Handel September 28, 2008
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gladys says:
i’m not going to school tomrrow leh
gladys says:
:D
gladys says:
ok
gladys says:
i’m going
gladys says:
but not going
gladys says:
haha you get it
samho (: says:
HAHAHAHAHA
samho (: says:
OF COURSE I GET IT
gladys says:
HAHAHAH
LOL :D We know each other too well. Ponning classes to practice. What’s new heh heh.
I think I’m going to write notes of encouragement to my fellow MEP mates for their practicals on Tuesday and Thursday! :D
Writing my personal statement is so tough :\
You are my source of joy :)
Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever -Anonymous (I think this quote is really beautiful!)
10.44PM
Edit: I’ve finished writing notes for my MEP friends :D Anw, F1 has ended! Bet everyone there is clubbing with the Hamilton guy now haha. Oh yeah, Gladys was saying they should put the ERP in operation while they had the race going, the government would collect so much money with 20 of them racing 200 over laps! :P HAHA!
3.10AM
Farewell September 28, 2008
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This has been the most emotionally tiring week. Ever. (Maybe exclude band camps/concerts/competitions/trip.) I need, a, really, good, rest.
Every night I was rushing out stuff for music writing portfolio submission. Compo writeup took the longest to edit, the rest just took long to double check and print and burn and bind etc. Uni applications stressed me everyday at times when I thought I could do without any extra stress. And everyday I practiced in school, after school, even had my practical run through recital on Wed. I went to Yamaha to practice electone on 2 nights, and I didn’t go to school on 2 days. I cried almost everyday. What a loser.
But everything is finally done. Complete. Looking at my portfolio submission in 3 neat box files, complete with coverpage, CDs, my composition binded with the writeup, plus harmony exercises, it gives a pretty satisfied feeling. After a whole week of rushing out things to submit, I felt kinda empty and lost after the submission. Like, What’s next? What else do we have to do? Nothing? Really meh? kind of feeling. Fellow MEP friends (especially those who did H3), you know what I’m talking about haha. Before we breathe out a sigh of relief, hold it right there cause we’ve still got practical next week. Press on friends, we can do it :D
Hmm. Besides the portfolio rush, I had GP mock (which I fell asleep during both papers) and MEP mock. And there was Honours Night, which was kinda long.. It was the first time I explored an iPhone that night haha. Probably the last time I’ll be wearing No. 2’s. After the ceremony, Zhiwen Gladys and I rushed downstairs to eat our 25 dollars’ worth of buffet catered by the school hahahaha. Zhiwen and I went for third servings while Gladys took one huge serving and stayed at that. We had about 2-3 cups of punch each but gave dessert a miss. Gladys ate 5 samosas! :D Sean lived in us for that one hour hahahaha :P
Yesterday, I spent the morning helping Dr Lee to bubblewrap and pack his HD with Derek’s help. Then we all went for breakfast with Mel at Block 5, after which I went back to finish making the handle for the HD box. I think my string handle is quite cool haha :D After that Soomin Gladys Vanessa Mel and I went to eat at Pizza Hut! A quasi-/pseudo- (hurhur) celebration in light of the end of portfolio submissions week haha. Then I went back to school to practice, after which had dinner at Dover market with Mel and Puaybing <3
My Internet Explorer is screwed up. I’ve internet connection but it doesn’t load. I’m using Google Chrome now but I can’t check my RSS feeds ):
Initially, I wanted to say that no more burden is just bullshit. But I guess, at this rate it really isn’t a burden anymore because I’ve more or less given up hope. Aiya whatever la.
I feel like we’ve been so damn selfish and narrow-minded all along. When this kind of thing happens, what do you do? Forgive and forget whatever that has happened? (Not that the person has been in the wrong.) Does this always erase all previous perceptions of the person in question? What is the initial reaction and after thought?
I don’t know. I just cried.
Reverse nod? Mixed feelings. Happy but sad, sad but happy. Thankful? Thankful.
On a lighter note,
samho (: says:
heh heh
[c=#0B92F4]jinjun[/c] – 人比人,气死人 says:
bee bee
[c=#0B92F4]jinjun[/c] – 人比人,气死人 says:
hiam hiam
samho (: says:
o m g
samho (: says:
you are really
samho (: says:
ok, very creative.
Okay, going for my run now. I haven’t ran in weeks, what a fatty.
5.03PM
Ignore this September 28, 2008
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Just thought I’d do this since I wanted to see the questions back then when Em posted this up. Taken from Em’s blog.
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I can only send you the questions if you promise to do the meme!
1. Next to each number, write only the name of the person who fits.
2. Answer one question with one name.
3. Don’t tell the questions to anyone who isn’t doing the meme.
1. p t
2. emily pooi
3. nobody :)
4. yoke HAHA
5. sean lau haha my favourite
6. edwin heh
7. amos chen
8. joel fatty!
9. emily pooi
10. gerd
11. zhan
12. tingxi
13. j y
14. m t
15. m t LOL
16. puaybing
17. gerd
18. j y
19. manf
20. y c
21. lot
22. s l
23. c h
24. lot
25. j c
26. eh.
27. m l
28. gladysheng LOL
29. nobody leh.
30. ok i ended up hiding names more than anything. what a waste of time -_- zzz.
Burden September 25, 2008
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No longer.
I’m in Birtwistle again :D
1.48PM
演奏 September 24, 2008
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En sou.
I’m frustrated, stressed and sad.
Nobody believes me when I tell them I haven’t started studying for A’s. Well, I HAVEN’T. I’m not a closet mugger. Like Gladys says, practicing for practical is almost like taking another subject. And it sucks when you see everyone PHYSICALLY mugging in the void deck, while actually you’re mugging too, just that practice = mugging, and it’s not exactly physical in the sense that nothing is visibly produced. Music is so, -of-the-moment. It doesn’t stay, it’s not visible, it’s not material. It lives only for that moment, at that moment. 1 fatal mistake at that wrong moment, everything’s over. That’s practical.
Isolating myself from the entire world, staying in the MEP centre for whole days, playing on the Wan (haha), soaking and shaving reeds, living in Britten and Bach. Getting headaches from metronomes, dizzy spells from long passages, putting in so much effort everyday and yet hearing the same old mistakes. What’s wrong with my fingers? I want to slap all 10 of them and make them obey. Naughty things.
CUKAS procedures are pissing the hell out of me. I want to murder CUKAS, but before that I want to stab myself first. So naive, so naive.
So haughty, so proud. Think you’re so damn great? What kind of friend are you. I’m mistaken. Why are you TRYING to be so freaking difficult with me.
So miserable. SO NAIVE! SO SELFISH! Less than a week ago, I learnt that to be able to love, one must be selfless. How can I be so selfish now?
Practical. CUKAS. Practical. Audition tape. Practical. Personal Statement. Practical. References. Practical. Mock exams. Practical. School work. Practical. Composition. Practical. Write up. Practical. Portfolio. Practical. Audition tape. Practical. Audition tape. Practical. Audition tape. Practical. CUKAS. Practical. Crusell Concerto No. 2 in F minor. F minor. F minor. F minor. ZZZZZ. This is about everything that’s on my mind, times a couple of hundred times. Everything’s rushing at me at the same time, I can’t even think straight for goodness’ sake..
I used to think I had a strong heart. What conceited thinking. My heart is really, really, really weak.. Was feeling almost distraught just now. Looked through the Bible and searched for quotes under ‘Anxious’ and found this.
Be still, and know that I am God. -Psalm 46:10
It made me feel like I’ve ignored God’s presence all this while. Because this exact same quote is on the wall of the CPA, which I ran past twice today (considering I climbed the gate twice – I managed to climb the new gate!!) without really noticing. I never really gave much thought to this quote on the wall until now. Be still, anxious heart.
Aye, so tired.
明日の演奏.
Nostalgic September 22, 2008
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Everything feels strangely nostalgic now. Well, in a negative and foreboding sense as of now. I’m doing my composition writeup and there’s a MEP mock paper tomorrow. This feels awfully reminiscient of the night before MEP prelims, when I slogged my guts out just to finish compo writeup and hence not preparing myself for the exam. Right now, i’m reliving it. Shucks.
Anyway, spent the evening listening to old recordings, piano works and band music. I miss band.. No wait, I miss playing in a good band. I’m quite sick of chamber and recital music.. But yeah. I need to love it more. Practical is looming near.
It’s raining really heavily now, and my eyelids are equally heavy.
3.48AM
Charming September 20, 2008
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What a word to describe pieces, but that’s the only adjective I could think of when I fell in love with these 2 piano works this week. Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9-2 and Handel’s Chaconne in G, played by Joel and Gladys respectively (haha both fattys :D) Funnily enough, both are in major keys but they sound kinda sad to me. Guess I just like the progressions, esp for Handel :)
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is one of the best reads I’ve had this year (well, I don’t read much.. I bet I’ve read less than 10 books this year alone la). As the synopsis says, it’s a ‘powerful retelling of the book of Hosea’. Probably my first time reading a Christian novel. I’ve been reading since Starbucks last night till now, which makes me a pretty slow reader haha. Mmm, I cried a lot. Heh.
Tuition is in less than 7 hour’s time and I haven’t slept a wink/done tuition homework.
7.24AM