MusICian

shite. production blues back to haunt me again. 2 guys who are forever busy, 1 girl who doesn’t have a hp, 1 guy who deprives me of my script by hogging on to it, ‘forgetting’ that it’s mine after all. and finally, 1 guy who’s quite pissed off because he isn’t obliged to organise the rehearsals, and that he also has his tuition and other stuff to worry about. that’s me and my production team. well, group. team is euphemism.

now thanks to everyone (myself included), we’ll have to meet on a public holiday in school. how nice. and we’ll have to decide on what we want, because our consultation with the dear tutors is on wednesday. and screw… i don’t have my script. how am i supposed to do anything without a script? how am i supposed to come up with ideas of how to do certain scenes when i don’t even have the scenes to begin with? a million thanks to the person who promised to return me my script on praxis production day. your laziness caused me much inconvenience.

i should already have guessed that organisers don’t get appreciation. certainly they won’t be the ones with the higher grades.

somehow, the lazy and smart always win.

strange.

finally, a production well done! although there wasn’t much chemistry between me and the rest of the group, the production went well. first show had many technical glitches. second one was good. still doesn’t hide the fact that i’m isolated from the rest of the group. maybe i’m meant to be a loner. maybe i’m just not a TS major. i think it’s more of the latter than the former. anyway, one down, one more production to go. this one’s gonna require more rehearsing and less brainstorming. that’s it. i think i’ve had enough of TS modules.

gotta start working on the midi project. i’d better finish it by the weekend and submit it online. think it stands for quite a huge chunk of my grade in that module. better do it well.

now that i’ve got 2 projects and 1 production out of the way, i only need to worry about that midi project and that acting production. and the exams of course. 4 papers, 2 without much to study. have to mug like nobody’s business for the other 2. i’d better start very soon. did nothing today! so guilty.

ok, time to sleep, otherwise i’d be a zombie during soccer tmr. as usual.

sheesh. what a busy period. think i’m starting to regret taking 2 theatre modules. the rehearsals are sapping up all my time man! today’s scheduled for rehearsals. the whole damn day. scary. maybe i should count myself lucky that i’m majoring in English Language instead. theatre is indeed a very busy major.

i dunno when i’ll have my next meal man. going to go for acting rehearsal from 1 to 4, then praxis rehearsal from 4 to god knows what time. the last time i stayed in school till 8 plus. this time, i really dunno what time i’m going to leave school. and it’s the production tmr! so exciting. especially when we haven’t finalised what we’re going to perform. hopefully the acting one won’t be so frustrating.

ok, gonna be late. 2 submissions. gotta rush. peer assessment for geography and glossary for brecht.

till i’m not so damn busy, see ya all "D

sharks. didn’t know that it’s been 10 days since i last updated my blog. it’s been crazy, man! so many things to do, so little time. i don’t even play much music nowadays. i only stick to fridays (clarinet choir) and sundays (mus’art) cos of my crazy schedule. NUSWS is taking a break. thank god! for now, things are almost more than i could handle. and i can feel myself being more lethargic than ever every day. is it because of the permanent damage from my high fever? i sincerely hope not. it’s ruined my concentration somewhat; hope it won’t ruin my life.

production! the theatre production’s been crazy. yesterday’s meeting lasted more than 4 hours. and at some point i just totally switched off and couldn’t suggest anymore. because they have their own ideas already and i realised long ago that it was futile to suggest anything, since they won’t take it anyway. i’m not saying that they’re not nice people. it’s just that they, being theatre studies majors, have ideas of their own already. me, being an english language major, cannot seem to tap into their ideas or even suggest any of my own. crappy.

looks like i’m left with quite a difficult group to work with for my other production. 2 from my group are people who seldom turn up for lessons. don’t know how i’m going to coordinate their schedule into ours. and 1 of my group mates, a german girl, doesn’t have a handphone. gosh. communication would be a little tough.

ok, gotta clear up some shit my geog project members left me. intro and conclusion and editing, all in 1 hour. i’m superman.

i feel good. i did many things today. even though i’ll collapse in a heap very soon, i still feel very good. because i managed to get many things done despite being absolutely zoned out! been tired the whole day, but determination paid off!

did a rather tiring rehearsal at theatre practical, went for lunch and library in 40 mins, did a project meeting where i was assigned my task, went home to dump my stuff, had a bath, went for tuition at katong, went to bras brasah to have dinner and also visit swee lee music store, bought a clarinet stand and 2 theory books for fiona (my student lah), went to NLB to check out books on singlish, went over to peninsular plaza to look at shoes, went to funan and got myself earphones and body wash, and finally, watched The Myth at tiong bahru for free!

whew. i must be superman. no, that’s not true. because i’m dead beat now! goodnight, dear readers

gosh. i didn’t know that my time is so packed. so many things going on for me at the same time! and i haven’t updated my blog since god knows when. must’ve been almost 2 weeks ago, and before the NUSWS concert too! and the concert’s over 5 days ago. been so busy every single day. and i’m supposed to do stuff now anyway.

tuition takes up monday and friday evenings every week. mus’art band practice takes up sunday afternoons (well, basically the whole sunday). NUSWS used to take up my wednesday and thursday evenings (break now till 8th december). the new clarinet choir i’m in takes friday late evenings. clarinet lesson takes tuesday evenings. i’ve got lessons every weekday except friday. the breaks i have in between lessons are spent on eating and studying. nights are spent on msn. what the.

thankfully, i have just enough time to complete my assignments and also do my project work. i need to squeeze a little more time out for my readings! maybe i should give msn a skip a few nights a week just to concentrate on my work. and leave myself one day to relax. saturday seems like a good day to relax! and of course, i have my music to keep my spirits up. just pray that i have time to practice for my practical exam. and of course, study for my NUS exams.

at least i’m doing my part for my family. i think.

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concert was quite a success. ticket sales were good! and the music was alright. not as bad as i thought it’d turn out. at least the band sounded better than the last concert (which i only heard the recording for). and i didn’t really screw up my solos, so i’m glad. well, i didn’t screw up big time. well deserved rest, i’d say. to let me concentrate on my other performances and other commitments.

alright, time to do my part for the project. one of the projects, i mean.

cheers to a fruitful life surrounded by great music and great friends.