To think it's already 2008 is almost impossible but yeah it's here. And I slept through the celebrations man haha. Today was half day at work and it was bloody tiring cos it was a slow day as there are not many patients. At first I wanted to go to the countdown at Marina Bay. But didn't know who to go with. Then Qamsia messaged that she'll be going if she has a day off tommorrow. She told me she'll msg once she gets the green light. But it turns out, by the time I received her msg, it was already midnight cos I slept through it haha. So while everyone's enjoying the celebrations, I'm in dream world haha. But nowadays a new year is like a birthday. There is no more fun in it. Unlike back in pre-poly days where you anticipate new year as it means a new school year. You just can't wait to start school cos you haven't seen someone for a month or two, or just wanna hang with your classmates(Qas, Qamsia...haha...you know what I mean right?). But eversince we entered poly and working life, the day before new year, you're still in school/work so it doesn't make much of a difference. know what I mean? haha...oh well that's life.
Two Decades Old
20 years ago, on 29th December, at 11:57pm, I made myself known to the world. Haha...can't believe I've reached the second decade in life. Life has just passed like the blink of an eye. It's all because poly man. Like Raz said, upon poly life, the time moves much faster as compared to when we're in secondary school. Oh well can't change it right? haha...Alright so my 20th birthday...well it was wasn't so eventful haha...But I did wake up earlier than usual...usually on weekends, I'm only awake by 4pm. That day, I woke at 11am. With remote controls on one hand, chips on the other and pillow under my head, I just slack on my couch from morning till late afternoon. Well so my 20th birthday isn't as impressive as others but hey no biggie right? I mean it's just another chapter in my life.
La Guitare 2007: Reise
19th December 2007
My first La Guitare as an audience. I miss those days man. The times where it was spent planning, executing, practising and all that. Even those normal practice days. I miss playing my guitar. Playing it alone at home is nothing compared to those practice sessions even if it was uneventful. Even if we play out of tune or horribly, I still enjoyed it. This year's concert was the best of the lot I guess. It was practically a full house performance. The stagefront and the stairway, was decorated with glow sticks. That was so creative and brilliant lah. We didn't even think of decorating the stage during our last La Guitare until some of the Batch 11...aka the current senior batch that made the concert possible... suggested putting balloons on the floor front. They deserved the success I tell you. They not only put in hard work into it but heart too. The concept was also changed. We used to perform in our club tee and jeans but they stepped it up by making it a smart casual event. Clothed in white shirts and black pants, they present an even professional look and to top it off, they had the instructors to become the conductors. haha...That part kinda reminds me of band days back in primary school man haha. The ensemble pieces this year are more towards the jazz/blues/ethnic side.
Went to the concert with Lydia, then met up with Julian, Sean and YanLing over at the concert. Watching the concert and hearing some of the stuffs said, I realised something that I never realised before. You know how pre-concert days goes right? With all the practice days, rehearsal times and prep days, all that you pray for is that all goes well. That the concert meets your expectations and that no screw ups happened. Then the big day arrive and you're still looking around to fix any imperfection. Be it logistics, program list, refreshements or the peformance. I can understand cos at the end of the day, you wanna please everyone right? You want the audience to have a good time. But from watching the perfomance, I realised that it's not about how good or bad you play. It's about whether you have a good time yourself. I mean if you feel good then that's all that matters. In a performance, you play as one be it in an ensemble or a quartet. You've been at it all these days building up to that moment so just let it go and have fun as a group. At the end of the day, it's not a competition right? haha...
Then after the concert, they had a mini celebration as always haha. You can call it an afterparty. The whole night was fun haha but there was one turn off though haha...won't go into details about that. I think YanLing would know.
Alright man till next year then...tommorrow that is haha...
Happy 2008!
No resolutions this time cos it's useless. Theoretically speaking. haha...
