Wednesday, August 29, 2007

It is already my 140th post. Incredible. Waha!

This post is going to be filled with randomness so, you have been warned. Blah.

What is due...

... tomorrow??? Hmmm... 80% of the folksong arrangment. But mine is at present no where near that 80% mark. How???

... on Friday??? Counterpoint assignment 3C!!!

Is there anymore? Hmmm... Nope. Unless you want to include my little bit of conducting for CD&T tomorrow.

Something really funny happened today. Not to me, but it happened to Enx. Both the straps of her sandals broke off one after the other while was crossing the road to school this morning. Mind you, it was both straps of both sandals. LOL!!! She rang me up at home and asked to borrow a pair of footwear from me (I had to transport it to school, of course!). Tut tut tut... How laughable. Waha! During the time in between the end of composition lecture and Music Platform, Char and I accompanied the Neko to OG to buy a pair of sandals. Interesting...

Platform was another interesting one. The right side of the theatre cheered so loudly when Wunady came onstage to perform his piece. How sarcastic... Tut tut tut. There was a surprised encore piece; a first (second?) year student presented/performed his variation of 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'. It was really interesting; the different ways, types and flavours of music present in his variations, like arabic, eastern, Chopin-ese, romantic, baroque, classical, jazz, blues, etc. You get the idea.

Evan and I did some birthday-present shopping yesterday at Bugis Junction. We ended up getting things to put in a box for the Birthday Fool. It was actually my idea of putting together specially thought-of things and then listing them and their significance. So, that is what we are doing. The box was made last night, at my expense. What is left is the "certificate" and the list. And maybe some sweets. That fella better appreciate it... -.-

I had to perform during last friday's Piano Class. The interesting part came during lunch when we three found out who was supposed to peform that day from EL. It was me! Blah. Piano Class came and I had to play. So, just whack lah! Hahaha...! It was not that bad, considering the last time I did practice prior to it was the evening before.

Sunday's Magnetic Band concert at the Esplanade Recital Studio was highly interesting. Tan Dun's Ghost Opera was not meant to be scary at all. I liked the textures and effects created by the use of different instruments and the voice. I understood the Opera part; the entire piece was quite dramatic. As for the Ghost, did it refer to the pipa-player wearing white? Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King was, how shall I put it, entertaining? It was definitely interesting. However, I felt that the vocalist could had acted more. Like really coming up to the audience and sort-of screamed in their faces. That would had been really 'mad' considering the fact that the vocalist was acting the part of the mad King. Sadly, I did not have enough of the violin smashing part. It was so fast... Oh well... As compared to the last time I attended a Magnetic Band concert, I was wide awake through this one. Hee.

What else shall I add in? Hmmm... Nothing else.

Till next time!

:)