Being talkative and friendly

Sometimes its good u know, to be a bit more talkative and friendly. Today was like how unfair, there was a bus back to company today after Pride day for us to bring the instruments back. BUT, there bus will only drop us at company and then disappear!!! as in, no disposal. somewhere up there screwed up so bleahx. yucky right! so anyway, we were thinking, maybe we ask the bus driver to send us down that hill back to the guardhouse after we unload, so we dun have to walk so far. then after we board the bus, we were asking the bus driver (who got pissed because he got lost and was late for reasons to be revealed later) if he can send us back down to the guard house. then the uncle super angry lorh, he complain that its late, and he got other places to go, and grumble grumble. so. no definite answer, but most probably no. then when we reach the camp, i go to the front and show the guard my camp pass. then started chatting with the uncle. in the end got him to send us down, cos assured him that we wld take less than 10 min to unload, so he say okay larh, but must be fast. so we super fast leh! then we got onto his bus down, i thought he would be going back to HIS company to change bus, and i know his company is at Yishun Ave 7, so he wld pass by khatib. so see if i can hitch a ride home. then uncle say, he going home! then i thought, if he live anyway in North or West, some of our guys can go home earlier already cos it was already 8! or pass by MRT or soemthing cos Nee Soon Camp is super ulu. so asked him where he live, at first he say yishun, then i push a bit more he say khatib, then i say i also stay khatib can drop me off at his home there or not cos dun want to trouble him to make extra turns. then he say can. then i went back to the rest of the guys ask arnd see if anyone want to take train frm khatib, but only 1 say want. so in the end, i got sent home and that guy got to go home faster, and we all didnt have to walk down from company.

so it pays to chat with people whom u need favours. by chatting i dun mean irritating, but friendly chatting. instead of just demanding. and expecting people to do it. we should never take others for granted. even if others are nice enough to do things. you will never know if the person in the end hates you for it. you think its alright, the other person may never think so. you think its okay, you probably have just made an enemy.

ch

one more day..

.. and all this madness of shows is over. currently i have like 10 days of OFF accumulated after tmr, and afte rthe block Off on monday its 9. whoa. thanks to opera and pride day.

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MDC MDC.. about the only non-combat unit that works odd hours. Still people envy us. Why?? ok fine, no marching in the sun, no boring things to do, no rifle cleaning, no clerking (ok at least for the performers), no strict regime..

swap that with:

heavy double basses, keyboards, amps, yucky accoustics at show-grounds, non-understanding people, boring shows, no space for personal improvement if you're an NSF, low pay, really bad timings, ... ...

oh wells. maybe being a clerk is better...

so much for being more productive.

ch

a ....... week

can you believe it. i'm going to work for 8 days this week! yar believe it. cos:

Monday: School Show
Tuesday: School Show
Wednesday: Night Show but reporting in the morning because Paul wants me to (half day OT)
Thursday: Report to camp as usual
Friday: Mindef Pride Day show in the morning and another show at night (half day OT)
Saturday AND Sunday: Mindef Pride Day Shows! 2 days OT!

So. 8 days. wonderful.

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When people ask me how's life, how do i answer? Or what am I doing now.. Or how's MDC? How to answer?

- Great! slacking during NS
- Not so great, doing lots of work during NS
- Great! Am in MDC, even though still busy, but not as bad
- Not so great, am in NS, cant pursue what I want.

I found out that i may grow up and become a workaholic. bleahx. as in, yar i like slacking, who doesnt, but then my hands get itchy. So i find things to keep myself occupied. which sooner or later sees me getting busier, then i hate others for slacking. okay hate is such a strong word. nvm.

Yar. I cant stand it when people slack! As in, well, i slack too, and I dun exactly lash out and kill everyone who slacks, but if you want to slack, dun boast! dun come with an attitude!

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Life isnt about You, Your choices, and Your life only. If something was hard, take it as a challenge, and do it well! If all you can say is "its too hard" and want to get away with it, then maybe you shouldnt say anything and just disappear. I understand its hard. Maybe it would be better if you make a joke about it. or make a joke about your attempt to do it. then it wouldnt be so bad. anything but just standing there and complaining with the voice that means "the whole world owes me my life". if its not fair to you, what about others? to be more selfish, what about me? whats all that crap about 'aiyah you have the ability to do it?' when nobody, and i mean nobody, sees me with all the practise that i put in? at least i HAVE a piano AT HOME, and i bring home my scores. i admit, i do whine. i do complain. who doesnt? but at least, after that, dun expect the whole world to solve the problem for you!!! in short, its YOUR problem. dun like it? scram.

and then you complain about me.

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and i realise, a lot of people do not understand what it means to practise.

i mean real practise.

useful ones. productive ones.

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i wish i could be more worried about work then to be angered by people. perhaps, if i had been combat fit, i would have been in hell right now. but. i wouldnt be here ranting about people, i would be here ranting about the activities i do. .. .. .. ..

i'm irritated.

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I've actually deleted what i wanted to say in this part. i dunno why either.

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im having dreams. about work! and its never good. and some i can remember. sheez. am i that stressed about work? why cant i dream about nicer things? =) ?

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ch

End of a busy season, and...

... start of another...

Ok its high time I updated. Firstly, Opera's over! But a lot of us have opera fever now HAHA we can go around saying tok chiang and all that, and even up to acting out scenes of the opera! hmm SAF MDC Yue Opera troupe!!! Haha..

In the end, it was actually a bit enjoyable, laughing at the out of tune parts, suddenly craning the neck to see the translation, laughing at the 'guan ban ban shi fa-hao ban' (官辦辦是不好辦）and all the 'gua bu de', 'bu neng da', yar it was fun...

Then the PE concert is over! And it received good comments mostly yay

and so its back to the life in camp. bleahx. and suddenly so busy. Back on tuesday (yst), then today got school show, friday got show, next week mon, tues, thu, fri, sat, sun got show whoa!!! busy season after busy season. bleahx. but yar, show better than getting stuck in camp and listening to ... ... ...

ok so i'm busy, cant update more, next time.

ch

越劇之感想…

兩年前，當我上高一時， 曾經做過一次的大戲的研究，分成小組，我的組選擇做粵劇的研究。那時做起來簡直是一團糟！現在，我真參與文工團的越劇表演，突然覺得，其實大戲沒什麽難！

當時，我們研究的可是伴奏的部分，其實，很多時候，連主旋律都聼不清楚，結果伴奏也覺得是沒有半點規律。現在覺得，原因其實很簡單：

一、唱的人，其實唱得不准。他們學習時，有很多時候並不是看譜的，而是照vcd，所以，儘管樂隊再盡情的奏下去，主胡也很難跟住唱者。不管是音準、拍子都不准，要把旋律記下來，除非有樂隊的譜，不然根本做不來！
二、無限重復。所謂無限重復就是在音樂裏，當有清唱，或是動作時，樂隊就抑制重復某一段音樂，一直到動作完畢。有時，那段音樂還沒奏完，就得跳去下一段，可能會聼起來怪怪的。（其實，一點也不怪。只是聼不慣罷了。）
三、拍子一直換！2/4，3/4，4/4，1/8 等等，對於我們這些受正統西樂教育的學生，聼起來更是怪了！有時，不止拍子一直換，連速度也不定！
四、打擊樂的各個效果沒跟好動作，或是忘了一些，音樂就不象樣了！（好像某某人一直沒有打對他的鑼鼓... 要不得要不得！）

其實，當中的邏輯是存在的。我也解釋不了，但如果你去參與演出的話，你就明白了！哈哈，有誰想去看呢？這次的演出是為“愛心糧食”籌款，有興趣者，清在星期六告訴我！