Trust No One

Since last month, I am easily nervous. Mind gets easily overloaded when trying to weigh the pro and con of a decision on my career path. Things get complicated easily when it has to weigh against my living expense, rental place, lifestyle and next step of my career path in a full loop. What if, else if, if then, what next and so on. When my career path gets entangled with legal matter, my mind gets frozen. Unknown risk of each decisions taken are too much to bear. I may be already in the pre-condition of a depression now. 

The advice and guide I got from lawyers only provide me temporary comfort but with no clear cut yes or no. No wonder lawyer gets one of the highest pay in the world. They are really super computer able to memorize the number of clause pertaining to particular problem in legal dispute as I have learnt from a TVB drama.

I know it is easy to get out of the current dilemma but the lingering question is whether I can stand through the path I shall take or not. I find myself not able to trust anyone even more through the current crisis I am facing now. Hypocrisy is so disgusting. I hope those hypocrite people will get their karma as soon as during their lifetime. Perhaps this is how they have to be to survive in this dog-eating-dog life.   

Going back to myself in question. Am I part of the problem which I am facing now? Should I be more hypocrite than those people around me so that they won't eat me up without me getting some from them too. Should I be more greed and wicked than them to reciprocate what they did to me? I feel despair of what I perceive the world of career around me as hypocrite. As long as my family feel happy with me, I will do whatever it helps me to stay as what I am with my family. I feel sad that apparently the step I am about to take to counter my problem is like to "fight evil with evil". What I am worried is what if the evil itself eat me up and turn myself into someone as evil as what I have perceived of others in future? 

This is why we always tend to say "Life is complicated". Don't expect others to treat you well. Others will always take something from you. Sigh... 

      

SingaPOP! 2011 @Promontory Marina Bay

SingaPOP! concert pays tribute to 50 years of pop music development in Singapore, in parallel with 50 years of Singapore's economic development. For the first time in Singapore, SingaPop! features a stellar line-up of of Ah-Do (阿杜), Dick Lee, Douglas Oliverio, Jack and Rai, John Molina, Kit Chan (陈洁仪), Ling Xiao, Olivia Ong (王俪婷), Rahimah Rahim, Sakura Teng, Taufik Batisah, Tokyo Square, Vernon Cornelius, Najip Ali and many more, complemented by a Superband of top musicians, dancers and a bold, vibrant multimedia extravaganza.

I reached the concert venue at Promontory Marina Bay quite late at 7.50pm, 10 minutes into the show. My mistake of thinking it is located at Esplanade cost me one hour time of walking from City Hall MRT to Esplanade Bay and vice-versa before I realized it is located opposite across the bay which is about 15 minutes walk from Raffles City MRT. Every cloud has its silver lining. It saved me from getting wet because of a brief raining. Weather was very good and cool after the rain stopped.

The main stage and audience seats are actually built on a reclaimed land at Marina Boulevard. Even as I was approaching the stage from afar, the music was super clear. At time nearing to the start of the concert scheduled at 8pm, I was surprised to be able to chope the front standing area which is so close to the main stage although this event is free seating and standing,

#1 Promontory Marina Bay from NTUC. Music is super clear from afar

Here are the line up of much awaited artistes in the concert:

#2 Kit Chan (陈洁仪). She belted out her debut and signature song "Heartache / 心痛"

#3 Kit Chan (陈洁仪). Her "Heartache / 心痛" brings me down to 90's memory lane; 
1994 to be exact

#4  Ah-Do (杜成义/阿杜). An artist of 21st century, his vocal is rare unique and sexy.

#5 Ah-Do (杜成义/阿杜). His song "He Must Love You So Much /他一定很愛你" of 00's is addictive

  

#6 Taufik Batisah. First Singapore Idol winner of 21st century

#7 Taufik Batisah. He belted out his Malay original song. 

#8 Olivia Ong (王俪婷)

#9 Olivia Ong (王俪婷). She sang 如燕, theme song of Little Nyonya (小娘惹). 

Other performers and artistes during the 2 hour concert include Veronica Young of 60's with her rendition of Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop", Sakura Teng with her yodeling genre of her time, Tokyo Square with their epic "Within You Will Remain" fusion of western and eastern music (wo ai ni~ I love you~ can't stop repeating this), Dick Lee with Najip Ali and Sheikh Haikel delivering a hot rapping rendition of "Rasa Sayang" boosted with an energetic bunch of kids showcasing hip hop dance.


Being in the concert itself was like riding on a time machine. The nostalgic and momentous era of from 60's to 21st century, this musical time machine rode us on, are so heart-warming. All thanks to Dick Lee for his brilliant brainchild and the sponsorship from DBS, Keppel Corporation, MasterCard Worldwide, Sembcorp, DHL, ExxonMobil, GlaxoSmithKline, Kulicke & Soffa and Makino.  

#10 On the way to Baybeats 2011 @Esplanade

Preview: SingaPOP 2011

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#2 Main stage on setting up

SingaPOP concert will pay tribute to 50 years of pop music development in Singapore, in parallel with 50 years of Singapore's economic development. For the first time in Singapore, SingaPop! features a stellar line-up of of Ah-Do (阿杜) , Dick Lee, Douglas Oliverio, Jack and Rai, John Molina, Kit Chan (陳潔儀), Ling Xiao, Olivia Ong (王儷婷), Rahimah Rahim, Sakura Teng, Taufik Batisah, Tokyo Square, Vernon Cornelius and many more, complemented by a Superband of top musicians, dancers and a bold, vibrant multimedia extravaganza.

Preview: Singapore Baybeats 2011

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#2 Lineup Program

#3 Towards Outdoor Theater

#4 Art of Display

#5 Main Stage