Ok gonna do a real update now about life and stuff, which I never actually do 'cause I don't think people will find my life interesting and how everything I blog about is in other people's blog. Will divide the stuff into three sections, Blog, School and Choir, in order of amount of content.
'Cause I've got OCD and I like it.
BLOG
Ever since the sec 3 camp, I really had no mood to blog, in other words, lazy. Also my skin (blogskin, duh) is getting boring so I shall change it soon. Gonna aim for bold colors this time, since I've been to subtle lately. Also, not only me but other people seem to be blogging less and less. I don't know why.
I've decided to not read blogs I'm not supposed to read. Well partially because people you don't know don't want you to read their blogs and I always have this urge to tag on that blog.
SCHOOL
Wow heck sec 3 life is more hectic than what I expected. At the start of the year, I decided not to slack anymore and actually study and do my homework. Well, that's not the case right now. Like everyone, my homework is snowballing. Especially maths homework. There's like 3 exercises, two of which are annoying steady hand graph questions which I totally hate.
Class deco is going quite nicely, although nobody wants to help do it and the simple task of cedric doing some vectoring on the white paper was said to "liven up the classroom" according to Ms Tan.
My L1R5 for last term was 11. Which means that I need to study more and facebook less. x_x. See if I can narrow it down to 1 digit for SA1. Although with all this crap about kinematics, I doubt it'd be easy for physics. Bio is also tough since Mr munir's going so quickly. Oh no I haven't started on the workbook. NAPFA season is around, which means more failing for standing broad jump and 2.4 for me. Malay is quite easy and chem is enjoyable. But everything about SS just wouldn't get into my head, principles what the hell.
Sometimes I wish that school is shorter. And why the hell am I studying SS anyway? Those Source Based questions is really annoying. I was glad that it left me after History last year but it struck back as SS. And not being unappreciative or anything but I don't see the point of studying about another country. I've learnt enough history about this country but not my own. I'd rather take SS about Indonesia than Singapore, since I need it more. Not that I have anything against singapore but I don't see a point in me doing it.
In conclusion school's not really the funnest thing in my life right now. I'll tell you what is.
CHOIR
To sum it up real quick, the choir has definitely improving and SYF is 4 days and 13 hours away.
Before the sec 3 camp, there was this Gala dinner where we got invited to sing in Ritz Carlton. One of the funnest moments before SYF, and a really relaxed performance. Although they stated that the dinner was worth 150 bucks, it tastes like hawker centre food. 'Cause I got the halal meal. Some people need to get that halal doesn't mean malay. I wanna eat chinese food too! Sung Iddem Dem Malida and Any Dream will do. With the (pro) Chengkan 'sight reading' any dream will do. Then sung the really weird victorian anthem. Don't smile! And Mr aw yong was like "I think it's in C major...wait F major" hahaha. The pianist plays some weird intro and none of us knew when to come in. So I just shutup until someone makes noise haha.
After the sec 3 camp, there was prac on monday. We went out for bowling. Originally we wanted to play in marine cove but there was some tournament thing so the lanes couldn't be booked until like 6. So we walked to burger king and ate there. When I reached BK, my throat was already killing me. I regret buying (and upsizing) barley, since I can't finish it 'cause of my throat. Then we went to Kallang leisure park to bowl. Eugene ownd us all.
But as I expected, I fell sick in the nights o I didn't go for that workshop with Mark Anthony, which according to many people, we didn't do well in. Must be 'cause I wasn't there. 1 lifeline gone. The rest of the week is just preparation for the saturday performance. Then came saturday's performance. A few choirs performed before us, including TKSS. It was my first time listening to their songs and I was like "ok...". Then sat beside Rifdi and his mat jacket.
Then came our turn. All I could see was bright light and the conductor's face. If I can remember our mundi was horrendous and our kucinta was ok. Then I went for friday prayers with rifdi while Johnlee and gang went to borders to read stuff. Johnlee's gang then went back to VJC to watch the second half choirs, which includes the JC choir. So me and Rifdi went there in the rain, lucky i got umbrella.
Went there, waited for the song to end and sat with johnlee and gang. Realized that the com is on the other side. Then Johnlee keep making sick remarks about the way clement was, ahem, "touching" his girlfriend. Fuhua's Pusikam song. Then there was commonwealth with their Echoey Yakobin. and Cat high with their Hana. We were starting to realize that it's not easy to get that Gold with honors. Then the joke about the commonwealth girl sitting directly in front of me and me opening my leg a liiittle too wide. Sherman conducted VJChoir. Cool.
The next week was I think the testing of the VCH. That was one of the only time when I felt the feeling of the white horse. I think the second time we sang it, the image came alive. But it was gone for the rest of the 2 hours. Mundi and Kucinta was good for a bit but it started to dull 'cause a lot of people were tired. Haha the way the pianist, Mr Chew I think, played during warmups was quite cool. With the chords during kucinta. On the way back the tenors (as always) are quite emo. Jun Yew emo 'cause of something caused by his absence during the march holidays and Rifdi pondering over his new love ♥
That same saturday (I think) was a 'friendly encounter' with TKchoir. Mass warmups was, I felt, Competitive. Because of this the sound was really raw and everyone's oversinging. Then performance time. Constant reminders NOT to do the choreo for Kucinta. Everybody was scared listening to their songs. And someone headbutted me on my shoulder. Geez.
With every practice comes an improvement. Although it may be little.
Then came the NYJC performance. After the mass warmups, NYJ choir sung. We immediately realized that the hall sucked balls so we came prepared. There were around 10 schools there. A few from the previous VJ performance. Mundi really sped up. With Joshua Chia oversinging beside me and everyone a little excited, our mundi sped up. And as usual the feeling won't be there if our timing isn't perfect. Kucinta was nice, with the audience laughing at our choreography. You know you made an impact when other people are singing your songs after the performance. (I heard a few miao here and there)
After that was TKchoir. I heard they didn't really put in effort for the second piece. Heard, I can't confirm the status. Not really much difference from their last performance. Second half had commonwealth and Cat High. Commonwealth sounded better there than on yesterday's performance. And cat high's first chord raised hairs. Talked a lot after that. Aaron gave scolded us for not performing that well, then Myo told me he's pissed with aaron for doing that. Tenor sectionals back in school. Half the tenors ate fried food (including me =P)
Then sectionals came. Enning spilt water on the floor. The hatred begins. I can see that Rifdi's really pissed with Enning. Yea me too but I can't show it. Even if I show it, they won't take me seriously. I've got to straighten up that kid.
The next week, this week, morning practice begun. Had one on wednesday. I remember during 2007 SYF we had morning practice like everyday for like 2 weeks before SYF. Compared to '07, there is much less stress this year.
Then came yesterday's performance. The four schools (Catholic High, Tanjong Katong, Victoria, Commonwealth) lined up. While waiting for Mr Chew to come, there was mass massaging. TK didn't do it 'cause they were in quartet, thus the risk of a bra being unbuttoned. Haha competed with cat high, unofficially, on who can chop the loudest.
We performed according to the days we are going to perform on the SYF period. Commonwealth started first. Being so close to the stage and the hall being dry, I can hear their mistakes quite clearly. Then we went up. We were screaming and speeding up during mundi, despite telling joshua not to oversing. TKchoir sung and me and Justin was trying to spot Joshua's alleged girlfriend. Not much difference from the last time. Same as cat high. Performance concluded with Mr Kwei saying that Cat high was the most stable in this performance. Went to parkway with Rifdi and Eugene afterwards and met up with the three sec 3 sops after that. Sat in borders while they ate reading MFK. Went home early so as not to be late for tuition.
Only 4 days and 10 minutes left to SYF. Let's make awesome music and make everyone proud.
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EDIT: I forgot to post this
way catchy!