Daniel loves his friends, his family, his life regardless of the shit he says sometimes. Oh and he loves his music. Like alot. seriously.
About Me
Daniel
In the Army right now, after 12 years of the oh so fabulous education system. Loving it or not? Well there are times..
He appreciates people who have some extent of wit and conversational ability cause he'll die without it. He can get down at times too, when not being a (almost)full-time energy bunny.
lets c.. when back to OGL camp this morning.. great fun as usual :D...
to sum up the camp in a few words:
great camp, great friends, great fun =D
anyway thats pass the pt.. haha.. the camp is not impt i guess.. but the friends i made there. :) pretty happy bout it... hahah.. anyway.. chionged home and ate some lunch b4 rushing off to vch for fulldress... i swear this wk is seriously _l_
first its OGL camp wed-fri. and thurs was rehearsal at night. and fri was concert day. and sat would be full band day (packing and stuff for japan) sunday philyouth, as usual, and i'm flying off on monday already... insane wkk.. i havent even begun packing for japan trip.. this is the first time in my life i packed so late for a overseas trip haha.. SUNDAY i shall PACK@!!!
right. so concert today was pretty fabulous i say.. pretty eventful for me.. first time im doing the timps there.. freaking nervous Okay... but i guess it went rather well for me this concert... pretty hyped up after it :D
went to macs to lepakz with l.j and jessie aft that.. bitched and gossiped bout stuff again haha... gossiping is my favourite pastime currently, i hence conclude haha...
oh anyway.. i think i'm really starting to treat l.j as my yougner bro nvr to be la hahah.... so freaking happy for him today okay... his first concert at YO.. seeing him nervous and all, reminds me of my first too.. the excitement. the disappoint at a mistake and everything.. hahah.. just feel very happy ;) okay nvm.. lol
okayyy so tmr is baaannnnddd at 830 till 630!!! LAST PRAC B4 JAPAN!!! PIA!!!
staying up to do tags and some perc stuff to settle.. righto.. time to fufill my role as SL/exco.. bucker up daniel!
heyyy, amazed i dindnt blog for 2days!!. lol roughly la.. thats caused i was away for OGL CAMP!!!
well technically im still in camp but i'm at home typing this shit so yea.. let me start my grandmother story of the camp..
kk first day of camp... supposedly its supposed to be 730 and then houses, being competitive all met early and all.. lol and hence i sms-ed my fellow OGLs to meet at 7.. ( i came at 710 but thats not the pt =X )
right.. camp start was pretty er.. weirD? well cuz we split up into teams and all and dun really know my team.. (u know the usual newbie-ish stuff)
and then as day progressed we bonded like SIAO.. what with the stupid FALL IN! cheers.. and BIMBO cheers on the 2nd day and so on hhaha...
yea well... great grp mates and made some really cool friends...
Faz, J.m (jason), X.T, Hdy, so on la.. cant rmbr their names too well =X lol i'm bad with names laa
well anyway, but 2nd night. which is now.. i got YO reh b4 concert.. (sian...) and hence i missed out on the most impt part of OGL CAMP!! performance night with my ohso-fab group haha.. ..sigh.. but i'm so gonna wakeup uber early tmr to chiong back to sch to eat breakfast with them haah..
well.. speaking of concerts... TMR IS THE FREAKING CONCERT!!!...
okay its not lyk my first concert.. but somehow i feel darn nervous like hell.. cuz of the new perkies... (l.j and chinaman lol) and of course for the freaking first time i'm playing every single piece.. unless u count the encore piece. but i think Zi and me will just chiong in and ad.lib haha..
and hence, i feear i may not have THAT concentration to last the entire thing... i'm still missing notes on the timps just 3hrs ago -.-
okay gd luck to me tmr! :) and of course to the soloistss as well haha..
right. and i know this is futile but... ANYONE !!! CONCERT??? TMR!!!???? $5!!! VCH!!! LAILAI!!!! hahah
contact me for details!!! can buy at door too! :) its gonna be gd:)
anyway... haha here comes the c.t part...
was talking to c.t bout the topic of magnanimous-ity (is there even such a word?) and we ended up bitching bout different scenarios of magnanimous-ity hahah...bitchbitchbitchbitch... eh wait no FYI its not bitch.. 2 pple talking is called open discussion.. a scenario where 2 pple are talking and a third party starts "yeaaa yeaaa-ing" -- that is bitching... haha.. some definition from Faz... :) oh anyway, to sum the long story short.. c.t is a great listener as well as an excellent "open discussion" pard-ner hahaha.. whee!! :)
oh one more thing..
my grandparents are here!!! so tonight i'm slping in my study rm.. took a few photos !! and ehre begins the saga of STUDYBEDRM!!! LOL shall upload photos nxttime too lazy lol ;)
calmed down abit since ytd. bloody hell -,- i can have so many different moods in a day. first i was emo. then i was angry. then i was chilled. then i got contemplative. then i got . err ."nirvana" then i was in peace. then i was in piss... (pissed) and now i'm calm.. bring it :)
~karma works 2 ways~
just thought of this rather apt phrase. so be careful of whatever you do cuz it'll come back to haunt u.
...
sounds omninous hur... hahah i have to or my following post will just be another gay post which totally doesnt fit my blogskin.. haha ok thats stupid..
-.-
anyway, finally tried out bach cello suite prelude at music studio today.. here's to my new love!! :) ahahah (chucks aside concerto)
oh and i'm 2 timing cuz i love 5 octave marimbas as well... (*swoons at the low C of the marimbaOne...*)
right there you go.. ;)
but i'd go for another interpretation of the piece haha..
moving on....
my grandparents are coming to stay at our house tmr!!! yup and me and bro's rm gonna be theirs and i'd b sleeping on the study room flr =D coincidentally that'll be next to the computer... hence.. WOOTS OVERNIGHT DOTA!!!! :D
next.. (so anti climatic...)
wongyi tagged me to do a quiz.. i was the FIRST NAME!!! so honoured hahaha sure start upon the quiz immediately.. here goes .. :)
RULE 1: people who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves. RULE 2: tag 4 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. these people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by and continue this game by sending it to other people.
(eww i don't like rules.. but nvm haha )
1. do you have secrets?
er.. thats like asking barney if he's a purple dinosaur who has a fetish for young children.. o.O (that'll be a yes, if you don't get my drift)
2. would you fall in love with a boy/girl younger than you?
uhhuh. no brainer.
3. how long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?
~ its such a fickle thing, love is ~
4. what would you do with a billion dollars?
oh wow thats like... O.O but basically. i will splurge on what i want at the moment.. if its now. i think i'll buy an entire percussion studio :D with all the really top-notch instruments and their respective sticks ;D (and rent it out at a whoooping sum to make good my investment hahah)
donate bout a coupla mill to charity... ( i believe in karma. what goes around comes around yea.. )
splurge on gd food =)
$$$ to my parents :) and keep the rest in the bank collecting interest :) whee. haha ( i wont have to work. ever!!)
right enough of daydreaming.. next qn.
5. what will you be doing tmr?
ehmmm... OGL CAMP!!!! whee~
6. which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
hmm neither actually. caused loving someone who doesnt feel the same for you hurts. and being loved by someone while you dont feel the same way hurts too. So either way. neither is blessed.
8.if the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
Mope around abit. and freaking MOVE ON WITH LIFE... bounce back yea :)
9. is there anything that has made you extremely happy?
Definitely! The small pleasures in life? Like playing that bach piece i was talking bout.. haha even though i was basically steeped in wrong notes after wrong notes. its was bliss.. everymoment of it :)
aside from that.. yea... dota.. eating awesome food.. talking with great friends.. :)
10. do you secretly dislike anyone without them knowing
last night yes. but currently, nope.. i hate holding grudges.. makes me too pissed to function..
11. how would you see yourself in 10 years time?
DOING WHAT I LOVE!! Whatever it is then it shall be.. Goals change yea know. and of course one helluva hot handsome guy!!! :D (let me indulge in my daydream will you...)
12. who is currently the most important people to you?
call me selfcentered but first of all. MOI, ME, MYSELF, YOURS TRULY. (sorry lor. i love myself too much yay!)
and of course my parents my family, my friends yadayada.
13. what is being regarded as the most important thing in your life?
doing what i love definitely, and also making big bucks along the way. :D
14. would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
sorry neither. why don't i ask you a question. would you rather losing your left eye or your right eye -.-
15. what is your favourite colour?
as i am a fickle person.... there's really no point asking my that question.. one day it can be black the next white. and the nxt purple or pink yada...
but my current favourite is red :D... (just c what colour i wear out on the day to find out what's my favourtie color that day!! hah told u im fickle..)
16. if you're attached but you feel as if you like someone else, what would you do?
thats gonna be troublesome.. but yes according to studies... the homo sapiens are biologically geared to infidelity. (don't get what i mean? go read up on it) so back to the question.. i would er... think very very hard.. very very hard.. yup.. -.-
17. would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing the someone has done?
as i said i dun like to hold grudges. so forgive, yes.. forget. ah thats another issue
18. do you usually dress casually or do you often dress up as if you're going to a party?
casual really... begone, earrings and necklaces!!! and makeup... like some of my friends i know (male) use.. -_-
19. what if you caught your bf/gf doing stuffs with other girls/guys?
screw off bitch. no seriously.. at least tell me first LA!!! so i can get angry, then get hurt, then mope about and then break up.
20. do you believe that there's 'love at 1st sight'?
hey i believe in that.. lol but thats called the "first-glance" love.. and hence subjected to change with further "sights" yes... haha
looking at the sequence of posts dating to this. it was like following thru and emotional journey in a reel.
A nice jog along the west side of sk' lrt in the quiet, tranquil night really helped put things into perspective for me.
was jogging along that empty stretch of road and something so simple juz struck me on my mind:
cherish what you have. and hence i shall. so what if im only doing one mvmt out of the 3? i shall make it the best i can out of it. it's gonna be perfect.
yea jogging does indeed place things into perspective. and yes, serenity.
the cool night breeze and that tranquil silence.
its really peaceful. an antidote, i say, for the emotional turmoil i've been thru the past few days.
i often recall words that i tell plenty of my friends before at their downtimes.
Sometimes things go your way and sometimes they don't. What matters isnt how far you fall, but how quick you rise back from it.
So what if people pity you and feel bad for you. Or people rejoice at your demise? Either way, you don't have to like that take shape and give you more excuses to brood over and mope around over your mishap.
All you can do is slowly pick your pieces up and move on.
Put on a cheerful smile and let the resilient attitude within you shine.
Sheer determination. Thats what counts.
Maybe its time i told those words to myself.
- indeed. it has been an emotional rollercoaster this few days involving this issue. glad its settled.
found from R today abt some stuff. how the first mvmt might b taken of the list. how ms S felt vry disappointed that i couldnt play it. i feel like i led down the entire band, myself included. how no matter how hard i try, i just couldnt play the piece. it hurts. physically and mentally. the side of the piece of skin burst again. too much prolonged abrasions on an already much abused skin. but i felt no pain. i saw only blood. and disappointment. how this body just wasn tough enough to take the training. while i smiled and remained cheerful on the outside, going on with the days events even with the "high" attitude. i wasnt high, for that matter, i was near-hysterical; in confusion. i just couldnt care. its was like. denial?
but on the other hand, my reason battled. it was just too impossible. double the speed. i wanted to play it very much too. but not twice the speed???? i just couldnt! yes i am disappointed for that matter.
i was disappointed i couldnt leap and soar let alone lift off the ground and fly into the starless night.
i just wasnt able to do so. yet how much i wanted to be able to do what no one can.
i wanted it to hurt yes. my punishment for not being able to do it. yes it hurt. but it just couldnt remove the disappointment i still felt.
i'll act as per normal. but have you any idea how life has already deemed to be worthless, how i am just merely a nobody, incapable of even fulfiling another's wishes, living up to expectations, others and myself? Do you know how much that hurts?
i really tried my hardest. and i am still trying. for best or for worst.
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reached another insight to myself today as i was coming home juz an hr ago.
got off at some random place in hougang having no idea how to get home.. so i was juz wandering aimlessly arnd searching for someplace familiar.
it thrills me some sort. the notion of independence, of finding the way thru your own means, you own effort. exploration and adventure, the adrenaline rush, the wholeness i felt alone in the night. you may find me weird. but i found it wholly satisfying.
i found a bus that took me straight home after 5min for that matter. satisfying. and relaxing.
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another thing. you know how you speak differently around different pple? you know i sometimes get real high over something and start chattering away nonstop? well it makes me feel happy, but in the end its all talk? while sometimes you stop that chatter and juz actually TALK. and you feel sated and all? well i guess its the same for me. maybe i shld just stop all that small talk and start to be a little more serious abt life. stop fooling around and actually start focusing.
and i guess i'll just have to put those words thru my brain alot more b4 i start talking nonstop? chattering over talking. instant gratification or overall satisfaction. small or seriously talk.
why the hell am i asking myself these questions.
i guess this is what they call down time in those annals of psychology bk.
the next post i might well be talking in that chattery language again, pattering on and on about how life was being retarded. and awesome and fabulous..
well today was interesting. band was, for that matter. as usual its the usual post bout music and stuff so you can skip these if' u ain interested haha ( i warned you )
well chiong-eed to band rm at 8 in the morning to practice .. yes the marimba again.. seriously, im hooked onto playing the marimba with 4mallets haha. so much joy. and pain. yet pleasure.. (no don't go thinking sick) -.-
so anyway, as usual managed to sort out a few stuff with the concertino and iron out someparts. i'm progressing with each day. i'm happy.
then comes Ms S.
so basically i told her i reckoned she did it double the speed.
"OH i wanted it like that all along. or not very boring"
"but if it's like this i wont be able to play the piece..."
"never mind la, just play"
"but as in I really ccaannnooottt play the piece."
(at this pt she got really fed-up and irritated)
"you don't come telling me about what piece i can play or not"
(and hence the conversation ended)
Dan's note: not according to exact words. but yea thats the gist. i swear i was totally polite.
and percussion was shoo-ed outside for "sectionals" for er.. 2 and half hrs.
whee.. okay sry guys i guess its my fault but gimme some sympathy here man ..=(
so anyway, she din do the piece today so i guess/hope she'll look thru the score again and MAYBE on the pretext of "he cant do it properly so we do it SLOWLY", she'll go slow.. well anything to b able to play one helluva piece like this :) *winks at a certain someone who adores this piece.
yep, hopefully she will go to normal tempo and hence there might actually by a chance where i can succeed playing the piece in jap instead of the mere vestige of a chance i have of playing in before ( the chance of me suddenly waking up oneday and being able to play gordon's bicycle twice its speed )
so yea. *pray pray pray*
and then there's YO reh.
oh yes b4 that during combined after that it was sorta tensed btw me and ms S. no smiles nthg. maybe just a mutual understanding. you know.. (i couldnt care less if u hate me. and neither should you.) blahdeblah. like there was this snare solo i suddenly was smacking the drum ( iseriously din mean to) and she was lyk "don't try ot be funny with me, cause its not." and i just stared back at her.. -.-
oh well, whatever it is, it wont affect my music in the band. i hope. at least i wont let it consume me okay? we still gonna have helluva fun in japan :)
right anyway. nearly late for YO reh. and we sorta ran thru the entire concert reportoire... and and and and..
presenting... SEQUEL TO CHINAMAN!!!.. (no offence intended to the china peeps, i have really great friends from china and they're really nice)
scene one:
i was at the timps. HaZ was coming over occasionally to gimme some tips and all. him being SL and all, im more than happy :)
and then chinaman comes along, stands right next to me, hands folded around chest like some freaking bouncer. ( yes he's pretty big size ) ... thanks for the attention but no thanks.
oh no thats not the pt. it was after that.. half way thru the song where i was trying desperately to keep count 150bars. he was lyk "heyhey the timpani mallets the way u playing wrong ar... blahblah"
hmm i know we are sorta a YOUTH Orch. but heard of professional courtesy? like u don't go up to some one in your section and go criticizing his playing (esp if your're a newcomer..-.-) well if uwanna do so, do it SUBTLELY?????
oh btw, what he said was wrong so yea.. (doubly _l_) cuz yea im using cloyd duff mallets and all hence the different technique.. yadayada spare u the details haah
hey don't say i'm being biased and all... even jesse was kp-ing to me lol
"he keep talking bout how i play the triangle/xylo and all!!!!like damn irritating sia" ( translated: stop criticising me la.. so what if u're from some china orch.-.- )
anywayy.. ahah he was telling her to use some soft xylo mallets when even the music director wanted hard. so i told her to change to hard.. he wasnt too happy yea. whatever.
i think i'm being quite a bitch so i shall redeem myself abit..haha
out of the rehearsal and music making, he's kinda nice though haha.. actually maybe its juz my natural tendency to TRY as much as possible to "click" with pple so yea.. anyway he ain that bad non-musically ahaha..
right. marimba clock : 3hrs today excluding band prac. well done daniel haha.
aiming for 4hrs tmr ;)
cheers to stevens. u make me happy sad and euphoric =)
well before i begin, srry for that endless obsessions bout music and playing cuz thats what i told myself i would focus on in the hols, among other things.
so anyway, self-torture was to a partial success.. for one, i figured out some shit from the concertino. and of course i was left aching. BUT the best part was; i can already feel "callouses" is that how u spell it? on the sides of my fingers due to the endless abrasions caused by the mallets.. Hurray !! :)
but that sad part was azrul was closing the band rm alr.. so no more practicing.. but its ok. brought the mallets back to do some 4mallet exercises ON the pillow.. (yes the pillow is a marvellous practice pad..)
oh today was coolllll..... picnic with the "class" in the morning.. lets c,
we met at 9 (supposedly) and chionged to cold storage to get ; Ham, Sushi, Sugar syrup, biscuits. FOR PICNIC at botanic gardens... how gay can that get..
and so we went to botanic gardens... decided to sit on the grass and as it turns out it made evonnes butt look lyk shitt.. so we sat on the stage... right. and we fed fish food... keyon poured pomegrate tea into the LAKE!!! omg the poor fishes... =( toxicated in keyon's saliva... sobs... lol
and we went ant catching to er... toss it into the lake and c if the fish would eat it.. =X i know im evil.. but we wont a pupae instead...
R.I.P pupae.
So anyway.,.
lol
when for self-torturing session with mr lim and ccab after that.. 3frigging HOURS!!!!... (4mallet playing is painful, trust me)
my skin was peeling lyk no tmr i think i'm gonna ache like siao tmr le..
right so anyway...
going to indulge in self torture tmr again at mjc band rm.. trying to clock 4hrs dere.. okay maybe not all on marimba.. maybe abit of snares and stuff... Growl.
but in essence, i . am . in . bliss . regardless . of . the . pain . i . feel .
hey i'm not SM and all but yea it juz feels gd to get it right...
today at Yo was rather.. reflective i say..
ok first off, (not rflective) freaking l.j wore the same damn shirt as me... fucking gay can..
ok nxt. (reflective) chinaman, jessie and haz were doing some 4mallets pieces there at marimba and i was lyk thinking of the the stuff i'm missing out by deciding to go the path of a jc..
and hence the resolution to juggle both and STEP IT UP A NOTCH NEXT YR !!
BOTH ways. music AND studies.. PAWN THEM ALL MUAHAHAHA!!!
right. so anyway, i swear i'm gonna work damn hard for my last few days of hols.. roughly a month plus but at the rate things are passing with rehearsal concerts camps and overseas trips.. hai..
right. gd luck to me =)
oh revelation. ms S was interpreted the timing wrongly.. she was conducting at twice the speed... -.- no wonder i cant seem to play.. and stupid me for not realising... thanks MR LIM!!! =)
-The first wave- One HELLUVA RANTIN POST. (i.e. people get offended )
okay. today's band prac was. to sum it up : _l_
and experienced a scenario where what is desired is beyond ur own capabilities?
i nearly wanted to give it all up. it was simply beyond me. and what she was asking was WAY beyond me. and so the humiliation ensued. i was simply whacking away at the keys, caring not anymore for the notes, the rhythm. it was beyond reason, beyond comprehension. oh here's what she said.
"can u speed up the cadenza even more." - yes i cant do it, its freaking BEYOND MY PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES. (try playing sixtuplets at per crotchet at 132. chords with 4mallets. not ur simple drumstrokes, and changing them every 3 chords. so u can do it. well done, u're a professional.)
"oh it must be faster, or the audience will fall aslp." - if that's the case, only the sleep deprived would buy the prefessional recording by tkyo ksei since there are playing EVEN SLOWER than this.
" go learn your notes please...." -yes i'm partially at fault for not working 10hrs a day on this concerto. but please, most people take at least half a yr to prepare a concerto. and i was given like, 1 and a hlf months? yes i know i just have to deal with it, but srsly, i'm trying my very best not to hit the FREAKING WRONG NOTES.
and one last thing. ur interpretation and my interpretation. who's playing the concerto? you? or me? give me my minimal right to interpret my own part will you as long as its not obstructing the music..
k i know i'm ranting and people will just be calling be an ingrate for not being thankful for being able to play this piece. Yes i am thankful, but i need TIME . SERIOUSLY. TIME!
lets just put it this way.
non-musically. i want you to run 10km in 30min. u didn't make the timing? try again. dint make it? try again. and again. and again. lets see how YOU feel.
have i ever mentioned that my wkends are more packed than my wkdays?
anyway,
sat : morning- n.afa masterclass afternoon- YO reh night - p.youth sectionals.
sun: afternoon-night- p.youth tune in
and so, there goes the wk end.
so here's the details..
erm..
sat morning's masterclass was real cool? even though the other peeps who went doesnt seem to find it useful, i found it pretty useful to stuff lyk general techniques and all.. well i cant say i benefited tremendously from it but i sure picked up many pointers and tips in my playing yea.. oh and feels gd to see the n.afa peeps again.. hahah was eating with my sch mates so din eat with them.. but oh well, there's always next time.. so. off to YO. did the usual reh stuff.. not as bad as the last time, getting used to playing the timpani.. finally... :)
oh and me jess l.j. and chinaman went to prata cafe and chilled.. talked quite abit and yea got to know them alot bttr, aisde from l.j of course, know NOTHING abt him.. he's too quiet, cant pry anything.. so yea anyway chinaman's pretty ok, as long as he doesnt go into aggro competitive mood..
went for p.youth at night, 2other percks din come so us 3 ended up playing our own stuff... finally figured out el cam =)
and the sunday, parents left for msia. so was bummin arnd the host lyk no body's business in the morning.. and tune in in the afternoon. and the much talked bout joshua . kow . came... well pretty nice guy, glad that he got into pyouth =) oh and 2 other girls angie and er.. V.G ? cute girls hahah but too young i guess, pity section's full and it'll b cool to have them arnd. =) so anyway, had been looking forward to c j.k's playing, not bad a player he is :) lives up to his "name" i guess... as long as he doesnt stop and laugh everytime he plays smthg wrong... or even correct
elcam:
*successfully complete a bar of xylo #*&%^^&@#% part
( gives me the =D face. and turns back and realised he missed 2 full bars of playing..)
oh well.
went to pep lunch with the section:
fi lj reg p.y
the newly crowned PLOCK member j.k
as well as mjc band mate CHING =)
oh anyway PLOCK comes from Pepper Lunch Old Chang Kee.
.. lol wonder how it all came abt? it all started in siglap south cc where we practiced and we chionged to the spc stn opposite to buy old chang kee religiously...
and now religiously to pepper lunch after reh at nyp.. roughly er.. every fortnight? (really sapped some $$ there)
so yea we not perks, we the PLOCKs.!... -.-
right. anyway, going back to cchms tmr again!! c my lovely band/section :)
so till then. ciao!!
(oh some how i cant wait for nxt p.youth prac, maybe its the fact that we all got really close and all)
anyway, life's kinda... busy.. in a way right now.
reh and band stuff to worry abt, what with impending camps and all. and the japan trips. and then there are the annoying MAKE-UP lectures.. hols actually started 2wks ago or so... -.-
but at least this lectures are gonna end this wk. :) the true hols..
right, before promos i told myself now's the time to step up on practising. nows the time and its time to make haste :) i think i'm gonna double the amt i practice or i'll nvr be as gd as some pple...
l.j's fundemental's for instance.. hate to admit that but yea i guess he sorta triumphs me over that.. and of course the usual few pple to work towards.. those N.afa L.selle pple... -.- yadayada..
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found out today the there are 5 perc taking ABRSM 8 nxt yr... 3 from saf band and one 21-24 yr old female... hmmm... BUCK UP BUCK UP!!! (ok i think i'm gonna work on my exam pieces tmr.. hmm)
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reh today was lyk.. quite screwed.
planned to come half hr earlier to tune up and prepare and all. and to actually have dinner...
and then (whee) rain and traffic jam. dsahed from busstop to ccab in the 'effing rain with 5min to spare and toddles realised that the timps were in the freaking storage rm.. and so i was lyk some fk-ed shit pushing the timps out... and then reh started. still pushing the darn timps..
and thats why my first piece was mega screwed.. (note to self: start actually learning how to tune during pieces WITHOUT the help of a bloody tuner...)
2nd piece was rather awesome cuz there was this BREAK inbetween and my notes were finally tuned nice-nicely... lol
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anyway. here's the plan haha. sch in the morning. chiong home in the aft to change and dash to ccab to practice till reh at 7 :) perfect. would be able to squeeze in 2 and 1/2 hrs of practice :)
alright so what do i talk bout now..
oh wait yes..
lets just say im currently in the "spit-in-their-face-if-i-could" mode at my 2 uncles right now. (the mum's side) <>
yea basically its got to do with them being scumbags and not taking responsibility over caring for their ailing father. money-wise, lodging and all.. and my mum has to bare the whole burden. (btw, mum=daughter of my granddad.) so if u get any inkling of the traditional chinese ideals and all, you would know how freaking wrong it is.
so anyway, lets all hope this will end well. for my granddad's sake. so freaking horrible. (another note to self: cherish ur grandparents and shower them with LOVVEEEE)
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oh anyway, i just remembered camille's diatribe over the "cutsey" language.. i.e. i love you = iieeee lurrrbbbeee eeeeuuuu wwoorrxzxzxzxz
so anyway... EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
yea seriously, anyone who actually vocalises that is seriously disgusting... =.= dunno how pple actually stand that..
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waaa i seriously run out of things to talk about..
right. went to cchms today. saw wt, bert, and jh. and my beloved section :)
brought back some fond memories watching them sectionals among themselves...
combined was... itneresting... new techniques and all, interesting... but er... yea.. nvm..
as jh said. set ur standards lower and look again.
so anyway. yea still loving cchmsb as always :)
went with bert and jh and mrwong for lunch.. as usual. the talks.. haha.. forgot how interesting it is to talk to mrwong.. hai those memories.. oh and mrwong fetched me to ccab :) nice guy hahaah
reh was er... quite okay i guess.. first reh since the new perkies that we actually were prepared on time for reh. did stupid things at KTV longue b4 reh lyk playing stupid songs hahah.. so anyway, lim wanted xtra reh on wed.. zzz... ms.S gonna slaughter me for skipping mjb prac... oh well.. priorites yes....
oh. and somehow im hooked on twilight series.. and er.. i'm starting to lose steam again. *inserts zombie lyk picture.
pissed. pissed. pissed. disappointed. disappointed. sad.
Playing the timps always cause me grief... -.-
played the opening note to the concerto and OOPSIE OUT OF TUNE!!!>.
(the whole orchestra juz stopped, and the conductor stared.)
FREAK! so malu can... retuning infront of everyone.. and worse ( the conductor asked the principal to chk my tuning... ARGH))))
hai.
i swear i'm gonna memorise that pitch for life.. -.-
right back to events of chronological order.
swam in the morning I and R-ed + dota in the afternoon and stupid stupid reh at night.
and i juz realised i got alot of stuff i need to do again. aand the most amazing thing is. ITS NOT ABOUT THE ENDLESS HOMEWORK. its actually BOUT non study stuff!!!
- figuring out the stupid concerto. first and third. (first she wants third mvmt. now she wants first again arghhh)
- perfecting the stupid tunings. (so as to prevent embarassing screw-ups on sat)
- my impending I and R tmr
- perc masterclass to PREPARE for.. ( cant malu, got a name to uphold )
- actually try to grab that opportunity as a tutor
- figuring out how to get more $$$$
- planning my physical workouts wisely (squuezing them into my freaking packed day to make myself BUFF ARGH)
- minor stuff lyk infroming sk bout me not able to stay overnight at camp
- social gatherings to actually REMEMBER to attend. i have very very poor memory.
- argh.
lets hope i get thru the days b4 jap trip cuz seriously, its stressful enough wihtout the studies...
2 plus things to lookforward to.. going back CCHMS on SAT.. oh i love my band =) and clique-ish outing on MONDAY!! whee.. kc, th, jom and gang :)
(reminder to myself: band on fri.. get my freaking concerto right, and reh on sat, get my timps right, pyouth on sun, remmeber to ask for jh)
my poor memory. so many things to do, so lil' memory space to freaking remember to even do them.. -.-
abit no mood to blog. but juz felt this complusion to log down the days events lest i forget bout it somehow..
-talent management interview... (hope it went well) -OP exam ( i felt it went well enough, for me ) -Lesson at ccab ( uber cool, mr L is soo into contemporary music as well.. yay! ) -Saw chong jin and lynette and NCO band camp there, so long nvr see them grow so big liao hahaha -Went to jalankayu for prata trip followed by major cam whoring session along the big empty roads with w.r. ( bu liang shao nian..tsk tsk.. ) dun ask me why me "eh eh i got camera" w.r "really? ok lets take pictures. here vry the nice" me " okayokay =) "
ended up taking more of ourselves but hahah sourced another pool of potential DPs =)
morning: went to deb's house for PW. was quite retarded at her hse. she was giggling like mad everytime her brother walks out of the rm ( u see, she's literally in love with her bro ) i pity the bro hahaha, his face was super red everytime he walked out of the rm.
anyway YO reh today. pretty eventful
first the 2 newbbies.
1's my junior so yea he's fine..
the other one.. lets juz say he's uber competitive. RMC one.. oh he's from china. no offence against china peeps,but he gives them a bad name anyway.
he: hey who plays the timp? me: the principal he: is he from a music sch as well? (he is from a music sch.) me: yea. laselle he: is he leaving soon? me:er yea nxt yr he: then whose gonna play the timps (background info, technically the timp player is the principal) me: *shrugs shoulders he: like how they choose audition process and all? me: i really dunno...
-General. Pause-
he: do you play timpani? me: er..*shrugs shoulders again
(if u hadn inferred, lets just say he's uber competitive)
Scenario 2
me: okay u play the B.D and he(my junior) will play the C.C he: what? who play C.C? me: er u play BD he play CC he: no no. i play C.C he play B.D me: -.- ??
( iswear i wasnt like this when i entered YO)
oh well, actually him here may be a gd thing afterall, somebody to aim to trash wholly by improving myself like mad b4 the beginning of next yr.
