Bevlyn Khoo

【当卢广仲遇上邱意淋】GOD!, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

I was on 1003 doing my usual set, when a listener sms in and informed me about this website:

http://www.pao8.com/oubb/533752.html

To say I was ecstatic is an understatement.

[当卢广仲遇上邱意淋, they say: hi]

Will I? Haha.
I think I will use the Vitas to greet him.

But knowing myself, I think I will say “OH.. MY…GOD”.

I wanna sing a duet with him! I want I want I want!

Sianz.

Yes I’m so sleepy but I’m so bored I refuse to sleep. So here’s something to share:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/13/national-chauvinistic-hus_n_91394.html

I’m quite sure somebody will come up with ‘National Feministic Wives Association (of anywhere)’ sooner or later.

montage, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

August is the 7th month in the lunar calendar, by right it should be my ‘holiday period’ as a wedding-singer. But this Aug turned out to be a really hectic one. What with the prep of my concert, various performances for charity, and most notedly at Casual Poet (where I performed at just now - it’s such a cool place I wanna go back a lot of times more).

I couldn’t sleep well last night - woke up at 630am from some strange dream, and tossed and turned. It is usually at these hours that my brain starts to compose songs on its own (no, I’m not schizo). So I finally dragged myself out of bed and played on the keyboard what I’ve been hearing in the brain and tada - I just conceived a new samba song this morning!

August is also a month of reminiscing - Monica, Adam and Vincent from France came to visit. I tried practising with Monica en Français because the lady can’t speak English. She’s the main reason why I picked up French at all. To be able to communicate with her now - Je me sens très bien

Which reminded me - the dreaded French exam is coming (AGAIN), and naughty bevlyn has been consistently skipping on her homework like, since …too long ago to be remembered.
I really need to practise speaking in French more. Maybe I’ll blog in French soon. LOL.

September is gonna be a crazy month.

I don’t know. Good news and bad news come and go this month, and I felt a bit breathless from going round the rotating door so fast.

I’ve been single for so long I don’t think it’s gonna be easy to communicate with anyone about what I’ve done in a day, need to do and etc, if it like, err, ever happens.

I wish I can go to France and stay for some time. Or Japan. Or Africa.

Damn, I really want to go to the Safari!!!!

Bevlyn In Concert, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

Yes, voila!

I actually had insomnia for a couple of nights after the concert ended. I guess it is very me to ruminate about things, the highs and lows. But all in all, everything went very well (actually as my close friends would have said, it was already a miracle I didn’t fall flat on my face from the trip over the monitor ).

And I really count my blessings of having such excellent musicians to help me out for the concert this time round. My applause for Tien-yao (who has stuck by me all through these months), Lim Hui (who agreed at once when I asked her), James (who flaunted his muscles on both bass and piano), Shawn (whose percussion made such a great difference to the songs), and Jason (who agreed to play bass 3-4 days before the concert haha). I LOVED the dinners and the backstage times, however short and random they were. You guys are adorable!

UCC is really a great place to perform at. The staff was friendly and helpful, and they really made everyone feel positive and good. Feels great!

And of course my special thanks to Vocare Media - Sam, Joyce, Fion and Dustin, for sponsoring videography for the concert. That, to me, is so so important.

The preparation - when I literally locked myself up at home a week before the day - was stressful, especially when I was crazily practising the guitar (actually at the same time training for my skin to be doubly-thick because of the stint).

But when the music from the full band came on during rehearsals, all the stress was gone. Just soaking in it was heaven. I had SO much stress, but I also had SO MUCH FUN.

And who would have thought my cute little friend Dengli would be my PA cum photographer on that day? She had to buy a clear file, wrapping paper (an idea which never manifested) and etc etc for me (cos I am always such a last min person), and take nice photos for the band (even damaging her shoes in the process), basically, she’s so good I want her for my PA now!

I was pleasantly surprised to see Swedish people among the audience (first row), and I heard from friends later on there were Indians and Myanmar among others. And it’s lovely to see my vocal teacher Thomas Manhart come to support woohoooo! If you want to learn good singing, this is the MAN.

Of course, it always warms my heart to see familiar faces - friends from NUS Chinese Society Geyao, from my days of singing in pubs, and all over the places that I’d been to - come down to NUS specially for the concert. And people whom I didn’t know come up to me to buy the albums and get autographs - thank you!

There are some asking about the next concert, hmm…if there is, it’s gonna be a ticketed one. I also hope to perform to you guys again! Will keep everyone informed

Cheers,
Bevlyn

I’m catching up on so many stuff I don’t have time to really sit down and blog about my take on the concert LOL.

But people have been contacting me, and telling me they have blogged about the concert. Thank you so much!! (”,)

Here are a few:

My NUS Chinese Society Geyao senior, Glenn, whom I’m really glad to see:

freezingcool.blogspot.com

A NUS student who requested for a minus one of When I’m 80 from me:

http://lifeindeath.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-post_13.html

My lovely percussive friend Shawn who grooved it up for me on Wed:

http://turbochicken.blogspot.com/2008/08/bevlyn-in-concert-moments.html

And of course special guest, YET Dunhong:

http://mryet.blogspot.com/2008/07/guest-appearance-bevlyn-concert.html#links

http://mryet.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-problem-at-bevlyns-concert-part-2.html#links

I will blog about my thoughts on the concert tonight (if I can finish my French homework in time *sulk*)

It’s 4.18am! Yes, I’m still awake.

I chose this picture to blog, cos I think it reflects the pensive side in me right now.

Feeling the highs and lows of this roller-coaster ride. I thank you for coming to my concert. It was surreal, maybe that’s why I kept thinking time passed too fast during the performance.

It felt great to see so many familiar faces, supportive faces whom I kept seeing time after time for each of my performance; familiar faces I haven’t seen for the longest time; and of course lovely new faces

For those who came to the concert, I hope you like what you heard. For those who couldn’t make it, hope to see you next time (I don’t know when though ha).

For those hearing my music for the 1st time, thank you for giving me the opportunity to sing to you live.

For those who like what you heard, please spread my music to your friends! Best is, I think through emails, or your blog.

For those who didn’t really like what they heard, do give me feedback. I’ll do my best to improve on it.

Ok, for now, it’s sleep. And reply all the smses tmr! (”,)

I’m the HOT friend, originally uploaded by bevlynkhoo.

Ken bought me this T-shirt when he went to Australia for his vacation. When you wear this T-shirt, it’s quite troublesome cos you need to tag yourself to someone because the ‘HOT friend’ status is relative to someone else. (Tien-yao in this case).

Exciting! Hope to see all of you at the concert tonight!

After our dinner @ QQ noodlehouse (slurp), we went to jam, and wow, it’s so cool! You know how you get those butterflies and warm feelings under your skin? Like something inside you is alive or something.

I feel that too when I look at the white clouds upon the blue skies, smell the grass after a rainfall… or before I do a crazy act.

And I’m so happy to have another new bassist, Jason Widjaja, into the team for 2 songs, so James can concentrate on his piano playing.

Tmr is tech-run! Woohooo!!!

I cannot imagine just how stingy some people can be.

If you’re throwing a banquet and engaging a live band, how tough can it be to arrange simple dinner for the live band?

Happy musicians bring happy music. I become abnormal when I don’t eat properly or have to rush to get dinner before a performance. i.e. I don’t sing well.

That being said, it goes the same for photographers and videographers. I mean, it doesn’t mean you pay them then they can don’t eat and be on standby at all times to capture all your special moments. They are human too.

Well-fed photographers/videographers/musicians provide better service. It doesn’t take much of a brainer to figure that out.

Sorry if I sound rude. But I mean, seriously. What’s wrong with these people?! Just where is the compassion!? Is this the future generation to go?

Go to Africa and visit the Safari, see the lions and elephants and giraffes and vast land and greenary and blah. Lie on the grass and see the stars. Breathe.

OR

Go to Egypt and see the pyramids and feel the sand on my feet

OR

Escape to Paris and have a cup of Café Mocha by the streets. And definitely eat a to-die-for pizza. All by myself.

I am so bored. I am so bored. I am so bored.

I work too much I work too much I work too much.

Where are my friends?

Rant rant rant rant rant

Ok, back to prac.

Simply Red is simply a fantastic band. Their songs are…sexy!