thursday and friday was the last 2 days of guitar. it marked the end of the 4 day marathon and more importantly, it marked the end of my playing career in the ensemble. the past year of playing. was a wonderful experience. im kinda lost for words now. perhaps i shall talk about the camp first.
the camp was a lovely experience. no stress. cause we didn't need to practice anything. quick run through here. told to meet at 830. supposed to start at 9. think we dragged past that. put into groups. played some ice-breaker games. practice. went through book 2 with the j1's. lunch. practice, games. games were weird. involving candy. and soap. had a nice wash. didn't bring soap but i got a huge supply of it in one game. got hit by a bomb in a game in the face (once again) so my specs are kinda screwed now. wash up and dinner.
farewell was an emotional affair. not really a crying type. but more of a reflective type. reflecting on everything that we've gone through as an ensemble together. all the rubbish. the parodies that they made was great! and it was quite nice to hear the j1s play stuff for us. the thank you session also involved presenting the committee, nat saying a few words, showing us pictures and a dance! woots. nice job j1's.
after that was random performances. hotel california completed at last. 6songs by kanin. woots. screened movies while people had interviews till like 3+. watched blades of glory and jumper. was supposed to be a marathon till morning. but everyone konked out. so went to have cup noodles and sleep. woke up like 7+ in the morning by the bell. practice till lunch. clean up, random games, debrief. and that kinda marked the end. we had "appreciation time" and i got called nonsense, spastic and noisy. hahahx.
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perhaps i shall post my thoughts of guitar some other time. when i finish sorting them out. lolx.
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ACGE! 2ND ANNUAL GUITAR COMPETITION: 1ST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh ya. we took the best conductor award too, so it was a clean sweep. congrats jia lin!
the feeling you get when the results were announced. overwhelming. cannot be described. simply the best. no amount of cheering can show what we feel. it's great to end the season on a high note. i love ACGE more then ever. camp coming right up. will post photos of the trophy when i get the chance to =)
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whee! today marks the 4 days of guitar. today was a great day. cip at "Assisi Home and Hospice". quite funs! hahax. started with playing. i wasn't playing but me and linus made good metronomes. swaying about. hahax. at first the people there were quite dead. then they started to be more enthu. hahax. guess that's the power of music! hahax. they played bingo in which everyone won. hahax. so they got the souvenirs. hahax. we talked abit. some could speak chinese, others dialect. it's quite intersting to liste to their stories. but. we had to leave early. no idea why. hahax. makes me feel like going back again! hahax. i <3 acge! hahax.
speaking of the souvenirs. went out yesterday. got my shirt at last. hahax. went to ikea and lugged 18 mugs home. had to carefully carry them and wrap them. have to thank my dad for fetching me to school today. hahax. dunnid to lug everything to school. i saw a pair of converse shoes. costs 50 bucks. hopefully can sell my adidas superstar. then i can get that! hahax!
tmr competition. thursday and friday camp! whee! i love guitar. i love music. hahax.
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this week rocked. only 3 days of school. monday was vesak day. so no school. friday cpa opening. no need to go to school. no need to see teachers! hahax.
sunday went for co concert. at SCH. which was like in CBD. wanted to go for dinner there. but all closed. had to walk all the way to lau par sat. lmao. went out for supper at starbucks after that. talked about business. lolx.
monday's vesak day. go temple as usual. at least dunnid go school. lolx. didn't do PBL in the end. and i had to like rush it out on wednesday. well. bright side. 2/3 days of schools had guitar! whee. guitar is soooo much fun. i love the instrument. i love the sound. hahax. i love playing as an ensemble. whee!!!!!!!
friday. no school. woke up super early for "class outing" at ecp. biked for 2 hours. got abit of tan. stupid rip off BK. everything more exp. just like macs. after that went for GEBBQ at sarah's place. normal bbq i guess. eat, talked, play cards, cam whore. to think that we will soon be breaking apart. the camp's gonna be the last time we play as an ensemble. didn't think about that. quite sad. i wanna play somemore. i'll miss practices. i'll miss the people. i'll miss all the fun. ah well. all good things must come to an end.
well. the holidays are coming. actually, they're here. time to start mugging. real hard. lots of revision packages. work hard! i must not flunk. but first. guitar camp. looking forward to spending time with the ensemble again. i <3 acge!
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about me? stole the quiz from a friend's blog. how true is it i have no idea. but it is interesting.
Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.
Your views on education:
You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job.
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.
What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx
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went to co concert. was interesting. a new kind of music. different from my guitar. the conductor was super funny. i didn't know that hanging out with all guys can be interesting too. especially when women are so complicated. perhaps we can really come up with a business plan.
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school is getting to be a chore. haish. super sianz. really dread going to school now. really thankful for the holidays that are coming cause life and school is pretty much screwed up now.
dreading school i guess would be basically all the faces that we have to see. students are after all just students to some after all. what feelings would they have. almost every lesson we have now we have to face pms-ing teachers. which is seriously a turn off for lessons. how would we learn anything at all seriously?
and then there's the whole cip problem. the idea i guess is pretty much screwed now. poor planning, indecisiveness and naivety pretty much killed everything. i guess it was kinda of my fault for being apathetic. fears over safety, fears over scams. pretty much due to poor planning on our part. the response of people were interesting. i don't really know if i should be discussing it on such a public space. all i can say was fingers were pointed. criticised over and over again. kept beating about the bush. not solving anything but just scolding. and it is quite interesting to see how some behave. what they think of others. what they think of themselves.
with pretty much everything screwed what worries me now is the money. not a small sum. and i wonder how much i can recover. haish. life is quite screwed as it would appear. and i gave up going for bintan for this class cip. and now i can only regret. i seem to be always making decision that end up being wrong. but i suppose regret is only an understatement but yet time cannot be reversed so i can only live with it.
at the end of the day though. i guess i gotta thank those who put in so much effort to try make it work. the possibility of it going through now is pretty much zilch, but thanks for the effort though.
the only remedy i got the whole week was guitar! it was a great experience playing at the esplanade. if i could i would do it again. guitar has this wondeful soothing effect. it really helps to destress and just take your mind off stuff. then reality hits again. lolx. ah well. shall post the pics another day i suppose. when im not lazy. bye!
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birthday on 7th! thanks for all the well wishes. thanks for the sms's. thanks to my class ofr the cake. to be honest it was abit unexpected. thanks to the guitarists who wished me. thanks for the present i received.
my birthday cake from home!
hahax. glissando was a success i suppose. although we didn't play as well as we could. hahax. at least now our hectic schedule is no more. thanks to all who helped make it a great success! hahax. thanks for the flowers too! lolx. sitting on stage was kinda scary at first. but it was fun! hahax. i didn't really feel nervous when we started playing. it was fun! when we started beautiful girls. the audience were worked by sharul. super duper fun! hahax. the encore was funny cause it seemed kinda fake. hahax. quite obvious that it was staged. but many told me that una noche was the best piece. so i suppose it was an encore well done. hahax. it was great playing and listening to the audience's applause. hahax. good job acguitar! the sense of achievement after una noche was immense =) hahax. looking forward to the camp =)
my beloved G3's.
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