some random thoughts while practising today...
how do we strike a balance between giving ppl a listening ear and wanting ppl to hear what we have to say?
to what extent should i play "freely" in a performance?
how hard should i try to fellowship with the college fellowship grp here? to be "included"? its not very nice when joelle and i try to eat on the same table and then realise that we both are really quiet and would rather eat on another table ourselves and then get called by another saying "isolating yourselves again?" hey come on! we're trying arent we!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
update!
I WANNA GO HOME! ROARRRRRRRRRR
My jury schedules are out. Piano juries' on May 6, supposedly at Kilbourne hall, according to my korean friend, ji young. hmm I had a make-up lesson with prof snyder today and totally just hun4 guo4 qu4 for that half hour or more...I think he gave me an OT. i'm gonna be dead on monday for my lesson. heh i'm supposed to bring in a new piece! AHHH!
on another note, I'm going to cleveland, ohio this saturday (tmr!) WHEEE! for only TEN BUCKS! eastman student association subsidies rocks my socks. hahaha i'm gonna watch midori perform tchai's vln concerto! and my all time favourite mussorgsky's pictures at an exhibition! I shall play the piano version someday together with that bach/busoni chaconne. HEH malisa work hard!
i havent written much about what i did over spring break. yes, though i was stuck in rochester for that whole week, it wasnt that bad. we had stuff to do that made us happy. cooked twice...first was doing jiao zi (for the first time in my life!!) that was postponed becos we were too busy during the real CNY and second was chicken rice cum guo tie! delicious! and watched late night movies with joelle whilst munching on microwave pop corn and wondering why the butter tasted so bland. oh and we had this dress-up-be-a-bimbo night organised by the bimbo queen christina. HAHA it was more fun than i expected it to be. hahahaha i cant believe i actually transported my clothes down two floors blatantly like that. and i got influenced to watch bimbo shows on youtube like nu ren wo zui da and kang xi lai le and yu le bai fen bai. we had time to go shopping at market place mall too for a whole day (we practised in the morning before we went haha) walked down to the area of clarion riverside hotel to take bus 24 (24 goes to marine parade!!!ah! one of the buses i took so often in singapore!) to marketplace mall becos the greenline bus from UOR was stupidly shut down for the break. so we bimboed ard in marketplace mall, walking to a particular shop that sold beautiful gowns (one day when malisa wins a concerto competition -nervous laughter- she'll go down to that shop to buy a gown) and trying on gowns, getting higher and higher after each one. it was very satisfying not having to keep track of time like "UOR bus coming in XXmins hurry hurry!" we went to weggmans after that to shop for the ingredients of chicken rice and dumpling making. took a cab back afterwards. rather interesting cabbing experience cos firstly visibility was so bad (there were sleets/hard ice falling) and there were only 3 cabs available. and the taxi company actually car pooled such that after picking us up went to another weggmans branch to pick up two others who were heading to eastman dorms. happen that we actually knew these two other ppl. hahaha
i havent tried uploading photos on my blog before. haha well heres the picture of one of the gowns i tried (my hair's off) and one of the pictures taken during the bimbo dress up party!
haha i'm destroying my geeky image.
on a more serious note, some reflections i gathered
1. we should always try to find joy in what we do!
i hated washing toilets so for a period of time i just got stuck at this "i hate washing toilets...get this done over as fast as i can" so the results were the toilets were washed clumsily. but when i started to convince myself that this will not do..i tried to find joy in it! like think of how the ppl using it would be happy since the toilets were washed sparkling clean and it made washing them more worthwhile! alright i know this is a stupid analogy.
i've been practising more this semester...locking up myself for three hours in that small little room in the mornings, practising vln in the afternoon and then piano at night for another two hours. its depressing sometimes and it gets lonely! but i take comfort that at least i'm playing music which is incredibly therapeutic. sometimes when i'm all angsty and emo, a good piano prac makes me well! well bringing mr duckduck and seeing it sit on the music stand watching me makes me happy too :)
oh well. i think i'm talking bird already.
2. we should accept our failures graciously! yes it sets us back but i think i learnt most through failures and it keeps my ego in check. hahaha
oh well. more another time i guess.
meanwhile i'm counting down!! 6 more weeks! WOOTS!
My jury schedules are out. Piano juries' on May 6, supposedly at Kilbourne hall, according to my korean friend, ji young. hmm I had a make-up lesson with prof snyder today and totally just hun4 guo4 qu4 for that half hour or more...I think he gave me an OT. i'm gonna be dead on monday for my lesson. heh i'm supposed to bring in a new piece! AHHH!
on another note, I'm going to cleveland, ohio this saturday (tmr!) WHEEE! for only TEN BUCKS! eastman student association subsidies rocks my socks. hahaha i'm gonna watch midori perform tchai's vln concerto! and my all time favourite mussorgsky's pictures at an exhibition! I shall play the piano version someday together with that bach/busoni chaconne. HEH malisa work hard!
i havent written much about what i did over spring break. yes, though i was stuck in rochester for that whole week, it wasnt that bad. we had stuff to do that made us happy. cooked twice...first was doing jiao zi (for the first time in my life!!) that was postponed becos we were too busy during the real CNY and second was chicken rice cum guo tie! delicious! and watched late night movies with joelle whilst munching on microwave pop corn and wondering why the butter tasted so bland. oh and we had this dress-up-be-a-bimbo night organised by the bimbo queen christina. HAHA it was more fun than i expected it to be. hahahaha i cant believe i actually transported my clothes down two floors blatantly like that. and i got influenced to watch bimbo shows on youtube like nu ren wo zui da and kang xi lai le and yu le bai fen bai. we had time to go shopping at market place mall too for a whole day (we practised in the morning before we went haha) walked down to the area of clarion riverside hotel to take bus 24 (24 goes to marine parade!!!ah! one of the buses i took so often in singapore!) to marketplace mall becos the greenline bus from UOR was stupidly shut down for the break. so we bimboed ard in marketplace mall, walking to a particular shop that sold beautiful gowns (one day when malisa wins a concerto competition -nervous laughter- she'll go down to that shop to buy a gown) and trying on gowns, getting higher and higher after each one. it was very satisfying not having to keep track of time like "UOR bus coming in XXmins hurry hurry!" we went to weggmans after that to shop for the ingredients of chicken rice and dumpling making. took a cab back afterwards. rather interesting cabbing experience cos firstly visibility was so bad (there were sleets/hard ice falling) and there were only 3 cabs available. and the taxi company actually car pooled such that after picking us up went to another weggmans branch to pick up two others who were heading to eastman dorms. happen that we actually knew these two other ppl. hahaha
i havent tried uploading photos on my blog before. haha well heres the picture of one of the gowns i tried (my hair's off) and one of the pictures taken during the bimbo dress up party!
haha i'm destroying my geeky image.
on a more serious note, some reflections i gathered
1. we should always try to find joy in what we do!
i hated washing toilets so for a period of time i just got stuck at this "i hate washing toilets...get this done over as fast as i can" so the results were the toilets were washed clumsily. but when i started to convince myself that this will not do..i tried to find joy in it! like think of how the ppl using it would be happy since the toilets were washed sparkling clean and it made washing them more worthwhile! alright i know this is a stupid analogy.
i've been practising more this semester...locking up myself for three hours in that small little room in the mornings, practising vln in the afternoon and then piano at night for another two hours. its depressing sometimes and it gets lonely! but i take comfort that at least i'm playing music which is incredibly therapeutic. sometimes when i'm all angsty and emo, a good piano prac makes me well! well bringing mr duckduck and seeing it sit on the music stand watching me makes me happy too :)
oh well. i think i'm talking bird already.
2. we should accept our failures graciously! yes it sets us back but i think i learnt most through failures and it keeps my ego in check. hahaha
oh well. more another time i guess.
meanwhile i'm counting down!! 6 more weeks! WOOTS!
Monday, March 3, 2008
9 more weeks to home Home HOME!!
Half a semester is almost over! YAY! After Spring break, April will come then TADA! May will come then TADA! HOME! :):):):) and then TADA! June will come too! :):):):):)
Ah but first, I have to finish my mid terms, which are next week but I havent got down to perfecting what I'm going to be tested for and I have to do my math homework. bleahhhh tired! Spring break is probably there for all of us to practise so I'll probably lock myself in the basement for hours and hours then JURIES. ROAR. I dont like the sound of juries cos I dont know what to expect. oh and indeed there is this scale test that I have no idea when or where or how is it going to be given.
oh la i think this time when i touch down in singapore i'll be feeling quite proud of myself having finished a year of uni studies! (provided my juries go well ahem) oh la oh la! nana and me have been counting down to ourselves the number of weeks! wheeeee! It's funny how I feel that time is passing by quicker this semester. which is good isnt it? then june will come come come! :D ah! so much to look forward to.
i watched southpark yesterday night with cheryl. it was funny how we both laughed at first and then after abt 40mins I peeped at cheryl and saw her eyes starting to close too. Indeed I can finally see the floor in my room but suddenly my room feels a bit too quiet. Hope dear peppy has a safe flight back! and lets hope i'll see you next semester here! YAY :)
Ah but first, I have to finish my mid terms, which are next week but I havent got down to perfecting what I'm going to be tested for and I have to do my math homework. bleahhhh tired! Spring break is probably there for all of us to practise so I'll probably lock myself in the basement for hours and hours then JURIES. ROAR. I dont like the sound of juries cos I dont know what to expect. oh and indeed there is this scale test that I have no idea when or where or how is it going to be given.
oh la i think this time when i touch down in singapore i'll be feeling quite proud of myself having finished a year of uni studies! (provided my juries go well ahem) oh la oh la! nana and me have been counting down to ourselves the number of weeks! wheeeee! It's funny how I feel that time is passing by quicker this semester. which is good isnt it? then june will come come come! :D ah! so much to look forward to.
i watched southpark yesterday night with cheryl. it was funny how we both laughed at first and then after abt 40mins I peeped at cheryl and saw her eyes starting to close too. Indeed I can finally see the floor in my room but suddenly my room feels a bit too quiet. Hope dear peppy has a safe flight back! and lets hope i'll see you next semester here! YAY :)
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