Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Today

Today was basically tiring.

We had this Welcoming Ceremony early in the morning at the Istana. Ok, I was wrong; it was the Chief of Defense Forces of Australia and not some King and Queen as I said earlier.

As usual, there was this routine short sequence rehearsal before the actual timing. I don't know if the fella was late or what, we stood in the sun for what seems like ages before he actually came. It took so long that the Parade Commander had to Sedia and Senang-diri the parade to get some blood circulation.

My exams are coming! As of today, it's like 13 days away. *sweats* I'm beginning to feel the pressure kicking in. my scales!!! My reeds! I still have many reeds to make. I just hope my reed don't die on me on the actual day. I can just effectively kill myself on the spot.

Maybe I should visit a bomoh/priest/witch-doctor whatever to bless/cast a spell on my reed. Haha!

I'm quite hooked on Butterfly Lovers Concerto now after listening to Gil Shaham play it last week. It's just so beautiful! My favourite part so far is the second theme when Liang Sanbo realized that Zhu Yingtai was actually a girl and when the music describes his furious journey to her.

Let's see, the next concert I'm attending is the Mozart Double Reeds Concertos on 25th Sept. There are no muted trombones in the programme. Anyone interested?
fjozn at 8:38 PM