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sunnuntai, huhtikuuta 10, 2005
invictus
so my last post was on monday. feels like ages ago since this week has been a particularly since this week has been a very very busy one. since monday is covered, and i've forgotten some things that happened, i shall only tell abt the things that happened which i happen to recall.
lemme see...well, generally i've been rushing from lecture to lecture. pestering vanessa to walk faster, laughing at vanessa with ying jie in the canteen, hanging round in the toilet with ying jie bfore ao math. really the ao math teach is annoying me alot. firstly she speaks weirdly, and she loves to pose questions that none of us understand, which, obviously we can't answer. and she told me i can't use synthentic division for FaRT. ok lar, so she doesn't call it FaRT thats frm my previous a math tutor in prcs, ET. she calls it RaFT. lol. anyways, i still prefer ET's version.
somehow i don't really like the word version, it doesn't taste nice. errr. ok, that didn't sound right. ever heard a word in mind that sounds particularly nice to you? well, 'version' doesn't really strike me as a word thats particularly nice. i can't repeat it and 'roll it around my tongue' like a morsel that i really favour. i much prefer the finn word for it, versio. now thats a really nice morsel. hmmm. fine fine, i'm digressing. back to the topic.
so yea, basically what i've been doing this week is slacking around and going to lectures with vanessa and ying jie. went for a number of talks. the one on blood donation really made me very interested in donating blood. i just have to pick up the parental consent form frm the GO. i've also signed up for CIP during the june hols, to be part of a congregation to do the pledge in sign language. uber cool...wheeee...
what else what else. oh yea, i found out my hse and class. i'm in Phobos, the red hse. seems like i'm stuck to that colour. the only time i wasn't in red hse was in EPPS, was in mercury, the yellow hse. i also met iffah in school that day when i crashed the C math lecture out of boredom. really cool to see her again. my CG happens to be 05A202. so far the impression they give me is that they are super friendly, and Mrs Logan, our CT is quite lenient with us. see how it goes, sooner or later some obstacles will come my way, but for now its smooth sailing.
oh my, i've left out the highlight of the week. BAND. yep, everyone knows i'm a band freak. one of the freakier freaks lar, the one who loves sectionals, loves full band even more, and totally digs every time i touch my instrument. ok, the last part has lessened abit since i changed parts. i feel like all my efforts have gone to waste. if you're wondering what i'm talking abt its cos i've been asked to play the E flat Alto Clarinet. vincent (my sl) was asking whether i wanted to try it out, and i said i wouldn't mind, cos i've tried playing bass clarinet before, and well, lets just say that it didn't go too well. so i gave it a shot and the next thing i know i'm assigned the part. i've always liked the alto and bass parts, but i never never expected that i'd be playing. so i took on the challenge. while i'm happy that i can contribute in a better way (since i'm certainly not a gd clarinettist) there is that niggling feeling of regret. i worked my butt off for that merit during the Grade 5 exam. i still recall that i felt very high that day. me, the youngest one taking the practical exam, the one who was so jumpy that i played my scales slurred instead of staccatoed had gotten a merit. the highest score among all the other band students taking the practical exam. but now, i wonder if i might ever get that feeling again. i was hoping to take the Grade 7 examinations this year, with help from Mr Png. but i don't think i will be able to. aft the switch over i find it very difficult to play B flat soprano. i can hardly produce a sound. and the sad thing is that i'm also still adapting to E flat Alto, i find that i'm quite squeaky, and upward leaps, esp when it comes to running notes are a problem. been practising very hard. i hope all goes well.
the sl makes me particularly nervous. my hands go cold when he's before me, literally. and it also doesn't help since i'm the only one with my part, so i get tested alone. its weird though, when the bass clarinettist (i know how to say his name but not how to spell it. hopeless when it comes to chinese names) tests me individually i feel very comfy abt it. or even playing before the other clarinettists, it doesn't bother me. its only vincent. his face so garang for what. and he's so quiet. makes him seem more fierce. sigh. and i have to live with it.
talking abt band, we had sectionals on wed, which was very fun. then on fri we started our band camp. i really like the atmosphere in mjcsb and i dont regret joining. the exco is really cool (though some of them look very fierce) and the other members are very on. so nice.
anyways, back to band camp. we had alot of bonding sessions going on. the first day was more of practice and nothing much of anything else. all the J1 clarinet girls are sharing a room, though abigail and charity weren't there the first night. during prac i got a load of things sorted out, esp when we did the choice piece, which, fyi, is very nice. then we went to check in, took a shower, went to sleep.
next day, morning we had PT. then breakfast, and then the wet games commenced. was quite fun, though i got a lil burnt in the process and now i have red red cheeks. then the J2s went for prac aft lunch, while i got all depressed cos there was this rumour that we wouldn't be practising at all that day. so i wasn't as cheery during the J1 set of games, though i tried hard to be. then we went for a bath, before which joel (our president) told me that we'd be going for sectionals. wheee. so i kinda went a bit mad. took a bath, went for sectionals then had dinner. aft which we had our Dial M.
i really have to say, its the most creative activity that i've ever seen for a camp. alot of work was put into it, and joel was so convincing when he did the story part in the beginning that most of us weren't sure whether we should believe him or not. he really does make a gd actor. it was apparent frm the very first clue that prep was very very well done. kudos to the exco for coming up with Dial M. it really was the highlight of the camp.
aft that we went to sleep. woke up at 6 with felicia since it was freezing and we couldn't slp, so we went for a shower though reporting time was at 9. poor felicia was kinda ill, so i asked her to head home first but she thought she'd stick it out, so she stayed. went for breakfast. area cleaning. then pack up and leave.
i seriously seriously liked this camp. so much fun, and really really un-boring. oh ya, did i mention that i'm gonna pick up a form to run for exco for band. since i figured that i wouldn't be joining council this year, i decided that i might as well contribute in diff way, esp since i'm not a good clarinettist. put of those admin skills which i learnt during my stint in admin dep in council to use. yea yea, so i was part of exco, you wonder why i don't want to join council. i think it'll ruin my studies, so i'll not do it this year. vp post was challenging, and also led toa dip in grades last year. do not want that to happen again. so i'll contribute elsewhere. seriously, i do need some opinions and tips, so yea, all are welcome to tag or comment.
sigh and so the week draws to an end and i have to start on my econs homework which my brain is cracking over now. stupid demand and supply curves. bleah.
nite nite ppl
marlz
4/10/2005 02:59:00 ip.