Friday, December 02, 2005
now i know how refat feels when he has a bad day in band. now i know how it feels like when people take ages to bring up their instruments. when sth attracts their attention and they dont pay attention to you when you're explaining sth super important. when you cant get the different parts to blend together no matter how good individual players they are.

now i know how it feels when you've done so much in one day and they cant rmb any of it the next prac.

but i have one thing he sometimes lacks - patience. no matter how much they test me im still hanging on. im not so easily defeated. i will get the results i want. and to do that i need patience. but time isnt on my side. so must push push push.

they have problems counting in C cut. some of them have problems watching me. sight-reading. tone wise. rhythm. no problems. the big headache is blending their sound together and making sure they come in on time.

the first day we didnt knw each other. i was nervous. and their sound then was pretty decent. but then when you start to go into details. the horror starts. suddenly my trombonists have no tone. balancing is off. all our hard work gone down the drain. how are they gonna survive thru syf? would they be able to take it once i start pushing them too much?

ascentium. 4 counts in 3+3+2. how how how? how to make them remember and not get confused? blahhs.

terribly exciting aye? haha :P cant wait. this is my project. MY project (: and i make sure i get tops. conducting is super fun lahhs. though i always made mistakes when it came to 3 counts. HAHA.

on a better note. there is this little boy in eupho. who plays that curvy tuba. HAHA :P omg! omg! omg! you guys should have been there when he played the solo for -beauty and the beast- DO YOU KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS?! O.O suddenly the room went quiet. it was only him and the conductor. super lahhs. the tone was so round! so RICH! so filled with emotions.

faints and dies.

my first and seconds. my god. their high notes. and their tone. powerful. POWERFUL LEHH. me lehh? like ant's hole like that. so tinny and tight. BUT still decent (: hahaha. and today i didnt bring my trombone. so the SL took me up to the store room and lent me one. they have 16-17 trombones!

wait not exciting enough is it? let me rephrase that.

they have 16-17 CONN trombones! and they're using christian lindberg mouthpieces! wah lao! do you know what is super pro or not? you think bach pro is it? CONN TROMBONE RAWKKS LAHH. even their beginner trombones are conn. steady lahh. choose my instrument also leg shake. hand shake. everything shake lahh. tskk!

that little tuba boy. the tuba is bigger than him. his tone is BIGGER than the tuba. supers! and he can run pretty decently. loud clear and smooth. faints and dies again. and the winds. keep running running running... these kids all younger than pri six. all like sec 2 standard like that. running notes so CLEAR LAHH.

i am in awe.

is it possible to faint and die again?

i listened to the pro band's version of beauty and the beast. i think it sucks. nothing compares to the little guy's solo. i keep thinking abt it. im falling in love all over again. how can anyone's tone be so nice? grhhs! ROAR!

my little third boy - nelson - loves to mumble to himself. and you know those little cute cute voice of young kids? omg. i kept laughing cause he was so adorable! SQUEEEEALS! :P and he'd repeat whatever the conductor says and keeps coming in at the wrong places cause he was too small to see the conductor. his legs dangle when he sits. we sit on double chairs. and the tbones and trumpets sit on like these platforms. so professional can? tskk!

one of the alumni. upper sec i think. TOOK PHOTOS OF ME SECRETLY! omg! i didnt knw until nelson tugged on my sleeve and went - teacherteacher. he taking photos of you secretly! lol. wah lao! and then he walked me a little way. and asked me all sorts of questions lahh.

you know its those kind of times when you just know. LOL. im so highh! undeniably i am flattered beyond description. muahahaha :P

and yesterday. this little boy came up to me and said - ackcueme. canihavetencentsplease? i looked at him and went - eh? he toyed with a dollar coin in his hand and repeated - ackcueme. canihavetencentsplease?

understanding dawned. i rummaged arnd purposefully in my wallet. and flourished it with much gusto. he looked at the ten cents and the dollar coin in his tiny hands and i told him - its ok you can keep it. he said - thankew. i feel good because i just gave him 10 CENTS (: yay!

and my second girl who was so tired at coming in at the wrong places told me - teacherteacher why you never teach us? you see la. we all always lost. i looked at her with exasperation. LOL.

conducting is funnn! i have found my love! i finally got to teach! super!

riahh ranted at 6:46:00 PM