productivity :D
alright man, i’ve been rather productive these days! did quite a bit of swimming; now i’m a bit more tanned, back to good ol’ NS days where i was quite charcoaled. nah, not that dark, just toned. haha. went shopping with my mom on a couple of occasions, prepared sweetie’s birthday gifts (while harnessing ideas and trying to work them out), taught at FSPS band, practised clarinet, cleaned and ‘repaired’ the mace i borrowed, met up with friends, planned itinerary for Stockholm, emailed the Venice Tourism Board. did A LOT. i feel so productive! a great feeling since i have a lot of spare time these days as band teaching days are so limited. next week’s gonna be a tough one, though! but after that i’ll be off to italy 
i’ve been very productive since i recieved confirmation of my graduation, it seems 
i want to study music! but it seems a distant thought and i should first do my grade 6 theory. i aim to get into the band directing course at NIE next year. take another step towards my dream! and of course, i must start looking for part-time teaching positions already! the ‘rice bowl’ ain’t exactly a very stable one when it comes to band directing. unless i really go all out and achieve results like nobody’s business. haha. i’ve gotta establish a name for myself!
i desperately need zonda reeds. my reeds are all practically dead and i sound horrible. my best reed has survived for many months now (since InTempo in march, it seems) and now it’s barely responding, although it still responds better than all my other reeds. maybe i should get a box of that french reed from Accent. but it’s expensive! and i ain’t exactly have a lot of money to spare for reeds and other stuff. looks like the costs i’m incurring in Europe are really really high. i’d probably need another $1400 for everything, on top of the $1389 i’ve already paid 
looking on the bright side, the trip is in 13 days’ time!!!
and i must continue to be productive and swim more to build my fitness
