Isnt it easier to love someone who loves u ? Well , its almost impossible to make someone fall in love with u . So , sometimes ... its better to stop dreaming away . But still , i must say that i admire the perseverance that people have to continue chasing what they're after . Like they always say , chasing shooting stars ...
Love triangles , pentagons , squares ... or even circles . Which ever ur caught in , just remember ... it always begin with urself . So , in order to get out of the picture , or to grant some couple their chance to be together , just ... give things up .
Just came home from a car ride . Mom fetched me home after supper with Samuel , SiHan , Mark and EeWei . Before that , EeWei and i watched the WayangKulit performance . I must say , its so much better than i thought . Its surprising how funny it could actually be , and how interesting to a certain extent . However , i felt that the Dalang , or puppet master , was too draggy . Well , he gave us a preview on it before during a masterclass . So , i kinda know how the story goes ... Some parts were totally entertaining and hilarious . I laughed my kidneys out .
Many people left , because the concert was kinda long , almost 3 hours straight in a row , without a break . It began with Gamelan music and a solo female dance . It was kinda long already ... and after that , they set up the shadow and the bulbs and stuff ... so , we had a break of at least 15 minutes . But afterall , its merely the beginning , so ... nobody went for the break . I was sitting with YeoYee and ShuMin . Those behind me were WeiXiang , EnXin , LuHeng , Julia and others . This performance is the first in Singapore to be performed in English . Usually , its in Java , but well ... for us to understand , they had some people to translate the script into English . Well , it was fantastic .
An awesome performance . Well , DrKan went off before i did . When i leave , at least half of the audience had already left . Fairul and Fhairil were outside talking and laughing . Well , Fairul saw this cute guy , and he asked for his number . Dots .
In the morning , i had no class . I downloaded songs from this software that Samuel introduced . Well , its kinda good .
I had not much money , so ... i had to buy my concession using my account . Money in bank is dwindling . I know , what English . So , i think its time to seriously look for a job . Anybody wanna learn the Pipa ?
Percussion ensemble is the only ensemble that i'll be so looking forward to listen to . Their performance has never failed to keep me awake . Read properly . So , today's performance is by the ensemble with 5 Pianists playing this very long piece . Each of them playing at least 3 movements , then in the end , together , 4 Pianists on 2 Pianos . Then the other Pianist played Percussion . I think its the best ive heard so far for a platform . It was top valued for entertainment . I didnt sleep at all , while QingLun snored so loudly beside me .
Before that , they went to eat this fruit ice thingi . I met them there , and i hate fruits ... so i sat there thinking about that very day when i saw SiHan and Samuel eating jackfruits . I thought , i might puke again .
Practiced at the lounge , while ... HuiQi and i were motivating QingLun to do his work . He played his Dizi and he couldnt stop . Or , wouldnt . So , we had to keep scolding him and stuff . HuiQi tried really hard , and i was ... half trying and half not . Well , QingLun , wake up ! And do ur work !
They left for their classes , leaving me and MuHe behind . So , we practiced , and then Edric came . He wore this skirt today . Not really a skirt , but it looked like one to me . Then , next , he was undressing infront of me . Sinful , sinful , i know . Its time to gorge out my eyes and rub them against a washboard . Well , u see ... i didnt , because its not worth the price . Anyway , im joking . He practiced his Trumpet . Remember ? I dun like the Trumpet sound as much as other instruments . So , i was kinda ... feeling ... normal . I mean , not .
DrKan went through this stuff about presentation skills , and i scored like 59 . I gave myself that score ! See , im so humble . Fairul scored above 80 , the one and only in class . So funny . Well , i was disturbing Jwen during the tutorial .
DrGoh released us earlier , because ... he would like us to go support our own basketball team ! Well , i thought i might wanna go take a look ... but on second thought , arent basketball balls ? I would then rather not . In class , we sang many songs , and many very hard songs ... SiHan and i were struggling with the notes ... and its kinda funny when we sang this song with many clashing notes . Williana's voice filled the whole class . I was kinda amazed by her singing , she can sing so quickly !
Well , after that , i thought i might wanna return Rit's book , but well ... he wasnt around and i had forgotten his locker password . So , i gave him a call , but he was having steamboat , so ... he didnt pick up , i think . I put it into my bag . SiHan , Christoven and others went for dinner . I didnt wanna go ... so i went to find ShuMin . She was practicing , because this Friday , she'll be performing . Time passes by so quickly . I went through this piece with her , its only grade 2 . And well , i taught her how to play it , then i told her to consider using that piece . Its easy , simple and kinda nice also .
U know , the bluetooth headset thingi ? I dunno what its called ... but anyway , its like not working . Im so fed up . Its new , and i used it for half a day , and its dead . I hope it'll be fine after charging ... and anyway , i'll be complaining and going to get a new one if its really not functioning well and faulty and stuff . Stupid electronic stuffs . I hate them , because ... i dun understand them .
U know , when u dun understand something or someone , u get afraid of them .
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Love Pentagons
Havent been blogging for quite a period . Lost the touch , the flow and the passion . Where was i before ? Well , many things are still happening though my Dad has passed on . He died a few weeks ago , but im sure he didnt go totally in peace . Jane , fucking whore , is still on the loose . Great , im not going to let her get away . I better act fast , but Dorothy told me not to contact her , for that she is dangerous ... Well , i think she is trying to run away with Dad's money , because she is going to send Amanda back to China . So , if Amanda , her only burden is gone , she is free to go anywhere she wants , and we'll not be able to track her down . What the fuck ? U think i dunno that ? Fucking bitch !
Anyway , the Suona sounds and fills the air tonight . Unsightful lights , candles and offerings ... filled the atmosphere . I was walking home from the MRT station , not only that i bumped into a few of these offerings , but also stepped on a few of this dark patches on the ground . This is a sign for the coming festival . So , shall we put on our party hats and celebrate ?
Went to school in the morning , and took a bus . My concession is ending tomorrow , and im thinking ... how am i going to go to school ? I hope it'll be fine tomorrow . But wait , i think ive left with negative digits in my card . Shit , how am i going to go to school ? Nevermind about that , wait till tomorrow to worry .
So , i had class at 9 am . I had breakfast with PekChuan , such coincidence , then Zoe came later . After eating , DrKan came pass and she stopped to talk to Zoe . Interesting expression she has . Anyway , MsLim was as usual , nice and drama . She played a few music , and some of which were my favourites , Ruan concerto by LiuXing , and some SanXian pieces . Mind u , she played the first and third movement , without stopping . So , we spent quite a while listening to the music . It was good . Anyway , today's topic was on the Pipa , and she went through the things which ive already known ... and ive already submitted a work on it to DrManhart for ethnomusicology . I hope i did well .
Last week , we had ethnomusicology class with this Malay guy . He gave us a masterclass on the WayangKulit . It was damn interesting ... because , he was funny and he was good with his points . He caught our interest , and he gave a demo on the puppets . It was in English , therefore , not very authentic . But still , i didnt know that it could have such funny elements within the play . It has always appeal to me as a rather serious type of art . Its sophisticated and really purely an art that covers all elements of art . The ethnomusicology class yesterday was different . DrManhart talked to us about his trip to Indonesia to study their music , specifically in Nias . Its an island , and quite inaccessible . So , he told us about his journey , and it was funny . Anyway , he told us about this social system too . Villagers there had slaves ... and the slaves were not considered human . So , when their wives buy gold , they are believed to be very strong spirits , and so ... the slaves would wear them , so that the bad spirits will enter the slaves . After a few days , they will behead the slaves , so that the wives would wear the gold . Next , when the master dies , the slave would be buried alive , beside the master , in another area . So , they have this tube that links from the master's mouth to the slave's mouth , who should be alive . So , when the body decays , the bad spirit would enter the slave ... Sick , right ? Anyway , its interesting ... DrManhart then went on talking about the occassional instruments of the Nias people . The class was ... boring , for once . Next week , we'll be doing it hands on . Hope that it'll be interesting !
That day , we went to the library . Im sure many of u remember that very day ! Nightmare , yes . Well , we were told to do an essay . Of course , not to finish writing it ... but , give her the main points , and an introduction with a conclusion . What the hell ? My topic was on Weber and Wagner ... Great , i dunno shit about them . So , ShiXuan and i were reading up about them . She managed to produce something in the end of the day , i mean ... 2 hours . And for me , i was stuck , only with little knowledge of Weber . DrKan told me to hand it to her some other day , and try to be as quickly as possible . How to ? Im not very free to really go torture myself to do all her work , seriously . I have a life to entertain . Please , i beg u , please let me go . Free me ...
Last Thursday , after the horrible session of history in the library . Its time for celebration . Our custom celebration , on every Thursday , because ... its the worse day of the week ! Last year , its Wednesday , i know . But now , its Thursday . So , we suffered enough ... and we went to celebrate . At the same time , we celebrated EeWei's birthday ! Happy birthday girl ! Well , so we wrote this card , and also some bought her gifts . I wasnt really prepared . So , i just went for the dinner . Christoven , Mark and i brought her along with us to CafeCartel . Waiting for us , there was Dorothy , also known as Dot , ShuFeng and ... i dunno her name . Anyway , they've graduated already , other than ShuFeng . So , we ate .
Mark's order was wrong , and so ... he suffered eating this stupid tiny plate of tomoto based spaghetti . Yes , sorry , it was with ... some meatballs . Anyway , mine was this huge plate , not really that huge , of white cream spaghetti with different mushrooms , a forest of it . And Christoven has this delicious steak . EeWei ordered something nicer , with chicken and spaghetti . Mark and i was ... regretting with our orders . But upon looking at Mark's dish , i thought ... maybe its worth it afterall .
Im so evil . Im joking .
And so , today was fun . After class , we went to eat . After that , i practiced for quite a while ... then i was really tired ... So , i slept in YeoYee's practice room , the classroom . SiHan was kinda sad today . Depressed , for real . Well , SiHan , its alright . There's something more for u to learn , and maybe its a fortune in disguise . As old Chinese proverbs go ... they go like ... this .
So , our bitching quartet grew into a quintet today . I better not say anything about this event , because ... its top secret . Nothing happened .
I thought after slacking blogging for such a long time , i might lose touch . But well , seems like im kinda back into action . I dunno how the format goes already ... And well , i lost all the cliche and the terms i always use . I dunno what to crap . But well , without blogging , i feel kinda confused about the everyday events . But without blogging , ive more time to rest and do something else .
So , love triangles are in the air . Again ? Maybe something more interesting this time . Hope it doesnt result in murders . Or maybe something bigger , a pentagon ?
Anyway , the Suona sounds and fills the air tonight . Unsightful lights , candles and offerings ... filled the atmosphere . I was walking home from the MRT station , not only that i bumped into a few of these offerings , but also stepped on a few of this dark patches on the ground . This is a sign for the coming festival . So , shall we put on our party hats and celebrate ?
Went to school in the morning , and took a bus . My concession is ending tomorrow , and im thinking ... how am i going to go to school ? I hope it'll be fine tomorrow . But wait , i think ive left with negative digits in my card . Shit , how am i going to go to school ? Nevermind about that , wait till tomorrow to worry .
So , i had class at 9 am . I had breakfast with PekChuan , such coincidence , then Zoe came later . After eating , DrKan came pass and she stopped to talk to Zoe . Interesting expression she has . Anyway , MsLim was as usual , nice and drama . She played a few music , and some of which were my favourites , Ruan concerto by LiuXing , and some SanXian pieces . Mind u , she played the first and third movement , without stopping . So , we spent quite a while listening to the music . It was good . Anyway , today's topic was on the Pipa , and she went through the things which ive already known ... and ive already submitted a work on it to DrManhart for ethnomusicology . I hope i did well .
Last week , we had ethnomusicology class with this Malay guy . He gave us a masterclass on the WayangKulit . It was damn interesting ... because , he was funny and he was good with his points . He caught our interest , and he gave a demo on the puppets . It was in English , therefore , not very authentic . But still , i didnt know that it could have such funny elements within the play . It has always appeal to me as a rather serious type of art . Its sophisticated and really purely an art that covers all elements of art . The ethnomusicology class yesterday was different . DrManhart talked to us about his trip to Indonesia to study their music , specifically in Nias . Its an island , and quite inaccessible . So , he told us about his journey , and it was funny . Anyway , he told us about this social system too . Villagers there had slaves ... and the slaves were not considered human . So , when their wives buy gold , they are believed to be very strong spirits , and so ... the slaves would wear them , so that the bad spirits will enter the slaves . After a few days , they will behead the slaves , so that the wives would wear the gold . Next , when the master dies , the slave would be buried alive , beside the master , in another area . So , they have this tube that links from the master's mouth to the slave's mouth , who should be alive . So , when the body decays , the bad spirit would enter the slave ... Sick , right ? Anyway , its interesting ... DrManhart then went on talking about the occassional instruments of the Nias people . The class was ... boring , for once . Next week , we'll be doing it hands on . Hope that it'll be interesting !
That day , we went to the library . Im sure many of u remember that very day ! Nightmare , yes . Well , we were told to do an essay . Of course , not to finish writing it ... but , give her the main points , and an introduction with a conclusion . What the hell ? My topic was on Weber and Wagner ... Great , i dunno shit about them . So , ShiXuan and i were reading up about them . She managed to produce something in the end of the day , i mean ... 2 hours . And for me , i was stuck , only with little knowledge of Weber . DrKan told me to hand it to her some other day , and try to be as quickly as possible . How to ? Im not very free to really go torture myself to do all her work , seriously . I have a life to entertain . Please , i beg u , please let me go . Free me ...
Last Thursday , after the horrible session of history in the library . Its time for celebration . Our custom celebration , on every Thursday , because ... its the worse day of the week ! Last year , its Wednesday , i know . But now , its Thursday . So , we suffered enough ... and we went to celebrate . At the same time , we celebrated EeWei's birthday ! Happy birthday girl ! Well , so we wrote this card , and also some bought her gifts . I wasnt really prepared . So , i just went for the dinner . Christoven , Mark and i brought her along with us to CafeCartel . Waiting for us , there was Dorothy , also known as Dot , ShuFeng and ... i dunno her name . Anyway , they've graduated already , other than ShuFeng . So , we ate .
Mark's order was wrong , and so ... he suffered eating this stupid tiny plate of tomoto based spaghetti . Yes , sorry , it was with ... some meatballs . Anyway , mine was this huge plate , not really that huge , of white cream spaghetti with different mushrooms , a forest of it . And Christoven has this delicious steak . EeWei ordered something nicer , with chicken and spaghetti . Mark and i was ... regretting with our orders . But upon looking at Mark's dish , i thought ... maybe its worth it afterall .
Im so evil . Im joking .
And so , today was fun . After class , we went to eat . After that , i practiced for quite a while ... then i was really tired ... So , i slept in YeoYee's practice room , the classroom . SiHan was kinda sad today . Depressed , for real . Well , SiHan , its alright . There's something more for u to learn , and maybe its a fortune in disguise . As old Chinese proverbs go ... they go like ... this .
So , our bitching quartet grew into a quintet today . I better not say anything about this event , because ... its top secret . Nothing happened .
I thought after slacking blogging for such a long time , i might lose touch . But well , seems like im kinda back into action . I dunno how the format goes already ... And well , i lost all the cliche and the terms i always use . I dunno what to crap . But well , without blogging , i feel kinda confused about the everyday events . But without blogging , ive more time to rest and do something else .
So , love triangles are in the air . Again ? Maybe something more interesting this time . Hope it doesnt result in murders . Or maybe something bigger , a pentagon ?
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Distant Star
Opening statement ... my fucking mouse is irritating me . If it doesnt destroy itself , i'll have to buy home a cat to get the job done .
Enough crap . Well , why am i blogging ? Because , for these few days , without blogging ... i feel quite a sense of lost . How ? I mean , why ? Because things aint laid properly infront of me , my thoughts , my ideas and the events of my everyday life . So , there's quite a few things ive said but , not done , and there are things that i havent done so yet . I feel bad . But well , there are many reasons why i choose not to do what i should do . And some of which , are personal and i dun think its even good to disclose it to anyone .
For these few days , i got to know KaiXiang alot better . Well , not even as close as a star , but still , at least i have a telescope to look far . He got into this competition for some teenage icon , and i think its well publicised already in school , and outside of school . Im a very simple person and i think im just water from the river . Let me just flow by quietly ...
Heard many funny stories in school . But well , funny enough to hide away the frown for a minute .
Actually im quite bothered about myself . What am i thinking ? I dunno . But , i find myself a prick . U know , a pesky irritating person . YiChun must have felt that way . I understand , really . Though i told him i understood ... he wont give a damn , and he didnt believe it either . I must be so into my own thoughts that i mentally create this blockade to protect myself from advices .
Im not just busy attending to my own problems . Im also busy preoccupied with entertaining my own problems . Arent they the same ? Not really . Many problems , financial and emotional . Lets talk about money ...
I need money urgently . And well , im spending money disorderly . Contradicting my needs , i find myself a horrible person . Incorrigible , as u might call , but well ... i dun abhor myself . Tomorrow , i'll be meeting the vixen in a secret garden . I might not return , but i hopefully woul leave some bread to remember my way home .
The talk with Jane tomorrow will regard on my financial needs . But as for emotional needs , theres nobody to guide or help me . I need professional help . Today , TingTing and gang asked me a question which i couldnt answer . Well , ive been feeling rather down . In fact , now ... im feeling very down . My heart feels heavy , literally . I think thats what they really call ... depression . U know , like heavy pulling effect and stuff . But well , of course it wont last for long . I think when i sleep , i'll dream of those little bunnies again .
Theres something which ive come to realise . Actually , no . Ive come to this conclusion a real long time ago ... but well , it lingered inside my head ... and finally , its settled ! U know , u have a degree of friends ... ? First degree are those that u hang out with all the time . Second , would be those that u hang around often , but not all the time . And the third degree ones would be those who u'll just say hello to .
I dun have any first degree friends . I think . But well , i treat my first as others treat me their second . I think im such a sore loser . Goodnight , loser .
The winner takes it all and the loser standing small .
Enough crap . Well , why am i blogging ? Because , for these few days , without blogging ... i feel quite a sense of lost . How ? I mean , why ? Because things aint laid properly infront of me , my thoughts , my ideas and the events of my everyday life . So , there's quite a few things ive said but , not done , and there are things that i havent done so yet . I feel bad . But well , there are many reasons why i choose not to do what i should do . And some of which , are personal and i dun think its even good to disclose it to anyone .
For these few days , i got to know KaiXiang alot better . Well , not even as close as a star , but still , at least i have a telescope to look far . He got into this competition for some teenage icon , and i think its well publicised already in school , and outside of school . Im a very simple person and i think im just water from the river . Let me just flow by quietly ...
Heard many funny stories in school . But well , funny enough to hide away the frown for a minute .
Actually im quite bothered about myself . What am i thinking ? I dunno . But , i find myself a prick . U know , a pesky irritating person . YiChun must have felt that way . I understand , really . Though i told him i understood ... he wont give a damn , and he didnt believe it either . I must be so into my own thoughts that i mentally create this blockade to protect myself from advices .
Im not just busy attending to my own problems . Im also busy preoccupied with entertaining my own problems . Arent they the same ? Not really . Many problems , financial and emotional . Lets talk about money ...
I need money urgently . And well , im spending money disorderly . Contradicting my needs , i find myself a horrible person . Incorrigible , as u might call , but well ... i dun abhor myself . Tomorrow , i'll be meeting the vixen in a secret garden . I might not return , but i hopefully woul leave some bread to remember my way home .
The talk with Jane tomorrow will regard on my financial needs . But as for emotional needs , theres nobody to guide or help me . I need professional help . Today , TingTing and gang asked me a question which i couldnt answer . Well , ive been feeling rather down . In fact , now ... im feeling very down . My heart feels heavy , literally . I think thats what they really call ... depression . U know , like heavy pulling effect and stuff . But well , of course it wont last for long . I think when i sleep , i'll dream of those little bunnies again .
Theres something which ive come to realise . Actually , no . Ive come to this conclusion a real long time ago ... but well , it lingered inside my head ... and finally , its settled ! U know , u have a degree of friends ... ? First degree are those that u hang out with all the time . Second , would be those that u hang around often , but not all the time . And the third degree ones would be those who u'll just say hello to .
I dun have any first degree friends . I think . But well , i treat my first as others treat me their second . I think im such a sore loser . Goodnight , loser .
The winner takes it all and the loser standing small .
Sunday, July 16, 2006
What U Think ?
Its been quite a long while since i last blogged . Recieved quite a few graffiti on my tagboard , regarding the previous topic . Well , graffiti , u know ... always a nuisance , but sometimes ... an art .
No more of such crazy nonsense . So , lets go back into our alphabets . Will u sing along with me ?
Been listening to old songs . Some like diamond , forever the same value and forever the favourites . Other than that , ive been spending money on CDs , again . I spent $33 on this Pipa CD by ZhangHongYan , i think its quite the worth .
Life in school has been merciful . Little stress . Or not ... ? Well , its all hidden behind me , and when the time comes , it'll pounce on me like an ambushing lion would . I dunno , but now , if i dun think of it , im pretty fine . Everybody in school is suffering from DrKan's showering love . It falls from heaven like hails . Well , if anyone can dodge it , they're safe . For people like us , without a strong umbrella , we cannot hide . Imagine , bricks falling down from the sky . For me , i think maybe ive been hit by one already . Im in a coma , unconscious , thats why i dun feel the pain yet .
Anyway , ive signed up for the competition this year for the open category . Pretty exciting for a noob like me . Challenging in another way ... but to think of it , some people didnt sign up after knowing that im taking part in the competition . Ive not seen the score yet , and im not ready for anything yet . Hard time practicing soon ... and to think of it , it'll be pretty tough this year . Competition , homework , presentations , exams and many more ... how am i going to catch up with all of that ? I dunno . Somehow , i will .
Im sitting on my chair , with my grandma sweater ... and typing myself out . I think im going to sit around and rot . Ive been sitting on this chair since i woke up . I ate noodles for lunch and dinner . I made them myself .
Ive nothing to talk about ... i think im getting a little listless . Let me go play my game ...
Anyway , should i go back into those intense blogging ? What u think ? But isit worth reading at all ?
No more of such crazy nonsense . So , lets go back into our alphabets . Will u sing along with me ?
Been listening to old songs . Some like diamond , forever the same value and forever the favourites . Other than that , ive been spending money on CDs , again . I spent $33 on this Pipa CD by ZhangHongYan , i think its quite the worth .
Life in school has been merciful . Little stress . Or not ... ? Well , its all hidden behind me , and when the time comes , it'll pounce on me like an ambushing lion would . I dunno , but now , if i dun think of it , im pretty fine . Everybody in school is suffering from DrKan's showering love . It falls from heaven like hails . Well , if anyone can dodge it , they're safe . For people like us , without a strong umbrella , we cannot hide . Imagine , bricks falling down from the sky . For me , i think maybe ive been hit by one already . Im in a coma , unconscious , thats why i dun feel the pain yet .
Anyway , ive signed up for the competition this year for the open category . Pretty exciting for a noob like me . Challenging in another way ... but to think of it , some people didnt sign up after knowing that im taking part in the competition . Ive not seen the score yet , and im not ready for anything yet . Hard time practicing soon ... and to think of it , it'll be pretty tough this year . Competition , homework , presentations , exams and many more ... how am i going to catch up with all of that ? I dunno . Somehow , i will .
Im sitting on my chair , with my grandma sweater ... and typing myself out . I think im going to sit around and rot . Ive been sitting on this chair since i woke up . I ate noodles for lunch and dinner . I made them myself .
Ive nothing to talk about ... i think im getting a little listless . Let me go play my game ...
Anyway , should i go back into those intense blogging ? What u think ? But isit worth reading at all ?
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Moulding The Future
Its late , im still awake , thinking about things in life that doesnt seem so real . But yet , its the unreal and the unknown that we're chasing after . All our life , like a child , searching for that fairy , for that little star that'll make our dreams come true .
Or , isit , already true ? Are we for real ?
Little do we know . Though there's no way for us to find out , we can possibly lie to ourselves , for that a lie told loud enough would be seen genuine to anyone else gullible enough to believe . We are what we make ourselves to believe . We are not real , we are merely organisms . Of course , with a brain , and with different emotions made to distinct our personal traits .
Why make life tough on earth ? We're just things . Here , like that , breathing air . We absorb knowledge for as much as we can , for things that stimulate our curiosity . We learn what we want , and what we need . For a caveman , he'll need only to learn how to make fire and catch his own fish . What's for us to learn ?
Out here , for the doings of our glorious and honorable ancestors , we're living in a sophisticated world filled with things that were not meant to be . We create what we want , and with a mass of thinking ideas and worthless brains , what we do not need might possibly become something we want to need . We should not need to want , we want to need .
People created kings and rulers . Why ? We do not know . People created terrorism . Why ? We do not know . But as far as we know , its to overthrow kings , who were again ... created by our own beings . We deprive the poor from education , which leads them into starvation and poverty . The poor gets poorer , while the rich gets richer . Isnt this the bottomline of what we're doing ? We created money , and this money lured the poor to desperate needs to steal and to rob . First , we create thieves , then next , we punish them .
Indeed , life is a cycle . Not just a main cycle , but many cycles within cycles .
Life on earth now aint as simple as before , humans to bones and then back into the ground . Its more than that . Only the rich will live through a happy life . The poor repeats in this time wrap , recapitulating in this cycle .
Who made this custom of life ? Did God do so ? I dun think so . Did he intend so ? Probably . But im sure he did not mean for the system to work this way .
So , who made life difficult ? Difficult people . Like whom ?
Like u .
Or , isit , already true ? Are we for real ?
Little do we know . Though there's no way for us to find out , we can possibly lie to ourselves , for that a lie told loud enough would be seen genuine to anyone else gullible enough to believe . We are what we make ourselves to believe . We are not real , we are merely organisms . Of course , with a brain , and with different emotions made to distinct our personal traits .
Why make life tough on earth ? We're just things . Here , like that , breathing air . We absorb knowledge for as much as we can , for things that stimulate our curiosity . We learn what we want , and what we need . For a caveman , he'll need only to learn how to make fire and catch his own fish . What's for us to learn ?
Out here , for the doings of our glorious and honorable ancestors , we're living in a sophisticated world filled with things that were not meant to be . We create what we want , and with a mass of thinking ideas and worthless brains , what we do not need might possibly become something we want to need . We should not need to want , we want to need .
People created kings and rulers . Why ? We do not know . People created terrorism . Why ? We do not know . But as far as we know , its to overthrow kings , who were again ... created by our own beings . We deprive the poor from education , which leads them into starvation and poverty . The poor gets poorer , while the rich gets richer . Isnt this the bottomline of what we're doing ? We created money , and this money lured the poor to desperate needs to steal and to rob . First , we create thieves , then next , we punish them .
Indeed , life is a cycle . Not just a main cycle , but many cycles within cycles .
Life on earth now aint as simple as before , humans to bones and then back into the ground . Its more than that . Only the rich will live through a happy life . The poor repeats in this time wrap , recapitulating in this cycle .
Who made this custom of life ? Did God do so ? I dun think so . Did he intend so ? Probably . But im sure he did not mean for the system to work this way .
So , who made life difficult ? Difficult people . Like whom ?
Like u .
Friday, July 07, 2006
Last Straw
Im so tired of blogging already . Im not blogging anymore . Maybe i'll blog wheneva i want to .
I hate life . I think im just going to stop studying music and do something else .
I have a very supportive family . One who doesnt really care and thinks that im always dumb and easily cheated , and one , dead in the coffin .
I hate life . I think im just going to stop studying music and do something else .
I have a very supportive family . One who doesnt really care and thinks that im always dumb and easily cheated , and one , dead in the coffin .
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Forgive Then , Forget
Just came home from a bus ride . I just removed my belt . Im now sweating like a pig , literally , in an air-con room . I hate to sweat , because it'll get me irritated ... then , i'll be in a nasty mood . Anyway , i was removing my belt , and it took me almost forever to remove it . I was jumping up and down , then ... pulling it , then dunno whateva ... then , after hurting my fingers , it came out . Fuck the stupid belt ! This is the first time im wearing a belt since a long long time ago in a kingdom far far away .
Lets get this over with so i can go bath .
Today , im going to talk about DrKan's tutorial . We learned that , every paragraph has only one topic sentence . Only one . So , i should start blogging in this manner , so as to improve me writing . So , i'll have one sentence , then i'll explain and elaborate on it , include evidence then prove them and lastly , to link the ideas up , so as for readers to understand things and find my blog easy to digest . So , lets begin ...
Mom fetched me to school . She was taking her own sweet time again , thus i was almost late . Lucky for me , i wasnt . Nobody was in the theatre , so ... i went to bring down the instruments .
Forget about the DrKan's method ! I cannot do it !
I thought i would be able to use YouGuo's Pipa for my solo performance , so ... Dedric and i went up to the store . The Pipa wasnt there ! What an awful surprise ! I was shocked and very very worried . So , i dun have a Pipa to play for my solo . But before i can do anything , ive to go get the Ruan first . Its such an awful heavy instrument . Revolting . Dedric and i carried it like a coffin . So , we brought the heavy casket down .
QingLun was playing his Dizi , and he asked if i wanna try the stage . Well , im afraid that i might be too soft . It fits my piece well , but still ... too soft , im afraid . So , i borrowed the Pipa from Anthea , who was quite reluctant , but thanks to her , she did lend it to me . Her Pipa is soft and it doesnt resonate much .
I know its kinda hard to lend somebody ur instrument . People always say that an instrument is personal and it should be used by others . True , indeed . But to what extent ? Thats the difference . Lending somebody an instrument for a long term or long period will result in a change of the quality of the sound of the instrument , according to the player . So , for my case , its different . Im only using it for one performance , i dun practice with it . And anyway , if i practice with it , im sure i can help to open the sound more . Ur instrument will sound depending on how u tame it . So , im just helping , not destroying .
Jasmine just sent me this scary clip . It sent a chill down my spine . Fullstop .
HaoSong's piece was before my solo , so i didnt play for him . The first piece started off well ... and then , the second was QingLun's solo . Good job ! Then mine ... Bad job ! My solo was horrible , mainly because of my clothing . Why ? The sleeves were too long and i didnt expect that to disturb my playing . My fingers got stuck under it and i couldnt play at times . It was kinda disappointing ... But amazingly , with all those support and clapping , i was quite calm . I played with my eyes closed , at times , and i thought about certain notes .
I started out with the sound of silence , not moving for quite a while . They thought that it might be another JohnCage piece , well ... its not . I struck my first note , and then my second , then third . It all sounded good ... and maybe it might be a good performance . Then next comes my tremelo . And , that ended my happy thoughts . The end .
The sliding parts were all quite well done , except for one . Some notes were wrong , and mostly were too soft . But well , its somehow like that . I dunno if anyone really understood the piece . QingLun said nobody will , and i think he was right .
When i went backstage , ShuMin was crying . I was shocked , i thought maybe my playing has brought her to tears ! Not . She was sad about something , and i thought it was me ... so , i didnt know what to do . I was the first to notice , then ZiNan came forward and tried to make her laugh . U know , its kinda sporting when a group of friend tries to make a sad friend smile . Its really nice and warm . So , ShuMin was then happy again . But before she went on stage , she broke down again ... so , she insisted that she stays backstage . And i left her there then .
KaiXiang was wearing this ... interesting Malay vest . Anyway , some people told me that i played the Ruan in a funny way . True , im quite relaxed with it in my arms , because its quite easy . The performance was fine today , except for HaoSong's piece . Why ? Some people told me that it was unbearable ... because of the pitching and some very messy parts . But well , he wrote the score himself , for the accompaniment , and then we only rehearsed it twice . If MrYeo finds out , he's dead .
Well , after that , i went to eat with KaiXiang , QingLun , Jason and HaoSong . Was Jason there ? I cannot remember . Anyway , i found Dedric eating alone , so ... we went to join him . YeoYee and ShuMin came later . Well , my food was burning like the sun . They finished eating , leaving me eating there alone . Then , QingLun stayed behind to wait for me , and i insisted that he should leave or else he'll be marked late . After a convincing persuasion , he left . Dedric was so evil ! He told me that if i beg him , he'll stay . So , i did , then he said ... no . Evil !
Went back to school alone , then went to drink soya with Christoven . We were talking about the performances and some other things . Then Evan joined us later . The sun was burning like the sun , its scorching and its tearing us apart ... like tearing apart . I mean , melting ... like melting people under the sun , u know ? Anyway , we went to the ColdStorage to chill ourselves .
In the end , we bought this sugar peanuts and this codfish thingi . After eating for a long time at the first level , we gave up . Evan and i were lying on the floor , eating away . YongRui was walking around ... then i thought , maybe YongRui could accompany me on the Pipa for the piece that im learning . So , we went upstairs . I left the food on the floor and the packets on the floor too , then Jwen went to take them ... because she wanted to eat .
So , YongRui could sightread it , but not as well as ZhengQiang , but good enough . I took ShuMin's Pipa and went through it with him .
After that , ShuMin and i went to take dinner . So , i asked if she could tell me what happened . She told me a little , and well ... then her eyes went red already , so ... i thought maybe ... forget it . I can roughly get the idea already , but still ... i dun get it totally . Some people should really sometimes deserve a big fat slap .
I treated her to the curry chicken , then Adams was there too , with this other guy . Then Adams came to our table and told me that i played very well . Thanks ! But well , it might be a good performance to some , but not many . If u like something because u dunno it , thats alright . If u like something partly because that u dun understand it and u thought it sounded great , then its better . If u like something that u already know , thats good . But , if u like something that u wont expect urself to like , thats the best .
During sightsinging class , which was before dinner , i sat beside Edric . Then , we were singing and he was going ... so out of tune ! Before that was tutorial , which was the time slot for the guys , all the Tenors and Basses . But well , some of the guys couldnt attend that slot , so ... luckily , there were quite a few guys in the later class . Great . It was fine , and there'll be a test for the Altos and Sopranos . Lucky us .
Thanks to Julia who stayed awake just to hear me play . Edric only saw me walking in . And thanks to many for that wonderful applause . Im so grateful .
Practiced the piece with YongRui even more when ShuMin and i came back to school from dinner . Was listening and watching YuJia's performance online . Last time , she's really great and very beautiful . But well , i didnt say shes not now .
So , the piece is kinda ... nice , but filled with many errors . Am i suppose to fill in the blanks ? I dunno . For some notes , i already edited it . For safety reasons , i'll be wearing a helmet . No . I'll be asking TingTing for the score , for the Zheng's version . I'll compare it and then , i'll edit the notes , if necessary ... most likely so .
After that , i went down to eat with a few of the classmates . Christoven , Mark , YongRui and i took the lift down . Tomorrow there'll be presentations , and ... i have to reach school earlier than usual by half an hour . Remember ? What the hell ? So , we're starting class early ... so , i should be sleeping now . Its already an hour since i started blogging ... Why am i so slow ?
So , anyway , talking about food ... We went to eat , and i ordered this horrible drink , which was $3 , MiloDino . Now , im quite hungry , but not feeling quite in the mood to eat .
Mom just gave me this letter , from school ... with a fine of $15 . Let me say this , for the truth , NAFA is the fastest school to collect money . Maybe not , because i havent been in many schools . But , service is yet the slowest . They take 1 day to collect all the money , and they take 1 year to give out money . It took almost 3 months for YanYu to collect her money . And well , they didnt send me the letter to remind me how much ive to pay . By right , i think it should be worked this way ! Im angry and really fed up with the administration . What the fuck is going wrong in there ? I dun understand . So , now ive to pay this fucking $15 ? I would seriously rather tear the money and go into jail .
But well , talk is talk , i still have to pay , i know . But , im angry , just like my solo piece today . Angry inside , and that is the sound of silence .
We were talking about some people in during our supper at the prata shop . I dunno why there are weird people in our class ... and its this weird guy , u know who , and i dunno what he thinks ! I just cannot understand him . Anyway , thanks to ShiXuan for her lovely comment . She said that she loves the tone of the Pipa . Thanks alot ... its hard to find somebody who can appreciate Chinese music . But who knows ... ? Well ...
I recieved this letter , from the company who dealt with Dad's funeral . So , there was this cheque reciept , and this CDs ... which i dunno what it is . Mom was asking about the name and stuff ... because it says to Jane's sister . Well , they got the wrong address , but well ... i hate it when Mom gives that idiotic irritating look . I fucking hate it alot . Well , Dad is dead ! So forget it ! Dun give me that look ! He is dead , i repeat , dead ! Gone from this world already , what else do u want , Mom ? Do u wanna spit on his grave ?
Fucking stop that , everybody !
Lets get this over with so i can go bath .
Today , im going to talk about DrKan's tutorial . We learned that , every paragraph has only one topic sentence . Only one . So , i should start blogging in this manner , so as to improve me writing . So , i'll have one sentence , then i'll explain and elaborate on it , include evidence then prove them and lastly , to link the ideas up , so as for readers to understand things and find my blog easy to digest . So , lets begin ...
Mom fetched me to school . She was taking her own sweet time again , thus i was almost late . Lucky for me , i wasnt . Nobody was in the theatre , so ... i went to bring down the instruments .
Forget about the DrKan's method ! I cannot do it !
I thought i would be able to use YouGuo's Pipa for my solo performance , so ... Dedric and i went up to the store . The Pipa wasnt there ! What an awful surprise ! I was shocked and very very worried . So , i dun have a Pipa to play for my solo . But before i can do anything , ive to go get the Ruan first . Its such an awful heavy instrument . Revolting . Dedric and i carried it like a coffin . So , we brought the heavy casket down .
QingLun was playing his Dizi , and he asked if i wanna try the stage . Well , im afraid that i might be too soft . It fits my piece well , but still ... too soft , im afraid . So , i borrowed the Pipa from Anthea , who was quite reluctant , but thanks to her , she did lend it to me . Her Pipa is soft and it doesnt resonate much .
I know its kinda hard to lend somebody ur instrument . People always say that an instrument is personal and it should be used by others . True , indeed . But to what extent ? Thats the difference . Lending somebody an instrument for a long term or long period will result in a change of the quality of the sound of the instrument , according to the player . So , for my case , its different . Im only using it for one performance , i dun practice with it . And anyway , if i practice with it , im sure i can help to open the sound more . Ur instrument will sound depending on how u tame it . So , im just helping , not destroying .
Jasmine just sent me this scary clip . It sent a chill down my spine . Fullstop .
HaoSong's piece was before my solo , so i didnt play for him . The first piece started off well ... and then , the second was QingLun's solo . Good job ! Then mine ... Bad job ! My solo was horrible , mainly because of my clothing . Why ? The sleeves were too long and i didnt expect that to disturb my playing . My fingers got stuck under it and i couldnt play at times . It was kinda disappointing ... But amazingly , with all those support and clapping , i was quite calm . I played with my eyes closed , at times , and i thought about certain notes .
I started out with the sound of silence , not moving for quite a while . They thought that it might be another JohnCage piece , well ... its not . I struck my first note , and then my second , then third . It all sounded good ... and maybe it might be a good performance . Then next comes my tremelo . And , that ended my happy thoughts . The end .
The sliding parts were all quite well done , except for one . Some notes were wrong , and mostly were too soft . But well , its somehow like that . I dunno if anyone really understood the piece . QingLun said nobody will , and i think he was right .
When i went backstage , ShuMin was crying . I was shocked , i thought maybe my playing has brought her to tears ! Not . She was sad about something , and i thought it was me ... so , i didnt know what to do . I was the first to notice , then ZiNan came forward and tried to make her laugh . U know , its kinda sporting when a group of friend tries to make a sad friend smile . Its really nice and warm . So , ShuMin was then happy again . But before she went on stage , she broke down again ... so , she insisted that she stays backstage . And i left her there then .
KaiXiang was wearing this ... interesting Malay vest . Anyway , some people told me that i played the Ruan in a funny way . True , im quite relaxed with it in my arms , because its quite easy . The performance was fine today , except for HaoSong's piece . Why ? Some people told me that it was unbearable ... because of the pitching and some very messy parts . But well , he wrote the score himself , for the accompaniment , and then we only rehearsed it twice . If MrYeo finds out , he's dead .
Well , after that , i went to eat with KaiXiang , QingLun , Jason and HaoSong . Was Jason there ? I cannot remember . Anyway , i found Dedric eating alone , so ... we went to join him . YeoYee and ShuMin came later . Well , my food was burning like the sun . They finished eating , leaving me eating there alone . Then , QingLun stayed behind to wait for me , and i insisted that he should leave or else he'll be marked late . After a convincing persuasion , he left . Dedric was so evil ! He told me that if i beg him , he'll stay . So , i did , then he said ... no . Evil !
Went back to school alone , then went to drink soya with Christoven . We were talking about the performances and some other things . Then Evan joined us later . The sun was burning like the sun , its scorching and its tearing us apart ... like tearing apart . I mean , melting ... like melting people under the sun , u know ? Anyway , we went to the ColdStorage to chill ourselves .
In the end , we bought this sugar peanuts and this codfish thingi . After eating for a long time at the first level , we gave up . Evan and i were lying on the floor , eating away . YongRui was walking around ... then i thought , maybe YongRui could accompany me on the Pipa for the piece that im learning . So , we went upstairs . I left the food on the floor and the packets on the floor too , then Jwen went to take them ... because she wanted to eat .
So , YongRui could sightread it , but not as well as ZhengQiang , but good enough . I took ShuMin's Pipa and went through it with him .
After that , ShuMin and i went to take dinner . So , i asked if she could tell me what happened . She told me a little , and well ... then her eyes went red already , so ... i thought maybe ... forget it . I can roughly get the idea already , but still ... i dun get it totally . Some people should really sometimes deserve a big fat slap .
I treated her to the curry chicken , then Adams was there too , with this other guy . Then Adams came to our table and told me that i played very well . Thanks ! But well , it might be a good performance to some , but not many . If u like something because u dunno it , thats alright . If u like something partly because that u dun understand it and u thought it sounded great , then its better . If u like something that u already know , thats good . But , if u like something that u wont expect urself to like , thats the best .
During sightsinging class , which was before dinner , i sat beside Edric . Then , we were singing and he was going ... so out of tune ! Before that was tutorial , which was the time slot for the guys , all the Tenors and Basses . But well , some of the guys couldnt attend that slot , so ... luckily , there were quite a few guys in the later class . Great . It was fine , and there'll be a test for the Altos and Sopranos . Lucky us .
Thanks to Julia who stayed awake just to hear me play . Edric only saw me walking in . And thanks to many for that wonderful applause . Im so grateful .
Practiced the piece with YongRui even more when ShuMin and i came back to school from dinner . Was listening and watching YuJia's performance online . Last time , she's really great and very beautiful . But well , i didnt say shes not now .
So , the piece is kinda ... nice , but filled with many errors . Am i suppose to fill in the blanks ? I dunno . For some notes , i already edited it . For safety reasons , i'll be wearing a helmet . No . I'll be asking TingTing for the score , for the Zheng's version . I'll compare it and then , i'll edit the notes , if necessary ... most likely so .
After that , i went down to eat with a few of the classmates . Christoven , Mark , YongRui and i took the lift down . Tomorrow there'll be presentations , and ... i have to reach school earlier than usual by half an hour . Remember ? What the hell ? So , we're starting class early ... so , i should be sleeping now . Its already an hour since i started blogging ... Why am i so slow ?
So , anyway , talking about food ... We went to eat , and i ordered this horrible drink , which was $3 , MiloDino . Now , im quite hungry , but not feeling quite in the mood to eat .
Mom just gave me this letter , from school ... with a fine of $15 . Let me say this , for the truth , NAFA is the fastest school to collect money . Maybe not , because i havent been in many schools . But , service is yet the slowest . They take 1 day to collect all the money , and they take 1 year to give out money . It took almost 3 months for YanYu to collect her money . And well , they didnt send me the letter to remind me how much ive to pay . By right , i think it should be worked this way ! Im angry and really fed up with the administration . What the fuck is going wrong in there ? I dun understand . So , now ive to pay this fucking $15 ? I would seriously rather tear the money and go into jail .
But well , talk is talk , i still have to pay , i know . But , im angry , just like my solo piece today . Angry inside , and that is the sound of silence .
We were talking about some people in during our supper at the prata shop . I dunno why there are weird people in our class ... and its this weird guy , u know who , and i dunno what he thinks ! I just cannot understand him . Anyway , thanks to ShiXuan for her lovely comment . She said that she loves the tone of the Pipa . Thanks alot ... its hard to find somebody who can appreciate Chinese music . But who knows ... ? Well ...
I recieved this letter , from the company who dealt with Dad's funeral . So , there was this cheque reciept , and this CDs ... which i dunno what it is . Mom was asking about the name and stuff ... because it says to Jane's sister . Well , they got the wrong address , but well ... i hate it when Mom gives that idiotic irritating look . I fucking hate it alot . Well , Dad is dead ! So forget it ! Dun give me that look ! He is dead , i repeat , dead ! Gone from this world already , what else do u want , Mom ? Do u wanna spit on his grave ?
Fucking stop that , everybody !
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Fair-Haired
Forbidden love for a moment , infatuation for next or maybe ... even veneration . This kinda weakness is known in every gene . It grows , and infatuation can lead one into a mental state or idolatry too . Whats happening to me ? Well , im not sure . Isit like just another vogue , or another voracity ... ? I think this puerile feeling inside aint gonna stay long . But still , how wonderful life is ... when ur in this world .
Its not what u might think . Seriously .
I just got home from YanYu's house . I went there for lesson today , and well ... i was punctual , and she didnt expect that to come . Well ...
I woke up really early , remember ? I went to school , and had breakfast with Mom before that . I told her about the coat that i'll be buying ... well , she wasnt quite supportive of the idea . Well , she thinks that i cannot do anything by myself . She doesnt trust me when it comes to buying anything . And i mean , any thing ! Even underwears ! But well , for cheap stuffs , she wouldnt mind . For things like CDs , shirts , coats , instruments or even books ... she'll wanna make sure i make the right choices and stuff . Most importantly , to inherit the power of bargaining .
I blogged in the morning . I'll blog from then on ...
After i left the computer lab , i went into class . MsLim was in class , doing the computer , while EnXin and this new girl was in class already . She's not new , just that i dunno her name ... because she joined us only from this semester onwards . Well , anyway , very few came in . I think people are taking advantage of her kindness . She'll start class 15 minutes later , and she'll even give a break . But , people arent appreciating her showering of privileges . People come in later than her later time , and worse of all ... eating in class somemore when already late . For me , i wanna learn more about the module ... because i really find it interesting . For those who dun bloody give a fuck , and just take the class as a fun time to talk and chat , fuck off , get out of classroom please . If u dun like Chinese music , then i dun fucking understand why ur in the class in the first place ? Are u like fucking dumb ? Did ur mother not give u a brain ? If u dun like it , then bloody leave , dun pull down those that might wanna try learning , or even ... learning ! Fuck u idiots .
Before some people ... i repeat , some people , start complaining that i only scold them in my blog , let me praise this little nice girl , Evan . She was early for class ! Clap . Anyway , we had fun today ... talking about the GuQin . Christoven was asking this and that , so funny , because he cannot understand what she's saying ... most of the time . MsLim was talking about blogs and MSN ... Well , she has an account for blogging ... but , she cannot log in ! Its damn funny . I love her . So , we're suppose to form a group by next week . I think ... we've already done so . What about YeoYee ... ? I feel kinda bad .
Harmony was fine , and very relaxing . I havent felt more relaxed than ever . MrYap was in a super good mood ! Weird . I thought ... usually when he gets pissed off by the batch before , he'll be in a bad mood . But surprisingly not , he was really funny and nice . He was laughing away as he taught us about this super hard thing ... which is ... i cant remember ! Anyway , i was really tired ... and so , i felt kinda sleepy in class . Christoven was sitting beside me , and we were talking about ... what ? I cant remember ! Im losing memory ...
Slowly ... i'll lose hair , then memory ... then even , my head .
Nevermind that , after that ... Christoven and i went to the street opposite the soya stall . We went shopping for my coat ! Thanks Christoven , for accompanying me there . Anyway , it was great . We entered this shop , and this lady served us pretty well ... but of course , with obvious intention of getting us to buy . She even told Christoven to pay deposit for the clothing that he wants . In fact , indeed , Christoven has made up his mind to buy this Indian clothing ... which looks really nice . I tried on many clothings ... and coats , which were around the price of $255 to $450 . Well , expensive , i know . But for a coat better than a Western one , its worth it . Whats more is that ... it has many beautiful handworks ... and patterns ! I love it . I caught my eye on one of them , which was cheap ... merely $255 . But well , we thought we should just walk around first ... Next , we saw this Indian shoes . Fucking hell ! Its damn sexy ! Its like curvy ! I love it ! But whats wrong ? It hurts like hell . I wore it , and my ankle was like hurting ... and its painful for my wallet too ... its like $69 . Anyway , next we saw this ... nothing . Only this 2 shops has the things that we want . The shoe is really fantastic and special . For the coat , i fixed my eyes on it , but ... Mom doesnt approve me to . So , we somehow fought over the phone . In the end , she hung up . She hung my phone ! She hung it !
So , we went back to school ... with the coat ... in my brain , nothing on my hands . I was thinking about it , for the whole day . And then , i went for rehearsal , for HaoSong's piece . He arranged the accompaniment himself , and well ... its quite alright . I was sightreading it ... and it kept changing key , so ... i had to think really fast on the Ruan . Practiced for a short while , then there was class coming in , so we left the place .
Went to eat then with Dedric , Jason , QingLun , HaoSong and i . I was telling them about the coat , and QingLun said that im a pampered child . Well , true , afterall im the only child ... and im from ACS . How much more can i be worth to be not pampered ? So , we ate at the duck rice place , and i ate noodles . I was still not over the coat , and i was telling them about the coat . I'll bring QingLun there one day , because i think it'll suit him well ! Really ! Its nice . Christoven should buy the coat one , not the shirt . Anyway , its all very nice ! DrGoh wore one before , but that one is a clothe one . I want the coat one ! I want it ! But , Mom dun want me to buy .
Jason went off first because he has to teach . So we went back to school after playing LAN . QingLun insisted that ... so , no choice . But well , i hope they had fun ! QingLun gave up playing with me , and its a good thing . So , we went back to school .
I was practicing in my room , and QingLun was sleeping . Amazing how he could stand the irritating sound of the Pipa . But well , i didnt play really loudly , but ShuMin's Pipa sounds horrible . I played till 5 pm , then Mom came to fetch me . Before that , before playing LAN , i realised that i have around 4 missed calls and 3 messages from Mom . She thought that im angry , and told me not to be angry ... she'll go see the coat with me and stuff . How nice ?
Pampered , i know .
So , she said ...
U caught me into trouble , i am driving next to a police car ! Baby , think carefully how often u need to use the costume ... From $500 to $250 , they think u are a pig . I am coming help to bargain ... please tell me where u are . Why u didnt pick up the phone ? U are angry ? I am very sad . Why u just cant understand my position ?
Please do mind the errors , its from my Mom . Do mind . Anyway , so ... it made me laugh . I wasnt even angry ! She hung up first ! So , i lied to her that its from $500 to $250 ... so i thought maybe she'll find it cheap . I forget , she's the auntie type , she will come up of almost anything to lower the price , and she is experienced . The pig part was funny . Sometimes , she's right ... i dun understand her position ... but well , she doesnt understand mine too . She has never attended any of my concerts . How touching is that for a performer ?
ChenWei just gave me my name in Arabic and Russian . So cool . He has the keyboard to type that . Anyway , he one interesting intellectual friend . He is a composer , a student and a Ruan player . His composition was premiered by SCO a year ago ... i think , or a few years . Well , i think its amazing . He has such a talent in composing . He even once praised me for having no background , but with compositional talent . Im honoured .
After reaching home , i left home towards YanYu's house ... by cab . Lazy me . Well , because i was almost late . Thats why im punctual ! So , we started lesson with my changing my tape ... because it was like flagging around . It was so disturbing and irritating . I think somebody should do something about the tapes ! Invent something smart , please . We talked about many things , fools and kings ... and this , she said to me ... Im joking , thats lyrics from a song . Anyway , she went through the piece , and she told me that she heard the recording ... and its horrible ! It was played by FangJinLong , and she was disgusted by his playing . Well , MrYeo just messaged me . Nevermind . So , she went through this new technique that i learned a 2 weeks ago . Its tough and its hard . But still , i managed to get abit of it already ! Im impressed by myself greatly , but on the other hand , not enough for her . Well , it makes her laugh to watch me play at times . She'll laugh at my hands and everything ! She laughs at my music ... its so embarrassing . But still , it makes me laugh too . Because i dun even realise how i sound at times . She is very good at immitating me , almost near to perfection . I meant the immitating , not my playing . Managed to run through the fast section , and she told me that its not bad , but there's more room for improvement . For the slower section , i managed to distract her away from it . We only went through the starting and the fast section , lucky me . The running and strumming is fine with me , but not the melodic slow lines ... because , its not my day . My nails were like loose and the tape was like loose and not sticky at all . What the hell . I cannot play like that tomorrow .
I told her about tomorrow's performance , and she wanted to hear me play . I told her , its fine ... dun need ! Anyway , she told me to find a good Pianist , and not some little girl ... with little fingers carressing the Piano . I think maybe , i'll have to spend a good time to find one . Anyway , before i left , i gave her the big package from school ... and got her signature .
Took the MRT home . Now , im hungry , and i told Mom to buy me food . She havent reply my message yet ... Most likely , she'll just give me a call . She is playing mahjong , and i think i cannot take it already ... im going to eat myself . Get it ? Eat myself ... ? Laugh .
Its not what u might think . Seriously .
I just got home from YanYu's house . I went there for lesson today , and well ... i was punctual , and she didnt expect that to come . Well ...
I woke up really early , remember ? I went to school , and had breakfast with Mom before that . I told her about the coat that i'll be buying ... well , she wasnt quite supportive of the idea . Well , she thinks that i cannot do anything by myself . She doesnt trust me when it comes to buying anything . And i mean , any thing ! Even underwears ! But well , for cheap stuffs , she wouldnt mind . For things like CDs , shirts , coats , instruments or even books ... she'll wanna make sure i make the right choices and stuff . Most importantly , to inherit the power of bargaining .
I blogged in the morning . I'll blog from then on ...
After i left the computer lab , i went into class . MsLim was in class , doing the computer , while EnXin and this new girl was in class already . She's not new , just that i dunno her name ... because she joined us only from this semester onwards . Well , anyway , very few came in . I think people are taking advantage of her kindness . She'll start class 15 minutes later , and she'll even give a break . But , people arent appreciating her showering of privileges . People come in later than her later time , and worse of all ... eating in class somemore when already late . For me , i wanna learn more about the module ... because i really find it interesting . For those who dun bloody give a fuck , and just take the class as a fun time to talk and chat , fuck off , get out of classroom please . If u dun like Chinese music , then i dun fucking understand why ur in the class in the first place ? Are u like fucking dumb ? Did ur mother not give u a brain ? If u dun like it , then bloody leave , dun pull down those that might wanna try learning , or even ... learning ! Fuck u idiots .
Before some people ... i repeat , some people , start complaining that i only scold them in my blog , let me praise this little nice girl , Evan . She was early for class ! Clap . Anyway , we had fun today ... talking about the GuQin . Christoven was asking this and that , so funny , because he cannot understand what she's saying ... most of the time . MsLim was talking about blogs and MSN ... Well , she has an account for blogging ... but , she cannot log in ! Its damn funny . I love her . So , we're suppose to form a group by next week . I think ... we've already done so . What about YeoYee ... ? I feel kinda bad .
Harmony was fine , and very relaxing . I havent felt more relaxed than ever . MrYap was in a super good mood ! Weird . I thought ... usually when he gets pissed off by the batch before , he'll be in a bad mood . But surprisingly not , he was really funny and nice . He was laughing away as he taught us about this super hard thing ... which is ... i cant remember ! Anyway , i was really tired ... and so , i felt kinda sleepy in class . Christoven was sitting beside me , and we were talking about ... what ? I cant remember ! Im losing memory ...
Slowly ... i'll lose hair , then memory ... then even , my head .
Nevermind that , after that ... Christoven and i went to the street opposite the soya stall . We went shopping for my coat ! Thanks Christoven , for accompanying me there . Anyway , it was great . We entered this shop , and this lady served us pretty well ... but of course , with obvious intention of getting us to buy . She even told Christoven to pay deposit for the clothing that he wants . In fact , indeed , Christoven has made up his mind to buy this Indian clothing ... which looks really nice . I tried on many clothings ... and coats , which were around the price of $255 to $450 . Well , expensive , i know . But for a coat better than a Western one , its worth it . Whats more is that ... it has many beautiful handworks ... and patterns ! I love it . I caught my eye on one of them , which was cheap ... merely $255 . But well , we thought we should just walk around first ... Next , we saw this Indian shoes . Fucking hell ! Its damn sexy ! Its like curvy ! I love it ! But whats wrong ? It hurts like hell . I wore it , and my ankle was like hurting ... and its painful for my wallet too ... its like $69 . Anyway , next we saw this ... nothing . Only this 2 shops has the things that we want . The shoe is really fantastic and special . For the coat , i fixed my eyes on it , but ... Mom doesnt approve me to . So , we somehow fought over the phone . In the end , she hung up . She hung my phone ! She hung it !
So , we went back to school ... with the coat ... in my brain , nothing on my hands . I was thinking about it , for the whole day . And then , i went for rehearsal , for HaoSong's piece . He arranged the accompaniment himself , and well ... its quite alright . I was sightreading it ... and it kept changing key , so ... i had to think really fast on the Ruan . Practiced for a short while , then there was class coming in , so we left the place .
Went to eat then with Dedric , Jason , QingLun , HaoSong and i . I was telling them about the coat , and QingLun said that im a pampered child . Well , true , afterall im the only child ... and im from ACS . How much more can i be worth to be not pampered ? So , we ate at the duck rice place , and i ate noodles . I was still not over the coat , and i was telling them about the coat . I'll bring QingLun there one day , because i think it'll suit him well ! Really ! Its nice . Christoven should buy the coat one , not the shirt . Anyway , its all very nice ! DrGoh wore one before , but that one is a clothe one . I want the coat one ! I want it ! But , Mom dun want me to buy .
Jason went off first because he has to teach . So we went back to school after playing LAN . QingLun insisted that ... so , no choice . But well , i hope they had fun ! QingLun gave up playing with me , and its a good thing . So , we went back to school .
I was practicing in my room , and QingLun was sleeping . Amazing how he could stand the irritating sound of the Pipa . But well , i didnt play really loudly , but ShuMin's Pipa sounds horrible . I played till 5 pm , then Mom came to fetch me . Before that , before playing LAN , i realised that i have around 4 missed calls and 3 messages from Mom . She thought that im angry , and told me not to be angry ... she'll go see the coat with me and stuff . How nice ?
Pampered , i know .
So , she said ...
U caught me into trouble , i am driving next to a police car ! Baby , think carefully how often u need to use the costume ... From $500 to $250 , they think u are a pig . I am coming help to bargain ... please tell me where u are . Why u didnt pick up the phone ? U are angry ? I am very sad . Why u just cant understand my position ?
Please do mind the errors , its from my Mom . Do mind . Anyway , so ... it made me laugh . I wasnt even angry ! She hung up first ! So , i lied to her that its from $500 to $250 ... so i thought maybe she'll find it cheap . I forget , she's the auntie type , she will come up of almost anything to lower the price , and she is experienced . The pig part was funny . Sometimes , she's right ... i dun understand her position ... but well , she doesnt understand mine too . She has never attended any of my concerts . How touching is that for a performer ?
ChenWei just gave me my name in Arabic and Russian . So cool . He has the keyboard to type that . Anyway , he one interesting intellectual friend . He is a composer , a student and a Ruan player . His composition was premiered by SCO a year ago ... i think , or a few years . Well , i think its amazing . He has such a talent in composing . He even once praised me for having no background , but with compositional talent . Im honoured .
After reaching home , i left home towards YanYu's house ... by cab . Lazy me . Well , because i was almost late . Thats why im punctual ! So , we started lesson with my changing my tape ... because it was like flagging around . It was so disturbing and irritating . I think somebody should do something about the tapes ! Invent something smart , please . We talked about many things , fools and kings ... and this , she said to me ... Im joking , thats lyrics from a song . Anyway , she went through the piece , and she told me that she heard the recording ... and its horrible ! It was played by FangJinLong , and she was disgusted by his playing . Well , MrYeo just messaged me . Nevermind . So , she went through this new technique that i learned a 2 weeks ago . Its tough and its hard . But still , i managed to get abit of it already ! Im impressed by myself greatly , but on the other hand , not enough for her . Well , it makes her laugh to watch me play at times . She'll laugh at my hands and everything ! She laughs at my music ... its so embarrassing . But still , it makes me laugh too . Because i dun even realise how i sound at times . She is very good at immitating me , almost near to perfection . I meant the immitating , not my playing . Managed to run through the fast section , and she told me that its not bad , but there's more room for improvement . For the slower section , i managed to distract her away from it . We only went through the starting and the fast section , lucky me . The running and strumming is fine with me , but not the melodic slow lines ... because , its not my day . My nails were like loose and the tape was like loose and not sticky at all . What the hell . I cannot play like that tomorrow .
I told her about tomorrow's performance , and she wanted to hear me play . I told her , its fine ... dun need ! Anyway , she told me to find a good Pianist , and not some little girl ... with little fingers carressing the Piano . I think maybe , i'll have to spend a good time to find one . Anyway , before i left , i gave her the big package from school ... and got her signature .
Took the MRT home . Now , im hungry , and i told Mom to buy me food . She havent reply my message yet ... Most likely , she'll just give me a call . She is playing mahjong , and i think i cannot take it already ... im going to eat myself . Get it ? Eat myself ... ? Laugh .
Forbidden Love
Just got into school . I know , i didnt blog last night . Well , i got home rather late ... and then , i fell into a deep sleep . So forget about that ... let me begin ...
I just got into school , and had breakfast with Mom . U know , Mom will always cheat me of my meals . Not literally meaning , but she'll always waste me time by eating with me . I dun take breakfast , not usually , so ... i told her that i'll want to reach school at 7 am to practice . Well , she dun get it , why practice and stuff ... ? She isnt a music person , so ... its tough for her to understand me . Nevermind that . Anyway , so ... woke up around 6 am and bathed . Before i change , i told Mom to get ready . Yes , she'll wash her face and stuff ... then put on some cream and stuff ... it took her almost all the time in the world . I waited for quite a long time in the living room . So , im always angry because she drags her time around ... and she'll waste plenty of my time . U know , im usually late because of her . Because of her , i can get almost nothing done . Its saddening ... But well , the ERP wasnt on just now , so ... i got a ride to school . Or else , i'll have to walk from SimLim .
Yesterday , i woke up rather late . So , i took my uncle's van down to the MRT station ... Then , i alighted at Novena and took a bus to school . Lucky me , i was only late . I know it sounds weird , but im thankful already ... or else , i'll be marked absent . DrManhart went through some Indonesian music with us ... mostly , Gamelan . Its nice , for some , and torturous . One of which was a new composition by DrCasteels , and i tell u ... its horrible , or maybe not for my ears . Anyway , tradition is best .We were told to do something about our instruments . So , i thought i'll give a presentation , so ... i wrote notes and brought recordings and even artifacts for the class . Sadly , its just a written work . But well , mine is all in point form , and not even arranged in order . Moreover , its hand written . I thought , im in deep shit . But well , many did that too ! Surprisingly , he has no choice ... and told us to hand it in next week . Thanks to DrManhart . But well , there're more to do ... I still have DrKan's work .
After studying and listening to Indonesian music , its choir time . DrGoh was in quite a weird mood , neither crazy nor mad , neither happy nor sad . Well , we dunno . He was laughing for a moment and shouting next . So , we would just keep quiet and hope that the clouds dun rain . Indeed , he didnt . Choir session was tiring and very stressing ... My section , neither could sing very well . The other guys were standing behind and not even singing ! So , leaving only QingLun , Sebestian and i to sing . Not forgetting Dedric , who cannot even catch a note ! Its so funny . Well , had fun .
After that , we went to eat . Quite a few of us , but then ... only a few of us ended up eating together , some went missing . HaoSong was pinching me during choir , and its extremely disturbing and irritating , and i gave him that face , and he stopped . Then , next target , Dedric . Anyway , i ate with Evan , Jwen and Laurel only . I couldnt finish my food , because im not really hungry ? I dun usually leave my food like that , but i think its good sometimes ... But anyway , i went back to school for ensemble .
HaoSong got scolded by DongXiao for losing her scores . Well , she'll be soloing on stage that day , i think . QingLun didnt look quite happy during ensemble . For me , im happy as bird . SiHan was happy as a bird too that day when somebody came back to school . Did i say its WanLing ? I hope i didnt spill the beans ...Anyway , MrYeo went through the pieces . I played the Ruan , and KaiXiang asked if i got LiuXing's albums , and well ... i dun . Why ? Because i dun really like Ruan . Thanks to some really horrible people on this earth playing the Ruan . Fucked up people .
So , i told him that i'll buy the CD one day and lend it to him . Im sure i will , because afterall ... some songs are really nice . Mostly , crap .
Anthea must practice more often , she couldnt play the pieces during Chinese ensemble . MrYeo was asking her to practice , and for the other piece , she'll be playing Pipa , me on the Ruan , Lena on the GaoHu , TingTing or ZiNan on the Zheng and lastly , HaoSong on the YangQin . We'll be performing that for the next platform . And well , Anthea didnt practice , and MrYeo sat beside her and kept counting for her . I realised that she has a problem of counting , if not , then its problem counting with the Pipa . So anyway , i practiced the piece with her again , when i saw her practicing it in the studio . Anyway , i asked if she'll lend me her Pipa for this Saturday's concert , but she doesnt wanna lend . Well , its fine , i understand !
The computer lab is now ... super warm . When will they on the air-con ? Help , im roasting already .
Its not that bad , but still ... warm and stuffy .Let me recall what happened . Thats the problem with me , ive to blog on that night itself , or else i'll forget the events . So what happened after i practiced with Anthea ... ?
Yes ! I went to the computer lab to look for Dedric . He was downloading some Suona pieces from Huain . Well , i noticed that the pieces from Huain are very old , and some , super disgusting . So , he played some Suona pieces , which held a very nice title . In the end , its all the same old tradition Suona . He was laughing away ... and he was asking why his instrument is like that . So funny . Anyway , so ... the pieces were really ... surprisingly disgusting , which didnt seem fit the titles .
KaiXiang , Anthea , Dedric and i went to eat at BurgerKing . I gave them the coupon and they shared . Then , Dedric was telling them about DrKan , then he started imitating . Was kinda funny . But well , then again , i think he is so evil ! And such a bad liar too ! He told me that Katong laksa is cooked with earthworms . So disgusting , to think of it , i ate it like often last time when i was young . Goodness ... So , i asked Mom just now ... then , she laughed . She said , its possible ... because everyone says so . But , ive only heard this before . QingLun also said so . Its hard to believe .
Anyway , after that , we went to watch the concert . It was a Piano recital by FooMeiYi . I tell u , she's not only beautiful , she is super fantastic ! I love the way that she moved on stage . Her fingers , literally , danced on the keyboard ... and produced music . I havent seen a Pianist in school producing music before , usually ... just notes . Some can , but well , not all . She was so good ! It was the first time i didnt sleep for a Piano recital . I stayed awake and watched through her performance . She performed Bach's suite with such ease and it was amazing to hear how she interpret the piece . I loved the last piece , it was simply the best !
Another reason for staying awake was because i could talk to QingLun and KaiXiang , i admit . KaiXiang has this book , for his ideas ... What ideas ? Any ideas . Weird . And then , he showed me this picture of this girl that he likes . QingLun was sleeping away ... Then , Dedric was sitting up and gesticulating to me about some nonsense . I dunno about Anthea . But anyway , Jwen was asking me to keep quiet . She messaged me . She was just infront of me ! Evan was so busybody . Right , Evan ?
After concert , QingLun and i went backstage . Everybody was there , all the big shots . Then , QingLun asked for her signature . Before him was some other students , and they're all talking about Piano and stuff ... and she asked about their teachers and stuff . Well , she has a really low voice . I think she'll be in Alto . What a suggestion ...
Then , after that ... we went to practice . I played the Pipa for awhile , then later ... to listen to QingLun's piece . That day , he didnt play properly , but he played well last night . Then , i told him about how i felt about the piece and stuff . I know , its not totally applicable , because im not a Dizi player , but at least i could tell him how an audience would feel about his performance . Anyway , after that , we went to wait for the others to finish their orchestra practice , then ... eat together .
Ate at the prata shop , and we sat with Christoven , HuiQi and YongRui . The rest sat on another table and laughing away really loudly . So , we're back to the same topics , on Edric , on strings and on almost everything bitchy .Took a bus home later , after drinking soya with HuiQi and Christoven . QingLun went home first . Anyway , i took this really boring bus ride home . Mom fetched me home from the interchange ...
Then , i slept .
Sorry , im getting quite reckless and listless . Notice the pattern ? I was blogging much just now , and now ... dwindling . Im tired ... and maybe its because that there're people around me , i dun feel quite comfortable blogging , though they might not be looking . PekChuan , Yikki and Zoe are here in the computer lab with me . I was here first , because i was really early .
The air-con is on !
Class will be starting soon , i hope it'll be a nice day . I think i know it will . But for harmony , im not sure . MrYap came with his daughter for the concert last night . So cute , the little girl , and MrYap wore this Malay-like shirt , so handsome also . Dun say i never say .
Im going to shop for my Indian costume ! Hope i'll find a cheap one .
Before i forget ... last Thursday , my counter shot up to 96 people . Scary ... and surprisingly . So , i went to check what did i blog about ... why it attracted so many people . Might be some gossips and stuff that might get myself into trouble ...
We're not living in a palace , but in a restricted society . So , its forbidden love . Wait , there never was any love in the first place !
I just got into school , and had breakfast with Mom . U know , Mom will always cheat me of my meals . Not literally meaning , but she'll always waste me time by eating with me . I dun take breakfast , not usually , so ... i told her that i'll want to reach school at 7 am to practice . Well , she dun get it , why practice and stuff ... ? She isnt a music person , so ... its tough for her to understand me . Nevermind that . Anyway , so ... woke up around 6 am and bathed . Before i change , i told Mom to get ready . Yes , she'll wash her face and stuff ... then put on some cream and stuff ... it took her almost all the time in the world . I waited for quite a long time in the living room . So , im always angry because she drags her time around ... and she'll waste plenty of my time . U know , im usually late because of her . Because of her , i can get almost nothing done . Its saddening ... But well , the ERP wasnt on just now , so ... i got a ride to school . Or else , i'll have to walk from SimLim .
Yesterday , i woke up rather late . So , i took my uncle's van down to the MRT station ... Then , i alighted at Novena and took a bus to school . Lucky me , i was only late . I know it sounds weird , but im thankful already ... or else , i'll be marked absent . DrManhart went through some Indonesian music with us ... mostly , Gamelan . Its nice , for some , and torturous . One of which was a new composition by DrCasteels , and i tell u ... its horrible , or maybe not for my ears . Anyway , tradition is best .We were told to do something about our instruments . So , i thought i'll give a presentation , so ... i wrote notes and brought recordings and even artifacts for the class . Sadly , its just a written work . But well , mine is all in point form , and not even arranged in order . Moreover , its hand written . I thought , im in deep shit . But well , many did that too ! Surprisingly , he has no choice ... and told us to hand it in next week . Thanks to DrManhart . But well , there're more to do ... I still have DrKan's work .
After studying and listening to Indonesian music , its choir time . DrGoh was in quite a weird mood , neither crazy nor mad , neither happy nor sad . Well , we dunno . He was laughing for a moment and shouting next . So , we would just keep quiet and hope that the clouds dun rain . Indeed , he didnt . Choir session was tiring and very stressing ... My section , neither could sing very well . The other guys were standing behind and not even singing ! So , leaving only QingLun , Sebestian and i to sing . Not forgetting Dedric , who cannot even catch a note ! Its so funny . Well , had fun .
After that , we went to eat . Quite a few of us , but then ... only a few of us ended up eating together , some went missing . HaoSong was pinching me during choir , and its extremely disturbing and irritating , and i gave him that face , and he stopped . Then , next target , Dedric . Anyway , i ate with Evan , Jwen and Laurel only . I couldnt finish my food , because im not really hungry ? I dun usually leave my food like that , but i think its good sometimes ... But anyway , i went back to school for ensemble .
HaoSong got scolded by DongXiao for losing her scores . Well , she'll be soloing on stage that day , i think . QingLun didnt look quite happy during ensemble . For me , im happy as bird . SiHan was happy as a bird too that day when somebody came back to school . Did i say its WanLing ? I hope i didnt spill the beans ...Anyway , MrYeo went through the pieces . I played the Ruan , and KaiXiang asked if i got LiuXing's albums , and well ... i dun . Why ? Because i dun really like Ruan . Thanks to some really horrible people on this earth playing the Ruan . Fucked up people .
So , i told him that i'll buy the CD one day and lend it to him . Im sure i will , because afterall ... some songs are really nice . Mostly , crap .
Anthea must practice more often , she couldnt play the pieces during Chinese ensemble . MrYeo was asking her to practice , and for the other piece , she'll be playing Pipa , me on the Ruan , Lena on the GaoHu , TingTing or ZiNan on the Zheng and lastly , HaoSong on the YangQin . We'll be performing that for the next platform . And well , Anthea didnt practice , and MrYeo sat beside her and kept counting for her . I realised that she has a problem of counting , if not , then its problem counting with the Pipa . So anyway , i practiced the piece with her again , when i saw her practicing it in the studio . Anyway , i asked if she'll lend me her Pipa for this Saturday's concert , but she doesnt wanna lend . Well , its fine , i understand !
The computer lab is now ... super warm . When will they on the air-con ? Help , im roasting already .
Its not that bad , but still ... warm and stuffy .Let me recall what happened . Thats the problem with me , ive to blog on that night itself , or else i'll forget the events . So what happened after i practiced with Anthea ... ?
Yes ! I went to the computer lab to look for Dedric . He was downloading some Suona pieces from Huain . Well , i noticed that the pieces from Huain are very old , and some , super disgusting . So , he played some Suona pieces , which held a very nice title . In the end , its all the same old tradition Suona . He was laughing away ... and he was asking why his instrument is like that . So funny . Anyway , so ... the pieces were really ... surprisingly disgusting , which didnt seem fit the titles .
KaiXiang , Anthea , Dedric and i went to eat at BurgerKing . I gave them the coupon and they shared . Then , Dedric was telling them about DrKan , then he started imitating . Was kinda funny . But well , then again , i think he is so evil ! And such a bad liar too ! He told me that Katong laksa is cooked with earthworms . So disgusting , to think of it , i ate it like often last time when i was young . Goodness ... So , i asked Mom just now ... then , she laughed . She said , its possible ... because everyone says so . But , ive only heard this before . QingLun also said so . Its hard to believe .
Anyway , after that , we went to watch the concert . It was a Piano recital by FooMeiYi . I tell u , she's not only beautiful , she is super fantastic ! I love the way that she moved on stage . Her fingers , literally , danced on the keyboard ... and produced music . I havent seen a Pianist in school producing music before , usually ... just notes . Some can , but well , not all . She was so good ! It was the first time i didnt sleep for a Piano recital . I stayed awake and watched through her performance . She performed Bach's suite with such ease and it was amazing to hear how she interpret the piece . I loved the last piece , it was simply the best !
Another reason for staying awake was because i could talk to QingLun and KaiXiang , i admit . KaiXiang has this book , for his ideas ... What ideas ? Any ideas . Weird . And then , he showed me this picture of this girl that he likes . QingLun was sleeping away ... Then , Dedric was sitting up and gesticulating to me about some nonsense . I dunno about Anthea . But anyway , Jwen was asking me to keep quiet . She messaged me . She was just infront of me ! Evan was so busybody . Right , Evan ?
After concert , QingLun and i went backstage . Everybody was there , all the big shots . Then , QingLun asked for her signature . Before him was some other students , and they're all talking about Piano and stuff ... and she asked about their teachers and stuff . Well , she has a really low voice . I think she'll be in Alto . What a suggestion ...
Then , after that ... we went to practice . I played the Pipa for awhile , then later ... to listen to QingLun's piece . That day , he didnt play properly , but he played well last night . Then , i told him about how i felt about the piece and stuff . I know , its not totally applicable , because im not a Dizi player , but at least i could tell him how an audience would feel about his performance . Anyway , after that , we went to wait for the others to finish their orchestra practice , then ... eat together .
Ate at the prata shop , and we sat with Christoven , HuiQi and YongRui . The rest sat on another table and laughing away really loudly . So , we're back to the same topics , on Edric , on strings and on almost everything bitchy .Took a bus home later , after drinking soya with HuiQi and Christoven . QingLun went home first . Anyway , i took this really boring bus ride home . Mom fetched me home from the interchange ...
Then , i slept .
Sorry , im getting quite reckless and listless . Notice the pattern ? I was blogging much just now , and now ... dwindling . Im tired ... and maybe its because that there're people around me , i dun feel quite comfortable blogging , though they might not be looking . PekChuan , Yikki and Zoe are here in the computer lab with me . I was here first , because i was really early .
The air-con is on !
Class will be starting soon , i hope it'll be a nice day . I think i know it will . But for harmony , im not sure . MrYap came with his daughter for the concert last night . So cute , the little girl , and MrYap wore this Malay-like shirt , so handsome also . Dun say i never say .
Im going to shop for my Indian costume ! Hope i'll find a cheap one .
Before i forget ... last Thursday , my counter shot up to 96 people . Scary ... and surprisingly . So , i went to check what did i blog about ... why it attracted so many people . Might be some gossips and stuff that might get myself into trouble ...
We're not living in a palace , but in a restricted society . So , its forbidden love . Wait , there never was any love in the first place !
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Hunting Time
I just cracked my brain for my ethnomusicology class tomorrow . So , we're going to present our instruments in ethnomusicological terms . Great . I spent around an hour digging out my materials ... and i found some really old ornaments to show the class tomorrow . I'll be playing the Pipa too ... so exciting ! I'll see if there's anything else to make my presentation more interesting ... Recordings ? Or maybe ... pictures . But , i cannot print ... So , too bad . Im listening to the recordings now ... i think i shall bring it to school . I think im making the presentation into something too ... big . Isit just a small class presentation ... ? Will we gain marks ? Im not sure ... But well , im making it big . Hit me .
Went to help MrBoo this morning . Well , i called YouGuo up ... and he went too . Didnt go for CSCO , and i heard that there isnt anybody there today . Well , sadly , i am currently busy , but of course ... no matter how long a bird flies , it will rest in its home nest .
MrYeo thanked me for helping out yesterday through a message .
So , i woke up early ... and took a bus down . My stomach was growling so loudly ... and recently , i have this urge to shit . And that doesnt matter ... but its like all the time ! Shit , shit . Jonathan helped me with the Pipas , and he took a few out . When i was there , i ordered food , and after which ... i rushed up for rehearsal .
I took out the Pipas and tried them all . They all sounded like shit . I played them all , and sure , they really do sound like shit . Ive damaged all their Pipas . How ? Because its so lousy that ... when i strum , the string snaps , or when i run my fingers ... the frets drop . Goodness , can somebody get a better Pipa . With Pipas like that , nobody is going to wanna learn it . So , i tuned the lousy Pipas ... and i gave the better one to YouGuo . He has one fret dropping , and for mine , i have spoilt strings and frets . Nevermind ...
YouGuo was in a bad mood , and he came in looking tired and sleepy . He was sick , and so ... we talked for a while , then we started playing Pipa together . That cheered him up , he started smiling from then on . I told him jokes and stuff to make him feel better . He was coughing away , but not as bad as the Ruan player behind . Well , JonathanNgeow was coughing away ... so loudly . I think he is sick . Well , who knows whats messing in his life ? I dun care .
YouGuo drank his coffee while MrBoo talked . He spoke for quite a long time before we started with the practice . Dedric came later ... and today , there was so many people . There was YouGuo , Dedric , YanChong and RuiXiang . Of course , many others . One , Cellist , from YongSiewToh , NUS . And this Ruan player , quite old , but i heard that he was professional last time , and he played really really well . He was very famous . He smiled at me last night , because i was playing the Ruan , and we dun talk much ... but we do say a few lines to entertain . Anyway , many people was around ... and MrBoo talked around too , and so as he conducts .
The pieces were familiar , old and boring . Nothing refreshing ... so , we improvised sometimes . The concert is going to be quite long , because there are many pieces , but short ones ... not one that exceeds ten minutes . Jonathan is playing a Dizi solo , with orchestra . BenBoo will be soloing 2 Vibraphone pieces , with the orchestra . Dedric will be playing a Suona solo , with Sheng accompaniment . Anyway , i'll be busy on stage playing and flipping scores ... so is Youguo . Sometimes , we just hope that we can play faster , so it'll end faster and it'll be more thrilling . But well , nobody did so ... the pieces were all rather ... slow , im comparison to original speed , except for BenBoo's pieces , we didnt even have time to sightread the fast quaver notes . Funny .
Anyway , practice ended for us , and we went off . YouGuo , Dedric and i went into the lift , and started bitching . Well , YouGuo's student , from NAFA , is in the orchestra . Well , the mother was there too ... and she called on YouGuo's phone to ask if her daughter played wrongly . Well , what a mother . She was asking why YouGuo played differently and stuff . Well , auntie , we're sightreading ! And of course ... improvising too , which is wrong . Anyway , YouGuo was quite disturbed by the questions ... I played with the girl twice , during MrBoo's practices a week ago or so , and i dun like her attitude . She ignores people and she doesnt speak ... and its fucking irritating . I dun care whether if she's just quiet or what ... i just hate the silence . Its fucking irritating . Im sorry if ur reading this , i dunno u well and stuff ... its wrong for my to make such a judgement .
But still ... nevermind , u get it .
So , we walked towards the market for food . YouGuo was grumbling , and he needed food badly . I ordered fried noodles , and Dedric ate this fish soup thingi , and for YouGuo , he ate noodles and a second serving of another bowl of another noodle . Dedric was hungry too , and he wanted more ... but he doesnt want to share with me , because i cheated his money . For 2 days , i've cheated him of a free chicken rice meal . Its damn funny . Well , i was poor . So , i treated him to drinks , which were cheaper ... merely a few cents . Anyway , we sat there for quite a long time , chatting and talking and argueing . For Dedric's case , telling stories and making stories .
We took our bags and left the market , hopped onto a cab and drove towards YouGuo's clinic . He needed medicine badly too . He was sick , and so ... we accompanied him to see the doctor . It was quite a long queue ... and it'll take quite a while for his turn . So , we suggested that to kill time , maybe we'll send Dedric to the barber . And well ... we ...
We did ! I pushed him in , and i lied to him that i'll cut my hair too . So , the auntie tied this thingi to his neck , and he sat there quietly , unable to turn back time . And soon , his hair came falling ...
It was so sleepy and boring watching him getting his haircut . So , YouGuo went to wait for his turn , while i sat there and read a magazine ... with a huge topic on BrandonRouth , u know ... the one who acted as Superman . I wont mention what i've read here . I took intervals reading and watching the auntie cutting his hair . He was sleeping ! Almost . I woke him up everytime he tried . It made me laugh . Anyway , he got a really nice haircut , but after awhile , his hair went back to this ugly old ostrich look . The same old Dedric ... with a permanent hairstyle .
YouGuo came out and we took turns praising his hair .
We went to NTUC , and shopped . YouGuo was feeling much better , after seeing the doctor . Just , seeing . And well , he was thinking of buying bread and stuff . And he asked if he can steam the french fries ... Weird way of cooking , but sure u can . Dedric and i went to look for his gel , because he thought maybe a new gel would produce a new look . Who knows , his nice hairstyle grew back into his old shape . Old Dedric .
Nothing , we went upstairs to buy stationery . I bought myself a marker . Then YouGuo was saying that he has been losing things recently , and i lost like 30 pens already . Amazing ... ?
Well , nothing much ... he bought us an ice-cream each . Then we took a cab home . We dropped YouGuo then after that , i went Woodlands with Dedric . In the cab , we were talking and then , slept for a while ... because we're too tired ! I dunno why ... but , isit the practice ? It cant be that tiring right ... ?
Anyway , i alighted at Woodlands and took an MRT home . In the MRT , i slept ... when i woke up , i have a huge audience of passengers looking at me . So embarrassing ... My head was tilting upwards and thus , im looking up . And moreover , i slept with my mouth open . Anyway , i overshot my stop and i went to AngMoKio .
Nevermind , i alighted calmly ... and went to buy myself a drink . I noticed a number of people wearing this similar shirt i saw in Tampines . Some school shirt , and they were celebrating some dunno what day ... i think its chocolate day ... ? Weird , i didnt know such a day exists ?
I got home , tired and beat out . So , i didnt do anything , but i only watched some video clips .
I've to say this , i love RegineVelasquez ! She is the ultimate . She has a very powerful voice , both strong and well-controlled . I watched her videos , and i spent a few hours on her . She is so amazing ! I cried to some of her songs ... because is just simply too good . Somehow , i think she amazes me more than Celine , because she covers a wider genre of songs . She can sing almost anything ! But somehow i feel that , she is competing with CelineDion and MariahCarey , because she sang many of their songs ... and most of all , better !
U know what that means when i like a certain singer ... Its time to hunt their CDs down and steal it all home ! I mean , all ! All of it ! I want it !
Before i forget , here's the thing about SiHan . He is ... a Cellist .
Im joking . But well , he is taking harmony with the other class ... so , there's little chances of seeing him in class , because there's only 3 lectures and he'll only attend history lecture with us . So , for these few weeks , i havent been hanging out with him much . Arent u sad , SiHan ? I bet u are . But nevermind , im still here .
Went to help MrBoo this morning . Well , i called YouGuo up ... and he went too . Didnt go for CSCO , and i heard that there isnt anybody there today . Well , sadly , i am currently busy , but of course ... no matter how long a bird flies , it will rest in its home nest .
MrYeo thanked me for helping out yesterday through a message .
So , i woke up early ... and took a bus down . My stomach was growling so loudly ... and recently , i have this urge to shit . And that doesnt matter ... but its like all the time ! Shit , shit . Jonathan helped me with the Pipas , and he took a few out . When i was there , i ordered food , and after which ... i rushed up for rehearsal .
I took out the Pipas and tried them all . They all sounded like shit . I played them all , and sure , they really do sound like shit . Ive damaged all their Pipas . How ? Because its so lousy that ... when i strum , the string snaps , or when i run my fingers ... the frets drop . Goodness , can somebody get a better Pipa . With Pipas like that , nobody is going to wanna learn it . So , i tuned the lousy Pipas ... and i gave the better one to YouGuo . He has one fret dropping , and for mine , i have spoilt strings and frets . Nevermind ...
YouGuo was in a bad mood , and he came in looking tired and sleepy . He was sick , and so ... we talked for a while , then we started playing Pipa together . That cheered him up , he started smiling from then on . I told him jokes and stuff to make him feel better . He was coughing away , but not as bad as the Ruan player behind . Well , JonathanNgeow was coughing away ... so loudly . I think he is sick . Well , who knows whats messing in his life ? I dun care .
YouGuo drank his coffee while MrBoo talked . He spoke for quite a long time before we started with the practice . Dedric came later ... and today , there was so many people . There was YouGuo , Dedric , YanChong and RuiXiang . Of course , many others . One , Cellist , from YongSiewToh , NUS . And this Ruan player , quite old , but i heard that he was professional last time , and he played really really well . He was very famous . He smiled at me last night , because i was playing the Ruan , and we dun talk much ... but we do say a few lines to entertain . Anyway , many people was around ... and MrBoo talked around too , and so as he conducts .
The pieces were familiar , old and boring . Nothing refreshing ... so , we improvised sometimes . The concert is going to be quite long , because there are many pieces , but short ones ... not one that exceeds ten minutes . Jonathan is playing a Dizi solo , with orchestra . BenBoo will be soloing 2 Vibraphone pieces , with the orchestra . Dedric will be playing a Suona solo , with Sheng accompaniment . Anyway , i'll be busy on stage playing and flipping scores ... so is Youguo . Sometimes , we just hope that we can play faster , so it'll end faster and it'll be more thrilling . But well , nobody did so ... the pieces were all rather ... slow , im comparison to original speed , except for BenBoo's pieces , we didnt even have time to sightread the fast quaver notes . Funny .
Anyway , practice ended for us , and we went off . YouGuo , Dedric and i went into the lift , and started bitching . Well , YouGuo's student , from NAFA , is in the orchestra . Well , the mother was there too ... and she called on YouGuo's phone to ask if her daughter played wrongly . Well , what a mother . She was asking why YouGuo played differently and stuff . Well , auntie , we're sightreading ! And of course ... improvising too , which is wrong . Anyway , YouGuo was quite disturbed by the questions ... I played with the girl twice , during MrBoo's practices a week ago or so , and i dun like her attitude . She ignores people and she doesnt speak ... and its fucking irritating . I dun care whether if she's just quiet or what ... i just hate the silence . Its fucking irritating . Im sorry if ur reading this , i dunno u well and stuff ... its wrong for my to make such a judgement .
But still ... nevermind , u get it .
So , we walked towards the market for food . YouGuo was grumbling , and he needed food badly . I ordered fried noodles , and Dedric ate this fish soup thingi , and for YouGuo , he ate noodles and a second serving of another bowl of another noodle . Dedric was hungry too , and he wanted more ... but he doesnt want to share with me , because i cheated his money . For 2 days , i've cheated him of a free chicken rice meal . Its damn funny . Well , i was poor . So , i treated him to drinks , which were cheaper ... merely a few cents . Anyway , we sat there for quite a long time , chatting and talking and argueing . For Dedric's case , telling stories and making stories .
We took our bags and left the market , hopped onto a cab and drove towards YouGuo's clinic . He needed medicine badly too . He was sick , and so ... we accompanied him to see the doctor . It was quite a long queue ... and it'll take quite a while for his turn . So , we suggested that to kill time , maybe we'll send Dedric to the barber . And well ... we ...
We did ! I pushed him in , and i lied to him that i'll cut my hair too . So , the auntie tied this thingi to his neck , and he sat there quietly , unable to turn back time . And soon , his hair came falling ...
It was so sleepy and boring watching him getting his haircut . So , YouGuo went to wait for his turn , while i sat there and read a magazine ... with a huge topic on BrandonRouth , u know ... the one who acted as Superman . I wont mention what i've read here . I took intervals reading and watching the auntie cutting his hair . He was sleeping ! Almost . I woke him up everytime he tried . It made me laugh . Anyway , he got a really nice haircut , but after awhile , his hair went back to this ugly old ostrich look . The same old Dedric ... with a permanent hairstyle .
YouGuo came out and we took turns praising his hair .
We went to NTUC , and shopped . YouGuo was feeling much better , after seeing the doctor . Just , seeing . And well , he was thinking of buying bread and stuff . And he asked if he can steam the french fries ... Weird way of cooking , but sure u can . Dedric and i went to look for his gel , because he thought maybe a new gel would produce a new look . Who knows , his nice hairstyle grew back into his old shape . Old Dedric .
Nothing , we went upstairs to buy stationery . I bought myself a marker . Then YouGuo was saying that he has been losing things recently , and i lost like 30 pens already . Amazing ... ?
Well , nothing much ... he bought us an ice-cream each . Then we took a cab home . We dropped YouGuo then after that , i went Woodlands with Dedric . In the cab , we were talking and then , slept for a while ... because we're too tired ! I dunno why ... but , isit the practice ? It cant be that tiring right ... ?
Anyway , i alighted at Woodlands and took an MRT home . In the MRT , i slept ... when i woke up , i have a huge audience of passengers looking at me . So embarrassing ... My head was tilting upwards and thus , im looking up . And moreover , i slept with my mouth open . Anyway , i overshot my stop and i went to AngMoKio .
Nevermind , i alighted calmly ... and went to buy myself a drink . I noticed a number of people wearing this similar shirt i saw in Tampines . Some school shirt , and they were celebrating some dunno what day ... i think its chocolate day ... ? Weird , i didnt know such a day exists ?
I got home , tired and beat out . So , i didnt do anything , but i only watched some video clips .
I've to say this , i love RegineVelasquez ! She is the ultimate . She has a very powerful voice , both strong and well-controlled . I watched her videos , and i spent a few hours on her . She is so amazing ! I cried to some of her songs ... because is just simply too good . Somehow , i think she amazes me more than Celine , because she covers a wider genre of songs . She can sing almost anything ! But somehow i feel that , she is competing with CelineDion and MariahCarey , because she sang many of their songs ... and most of all , better !
U know what that means when i like a certain singer ... Its time to hunt their CDs down and steal it all home ! I mean , all ! All of it ! I want it !
Before i forget , here's the thing about SiHan . He is ... a Cellist .
Im joking . But well , he is taking harmony with the other class ... so , there's little chances of seeing him in class , because there's only 3 lectures and he'll only attend history lecture with us . So , for these few weeks , i havent been hanging out with him much . Arent u sad , SiHan ? I bet u are . But nevermind , im still here .
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Many Faces
Self helps . Im sure .
I just got home from an interesting MRT ride with Dedric . Well , today was a busy day . I'll tell u more .
In the morning , i woke up late . YouGuo called me around 9 am . Well , im teaching HongWen at 10 am , so ... its kinda too late . So , i bathed and took a cab down instead . I was early . I sat around and saw little devils running around . Then , i saw LimSinYeo , the SCO Dizi player , playing the BangDi . Well , he was teaching too ... and so , he saw me , and he smiled . He looked really strict , but he is actually very nice .
Met the 7 devils in class . U know , those little monsters that YouGuo cannot stand . Well , i dun really like teaching them , because its all girls ... and remember ? Little girls are the worst creatures on earth . U know what ? Even little boys are better ! Mom always say that little girls are nice and cute . My foot ! My feet ! None of them ! None ! They are demonic !
So , they told me that usually they'll lock YouGuo outside of class till he knocks really hard . Well , i told them that YouGuo is a very talented Pipa player ... and they are lucky to have him , and well ... they said , too bad . I felt like really chopping their fingers off , one by one , and force themself to chew it and eat it up . I'll use a hammer and smash their skulls , i tell u .
Well , i was really angry ... and for a moment , they got scared . The class got really quiet . I didnt teach , and i sat there and wait . So , they waited too . I asked if theres anything they wanna learn ... and i tried hard to hammer some sense into their wooden heads . Too bad , i couldnt . These demonic girls are really from the womb of hell itself . They are such horrible girls , if i have them as my daughter , i'll sell them for prostitution , at least i can make some profit back . Even if its for free , its still considered a profit .
I was so happy , like the students who were happy too for going home early . I released them earlier , and i was glad i did so . I waited for the bus , and then ... i made my way to KarlHeng .
SweeLee was having this really big offer , 50% discount . It only happens once a year , and twice for recently . Well , there was this huge crowd , lining up . The shop was ... crowded with people , and so ... they had to control the queue . I saw SirLiang there ... and i thought maybe i should have gotten in with him , so i can buy some tuners or something like that . Well , too bad , i didnt .
I went into KarlHeng , and MsChin was there ... chatting with this guy . So , i sat down ... and he asked if im going for a performance later , and i said yes . Well , because i mentioned about it . Im helping MrYeo with his orchestra , and around 3 pm , there's a rehearsal ... then concert at night . Well , so ... we sat down and we chatted . Then , he mentioned about Suonas and stuff ... and still , i didnt know who he was ... only until quite a long time . We ended the talking and he said he wanna go shop around ... so , he asked if i know who he is ... ? And i said , no ... but very familiar . So , he took out his namecard ... and i was stunned ... shocked ...
He is KwokChinChye , famous Suona profession based in Taiwan . He was born in Singapore , and he learned to play Percussion of local operas with his father in his childhood . Under family's influence , he was also interested in the Suona which usually plays the melodies in local operas . He learned the Suonga later with YeoSiewWee ... u know , YeoSiewMao's brother . And well , and he learned the Oboe under JoostFlatch during the high school period . He was a music enthusiast in Singapore and have performed in HongKong , Malaysia and Brunei . In 1989 , when i was one , he joined the KaohSiung Chinese orchestra in Taiwan . He is the section chief . Experienced in performing , his timbre is well controlled and beautiful . His interpretation to music is very unique . He held 3 recitals in SCH and recieved critical acclaims .
Well , thats him , and i have a recording of one of his playing . A Suona concerto . Well , at KarlHeng , he showed us a few recordings ... some really new approached CDs , and one of which was Dedric's request ... for his works . He wrote 3 concertos for the Suona . And in Taiwan , he not only plays the Suona , he usually performs with the Oboe or the Saxophone . In fact , now im listening to his recording .
That was him , and i didnt know . So , we met later at YMS again . Before that , i had lunch myself ... and i was charging my phone in KarlHeng . It was dead , and Dedric tried calling me . So , after that ... i met up with MrYeo at the coffeeshop . He was eating with PohYeeLuh , the SCO Cellist . Well , so ... we were talking and MrPoh asked me for my views about some areas . Well , its a tough question that he'd raised . So , we thought for awhile ... and MrYeo gave an answer , and i gave mine . We were all talking about Pipa stuff ... and its kinda interesting .
Then , after eating , we walked over to YMS , and MrPoh and i was laughing about MrYeo's suitcase . U know , its those super ancient suitcase ... like antique . Its funny , and we were laughing away when MrPoh said that in a few years time , the suitcase will be trendy , because people are going retro . Funny .
So , we're early , and we sat there for a really long time . Then , after that , i got inside and i listened to YunQi's Pipa solo . She was from CSCO , remember ... ? Well , she played quite well , better than QiuLian . Im so evil . Well , other than that ... we talked around and then i saw KwokChinChye again . So , he asked where is Dedric ... because they've only talked through the phone , not in real person . So , i pointed in his direction ... and he said that Dedric looks like TeoTengTat , the SCO Percussionist .
Rehearsal started later ... and it was ultimate boring and impasse . So , Tommy called me and asked if i was in school ... because he wants to practice . Well , i wasnt . And i called a few to come watch the concert , because i can get free tickets . ChaiXia doesnt wanna go alone because she couldnt contact Sharon and Jasmine has to work till 9 pm . So too bad .
The concert started , and saw many people . Many familiar people . There was ... MrLum , KwokChinChye , MrGoh , MrPoh , MrLim , Ryan and Shauna , Norman and many others . Even some from CSCO , from Manjusri . Well , i didnt feel quite comfortable , because some CSCO people were around . But well , it was fine , i think .
The concert started off with this very old Chinese piece . And after that , i took a rest backstage for quite a long time . I played the Ruan , for ur information . And so , Dedric , Adrian , QiaoFang and i sat together at the backstage , talking and making alot of noise . Really , too much . People complained for at least 4 or 5 times . Anyway , then ... we got to know this very nice Dizi player . His name is JingKai . He plays the Dizi and was under ZhanYongMing . He is really nice . I think ... i better not say ! Dedric , u know ... and we saw , but u've heard !
Secret ...
Then , after cracking my brain thinking in terms of the Ruan's fingerings ... the concert ended . And so , we packed up . I gave the scores to somebody , i didnt care who , and i hid my clothing with Adrian's . Before concert , i found my costume , and its not my size ! It was extremely small . So , Adrian asked if its his size ... because he got one large one , too big for him . So , i wore it ... then , i found out that my shirt dun suit him too ... because it has shoulder pads ! Its for girls ! So funny ... Anyway , then ... the concert ended pretty soon , like how it started .
People were gathering outside . Its not a very good concert , but its those for friends to support each other ... and for those old friends and stuff . So , i got to chat with MrLum , with QiaoFang too . So , i asked about NUSCO and stuff . Then Norman apologised to me again ... for the food that day at Mandarin Hotel . Well , how nice , it was alright with us , really ! Thanks Norman . And then MrYeo gave me $10 just now ... and it was so embarrassing ... because we were joking about something . He looked like a panda when he came out on stage . Funny and cute . Seriously cute !
The programme booklet looked horrible . I bet it was designed by MrYeo . It looked like those 60's old booklets ... or maybe its some grading examination ... because it has a few instruments at the cover page ... arranged in a super ugly manner ... then against a blue background . Its super ugly ! Anyway , he didnt up my name into the booklet . So bad . But still , its good , for certain reasons .
Concert ended and im glad . HuiMin was there , this girl that plays the YangQin and learned under QuJianQing last time . That time , we had this steamboat at XinTian's house , and Stanley was there too ... and that's where i met her . She is really nice . So , Dedric , her and i went for the MRT station . Adrian and the rest took a cab back home . Then , we saw XiangPeng walking in front . He played a YangQin solo during the concert , and Adrian played too . Both of their pieces were great .
HuiMin and Dedric thought maybe its fine to watch a movie , and i thought so too . We didnt mind . But , there wasnt anything to watch ... so , we took the MRT home .
In the train , Dedric and i were rating people . It was fun ... and well , i got a 65 . So sad .
Face the fact , WeiKang .
I just got home from an interesting MRT ride with Dedric . Well , today was a busy day . I'll tell u more .
In the morning , i woke up late . YouGuo called me around 9 am . Well , im teaching HongWen at 10 am , so ... its kinda too late . So , i bathed and took a cab down instead . I was early . I sat around and saw little devils running around . Then , i saw LimSinYeo , the SCO Dizi player , playing the BangDi . Well , he was teaching too ... and so , he saw me , and he smiled . He looked really strict , but he is actually very nice .
Met the 7 devils in class . U know , those little monsters that YouGuo cannot stand . Well , i dun really like teaching them , because its all girls ... and remember ? Little girls are the worst creatures on earth . U know what ? Even little boys are better ! Mom always say that little girls are nice and cute . My foot ! My feet ! None of them ! None ! They are demonic !
So , they told me that usually they'll lock YouGuo outside of class till he knocks really hard . Well , i told them that YouGuo is a very talented Pipa player ... and they are lucky to have him , and well ... they said , too bad . I felt like really chopping their fingers off , one by one , and force themself to chew it and eat it up . I'll use a hammer and smash their skulls , i tell u .
Well , i was really angry ... and for a moment , they got scared . The class got really quiet . I didnt teach , and i sat there and wait . So , they waited too . I asked if theres anything they wanna learn ... and i tried hard to hammer some sense into their wooden heads . Too bad , i couldnt . These demonic girls are really from the womb of hell itself . They are such horrible girls , if i have them as my daughter , i'll sell them for prostitution , at least i can make some profit back . Even if its for free , its still considered a profit .
I was so happy , like the students who were happy too for going home early . I released them earlier , and i was glad i did so . I waited for the bus , and then ... i made my way to KarlHeng .
SweeLee was having this really big offer , 50% discount . It only happens once a year , and twice for recently . Well , there was this huge crowd , lining up . The shop was ... crowded with people , and so ... they had to control the queue . I saw SirLiang there ... and i thought maybe i should have gotten in with him , so i can buy some tuners or something like that . Well , too bad , i didnt .
I went into KarlHeng , and MsChin was there ... chatting with this guy . So , i sat down ... and he asked if im going for a performance later , and i said yes . Well , because i mentioned about it . Im helping MrYeo with his orchestra , and around 3 pm , there's a rehearsal ... then concert at night . Well , so ... we sat down and we chatted . Then , he mentioned about Suonas and stuff ... and still , i didnt know who he was ... only until quite a long time . We ended the talking and he said he wanna go shop around ... so , he asked if i know who he is ... ? And i said , no ... but very familiar . So , he took out his namecard ... and i was stunned ... shocked ...
He is KwokChinChye , famous Suona profession based in Taiwan . He was born in Singapore , and he learned to play Percussion of local operas with his father in his childhood . Under family's influence , he was also interested in the Suona which usually plays the melodies in local operas . He learned the Suonga later with YeoSiewWee ... u know , YeoSiewMao's brother . And well , and he learned the Oboe under JoostFlatch during the high school period . He was a music enthusiast in Singapore and have performed in HongKong , Malaysia and Brunei . In 1989 , when i was one , he joined the KaohSiung Chinese orchestra in Taiwan . He is the section chief . Experienced in performing , his timbre is well controlled and beautiful . His interpretation to music is very unique . He held 3 recitals in SCH and recieved critical acclaims .
Well , thats him , and i have a recording of one of his playing . A Suona concerto . Well , at KarlHeng , he showed us a few recordings ... some really new approached CDs , and one of which was Dedric's request ... for his works . He wrote 3 concertos for the Suona . And in Taiwan , he not only plays the Suona , he usually performs with the Oboe or the Saxophone . In fact , now im listening to his recording .
That was him , and i didnt know . So , we met later at YMS again . Before that , i had lunch myself ... and i was charging my phone in KarlHeng . It was dead , and Dedric tried calling me . So , after that ... i met up with MrYeo at the coffeeshop . He was eating with PohYeeLuh , the SCO Cellist . Well , so ... we were talking and MrPoh asked me for my views about some areas . Well , its a tough question that he'd raised . So , we thought for awhile ... and MrYeo gave an answer , and i gave mine . We were all talking about Pipa stuff ... and its kinda interesting .
Then , after eating , we walked over to YMS , and MrPoh and i was laughing about MrYeo's suitcase . U know , its those super ancient suitcase ... like antique . Its funny , and we were laughing away when MrPoh said that in a few years time , the suitcase will be trendy , because people are going retro . Funny .
So , we're early , and we sat there for a really long time . Then , after that , i got inside and i listened to YunQi's Pipa solo . She was from CSCO , remember ... ? Well , she played quite well , better than QiuLian . Im so evil . Well , other than that ... we talked around and then i saw KwokChinChye again . So , he asked where is Dedric ... because they've only talked through the phone , not in real person . So , i pointed in his direction ... and he said that Dedric looks like TeoTengTat , the SCO Percussionist .
Rehearsal started later ... and it was ultimate boring and impasse . So , Tommy called me and asked if i was in school ... because he wants to practice . Well , i wasnt . And i called a few to come watch the concert , because i can get free tickets . ChaiXia doesnt wanna go alone because she couldnt contact Sharon and Jasmine has to work till 9 pm . So too bad .
The concert started , and saw many people . Many familiar people . There was ... MrLum , KwokChinChye , MrGoh , MrPoh , MrLim , Ryan and Shauna , Norman and many others . Even some from CSCO , from Manjusri . Well , i didnt feel quite comfortable , because some CSCO people were around . But well , it was fine , i think .
The concert started off with this very old Chinese piece . And after that , i took a rest backstage for quite a long time . I played the Ruan , for ur information . And so , Dedric , Adrian , QiaoFang and i sat together at the backstage , talking and making alot of noise . Really , too much . People complained for at least 4 or 5 times . Anyway , then ... we got to know this very nice Dizi player . His name is JingKai . He plays the Dizi and was under ZhanYongMing . He is really nice . I think ... i better not say ! Dedric , u know ... and we saw , but u've heard !
Secret ...
Then , after cracking my brain thinking in terms of the Ruan's fingerings ... the concert ended . And so , we packed up . I gave the scores to somebody , i didnt care who , and i hid my clothing with Adrian's . Before concert , i found my costume , and its not my size ! It was extremely small . So , Adrian asked if its his size ... because he got one large one , too big for him . So , i wore it ... then , i found out that my shirt dun suit him too ... because it has shoulder pads ! Its for girls ! So funny ... Anyway , then ... the concert ended pretty soon , like how it started .
People were gathering outside . Its not a very good concert , but its those for friends to support each other ... and for those old friends and stuff . So , i got to chat with MrLum , with QiaoFang too . So , i asked about NUSCO and stuff . Then Norman apologised to me again ... for the food that day at Mandarin Hotel . Well , how nice , it was alright with us , really ! Thanks Norman . And then MrYeo gave me $10 just now ... and it was so embarrassing ... because we were joking about something . He looked like a panda when he came out on stage . Funny and cute . Seriously cute !
The programme booklet looked horrible . I bet it was designed by MrYeo . It looked like those 60's old booklets ... or maybe its some grading examination ... because it has a few instruments at the cover page ... arranged in a super ugly manner ... then against a blue background . Its super ugly ! Anyway , he didnt up my name into the booklet . So bad . But still , its good , for certain reasons .
Concert ended and im glad . HuiMin was there , this girl that plays the YangQin and learned under QuJianQing last time . That time , we had this steamboat at XinTian's house , and Stanley was there too ... and that's where i met her . She is really nice . So , Dedric , her and i went for the MRT station . Adrian and the rest took a cab back home . Then , we saw XiangPeng walking in front . He played a YangQin solo during the concert , and Adrian played too . Both of their pieces were great .
HuiMin and Dedric thought maybe its fine to watch a movie , and i thought so too . We didnt mind . But , there wasnt anything to watch ... so , we took the MRT home .
In the train , Dedric and i were rating people . It was fun ... and well , i got a 65 . So sad .
Face the fact , WeiKang .
Lush Rhetoric
Preparing the songs to send to Christoven . He requested for a very famous Pipa piece . Well , im ripping it out from my CDs ...
School was great . I went to school at around noon . Mom fetched me there , with her cousins . And well , so ... i got a ride to school , and i went to drink soya alone . Saw QingLun walking towards Bugis before that , and i called him on the phone . And well , he was going towards Kallang , because he forgot his Dizi .
So , i met ZhengYi and Angeline later at the stall . They were telling me about the graduation thingi . Well , tomorrow will be their graduation day . And so , they'll be collecting their degree and for others , diploma . So interesting . Well , its at the theatre , and bad news is that , its going to be so crowded ... because not just the music faculty , but also the whole of NAFA .
Im currently listening to the Pipa piece . Im amazed that such an old recording could actually sound that good . Anyway , ive played this piece before . The ArtHouse invited a few of us to test the hall before it was open ... and so , i played this piece there . The acoustic was good ... and Patrick recorded it . It sounded quite well , till that Samuel couldnt even tell that it was me playing . He asked who played the Pipa ... and well , i said ... its me ! But too bad , the recording was lost a few years ago . Sad . Really . The ArtHouse was the building that we watched the SingaporeGaGa .
Performance class was crowded with people . Before that , i helped KaiXiang with the programme sheet . He was typing it out in the computer lab . So last minute right ? But well , no choice , everything aint confirmed . So , HaoSong wasnt around , and we didnt know ... so , we put his name into the programme list . For me , i played my first exam piece , the one which bagged me a 'B' .
Im going to teach at HongWen again , tomorrow , for YouGuo . I hope its not that bad this time .
Anyway , first was YeoYee . She was very calm , and of course , again ... very serious . Too serious . She should relax abit . Edward was in class today , and so was Andy . DongXiao, the ErHu woman , or girl , played today . She is here for her degree , and damn , she played really well . Shocking techniques that ive never seen before . Well , it is afterall a modern piece by TanDun . HaoSong will be accompanying her , and i hope its good .
YouGuo was there , and he told me to be careful of his Pipa . Well , i did . Anyway , after i played my piece , he left straight away . I didnt even have a chance to ask how it was . Anyway , i played badly . Many horrible mistakes . I was nervous , and so ... i pressed many wrong notes , but i tried covering it up . Not bad , not many people spotted the mistakes . Those horrible obvious ones ... of course was shot many times by many people . YeoYee said that my tremelo has improved , and well ... for last week , people commented that my tremelo should be faster . Let me explain , the speed of the tremelo depends on the speed of the piece , and the requirements . So , not anyhow . But of course , i did it faster for the piece i played today . Contrast in dynamics aint enough ... and for the last part , KaiXiang said , i did a very stupid cheesey move . I ended , and then ... i purposely , did a stupid twist and a smile . I was trying to be funny , i know .
ShuMin said that im a funny person . Actually , honestly , i dun think so . I talk like that , and it makes people laugh . I dunno why , its hard to actually make me laugh . If i really do , usually i'll be in tears . If not , then im laughing for the sake of entertainment , for show . Really . But still , its manners sometimes to laugh at the right time .
QingLun played very softly today . Well , its just a bad day . Im sure he'll play a hell lot better . I think its the condition of the hall , sometimes ... it just sounds really soft . That day i heard him play , with ShuMin , and it amazed me how he played it like that . It was really good .
YeoYee improved alot , and she has a serious look . While , for Jason , he slacks alot . And he plays with a sense of comfort . But because so , he doesnt look serious enough . If we combine them both together ... it'll make a good ErHu player ! Right ...
KaiXiang didnt play , and HaoSong went missing . Heard that he went for some ear operation . ShuMin went out for some paper work , so she didnt play .
Anthea's piece was kinda too easy , merely grade 4 . But even so , some lower grade songs can be challenging too , in terms of tonal colours . I think i'll be playing one very soon , because im running out of pieces . I dun wanna play those super common pieces ... im picky , whateva . Anyway , she played quite terribly today . Why ? Because she didnt practice enough i guess . If she does , i believe it'll be really nice ... because afterall , she'd played the song ever since dunno when . For me , ive never ever played that song before .
TingTing was just ever so diva . She is good . She played her piece , though with her scores , like me , but she managed to play it pretty well . But of course , not as good as her usual performances .
ZiNan , TingTing's friend , the Zheng player from China played pretty well too . Her faster section aint that smooth , but her exposition section was great . Some minor problems , but still ... it was good . She went out of class , and came back with a red nose . Well ... was she crying ? Nobody knows . But she claimed that she was cold . Well ...
Anyway , for now , i feel like shitting . Ive been feeling that today , and well ... when i stood up just now to go shit , it felt better . Why ? Why dun it come out ? Can somebody help me ask it out ? I wanna shit , but it wont come out !
Wait ... its coming ...
Im back . Feeling lighter ... I think i passed the Thai food out , and so much of the chilli ... my anus hurts . Think u wouldnt wanna hear about that in detail ... so lets skip that .
MrYeo went through some silly stage movements and everybody was laughing . I like DongXiao's comments , they are honest and very general .
Anyway , after class , i went to practice till QingLun came out of aural class . Then , we went to eat . Dedric , Jason , ShuMin , YeoYee and i ate chicken rice . QingLun went off first , he has some other practices . So anyway , it was kinda cheap ... merely only $5 for a good meal . A whole chicken , with dumplings and ... some beansprout . ShuMin and YeoYee left after dinner , they went towards Malaysia . They have to go back home and stuff ... and it was funny when they hurried us , because ... the custom was going to jam .
Went for a drink , and a chat . Then after that , Jason went home . I went back to school to practice the Ruan , with Dedric . We talked , about the usual stuffs . And well , then i was deciding whether to go orchestral practice with Dedric ... some other orchestra . But to think of it , ive been helping out others that ive been neglecting CSCO . Well , its my home orchestra , and so dun worry , i'll be back . Im a bad leader , they should plan for the next leader already . If they stay on to keep me as leader , then i think ... they are stupid , really .
So i went upstairs and Dedric went off for his practice . I met Christoven and PekChuan , they were playing near the window . It was nice . And well , then PekChuan played some super Chinese piece ... Christoven and i listened . LiangJing came over , and Christoven passed him my score . I need an accompanist badly . A good one , because im going for competition , and for my exams too . So anyway , its tough . Audrey tried and she said she cannot make it . ZhengQiang sightread it really fast and well , but he doesnt want to accompany . Being an accompanist needs alot of committment , because one needs to practice his or her own pieces ... and moreover , time for the accompaniment . Its tough , i know , but still ... i need a Pianist ! Thats it , im going to dig my head into the freshies , i heard there's aplenty of good Pianists . Lets see ...
SiHan was playing LAN with Samuel . Weird . I dunno ... nevermind ...
Christoven and i walked over to BeachHotel . Familiar place ? It was there that XueMin almost got raped by her uncle ... then remember ? She pushed him and ran out ... then took a cab down to Orchard to meet Jwen and gang . What a good story ! Dun u think so ? Its so award winning ! Case file , '47336' .
Nevermind , we were looking for ... a place to drink . So , couldnt find one . Then , we took a cab down to ... Fullerton Hotel . We went there for a drink . Such a lush lifestyle , i know . I love it . So , i ordered a soup , which was ... $10 . Christoven ordered beer , $15 ... and 4 stupid chicken sticks for $13 . I kept drinking iced water , and i hate it when i have to keep asking for re-fill . I think they should just leave a jug there like some smart restaurants . So , they're service aint as good as other hotels ... but still , the ambience there was excellent . Beautiful music played by live musicians . As in , living ones . And well , there was only 2 Violinists ... i wonder how they produced the Piano accompaniment , and worse ... some sounded orchestral . Weird and funny .
I think im beginning to love the life of the rich . But first , one must be rich . If a poor guy goes spending like that , he's one dead meat . Well , anyway , we ate a hell lots of nuts . And please , its some really high class nut . They have 3 variety , and well ... it tasted all damn good . And there was this really super nice chip . I loved it ! So fucking nice ! Anyway , we sat around and when we left , there was this African woman dancing . Christoven paid for the meal , and i'll be paying him back $13 plus . The meal was $44 plus . He ate quite alot ...
We walked towards a super far bus-stop , and i took bus 130 with him . It goes towards AngMoKio , so its fine with me , and it goes to his place . So , we talked ... and then , he left .
I didnt fall asleep . At Bishan , i was lucky , i managed to jump on to the bus behind , 162 . So , i got home ...
Today , i wore this red shirt . Mom thought that i bought new clothings and she scolded me ... and so , she hung this red shirt there . I thought ... its not mine ! So , i wore it still . I came home , with my uncle and cousin sitting in the hall , watching soccer . I quickly rushed into my room and put on another shirt that is red . Funny .
Sad , ive to sleep now ... because i need to be at HongWen by 10 am . Well , money , work , no choice . So , goodnight my friends . Tomorrow i'll be performing at YMS , at night around 7 pm . Its another orchestra , by MrYeo .
School was great . I went to school at around noon . Mom fetched me there , with her cousins . And well , so ... i got a ride to school , and i went to drink soya alone . Saw QingLun walking towards Bugis before that , and i called him on the phone . And well , he was going towards Kallang , because he forgot his Dizi .
So , i met ZhengYi and Angeline later at the stall . They were telling me about the graduation thingi . Well , tomorrow will be their graduation day . And so , they'll be collecting their degree and for others , diploma . So interesting . Well , its at the theatre , and bad news is that , its going to be so crowded ... because not just the music faculty , but also the whole of NAFA .
Im currently listening to the Pipa piece . Im amazed that such an old recording could actually sound that good . Anyway , ive played this piece before . The ArtHouse invited a few of us to test the hall before it was open ... and so , i played this piece there . The acoustic was good ... and Patrick recorded it . It sounded quite well , till that Samuel couldnt even tell that it was me playing . He asked who played the Pipa ... and well , i said ... its me ! But too bad , the recording was lost a few years ago . Sad . Really . The ArtHouse was the building that we watched the SingaporeGaGa .
Performance class was crowded with people . Before that , i helped KaiXiang with the programme sheet . He was typing it out in the computer lab . So last minute right ? But well , no choice , everything aint confirmed . So , HaoSong wasnt around , and we didnt know ... so , we put his name into the programme list . For me , i played my first exam piece , the one which bagged me a 'B' .
Im going to teach at HongWen again , tomorrow , for YouGuo . I hope its not that bad this time .
Anyway , first was YeoYee . She was very calm , and of course , again ... very serious . Too serious . She should relax abit . Edward was in class today , and so was Andy . DongXiao, the ErHu woman , or girl , played today . She is here for her degree , and damn , she played really well . Shocking techniques that ive never seen before . Well , it is afterall a modern piece by TanDun . HaoSong will be accompanying her , and i hope its good .
YouGuo was there , and he told me to be careful of his Pipa . Well , i did . Anyway , after i played my piece , he left straight away . I didnt even have a chance to ask how it was . Anyway , i played badly . Many horrible mistakes . I was nervous , and so ... i pressed many wrong notes , but i tried covering it up . Not bad , not many people spotted the mistakes . Those horrible obvious ones ... of course was shot many times by many people . YeoYee said that my tremelo has improved , and well ... for last week , people commented that my tremelo should be faster . Let me explain , the speed of the tremelo depends on the speed of the piece , and the requirements . So , not anyhow . But of course , i did it faster for the piece i played today . Contrast in dynamics aint enough ... and for the last part , KaiXiang said , i did a very stupid cheesey move . I ended , and then ... i purposely , did a stupid twist and a smile . I was trying to be funny , i know .
ShuMin said that im a funny person . Actually , honestly , i dun think so . I talk like that , and it makes people laugh . I dunno why , its hard to actually make me laugh . If i really do , usually i'll be in tears . If not , then im laughing for the sake of entertainment , for show . Really . But still , its manners sometimes to laugh at the right time .
QingLun played very softly today . Well , its just a bad day . Im sure he'll play a hell lot better . I think its the condition of the hall , sometimes ... it just sounds really soft . That day i heard him play , with ShuMin , and it amazed me how he played it like that . It was really good .
YeoYee improved alot , and she has a serious look . While , for Jason , he slacks alot . And he plays with a sense of comfort . But because so , he doesnt look serious enough . If we combine them both together ... it'll make a good ErHu player ! Right ...
KaiXiang didnt play , and HaoSong went missing . Heard that he went for some ear operation . ShuMin went out for some paper work , so she didnt play .
Anthea's piece was kinda too easy , merely grade 4 . But even so , some lower grade songs can be challenging too , in terms of tonal colours . I think i'll be playing one very soon , because im running out of pieces . I dun wanna play those super common pieces ... im picky , whateva . Anyway , she played quite terribly today . Why ? Because she didnt practice enough i guess . If she does , i believe it'll be really nice ... because afterall , she'd played the song ever since dunno when . For me , ive never ever played that song before .
TingTing was just ever so diva . She is good . She played her piece , though with her scores , like me , but she managed to play it pretty well . But of course , not as good as her usual performances .
ZiNan , TingTing's friend , the Zheng player from China played pretty well too . Her faster section aint that smooth , but her exposition section was great . Some minor problems , but still ... it was good . She went out of class , and came back with a red nose . Well ... was she crying ? Nobody knows . But she claimed that she was cold . Well ...
Anyway , for now , i feel like shitting . Ive been feeling that today , and well ... when i stood up just now to go shit , it felt better . Why ? Why dun it come out ? Can somebody help me ask it out ? I wanna shit , but it wont come out !
Wait ... its coming ...
Im back . Feeling lighter ... I think i passed the Thai food out , and so much of the chilli ... my anus hurts . Think u wouldnt wanna hear about that in detail ... so lets skip that .
MrYeo went through some silly stage movements and everybody was laughing . I like DongXiao's comments , they are honest and very general .
Anyway , after class , i went to practice till QingLun came out of aural class . Then , we went to eat . Dedric , Jason , ShuMin , YeoYee and i ate chicken rice . QingLun went off first , he has some other practices . So anyway , it was kinda cheap ... merely only $5 for a good meal . A whole chicken , with dumplings and ... some beansprout . ShuMin and YeoYee left after dinner , they went towards Malaysia . They have to go back home and stuff ... and it was funny when they hurried us , because ... the custom was going to jam .
Went for a drink , and a chat . Then after that , Jason went home . I went back to school to practice the Ruan , with Dedric . We talked , about the usual stuffs . And well , then i was deciding whether to go orchestral practice with Dedric ... some other orchestra . But to think of it , ive been helping out others that ive been neglecting CSCO . Well , its my home orchestra , and so dun worry , i'll be back . Im a bad leader , they should plan for the next leader already . If they stay on to keep me as leader , then i think ... they are stupid , really .
So i went upstairs and Dedric went off for his practice . I met Christoven and PekChuan , they were playing near the window . It was nice . And well , then PekChuan played some super Chinese piece ... Christoven and i listened . LiangJing came over , and Christoven passed him my score . I need an accompanist badly . A good one , because im going for competition , and for my exams too . So anyway , its tough . Audrey tried and she said she cannot make it . ZhengQiang sightread it really fast and well , but he doesnt want to accompany . Being an accompanist needs alot of committment , because one needs to practice his or her own pieces ... and moreover , time for the accompaniment . Its tough , i know , but still ... i need a Pianist ! Thats it , im going to dig my head into the freshies , i heard there's aplenty of good Pianists . Lets see ...
SiHan was playing LAN with Samuel . Weird . I dunno ... nevermind ...
Christoven and i walked over to BeachHotel . Familiar place ? It was there that XueMin almost got raped by her uncle ... then remember ? She pushed him and ran out ... then took a cab down to Orchard to meet Jwen and gang . What a good story ! Dun u think so ? Its so award winning ! Case file , '47336' .
Nevermind , we were looking for ... a place to drink . So , couldnt find one . Then , we took a cab down to ... Fullerton Hotel . We went there for a drink . Such a lush lifestyle , i know . I love it . So , i ordered a soup , which was ... $10 . Christoven ordered beer , $15 ... and 4 stupid chicken sticks for $13 . I kept drinking iced water , and i hate it when i have to keep asking for re-fill . I think they should just leave a jug there like some smart restaurants . So , they're service aint as good as other hotels ... but still , the ambience there was excellent . Beautiful music played by live musicians . As in , living ones . And well , there was only 2 Violinists ... i wonder how they produced the Piano accompaniment , and worse ... some sounded orchestral . Weird and funny .
I think im beginning to love the life of the rich . But first , one must be rich . If a poor guy goes spending like that , he's one dead meat . Well , anyway , we ate a hell lots of nuts . And please , its some really high class nut . They have 3 variety , and well ... it tasted all damn good . And there was this really super nice chip . I loved it ! So fucking nice ! Anyway , we sat around and when we left , there was this African woman dancing . Christoven paid for the meal , and i'll be paying him back $13 plus . The meal was $44 plus . He ate quite alot ...
We walked towards a super far bus-stop , and i took bus 130 with him . It goes towards AngMoKio , so its fine with me , and it goes to his place . So , we talked ... and then , he left .
I didnt fall asleep . At Bishan , i was lucky , i managed to jump on to the bus behind , 162 . So , i got home ...
Today , i wore this red shirt . Mom thought that i bought new clothings and she scolded me ... and so , she hung this red shirt there . I thought ... its not mine ! So , i wore it still . I came home , with my uncle and cousin sitting in the hall , watching soccer . I quickly rushed into my room and put on another shirt that is red . Funny .
Sad , ive to sleep now ... because i need to be at HongWen by 10 am . Well , money , work , no choice . So , goodnight my friends . Tomorrow i'll be performing at YMS , at night around 7 pm . Its another orchestra , by MrYeo .
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