Jodi Picoult book which will kill my sleeping time because her books are seriously page-turners and it’s so terrifying that I can’t sleep, or choosing another book. I think I’ll choose the latter.

Now, back to cleaning my room and packing my bags. I know it’s early, but it’s somehow fun. =P

Oh, I almost forgot. For those who are still reading my blog (primary school friends), which I seriously doubt there are any, gathering details:

Date: 21st of December
Venue: Times Square
Meeting Point: Starbucks (the one at the entrance)
Time: 1pm-5pm

Pass the information around! We want to make this one a success compared to the previous ones. =.=

Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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{/August Rush!
Sunday, November 29, 2009 ( 9:22 PM )

I wrote this on Friday but accidentally saved it in drafts, so here it is. (:

I’ve just checked the weather for Changchun in December and guess what! I’m going to freeze myself there.

Alright, we all know that Beijing will be rather cold during the end of December right? I’m leaving on the 24th by the way. In Changchun, the MAXIMUM temperature (which is the hottest it’ll get) is -7°C and the MINIMUM temperature is -17°C. But judging by the hailstorms et cetera in Beijing this year, it would definitely be colder. So, let’s see how I become an icicle. =D

Just came back from stuff hunting! Well, my mom and I wanted to do serious stuff in KLCC originally, like get some stuff from MayBank and then from Maxis. But, it wasn’t fruitful. Everything was out of stock, so we had to go back another time.

After walking around endlessly, really with nothing in mind to purchase, got my Auntie Anne’s pretzels (delicious!) and headed to Pavilion to try our luck at Maxis there. I got DVDs to fill up my time (well, they can only last for today, but that’s good enough). Got August Rush and The Piano Forest. Two movies which would mostly take up 4 hours.

Bought my Chocolate Ganache Croissants as well! Then, just walked around. Went to Daiso to get vacuumed bags for Changchun and I got clear holders for Ensemble. =)

Too lazy to elaborate any further. =P

Anybody up to Muzika in Petrosains? I’m definitely going. =D

Cheers,
Seow Wei =)

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