Sunday, March 05, 2006

So many things had happened over the past few days. Rather, important and tiring, yet exciting, things had happened over the past three days. How am I put it into words? Hmm... Well, just read the following and you shall find out.

27th Feb, 2006, Monday.
I must practised the Bach's Invention No. 2 on the xylophone. I must, I must, I must. Or else I will be so dead. Almost like what happened during Western Percussion class. Mr Yeo gave us all a mock-test. All thanks to LH, I was the last one to play otherwise, I could had been the second last. Anyway, just when I was about to play, the Percussion teacher/lecturer or whoever came in as he had a class after us. And he listened. I was shaking as I played. I was actually memorising the piece. Sadly, I lost my concentration a few seconds before Mr Yeo's mobile-phone rang. After that, I just totally lost it. Mr Yeo then told me to practice and he would test me again the next lesson. How glorious...
Choir test. Dr Goh called out the Year 1 first before testing us, MOE-trainees-to-be, and the brass players. Charm and I were the only Sop. 1s there. Die... And of all pieces and bars he wanted to use to test us, he had to use the "Lamb of God" which has that particular high G that we dislike very much, thank you. We had to sustain that note for 3 whole bars of 4 twice. Sick!!! What was wrong with that man??? The first time we sang it, Charm and I did not manage to hold it well but we managed to get it going during the second part. Sigh... The second piece was "I Believe". We were tested on the first part of the piece which, fortunately, we did well. In all, we passed. Horrible test...
TCC. Enx and I did something quite "horrible" to Jules and Charm. We "abandoned" them with ZQ and LH. Actually, the four of us, together with ZQ, took up LH's offer to visit his home. What a laugh! Boy, was he shocked when we showed our enthusiasm. Truthfully, I was not. Anyway, I went with them to the bus-stop and waited. And waited. And waited. After quite a long time, in fact, only 10 minutes had passed, that I started to grumble. And Enx felt the same. Thus, we left them at the bus-stop and headed to TCC to have a drink and get some work done. Ha ha ha. How evil we were. Anyway, the two of us sat there and did our Harmony homework until it was time to return to school for Piano Performance Class.

28th Feb 2006, Tuesday.
Had Harmony lecture in the morning. We went for lunch after that. However, Julia wanted to eat in the foodcourt while Charm and Enx wanted to eat at KFC. So, being the person I am, we split and I joined Julia at the Foodcourt after I went to Cold Storage to buy my lunch; sushi! Yummy... :P After lunch, Julia went to the hairstylist to get her hair coloured while we walked back towards school. I "sent" Charm off for her Piano study before heading towards the National Library to return the book and to kill time as I was waiting for Evan. I had to wait for about half-hour for the library to open as they had some function the night before. So, I was at the library for almost 2 hours before heading back to Bugis Junction to meet the girl. Did a little shopping on my own before she called. Oh my... I had quite a pleasant surprise to see not only Evan, but also Manda, Jas and Wen. I was so touched. :) Evan gave me a mobile-phone holder cum doggie soft-toy and that 3 gave me soft-toy lamb which have very big hooves. Tried and proven to be very good for doing the pounding/punching massage. Very good. Tried in on my mother last night. Anyway, I watched them eat at Pasta Mania while opening my presents. That was when Manda showed me the other usage of the lamb. Haha! We parted ways after that. Those 3 went of to Orchard while Evan took the MRT home as she was quite pressed for time.

2nd March, 2006, Thursday.
My birthday. The day I turned 18 years old. And of all days to pick, Mr Yap had to set aside that day for Harmony test. Irritating... Damn. Anyway, my presents started "pouring in" the minute I sat down. Before I could even look at the presents, it was time to start the test. I did hoped and prayed that I would, at the least, passed. After spending 1 & 1/2 hours over that piece of paper, we, Charm, Enx, Jules, ZQ, WX, LH and I, went off to Bugis Junction for lunch at Pasta Mania (there again after only 2 days). Damn! Forgot to get the card... *Smacks forehead... How stupid could I be. Anyway, I paid for the drinks and the lunch first before telling them to pay me back whatever amount they wanted, since I was the one ordering.
Anyway, these were the things they gave me. Charm gave me a cross-pendant with a clover in it, that came with a chain. Enx gave me a set of pink butterflies ear danglies and pendant with an attached chain. Unfortuntely, the chain was quite short. Very sweet looking. I doubt that I would wear it to school but only to dinners and other formal events, or maybe for a church wedding. Jules gave me black mug which has printed treble clef motives around it. (Before I begin, may I remind you, my dear readers, that I am talking about three guys.) The guys gave me two keychains which have my name(s) on them, a A5 yellow notebook and three small cards with each of their messages on each card. How charming... *Sarcastic manner... Jobyna gave me three small boxes of Meiji chocolates and candy, and something that reminds me of chocolate eggs.
Kor messaged me asking what I wanted, and the first thing I said was a school bag. And that was what he, and DaSao, got for me. I actually gave him a list of things, like a Nokia 7360 or a Ericsson 800i, and a wrist-rest. Oh well... *Shrugs... That was my brother. DaSao gave me the bag during dinner at the resturant. Kor then said that I had to wait for my other present, unless I wanted it soon, he would give me a colour picture of it. -.-' Dots... I guessed that he was refering to the mobilephone. Hahaha! :P We had chilli crab for dinner and I tell you, I was working damn hard over the crab before I could eat. And when I finally got the meat out of the shell, I was so tired that I hardly had the strength to appreciate the fruits of my labour, so to speak. Instead, I gobbled down the crab meat. When it comes to crabs, yes, I am the sort who likes to keep the best for last. I could not believe that I had turned 18...

3rd March, 2006, Friday.
Jules' 18th Birthday!!! One day after me. How interesting can life get? I shall get straight to the action, leaving out what we usually do on a friday. So, Jules was holding a party at the Aranda Country Club, which was next door to Downtown East in Pasir Ris, and invited the whole Yr. 1 MOE course and other people from the performing side. Unfortunately, not everyone turned up due to some other arrangements. Anyway, us four girls, with Jos, went to Pasir Ris first as the others still had other lessons to attend. There we met Jules' parents and Grandma. There were two bedrooms with attached bathrooms. We took one as our own. For NAFA only. Charm and Enx hit the bed early as I sat outside watching Kids Central. *LOLs... LH and ZQ arrived first without WX as the latter went home to put down his stuff. He stayed nearby, in Pasir Ris. Jules' church friends arrived about half hour after we did. When we had dinner, there was only the usual group of us, including Jos, from NAFA. Sadly, Enx had to go home soon after Jules cut her $88 cake. WX accompanied her to the bus stop as the only bus she could travel home in was just outside where he stayed. When we finally realised that those two were not around, Char said that they secretly went off to the beach together on the pretext of him walking her to the bus stop. And because she said it in such a serious manner, I really fell for it! Oh my... I so could not believe myself... AHHH!!! Jos went home some minutes after they did. YR and WK came later, followed by FRil and FRul, who were followed by Iv, who is from Yr. 2 Performing. Thus left 3 girls and a bunch of lunatics who called themselves "Guys". Sigh...
All I can say about that evening is that we did a lot of singing. And a lot of laughing. So much that by the time it got to midnight, my voice felt as if it was going away. Far, far away for a very, very long time... Yes. As I was saying... We did a lot of lame stuff that caused us to laugh a lot. ZQ kept on taupok-ing LH whenever he got the chance to do so.
Char and I made LH sad. We insisted that he should stay the night. Then he answered a call, speaking in Mandarin, he said that we did not allow him to leave. Something happened which I was quite fuzzy over but one thing was for sure, the moment he gained his "freedom", he said to us both, "Did you really think that was a phone call?", I snapped, and so did Char. The end result, the two of us were hot on his heels, with me shouting out, "You stupid idiot!". Jules' church friend stared at us both, as if we were some freak-whirlwind. Anyway, when he got out, I grabbed the oppertunity and took his shoes hostage in "our" bathroom. Somebody passed to me his bag, too. Haha! :P He begged us to let him go. Well, not the grovelling-on-the-knees kind of beg but something like that while standing up. Truthfully, I felt bad for him. It was as if he was forced to stay against his will. I know that kind of feeling. So, the poor boy went to sleep early. During that one hour or so that he slept, ZQ, YR, Char and I went walking to the beach. It was a nice and windy walk. However, I was feeling very sticky. By the time we sat down at some stools, I was already dozing off. We got back to the room at about a few minutes past 2am. Charm went to bathe first while I sat in the chair, listening to LH (he was awake yet lying down in a whole new position since the last time I saw him) and someone else (sorry, can not remember who that "someone else" was) talking, sometimes adding to the conversation, at times laughing like some silly-nilly even though I did not drink a lot of wine. It must be the atmosphere, not the intoxication. Anyway, I felt as if Char was taking a long time in the bathroom, even though she was brushing her teeth too. When I was finally cleaned, I sat in my chair, listen to the light chatter and the occasional singing, and I dozed off. During the night/early morning, I moved from the chair to the hard platform because it was freezing and I needed the blanket, before lying down on the platform because it was much comfortable than sleeping cross-legged. And there we were, 3 girls and 5 guys sleeping in one room. No definite sleeping "area" whatsoever. Tut tut tut. Whatever it was, I was the second last to wake up in the morning. I admit, I slept quite well.
Soon after we woke up, the whole lot of us "checked-out" at about the same time. I took the bus home from the interchange instead of just outside the chalet because I did not know that the bus would past by that place. Oh well... I dozed on the journey home. A good thing I woke up when the bus was near Eunos MRT otherwise I would had missed my stop.

So, that was really a fun day. And night. But very tiring. Oh well... That is what will happen when one only has about 3 hours of sleep. Hahaha! Will I want to go through something like this again? Hmm... Maybe. Who knows!

Au'revoir!