Botanic Botanic

Today was very tiring ... indeed . I woke up late , so i skipped CSCO practice . Seriously , i find that NUSCO is more interesting , but that doesnt mean that i'll move out from CSCO . CSCO , is my home ...

I went to Botanical Garden with the ErHu group of people , we met at ChangSan CC , then we went to eat after that . YongXiong went home to change his shoes , because he wore the wrong pair , he wore white . Ive never wore a white pair of shoes before ... Anyway , when we got to the main enterance of Botanical Garden , the whole area at the entrance was under renovation , therefore , we have to walk 170m to another gate entrance , for drivers , they would have to drive 1km to somewhere else ... It was very tiring . When we got in , we looked at the map , we traced the route and we knew then , the symphony stage was so far away . The distance dun really matter much , its the contour , the upward slopes ... really an uphill task . We had to go pass the swan lake , then the ginger garden , then somewhere then somewhere , before we can see the stage , then we have to walk downhill , one whole turn to the stage itself . When i was there , i was almost dead already . I wore a white T-shirt ... others were all wearing polo Ts ... i didnt know , i thought white top , thats all . Anyway , i was afraid that my Pipa will spoil , due to the humidity there , and worse , it was still drizzling . Casteel went on , the rehearsal went on well . The Chinese instrumentalist literally just sat there and rot , for the performance . Imagine , out of 11 items , including movements between pieces , we only play 4 . One movement already took up around 3 to 5 minutes . We had to sit throughout the performance ... i would really rather play , while others say that we are lucky . No ...

After the performance , we had out free buffet at Burkhill ... It was like somewhere up a hill . A hill ... meaning ... we had to climb up again . After that performance , we were already so shagged , yet we had to climb ... We performed to a small group of audience , who were passer-bys , to joggers , to dog-walkers , to friends and family . It was quite a number , but compared to the amount of space at the Botanical Garden , it looked small .

Robert Casteel just cant stop sweating and wetting his shirt ...

Botanical Garden is really a very nice place , totally unaccessable to me , but i really enjoyed my time there . Ive been there before , a long long time ago , but it left me deep impressions . Hope i can really go there again , to get inspiration and all . Its a romantic place to be in , anyone will fall in love there . Its beautiful ... get inspired !