Choir+TSD
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Had our first choir practice yesterday. Felt hopelessly pathetic when I got lost by all the jargon and when I couldn't hold some notes long enough. Being informed of my inadequacies [albeit in a nice way by Siti/conductor to the general sops] was a bit of an ego-smasher. Something about resonance, something about round notes, something about soft palates and something...You get the idea. Boy, were my illusions about choir shattered or what. It is not easy. Not easy at all. But I still felt really powerful when the whole choir sung together. When our voices soared together as one in that room for the first time, it was so heart achingly beautiful to the uninitiated me [in gaming terms: choir n00b]. Gotta learn so much. The lyrics, the exact melody, the pitching, the timing, the proper way to breathe. Oh well, I will try.
Also had our first TSD practical today. God it was so much chaotic fun. We got the British teacher, Ms Pink [so cute her surname] who's really great and our classroom was the blackbox. Did some freeze frames [soccer and ice cream]. I was the retarded one in both. In the soccer frame, I was the lousy player pretending to be injured by lying on my back and clutching my knee whilst in the ice cream frame, I was the lame ass whose ice cream fell off the cone and onto the floor. Lol, I came up with the ideas so I'm not complaining. Then we were given this extract from a play to read. Freaky play--like Mean Girls with knifes. Anyway, the black box blacked out and there was absolute darkness that was both unnerving as well as enjoyable at the same time. Most of us forgot about the light from phones and so Ms Pink had to find the door [with great difficulty] in the darkness and when she came back and saw the phones she went "I'll remember this" in a very very cute way. The lights came on, we continued reading and then it went out again. So 'boh pian', we went to the library to do the reading. What was interesting is that the 3 guys [or 'lads' as Ms Pink put it] in my TSD class took the first 3 female characters [not that there were any males, but still they volunteered first] and then I took Ritz. T'was interesting...One of the guys later told me I sounded creepy *giggles* and that guy actually did this awesome "live or die" thing which freaked the rest of us out earlier.
After that, went to TM with most of the class for dinner and whatnot. First time going to TM since I set foot in TPJC. Bah the noodles I ordered sucked. Then we went on to fool around in Yamaha and Toys R Us. Gosh, I'm really starting to like my CG, my classes and TPJC in general. Damn. This is not good. It's going to kill me when/if I leave. It's funny how quickly bonds can formed and how quickly one feels attached to a place. Anyway, KI and choir practice tomorrow again [technically today cause its 12.20AM], looking forward to it *coughUNICORNcough* The SYF song is this Latin piece I truly like..Now if only my throat would stop feeling like a thorn bush.
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aureliaz out
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Poly?!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
This shit is freaking bananas I tell you. My parents are the anti-stereotype of every single Singaporean parent, I swear. They're actually encouraging [psycho-ing] me to go to a polytechnic instead of JC because A levels are supposedly 'obsolete'. WHAT KIND OF PARENTS ACTIVELY DISCOURAGES JC IN FAVOUR OF POLY?! It's not that I think that the poly route is in any way inferior to the JC route. It's more of the fact that I don't really know what I want to be for the rest of my life. I don't want to wind up taking a course I regret and wreck the next 3 years of my life. They [He, mostly] want me to go into journalism or something similar to that. But problem is, I'm not exactly super ultra keen on becoming a journalist or anything. I WANT TO GO TO A FRIGGING JC. But if I do, there's going to be a lot of drama. AGAIN. Damn, why can't my parents be normal Singaporean parents for once?
On a brighter note, I finally got my notebook AKA My Precciousss. Also had my first KI lesson today [which clashed with Choir practice] which was unbelievably fun/thought provoking. Like my OGL said, when you compare KI and GP, GP is so dry and boring. There's a JAM[something assessment of music] tomorrow which ALSO clashes with choir and there's KI on Friday which clashes with choir AGAIN. I'm gonna be driven mad by my timetable/schedule/hellish treadmill-like school life really soon. I'm so agitated that I can't even type in proper English. GAHHHHHH I HATE my timetable.
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aureliaz out
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Classes
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Sometimes, I think I am crazy. Crazy not as in I do weird/funny shit once in a while. Crazy as in full plumb loco lock me up in a strait jacket and throw me into an asylum. I'm going to be doing KI (Knowledge Inquiry) and TSD (Theater Studies and Drama) at the same time and I'm most probably joining Choir (which meets 3 times a week) I'm a nut. A really really loony nut.
Can't believe I actually got into KI. The question they set was so hard and I really thought my answer was not relevant at all. Oh well, stranger things have happened. Just can't stop worrying about time management because I've never been the most efficient person around.
Yet, in spite of all the problems I foresee, I can't stop this little bubble of anticipation and excitement from rising up within me. The greater the challenge(s), the greater the sense of satisfaction no? If I can manage to pull this off...hello to saccharine sweet satisfaction.
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aureliaz out
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Defence
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Made another trip to Sim Lim Square as well as Funan Mall with my dad this afternoon. Most probably going to get a Lenovo Y400 notebook in about a week. The specs are fantastic. Had a ball discussing everything from the graphics cards [integrated/dedicated] to the RAM to the battery life to the processor [Core 2 Duo baby] with the sales people. I feel a little nerdish typing this. The only downside lies in the fact that it has no integrated webcam and that it weighs 2.4kg. Anyway two words: Cannot. Wait.
So Orientation ended the day before. Thank goodness my group escaped from having to play the messy games. Messy as in eggs, flour, vinegar, ketchup, mud and god knows what else. O Night was quite fun- although BB didn't win the Best Family Award, our *ally* Jack Sparrow did. The skin on my face is peeling because of the slight sunburn I got. Thankfully, its not very painful/irritating. Also anticipating the class I'm placed in. Can only hope that no one I already dislike is there.
Who knew defending my dearest cousin would land me in a situation like this? Having my virtue and level of maturity insulted...what fun. Don't fool around with me, you loathsome little imbecile. Brush up on your vocabulary and maybe we'll talk. Because four-letter words do not impress me and I don't wish to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person. Oh yeah, come up with better material than the pathetic trash you are spewing or you are beyond welcome to take your gibberish somewhere else.
That's all. I hope you can digest at least half of that.
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aureliaz out
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1st day
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
I know this is a little belated but happy new year everyone~ May you enjoy success in whatever you do in 2007.
So. First day in TPJC was disorientating. I never thought I'd miss TKGS but strangely enough I do. I miss the sea of green uniforms, the screams that occur practically every minute, the school cheers especially TK Philosophy, the absence of testosterone and the rickety pianos situated in random spots. I miss the teachers I respect, the friends I love and everything else besides the paint job that turned our nice beige school building into a kaleidoscopic disaster.
My OG is Blackbeard 37. The theme is "Pirates". Arrr matey. Not. The principal was a bit of a joke. 1) She's new and she did not stop emphasizing that. "We're all in this together". Yeah. Methinks she watched too much High School Musical. 2)When the VPs and HODs were being introduced, she interrupted and treated her staff like children. "Oh stand in a straight line please. Stand in a straight line." She'd better get some things sorted out. Or her staff is probably gonna rebel against her. In pirate lingo: Them seadogs are gonna mutiny. Arrrrrrrr. Make 'er walk the plank.
The choir song they tried [note: operative word being 'tried'] to made us learn was ridiculous. They sang the verse really high and the chorus low. Just damn retarded. Games were alright I guess. My OG just so happens to be completely Arts. 16 girls and 3 guys--which would have put us at a distinct disadvantage in the "form the longest line with whatever you have" game cause the strategy the guys in other teams were using was to whip their shirts off...and unless we were willing to put on a show similar to the Crazy Horse Paris Cabaret show....Thankfully, we got to skip that due to time constraints and just did a cheering contest in lieu of the game. My voice is partially gone now cause the OGL asked me to lead the "Blackbeard Oie" cheer and we probably did it like 9-10 times. I was so fatigued that towards the end I even got a part of the cheer wrong and everyone (including me) started giggling.
It was strange to see so many 4/9 people in TP. One after another, I spotted them. There are about 10-11 niners in TP, including me. That's more than a quarter of the class! Can't help but wonder. Oh funny sidenote: When we started learning the cheers for our respective families, we heard the Captain Hook family going "Brrr it's cold in here, there must be some HOOKERS in the atmosphere!" Wah lau. Was damn tempted to shout "How much do you charge?" but decided not to in the end.
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aureliaz out
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