Hey there peepz... Must be wondering why i am still here early this Monday morning, when tommorrow is a working day and i am suppose to be in bed right... well that is because tml is an OFF DAY *laugh contentedly* There is nothing interesting on tv so i thought i come and blog a little on yesterday (sunday) and the day before...
Satuarday 14 May 2005 Sectional and Eski
Usually will sleep to my hearts content on a saturday coz its rest day after a week of 'hard' work, and since there wasn't npd rehearsal, the better to rest at home... But this week woke up early cause i have promised to conduct sectionals for Nypsb flute section, was tinking as wmc is closing in, they would need all the help thhey can get... and since i am still pretty much unsure whether or not i am able to go, i play my part first to strengthen the section... was looking forward to it, was informed that key players (or more experienced players) like Sherine, Andies will not be attending the session due to work and other reason, kinda disturbed mainly i won't be able to guage the standard and the strenght or the section, but was not really bothered about it as i knew their individual strenght and will not be too much of a trouble get them to working together... Was thinking of working things out with 2nd flute first... since they can be considered the 'unstable' lot... Got there 1/2 hour early so bought breakfast then proceed to the bandroom... Got into the sports hall, recieved a msg from karen saying that she is sick so she is not coming, 1 down 4 to go (was expecting an attendance of 5 out of 8 which is their total strenght for flute), then wai leng msg telling me she will be late coz she left someting at home... the only one on time was adeline... so i asked her to relax since it was still early and wait for the rest... had breakfast with xiu... wai leng walked in about 11.30 (sectional suppose to start at 11)... After breakfast, was actually having a little 'band pract' with the rest of the members present outside the bandroom, asked WL and Adeline to join in since we are still waiting for feng cheng, but was a short session coz meiting asked them into the bandroom to practise... did abit of Festa Pasana, and since the 2 of them have queries on that piece i thought i work on that piece first...Went to SE (String Ensemble) room for sectional, started off without FC (its was close to 12 and no sign of her... incontactable too) Was informed that Jasmine is not coming also due to some unknown reason, 2 down, 1 MIA, left 2.... super disappointed... am i taken for granted... i really wonder at times... Anyway spend the next couple of hours working on that piece, make sure that they got the piece and the notes right... concentrating on intonation and dynamics (coz that is what they lack)... got a sorry msg from fong cheng somewhere in the mids of the session (can't really remember the time) and they (feng chang and andy koh) arrived at 2 plus (sectional was ending at 3, and i was close to ending that piece). After i finished the entire piece, briefly went through the entire piece again, (to see if all i have been teaching paid off and partly, for fc and andy)... Kinda contented that they improved in that song, in terms of its dynamics, and lesser wrong notes... but intonation still have to be worked on... And that was sectional, spent the entire 3 hours or so on one piece... time consuming but result shown.... juz hope its not forgotten... After sectional, hanged around in the bandroom for awhile, playing the piano and forming our own percussion ensmble, was fun and lots of laugh... Finally decided to leave at about 5 coz meeting at night to go eski bar (a place reccomended by wei xiang and andy)
Evening got home to change, was told that the place was super cold and will be unsuitable to go in bermudas and t-shirt... so i changed to jeans and a long sleeve shirt... xiu was at my place coz she didn't want to go home and meet us again since we are meeting like in less then an hours time... was suppose to meet wei xiang at 7, but after delays here and there, me and gang (xiu, zhong xi, allison, feng cheng) only got there at about 7.30, haha he was abit pissed but was ok after a few jokes... some of them where hungry, so we went to grab a bite at Bk first since its was still rather early to club... Met up with andy... then proceed to the bar... upon entering the place... one word, COLD, we were breathing out vapour, the place was at about 2 degrees (from the thermometer) and the bartop and the light shades are made of ice... cool argh... then there was another door, inside which leads to a lounge area.. its not that cold there, about the tempreture when we were in sydney on the hottest day about 14 to 15 degrees... they found it not much of a kick, so we challenged ourselve and went back out to the 'icy bar top'. I have to agree it was rather cold for the first few mins, and i was shivering (for a guy that is not really afraid of cold, its an usual sight) but after awhile when i adapt to the temp i was alright... Everyone else was using sweater the pub provided except me... heez as usual strong mah what to do... haha *bhbism* Ordered drinks and we played alot of games, from 5,10,15 to hei bai chey, and zhong ji mi mah.. the forfeit was to eat ice... first time found eating ice such a difficult task... did alot of stupid stuff also, but overall was really fun coz there was lots of laughter and everyone was enjoying themselve... Xiu, Sasa and wei xiang had to leave early (about 10 plus) so i was left alone with the 2 couple, Andy & Fong cheng, Zhong Xi & Allison, was feeling oddly bright... Anyway we continued zhong ji mi ma till about 11 close to 12 when the rain subsided (it started raining heavily shortly after the first gang left)... Went Mac for a bite, coz andy say he was hungry... after bite, its was 12 plus, already missing the last train, so we walked to lao pasah coz its easier to flag a cab there... was still drizzling but we didn't care... saw bus 100 so was tinking of taking bus... but i guess that bus we saw was the last bus... so went back to the plan of taking a cab... fc and andy left first... and me ally and zx shared then next one... tink i stand in the rain too long... was sneezing rather badly (felt a cold coming on...) send zx home first then me, then ally.... Reach home at about 1am, had a quick wash up, then pop 2 panadol extra before heading to bed... dog tired...
Sunday 15 May 2005 SIA cup, International racing festival
Woke at a 11.30pm, sneezing stop (thx god) took a shower and prepare to head to camp for parade... Got to camp about 1.30, met morrison and han qiang (my staff and bandmate) in the bus, then got to bunk and change, got a ride up to the whitehouse, love weekend parades, coz everyone seems to drive so its save the time from walking to the whitehouse... Got there, rehearsed a few of the pieces before leaving for the turf club... pretty excited coz haven't been there before (not to the age limit yet) the place its big... nothing like those i went while in aussie a few year ago... first race was at 3 plus, had 1/2hr for lunch, had a huge plate of chicken rice, was famished, the kind auntie gave me abit more rice... After a satisfied stomach, went back to our holding area to prepare... the place was filling up fast and before the first race the place was half or rather filled... talking about singapore being a national gambling den man.. haha... as soon as the green light for the first race starts off, we changed up and prepare for the performance... played a fanfare and a short piece after that was rest till the next race... so we undress and waited for the next race which is shortly after the first one... after the first few, its became such a norm and its starts to get bored... luckly i got Adrain Mole to accompany me, spent most of my waiting time reading... we had 9 rounds of that and by the time its was the 9th time... everyone was pretty much excited againg coz its was time to go back... left the turf club at about 9.30pm, got back camp at about 10, got back to bunk, bath and went supper with them till about 11 plus then took a cab home... got home, ate somemore coz i asked mum to buy me dinner... then watch tv... and nothing much on so i came onli... heez.. that is pretty much my weekend...
Later, will be pretty packed too... coz have a whole list of things to do... and tonight going back camp coz on duty on tuesday morning... anyway that will be mention most probably when i come online again i guess... meanwhile have a good rest and have a fulfilling day ahead then... nites and lotsa love hugs and kisses...!!!