PotaTOHs’ home renovation updates + lunch with NCSS clique at Redpan + 《永远记得》song composition + 《想见你》 + 《성균관 스캔들》

2/1/21 Sat: Daniel showed us photos of the vinyl tiles done up in two days! We opted for lighter shades in the living room and darker ones in bedrooms… hopefully a balanced look.

4/1/21 Mon: PotaTOHs went to visit our new house to check the vinyl tiles and also the lightings to make sure they were in good order. We found out that the warm colour in the master was swopped with the white light in the service yard when Daniel swopped the outer casings but forgot the inside, so we notified him of that. Headed to IMM to confirm our mattress and bed frame ($2300 in total) for delivery in end January and walked around looking at study tables and chairs. Daniel recommended one curtain company to us, but man was the wholesaler expensive. Had our usual pho at Westgate for dinner yay!

5/1/21 Tues: Last minute meet-up with Wong from Kim Contractor work at my house for measurement of the grilles to be installed for the whole house. Paid him the $50 deposit and also signed some form for HDB’s approval.

Pretty “seated pose” for aerial tonight~

 

7/1/21 Thurs: Randomly saw《大大的梦想》词曲创作赛on TV and I got Potato’s help to compose the melody while I wrote the lyrics for our original demo《永远记得》. *I used to write a lot of lyrics when I was studying in high school and university, but I made no effort to publish them lol.* Title sounds cliché but I could not find a more suitable one haha. We finished the song in a few days, I only did one recording and submitted the composition today. *I enjoyed our song and fingers crossed we win it haha!*

10/1/21 Sun: Finally met up with the NCSS clique for lunch at Redpan at Marina Square after a long, long time. Phase 3 opened up for maximum 8 people to gather, and so we seized the chance to meet. The soft-shell crab pasta ($18.80) I had was meh, and their desserts were so-so too, not a place to go dining again, but it was good in the sense that they allowed us to sit there and chit-chat after lunch. KW, Clement and their daughter Evelyn left earlier at 2+pm, but Ahna, LL, KU and I talked all the way till 5pm haha.

13/1/21 Weds: Grilles and the sliding windows at the service yard was installed in about an hour this morning (paid the remaining $950). We explored the block nearby and then met Fabian from Fabrics and Stitches recommended by SS. Decided on 100% blackout curtains in our master bedroom and one bedroom, while we had roller blinds in the study and living room. He was nice, did the measurements and gave us 25% discount too… $935 in total, which was even cheaper than the groupbuy offer by another company.

Read that《想见你》was a drama about suspense, romance and time-travel, so I decided to give it a chance. 

在这里附上维基百科的简介: 剧情描述2019年的黄雨萱（柯佳嬿饰）在失去交往多年的男友王诠胜（许光汉饰）后，凭借著思念回到1998年、灵魂穿越成为另一个和自己长得一模一样的女孩陈韵如，并遇到和她逝世的男友长得一模一样的男孩李子维、以及默默守候陈韵如的莫俊杰（施柏宇饰），在种种谜团和复杂交错的时空之中，尝试改变过去和未来的命运。故事巧妙融合多种类型元素、探讨“自我认同”议题，引领观众在反转不断的烧脑剧情中抽丝剥茧。

 

当然不可思议，也不觉得现实中所谓的“平行线世界”是这么发生的。我没有很好地消化整个剧情，因为看到一些地方就觉得乱。许光汉是很阳光、挺帅的，施柏宇则一直让我想到Energy的张书伟。可是戏嘛，就还好。不是很吸引人看下去的那种。

 

Rating: 3/5

 

Dug out a really old DVD I bought in China when I was studying there… 《성균관 스캔들》(Sungkyunkwan Scandal).

김윤희 (박민영) goes through a series of odd jobs, mainly at a local bookstore, before she gets offered a chance to increase her earnings by becoming a substitute test-taker (an illegal act) for the upcoming entrance examination in the prestigious Sungkyunkwan, the Joseon Dynasty's highest educational institute. From there, she met the love of her life, 이선준 (박유천), the one who kept his love to her for himself, 문재신 (유아인), as well as the mischievous구용하 (송중기).

Probably because it was an old show already, the poor quality and chim Korean history made it a bit boring for me. A pity박유천is already out of showbiz because it’s a waste of his talent… but then again he brought it upon himself la.

 

Rating: 3/5