MusICian

alright man! i’ve effectively cleared a crazy crazy week now! last post was friday? thursday? whatever. have been on the move non-stop! friday was ok, was too sick to do much, but managed to spend some time with sweetie. saturday was the much-dreaded test, as well as the theory exams for the sec 1s. ironically, i start the same time they do. anyway, the test wasn’t as bad as i thought! i could at least critically analyse the ad! on that note (pun NOT intended) i hope the sec 1s didn’t find the theory test too tough.

i nearly died while in project discussions on saturday afternoon! so sickening. the flipside to working with an ultra efficient team member is that you have to constantly read new drafts every few days, and your mailbox will be flooded with emails from the same person. but the good thing is you only need to use your brain and contribute constructive ideas. well, i shan’t complain too much. i shall just stick to my expertise. they can count on me for my analysis on music, that’s for sure; the only reason being i’m the only one proficient enough in music i always contribute my share on music!

sunday was quite ok, played soccer with both my brothers (brought them down for some exercise), went to band to find a sweet surprise sitting in the second row. sent this sweet surprise home, had dinner, got caught in the rain. reached home, zonked out completely, and concussed onto my bed at 11pm. no matter how hard i tried, i couldn’t wake up early enough, ended up rushing to meet raven and adrian. struggled through our presentation at the final moments, then proceeded to another meeting for German oral test. which reminds me that it’s tomorrow! watched some silly movie for film and history lecture, met charlie on the bus, had dinner, went home, zonked out. any attempts to wake up were quickly dissuaded by my throbbing head, and so i sent many tasks to the back of my organiser and concentrated on sleeping.

yesterday was another day of horror.

German class in the morning, wandered through a good half of it not knowing what was happening. fixed important sentence structures with Frau Geiser, then went for lunch alone. or rather, i had to bring lunch into the lecture. presentations were on, and surprisingly, the class was rather full; couldn’t get a seat at the back. sat right in front and rudely ate my pasta and potato salad in front of the presenters. hey i had no choice! it’s either that or skip lunch, or skip lecture to have lunch. how? be rude. yup. after lit stylistics, had to meet up with my super efficient group member again to discuss god knows what… apparently some more changes were made to the report. had to read it again. after that was my presentation, the one i fixed only about 26 hours before the thing itself. eventually it went well, though i was pretty nervous at first (literally stammering). thanks to some ingenuity and improvisation, we made it. after that, reached home late, had dinner, zonked out. as usual. but not before chatting with my cousin, and later mr png.

today was less tiring in terms of using my brain, but the shouting and travelling made my day bad. i never liked to shout at band members. shouting wastes time, makes people feel bad, makes myself feel bad, isn’t constructive. but sometimes for attention’s sake i have to do it. well, so old liao, the kids. they should know better than to bully Mr Lum. practice was less constructive than i hoped. maybe i’m demanding. but then again i wouldn’t be so demanding if i didn’t know that they do have the capabilities! i really hope they play well for their first concert.

ok, have to go. German oral test tomorrow, hope i don’t foul up! teaching fiona after that, can use some of my german conversational skills. haha. got essay deadlines to meet on friday and monday, got presentation on tuesday. you get the point…