MusICian

yeah, finally i update. haha. about 9 days after my last posting, here i am, at 2:35am in front of my laggy lappy, blogging. the past 9 days have been rather busy for me; going all over the place to look up on flights and booking them, going all over the place to look up on accomodation and booking them, teaching the band kids, my private student’s lessons, and loads of shopping (which i ended up buying very few things). and some cases of insomnia.

sweetie flew to china! she messaged me at 4plus in the afternoon saying she’s reached kunming. and seems like she’s enjoying herself! happy to hear that; you won’t wanna go overseas to suffer, right? haha. anyway i won’t see her for the next 2 weeks. do i feel lonely? well, yes and no. yes because she’s not around, no one to ’smiley’ me the whole day (no one can smile like she does). no because i’ll be terribly busy myself, having a big concert coming up this week and loads to prepare for next week! i definitely miss her, but i’ll definitely cope too

SAF central band concert coming up this sunday! quite excited, not prepared, rather rusty, but still full of anticipation. haha. i could still play most of Prayer! and many of them still remember me. didn’t have a lot to say, though, since it’s been 4 years since i really talked to most of them. nevertheless, it’s been really nice practising with them once again, and this time with stanley at first clarinet. i have to find a way to match their intonation! both stanley and benjamin (1st clarinets) are using LeBlanc Opus II clarinets, i’m using Buffet RC Prestige. very different lah! btw, the new camp is really very nice; just a tad too far from any form of civilisation -.-

nick just had his birthday party! quite a big affair for him at glass house, where he recieved his first baton and had to blow the candle out on the cake from where he was standing (on the chair, haha). looking at the parties, gatherings etc. i start to think about how i have seemed to grow further away from my friends; i was never the typical uni student, enjoying campus life, hating exams, having fun with friends. maybe that’s also why i don’t feel like i’m part of that big family. i spent most of my past 6 semesters away from school for a large variety of reasons; the most recent being the start of my band teaching life. when people meet up for mugging, dinner, coffee, sports and other stuff, i was rushing to work, or rushing back to school for band practice. yes, i’d probably spent more time in band than at school! nevertheless, i had to see through my uni education, without a big group of friends surrounding me.

i guess that makes me myself. sometimes i do envy the friends around me; never lacking in surprise birthday parties, eating outs, fun and laughter. and that makes me wonder if i was actually forced to go through society early. not that that makes my friends less mature; i never thought that way. but i guess i envy too much.

and there’s one thing i’ve always found interesting: why do people assume that if a friend is attached, then he/she will never be free? or he/she will never need a friend for that matter?

well, these are some things that i can never understand! but whatever the case, i sincerely wish all my friends happiness; there’s nothing more rewarding than to see the happy smiles on your friends’ faces, and to know that they are truly happy with their lives! like nick was during his birthday celebration

and with that, Nick, i wish you a truly happy 25th birthday!!

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