My Fresh New Life as a Teacher
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It has never occured in my mind that I might have this chance in life, to taste a job without literally having the specific educational background. I had graduated in business as my major, but always wanted to be a teacher since I was in primary school. In short, I pursued a business degree in Oregon, and went home to Indonesia thinking of seeking a good career in business. But alas, two years working in a big manufacturing company, I found myself getting bored so easily. My life, for those two years literally lied on the internet (since the company has cable). Thus, I started joining forums, reading stories in winglin, and later turned out to be writing some myself, online shopping, and having this blogger is one of the result of getting so bored with my working life also. It's not good, I realize. Even my parents said that I seem to have another life on my own in the internet, and I always thought that... hey, as long as I'm happy, so what?
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But now I realize. I wasn't happy with my life before. I turned to the life on the internet as a way to escape. I don't want to say that those of you, who're internet freak aren't happy with your life outside, but it's just... I realize... the more I'm upset with my life, the more I got hooked to the internet. I began to see the correlation. I have to change my life.
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So I began searching for other jobs. Getting some interviews, trying to ask anyone whether there's an opening in International curriculum's school in Jakarta (these schools are getting more and more popular now). And finally, my friend said the school where she worked is currently looking for teachers. So I tried to apply.
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The rest had been great. I was accepted with a satisfactory pay, so I quit my old job and started the job on July 11. And I thought... it was neat how I was called 'Miss Summer'. Cool.
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The first week, basically was preparing the classroom because we're just moving to a new bigger building, so I have to start from an empty classroom. BOY... it was TIRING. Hella tiring. Cutting colorful papers, decorating the classroom with letters, numbers, and labelling everything in the room, labelling the student's table. And not to mention how nervous I was to be meeting the parents of my prospective students. If they know I'm not from education background... what would it be?
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Second week, the students started to arrive. Cool, I thought. My students were all 14 and they're all so cute and adorable. First day, I just started to get to know their names and faces, getting familiar with them. And guess what. One of my students threw up and cried. Gosh... I have to cuddle him (he smelled like his vomit, I swear, and I have to pretend he smelled like baby powder), and I cleaned his vomit. Yucks. Anyhow, that's first day. Second day..., one of my students pooed in his pants, and I gotta clean his underwear. ARGHHH... I thought ... God, have I chosen the wrong career? Anyway, first week was disaster. I was so soft, couldn't scold them at all, and they're getting really hard to handle. And I was so depressed. I think I lost at least 2 kgs during the second week.
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Third week, I was getting ready. I asked for advise from my teacher coordinator, and she encouraged me to make a class rule and enforce reward and punishment immediately. HAHA, I told you guys, I was starting to be really strict and cruel. I do the counting back... 'In 5 seconds, I want you all to sit on your chair... 5...4...3...2...1...' and when some of them were still standing, I pulled their chairs away and said, "You stand! Until I give your chair back." Some of them were actually crying, but I didn't do anything. I just said, "Don't cry. You're no longer in Kindergarten 1, you're a K2. When you make mistake, you should accept your punishment," and guess what... the kids were amazing. They learned fast. Ever since then, they're getting more and more in order and I was amazed of how obedient they have become now. And I was thinking... boy, could life be more exciting than meeting 14 awesome kids everyday?
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And now I dare to say, GOD, thank you for this amazing job. Seriously, I never get bored with my life again. I always have something to do, I never get enough time, and days seemed to go by so fast. And I almost don't have the time to think about internet. Though I must admit... I miss jay-chou.net forum, I miss winglin, I miss my net friends. But I think I must find balance in hobby and life. And right now, I'm beginning to gain my balance.
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By the way, I have always love to write. All this time, I always write in English and post in on winglin. But right now, inspired by my friend, who's also a writer and just got a contract from the famous publisher in Indonesia, I was thinking of trying to write in Bahasa. Right now, I'm starting to write it, and I hope it would be finished soon (not more than the end of this year, as I myself is so busy with my job). And I just hope, if God opened the way, the story could be published as well.
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Anyway, that's all I have to say. Gosh... I'm still praying for a soulmate. Gah, I just had my birthday last week, and it's getting more pressuring for me as the fact about 'marriage'. Sensitive topic. I'm always praying for one, but maybe, I'm not ready yet now. I'm still expanding my capacity. I know God has the perfect candidate and perfect time for me. So I won't want to be worried anymore.
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All in all, grateful Yurika signed off.

Summer Lee blogged on 3:13 PM

My Ex Wedding
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Have it ever cross your mind that one day, you have to walk into the wedding ballroom, and yet your groom is standing next to another woman? Sounds like a story? Unfortunately, no. It's my real life experience.
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On June 11, last Saturday, after pondering and asking for so many advises whether I should attend the wedding of my ex-boyfriend of 5 years, I decided to come anyway. It took a lot of courage for me, I tell you. A LOT OF COURAGE and alot of forgiveness and somewhat, pain. When I shook his hand and his bride's hand, it felt as if I was in a dream and he's like a stranger to me somehow. Maybe my mind is just trying to erase every sweet moments we once had.
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All of my friends are nice though. They knew I was broken, and they kept telling me that I deserve a better guy, that he's not handsome enough. But I somehow, I feel like... "shi bu de" coz it's been such a long time. And we've talked about marriage before. We had decided where we would live after the wedding, decided how the party is going to be, decided the first dance song (we decided it's going to be Faye Wong's "Eyes of Me"). And at that day, every plan that we've settled together was stolen by him and he applies it to his wedding with this bride. I feel like being stabbed in the back.
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But anyhow, I'm over him already. I'm confidently saying that I accept the reality that he and I are not meant to be together. Memories are still there, but I figure that memory will still be beautiful if I don't grow bitter on him. Besides, we've been through a lot together, and I'm sure I've marked some important events in his life, though in the end, we're not together. I guess that's a lot I can learn from the break up. To really respect each other during relationship.
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What is love actually? I don't get it. His reason of breaking up is because he never loved me since the beginning. The feeling was just... care. *shrugs* But I couldn't tell whether love is the sole fondation of marriage. Marriage is more about commitment, and trust, and completing each other. If we rely on feeling, the feeling can grow sour overtime. What about those people in the early days, where their parents decided whom they ought to marry? We realize that actually, love can grow overtime.
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I just got this good message from my friend. About focusing on God instead of focusing on the gift or the problem. I believe our soulmate is a gift from God. And yet, when you concentrate on the problem too much, once you manage to solve the problem, you'll forget that it's actually God that's taking the part. Just like the parable of the 10 lepras. Nine of them just focused on the problem, and therefore forget to come back and said 'thanks' for the healing, because they thought the problem is over. While the one, who came back, he had focused on the healer. That's why he remembered to say 'thanks'. Therefore, though right now I'm so, so, so desperate to find "the one". I try to take it slow and focus on the giver instead of the gift.
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By the way. Good things are still coming my way. God is good. I just got a job as a kindergarten teacher. It's something I always wanted to do since a long time ago, but I was subdued by the fact that I don't have the experience.
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However, I had an interview with 'Springfield School' (It's the branch of Springfield School of Singapore) and amazingly, I was accepted with a salary 1.5 times what I earn currently. Isn't God awesome? I still can't imagine how I manage to land myself on this job, but I just believe that this is God's way and I'll do my best and give the best for where I've been placed. I know I will enjoy the job because I love playground and I love kids and I love storytelling. Everything about what kids gotta do when they grow up, I feel like being part of it. I hope I can be a good teacher. Pray for me.
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On the other hand, it's pretty sad that I have to leave my old company. I've worked there for 2.5 years already, and I've grown so close with everyone. And I got a lot of facilities from the company, like... free parking in one of the biggest mall in Jakarta, free entrance fee for the fitness centre (coz they're from the same company), and I just thought... all the facilities are cool. Expect for the salary. But still, I appreciate all the experiences I have in the past and I know I'm going to miss this company so much. Especially since I've gone to "Outbond Training" with my SAP team three months ago. The memory will not be forgotten. Every good things in life is really a gift from God, therefore I also feel so "shi bu de" in leaving the company.
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Last but not least,... I hope I can pursue a better career in education. I sort of hope that I can get out of Indonesia and pursue education career somewhere else. Whether it's in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan. Anywhere but Indonesia. But again, it's just my blind ambition. I'm kind of tired with Indonesian men who only fall for girls with the look, but without the character. Sigh... oops no complaining.
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Btw, that's all. Geesh, I just realize I haven't blog for like 6 months.
That's all folks,
Grateful Yurika signed off.

Summer Lee blogged on 4:04 PM

The Tsunami Waves
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I should have written this since Sunday, but I just haven't got the chance to. I still remembered that I was sick on Sunday, so I missed the Church service. And on TV, my Dad said that there's an Tectonic earthquake in Medan, Sumatra. And I only responded with an "Oh.". So I rest at home, watching TV when at around midday, I heard about Tsunami that washed over Thailand's Phuket. And at the time, I was still unaware of how BIG this disaster is. And hour after hour, we got to hear another country Sri Lanka then followed by India, and I was thinking... What is going on with the whole world?
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What stuns me is... do you ever hear this much death in just one day? It's sad in a way, to think that on Dec 26, -- 80,000 or more people are fated be defeated by Mother Nature. I mean... they would never, ever anticipate this to happen, yet it happened, and it happened so fast. It gets me to think of how unpredictable our life is, and how small we humans are in the eyes of God.
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I watched CNN whenever I get the chance to. I see images of people crying, dead people lying on the street, people being washed over by the untamed waves, and the casualties of the disaster itself is so devastating. It hurts my heart, seeing so many children left parentless, people missing their families, friends, and shelter. I know, I feel so blessed to be in Jakarta, to be far away from the epicenter of the disaster, yet... it’s my country, it’s part of my people too, and I feel... very, very sad.
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Death tolls keeps rising every single day. At first, it was 20,000 then moving to 40,000, then to 50,000 and now 80,000, and soon it could top over 100,000. When I watched Jay's concert, the Auditorium is filled with 10,000. And I couldn’t help wondering..., THAT many people I saw times 8, and all of them are dead. It’s really SO many that I don't dare to imagine.
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I just hope that relief and aids are sent immediately. The worst thing is, most part of Aceh is totally wiped out, and there isn’t any proper road of where they could transport those aid and foods. Luckily, Singapore has borrowed us 2 helicopters. We really need this means of transportation. And I heard that China is sending a team of medics and helpers. Hope they arrive in Aceh soon. So many people haven't been eating for 4 days already, I can't imagine the suffering they have to go through. It's really, really sad. But according to the news, this kind of thing wouldn't happen in another 150 years or so. That's a relief.
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It gets me to think..., which one is better. Those who are safe but lose all members of their family, or those who died with the rest of their family in the Tsunami disaster? If I have to answer that question, I think I prefer the 2nd one. I just couldn’t bear to lose my family and the ones I love. I'd rather die with them. Btw, it reminds me of how much I should treasure them.
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Off topic. But this disaster makes me want to listen to Jay's Zui Hou de Zhan Yi on repeat. I know it's not really related, but the melody really fits the sad mood. Oh, I just bought Angela Zhang's Aurora. I love it. ^^
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Grateful Yurika sign off.

Summer Lee blogged on 6:19 PM

It's almost Christmas!!!
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It's so amazing. There's only 3 days left before Christmas, yet I don't feel anything special. Why? I take a look at the main streets of Jakarta and I realize that because there isn't any decent decorations around!! *sigh* This is the 2nd Christmas I have in Jakarta, and it's always the same. I can't really feel the spirit. Last year, because the Christmas holiday is clashed with Idul Fitri Holiday, and since Indonesia has more Muslims than Christians... you all should have guessed what happened: Christmas Trees miss their votes to Olive Trees.
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Anyhow, during Christmas, I always have a sudden longing of wanting to go back to US. I LOVE Christmas in US. I remembered, in the year of 2000, I spent my Christmas travelling with my ex's family around the East Coast. It was really one memorable Christmas. I still remembered that we drove from Columbus, OH all the way to Buffallo, NY. I passed so many states at that time. Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachussets, Maine, and I saw the Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls was freaking cold during December. We were walking on the icy street, and I almost trip down and fall so many times. The temperature was -5 Celcius at the time, not including the freezing wind. But the travel was really worthwhile. I dropped by Time Square on Christmas. The road was packed, and there's this BIG Christmas tree (the one you see in Home Alone 2) and everyone was hanging around that tree. Time Square looks amazing at the time. So bright and full of lights. I heard that Jay is going to spend his Christmas in Time Square with his Mom. I hope he has a blast like I did.
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Anyway, back to present. This year, I will join the Christmas performance in my Church. we will have Choir performance..., and unbelievably, I will sing a solo. Argh... nightmare! Okay, if I have a voice like Joey Yung, or Fan Fan, I'll be willing to do it without worry. But with my voice, I'm afraid I will just scare all the people away. lol. Anyway, I'm crossing my fingers and hope everything would be okay. By the way, the performance is going to be on Dec 24th. Wish me all the best, guys! ^^v
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On Dec 25, I will have a family gathering with my relatives. So we'll be gathering at my house to celebrate Christmas together. I always love this moment, because this is the time when I can meet all my cousins. You know... when I was still in school, I was so close to them. But now, time flies, and everyone is now working, some is still in college. But it's just... after we grow up, I realize we don't really spend that much time together. It's like everyone is busy with their stuffs. That's what's so sad about growing up. You find yourself drifting away from all the people who used to be close to you. Anyway... yea, I'm glad that we still have this family Christmas Celebration for everyone to meet up. I'm happy because this year, my cousin who has moved to Melbourne is currently in town, and will be joining the celebration too. I miss him so bad.
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Okay... that's all about my Christmas. Tell me about yours, btw. How will you spend your Christmas day?
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Grateful Yurika sign off.

Summer Lee blogged on 4:30 PM

Jay Chou as the Poster Boy!!!
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<--- Take a look now... take a really good look!
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Finally, I've made Jay as the main image of my blog. Okay, first of all, I just love his image in a suit. I think he had a nice bod, a little skinny, but still okay. Sometimes I think he was like an Asian Ken Doll(Barbie Doll's bf), because when I see him in the Grandeur De D Major book, he looks VERY nice almost in any kind of outfit. Even if it's furry, or pink shirt, or flowery cardigan... he still looks amazingly FINE. Okay... perhaps I'm a little bit bias, but still... I think he does look FINE in most outfit.
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Back to my life. Today, I don't have much to talk about. But it was weird, because I was just talking to MOVE ON..., I mean... move to some other place. (Shanghai), and today's sermon at the Church was about God's interruption in our life. Jenny (the preacher) testified how God had sent her from LA to be back home to Indonesia, even though she never wanted to be here. Oh well, who want to be here when you can have the posh of Rodeo Dr., Melrose Place, and Beverly Hills as your shopping place. However,... to make the long story short, she did come back to Indonesia and God revealed His work in her life. She said, "Guys, let God interrupt your convenience, and start moving on." I was directly thinking of leaving my job and all the convenience to go to Shanghai to start learning Chinese. Hmm... yes, I have to do this.
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Aaargh... nightmare. I just weigh myself this morning and realized that I've gained 3 kgs since the last time I weighed myself. Gosh... I don't know what I've been eating, but I kinda hate my body, you know. I don't eat that much, but seems like my body LOVED to store all the foods instead of burning it to energy. Sigh... genetic. I really envy those who could pig out and never worried about gaining weight. While me..., I can't even eat rice, because once I eat it, I'll gain at least another kg within that week. My... what a total chaos! I need to work out, that's what my friend said, but the problem is... I don't have the time. I wake up at 5:30 in the morning and go to the office at 6:15. I go home from the office at 7:30. And I only got about 3 hours to eat, take a bath, watch TV, and spend the rest of the day getting a decent sleep. Sigh... no time to exercise!! Or am I just making excuses? I dunno. Hmm... to think about it, I think one of my NY resolution is to lose weight and start working out regularly. Not only for losing weight, but for health reason too. I used to run every day when I was in Oregon, and I felt... fit and healthy. But now, after only one minute of jumping rope, I am panting as though I've just been running for 5 miles. My stamina is getting worse and worse after working.
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Today, I should be attending my friend's wedding. It was a GRAND wedding because it's the owner's first son of the company where I'm working at. However, I don't have any nice clothes to wear, I don't have a ride, I don't have the mood to go out and wear a dress when I know that I've just gained 3 kgs. Okay... blame my mood swing. This is what I hate about myself, I can't never control my mood. I'm sooo moody, and when I'm in a bad mood, everyone would be able to see through it. I'm the type of person who's born with a transparent face. What I mean is... whether I'm happy, sad, angry, uninterested, or worried... you could definitely see it from my face. Sometimes I wish I have the gift to put up an empty face no matter what my mood is. I guess that makes me a really bad actor.
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I just got a new serial to watch. Yes, it's the Outsider 2... I'm so excited to watch it already because of LUO ZHI XIANG!!! Yes, I saw the 1st episode already, and I'm soooo droooling over Xiao Zhu. He looks really... ah, how do I say it,... charismatic. Yes, that's the word. Smart and charismatic. Part of the reason that I like him is because he's Jay's best buddy. And secondly is because he's a good dancer and a good presenter, and a pretty good singer and actor too. I can see myself falling in love with Xiao Zhu after watching the whole thing. Gosh... have to make another button for Xiao Zhu then.
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Anyway... that's all for today...
I'm sleepy. Tired. Need to get some sleep.
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Grateful Yurika signs off.

Summer Lee blogged on 5:48 PM

ANOTHER YEAR ALREADY?!!
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It's surprising how time could just fly and I realize that I'm still here, doing the same thing as I was a year ago, not very much difference? Hmm... I start to think that something is wrong. I realize that I've been lazy in pursuing my dreams and aspirations.
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Sigh... I can't believe that I'm 26 and next year, I'll be 27, and yet, I still haven't achieved anything big in life. Sure, I have a job, I have friends, my ministry in the Church is going great, but then... what else? I believe God has a greater plan for me that He has unyet unravel. But of wow, what have I done in my life? From 23 to 26, it seems just to go away so quickly. I graduated, worked in Starbucks Coffee in Silicon Valley, CA for a year, then go home to Jakarta, Indonesia and broke up with my bf-- broken down, trying to cope, gaining strength, fully reovered, and now completely forget about him... then what? Man..., I haven't been doing anything influential at all? You know, even though I'm 26 already, I sometimes still feel that I'm still 19 or 20. Sometimes, I don't feel lonely being single (I'm single for almost 2 years liao!), because I simply enjoy being alone... doing nothing but... slacking. lol. Oh well...
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But AWAKE, Yurika! I have dreams... lots of them. I want to be a script writer, or write a book- a teenager story. But I realize that I'm not THAT confident with my skill in writing either. I want to open a new business. A coffee shop, but I don't have the money as the initial capital. I want to go to China, Shanghai to learn Chinese for a year, but I don't have much saving for that either. And another one that got me worried... I'm still SINGLE and up until now, can't find any potential guy that I can see as my future husband. HELP. =(
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I realize Marketing isn't really my kind of thing you know, because I'm actually quite shy and timid in front of strangers. I should have just take Journalism when I was in college. There are just so many things in the past that I regret, but... I realize that I can't do anything about it. I don't want to stay here, looking back and whine about it. I have to look to the road ahead and start working with my dreams instead of just fantasizing it. I learn that even if I'm a 26 year-old woman, I'm not too old to learn about anything. I hate it when ppl come up to me and say,
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"Come on, you're 26. Why do you still want to go to school and learn Chinese?"
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I was like... HELLOOO... does my age has to stop me from doing what I want to do. HECK NO!
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So I gotta save money from now on and one day, hopefully on 2005, I WILL GO TO CHINA to learn Chinese. AMEN!
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One more thing. I have a discussion with my friend Dolly and Kenny the other day. I have said that I would prefer to be single and not married if I can't find the guy that I really like. I think I'm quite serious about it. But then, Philip told me to be careful with what I wish for, because you might just get it. And I realize that I don't want to be single my whole life. I want to get married and have kids. Maybe... meybe... I will find some guy which I could feel "Yes, I want to be with your forever". You know, I don't fall for the typical guy who can treat me like a princess, cherish me, love me like in the stories or fairy tales. I just need a guy whom I can feel secure to be with and make my life a lot more FUN. He has to like things that I like, enjoy things that I enjoy, and can complete my weaknesses. Yap... I know that guy is in store for me. God had prepared one. Umm... Jay Chou? LOL... yea, I wish.
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Anyway... that's for today. Ohhh btw, I change my layout. I think I like dark background better. And I think I will change the sweetheart picture with a graphic I make. Maybe Jay... lol, yap. Most likely be him.
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Grateful Yurika sign off.

Summer Lee blogged on 10:11 AM

WATCHING INCOMPARABLE TO JAY CONCERT IN SG 26th NOV
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How do I begin writing this... as I'm just too excited for words? But anyway, this is one rare moment that I must write in my blog.
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Let's start the journey of me: Summer to see the King of Chinese Music himself performing in Singapore.
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On Tuesday, Nov-23, I've taken my leave to prepare everything. Packing, going to the bank, buying boards to make banners, etc. And I was very excited already. I can't wait for me to land my feet on Singapore. Anyway, I've decided to make a banner that's written "Yin Ni" (Indonesia) and "Jie Lun Jay" at the other. It was a black board with striking bright writings, in the size of my suitcase. My dad kept complaining how ugly my Chinese writings in the banner is, but I said, "Heck, as long as Jay got the message (That he got fans from Indonesia watching him), then no worries." It's not like he's going to remember my ugly writing anyway. =P So, I slept at 12:30 am that night. And woke up at 5:30 am in the morning because I had the 8:30 flight, and my dad always enforce me to go to the airport two hours ahead, because with the traffic of Jakarta, you may never know what happen. You can be stuck in the middle of a traffic jam and missed the flight. *knocks wood*... but to make the long story short, I got to the airport early and checked in immediately.
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So Nov-24, Wednesday, I flew all the way to Batam island with my friend Fidya. We were picked up by his dad and we hung out in Batam for a day (basically doing nothing but talking about Jay Chou. lol). It's so nice to talk to someone who really knows my Jay-language. lol. On 4:45 pm, we took the Penguin Ferry ship to Singapore Harbourfront. We arrived there at 6:30 pm SG time and met Fidya's cousin, Yuli immediately for dinner at an Italian restaurant in Bugis- 2nd floor, Parco Mall. (How come I forget the name of the resto? Sigh...). After dinner, we went to Yuli's apartment in Bishan, where I and Fidya were staying throughout the whole trip.
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Nov-25, Thursday. It's a SHOPPING DAY! I woke up around nine and then we took turns to take a shower. I ate a meat bun that's prepared by Yuli's auntie for breakfast, and we got out of the house around 1 pm. We ate lunch (I ate Yong Tou Fu, since that's my fave SG dish) and went shopping at Orchard. I bought two pants in TOPSHOP (So excited coz they have the perfect size for me), then we went to ESPRIT, and I bought jeans which looks really nice on me, but so espensive... heck, since I worked my as off for the money, so I bought the jeans anyway. =P We tried to find HMV building since I want to buy Jay's The One DVD concert, but they don' have it. Man, we were walking all the way from Scott's Drive to HMV under the rain, and I didn't get what I want. Hiks. If only I went to that place on Friday at 5 pm, I must have stumble upon Jay. Sigh... Anyway, we went from Orchard to City Hall to shop some more. I usually get skirts from IORA (I love that shop, coz they have nice stuffs, and not too expensive), but for some reason, all the skirts are not that appealing, coz most of them are short, so I only bought myself a belt at IORA). We shopped from 1 pm to 9 pm non-stop, then we went home.
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Nov 26- THE CONCERT!!!
This was the day of the concert. I was so excited already. Since we spent the previous day shopping, our feet had grown some blisters and we decided to give ourselves a break, since during the concert, we might need to stand up. So we got out of the house at 3 pm. I was ready with my banner, camera, binocular, and wrap around scarf, in case the auditorium was too cold. We went out to do some CD shopping at Sembawang at Junction 8 in Bishan. I bought Mayday's Shen Hai Zi Dou Zai Tiao Wu, Joey Yung's Give Love a Break, and SHE's Encore. Then we went to Bugis to meet Yuli before we head to the concert. We took a bus from Bugis to the auditorium. I was very very tired at the time, because I had a lot of things I carried (banner, binoculars, camera, shopping stuffs), and I had to stand in the bus, and the road was packed, so the trip took longer time than usual. But anyway, we arrived in front of the Auditorium at around 7:50 pm, and the parking lot was already full of people.
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I was REALLY REALLY excited that my head was spinning. OMG... I'm going to watch Jay in just another hour. ARGHHHH.... *fangirlish mode*. We climbed the stairs and took the East Entrance to get to our seat. A8, row 5. I remember perfectly. We took our seat and waited for the concert to start. The concert started exactly at 8:45 pm. When they started to turn off the lights, everyone started to turn on their lightsticks and scream. OMG... I was so high already. Then they showed Jay's Panasonic Mobile commercial, and there's an announcement, "Incomparable to Jay Concert Tour 2004 has now begun" and the intro of the song Yi Fu Zhi Ming was started to play.
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I SCREAM on top of my lung, and anticipate to watch Jay going down from the Red Cross in the center of the stage. And he did descend from the cross... but we're facing his back. Okay, I was quite disappointed, because I miss the first expression of Jay when he first look at the audience. But anyway, I was too high to think about anything else. I just sang along, waved my lightsticks, and got my binoculars out to check him out since he's in the west side of the stage and I was in the east. Darn, I miss all his dance, but that's okay... I was still all hyped of thinking that Jay and I were at the same room, breathing the same air. lol. Anyway, he performed "Yi Fu Zhi Ming" and "Zhi Zhan Zhi Shang" and started a convo with the audiences.
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Jay : "Are you guys going to be here again tomorrow?"
Audience : "Will!!!"
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Then he said of how nice it is to perform in SG coz the audiences are very enthusiastic. He didn't say much, he started to sing "Ta de Jie Mao", "Yuan You Hui", and "Ni Ting de Dao" get down the stage to get changed.
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Now this is the BEST part. At the east side of the stage, there's these three empty chairs and two guitarists took a seat there. GOSH, that was so close to our seating area..., coz the east side stage is more narrowed, so he had to stand at the edge of the stage, and it makes him closer to the audience. Anyway, Jay came out and sat on one chair in the middle and all the audience at the East side rushed forward with their cameras. He started singing "Hui Dao Gui Qu" and "Zui Hou de Zhan Yi" accoustic, facing us. OMG, I swear I could even see the pit of his dimple. He was smiling alot, waving, looking at the audience and I took a LOT of pictures (some of them blur, since I got too excited when he waved and my hands were shaking when I clicked the camera). Later on, he sang "Xing Qing" facing the west side, and I went back to my seat.
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After that, he changed to sing "Jiang Jun" and "Luan Wu Chun Qiu. And in Luan Wu Chun Qiu", the part where the phone rang, he walked to the southeast corner and stopped there to BEATBOXING. ARGHHHH... his beatboxing was so COOOLLLL!! I was screaming on top of my lung and scream and scream and scream some more when he performed the handstand dance. After that, he performed "Ti Tian" remixed with "Ba Wo Hui Lai Le", and played the flute. So DIAO!!! Then he went downstage to get changed.

He came out in front of his pink piano at the north side of the stage and sang "Jie Kou". Then he said he wanted to sing something for the girls, he sang "Ai Wo Bie Zou". Then he continued singing Qing Tian, then comes my MOST FAVORITE SONG, "LONG JUAN FENG" on piano. I was screaming so loud... coz I never see him played piano while singing "Long Juan Feng". Then after that, he continued with "Ge Qian". And here's the highlight of the concert. Jay invited Yu Hao from NQMM to play classic piano piece with him. And I was very impressed with YuHao, but wait until Jay himself sat and played his piece. ARGH... he REALLY can play. I mean, like one of those Maxim's piece, I bet he can even play it. He played so fast and so perfect, then Yu Hao continued playing while Jay opened his leather jacket and walked to the left side of Yu Hao to accompany him play. They both play AWESOME. I mean, I was practically sitting at the edge of my chair, my jaw dropped down to the floor, watching their fingers dancing on the piano. Waaaahhh, what a show. After that, Yu Hao played An Jing while Jay was singing it. After An Jing, Jay and YuHao sang a duet of Hei Se You Mo, and last time, Jay sang Landy's Zhu Wo Shing Ri Kuai Le. Then he invited Landy and Landy took over with her hot dance.
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After this, Jay come out with his armor-like black suit with red ruflle belt to sing "Shuang Dao". He performed a swordsplay here. Then he continued with the chorus of "Shuang Jie Kun" while the audiences shouted "He He Ha Hee" for him. After that, he sang "Long Quan". Then NQMM came out on stage to sing "Xiang Cao Ba Pu", and "Xiao Shi Hou" with Jay co-sang it at the 2nd chorus.
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Later on, we shouted for Encore, and Jay showed up to play flute on Jacky Cheung song and continued singing "Ye Ye Pao De Cha". He DANCED here! And I loved his mustard pullover combined with his ripped jeans. Aish... he looks really good in it. Some stupid reporter said this outfit was hideous... all I can say is... BLIND reporter!!! He looks yummy in this outfit. ^__^ Then after Ye Ye Pao De Cha, he sang "Dong Feng Po". HERE, I swear that when Jay walked to the northeast corner, standing right in front of me, his small eyes took a glimpse at my banner then to me for like... one or two mere seconds, but I was already so excited. At least, he saw my banner and ME. lol. YAY! After this, he go back downstage.
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We shouted Encore again. This time, they have a drummer and we shouted "Zhou Jie Lun" along with the rhythm of the drum to call Jay back on stage. I know the show isn't finished yet, coz he haven't sang Qi Li Xiang yet. So he showed up on stage again, with a sleevess shirt and jeans to sing "Kai Bu Liao Ko". In here... what's so cool was he let the audience rapped the part "Mei You Ni Zai, Wo You Duo Nan Ao Duo Fan Nao"
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Then he tried to converse with the audience.
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Jay: Are any of us are tired???
Audience: NOOOOO
Jay: Are any of us are sleepy
Audience : NOOOOO!!!
Jay: I'm going to sing Jian Dan Ai, and everyone must sing along, okay. YOu guys can wave your hands so that you won't fall asleep (he's so cute, I think he memorize this line because he said this a lot of time in his concerts)
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Then we all sang along with him,... and I can see from his face that he was so happy to hear the whole auditorium singing his song. He once said that the greatest feeling is when he listens to the audience singing his song. So I think this is really the peak of the concert. And the last song "Qi Li Xiang" intro came in...
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Jay: This is the last song for tonight. I hope everyone likes it.
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GAAHHH... LAST SONG, I want to cry!!! But I was excited because this is my most fave song on 7LX album, and I have been anticipating him to sing it LIVE. So I sang so loudly with him, then after he bowed to all the 4 sides of where the audience were, he's really gone. TT_TT
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In short. GREAT show, oh no... SPECTACULAR SHOW!!! I was tempted to watch it again on the 2nd day, but since I had trouble finding transportation home on the 26th, I had to think twice. Besides, I'm staying at Yuli's house. So I dropped the idea.
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Nov-27. I'm excited, coz I'm going to meet my fellow j-c.netters. I went out on 12 pm to have lunch and go to Popular Bookstore to buy Jay's "Grandeur De D Major" book.(It was an awesome book, though I can't read Chinese, but the pics are priceless). Then we headed for Orchard to meet my j-c.net friends at Wisma Atria's fish tank. I meat mUShy, hisashi, jim, and lattae first. So excited already, and then I met lepencil, my KANR boss. Whoa... he's really as tall as he claimed to be. Even me, wearing my 5 cm heel is still so far away from him. We then head to Sen Leisure for a KTV session at KBOX. I was so excited coz, not only that I can meet my friends, but I can also watch all Jay's newest MVs. I was so fangirlish at the KTV session (ask everyone, lol). Later on, Ziwei showed up, followed by *SkyLark*. We met nunchakus at the Jap resto just below K-BOX, and then I have to bid them goodbye, coz they're going to watch Jay's concert on the 27th. (Sobz, I want to go again... take me guys!!) After meeting all of my friends, I met Yuli and her boyfriend at Bugis and we ate at China Town, and have another KTV session until 1 am. Then I went back to Yuli's house.
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Nov 28- wake up in the morning to pack all my stuff at my small suitcase. I hadn't got the chance to buy my sister her shoes, and hadn't got the chance to drop by supermarket to buy SG snacks for my family and my colleagues. BUt since the time is short, we have to head for Harborfront and took 9:45 ferry to Batam. In Batam, I went to the so-called Golden Gate Bridge, but it was raining so hard, so we couldn't actually get off the car.
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Oh you know what, Thank God that the 28th is the day that I finally got my period. I was so scared that I had it during the 26th, coz my period often ruined my mood, and my physical stability. So I don't want my period messing up my mood for the concert. I actually prayed about it, you know, and so glad that God listened to this simple prayer.
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Anyway, on 4:30, we took a flight with Lion Air back to Jakarta, and my dad fetched me. I went home with tons of story to share about the concert with my family. I told them how I enjoy watching concert in SG because the people are very discipline and polite. I enjoy my stay in Singapore, really. Meeting my jcnet friends,... it's priceless (thanks, you guys--mUShy, Ziwei, lattae, hisashi, jim, *SkyLark*, nunchakus, lepencil. I miss you all already!!!! And Thank so much, lepencil, for treating me on this KTV session). Spending the time with Fidya, Yuli and Yuli's boyfriend, really great! Thanks Fidya, Thanks Yuli, Thanks Steven (That's Yuli's boyfriend name,I think). And last but not least, Thank You Jesus, for protecting me throughout the whole journey, to make all this experience beautiful and special, and to let me finally meet my favorite musician, Jay Chou. Thank You God, I know that without you, I can't never have all of these. ^__^
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Grateful Yurika sign off.

Summer Lee blogged on 8:58 AM