july 22

It has been a long time since I have been able to have a chance to sit down and write in my blog.  I didn't have a computer for 3 days because my computer was full of viruses.  I know I should probably get a new one soon.  Well, so much has happened since the last time I wrote, I don't know where to begin. 

     First of all, the opening act that I put together with a group of the other contestants went much better than expected.  I got many comments saying that it wasn't as good as the performance I had done the week before with 3 of the other female contestants.  But, it went well and we all had a good time doing it in the end.  So, after last Friday (the 13th) I had to prepare for the competition that took place last night, Friday the 20th.  This time, the directors helped in choosing the songs.  We all went to a karaoke bar for a day to sing and choose songs.  It didn't really do me any good since I couldn't sing most of the songs.  And....to me...it's a very strange way of picking songs.  So, I had already chosen the first 2 songs that I wanted to sing.  "Memory" (didn't REALLY want to sing it but...it's known in china so I thought it would be good to get rid of that song so I wouldn't be asked to sing it later on..hahaha..plus, our first song could only be 1 min and 30 sec long) and "Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend". For the 3rd song, I had to let the directors choose for me because the requirement for that song was "ai xin" ...which would be songs like "voices that care" or "we are the world", etc.  They chose a chinese song called "Qi Dao" (Pray).  It wasn't really a great song...and I probably should have practiced it more. I was too excited to sing "Diamonds" because I had already started to choreograph some dance in the number. 

    So..the competition was very confusing....the 20 contestants from group B had to be split into 4 groups of 5.  In these 5 groups we would sing our first 1 min 30 sec song.  After the 5 people sang we'd wait to see which 2 contestants got the highest SMS votes from viewers.  Those 2 would compete against each other using their 2nd song.  The other 3 contestants would go directly into the 3rd round with the 3rd song.  I was really hoping to sing "Diamonds" and neglected to really practice the 3rd song.  I didn't really like the song that much either.  So....guess what?  I didn't get the top 2 votes and had to sing my 3rd song!   Oh..and, going back to "Memory"....one of the judges told me that it wasn't a song that brought out my personality....duh!!!  I don't like that song!  I sang it only because it was popular!  Oh, I was upset that I didn't get to sing "Diamonds" because that would have shown him my personality!  Also, another judge told me that the chinese song wasn't a good choice for me.  Oh, but....not my choice, right?  What can I do?  Anyways....I still got into the top 20 with more SMS votes than the girl that I competed with.  I know that it wasn't my best performance...never have I been more nervous singing a song.  I was sooo scared that I'd forget the lyrics..and at the same time, I really wanted to sing the meaning of the song and prove that I could sing in mandarin.  But....praise the Lord!  I got through it...not really messing up much.....

     Well...since I don't have to compete this coming Fri...I"m going to start to prepare some chinese songs...only, I'm thinking of only choosing really really old songs because the newer songs have all been sung!  And I want to be different from the rest of the contestants.

     And now, I'm on the plane headed for Hong Kong. I actually miss HK and I miss all of my friends there!  I'm going because my brother, Harry and I published a health book that will be released at the book fair.  It's pretty exciting...and I'm hoping that this book will speak to those people who think that really butt skinny is pretty.  So...here is to not caring about what others think about my body!  Because my curves are me and I don't have to be flat with no figure!!!