music and computers

sometimes i really wonder, what is the quality of a true musician? is it someone that committe themselves to the only instrument throughout their playing years or one that change their instrument as and when they like.

anyway, i think my desktop PC has come to the end of its life cycle. haiz... i am sitting beside it for the past 50 mins just trying to get it boot up. either the PC beeps indicating that there is no signal from the monitor, or it just hang while booting up. think i am going to backup all my data in there the moment its ready for use. check out the new iMac . Drools.... another of my dream machine and another creation from the fruit! hahaaa.... oh well... how i wish i can have that!

Jus another day..

things are really down this month. don't what is the reason behind it. as what joel had told me just now when i met him to pass him some stuffs. my desktop, keep on hanging, urgh!!! gotta get a new system soon, why? coz the current system is so old, maybe change the harddisk. might as well..... get a new system! Dad? Mum? can i? hahaa...

oh.. today, really rot in school. firstly attended lecture, the first thing of the day, 2 hours of it, and only one of my class guys whom i usually hang out with in school turned up. well actually there is two la, but the other accompany his girl. had lunch after that, really wonder at that time where had all the utensils gone to? i could hardly find a fork at the canteen. Geez..!! well. after we ate, there is still lots of time left! what the hell.... anyway, rot all the way till 2 before the next lesson starts. class is really getting boring these days, the W01 spirit is really slowly disappearing away. haiz.... miss those days where we really crap around all day, all week. =)

Woooo... looking at some of the photograph taken by my friends, its really artistic, oh..... i want to get myself a camera, not that i don't have any, i mean a real professional one to click click click. hehee.... Photography has always been my interest.

Click Click Click! =D

3... 2... 1...

with the upcoming formation of my alumni band, the total count of band i will be in is 3. Spread over 2 days and there is only 1 me! am i ready to commit myself to all three band or will i have to sacrifice one. looks like i really have to reconsider things again.

oh yah, this decision was prompted by the arrival of a new assistant conductor in NP. pretty cool stuff, something for a change, a better and more refined band i hope? or its just the np band that i will forever know. heard he is one of the SAF Band directors. Band A or Band B? well, gonna find out soon.. Definitely not from Band C. oh well... i just wish the standard of music will become higher and of course, not just with a new conductor, but also better concept of music from the band.

Music is my life...

four walls

finally... common test is over. phew! personally i feel that i didn't do that well this time round. rather distracted tho.. don't know over what. but somehow, just distracted. haiz.... just looking for some directions now just to keep me moving, but where is the direction signs?

i am just sitting in my room staring at the four walls every day and night, any life? Nope! everything just come to a halt. =( oh wells... happy go lucky attitudes seems to be playing hide and seek with me now, where are u???

updates

this past week have been very packed with things.

Monday- the week by doing revision class for the freshies. i feel that i could have done better during my "lecture" by doing some preparation before and try to speak slower. haiz... didn't realise i can speak so fast. anyways, same day i went to arts friend to get my materials for the farewell dinner and waited for eddie at chinatown for almost an hour before i can go and get my cloth for the banner.

Tuesday - morning have make up class for OOP and afternoon went down to chevrons with siti, annette(my assistant) & rebecca to make final confirmation of the farewell dinner. returned back to school later to start on my banner. didn't manage to complete it tho...

Wednesday - return back to school to do the banner again, annette got to leave early so she helped out as much as she could. didn't want to hold her back, family matters cropped up i suppose. the banner was completed, so a great relieve. Yippe!!

Thursday - Oral exam, i think i didn't did that bad but its good enough to get a pass? oh well. wat's done is done. went out to R&R with eddie, to stress up this week.

Friday - Popped by at shuqun to pass yizhi winXP cd, her comp broke down as usual. sit in at band prac for a while before i had to zoom off to chevrons for the farewell dinner. Weather is bad, it rain and rain non-stop today. was actually hoping that it could stop around afternoon but it didn't so no poolside for the dinner but the function room. Logistic head and me had a difficult time putting up the banner in the room, could not actually tie the banner up so we had to stick it up but the tape provided by chevrons is not sticky enough, end up we had to paste the banner with a awfully ugly black border. urgh! otherwise it could be perfect. the dinner went on smoothly and had a fun night as others do..!

Saturday - early morning went to shuqun for a alumni band meeting with the principal. regarding the setting up of the alumni band, finally something is happening. Wow! oh well.. see how things go from here. catch up with yaying, vivien, tanny and any other people today.. haha!!

Post up every single thing that happen this week so that explain the long post.. hehe! common test is here... well.. gotta hit the books.

pissed..

urgh!! SWO, bloody hell, ask me to return the horn and i got another horn, which is a lousy brand.. urgh! i am now so determine to buy my own horn now! gonna use my horn from NP band that means i gotta lug it with the heavy wooden case around. oh well... that's the price to pay if you want to use a better horn. oOooo.. i love horns..!

anyway, i think i am stressed up that i am getting hot tempered recently. hope no one gets offended when i scream or yell at them out of no reason. i am just stressed up.

Flabbergasted

missed NP band prac today, and went to attend band concert at the Esplanade. Was assigned seats behind the band which is also known as the gallery. First thoughts, it looks like one of the worst seats in the hall, but after all.. not so bad. Could really hear the horns clearly.

Didn't know how high is Thailand's band standard, but could clearly hear that the horns played as one powerful section. It is one of the best i hear so far. Wonder if my horn section could be like them?? Would love to play with thai band's horn section. Beautiful tone too! It really melt my heart when i hear them play either as a soloist or as a section. Gosh! Think they are the target that i am going to set for myself. Gotta prac hard Nic!!!

Don't why, but i would envy how overseas band play, they have never fail to impress me from the amature to the professionals. I am just flabbergasted today...

national day

its national day, not a very significant day for me, but its one for the nation. oh wells.. HAPPY NATIONAL DAY guys out there! been fighting with some virus these few days, think i caught it from my class. Been studying in a class infested with virus. Urgh!!! but on the road to recovery now...

Great news, my maid who went back last yr, is expecting! 5 months i heard. got the news from my grandparents today when i was there today fixing my aunts computer. anyway, congrats to her... wish to visit her sometime soon. most probably after the arrival of the baby. =D so can play with him/her. LoLz.. alright post again sometime soon... chaos!!!

mixed feelings

Recieved great news from ICT society's annual general meeting a.k.a AGM today. Firstly, many congrats to those who have gotten themselves into the society either in Main Comm or Sub Comm. For me, yes, i manage to get into main comm of the society, it is a surprise to me. Will be looking forward to an exciting year with everyone. And i will take on the challenge of being a main comm and be up to task!

Rather mixed feelings these days tho.. perhaps i am too worn out that i wish to drop everything and just take a break or perhaps its just over a few small matters, don't know why but.. Haizz. Hopefully my friends that are troubled with matters of the heart can get over it and be cheerful as they are again. My ears are always open to problems...

Attitude

My post carries on from the the one yesterday. I really can't believe how ugly can Singapore get, squeezing and pushing people around just to get into esplanade itself. I nearly tripped and fell a few times by these people. Oh well... Its Singapore for god's sake.

Okay I'm getting very irritated by someone's attitude and I don't why that person has turn into what she is today. It is very annoying when you hardly have a chat with someone which you don't always see everyday and ends up in a quarrel during the conversation. On top of that, I am the one that is been accused of starting the quarrel when I didn't even have the intention too. I am not that is so mean and free to start a quarrel with anyone, even if I want to why must it be her? I could simply do it with my classmates or my buddies. Seeing more lights as the story unfolds itself on how my relationship with someone fails.. Terribly!

Meet up with Joel after piano lesson last night to talk about it, i emailed my thoughts to my 2 buddies and let them judge for themselves. Joel asked me a very good question "How did i manage to put up with her?" Well, I just don't know.. Perhaps its just my character.

This matter annoys me the whole of yesterday and still does today. I getting a little hot-tempered these two days over this issue, and i really wish i could just calm down and live life as usual.

iTs over!!!

Yeah yeah... Finally PnC is over, totally overjoyed by it because now i can take a long good rest after a busy month. Yieepy!!! My thoughts from PnC, is not as enjoyable as SWO concert in terms of musicality and stuffs... but still its still fun to play in this concert because of all the fun people we have in NPCB.

Most of the time during the concert, the band is not playing according to the conductor's tempo, so there is some point in time during the concert where the band nearly broke down, but good thing is that the band is able to play together even without the conductor's direction. I was very dishearten to hear Noah's Ark during the rehearsal that same afternoon, i got quite furious with the band playing but there is nothing much i could do about it. But kudos to the horns, we played well! LoLz....

After concert, a group of us when to Jalan Kayu for prata, it was around 1 am in the morning and i am dead tired, and the service at the prata shop is so poor. we had to wait and wait for just one pathetic piece of prata. oh wells.. spend the night at andrew's house, my gosh, what a beautiful toilet he have.. not much place to step on.

Got home the next afternoon, suppose to go to SWO for a lunch but too tired to go. Catch up with SWO ppl the next time round. Stepped home not more than an hour and i was out again for dinner with my family at Tony Romas's(think got spelling error) and they dragged me down to esplanade waterfront to catch the fireworks. Damn sleepy and fell asleep while waiting. But its a beautiful display of fireworks i must say..