ok. i admit it. i face it. i'm no machine. i need a break. it's not that i feel so worn out that i'm going to be too stressed if i don't take a break. mentally, i can. but physicall, bham. fell sick. again. really sick. influenza, heavy flu. the medicine costs a bomb. mind you, i mean a bomb. it's $5 a capsule you know. gosh... so expensive... i have to rest, sleep and sleep, plus lotsa water to get well soon. but how soon? wait long long... at least a week. i got 2 days MC though. but i think i'll still go on tuesday. i don't feel like missing another CZ lab. nnot that it's very constructive. so i'll see again... sigh, haven't paid the money at the office of finance yet... thinking of asking ting ting to help it. but she ah... always leave her homework till last minute. well that on it's own is none of my business, but i will care because at the last minute she'll come and look for me and come and disturb me. i was sleeping ok and she woke me up with the call. after that still ask me to go online. and then when i go online she's nowhere to be seen. well if you ask me to log on ICQ for you, shouldn't you at least have the courtesy to greet me when you see me online? and not just put me on invisible list? pissed me off... she's not even thinking when she has to attempt the tutorial. every question also ask for hints. please loh, i'm sure it's not all that difficult other than for some parts here and there. so annoying... it's been so long since i blogged... everything's keeping me so busy. if i weren't sick i won't be doing all these things... i've only just watched the Truman Show yesterday, and enjoyed it. it's been, what, two weeks alredy since i recorded it? anyway, i was supposed to go for minting's (jo's baby girl) full month celebration today. but what to do? i'm sick, don't wanna pass it to a baby... told her but she didn't have the courtesy to reply me sms either... now that i mention, allan doesn't have the courtesy to reply my sms either, after he asked me to help him ask if 27 can reach jo's house. eh, yo make me go into all these trouble, shouldn't you at least have the manners to acknowledge my sms? totally rude and ill-mannered... what's this world coming to?! ok, how can i have any blog entry without any mention of clay at all? haha, here it is... http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/28/Artsandentartainment/Clay_soars__Kelly_rus.shtml Clay soars, Kelly rushes By RICK GERSHMAN Published February 28, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMPA - Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken followed starmaking turns on American Idol with top-selling singles and albums. Friday at the St. Pete Times Forum, they tested whether their talents could resonate beyond the confines of the TV screen. It wasn't presented to be a competition, but come on - these two got their careers from a competition. And while Clarkson was the first American Idol champion, Aiken - the second-season runnerup - easily stole the show. The co-headliners followed opening act The Neu Sisters with separate sets, except for a show-capping duet of Journey's Open Arms. They alternate the opening and closing slots each night. Clarkson was first up Friday, and her set played nothing like a true headlining gig. Instead, it was largely rushed and graceless. A ponytailed Clarkson, while in good voice, sang with little passion and even seemed distracted. She steamrolled through most of her album Thankful like she was in a Fear Factor challenge, with barely a breath between songs. Her delivery was largely uninspired, improving only a little with her set closers: The Idol signature A Moment Like This and her hit single Miss Independent. She sang them in a T-shirt that read "Clay Rocks" - ultimately her one resonating statement of the night. Aiken ran right off with the show, dramatically appearing from the back of the arena to lead the band through a cover of Mr. Mister's 1980s hit Kyrie, rousing the crowd of 19,823. All night, he was charismatic and assured. Unlike Clarkson, he seemed completely at home onstage. True, Aiken's smaller-than-life appearance was only magnified - or is that minimized - by the arena around him. When Aiken sang I Will Carry You off his album Measure of a Man, one had to wonder: Clay, just exactly whom could you possibly carry? Mini Me? Whitney Houston? It's too bad some of Aiken's material isn't better: The cheesy verses of I Survived You were indistinguishable from a Jack Black parody. But darned if Aiken - no doubt a fan of the word "darned" - didn't preach it like it was gospel, and darned if the crowd didn't buy every syllable. Aiken closed by aping Prince - come to think of it, there's a guy he could carry - with a cover of When Doves Cry. Few sights on earth could be stranger than Aiken dancing amorously with a lovely backup singer, crooning to her "the sweat of your body covers me . . . can you picture this?" She's can't, we can't and Clay can't, but he knows it, and that makes him immensely appealing. He's in on the joke, but his talent is serious, and Friday he seemed every inch the star. As for Clarkson - how about From Justin to Kelly II? posted by Yee 6:35 PM . . .
