Chen Song Ping

Song- Help Me Make It Through the Night

American country artist Sammi Smith released Help Me Make It Through the Night as a debut studio album. (I am honoured to sing this song with a talented pioneer Wesing singer in this song. Do listen to the song!)

The album was originally produced by Jim Malloy. The album was originally named He’s Everywhere.

It was renamed Help Me Make It Through the Night due to the popularity of that track. The track reached number one on the Billboard country music chart and the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Songs are good accompaniments, especially during a long journey!

Singing- Those were the days

I used to be a bathroom singer.

I just started singing as a new hobby!

It is called life-long learning.

Listen to my song:- Those were the days.

For many fellow bloggers, this is probably the first time you are hearing my voice on this blog site… Happy listening!

Empowering versus enabling

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I was struck by

this giant portrait of world leaders

so empowered

but are they enabling

for a better climate change,

a better world?

Chen Song Ping, 2024

Duration to sing and post a song

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(a senyru poem)

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a familiar song

easy peasy one belts out

like breath in and out air!

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a difficult tune

top it with varied language

days and weeks, it takes!

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“Where words fail, music speaks.” — Hans Christian Andersen

Photographer and hiker’s delights and joy!

By my form master and physics teacher, Mr Toh H.L.

Many of us have been to the Moher Cliff in Ireland and the Uluwaktu Cliff in Bali.

However, few have visited the incredible and stunning cliffs in Port Dickson. These cliffs are a photographer and hiker’s delight and joy. We feast with our eyes, and we exercise our legs during our hikes and climbs.

Batu Putih is our favourite cliff for climbing. Its steepness of about 70 degrees, plus its relatively short distance of 200m, are the perfect ingredients to provide the thrills without overwhelming us. We reach the summit before we get exhausted.

Come hike with us to stay healthy and fit. At retirement age, a healthy body and mind is what we ought to treasure. It isn’t great to have millions in the bank, but to be confined and cooped up in the house. Feel the breeze in our face, hear the rustle of the leaves, the sounds of wave, and the laughter of fellow hikers.

Make life a many splendour thing.

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This song is for you, sir! To sir with love

Singing a duet on starry, starry nights

Singing this song and remembering the previous post on starry starry nights.

Listen to my duet on starry starry night here.

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Singing – and a new morning has broken!

Had duet with Uncle Choo from Penang and my sister Tan 5147, too!

Embracing uncertainty in the singing world!

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The very best part of uncertainty is that I discover a possibility that I can do it!

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It took me at least 50 recordings

before I could record

my favorite song,

Menaruhan Harapan!

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Today, it took me

about three recordings

to post ‘morning has broken‘

after twelve weeks

going through

the processes of uncertainties,

unfamiliarities, and cultures

in the WeSing world!

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Putting myself

as a senior, respected teacher

in the nursing world

to a humble ‘student’

in this WeSing world!

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Quote:

Uncertainty is scary. And the more you try to get rid of the feeling, the stronger the fear becomes.

( I still have to pluck up a lot of courage each time to sing live! )

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Singing: Fraulein- Miss or Mademoiselle?

Singing: Fraulein- MissI or Mademoiselle?

I think I was having flu when singing this song. Therefore, the nasal voice!

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Singing is a hobby.

Many people, adults or kids, patients in boring wards, or during a rehabilitation process, may find singing fun, relaxing, or even therapeutic!

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When I first chose this song, it was because the name, ‘Fraulein‘, sounds nice and attractive.

I was surprised the popularity of this old song could peak a short while after its release.

Fraulein” is a 1957 song written by Lawton Williams. It was Bobby Helms’s debut single on the U.S. country chart. It reached #1 for four weeks. Fraulein became the sixth longest song in country music history to spend over 50 weeks on the country singles chart.

Listen to my duet ‘Fraulein’ with a fellow singer, Charles R. here…

https://wesingapp.com/s/6C1BBD

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As I told Pat…

Singing can be relaxing and therapeutic. I call it another life-long learning skill. I even memorised Chinese ( as I am English educated), Tagalog ( filipino), and Vietnamese characters to sing such songs. It is a self-fulfilling experience. -Chen SP-

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Let the skin breathe!

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Those days I used to dread

students lining up

to bade farewell during

their long semester breaks!

The Malay girls, especially,

would kiss the back of my hand…

and then, they would plant

their lipstick kisses on my face

despite my protest!

Worse still, they would press

their cheek ( thick with foundation)

on mine during a hug!

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I had to wash my face

after they had left for home.

My colleagues exclaimed,

“You washed your face!

So you have to apply foundation

and make-up all over again!”

And I replied that I don’t apply any

make-up foundation on my face!

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Some cosmetics products

can cause a phototoxic reaction

or irritate the skin, thus making

melasma (dark patches on face) worse.

Let the skin breathe!

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What a wonderful world!

By Toh HL (my former Physics teacher)

My fellow hikers go scampering up the steep incline of Batu Putih once or twice a week, with the intention of staying healthy and fit… And I say to myself, what a wonderful world.

There are many areas of the shore in Tg Tuan, where we have to devise our own plans to avoid getting wet… And I say to myself, what a wonderful world.

We see trees of green, and we know they are absorbing CO2 and generating O2… And I say to myself, what a wonderful world.

We observe the mangrove trees, with its unique breathing roots and prop roots to survive with salt and wind of the sea… And I say to myself, what a wonderful world.

Occasionally, we see gorgeous lotus flowers growing in abundance when we hike.. . And I say to myself, what a wonderful world.

While we were busy hiking, panting n proceeding with caution, we could not help but observe little insects busy pollinating flowers in a symbiotic relationship… And I say to myself, what a wonderful world.