Went for SYF Concert Band Presentation at Esplanade yesterday. I really must highlight some of the players there.

ACS(I) Percussionist and Piccoloist
The piccoloist really had an excellent tone with very strong support. I could hear it so clearly and well-pitched right from the back of the hall. Really great!

The percussionist looked like a crab! He handled 4 mallets at one shot and played the xylophone and the bells at the same time! And he juggled between 4 different instruments at one time. I think nobody was looking at the wind band. Everyone had their attention locked onto that percussionist and I dare say 70% of the cheers and claps at the end of the performance were for him.

AJC Piccoloist
I'm in love with the AJC Piccoloist! Omg, her tone and pitching were really nothing short of excellent. I really can't believe that AJ band's standard has rocketed to this kind of extent in such a short time! I think Alvin Seville must really be swelling with pride.

NJC Flautist
NJ flautist who played the solos in Celebration had a great tone too! And the vibrato he employed in his solos was really something else too. Penny was swooning over how good his solos were too. And guess what, he's my junior, Darrin! XD

I think on the whole, it was a pretty good performance. Apart from listening, there was a fair bit to watch too. Many bands had plenty of movement, solos and goodness knows what. First time I saw electric guitars being used in a concert band performance. LOLZ! But on the flip side, it was also painful to hear clarinets and oboes squeak, trumpets mispitch and what not. Especially when that instrument is playing a solo and it becomes painfully obvious. Haiz. I think towards the end, the high mood got dragged down quite a fair bit by NJ band, since every other band had lots of movement and things to watch but NJ band's performance was rather high-brow, so I feel the mood got dragged down a little.

Been feeling extremely tired recently, as I've been sleeping at midnight and waking up at 5.30am, owing to the fact that I've started work. Working as an admin staff in CTSS isn't really all that tough. It's just the darned fact that I've gotta wake up so early every morning. Yawnz.

And I've finally got my wish! I'm having my 21st birthday party on 21 September at Chevrons chalet! To all who are free, please do come k? Drop me a mail or sms and let me know that you can make it so I can cater food for you all! It's a public holiday in lieu, so technically all should be free. You're free to stay overnight as well if you want. For people in NUS, that week is recess week!

Ok, shall sign off here. Blogging at work. Don't wanna get stared at by my other colleagues. =P

To all who have parents who play mahjong, never, I repeat, NEVER, introduce them to Viwawa! Omg, for the first time in my life I'm fighting over the computer with my MOM, of all people! But I have to hand it to her, she really is good (what else can I say? older people are usually better at stuff like this =P). She pushed me up 4 levels in 2 days. @.@

Ok, I've finally more or less recovered from my bout of flu, thank goodness, though my breathing is still slightly impaired but I'm sure it'll be fine. Starting work next week. Can't believe it la, people resigning or getting ready to resign but I'm just starting work. Lolz. Well, at least I'm going back to CTSS and it'll only be for about 2.5 weeks, so I guess it should be fine.

Been invited to a lot of 21st birthday parties recently and I really want one for myself too. But just thinking about the logistics gives me the shudders. I really do want this, though. Haven't had a decent party in the whole 2 decades of my life. Lolz.

Supposed to memorise a part of the script and prepare a song for SYM audition tomorrow, both of which I have yet to do. Woots.

Didn't manage to get into a hall for NUS. Disappointed? Surprisingly, I am. I claimed to be resisting the idea of staying in hall but now that I've done so much preparation, physically and mentally, to stay in hall, not being given the chance suddenly makes me feel disappointed. Lolz.

A lot of money to be spent very soon. New phone (I'm still using my army phone), new laptop (MacBook doesn't come cheap) and birthday party. Wow. Wonder where all this money is going to come from. >.<

I hate these feelings. Yes, multiple feelings.

Firstly, the feeling of being uprooted from ASD and transplanted to NUSSD. I hate it I hate I HATE IT!!! Going to a new environment where I know practically nobody and yet having to push myself as far as I can to contribute. I HATE IT! I HATE THIS FEELING OF AWKWARDNESS! The forced smile, the acute solitude... HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE THIS ENVIRONMENT FEEL LIKE ASD AGAIN? HELP ME! No offence though, I don't hate NUSSD. I hate the fact that I'm new in NUS and have to adapt. I SUCK AT ADAPTING! ASD I MISS YOU ALL LIKE CRAZY!!! I really hope Connexion comes soon and lasts forever. I really really hope, cuz I'm going to die without ASD sooner or later!!!!!!!!!!!

Secondly, the feeling of not being able to see you. I hate it. I only have that number of chances to see you and now that particular one was taken away from me. It really bothers me, especially when I don't have many chances to begin with. Darn this feeling. >=(

Thirdly, the feeling of apprehension I'm having now about entering NUS. New environment, new life, new study material. Back to mugging. Omg. 2 years never mug liaoz, don't know if I still know how. I need to maintain my CAP score at a bare minimum of 3.5. Can I do it? >.<

Solution to my feelings? Human revolution. My own human revolution.

Speaking of which, to those who have yet to sign up for the SSA Youth Musical 2010, please go sign up by clicking here now!!!

Suddenly recalled something from the band outing which I felt so compelled to blog about. Vanessa can mimic Korean actresses on tv to PERFECTION! The other day when she mimicked one of the actresses complaining to her father I nearly died of laughter la... Pity I didn't have a chance to record it down... Maybe next time I should use my Filipino accent too... LOLZ! Ok, I really miss band haha...

Ok, so it's a bit late to blog about the weekend that just passed but i'm still gonna blog about it anyway, cuz I LOVED IT!!!

30 May

Morning: Met Jocelyn, You Shun and Vanessa (arranged in order of arrival =P) at City Hall MRT Station. Supposed to meet at 10am but apparently waking up early on a holiday takes a toll on everybody, including myself. Hahaha! So after everyone was there, we trudged over to Mint Museum of Toys. Had quite a good time there. ALL THE TOYS OVERWHELMED ME WITH NOSTALGIA LA! Seeing toys of cartoons like Popeye really made my day. Hahaha! I'm bone-lazy, hence please view all the pictures taken at my Facebook. ^_^

Afternoon: Following Mint Museum, we went Sushi Tei for lunch. Food was a little expensive but it's always nice when eating with friends. Lolz. Cheng Ni came a little later but she didn't have much of an appetite, so she didn't eat. Jocelyn had to rush off to visit her grandmother, so the remaining 4 of us went over to Minds Cafe for games. TIKI TOPPLE!!! LOLZ!!! It's this game which is like a Tiki pole and you gotta knock off the Tiki parts one by one and leave the 3 that belong to you on top. No point explaining here la, you guys wouldn't get it anyway =DD We also played Blokus. That was fun too! But stupid You Shun kept blocking me. Grrrrr... I underestimated 5 hours of Minds Cafe. My legs were so sore after barely 4 hours. So we decided to end early and meet Weijie for dinner.

Evening: Cheng Ni went off to meet her mum, so ended up the remaining 4 of us having dinner together. Went Phin Steakhouse, which was surprisingly a good deal. The food was decent and we had a really great time just talking cock there and moaning about how old we're getting. Hahaha! Wan Ting came a bit later, so ended up with 5 people. Vanessa, You Shun and I were joking about how we seemed to be interviewing 4 people over the course of the entire day. First Jocelyn, then Cheng Ni and finally Weijie and Wan Ting =DD Guang Liang didn't want to come cuz Lai Kiu didn't come =.= Ended up going home at about 11+pm lolz...


31 May

Morning: Went for ASD Training for Rufu Run at Toa Payoh Park. Really had loads of fun there. So many runners got stuck my station, where I popped the trivia. Try harder next week guys! Pity I had to choke down my lunch at Mac to be in time for Guang Liang's concert. Urgh.

Afternoon: Went to Singapore Conference Hall for NIE Band Concert. Saw Darrin there. Hahaha. Apparently the whole of NJ band turned up to support Prof Ho. But I think this time the NIE band didn't perform up to scratch. Really quite disappointed. The first half was quite good. But second half, after the band screwed up Fantasy Variations, I think their morale went down le. Went off with Guang Liang, Vanessa and You Shun for dinner at Just Acia after that. Had a really fun time talking with them again, even though it was the second time in 2 days. ^_^ Guang Liang wants to go into teaching too! Haha, I'm forever so excited whenever I find out another friend wants to go into teaching. Talked so long with Guang Liang about teaching. Apparently, he did relief teaching at Hong Kah Secondary School.

Sigh, relief teaching. Really hope I can still get a month's worth of it in July before I enter uni. I really don't want to do any other part-time job apart from them, which is why my mum and dad have become particularly irritated with me just bumming around at home like that. But I've seriously grown addicted to this lifestyle!!!

My 邱比特的失误 hasn't made progress for a loooooooooooooooooooong time... Time to get the creative juices flowing...