regular and random post #1

everything's been so fast! with a blink of an eye, almost 50% of the holidays are over. the auditions are just round the corner! or should i say, its tmr! well, mine is and im worried! i hope i dont freak out since i do suffer from 'crowd trauma' hah. band camp follows right after. and very soon, the concert and finally my 'actual' holidays! well, then comes sec4 and o levels! damn, things just stop and go so quickly!

anyway, melissa sent me two songs recently. they are performed by an acapella group which is called 'Achordants' and its totally cool! i mean, i havent exactly listened to one before. but after hearing it for the first time, i thought it was actually quite fascinating! it sounds almost like the real recording, with the drumset, background music and all that. totally amazing! you should have a listen to it!

not only that, i have recently just completed a series which showcases musical stuff. when i heard the clarinet on the show, i was totally stunned. his or her high notes were practically transparent! well, it was a professional japanese clarinetist, what can i expect? if only i could become like that, but i guess its kind of late now since i'll be graduating in no time.

i have also visited imeem.com and had a listen to our syf piece which was posted by some guy. it seems that this same man has recorded for the other schools as well, perhaps he is one of the coordinators? but thats not important. i was listening to our choice piece and realised how fast we actually played! well, compared to the professional recording, i obviously heard a huge difference.. or perhaps the recording by that guy isnt exactly the clear version so its quite hard to analyse the recording xD well! we can always work on it :)

i have no idea how to 'pass down' my knowledge! i mean, dont you pick up more than me passing down more? i guess its more of the self initiative, motivation and determination! come on people! you can do it ;)

that aside, i havent completed all my homework yet! chinese chinese! so annoying, why must we completed 4 compositions?! sheesh. well, thats all for today!

what an embarrassing performance!

we had the annual section competition on the 10th of nov which was the just passed saturday. it was totally embarrassing! well, especially when i had to perform and act like a total dramatic person! xD i was supposed to be the girlfriend while xinhui the boyfriend. she had to make her escape before the loan sharks caught her. and the reason she 'broke up' with me was because the stock market has crashed and she borrowed a lot of money from loans sharks xD haha so you do the math. yeah blablabla, i was supposed to die of poisoning cause i was so traumatised that i commited suicide by drinking rat poison. yes, i rose from my 'death' and became an angel.

haha well, i liked out 'costume' of the day. we were all in halos made of wires and aluminium foils attached to our hairbands and angels wings cut out with art block which were stuck with scorch tape onto our backs. we even had my mum's hand made flowers in our pockets! aww, we were supposed to throw the flowers to the audience, but in the end they all hit the ceiling and fell back onto the ground. though we didnt win anything this year, but im sure we'll all work hard to achive better results next year =D perhaps if i had the time, i would love to come visit the band!

well, ive never thought i could become so dramatic infront of about 100 people! guess band really helped boost a little bit of my self esteem and confidence infront of crowds. i hope this lasts long. auditions are nearing, better practise hard. and i found out that the eflat is really hard to play! the ambouche is totally different for the bflat and eflat. like you have to bite way harder for the eflat. pity pity andrea xD work hard! you'll achieve wonders =D

aww man im really worried for the short solo i have in merry widow. i sound rather thin on the reed and the other reeds are too thick to play. i get breathless easily on them. its so sad! i sounded pretty terrible today. sigh, im a lousy player. thats why.

the game plan!

we went out for a movie today! well, as you can see, its 'the game plan'. it was a really funny movie! i think its worth the watch. hmms, i guess there isnt a movie which i thought was not worth watching so far xD the storyline was pretty cool and occasionally touching. but i cant believe that guy's house! its so high tech. must have been really expensive!

we had our lunch at the area outside the theatres at lido. i dont exactly know what to call that? its not like a food junction cause there were simply too little seats, so i guess its like a combination of many small fastfood/'slowfood' stalls. i originally ordered fish ole burger. but somehow i got another fillet burger. well the wrapper said fillet burger, but when i opened it and took a bite, i found it was chicken? that was just weird! not only did i not get my fish ole, i didnt even get a fish burger? Dx well, that cant be helped now can it. i think i was 'bullying' jacqueline the whole day xD and the things i say simply made vanessa laugh like crazy? but i didnt think they were that funny? aww poor jacqueline *pats back*. by the way, since when have i became all their mother?! haha. the day ended quick!

well! the long awaited job attachment is finally here! its tomorrow! actually, i dont feel like going for it anymore. everybody else has finished their job attachment but me and a few other people. for some reason, i feel kind of left out! this is weird. hah. well! this holiday is passing by really really fast. i think this is actually the shortest holiday ive ever had! november is going to end in a blink of an eye now. and december is coming. after the concert, it'll be only three weeks til school reopens! and o levels follows for us. dang! i think im going to stress myself up again!

going on an overseas holiday trip in december! i havent been on a plane for quite some time, to be exact 2 years now! gosh, i forgotten the feeling of anti-gravity when the plane tilts or lands(its the feeling of your heart coming out of your body). anyway, better work hard for next year! sigh.

heroes is showing tonight at 10pm! i am so going to catch it =D what? it looks interesting! haha. right then i shall end here now, before i miss the starting of the show xD

after numerous persuasions, i am here to blog!

well, what can i say? it isnt a very pleasant holiday so far. there are so many upcoming events. one of which consist of section competition, my job attachment and the 'faith, hope and love' yearend band concert! that is simply too many things to think and worry about!

i wonder hows the other sections doing in preparing for section competition? i know it sure isnt an easy job coordinating for the people who are away on job attachment or some people who are still recovering from examination stress or depression. haha. well, the tickets for the yearend concert is selling like hotcakes for me. maybe cause i was only given 5 tickets? well, no worries! we can get more tickets from the teachers (hopefully, they still have some left) for the mong family if anyone is interested =D im reserving one for you vanessa! haha.

i cant believe the audition is going to be like the fantasia one! that is just so stressful! i cant perform my best infront of small crowds especially with people i know! right right, here comes the famous phrase: "if you cant even perform of us today, imagine you perform infront of 1000 people on the concert itself!". im sure some of you who have suffered from crowd trauma would know where this would probably come out from xD ahh! im definitely one of them, i dont want to screw my scores like in the previous auditions!

and i feel that its not fair that my job had to start so late! i feel that i'll miss out on things for some reason? and i refuse to wear all those office wears! its so disgustingly OLD for people of age 15!! the stuff i borrowed from my aunt to try on were so old looking on me! its not the time to wear things that emphasises my wrinkles now xD

well well! im happy that at least ive completed about 80% of my homework while the others are out on job attachment =) wish me luck for the auditions, i guess i'll blog more about the upcoming events after theyre FINALLY over! =D

birthday gathering at my house

had a birthday gathering at my house instead of going for a bbq. i guess it was more of a gathering than a party. hah. boy, did we have a lot of food. so much that we couldnt finish it xD there was still about one third of a tub full of potato salad and doughnuts left, and not forgetting jacqueline's beehoon. everybody brought home some stuff in the end xD

well i guess it was rather noisy having about 10 people in the house, walking, talking, shouting from a corner of the house to another xD still, it was fun! we had steamboat. van and wt woke up early in the morning to get all the ingredients for the steamboat while zx provided us with the steamboat itself =) thanks to all =) well, the others all contributed in one way or the other. i got us the cake =D

at first, zx wt mel and van came to make the potato salad (well, mel came home with me form band). then we waited for the rest to come. and they finally arrived, excluding the parts where i had to go down to 'fetch' them from the gate xD we started out with games such a mahjong xD and card games. valerie went around showing her magic trick. my mother called her the 'magician' xD

well, skip all that and come to the steamboat. it was fun setting up the whole thing! haha. then we all settled down and started digging in xD van and wt bought a container full of prawns and in the end, we only ate about a third of it xD the day cannot be described in words, but overall, it was great fun! (i think i skipped a little too much. sorry, but i have a bad memory xD)

Halloween party at jolander's place

went for a halloween party yesterday. it was pretty cool, cause not many people in singapore get to do stuff like that. well, we were told to dress up as no humans were allowed xD thats just plain cute! haha. well! zx and van didnt exactly dress up! and poor me had to dress as a pathetic cat alone xD some people were cowboys, detectives, santa's helpers?? witches, prisoners and emo people in red and black? it was just cool xD poor jacqueline had to pretend to be a mummy, wrapped with toilet paper with a skull mask and stood for about 3 hours! haha.

but i guess it was rather interesting. zx was so freaked out by jolander's dog, coco, that she practically vice gripped our arms so tightly! xD really, i didnt know she was this scared of dogs? they played pass the parcel and it was fun watching them do their forfeit xD vanessa sabotaged a few people xD oops! =x there were even 3 kids who came at around 9pm to trick or treat. so cute! i didnt know someone would actually do that in singapore xD

left the house at about 9+pm we walked out of her neighbourhood. followed up, we walked to thomson plaza cause there was a taxi stand and all the passing by cabs seemed to be occupied. but when we got there, there was not a singple cab in sight for minutes! so i decided to call up my mother and asked if she could pick us up. well, fortunately, she was able to come and fetch them all home. =) well, was extremely tired last night that i almost overslept this morning xD

well! thats all for today's post, i guess. man i feel stressed!