I am very grateful to those of you who'd dropped by and left comments...

Please note that I will now be using Livejournal as my main blog account...

Click on the following photo and link for the new address, and please do feel free to visit and leave your comments there, along with your identity...

... New Adventures of Merman ...

I'll still retain this old account, as this is my very first online journal and contains many wonderful memories and entries that I'll be revisiting every so often...

But for my new updates, see you all at my above Livejournal! :)

Cheers!

Yet another person whom I know had passed away suddenly this week...

Darius just told me that Steven, the only other male hairstylist who worked at Ashley's Salon, had died three days ago at Orchard's California Fitness gym after he fell off the treadmill he was running on...

He was only 37...

Rest in peace,

Steven

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Life is just so unpredictable...

We didn't know each other particularly well, but were classmates in the same singing course several years ago...

He was the class rep, and everytime I bumped into him during shows or on the streets, I would bug him for the class contact list. And he'd always be too busy to send it to me...

And today, sadly, he was found dead after several hours in a car at the National Stadium with vomit near him and a smell of burnt charcoal in the car... (read news here in Mandarin and here in English)...

Rest in peace, my talented friend...

Ishi - 刘玉豪

 (Photo Memories)

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Here it is...

(View Larger Illustration Here...)

Those who wish to find out more about the tips shown here, do drop by Bryan's blog: http://bryanomhealth.blogspot.com/ for more info...

Please pardon his signature "Singlish" style of writing though... :)

What will my "Paradise" be like? What is the ideal, perfect world that I'll love to spend an eternity in?

I have not decided yet, but I am sure it involved a lot of fresh air, delicious food, beautiful photo opportunities at every corner! :)

Perhaps it's easier for my hamsters to decide what THEIR Paradise would be like...

PARADISE 

Nitecaps #0050

"Your Paradise" ~ Edric Hsu

So, what's YOUR Paradise like?

Incidentally, this post marked the 50th "Nitecaps" entry, which meant I'd been doing this for exactly 50 days since I started. *pats myself on back*

I shall now channel more of this discipline and determination into getting my house beautifully renovated...

And then I can invite you to MY PARADISE! :)

The first thing that came to mind is the colour "White"...

The next thing is "Water", also a rather obvious symbol of purity...

Or is it?

PURITY

"Water : The Symbol of Purity" ~ Edric Hsu
Photo Friday Entry #67
Image Size : 800 x 600 pixels
Digital Camera : Fujifilm Finepix F10
Location : Crown Casino, Melbourne, Australia
Date Taken : 29th December, 2005

Oh well, it is still evening time in some other parts of the world... nevermind...

So... here it goes (courtesy of Bryan at Omhealth)...

Remedy for Insomnia

Add 

1 drop of Lavendula Vera E.O.

and

1 drop of Grapefruit Pink E.O.

to a sheet of tissue paper,

inhale it deeply a few times, then

using the anointed tissue paper,

rub and press hard on the following

Spirit Gate Point

for 6 seconds, then release and repeat for 2 minutes... 

Nitecaps #0049 

Anyway, I am going to try this out on myself now, and if you don't see any more posts after this until, say, lunch time (Singapore time), then it worked... :)

Goodnight, World...

Well actually I was spring cleaning my past show photos and recordings on my hard disk, when I came across a love song I recorded for a musical in 2005...

For the Singapore Festival of Arts Fringe in 2005, The Musical Theatre Society, together with United Artistes Network and The Next Stage, created a "musical incubation programme" where different creative teams were formed to write original musicals, under the "Five Foot Broadway" banner...

I was actually in two of these 45-minutes musicals: "Heartstrings" and "Don't Say I Do"...

The latter was written by Justin Kan (whom I'd previously worked with in "The Letter" short film - see previous entry), and directed by Irishman Paul Hannon. The music was arranged by Michelle Loh and Kelvin Fok...

And here are some of the cast...

L-R: JoAnn F. Hernandez, Edric Hsu, Nurul Maideen, Darius Lim & Elizabeth Tan

Well, I played this guy who, during the preparation for his oncoming wedding with Elizabeth (now seen on "Chakias and Slippers"), discovered that his ex-girlfriend Nurul (last appeared as a finalist in the "Singapore Idols" contest) was the bridal designer...

Kinda like "My Best Friend's Wedding", but different... :P

Anyway, I managed to find one of the songs we'd recorded for the musical soundtrack, and it's called...

Our Song

More photos and details here:

http://www.tabulas.com/~Merman/881536.html

http://www.tabulas.com/~Merman/891678.html 

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Unsurprisingly, we didn't have a great budget or the luxury of time to record the songs, as there were other groups waiting for their turn too. And all three of us were having down with a cold from all the hectic rehearsals...

But listening to this song again now, kinda brings me back to the fun we had in the rehearsals, the intense but short-lived friendship made then, and also, sadly, my dwindling love for the Musical Theatre...

Now they have a selection panel at the bottom of the screen just like those Mac users, although that could clog up the screen space and be a bit confusing at first...

As a demo, I'm using the short film clip that I did ages ago, which some of my newer friends have been requesting to watch. Those who'd seen it before, please bear with it... :)

Check out the other new features here...

The Letter

Pretty cool, hur? :P

Yo ho ho!

Yo ho ho!

Erm... what else do pirates say? Har?

Or maybe, not these pirates...

Nitecaps #0048

Hehehe...