http://curiositykiller.com Killing Curiosities since 2007, blogging helps me keep track Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:31:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog as often as I would like.  Been trying to stay on top of my schedule and haven't had much time to relish on the last few weeks.  Aside from constant makeup and hair appointments for shows, spending quality time with my sex-and-hongkong-city ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=1254 Weekend in L.A. I've saved up since October for a shopping spree weekend in L.A.  I knew I'll be spending most of my time at the beginning with my baby nephew and family for the holidays... but also know the fun times arriving when my friends come and pick me up ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=262 It's been a long whirlwind approaching to my December. The composer and I had a huge concert for November.  It was a huge feat to produce the show and worked on the marketing and the program.  I've learned so much and gained a team of people to work with me. Also ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=1386 Another month, another jumbled post to update to my sorry blog regretfully as time flies by faster than I have time to catch my breath. "Hong Kong is a tough place to adjust to."  Someone said to me the other night, she just learned that I've been in Hong Kong for ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=1276 When I moved here three years ago, I wasn't planning on becoming a performer.  It all started with one alcohol-induced yet inspired evening in a jazz bar where I sang not-so-brilliantly to several equally drunken friends who are just out to have a good time.  Then I sang again and ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=1260 1. During my blogging absence, I've been writing and recording some songs at home.  I've had numerous friends and acquaintances, amateurs to professionals, anyone who can lend me a hand and putting songs together, coming to my home.  Also finished two shows, I know it doesn't sound a lot... but ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=1261 I blinked and ten days flew by. I don't understand how songwriters can write songs so quickly.  I've known songwriters who fill out lyrics for five or six songs in one day.  ONE DAY!  It took me a full week to pick through one single song!!  Not to mention from conception ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=852 Hiiiiii~~~~! How have you been?  I've sorta dropped off the face of blogworld and been a blog-stranger lately.  I tried to at least update my blog once every couple weeks because so much is happening, and I haven't had the energy to get into blogging.  It really is a feat to ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=952 Last Sunday was a milestone birthday for me. I had dinner at a nice British (but also a touch of Asian fusion) restaurant/lounge with several of my favorite girlfriends in Hong Kong.  We had spinach salad, clam and mussels, suckling pig with apple sauce, duck breast with red wine reduction, and ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=897 I thought my wildest, craziest party days were over and behind me.   But last weekend... all I know is that people covet private parties because anything goes. **Ok.  The burlesque party... kinda goes like this... For the finale, our choreographer got sequined nipple tassels and jumped on the bed for 12 ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=310 I'm really stressed out. I sit up at night and drafting and sketching out about my shows.  And when I do sleep, I have nightmares.  I have two pretty big shows coming up this week - one is a big 3 hour gig, and one is the burlesque show I ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=704 Been thinking about a good Valentine's playlist.  So far it includes: 1. James Blunt's "Beautiful" 2. Savage Garden's "Truly, Madly, Deeply" 3. Aerosmith's "I don't wanna miss a thing." What other songs would you put on this Valentine playlist? ******************** Tonight I'll be serenading with heartbreak songs such as "Without You" (Mariah Carey's version), "My Immortal" (Evanescence), "If ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=795 Me and 3 girlfriends went out to watch chick flick of the year "Bride Wars" last night. During our pre-show dinner, we chatted like we haven't seen each other in ages... which in hong kong party-mode, it's forever - me haven't been out since I've been sick for 3 weeks straight, ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=386 I wanna choke Hong Kong by the neck and shake it violently for this inferior air quality if I'm not already weak and dehydrated. I'm only ever this sick when I'm in this city. Recap: 1997, I spent the year in hong kong working - got chicken pox for the first time. 1998, ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=671 I've been sick with a cold for over 2 weeks, and it turned for the worse last weekend. I got feverish, my flam turned green, and my ear's plugged, achy, and started pussing. And I have a show on Wednesday. So I went to see a GP yesterday. I can't ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=714 I slowed down on the partying, I think. My friends have been asking me if I'm ok everytime they call or message me. I said - yes, of course, why wouldn't I? "Cause you've been hiding." One of my closest girl from the group said. I've been doing lots ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=682 It's been a nicely productive week. Worked every day and evening. Got some new students, lost some old ones (will talk about that later). Saw a theatre show. I watched the movie "Australia". Caught up with some friends over dinner. I even got the time to ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=672 I got a phonecall today from a local internet radio station here in Hong Kong. The assistant called me and invited me for an interview --- I'm going to be interviewed as a singer in Hong Kong! At first, I thought, YES!!!! I GOT MYSELF A PUBLIC INTERVIEW!!! Then I realized ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=550 My year 2009 resolution will be: 1. Get my business registered 2. Learn how to paste on false-lashes and start using them regularly 3. Hook my computer up to my TV so I can watch DVDs on the big screen 4. Take dance lessons -- lose some weight 5. Produce and write some music, and ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=608 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://curiositykiller.com/?p=512 So after all the stuff I've weaved through in Hong Kong - I've gotten myself a promotional gig (no pay but I don't have to pay to perform either) tonight in an artist event. I'll be singing: If I ain't Got you (me on piano and singing) Somewhere Over The Rainbow ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=465 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://curiositykiller.com/?p=431 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://curiositykiller.com/?p=409 It's been an entire summer of not blogging... and to be honest - it's been a nice break away from the publishing world.  It also allowed me some time to rethink what this blog is all about. Anyhow - the blog is fixed, though I haven't added new graphics to my template just ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=388 THREE MINUTES OF SILENCE AND THREE DAYS OF MOURNING... It's been one week since the Sichuan Earthquake.  The update reported that the earthquake was actually a full 8.0 scale, not 7.8 or 7.9 as believed before.  Nearly 7000 schools were destroyed, killing many children which shook the core of the Chinese families ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=385 I know there are couple of serious Kenb fans out there, so I thought I'll post about Kenb's recent (and his FIRST!!) visit to Hong Kong. Never fear - CK's here. As some may know, Kenb had been traveling through asia for a month - and it was quite a list of ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=384 ***MAY 2ND -- DILEMMA UPDATE*** The manager called me again. This time he said he had some time to think over what my situation is, and he'll be willing to work with my part-time hours and give me an easier transition into the office. I've got an interview next Thursday. We'll see ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=380 Ooooooooh my legs. I took my final shinkansen (bullet train) ride from Hiroshima to Tokyo in time for the weekend madness. TOKYO IS GI-NORMOUS. By the last day of my travels, I could barely shuffle my feet - my legs were stiff and throbbing. Even the muscles in my feet are ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=381 It's been an amazing race against the clock. I don't know how other people do it, but there's no way I had any time to blog about my trip - LIVE. Thought I'll quickly jot down the highlights of my last few days. DAY 2: After lunch in Tokyo, we ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=375 UPDATE!! I was staying at Nagoya with slow internet access, and I was too drunk on scotch to be patient - I am now in Hiroshima but about to go out for a bite to eat. I will blog shortly!! Lots of photos this time. *************** I have always ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=379 Do you believe we become our ex's in a new relationship? I dated a great guy years ago. I was in bad shape then. I was depressed from my father's death and my grandfather's death. I just moved back to Toronto starting afresh, working as a temp ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=378 I'm so sorry I haven't blogged in 5 days!!! Oh my God - Time just flew by! I've been: 1. Planning out the most expensive flashpacking travel since Europe 2. Getting the railpass after comparing prices after prices 3. Planning routes all around Japan 4. Meeting up with current schedule - ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=377 I'm proud of my heritage and my background. I'm proud that I can identify with a lot of people, whether they are pure-bred or mixed blood (I actually love people who are mixed because I think they're so interesting and often very attractive -- I find them most engaging). Having ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=214 The rain quickly gave into humid heat over here in Hong Kong. It's 28c at at 2pm. The 32nd HKIFF - like last year - has been an eye-opener. I had 3 more movies left from the 32nd annual HKIFF marathon... and I have indeed ventured to a ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=203 It's been raining - you know what I've been doing. I've been walking, and spacing out inside my big beach umbrella. Too distracted to think-blog on a regular basis. It's not like I don't have enough materials to blog about - I was just feeling super lethargic. I've been zipping ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=166 I love the fact that Google blacked out too for the hour. The Earth Hour was spectacular over in Sydney. In Hong Kong it wasn't much to look at... they don't really know about the earth hour anyhow - hong kongnese don't really care enough, but I managed to drink ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=374 I remain down in the dumps, but I won't bore you. Earth Hour is happening betwen 8pm to 9pm on Saturday March 29. Stay with me in the dark for an hour, will ya? http://curiositykiller.com/?p=376 Come down. I'm kind of down these days. Gonna need a few days off my blog. http://curiositykiller.com/?p=351 They came to Hong Kong as part of their world tour. They are currently featured on my music player. This Love of music made a huge commercial success.They're also amazing LIVE. With every song, it gets harder to breath, especially when the red hot lead singer/guitarist sings he won't go ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=372 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://curiositykiller.com/?p=371 I've been trying to leave comments on my favorite blogs all day and noticed not ONE went through.  This has been recurring... My comments just dissipated after I pressed the button "leave comment" for WTF reasons.  Things got better when I changed my browser from my Firefox to ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=271 My phone beeped. It was a txt message from a friend on this side of the globe. Her message reads: It's Midnight!! Happy Birthday!!! Woohoo!!! So I'm now another year older. I don't feel OLD, actually. Hell, I don't look old, and life sure is young around me ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=252 If you're new to my blog via the ULTIMATE BLOG PARTY -- thanks for coming! Allow me to introduce myself - I'm C.K. - short for CuriosityKiller, and you've arrived at my little dot COM. Please leave me your link so I can visit ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=368 Hello hello ~ come on in! Glad you dropped by! It is so nice to meet you! I just love meeting new people! This is so exciting! If you're here because you followed me from a comment I left you, thanks for coming! Please ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=370 I've been completely wrapped up with work - I got more students now... and have been trying to stay on top of schedules and administrative stuff. I'm also talking to a music school, they want me to develop and teach their multiple student classes... gotta keep juggling. I ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=302 Good thing I don't work on Sundays, cause I'm really hungover right now - I feel like I'm back in high school. Last night, thanks to a piano student of mine taking me to an amateur (a.k.a. artists who work for free) production of the musical "Anything Goes". Those who ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=369 I got domestic today. yesterday. It's gorgeous day out. I meant to go out for a stroll but ended up spring-cleaning my apartment... I took a huge bundle to the dry cleaners, couple of bags to the laundromat, stuffed my suitcases with my winter coats and blankets. Note to self: ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=116 Chest up! Back straight! Ready? Ok!! Neil had summoned up the greatest interview idea - I was one of the first 75 bloggers (out of 400! 500 bloggers now!!) to start up the party. I'm very, very fortunate to have gotten Michelle a.k.a. Fabricated Goddess to interview me. She's incredibly lovely, thoughtful, ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=356 It's March, and I have yet follow through with my plan to blog Manic Mondays, Delicious Tuesdays, Use it up Wednesday, Thinking Thursday, and Friday Finds. They're just out the window for some reason. But I'll try, I'll try keep myself blogging. It's a lot easier ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=365 So I'm officially sick right now. I've been sneezing my esophagus out through my nose. My kleenex tissues look like they've got little brain matters with blood splattered across. Quite Sweeney Toddish. I told you I'm grumpy. I only want my alcohol, my food, my tivo, and my bed. ... http://curiositykiller.com/?p=354