il mio diario: My Journal (Archive)    Saturday, September 18, 2004 Long time no updating my homepage...  some updates about my everything. 1. my workload is becoming heavier and heavier... 2. my family and my relatives just got their same enemy...^^ 3. I gained some pounds when grandma visiting me... 4. still crazy about jazz... 5. Burberry Brit is my recently favourite perfume... 6. another scouting year begins... 7. still believing there's no good relationship between boss and employees in these days... 8. my brother's birthday is tomorrow!! 9. suspecting my computer got virus... 10. me is still me. With love, Joycelyn Saturday, July 18, 2004 Yes! Yes! Yes!  Greece won the Euro 2004!!!  It's funny, isn't it?  Greece is not my favourite football team... but I'm so happy, so as my father.  But I felt sorry about C. Ronaldo.  He cried when the game was ended.  He was so serious about the match.  I think C. Ronaldo will have good prospect if he keep focus not like some football players nowadays.   The England striker, Wayne Rooney also has very good prospect, he's now the new hero of England.  David Beckham disappointed his people, including me, one of his fans.  But I still like him very much.^_^; With love, Joycelyn Sunday, July 4, 2004 Yes! Yes! Yes!  Greece won the Euro 2004!!!  It's funny, isn't it?  Greece is not my favourite football team... but I'm so happy, so as my father.  But I felt sorry about C. Ronaldo.  He cried when the game was ended.  He was so serious about the match.  I think C. Ronaldo will have good prospect if he keep focus not like some football players nowadays.   The England striker, Wayne Rooney also has very good prospect, he's now the new hero of England.  David Beckham disappointed his people, including me, one of his fans.  But I still like him very much.^_^; With love, Joycelyn Monday, June 12, 2004 Yes! Yes! Yes!  Greece won the Euro 2004!!!  It's funny, isn't it?  Greece is not my favourite football team... but I'm so happy, so as my father.  But I felt sorry about C. Ronaldo.  He cried when the game was ended.  He was so serious about the match.  I think C. Ronaldo will have good prospect if he keep focus not like some football players nowadays.   The England striker, Wayne Rooney also has very good prospect, he's now the new hero of England.  David Beckham disappointed his people, including me, one of his fans.  But I still like him very much.^_^;Do you know Dutch Oven? I never thought of that… tonight I was having a meeting with some cub leaders from other scout groups.  We had to plan for the last weekend of our training.  When we started our discussion about meals.  Me, not only me, and two other leaders were so surprised.  We imagined that we were going to plan an easy list of menus.  But the other two leaders were so enthusiastic and excited about the food.  Okay, for our last training week, we’re staying two nights and two days outdoor.  So, we’ll two mug-ups, two breakfasts, two lunches, and one dinner.  The other two leaders suggested making a Dutch oven!!!  Yes, they’re not joking.  They also suggested we should have grill salmon, chicken (for lunch) and ribs (for dinner) Everyone I know is out of town this summer.  Some go to England, Hong Kong, Cuba, Japan, Brazil, Beijing, U.S., New York, Florida, Florida, Florida, Florida, Florida, … so many people going to Florida, Disneyland… fuck me, only me is staying in Canada.  I’m not saying Canada is not good.  She is still lovely and many places to explore, especially in summer time.  But this year I’m stuck in Canada for sure.  Because of my work, my endless scout leadership training, and my financial status,^_^  I hope I can get a change to go to England and Ireland this Christmas or maybe next summer, just a short trip, perhaps? With love, Joycelyn Monday, June 5, 2004 Trip @ IKEA Today I’m exhausted.  I was supposed to do recruitment today.  But I was stuck with my lovely mom.  Had to be her driver the whole-day-long.  I just dropped by the recruit booth for half-and-hour long, then left.  I apologized so much to my scout friends, although they are all “friendly” and “sweet” but I felt so sorry because in the last recruitment I forgot to come as I had a short term memory loss, just like Dory. ^_^ Anyway, then I drove south to pick up my mom and went to IKEA.  She always complained that she “never” had chance to “go” to IKEA ‘cos my dad hates shopping and always turns her down for buying this or that.  Today, she had me to be driver so she could buy as much as she wants / also as much as can afford… as much as the stuffs can fit in my small car. ^_^ We bought some curtain sets, for her bedroom and my bedroom (her treat), many accessories for decoration.  I also bought two wall shelves for only $ 2.99 ea. (they are for my dolls) and a CD tower, ‘cos my CDs are now piled up like mountain!  I think we left at five.  But my mom’s shopping mood is still not satisfied. (smile)  We went back to north, there is a new Taiwanese supermarket, I bet many people know which one I’m talking about.  Damn, there were loads of people inside the supermarket and outside the supermarket. Tonight, my brother helped to build the CD tower.  He kept telling how genius he is.  But driving a whole day is a tired duty, same workload as my working day, period. With love, Joycelyn Thursday, June 14, 2004 Shorthand? Longhand!?? Today I started to help my colleagues to prepare agenda and write minutes, because she is having vacation for three weeks.  My boss hoped I am okay to take over some of her tasks.  He thought I had never done the “meeting thingy” (preparation) before but I did do a lot from my last job).  When I was jotting down the notes.  He was amazed about my shorthand.  He wondered why the shorthand writing still exists.  For God’s sake, don’t you think shorthand is very convenient and more productive?  At least, he thinks it is cool.  He seems quite appreciates I can do that. =p With love, Joycelyn Sunday, July 4, 2004 Greece Rulez! Yes! Yes! Yes!  Greece won the Euro 2004!!!  It's funny, isn't it?  Greece is not my favourite football team... but I'm so happy, so as my father.  But I felt sorry about C. Ronaldo.  He cried when the game was ended.  He was so serious about the match.  I think C. Ronaldo will have good prospect if he keep focus not like some football players nowadays.   The England striker, Wayne Rooney also has very good prospect, he's now the new hero of England.  David Beckham disappointed his people, including me, one of his fans.  But I still adore him very much.^_^; With love, Joycelyn Thursday, June 14, 2004 Euro Fever I found my right eye was not alright today morning.  There was red spot all over my eye.  I had to put more foundation on the area.  (Then I felt so uncomfortable because of my right eye in the whole morning)  I guessed today is not my lucky day and my thought is correct.  I just found me and my colleague made a very small mistake, which would create a real big problem to our customer.  These two days, people in our company did not do things smoothly.  Today is the match of England and Switzerland.  I joked to my colleagues that England was going to lose it... since my luck was so bad today.... then England won 3 to Switzerland.... I guess my sense was not too correct... =p  Tomorrow is match of Italy and Sweden, I really Italy could win and no tie... 'cos last match with Denmark was too boring. With love, Joycelyn Sunday, June 13, 2004 Two Furious England Fans  Today, I went to barbeque at my friends' house.  They are friends from my scout group.  They're very friendly and generous couple.  We had so fun today.  The couple did all the food, that made us (probably me only=p) feel so bad, I bought a birthday cake though.  Yes, today is another friend's birthday.  There are totally 15-20 people, including their kids.  I arrived there around 3:45 p.m., they were playing the England V.S. France match on TV.  I couldn't catch the 1st half 'cos I went to pick up the cake.  However, they were telling me England was winning, I was so excited; then, around 3 minutes before the end of the game, the result switched.  Damn Zidanne... (hahaha), he scored two goals by himself.  Me and my friends (esp. the birthday girl) were so furious (?) about the result.  We joked that we were about the sing the national anthem and waving the England flag... just like the audience.  Then the remaining moments of the day, we both forbidden everyone saying anything related to France... hahaha With love, Joycelyn Friday, May 28, 2004 Pink! Phew! My room was getting renovated last Saturday.  I pulled, pushed, kicked my whole pile of stuffs out of my bedroom.  I took off my posters from the walls, 'cos this time, my walls are getting a new colour!  My walls were used to be green; finally I got my father's permission, I can change the walls to pink! Yes, it's P-I-N-K.  Wow, I was so excited, 'cos I always dreamt of getting my room in pink.  I love this colours so much. Me and my father were arguing so much recently... about getting a new car, a car for me to drive to work...  but so many things to consider, now my situation is like Kayan in few months ago... things to consider like insurance, gas, first-hand or second-hand... holy smoke, the gas is getting so high now, damn!  Curse the gas pumpers, the gas sellers, SHELL, ESSO, ....  Kayan told me it was a hard time while considering, once you bought the car, the worries are gone, I hope so. With love, Joycelyn Friday, May 7, 2004 Movie maniac I haven't been going to theatre since early March, actually there's no any movie I'm really interested to see.  So, better save some money until the summer movies come out.  Yes!  There're lots of summer movies I'd like to watch.  Troy, Spider Man 2, Harry Potter III: Prisoner of Azkaban, Shrek 2, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Princess Diaries II - The Royal Engagement, King Arthur... I think I'm going to see Van Helsing next week, not only because of Hugh Jackman. ^_^ Bridget Jones's Diary 2 is coming this Christmas, oh, I can't wait!  I received more gifts from my Kai-Dad.  So happy, I feel so bad that Kai Dad always gives me gifts...  makes me so greedy... Oh, they are buttons from the old uniform of Boy Scouts of Canada.  Am I right?  I have to use magnifying glass to read the words. ^_^; I have made an agreement with my brother.  If he wants to borrow my camera, he must tidy up his bedroom and the den first.  Our den is not a den anymore, it becomes my brother's game room.  His PS2 games are everywhere, his comics, CDs, magazines, videos too...  So messy, just like his bedroom.   I'm not wasting time to think about the agreement on such trifles... I do it for his good.  I know boys' bedrooms are messy but he keeps losing his stuffs. *_* I created a page about something that piss me off.=p  I think I become a petty-minded person.... so I also made a song about something that make me happy! George Huff is taken off from American Idol 3 on Wednesday.  He sings really good but he doesn't have many classic performance.  But I was hoping George Huff, Jasime Trias and Latoya London go to top 3.  Latoya is gonna win the competition, she is ready to be a big star.  Actually, I'm quite fond of John Stevens, he is so unique, his singing skill is still not strong enough but he has potential, let's give him few years, he can be good, especially in Jazz music field.  However, because of William Hung, this competition becomes less attention... I guess. With love, Joycelyn Monday, April 12, 2004 Time to change Helped my brother to work on his project, we took many films.  But the result was too dark, I felt so bad.  I hope my brother could have time to adjust the brightness tomorrow in school.  Then I asked him to create a flash layout for my homepage, of course it has my idea.  A CD will be the return. =P With love, Joycelyn Sunday, April 11, 2004 The True Idol? William Hung, Hong Kong's Ricky Martin, it is the new definition of "miracle".  This fellow's CD is ranked #14 right now in Amazon.com's sales chart.  I heard the samples.  This guy really can't sing, very dreadful, I must say.  But his image is very positive; he said in the CD, "I may not be the best singer of the world, but I sing for my heart, and I sing the passion.  I enjoy what I do.  Not for money, not for thing, I just enjoy singing."  In the audition of American Idol 3, he said, "I tried my best... I have no regrets at all..."  Wow, I think those words are priceless... he still has the guts to say those things in front of the cruel Simon while everyone of us are laughing to death.  Not like Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera, he is a role model of the teenagers.  Well, you may say he's just bullshitting on his CD, one album with 15 tracks, 11 songs and 4 speeches, what the #$%&, waste of money!  Well, different point of view.  And the way he talks is very entertaining too.  This guy can make you smile.  Forget about his singing, it's funny that he is so serious about his record, he's not joking. man.  However, this guy didn't win the competition but he wins attention.  Who cares who's gonna win in American Idol. With love, Joycelyn Monday, April 5, 2004 Juno Awards 2004 Juno Awards 2004 is finally finished on April 4.  My friend went to see the live and I chose to stay home to watch it.  Me and my father were battling for TV, he wanted to watch Ten Commandments... argh, everybody knows the movie is broadcasted during the Easter period, every year.  Just joking, we still have two more TVs; so, no battle.  Sam Roberts took three awards home. Billy Talent won the best new group award.  Nelly collected the the best single. Nickleback got two awards, Hooray.^_^ Michael Bublé and Sarah McLauchlan each got one award.  But the most exciting part is Alanis Morisette's ironic joke on the stage, she disrobed and revealed a naked body suit with nipples and hair, fake of course.  When she was told not supposed to expose the nipples and hair in front of theTV, she then took off them and pretended to be painful.  Also she said the following speech, "As you may or may not be aware, recently in the United States, I ran into a little problem with regards to a lyric in one my songs," Morissette told the near-sellout audience of 17,000, referring to her latest release titled, "Everything," which includes the lyrics, "I can be an a--hole of the grandest kind. It was requested that I change a word in the first verse. Well, I am overjoyed to be back in my homeland, the true North... strong and censor-free." thanked the audience and received appreciated reaction and applause. With love, Joycelyn Sunday, April 4, 2004 Happy Children's Day! I finally brought Clay Aiken's new single, "The Way / Solitaire" home.  I know it's quite late because I've been searching so many record stores and couldn't find the single.  But I still couldn't find the other single "Invisible" elsewhere.  That's too crazy.  It's out of stock in Amazon.  I think I deserve that, there was a pre-order for the two singles in Amazon, I didn't order it... My 2004's first guilty pleasure is Hilary Duff.  =D  I am an old lady who is a fan of a teen idol, she is only 16!  What am I thinking (smile)?  Anyway, I only buy her CDs but I'll never join her fan club...  I think that's too crazy to me. ^_^  I know she can't sing very good but she is a sugar sweet girl, not like Britney Spears...  Opps, my friends like her. =p I got allergy last week.  It was so itchy.  The red spots are everywhere on my body even my FACE... yeaw...  I scratched and scratched the whole days and nights.  I couldn't sleep very much.  My mother said I was like a dancing ant on the frying pan (smile).  Where is my refinement, hehehehe, j/k...   It was since the midnight of Wednesday.  I saw the doctor and I took one tablet of Reactine.  Damn, it was like hell those days.  I had to put make up on my face when going out, 'cos my face was like a "punched face"...  I have finished the presentation on Italian class last week, phew.  Hey, I didn't feel itchy while doing the presentation, it was weird but very lucky, God blessed me!^_^ We must speak Italian completely during the presentation.  Well, I think I was doing fine, I hope. ^_^  We will do oral exam next week... I'm so scared... Honestly,  I feel it's not yet possible to talk Italian freely with Italians at this moment... still long way to go... *sigh*  Am I too self-conscious?   With love, Joycelyn Monday, March 29, 2004 Sombre Sunday Toronto is not safe anymore.  It's a very sad day to everyone in Toronto.  Cecilia's body (actually her skeletal) was found after the four months missing.  That means her body has been abandoned there for quite a long time, while we were still praying for her.  The news obviously stunned the Chinese community, even the whole GTA community.  It's another tragedy after Holly Jones'.  She is so angelic.  How could people seize the life of this sweet kid.  It's so terrible.  My father told me he heard (those are rumours) some stories about the girl's family background.  It's obviously done by someone the Zhang family knows.  There's a Chinese phrase say "son pays off dad's debt".  Well, I am not saying there's some problem about the family 'cos I don't know them... But an incident must has a reason behind that; however, the girl is innocent, she should be exempt from the hidden evil plan, she doesn't deserve that.  And the Canadian cops have no fucking clues who and why the people kidnapped the girl.  Julian Fantino should go home.  If I have time, I will go to the girl's funeral. Back to happy things... I am not good at writing sad thing actually... Evgeni Plushenko is the man again.  The three-time World Champion and three-time European Champion on Male Figure Skating.  But his hair is still so funny.^_^;  Well, you can say he's cute. I really like the performance by the pair from Russia, Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov.  They were playing with the funny and wicked Austin Power background music.  They won the gold medal.  Also, I like the pair from China.  The music is so emotional with their performance.  But I really love the costumes of the German pair skaters. Yesterday, I went to Fairview's H & M.  Holy smoke, there were loads of people, some clothes were left on the floor.  Well, the prices are quite cheap but the clothes are not as good I expected and I didn't feel interesting in the clothes, and the materials are so bad.  I only bought some knee tights.  But there were still many people buying more than two or three clothes.  I think H & M is like European's Old Navy.  I think H & M still has the market in Canada, will become a big competitor of North American fashion franchises, like GAP, Old Navy, or Club Monaco; because H & M has much reasonable price and it has European style.  You know, people adore European style. (So do I...)  American styles are too dull and boring. With love, Joycelyn Friday, March 19, 2004 Oooooooh my foot! I fell yesterday at home.  I was organizing my notes with blinder in my room.  I was going downstairs to send a fax.  I slipped on some papers, my left heel stepped on the blinder, and the rings are opened for me!!  Right cut into the rings.  I got two holes in my heel...  Damn, it was so painful, I was holding my left foot and rolling on the ground... So, I had to skip the evening class.  Was I bleeding?  Yes!  Till now, after my work today, and found out it's still bleeding a little bit... scary, eh?  However, I feel better today, at least I don't need to use my toes to walk... I highly recommend Jyoshi Jyoni Kakubou.  A Chinese traditional instrumental band from China.  They are so versatile.  No wonder why they're so popular (dai-ninki) in Japan right now and SMAP mimicked them in their show...  In their new album, they performed many famous songs.  They transferred them with Chinese traditional instruments into magnificent music.  The songs like Dr. Zhivago's theme, songs of Teresa Deng, enya, and Momoe Yamaguchi. I changed a new Audrey picture on the main page...  With love, Joycelyn Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Sayonara, sayonara! Well, well, well... my two friends, Harvey and Chris are leaving Canada today, going to back to their home country.  We spent a whole night together in a karaoke lounge yesterday.  No, not only me and the two guys, and loads of people there, around twelve people.  It was quite fun, I didn't sing a lot last night, I preferred to sit down like some other people.   We left the place at 2 a.m.  It was chilly outside.  But we chit-chatted a little bit.  Finally, before we got frozen on the street, we had to say goodbye and gave the two boys a hug.  Chris was so funny that he lifted up Eriko so high, must have scared her away... ^_^  Here, I wish the two good luck and safe, as always. Last Saturday, I went window shopping with my mom in downtown.  Club Monaco has placed some new collection.  I must say Club Monaco is my favourite fashion store in Canada, many others suck, except MEXX and Bluenotes of course.  I adore the grey skirt (viv skirt) so much.  It costs $109... so expensive!  I'll wait until they dropped the price and hope there're not many people buy it... hehhee One thing happened last week, I found out someone touched my Beauty and Beast waterball, Belle's left arm is gone!!!  Then I found her arm under my bed... but her hand is still missing!!!  Who is the criminal?? I have glued her arm but it broke my heart... (sobbing) With love, Joycelyn Monday, March 8, 2004 That's Entertainment! Wow! Finally got a chance to see "That's Entertainment Part I & II"!!!  I always wanted to own them but they're out of stock. I hope MGM will produce DVD and I'll be the first one to buy it!  The two videos both have my favourite, Gene Kelly!  Wowow!  Of course, there's Gene Kelly in the third part too.  But I heard it is not as good as the previous twos (but I still want to see it).  Everyone says "That's Entertainment! Part I" is the best of the three.  Part II is great too but it only followed the influence from the Part I; when people want to see more flashbacks and valuable moments that they have forgotten... In "That's Entertainment Part I", it is narrated by following stars: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor. Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, Donald O'Connor.  Actually I like Donald O' Connor very much in "Singin' in the Rain".  He's absolutely marvellous!  He can dance, he can sing, he can act, he can make you laugh, he can play musical instruments, he can also make different funny faces; his face is like a piece of clay.  He must be kids' favourite at that time. ^_^   From my limited knowledge, Donald didn't lead many movies and acted in most B movies.  He can still make his career big if he keeps playing the sidekick or adolescent role... maybe the people were just blind to his skills??? In Part II, it is hosted by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.  Of course, the old Fred Astaire and old Gene Kelly... the old but still-handsome Gene Kelly, hahahha!!! They sang and danced "That's Entertainment" by introducing different famous stars, great musicals, and unforgettable scenes.  Just Jane Powell is marvellous at dancing. Last few days, I borrowed a book from library.  Our sophisticated Audrey Hepburn is again named one of greatest stylish Hollywood stars in Style's of the Stars (edited by People weekly, published in 2001).  She is ranked #1 greatest 50 style setters.  Actually I don't really care about the rankings, they are stupid and not accurate, especially they come from different newspapers or magazines with different points of view.  But when they talks about fashion (and Audrey of course ^^), it always draws my attention.  But I must say the majority of the celebrities are Western people, and mostly are in U.S..  How about the other side of the planet?  Europe (okay, they say Lady Di.)? Asia? Well, it does talk a little bit about some Asians... Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Zi Yi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon... >o< With love, Joycelyn   Saturday, February 28, 2004 What a movie! I found there's one thing that is different with my friend, Kayan.  Our idea about movie.  When we were talking about movies last night, while travelling to badminton.  She said she likes reading critics before watching a film.  She even visited Rottentomato. ^_^ I'm different, I don't read critics before watching a film.  I don't want to be spoiled.  But I prefer to read critics after I saw the film, I can see how other people's reaction and comment. She lent me "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", played by Kevin Spacey and John Cusack, directed by Clint Eastwood.  The movie disappointed both of us.  The movie moves too slow, I fall asleep in the early part. But I must say the songs are very good.  They are written by John Mercer.  I like the theme song.  The story is a little bit odd to me, perhaps I will  find out what happened by reading its novel.  In my opinion, Kevin Spacey acts very well in the film, he shines... and his accent, I think he wants us to believe he is one of the Savannah citizens. ^_^  I give this movie a B. My friend borrowed me two Alfred Hitchcock's movies (DVD), Psycho and Rear Window (which is my fav. AH's film).  She thinks Rear Window is better than Psycho.  She doesn't think Pyscho was very scary enough.  But I dare say Pyscho was a great triller in the 60's, when there were not too many thriller came out.  Pyscho is a pioneer of thriller in Hollywood.  That's why Pyscho is still named the greatest thriller (of Hollywood) at all time.   And Alfred Hitchcock is still ranked No.1 master of thriller. That's quite interesting topic to talk about.  My friend likes to find some "not very hit" movies to watch.  I don't, it doesn't mean I dislike those kind of movies.   I'm just too lazy searching for them. ^_^ I joked that if we go back to 60's and suppose we haven't seen the modern thrillers or some Donny Yu's films? (smile)  We must be some of the people who were screaming in the theatre!  "No, Lila, don't go upstairs!" With love, Joycelyn Monday, February 23, 2004 New hairdo! I've got my hair cut yesterday... Oh my God!  I lost my precious hair!... they were so long, cover my whole back and now they are right on my shoulders... it was my parents... they murmured about my hair; I was so sick and tired of their sound (hahaha) so I went to the barber shop.  Oh yes, yesterday is the hair cut day!  Every single member of my family had a new hair cut.  Weird... My heart was bleeding when I saw my hair on the floor. ^_^;  And my hair stylist was so fucking retarded... he said like, "how could you keep the hair so long,... blablabla, how long you hadn't cut your hair (since last December!)... this is my big project... blablabla, I like to cut people's hair..."  So retarded, eh? =p  Now I can't even curl my hair... I swear, I will never cut my hair in the future two years, just want my hair back! Hahaha... My scout group won eight trophies from Kub Kar Rally last Saturday.  Although none of our kids won the speed race but we won the design competition!  Didn't know my group has so many potential artists... =p  Hidden dragons, crouching tigers? (smile)  Wow!  Everybody went home so excited! ^_^ I got Royal Duty, finally... it was 30% off and an extra 10% off because I am the member. ^_^  Let's see if Paul Burrell's the bastard or the real loyal servant... =p No BS (hehehe), L'Arc~en~Ciel is finally back.  Listened their new single, READY STEADY GO.  It is a happy song.^_^ They're gonna release another new single and album next month. Good for theml!  Gonna be a busy year for Laruku in 2004. ^_^ I forgot to thank Kayan in the last journal because she brought me to Josh Groban's concert.  Love ya.  She'll know it, 'cos she read my homepage, my loyal reader... hahahaha   With love, Joycelyn Thursday, February 19, 2004 You raise me up, Josh! =p Just got back from Josh Groban concert.  It was totally awesome.  Especially Josh, he did a marvellous job.  I was quite worried if he is fine after the illness (respiratory infection) last couple weeks... the person sitting beside me said, "it's exactly like the CD!" ^_^  My friend and I arrived at Air Canada Centre at 7:45 p.m., it wasn't late at all because many people were still waiting outside to get into the concert.  It wasn't difficult to find our seats.  The show was started at 8:15 p.m. (if my watch is accurate '_^).  There was a 20 minutes-intermission between the show.  The show was about two hours long.  There were some booths selling Josh's merchandizes, such as: T-shirts, postcards, photos, concert booklets, etc.  Me and my friend bought the concert booklet.  It costs 20 bucks and it is so thin! =D I think it's still fine, it's collectible.  The lady sitting next to me asked us if the booklet is worth of it... It is!  If I didn't buy the booklet tonight, I'm definitely sure I will regret! =D  There were also some people selling tickets and Josh's photos, of course they are all illegal, buy them If you trust the people,... hahaha I was excited when Josh introduced University of Toronto Gospel Choir Team.  Cool!  The best song I loved most tonight was "Remember when it rained", Josh was playing piano, live! ^_^  I almost jumped out but my jaw did open when Josh fell off some stairs!  Ouch!  He was cute that he made fun about that afterwards.  He joked that he was sleeping.  I remember he was performing "all luce del sole".  It was great because he didn't miss any note, smiled and kept singing.  So professional. I didn't really remember the whole song list Josh has performed tonight.  But the first song he performed was "oceano", then "my confession' (I hope I'm right).  He also two songs which are not his songs, one is "This is my December" (is it the song name? =p).  He also performed: "me mancherao (il postino)", "alejate" , "per te", "broken vow", "un amore per semore", "let me fall", "remember when it rained", "all luce del sole", "gira con me", "caruso", "vincent", "you raise me up", and the very last song "never let go".  Those are songs I can remember, sorry. I always hoped Josh could perform "cinema paradiso (se)" and "canto alla vita".  But who would duet with Josh?   Andrea Corrs?  ^_^  But this time, the special guest, Lucia Micarelli (string conductor) played so beautiful with her violin. It was funny that when Josh finished "you raise me up", he said goodbye and said thank you to us all; he left.  People stood up.... waiting if Josh will come back to the stage... yes, he came back to the stage and sang another song... he finished the song and left the stage.  Some people thought the concert is really finished and left!  Me and my friend knew it wasn't finished yet so our butts were still sticking to the seats... =p Hey, the curtains hasn't closed and the light was still on.  But some people did leave.... when the music started again, Josh came back and singing... I think some, some people returned, they smiled and found a seat to sit down.  That was a funny thing... to watch (so evil I am).  Another funny thing is, Josh didn't mention his good friend, Zach, while introducing the band? =D The security asked me to open my purse and my camera was in it... I thought I was passed then he called me back and told me I am not allowed to take picture.  I said I understand, then he led me go... I went and =p... (smile)  Honestly, I did not intend to take pictures during the concert, I was planning to take some outside with my friend... when I realized there were so much flashing during the show... I took a few pictures only because the security guards were looking around and so near my rows... Also I had to enjoy the show... However, the pictures didn't turn out good... it's still okay to me, 'cos the picture is already stored in my memory.  I won't forget it... if Josh will open a concert again in Toronto in the future, I'll come back.^_^ With love, Joycelyn Sunday, February 15, 2004 Céline in TVA How was your Valentine's Day, everyone? Good or bad? So-so? ^_^ I didn't go out to celebrate since I do not have a boyfriend this year. =p Shame on me? Nah, don't worry about me, I enjoy being single. Can you smell the fresh air of freedom (smile)?  Anyway, but I got few Valentine's Day greeting cards and chocolates, also received from my scout members... they are so sweet. ^_^ Just watched Céline Dion: 1 File & Types on TVA. Céline Dion talked about her career, latest album, her son, and her hubby, René... Her hair is so blond right now and she looks so old, hehehe... The audition for new roles for Harry Potter: GOF has been started.  The auditions attracted thousand and thousand of people.  Especially, the Cho Chang audition which held on Feb. 7.  There were 3,000 hopefuls have queued in the street of London under such a cold weather, just for the part of Cho Chang, the most popular girl of Howgarts and the most beautiful girl in Harry's eyes (smile).   Since Cho is an Asian, specifically, she is a Chinese, and a Cantonese too =p, you can tell by her name; so the film makers ask for South Asian girls only... perhaps the lucky one will film a kiss scene with Daniel Radcliffe in the fourth film.. (evil grins)?  Wonder if my cousins (in England) auditioned for the part of Cho Chang too.  They like Harry Potter! ^_^  The film makers are also looking for a fresh actor for the Viktor Krum, the Bulgarian Quittditch player, also a date of Hermione in chapter 4.  The audition took place in Bulgaria.  Hey, how about the role for Fleur Delacour, Bill and Charlie?  But I'm more interested who's gonna be Cedric. ^_^ Actually, I think BoA looks a lot like Cho.  She is sweet and cute, also has a long hair.  BoA just took crowns of "Most influential Asian Artist 2003" and "Most Popular Korean Artist" at MTV Asia Awards last Saturday in Singapore.  Linkin Park went home with two awards for Best Video and Best Rock Act. ^_^ Best Inspiration Award goes to Anita Mui, a tribute to her contribution to Asian music industry.  A private video by Lady Di will be broadcasted on U.S. TV... can't believe she attempted to miscarry by falling stairs while carrying Prince William.  Endless shocking royal secrets coming out...  With love, Joycelyn Sunday, February 8, 2004 My friend's ghost story Last night, I had dinner with my friend.  We had Chinese fondu... I should call it's hot pot.  It was a happy night.  It was especially happy when we made fun on Asima and Amy, hahaha.. Then we went to other place for some desert... We were talking a lot of stuffs... then our friend told us his ghost story.  Quite spooky one.  Because it is his true story.  It was happened not too long time ago.  He and his friends enjoyed a whole night for karaoke in a shopping mall.  Until the karaoke lounge closed at 3 a.m., they left.  They then went to the basement to pick up their cars.  When they were walking in the basement, they suddenly heard some noise of children playing and laughing... I think they heard laughing, can't remember if my friend has mentioned... My friend said they didn't see any kid around at that time, the noise was so weird to them, it came from place neither far nor near.... do you think there were kids still playing in the parking lot, in a shopping mall that had all store closed? At 3'o clock in the morning?  Think about it... he and his friends were so thrilled, they immediately jumped into their cars for home!  And my friend didn't look like joking... Spooky? Although I'm a Catholic and I had never met these such things before, but I believe there're kinds of these things around in this world.  Some people say you see ghost because either your eyes can see them or you were out of luck at that time. My fanlisting page is getting long... I'm so crazy and joined so many... I'll improve the page with php... With love, Joycelyn Saturday, February 7, 2004 So Loverly Wow! I am excited! I just bought My Fair Lady's new DVD.  It is just released few days ago.  I was going to pre-order it from amazon before it comes out, but I didn't have anything else to buy and I've already owned a copy of the movie (mine is a video tape). Beside it didn't say what is inside the package... until a week later, I walked into HMV.  I saw the DVD was there.. my devil inside kept telling me, "You must get it! You must get it!!! Until it's too late!" (Smile)  Finally I brought the DVD home.  phew...  The DVD is a two-disc special edition.  I bought it because... first reason is money, I must say; second reason is the 40th anniversary of the film.  Okay, back to the topic, the package has two discs inside; the package is beautiful, full of pink, my favourite colour! The disc one is the film, which is restored; also contains a commentary by the art director, singer (Marni Nixon), and the restorers. The disc two contains alternate Audrey Hepburn's vocal versions; documentary by co-star, Jeremy Brett;  Hollywood premiere and award ceremonies that I, the young generation would never experience it (smile); comments from Rex Harrison, Andrew Llyod Webber, and Martin Scorsese; picture galleries of sketches, posters, production stills (Audrey's pictures!); theatrical trailers including My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, Brigadoon.  I high recommend this DVD, it's gonna be every Audrey Hepburn's fan's forever collection! ^_^  If you are not a fan of Audrey, I still recommend you to watch this film.  It is a classic.  The story is funny, costumes are beautiful, and the music are music! One word, Loverly!  Also, I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's DVD just came out... but I didn't buy it... you know... I want to save some money... ^_^ Valentine's Day is coming, so I added a page related to it.  Take a peek if you're too bored. ^_^ I'm gonna see Josh Groban in February 19!  Wow!  Can't believe it! ^_^ With love, Joycelyn Wednesday, January 21, 2004 Anger Last Friday, I was so mad at my friend's brother... he was so rude to me and my other friend.  I know, no one is prefect...  I don't understand, my friend is so much different with her brother.  She is so nice and his brother is so... can't think of any word to describe him.  I emailed to my friend once I got back to home.  I told her I was so angry... short message... didn't mention his brother's name...  I also ranted to my brother; my brother then told me some shocking things.  Yes, he also said something harsh to my brother.  But my brother was not angry at all. When My friend read my email, she replied me at once.  She thought I was mad at somebody else.  I then replied her it was her brother.  Thanks my friend for standing my side.  She agreed that her brother was a jerk.  umm... He was like a mad cow, provoking people around, indeed... That night, that guy was commenting so much on me, saying how arrogant I am (actually I'm not...=p), he also said my jacket is old and dirty, yaniyaniya, whole bunch of rubbish, go mind your own $%^&ing business, I don't give a dame on your comment...  My friend told me that he even bothered her boyfriend, with no reason, throwing slipper to him.  If I'm the boyfriend, I would throw the slipper into dog shit... hahaha... I'm thinking his face now... My friend and I spent almost three hours talking on phone last night...  we both ranted about that guy so much.  Now I feel so much better~  Anyhow, I'd avoid socializing with him as much as I could... Wow... I love Givenchy's Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2003 Collection.  So elegant.. Its Spring-Summer 2004 Collection is gorgeous too. Recently I'm so into 80's music now.  Want to find 80's records, like Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Culture Club, Matchy, Stevie Nicks, Akina Nakamori, and Checkers etc.  Although I listened countless songs from 80's, but I don't own many of their records.  It was not possible to buy record at age of 5 or 6, am I right? (smile)  I'm also looking for more classic movies, especially in the golden age.  Man, I'm crazy...  If you've already noticed, I love oldies a lot.  Like Audrey Hepburn, Momoe Yamaguchi, Gene Kelly, Grace Kelly, antiques, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pet Shop Boys... "Ah'm a crazy girl ah'm!" ^_^; (you'd understand if u have watched My Fair Lady) Saw Clay Aiken in Jay Leno show... he's so cute.^_^ With love, Joycelyn Wednesday, January 14, 2004 American Idol is back! Just came back from the camp.  Think my friends were as tired as me from the camp.  However, it was fun because it is my first winter camp.  Such a domestic kid I am... ^_^  Although it was my first time but I didn't feel strange about it and I just loved it! ^_^  But I didn't sleep well night before the camp, 'cos I was so afraid to forget bringing any thing for the camp... Anyhow, It was such a great opportunity for me to get to know more people in my scout group, especially my members.  We seemed getting along very well.  Especially when we were taking photos together in the pantry.^_^  I can also remember the snow fight with Kayan, Orson, and Vic.  I never knew they played as hypered as me... (smile) I also met up my friend early last Friday, right before the camp.  Her trip was as rush as usual.  She came last Thursday and leaving in Saturday afternoon.  Due to the limited time, or you can say the weather was so damn cold. -30 c.  So, we didn't go many places; we stayed in the mall whole afternoon.  I left and she went back to hotel at 3:30. American Idol Season 3 is coming next week!  It means the stupid show, The Simple Life ends... Do you think AI is too much and will some more talented ppl like Kelly, Clay, or Ruben come out? ^_^ Recently I'm so sick and tired of one guy's act.  He is so paranoid, he thinks I like him... He keeps calling me; of course, I never answered his phone.  Is he too dumb that he doesn't understand my feeling?  Help, please...  I don't want another Mr. J.C.   I've just finished the Sabrina's page.  I'm still considering which classical movie I'm going to do next.  Maybe Roman Holiday or Breakfast at Tiffany's.  I don't know... Or a page about Edith Head? With love, Joycelyn Wednesday, January 7, 2004 A NEW YEAR It's 2004!!  I don't want to waste time too much this year just as I did last year.  I am 20 something already, and I still haven't done anything big, haven't contributed anything to the society, I think I'm one of the losers (smile).  Well, at least I made some people laugh... I know everyone has a mission to come to the world, they must finish the mission before they leave the world.  I know I'm gonna find my own mission.  Anyhow, back to subject...  I hope I will find a new job very soon, get into a new environment; save some money for the trip to England, my life is too boring, need something new to fill up my world; keep my body healthy; finish my novels; re-learn my Italian, I have forgotten many words...  Come si dice questo in italioano...... ^_^  Last year, we had so many unhappy things happened.  SARS, war on IRAQ, earthquake in Iran, Mad Cow, the blackout in North America, many things can't count... also deaths of Maurice Gibb, Leslie Cheung, some legendary Hollywood stars like Gregory Peck, Katherine Hepburn, Bob Hope, famous country singer, Johnny Cash, actor, John Ritter, and Asian diva, Anita Mui, who is just died of cancer last week.  Do you have any good prediction for you or this world this year? My Kai Dad talked to me today, concerning about the internet's security.  He's right... maybe I have put too many personal stuffs.  Yes, I am always considering this issue.  My site's only reader is my friends only, I never want my site will be be used on some "dirty ways" by some "dirty people".  So, I decided to take down some big-face photos, to avoid any inconvenience to my friends and myself.  I know my friends still want to see "photos", so I'm going to shrink the photos as safer as I can. (smile)   With love, Joycelyn