Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Updates from the past few days
Last week is quite a happening week, considering that I mostly
rot stay at home during the hols. Hey I'm not rotting ok! I have stuffs to do hehe, just maybe not as much as other more hapz ppl. I prolly din deserve my break now, cos today (or ystd, as it has become) the results just came out. And it was horrible. Ok maybe not that very horrible, cos I managed to get the exact same cap as last sem! Lol, don't know if it's a good or bad thing. Ever since A lvls I've been getting B average. Last last sem like this, this past sem also. Except for the extreme dip in CM1401 and this sem's GEM2900. Who said GEM2900 was easy huh!!! So far all my frens that I know of got the same result as me lol. And I got the same grade for CM1401 and GEM2900. So my grades are "doomed" to be all Bs, be it B+, B or B-, and then one D+. A good thing is that I can SU the gem, so my cap prolly has a chance to increase, but not a lot I guess. Argh that CM1401 cannot be SUed! But then I would have used up one of my SUs. So gotta be careful in module selection and mugging from now onwards.
How surprising pleased I was for LSM1202! I thought I screwed it up badly and would prolly end up with a C or D. Ok with LSM1104, my core, what can I say (dun get me wrong I like all my core mods). And the profs are quite nice to us alrdy I think haha. Prof Ip!!! :DD Then there's SSA1201, ok la haha. A bit uncertain for the essay part, but I thought I did quite gd, but I am quite contended, maybe with a + at the back would be better. A bit disappointed with LSM1103, but maybe cos it's open book so the bell curve may have a greater influence on the final grade. And the botany mcqs during finals arghhhhhh. Till now I still dunno what is neoteny (which came out in the prac exam). A google search suggested that it may linked to paedomorphism. Oh goodness!!! I know what is paedomorphism lol. Damn could have guessed the correct answer. Argh! Definitely not the frog, hope I din put yes for the frog (oh but its over:((((( ) Ok, I should snap out of this talking to myself thing cos it's all over and I can't change my results. Bad result for GEM2900, but sort of expected. Din even finish most of the paper, and whatever I wrote I was certain they are all gibberish and I would definitely get 0 for this mod. Maybe the CAs helped me a bit. Oh and the bell curve too. Just a bit sad that the MCs couldn't be counted towards graduation and this means I don't have a GEM! Means I gotta overload next sem most prolly (and I'm still thinking of taking a psych minor, afterall it's what I wanted for so long, to study psychology). I don't mind spending the rest of my UEs on psych mods, thrs nothing else I'm dying to take alrdy (other than psych, must at least take PL1101E and abnormal psych before I grad) -.- Even if it means having to overload and "waste" 6 of my UEs on a psych minor, I still feel strongly that it is the way to go. I have decided that either I'll try to do double major for psych and ls, or in the event I can't, I'll take either as a major and the other as a minor. I hope that I still can study psych in the future, like a Masters or smth, if I ever one day decide that I'm not cut to be a biologist and is simply misguided all these years into thinking I loved biology.
Okok stop all these serious thinking, this post is supposed to be light and relaxing before I turn in for the night. Had my violin lesson ystd (or more like the day before cos its tuesday now) and worked on switching the bow on different strings, up bows and down bows, bowing for different note values. Need to improve on my sightreading. I'm really glad I have a bit of experience reading music in guitar, if not I would be a total newbie with a phobia of reading notes and then I would progress really sloooooow. Well, I hope I can continue with violin and not have to disrupt it halfway cos I can't juggle between my commitments: guitar pracs, guitar comm, studies (might be overloading), violin, other commitments I might be taking up like tutoring my cousin and my sister more, or taking on tuition assignments. Really hope I can continue with learning violin cos I feel it would be a beneficial relationship in my learning of the guitar and the violin. I can apply what I have learnt in violin in guitar, I really hope my sightreading and theory will improve. Both are stringed instruments with the need to keep one's left hand nails short. Haha, I guess I have been affected ever since that day, the PDP exhibition for the J1s. I rmb I was sitting in the black box with other drama members, relaxing cos thr was no J1 in the black box, and then suddenly I heard string ensemble and guitar ensemble playing a tune tgt. I think it was a violin-guitar duet (I think!) and I fell in love with it! So nice! And then suddenly I wondered what am I doing in the black box instead of doing such cool stuffs like playing nice music. Ok, enough reminiscing, so I am indeed very happy that I'm on my way to become a violinist and guitarist. Esp since nus guitar has been so awesome haha.
Went on early Sat morning for meeting in cfa. Lasted till abt 4 smth, or 5 plus (I can't rmb), which resulted in us not having enough time to eat a proper dinner. Went to the venue hastily haha. Sungha Jung was amazing!! So cute! Haha, thanks to hanwen we were able to take pictures with him! So super cute, better looking than how he was in the youtube videos. Skinny legs! Preston Reed was cool with his techniques at playing the guitar, but I guess contemporary and popular pieces attracted the audience more than cool techniques but not very memorable and sound alike tunes. Both are unique and great guitarists in their own way though, to each his own! And the concert has certainly motivated me to up my guitar playing standards, esp I'm a senior now and cannot rely on other pro players to help cover up my mistakes anymore. Just some thoughts, couldn't get enough of Sungha's playing and I thought he was given a rather short time (maybe cos I gt a bit bored at Reed's segment, sry Reed) Haha but Reed was quite humorous and he came in a T-shirt and berms lol.
Last Wed went out with TJ clique to sing k at NTUA. Was feeling a bit fiesty and angry lol, prolly cos the time of the month is nearing. Got 3 (and a half) blisters after climbing up the hill, which added on to my angry mood lol. But was a fun day singing k, and I managed to pull off Zhang Shao Han's Bu Tong! Haha I can't hear how I really sounded, but I think I didn't go out of tune ba :/ Quite pleased with myself lol haha and actually this is the first time I went singing with TJ clique. First time singing Hebe's songs in public also lol (^^) After that went for dinner at Clementi mall ichiban! Ate a very salty chicken with egg. Very nice to go out with frens once in a long while! ^^ I think my angsty mood died down at the end of the day but it restarted on the train home agn lol.
Tuesday went for ls car wash. Washed 7 cars (6 actually cos the others were alrdy washing one car when we arrived) and got a horrible sunburn! >< Pain! I din realise I got sunburnt until the end of the day. Maybe the reflecting surface of the cars contributed to the horrible burn. Mainly on my arms and a bit on the legs. And I got distinct slipper marks now lol. Lucky I din wear watch if not I will get watch marks too lol. Must get sunblock for Sentosa!
Ok I think that's all for this long post about the past week. Project a little on the coming week.....
Will be SUing my gem ltr during the day, and meeting my partner online to do the marketing proposal for sem 1 concert. I need more bright ideas! Heh feel excited about the fb page! Erm... then I cannot think of anything else for the next week le. Maybe do MF stuffs?
Labels: guitar, holidays2012, School, violin
Monday, May 21, 2012
Upcoming!
Ok, suddenly guitar got a lot of engagements, which reminded me to update my calendar before something clashes with something. Practised a bit of violin today, got icky scratchy sounds when I tried to play notes. So now I can only play open strings lol. And the mute doesn't seem to work :/
Tmr gng to help with the life science car wash, from morning till late afternoon. Then having an outing with TJ clique on the day after. Then might be tutoring my cousin one of these days. Then going for a concert on saturday. Then violin lessons again. This week has been fully booked!
Seems like I'm quite free on the last 4 days of May, and June too. Let's see, nothing much in June, 23rd will be the start of weekly Sat sectionals. Ok, gotta do Matric Fair decorations, boards, banners and all that. Or I can try to take on tuition assignments. And start to think about publicity for sem 1 concert.
July should be the busiest! School will be starting!
May: All booked except for last 4 days
Last 4 days: design matric fair flyer hahaha
June:
Before 23: Prepare matric fair materials and publicity for sem 1 concert
23 and every Sat following that: Sectionals
July:
Early July: Submission of matric fair docs
2-3: Prep camp
3: An engagement?
12-14: Actual camp (Sectionals at 2?)
15: An engagement
16-22: Case competition
23: Decoration day
24-27: Matric fair (not sure if I'm going down everyday)
Late Jul: CORS bidding
Aug: Start of year 2 sem 1
11: An engagement
Oh yea, and forgot about rag lol. Speaking about rag, I should get a cleaning cloth to clean the dust off my violin after playing, currently I'm using tissue/ toilet paper lol -.-
Oh yea, I accidentally broke a strand of hair from the bow lol. Heart pain ><
And I've decided not to go for Hebe's concert. I would be very guilty to spend so much on a performance esp since I'm rather broke now and the opportunity cost is too high. Wait until I'm richer when I'm older ba.
Ok end of this calendar post!
Labels: holidays2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
First violin lesson!
Before I blog about my violin lesson today, I'll like to spend a paragraph on yesterday. Went to help out at the LSS booth at Science open house. Most memorable thing was that I was talking to ppl to call them join the camp, then I approached this group of 2 adults and a young girl. I couldn't figure out who was the one entering uni, so I asked and it was the girl. I rmbed thinking she seemed too young to be entering uni. Turned out she was only O lvl!! Haha, I excused myself and went away.
Back to topic, my long awaited violin lesson!! Haha, went in too early and ended up waiting. The lady at the counter led us up to the floor above and then led us to rooms at the 2 different ends of the block! Lol thought we will be tgt :( Anw, waited for 15 min before the previous student came out. My teacher was a filipina lady. Quite nice. The classroom was much larger than I expected. After I went in I got out my violin, then she told me abt parts of the violin and the bow.... then she taught me how to tune the violin on piano, tightening the bow (she didn't really tell me how much to tighten, just told me to maintain the natural curve of the bow, but the tightened bow doesn't really look naturally curved lol), and then how to hold the violin and the bow properly. Haha, the bow holding position is a bit awkward for me, as is the violin holding position. And then the part I was looking forward to! The bowing!! Haha. She told me to try bowing on the 4 different strings, A, D, G then E. Sound from the E string sounds weird to me haha. I think I like the A string best! :D
I was looking at the position of the bow on the string while the teacher was trying to maintain my elbow in that position, cos we're not supposed to move our elbow a lot, like gotta maintain it at the same level when bowing, like just the upper arm moves. I rmbed I couldn't see the D string properly cos from the angle that I was looking at the string, it just happened to fall outside of my glasses, or near the edge of my glasses, so I couldn't really see it properly and I was straining my eyes, felt a bit dizzy. The G string was quite low that I got a shock lol. Anyway I hit my violin when bowing the G string lol. And then my left arm hurt a lot cos it was doing nothing but supporting the violin (haven start on notes yet) so after a while it was aching. And I could feel my neck and back starting to ache too. Not forgetting the teacher keep correcting my grip on the bow cos my fingers, esp thumb and lil finger keeps tensing up haha and deviate from their correct positions (actually I'm not very sure, I should google it, as advised by my teacher).
The sound that I produced was generally ok, but after the teacher let go of guiding my bowing hand and left me to bow on my own, there were a few occasional screeches and scratchy sounds, she just told me to pull faster, and it worked! Haha, I guess I got tired after a while cos my eyes started to lose focus and I accidentally bowed 2 strings a few time :x Time flies, and cos I was the last student so she hastily packed up. I got her to teach me how to apply rosin to the bow before we started packing haha. After that went to meet WH, who was, to my surprise, already done and waiting for me downstairs. I bought a "A Tune A Day" as recommended by my teacher from the lady at the counter, who was also rushing to close for the day. $13! Haha I'm gng to see if I can use the book to prac my guitar.
Anyway, I was surprised she didn't put rosin on the bow before we began and what surprised me more was there was actually sound from the violin when we bowed it! Haha maybe I didn't tighten enough at home, so no nice sound. I was expecting a lot more from the teacher though, like the rosin thing, and she didn't told me to wipe my strings after playing (maybe cos it's time to close the place). Haha maybe I'm too worried about forming bad habits at the beginner's phase. But overall she's not bad la, and after hearing what WH said about her teacher (who also happened to be an FT), I think my teacher's not bad. Haha, furthermore it's only the first lesson, too early to judge also. So I'm looking forward to the next lesson and I'm gonna start practising (or trying out) on my violin tmr! ^^
So far only the travelling part is bothering me.
Labels: holidays2012, violin
Friday, May 11, 2012
Late post about ALR2012
Done the first draft for MF2012, gonna post about ALR now.
Morning, didn't keep up to my planned timetable and thus was unable to reach the venue by 9am cos the bus C won't come!! Lol. I missed a D2 cos it was in front of the A1 I was in but the D2 always drove off before A1 stopped. So I was stuck at YIH, sweaty (no idea why) and waiting for C. Finally C came and alighted opposite UCC. Met MH on the way and it turned out she's from dance smth (I forgt, ensemble or synergy?) Anw, we wore our genus shirt!! Hehehe. Went to register and got a huge bound book with all the SOP, a file with all the notes for the talks later, a nametag and a shirt. Haven really taken a good look at the shirt yet, but from what I saw it's quite nice. Anw we had morning tea! Just drank a cup of tea cos I ate alrdy. Then we went in to UCC Theatre, and then came out for games, the first one where everyone was given a word and we had to form a paragraph. Haha not easy cos there were words like "and", "the"..... Could fit anywhere. I took "opportunites"! Haha. Then we were split into groups and started the cross the river with the materials you were given game. I was in group A. Haha. Saw a fellow group mate from mazarin camp last time. How coincidental, she was from dance ensemble. Then we went in for the talks... And then some random games of knowing each other. Haha made a fren xiangyun from CO. Cool, but then I wasn't staying for the entire duration so probably we will forget each other as time passes :( Then had a tour around UCC, went to Hall, Theatre and Dance Studio. Learnt many things about the venues, I hope we can get the Hall for our next performance or smth. Didn't manage to get to go up to the cool catwalk. All those technical terms reminded me of drama, speaking of which, TJ Drama gt a GwH for SYF. Haha, knew they could do it. Haiz, maybe I'm just not suitable for drama. Nvm, I'm very happy in guitar now <3
Then it was lunch! Haha, after that we went in for more talks and more games again. There was a game where we had to write down some issues pertaining to the next NAF's theme. Nice time brainstorming, but the markers no ink lol :( Then there was an afternoon tea and then it ended off with a few talks.
And we got to submit our NAF proposal by June/ July (can't rmb when). Quite early considering NAF is March next year. And then there's Matric Fair coming up soon. Suddenly there seems to be a lot of things to do! *Panic mode on*
And I'm still thinking whether I should go for Hebe's concert! Cheapest $88 and I worry I don't have enough cos of violin which takes $100++ from me every month and I haven't secured employment. Should I?
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
A random post of many things
Wanted to post an update about yesterday's retreat, but have been procrastinating, so I think I'll post it later. There have been changes to my calendar recently:
WH suddenly smsed me that we are not gng amanda's concert anymore, so ok, tmr I'll just be out meeting anita and beatrice. (Makes mental note to charge lappie to full batt)
Suddenly received an email saying that I didn't get into the venus transit volunteering. That's funny, lol. (Makes mental note to ask A&B about it tmr, or ask CC)
There's a recce to sentosa this fri for the ls camp. They also told us that we might be needed to help wash cars and raise funds. I wouldn't mind, of course, if I'm free. (Makes mental note to save money for prep camp, camp, ls shirt, o shirt)
And not to forget, I was supposed to go engin rag with JQ. Dunno if she still rmb not haha. Feel like going to science rag too, to know more science ppl, but have to see if I'm free or not :/ ALR threw me into a state of panic, for there will be looming datelines coming soon! This reminds me of the datelines part in the pubsec role description and something abt a pubsec's job being never ending all round the year (HJ, 2012). And this reminds me of the need to get the hang of photoshop quickly. PS learning PS.
I should start planning my holidays carefully to make sure I spend my time fruitfully.
Goals this holidays (so that I will fulfill my main goal of spending time fruitfully):
1) Learn the basics of photoshop (bare minimum so that I can create publicity material for MF)
2) Practice my instruments (at least try to improve my sightreading for guitar and keep up with my violin lessons)
3) Think abt my plan for the next few sems (like what modules to take, if I want to go SEP, shall I change major to psych, or do a minor, my specialisation in ls, future career path etc etc)
4) Get to know more people, seniors juniors peers alike (get to know more ls ppl through ls camp, know more ppl through rag)
5) Have fun with friends! (outings!, know comm and other fellow members better, and I think there are quite a few june/ july babies)
6) Get a job if can (save money for violin lessons or buying birthday gifts or shopping for chocolates or just having a lot of money in my bank hahahaha)
7) Clean and tidy my rooooooom (self-explanatory)
8) Calligraphy! Lol ok if I'm in the mood for it
Well, I'm sure there are other things that I have/ want to do but didn't list it here. If I were to list everything down it would take until december to do so lol (unlimited human wants). This list is not exhaustive anyway. Just wanna remind myself that there are things for me to do and not to sit and stone in front of the com everyday, which is the opposite of what I want to achieve for this holidays. Wanna get as many check-offs as possible on this list. Gonna be a senior when school reopens :( old liao.
I'm long-winded indeed, even a random post also can talk so much and make until so looooooong.
Labels: holidays2012, random
Monday, May 7, 2012
A violin!
I've bought a violin! And signed up for lessons! Haha ok it's not a high end violin, just a beginner's, or maybe it could be a VSO, or maybe a little more than a VSO cos I thought it sounded ok. But haha, I love it cos it costs $200+ and it means another dream close to being fulfilled! ^^ Can't wait to try it, but I'm exhausted now from running all over the place today. Morning orientation meeting in sch, then go to PP, then go to kovan, and then to marina sq to buy the violin. Oh man, spent nearly $500 today on violin-related stuff! Going into extreme money saving mode. And there's still Arts Leaders Retreat tmr. So maybe I'll try out on the violin on wed? Looking fwd to the first lesson! ^^
Labels: holidays2012, violin
Holidays!
The exams are over and the holidays start! Actually my last paper was on 27th Apr and I'm pretty satisfied with what I wrote, just hope the bell curve will treat me well :/ I'm prepared to s/u the gem, and I'm probably never going to take a maths/ stats mod again (but I still gt st1232 next year as a core mod!!! and I haven fulfilled my faculty requirement yet :( so means I might be suffering at the hands of maths/ stats/ physics again! And I can't s/u these mods!!)
Anyway, I 'll do a module review some other day. This post is supposed to be about the upcoming 3 month holidays that I'm having, and I really want to make it a meaningful one. The irony is even though I want to enjoy my free time and do things that I want to do, I probably can't find enough things to last me 3 months, or won't bankrupt me :/
Should I get an internship? Well, of course. But damn, I missed out on the TIP!! Totally forgot about it. They probably wouldn't accept me cos my grades aren't very good. Should I get a job? Definitely, but I hope I can find something that is related to my major so that I have an idea of what I can do when I graduate (time flies, I'm gonna be year 2 already!!) I'm in a dilemma cos honestly, I don't know what should I do in the future. I like Science, and before I was in JC I wanted to be a teacher. But now, seems like I'm easily influenced by people around me saying that being a teacher is not very good. It does carry some truth though, and I want to spice up my portfolio/ resume so that I can land the dream teaching job in the future. (If I can find work in a relevant industry and further my studies, I might be able to get to that.)
Let's see, what is in place for me this summer?
May:
7 (tomorrow, or rather, later): Orientation meeting in the morning in school, and then going to look at the music school and shop in the afternoon (I'm still undecided :/)
8: ALR
10: Watching RV Choir's concert (Makes mental note to save 7 bucks for this)
Plus gotta come up with a plan for matric fair. Like, I've forgotten about matric fair, lol. Suddenly reminded that it's coming soooon! Haha, I'm somewhat excited to meet the new freshies! I'm no longer a freshie :(
And I think I'm going for a guitar concert this month, somewhere in May. I've forgotten when's the date, I think it's towards the end of the month. And I still owe pq money! (Makes mental note to save 50 bucks for that)
June:
First few days (can't rmb when ><) going for an astronomy event volunteering in school haha. Sounds cool!! Astronomy!! And then I think I got nothing else in June le. Lol. Empty. Maybe I can get a job/ plan outing with friends during this month.
July:
Sounds busier cos school's gonna start soon. Hmm, let me try to recall, I think there should be more guitar stuff, like matric fair, planning for the next concert, might have pracs :/ And the orientation camp. (Makes mental note to save some money for the camp, like... $60? Enough??)
Now, what's with the making mental notes to save money? Cos I'm thinking of learning violin. And I'm not working, so that's gonna eat up a huge chunk of whatever I've saved from my past allowances, which is not a lot. The instrument itself is expensive (or else you won't get a good one) and then the monthly fees is another thing. I'm still deliberating about it, not just due to the money issue, but also time. Do I have the time? Studies + practicing guitar + comm stuff + practicing violin?? Studies are top priority cos I gotta push up that cap so that I can get into Hons or else employment might be harder to secure in the future. And comm stuff are on the same level as studies, cos I've committed myself to it and should do my best (And I've never regretted putting this commitment on my plate :)) So I shan't disappoint the seniors, my peers, the incoming juniors, and of course, myself. And then there's practicing guitar, I'm not very good at it, and there will be juniors coming in, so must not be too lousy or rusty if not got no face hahaha. And I don't know how prime's like, haha, sounds "easier" than alto generally, but is it really so? Haha, gotta train myself in chords and reading multiple notes at once. I'm still stuck with reading simple single notes lol. Really want to see improvements, currently I'm still stagnant. Thinking of getting books to prac (needs $$ too).
So how? Very scared I can't cope financially and with my time. And if I can't cope financially means I would have to get a tuition job or something. So the time available decreases even more. This reminds me of a picture I saw on FB:
Teens: got time, got energy, but no money
Working: got energy, got money, but no time
Old age: got money, got time, but no energy
Moral: Enjoy every stage of your life, cos you can't have everything at once
How true. Haha, and I've been wanting to learn violin/ viola cos I want to be in an orchestra. Haha. Now that I'm in guitar ensemble, I think this dream can be considered fulfilled? Really happy to play in an ensemble, playing with many others haha. Or the better players (which is like everyone) can cover my bad, wayward playing, hahaha. jk la, I really like to play tgt ok!
Suddenly had an image in my head, I'm working in Cadbury's factory and everyday I go to work with the aroma of chocolates welcoming me and surrounding me as I work; everywhere I go I'm surrounded by chocolate; every breath I take has a tinge of chocolately smell in it. Haha, best is if I'm working in the manufacturing dept, or something that can allow me to see the chocolates and smell them in the air (I sound like some predator). All these spell B-L-I-S-S. Haha, how wonderful will that be. But just a dream :( Singapore doesn't have Cadbury factories, the ones that manufacture chocolates I think.
In summary, my holidays = comm stuff + prac guitar + LS orientation (hopefully doesn't clash with guitar) + going for concerts + outings (1 as of now, will have more, if not I will plan, haha got bdays coming!) + get a job/ internship (subject to availability cos I'm on money conservation mode now) + adhoc stuffs (caligraphy cos I bought the paper alrdy; learning PS; packing my room and blah blah) + learning violin??
Looking forward to a meaningful hols!
PS Saw somewhr that Hebe's gonna have a concert sometime this year (forgot when). Feel like going! But subject to availability of money ($88 cheapest). And I feel like going for the next SHE concert (with approval from my wallet again) cos very long nv see them tgt and nv go this kind of concert before. Haha. Start saving/ earning money!! And scouting for people to go with me hehe. (Makes another mental note)
Labels: guitar, holidays2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Updates from the past few days
Last week is quite a happening week, considering that I mostly
rot stay at home during the hols. Hey I'm not rotting ok! I have stuffs to do hehe, just maybe not as much as other more hapz ppl. I prolly din deserve my break now, cos today (or ystd, as it has become) the results just came out. And it was horrible. Ok maybe not that very horrible, cos I managed to get the exact same cap as last sem! Lol, don't know if it's a good or bad thing. Ever since A lvls I've been getting B average. Last last sem like this, this past sem also. Except for the extreme dip in CM1401 and this sem's GEM2900. Who said GEM2900 was easy huh!!! So far all my frens that I know of got the same result as me lol. And I got the same grade for CM1401 and GEM2900. So my grades are "doomed" to be all Bs, be it B+, B or B-, and then one D+. A good thing is that I can SU the gem, so my cap prolly has a chance to increase, but not a lot I guess. Argh that CM1401 cannot be SUed! But then I would have used up one of my SUs. So gotta be careful in module selection and mugging from now onwards.
How surprising pleased I was for LSM1202! I thought I screwed it up badly and would prolly end up with a C or D. Ok with LSM1104, my core, what can I say (dun get me wrong I like all my core mods). And the profs are quite nice to us alrdy I think haha. Prof Ip!!! :DD Then there's SSA1201, ok la haha. A bit uncertain for the essay part, but I thought I did quite gd, but I am quite contended, maybe with a + at the back would be better. A bit disappointed with LSM1103, but maybe cos it's open book so the bell curve may have a greater influence on the final grade. And the botany mcqs during finals arghhhhhh. Till now I still dunno what is neoteny (which came out in the prac exam). A google search suggested that it may linked to paedomorphism. Oh goodness!!! I know what is paedomorphism lol. Damn could have guessed the correct answer. Argh! Definitely not the frog, hope I din put yes for the frog (oh but its over:((((( ) Ok, I should snap out of this talking to myself thing cos it's all over and I can't change my results. Bad result for GEM2900, but sort of expected. Din even finish most of the paper, and whatever I wrote I was certain they are all gibberish and I would definitely get 0 for this mod. Maybe the CAs helped me a bit. Oh and the bell curve too. Just a bit sad that the MCs couldn't be counted towards graduation and this means I don't have a GEM! Means I gotta overload next sem most prolly (and I'm still thinking of taking a psych minor, afterall it's what I wanted for so long, to study psychology). I don't mind spending the rest of my UEs on psych mods, thrs nothing else I'm dying to take alrdy (other than psych, must at least take PL1101E and abnormal psych before I grad) -.- Even if it means having to overload and "waste" 6 of my UEs on a psych minor, I still feel strongly that it is the way to go. I have decided that either I'll try to do double major for psych and ls, or in the event I can't, I'll take either as a major and the other as a minor. I hope that I still can study psych in the future, like a Masters or smth, if I ever one day decide that I'm not cut to be a biologist and is simply misguided all these years into thinking I loved biology.
Okok stop all these serious thinking, this post is supposed to be light and relaxing before I turn in for the night. Had my violin lesson ystd (or more like the day before cos its tuesday now) and worked on switching the bow on different strings, up bows and down bows, bowing for different note values. Need to improve on my sightreading. I'm really glad I have a bit of experience reading music in guitar, if not I would be a total newbie with a phobia of reading notes and then I would progress really sloooooow. Well, I hope I can continue with violin and not have to disrupt it halfway cos I can't juggle between my commitments: guitar pracs, guitar comm, studies (might be overloading), violin, other commitments I might be taking up like tutoring my cousin and my sister more, or taking on tuition assignments. Really hope I can continue with learning violin cos I feel it would be a beneficial relationship in my learning of the guitar and the violin. I can apply what I have learnt in violin in guitar, I really hope my sightreading and theory will improve. Both are stringed instruments with the need to keep one's left hand nails short. Haha, I guess I have been affected ever since that day, the PDP exhibition for the J1s. I rmb I was sitting in the black box with other drama members, relaxing cos thr was no J1 in the black box, and then suddenly I heard string ensemble and guitar ensemble playing a tune tgt. I think it was a violin-guitar duet (I think!) and I fell in love with it! So nice! And then suddenly I wondered what am I doing in the black box instead of doing such cool stuffs like playing nice music. Ok, enough reminiscing, so I am indeed very happy that I'm on my way to become a violinist and guitarist. Esp since nus guitar has been so awesome haha.
Went on early Sat morning for meeting in cfa. Lasted till abt 4 smth, or 5 plus (I can't rmb), which resulted in us not having enough time to eat a proper dinner. Went to the venue hastily haha. Sungha Jung was amazing!! So cute! Haha, thanks to hanwen we were able to take pictures with him! So super cute, better looking than how he was in the youtube videos. Skinny legs! Preston Reed was cool with his techniques at playing the guitar, but I guess contemporary and popular pieces attracted the audience more than cool techniques but not very memorable and sound alike tunes. Both are unique and great guitarists in their own way though, to each his own! And the concert has certainly motivated me to up my guitar playing standards, esp I'm a senior now and cannot rely on other pro players to help cover up my mistakes anymore. Just some thoughts, couldn't get enough of Sungha's playing and I thought he was given a rather short time (maybe cos I gt a bit bored at Reed's segment, sry Reed) Haha but Reed was quite humorous and he came in a T-shirt and berms lol.
Last Wed went out with TJ clique to sing k at NTUA. Was feeling a bit fiesty and angry lol, prolly cos the time of the month is nearing. Got 3 (and a half) blisters after climbing up the hill, which added on to my angry mood lol. But was a fun day singing k, and I managed to pull off Zhang Shao Han's Bu Tong! Haha I can't hear how I really sounded, but I think I didn't go out of tune ba :/ Quite pleased with myself lol haha and actually this is the first time I went singing with TJ clique. First time singing Hebe's songs in public also lol (^^) After that went for dinner at Clementi mall ichiban! Ate a very salty chicken with egg. Very nice to go out with frens once in a long while! ^^ I think my angsty mood died down at the end of the day but it restarted on the train home agn lol.
Tuesday went for ls car wash. Washed 7 cars (6 actually cos the others were alrdy washing one car when we arrived) and got a horrible sunburn! >< Pain! I din realise I got sunburnt until the end of the day. Maybe the reflecting surface of the cars contributed to the horrible burn. Mainly on my arms and a bit on the legs. And I got distinct slipper marks now lol. Lucky I din wear watch if not I will get watch marks too lol. Must get sunblock for Sentosa!
Ok I think that's all for this long post about the past week. Project a little on the coming week.....
Will be SUing my gem ltr during the day, and meeting my partner online to do the marketing proposal for sem 1 concert. I need more bright ideas! Heh feel excited about the fb page! Erm... then I cannot think of anything else for the next week le. Maybe do MF stuffs?
Labels: guitar, holidays2012, School, violin
Monday, May 21, 2012
Upcoming!
Ok, suddenly guitar got a lot of engagements, which reminded me to update my calendar before something clashes with something. Practised a bit of violin today, got icky scratchy sounds when I tried to play notes. So now I can only play open strings lol. And the mute doesn't seem to work :/
Tmr gng to help with the life science car wash, from morning till late afternoon. Then having an outing with TJ clique on the day after. Then might be tutoring my cousin one of these days. Then going for a concert on saturday. Then violin lessons again. This week has been fully booked!
Seems like I'm quite free on the last 4 days of May, and June too. Let's see, nothing much in June, 23rd will be the start of weekly Sat sectionals. Ok, gotta do Matric Fair decorations, boards, banners and all that. Or I can try to take on tuition assignments. And start to think about publicity for sem 1 concert.
July should be the busiest! School will be starting!
May: All booked except for last 4 days
Last 4 days: design matric fair flyer hahaha
June:
Before 23: Prepare matric fair materials and publicity for sem 1 concert
23 and every Sat following that: Sectionals
July:
Early July: Submission of matric fair docs
2-3: Prep camp
3: An engagement?
12-14: Actual camp (Sectionals at 2?)
15: An engagement
16-22: Case competition
23: Decoration day
24-27: Matric fair (not sure if I'm going down everyday)
Late Jul: CORS bidding
Aug: Start of year 2 sem 1
11: An engagement
Oh yea, and forgot about rag lol. Speaking about rag, I should get a cleaning cloth to clean the dust off my violin after playing, currently I'm using tissue/ toilet paper lol -.-
Oh yea, I accidentally broke a strand of hair from the bow lol. Heart pain ><
And I've decided not to go for Hebe's concert. I would be very guilty to spend so much on a performance esp since I'm rather broke now and the opportunity cost is too high. Wait until I'm richer when I'm older ba.
Ok end of this calendar post!
Labels: holidays2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
First violin lesson!
Before I blog about my violin lesson today, I'll like to spend a paragraph on yesterday. Went to help out at the LSS booth at Science open house. Most memorable thing was that I was talking to ppl to call them join the camp, then I approached this group of 2 adults and a young girl. I couldn't figure out who was the one entering uni, so I asked and it was the girl. I rmbed thinking she seemed too young to be entering uni. Turned out she was only O lvl!! Haha, I excused myself and went away.
Back to topic, my long awaited violin lesson!! Haha, went in too early and ended up waiting. The lady at the counter led us up to the floor above and then led us to rooms at the 2 different ends of the block! Lol thought we will be tgt :( Anw, waited for 15 min before the previous student came out. My teacher was a filipina lady. Quite nice. The classroom was much larger than I expected. After I went in I got out my violin, then she told me abt parts of the violin and the bow.... then she taught me how to tune the violin on piano, tightening the bow (she didn't really tell me how much to tighten, just told me to maintain the natural curve of the bow, but the tightened bow doesn't really look naturally curved lol), and then how to hold the violin and the bow properly. Haha, the bow holding position is a bit awkward for me, as is the violin holding position. And then the part I was looking forward to! The bowing!! Haha. She told me to try bowing on the 4 different strings, A, D, G then E. Sound from the E string sounds weird to me haha. I think I like the A string best! :D
I was looking at the position of the bow on the string while the teacher was trying to maintain my elbow in that position, cos we're not supposed to move our elbow a lot, like gotta maintain it at the same level when bowing, like just the upper arm moves. I rmbed I couldn't see the D string properly cos from the angle that I was looking at the string, it just happened to fall outside of my glasses, or near the edge of my glasses, so I couldn't really see it properly and I was straining my eyes, felt a bit dizzy. The G string was quite low that I got a shock lol. Anyway I hit my violin when bowing the G string lol. And then my left arm hurt a lot cos it was doing nothing but supporting the violin (haven start on notes yet) so after a while it was aching. And I could feel my neck and back starting to ache too. Not forgetting the teacher keep correcting my grip on the bow cos my fingers, esp thumb and lil finger keeps tensing up haha and deviate from their correct positions (actually I'm not very sure, I should google it, as advised by my teacher).
The sound that I produced was generally ok, but after the teacher let go of guiding my bowing hand and left me to bow on my own, there were a few occasional screeches and scratchy sounds, she just told me to pull faster, and it worked! Haha, I guess I got tired after a while cos my eyes started to lose focus and I accidentally bowed 2 strings a few time :x Time flies, and cos I was the last student so she hastily packed up. I got her to teach me how to apply rosin to the bow before we started packing haha. After that went to meet WH, who was, to my surprise, already done and waiting for me downstairs. I bought a "A Tune A Day" as recommended by my teacher from the lady at the counter, who was also rushing to close for the day. $13! Haha I'm gng to see if I can use the book to prac my guitar.
Anyway, I was surprised she didn't put rosin on the bow before we began and what surprised me more was there was actually sound from the violin when we bowed it! Haha maybe I didn't tighten enough at home, so no nice sound. I was expecting a lot more from the teacher though, like the rosin thing, and she didn't told me to wipe my strings after playing (maybe cos it's time to close the place). Haha maybe I'm too worried about forming bad habits at the beginner's phase. But overall she's not bad la, and after hearing what WH said about her teacher (who also happened to be an FT), I think my teacher's not bad. Haha, furthermore it's only the first lesson, too early to judge also. So I'm looking forward to the next lesson and I'm gonna start practising (or trying out) on my violin tmr! ^^
So far only the travelling part is bothering me.
Labels: holidays2012, violin
Friday, May 11, 2012
Late post about ALR2012
Done the first draft for MF2012, gonna post about ALR now.
Morning, didn't keep up to my planned timetable and thus was unable to reach the venue by 9am cos the bus C won't come!! Lol. I missed a D2 cos it was in front of the A1 I was in but the D2 always drove off before A1 stopped. So I was stuck at YIH, sweaty (no idea why) and waiting for C. Finally C came and alighted opposite UCC. Met MH on the way and it turned out she's from dance smth (I forgt, ensemble or synergy?) Anw, we wore our genus shirt!! Hehehe. Went to register and got a huge bound book with all the SOP, a file with all the notes for the talks later, a nametag and a shirt. Haven really taken a good look at the shirt yet, but from what I saw it's quite nice. Anw we had morning tea! Just drank a cup of tea cos I ate alrdy. Then we went in to UCC Theatre, and then came out for games, the first one where everyone was given a word and we had to form a paragraph. Haha not easy cos there were words like "and", "the"..... Could fit anywhere. I took "opportunites"! Haha. Then we were split into groups and started the cross the river with the materials you were given game. I was in group A. Haha. Saw a fellow group mate from mazarin camp last time. How coincidental, she was from dance ensemble. Then we went in for the talks... And then some random games of knowing each other. Haha made a fren xiangyun from CO. Cool, but then I wasn't staying for the entire duration so probably we will forget each other as time passes :( Then had a tour around UCC, went to Hall, Theatre and Dance Studio. Learnt many things about the venues, I hope we can get the Hall for our next performance or smth. Didn't manage to get to go up to the cool catwalk. All those technical terms reminded me of drama, speaking of which, TJ Drama gt a GwH for SYF. Haha, knew they could do it. Haiz, maybe I'm just not suitable for drama. Nvm, I'm very happy in guitar now <3
Then it was lunch! Haha, after that we went in for more talks and more games again. There was a game where we had to write down some issues pertaining to the next NAF's theme. Nice time brainstorming, but the markers no ink lol :( Then there was an afternoon tea and then it ended off with a few talks.
And we got to submit our NAF proposal by June/ July (can't rmb when). Quite early considering NAF is March next year. And then there's Matric Fair coming up soon. Suddenly there seems to be a lot of things to do! *Panic mode on*
And I'm still thinking whether I should go for Hebe's concert! Cheapest $88 and I worry I don't have enough cos of violin which takes $100++ from me every month and I haven't secured employment. Should I?
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
A random post of many things
Wanted to post an update about yesterday's retreat, but have been procrastinating, so I think I'll post it later. There have been changes to my calendar recently:
WH suddenly smsed me that we are not gng amanda's concert anymore, so ok, tmr I'll just be out meeting anita and beatrice. (Makes mental note to charge lappie to full batt)
Suddenly received an email saying that I didn't get into the venus transit volunteering. That's funny, lol. (Makes mental note to ask A&B about it tmr, or ask CC)
There's a recce to sentosa this fri for the ls camp. They also told us that we might be needed to help wash cars and raise funds. I wouldn't mind, of course, if I'm free. (Makes mental note to save money for prep camp, camp, ls shirt, o shirt)
And not to forget, I was supposed to go engin rag with JQ. Dunno if she still rmb not haha. Feel like going to science rag too, to know more science ppl, but have to see if I'm free or not :/ ALR threw me into a state of panic, for there will be looming datelines coming soon! This reminds me of the datelines part in the pubsec role description and something abt a pubsec's job being never ending all round the year (HJ, 2012). And this reminds me of the need to get the hang of photoshop quickly. PS learning PS.
I should start planning my holidays carefully to make sure I spend my time fruitfully.
Goals this holidays (so that I will fulfill my main goal of spending time fruitfully):
1) Learn the basics of photoshop (bare minimum so that I can create publicity material for MF)
2) Practice my instruments (at least try to improve my sightreading for guitar and keep up with my violin lessons)
3) Think abt my plan for the next few sems (like what modules to take, if I want to go SEP, shall I change major to psych, or do a minor, my specialisation in ls, future career path etc etc)
4) Get to know more people, seniors juniors peers alike (get to know more ls ppl through ls camp, know more ppl through rag)
5) Have fun with friends! (outings!, know comm and other fellow members better, and I think there are quite a few june/ july babies)
6) Get a job if can (save money for violin lessons or buying birthday gifts or shopping for chocolates or just having a lot of money in my bank hahahaha)
7) Clean and tidy my rooooooom (self-explanatory)
8) Calligraphy! Lol ok if I'm in the mood for it
Well, I'm sure there are other things that I have/ want to do but didn't list it here. If I were to list everything down it would take until december to do so lol (unlimited human wants). This list is not exhaustive anyway. Just wanna remind myself that there are things for me to do and not to sit and stone in front of the com everyday, which is the opposite of what I want to achieve for this holidays. Wanna get as many check-offs as possible on this list. Gonna be a senior when school reopens :( old liao.
I'm long-winded indeed, even a random post also can talk so much and make until so looooooong.
Labels: holidays2012, random
Monday, May 7, 2012
A violin!
I've bought a violin! And signed up for lessons! Haha ok it's not a high end violin, just a beginner's, or maybe it could be a VSO, or maybe a little more than a VSO cos I thought it sounded ok. But haha, I love it cos it costs $200+ and it means another dream close to being fulfilled! ^^ Can't wait to try it, but I'm exhausted now from running all over the place today. Morning orientation meeting in sch, then go to PP, then go to kovan, and then to marina sq to buy the violin. Oh man, spent nearly $500 today on violin-related stuff! Going into extreme money saving mode. And there's still Arts Leaders Retreat tmr. So maybe I'll try out on the violin on wed? Looking fwd to the first lesson! ^^
Labels: holidays2012, violin
Holidays!
The exams are over and the holidays start! Actually my last paper was on 27th Apr and I'm pretty satisfied with what I wrote, just hope the bell curve will treat me well :/ I'm prepared to s/u the gem, and I'm probably never going to take a maths/ stats mod again (but I still gt st1232 next year as a core mod!!! and I haven fulfilled my faculty requirement yet :( so means I might be suffering at the hands of maths/ stats/ physics again! And I can't s/u these mods!!)
Anyway, I 'll do a module review some other day. This post is supposed to be about the upcoming 3 month holidays that I'm having, and I really want to make it a meaningful one. The irony is even though I want to enjoy my free time and do things that I want to do, I probably can't find enough things to last me 3 months, or won't bankrupt me :/
Should I get an internship? Well, of course. But damn, I missed out on the TIP!! Totally forgot about it. They probably wouldn't accept me cos my grades aren't very good. Should I get a job? Definitely, but I hope I can find something that is related to my major so that I have an idea of what I can do when I graduate (time flies, I'm gonna be year 2 already!!) I'm in a dilemma cos honestly, I don't know what should I do in the future. I like Science, and before I was in JC I wanted to be a teacher. But now, seems like I'm easily influenced by people around me saying that being a teacher is not very good. It does carry some truth though, and I want to spice up my portfolio/ resume so that I can land the dream teaching job in the future. (If I can find work in a relevant industry and further my studies, I might be able to get to that.)
Let's see, what is in place for me this summer?
May:
7 (tomorrow, or rather, later): Orientation meeting in the morning in school, and then going to look at the music school and shop in the afternoon (I'm still undecided :/)
8: ALR
10: Watching RV Choir's concert (Makes mental note to save 7 bucks for this)
Plus gotta come up with a plan for matric fair. Like, I've forgotten about matric fair, lol. Suddenly reminded that it's coming soooon! Haha, I'm somewhat excited to meet the new freshies! I'm no longer a freshie :(
And I think I'm going for a guitar concert this month, somewhere in May. I've forgotten when's the date, I think it's towards the end of the month. And I still owe pq money! (Makes mental note to save 50 bucks for that)
June:
First few days (can't rmb when ><) going for an astronomy event volunteering in school haha. Sounds cool!! Astronomy!! And then I think I got nothing else in June le. Lol. Empty. Maybe I can get a job/ plan outing with friends during this month.
July:
Sounds busier cos school's gonna start soon. Hmm, let me try to recall, I think there should be more guitar stuff, like matric fair, planning for the next concert, might have pracs :/ And the orientation camp. (Makes mental note to save some money for the camp, like... $60? Enough??)
Now, what's with the making mental notes to save money? Cos I'm thinking of learning violin. And I'm not working, so that's gonna eat up a huge chunk of whatever I've saved from my past allowances, which is not a lot. The instrument itself is expensive (or else you won't get a good one) and then the monthly fees is another thing. I'm still deliberating about it, not just due to the money issue, but also time. Do I have the time? Studies + practicing guitar + comm stuff + practicing violin?? Studies are top priority cos I gotta push up that cap so that I can get into Hons or else employment might be harder to secure in the future. And comm stuff are on the same level as studies, cos I've committed myself to it and should do my best (And I've never regretted putting this commitment on my plate :)) So I shan't disappoint the seniors, my peers, the incoming juniors, and of course, myself. And then there's practicing guitar, I'm not very good at it, and there will be juniors coming in, so must not be too lousy or rusty if not got no face hahaha. And I don't know how prime's like, haha, sounds "easier" than alto generally, but is it really so? Haha, gotta train myself in chords and reading multiple notes at once. I'm still stuck with reading simple single notes lol. Really want to see improvements, currently I'm still stagnant. Thinking of getting books to prac (needs $$ too).
So how? Very scared I can't cope financially and with my time. And if I can't cope financially means I would have to get a tuition job or something. So the time available decreases even more. This reminds me of a picture I saw on FB:
Teens: got time, got energy, but no money
Working: got energy, got money, but no time
Old age: got money, got time, but no energy
Moral: Enjoy every stage of your life, cos you can't have everything at once
How true. Haha, and I've been wanting to learn violin/ viola cos I want to be in an orchestra. Haha. Now that I'm in guitar ensemble, I think this dream can be considered fulfilled? Really happy to play in an ensemble, playing with many others haha. Or the better players (which is like everyone) can cover my bad, wayward playing, hahaha. jk la, I really like to play tgt ok!
Suddenly had an image in my head, I'm working in Cadbury's factory and everyday I go to work with the aroma of chocolates welcoming me and surrounding me as I work; everywhere I go I'm surrounded by chocolate; every breath I take has a tinge of chocolately smell in it. Haha, best is if I'm working in the manufacturing dept, or something that can allow me to see the chocolates and smell them in the air (I sound like some predator). All these spell B-L-I-S-S. Haha, how wonderful will that be. But just a dream :( Singapore doesn't have Cadbury factories, the ones that manufacture chocolates I think.
In summary, my holidays = comm stuff + prac guitar + LS orientation (hopefully doesn't clash with guitar) + going for concerts + outings (1 as of now, will have more, if not I will plan, haha got bdays coming!) + get a job/ internship (subject to availability cos I'm on money conservation mode now) + adhoc stuffs (caligraphy cos I bought the paper alrdy; learning PS; packing my room and blah blah) + learning violin??
Looking forward to a meaningful hols!
PS Saw somewhr that Hebe's gonna have a concert sometime this year (forgot when). Feel like going! But subject to availability of money ($88 cheapest). And I feel like going for the next SHE concert (with approval from my wallet again) cos very long nv see them tgt and nv go this kind of concert before. Haha. Start saving/ earning money!! And scouting for people to go with me hehe. (Makes another mental note)
Labels: guitar, holidays2012
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Jul 2012
15: An engagement*
16: A case competition
20: Photocopy day
23: Decorating for MF
24 - 27: Matric Fair 2012*
Aug 2012
* Look forward to updates!
As the calendar fades
Past events
Aug 2011
09: NDP 2011
11: Start of school (A new chapter!)
Oct 2011
09: Guitarras Expresivas
Nov 2011
19 - 28: Sem 1 Finals
30: SSB Outing to Punggol #
Dec 2011
02: NDP11 YPC BBQ
05 - 10: Guitar camp #
11: 19 and unaccomplished night outing #
20: Release of Sem 1 Results
Jan 2012
04: Guitar chalet
05: Ikea trip
06: YPC lunch
07: Guitar prac
09: Start of school Sem 2
14: LPG2012 (Which I can't go)
23 - 24: CNY
Mar 2012
11: NAF12: Asian Waves #
13: Guitar Recording
24: Guitar AGM and Annual Dinner
28: Hall Application Results
Apr 2012
02: LSM1104 CA2
21 - 27: Sem 2 Finals
May 2012
07: Orientation meeting, going to see music school
08: Arts Leaders Retreat #
20: First violin lesson!! #
26: Sungha Jung and Preston Reed's concert #
28: Release of Sem 2 Results #
Jun 2012
12: Practising cowbell
21: Do matric fair publicity at partner's house
23: Start of sectionals #
24: Elva's birthday lunch #
30: Sectionals #
Jul 2012
02 - 03: LS Prep Camp #
10: Prac for cp #
12 - 14: LS Camp #
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