Monthly Archives: February 2008

年

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周日早上，煮了几个十五剩下的汤圆后，把最后残余的年味和电饭锅一同收入了厨柜中。

本来早该写个年终总结啥的，这一忙一懒就拖成年后回顾。拷贝下去年的格式，来个狗尾续犬。

去年

爱情

白纸要带点彩哪那么容易，呵呵

亲情

老爸老妈身体都不好不坏。继续督促二老健身。 祝爸妈平平安安，身体健康，这就是对我最大的奖励。

 

友情

没得抑郁症，多亏各位。感谢，祝福我所有的朋友，伴我度过生命中的每一分钟(别担心，还得继续伴我下n分钟)

在新加坡和中国各参加了两个的婚礼。 至此算是经历了中，西，新，基督，天主各式婚礼。。

生存

衣: 开始再备些民工用衣，又添了几件衬衣，皮鞋；为了方便出国听音乐会再备了套西服。

食: 偶尔出去FB，家庭聚会数次，“厨艺”有所回升。

住: 我不愿想象搬家的景象。

行: 去了两趟马来西亚，除此外都在新加坡，中国。希望明年有机会再去欧洲，最好赶个音乐节。

学习

一篇Journal published, 一篇Minor revision, 第三篇正在整理simulation results。。 Thesis 还未动笔

继续做TA，代FYP，攒经验攒人品吧，还是留条混学术的路。赶紧毕业，到业界攒经验攒回国盘缠。

音乐

开始写些东西，发blog，发朋友，发本地艺术类杂志(恩，连我的文章都能发出来，可见水准不够高。不过本地也确实没有高水平的音乐艺术类杂志)。练练手，希望以后能影响到更多人，争取以后回国混个兼职专栏乐评人(YY)。参加40场以上的音乐会，古典/歌剧/音乐剧/管风琴/键琴/金属/爵士/民乐/流行，买票/赠票/免票，通吃；

Hi-Fi系统升级，基本满意现有器材，计划下一步升级SACD，不过应该是在很久的将来。

两岸三地唱片近/达千张？目前确实不方便清点。。

运动

去年前还为常年大运动量而未受伤庆幸，没想到守恒定律应验了。一年内重伤一次，轻伤数次。头脑并不发达，四肢到是伤了一遍。。

马拉松达国家专业三级运动员水平(跟我练你也行)

收藏

除了唱片，对金刚的热情大幅理性化，非精品非合适价位不收。旅游纪念品仅添入吉隆坡、西安

过年

年前在各种事的搅和下，年前忙得一塌糊涂。连给家人买的东西都是临走前两天晚上赶着瞎买的。

要说rp还算不错，1月26的飞机，早一天晚一天都有可能被滞留上海。。原先也确实打算在上海呆几天顺便听听音乐会。为了参加YJ和WY的婚礼，还是改签机票赶回西安(得到补偿下次上海行住宿全免，并可任选音乐会一场，哈）。一周后又在同一家饭店同一个厅参加了另一对新人JL和LT的婚礼。

至于过年那几天，还是老传统。不同的是今年辈份升级了，红包收的少，还开始发红包了。不过显然只发红包很没技术含量，而音乐对超可爱侄子的健康成长是极为重要的。

还比较兴奋的是，时隔三年终于再次看到了久违的大雪。再次奔跑于摄氏零下的西安城，在此感谢Avis的陪跑兼摄影工作。比较遗憾的是，以前每年必光顾的老刘家甜食店不再经营甜品了。唉，民族非物质遗产流失。。

年后又和同学、朋友再小聚，不过还是有很多朋友没见到。就这么一天没歇就又打点行囊告别了这深爱着的西安。

今年

毕业，找工作，就业..
话说年前，某新郎刚升级为过来人，就语重心长地对我说，成家立业，要先成家后立业。可叹我还是两空。圣男有难度，不剩男好像也有难度

生活还得继续，就先写到这里吧，写太多就不灵了。2008不只是奥运

Dream Theatre metals

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I have long claimed myself musical omnivorous. In fact, of all the major music genera, metal is the one I’m with little knowledge (the rest not much either). This situation was relieved when Mr. Thomas Kook guided me thru his metal CD collections.

On Jan 17th, the all stars metal group Dream Theatre made their return to Singapore in Chaos in Motion World Tour. Mr. Thomas Kook invited me to join him for an evening with Dream Theatre. I was hesitating for quite a few days until one day before the concert. But I did have many reasons to go:
1. With a buddy who loves music & sponsored 50% of the ticket as a birthday gift to me.
2. Dream Theatre is a reputable and one of the best metal groups.
3. Fort Canning Park is the best venue in Singapore for rock/metal performence.

I did enjoy every minute of the concert, including the drizzle – heavy rain – drizzle during the concert. There is no need to waste words on praising the concert. Let the youtube clips and flickr photos do it for me.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=Dream+Theatre+singapore&m=text

For those who said pop/rock concerts in Singapore are boring, pls try at least once a concert in the Fort Canning park. Rock, different from classical, is not just to listen. I’m sure the experience will be so much better than those in the malformed Indoor Stadium. (With current human technology, any concert hall with capacity larger than 5000 is definitely not designed for music/acoustic enjoyment, not to mention it’s an indoor stadium. For classical music this number is further reduced to 3000. As for rock/metal, outdoor is essential for me)

Dream Theatre – Take the Time ‘Live’ in Singapore

Dream Theatre – Forsaken ‘Live’ in Singapore (Look at the rain!)

A few tips for audience going concerts in Fort Canning Park

1. Bring a pair of earplugs if you are not used to loud rock/metal music (the sound pressure may easily exceed 90dB at certain period)
2. Try to sit/stand in the center of the two main loudspeakers to perceive better stereo sound image. Roam around few steps left and right, the sound image may vary dramaticly in the nearby field.
3. Take an extra shirt with you, so you can change after the sweaty concert.

Acknowledgements: Thank you, Thomas Kook and all who made the concert possible.

祝大家春节快乐

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好久没更新了，最近就一个字，忙。回国前忙，回国后更忙。
而且小区无线网烂的发指，不确定下次能否联上，何时更新。。
在此赶紧给大家拜年先。
祝大家在新的一年里身体健康，家庭幸福，学业有成，工作顺利！