Sunday, September 25, 2005 0 comments Post a Comment (btw, this is my 200th blog entry. CHEERS! ) Alright. I'm feeling a little bit Fei4 Xiang2 now. [Fei Xiang [fae seang] a phenomenen named after a not-so-famous celebrity : where a person resurfaces in a (blogging) scene after a long time and doesn't know if people remember him/her anymore] *heehee. I rock!* I must admit that i don't really check people's blogs nowadays cos Proxify can sure be a pain in the ass. Its getting swollen-headed, just cos alot of people rely on it nowadays, it has decided to work only periodically for unregistered users. *grumble* So sorry to the blogspot users. Do update me if something important has happened in your life through email. *discovers a small piece of his wrapper in his mouth while he sucks at his honey sweet. this sweet totally rocks. my aunt got it fer me. yay!* And i DON'T see anyone commenting at my last post. I AM ASSUMING THAT USING PROXIFY DOESN'T ENABLE ME TO READ COMMENTS. Cos if it DOES and i DON'T see ANY comments, I SHALL NOT UPDATE THIS BLOG ANYMORE. *scowl* Anyway! I had the motivation to blog cos i've just experienced the once-in-a-lifetime... FUDAN CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY (means fudan's 100th birthday) My goodness. I am in awe. I have never seen EVER something of such grandeur for something like a SCHOOL celebration. Firstly we had Andy Lau come over to Fudan to perform in June. Then we had the entire school decorated with posters, with massive Zhong Guo Jies', with pots of flowers hanging from the lampposts, new gardens and new roads. Then we had an international principals conference where principals from NUS, Yale, OXFORD (*grin* dele) and another 60 over schools came over. And following that were individual presentations of gifts from the respective institutes to Fudan. Then we had a Musical Fireworks night the day before the actual celebrations. And my god, although i didn't get tics for it, the news telecast the next day left me gaping. It is comparable to our NDP fireworks. (i wonder where the budget came from though) Then 2 bike-free days in Fudan because we were expecting 70,000 (okay plus minus one zero) members of the alumni. It really hit me when i saw this granny wearing the Fudan t-shirt that i just bought - you could really feel all that fudan history coming back. Then the actual celebrations. Its UNBELIEVABLE. It was held at Guang Hua Lou this skyscraper erected in the middle of our campus, facing our Main Entrance. There was a GIANT LCD screen. Fire-spitting words "1905" and "2005" . Another two LCD display screens at the side. World-class sound systems. We had artistes like LIN ZHI XUAN, ZHANG YU (Phil Tsang), YU QUAN (china group), REN XIAN QI (er...) , ZHOU CHUANG XIONG (aka Xiao Gang) and a few more china artistes. We had LIU XIANG (OLYMPICS CHAMPION). We had WU BANG GUO (the head of the Ren Da Chang Wei Yuan Hui - i dunno how to translate that to english. some big shot after the PM and Chairman) gracing the ceremony. I quote an ABC friend of mine : " Its majestic. " I quote myself (grin) : "Its SUPER EXAGGERATING LAR. " And things just got better when i noticed something while i was running to the actual venue for the ceremony (only ticket-holders could go in. didn't have a ticket though.so i had to watch 1/3 of it beyond the cordontapes). I SAW A BLEEP. issit called a bleep? The ship-like hot air balloon? It said : " Fudan Centennial Anniversary : " or sth like that. A BLEEP. (JB TELLS ME ITS A BLIMP! A BLIMP! ) I only managed to watch the final dressed rehearsal live. but i watched the rest of the actual ceremony at our school sports stadium where a live telecast was displayed using ANOTHER 2 LCD Display Screens. (i love GIANT LCD Display Screens) My favourite part of the show besides the appearance of all the celebs, was the very first segment when the Alumni Choir, the Master Students Choir, the Doctorate Students Choir and the School Choir led the entire Fudan in singing our school song. The stage held also , 100 flag-bearers which held proudly our Fudan school flag in a splendid array of colours; my female classmates who each held a huge maple leaf (?!)(dun ask) ; all the previous (and living) Deans of the school and the kids who presented them with flowers. It was overwhelming. Such a bonding. I mean i haven't been in the school for a month, and i'm already in love with it. Probably a sucker for glamour but i bet there's some part of me that was really touched. heh. And of course , there were fireworks BEFORE and AFTER the actual ceremony. ridiculously extravagant! I LOVE IT. *smeagol look* And i've got pictures to prove my words (: The flags all over the campus (check my hair out! its unstyled i KNOW. the COLOUR stupid.) The posters on almost every tree and lamppost The full dress rehearsal on the eve of the anniversary 230905 : Night and Day The REAL thing. My senior caught this shot. Its a bit blur but she totally captured the extravagance and explosiveness of it all . SUPER SHOT. Man. Even loading up the photos get me all breathless. Although i couldn't be at the actual location of all the hype and fun, but watching it with my singaporean friends at the sports stadium was pretty cool too. I was quite high (not without a bottle of korean white wine and nuts . hehe) I'm really proud of this school and i'm bloody fortunate to be able to get in here just when its our centennial anniversary. The luck. Fu Dan Fu Dan Dan Fu Dan!! 9/25/2005 07:11:00 PM

yi A student (and maybe one always) / from Singapore in Shanghai / a hopefully chronic baking OCD / aborted mission Noble entirely / decided to stop believing in change and creation but work on succeeding heritages / food is culture. culture is heritage. / dreams of cooking classes in France where everything is white, light & shadows and old mastery - a typical Western enchantment/ wonders if Singaporean food will ever turn into haute cuisine/ will hump a madeleine more than anything else (for now)/ half-worried and half-proud that solid lava cakes distress him more than alot of things/ baking is my first (practical) skill/ believes that fine food can be found in the dodgiest alley after China/ will one day make his baking compulsion serve Charity / The Yi Cafe (a concept not a name)/ has the most pot-bellied father and a kitchen-prodigal mother (thus!)/ the second son with the less discerning tongue/ an aged interest in literature/ a perpetual weight issue / grams not pounds / measuring out my life with tbsps/ feeds the one with a sweeth tooth/ says, "my heart is stollen" homemade berry tart for the jaundice. SH culinary endeavours 1 : tang yuan in glutinuous rice wine SH culinary endeavours 2 : morbidly obese morning sandwich SH culinary endeavours 3 : herbal chicken soup YOU HEAR : Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me On I'm A Radio oh honey you turn me on i'm a radio i'm a country station i'm a little bit corny i'm a wild flower waiting for your broadcasting tower waiting for you fellow pebbles Archive Archives 10/12/2003 - 10/19/2003 10/19/2003 - 10/26/2003 10/26/2003 - 11/02/2003 11/02/2003 - 11/09/2003 11/09/2003 - 11/16/2003 11/16/2003 - 11/23/2003 11/30/2003 - 12/07/2003 12/07/2003 - 12/14/2003 12/28/2003 - 01/04/2004 01/04/2004 - 01/11/2004 01/11/2004 - 01/18/2004 01/25/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 02/08/2004 02/08/2004 - 02/15/2004 02/15/2004 - 02/22/2004 02/22/2004 - 02/29/2004 02/29/2004 - 03/07/2004 03/07/2004 - 03/14/2004 03/14/2004 - 03/21/2004 03/21/2004 - 03/28/2004 03/28/2004 - 04/04/2004 04/04/2004 - 04/11/2004 04/11/2004 - 04/18/2004 04/18/2004 - 04/25/2004 05/02/2004 - 05/09/2004 05/09/2004 - 05/16/2004 05/16/2004 - 05/23/2004 05/23/2004 - 05/30/2004 05/30/2004 - 06/06/2004 06/06/2004 - 06/13/2004 06/20/2004 - 06/27/2004 06/27/2004 - 07/04/2004 07/04/2004 - 07/11/2004 07/11/2004 - 07/18/2004 07/18/2004 - 07/25/2004 08/01/2004 - 08/08/2004 08/08/2004 - 08/15/2004 08/15/2004 - 08/22/2004 08/22/2004 - 08/29/2004 08/29/2004 - 09/05/2004 09/05/2004 - 09/12/2004 09/12/2004 - 09/19/2004 09/19/2004 - 09/26/2004 09/26/2004 - 10/03/2004 10/03/2004 - 10/10/2004 10/10/2004 - 10/17/2004 10/17/2004 - 10/24/2004 10/24/2004 - 10/31/2004 11/07/2004 - 11/14/2004 11/14/2004 - 11/21/2004 12/05/2004 - 12/12/2004 12/12/2004 - 12/19/2004 12/19/2004 - 12/26/2004 12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005 01/02/2005 - 01/09/2005 01/09/2005 - 01/16/2005 01/16/2005 - 01/23/2005 01/23/2005 - 01/30/2005 01/30/2005 - 02/06/2005 02/13/2005 - 02/20/2005 02/20/2005 - 02/27/2005 02/27/2005 - 03/06/2005 03/06/2005 - 03/13/2005 03/13/2005 - 03/20/2005 03/20/2005 - 03/27/2005 03/27/2005 - 04/03/2005 04/17/2005 - 04/24/2005 05/08/2005 - 05/15/2005 05/22/2005 - 05/29/2005 05/29/2005 - 06/05/2005 06/05/2005 - 06/12/2005 06/19/2005 - 06/26/2005 07/03/2005 - 07/10/2005 07/10/2005 - 07/17/2005 07/17/2005 - 07/24/2005 07/24/2005 - 07/31/2005 07/31/2005 - 08/07/2005 08/07/2005 - 08/14/2005 08/14/2005 - 08/21/2005 08/21/2005 - 08/28/2005 08/28/2005 - 09/04/2005 09/25/2005 - 10/02/2005 11/06/2005 - 11/13/2005 12/11/2005 - 12/18/2005 01/22/2006 - 01/29/2006 02/05/2006 - 02/12/2006 02/26/2006 - 03/05/2006 03/05/2006 - 03/12/2006 03/12/2006 - 03/19/2006 05/14/2006 - 05/21/2006 06/11/2006 - 06/18/2006 06/25/2006 - 07/02/2006 09/17/2006 - 09/24/2006 10/15/2006 - 10/22/2006 11/26/2006 - 12/03/2006 12/17/2006 - 12/24/2006 06/03/2007 - 06/10/2007 08/26/2007 - 09/02/2007 11/04/2007 - 11/11/2007 09/07/2008 - 09/14/2008 12/14/2008 - 12/21/2008 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 01/04/2009 - 01/11/2009 01/18/2009 - 01/25/2009 01/25/2009 - 02/01/2009 02/01/2009 - 02/08/2009 02/08/2009 - 02/15/2009 02/15/2009 - 02/22/2009 02/22/2009 - 03/01/2009 03/15/2009 - 03/22/2009 & I want these Apron Stains! Madeleine Attempt 3 (with baking powder?!) ML's Stollen SY's Baked Almond and Marzipan (urgh) Peaches ZW's Ricotta Cream Cheese Pudding Citrus Delight 4 Lavas + 4 Purins for e Family replica of JG's FG with port gelee, candied pistachios and dried sour cranberries Upcoming Gastronomic Gorges Haiku by Hatsune Geylang Tze Char Pilgrimage Peranakan Food Liver @ Hong Long Xing