NY FOOD AND FUNFAIR '06!
a heck lot of fun & being very busy.
here's a pic towards the end of the funfair, when we resorted to BUSKING!

(this was the initial setup but it expanded to about 10 people later on)
hoho, we earned 50 bucks from that okay.

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enough rubbish. meanwhile, its quite sad that they're demolishing gep in sec schools in 2 years time, although i suppose it's understandable and most of the geppers have opted for ip anyway, but gep is still an identity! elitist if you wish. because as annie says, being a gepper is a BOND FOR LIFE! :) i'll miss having the gep tag (although i was technically only a gepper for half a year in primary school because i floated off to shanghai).

because we're kool.

also, i have found my new love - brahms. (yes he even pwns taiwanese idol dramas! which btw, i really like although they're brainless and all about goodlooking leads, with unrealistic storylines and exaggerated acting, but they're still nice.) see, brahms was believed to have an affair with clara schumann, and apparently he was seriously in love with her but clara was hopelessly devoted to robert schumann, so. in all his pieces there's this element of broodiness that's absolutely gorgeous and even in major-key pieces one can feel the underlying hollowness and that's what makes it beautiful.

& i am that pathetic - was practicing the brahms piece i've just been given, which i play at onethird the speed and have to stop every three bars and i actually cried. never knew i was that sentimental hahaha and although i was playing utter crap the melody and the meaning behind all the discords and harmony in all its temperamental, tempestuous moods was affecting and gah. feels ridiculous now, but just goes to show that there's magic in the world.

jiayou for exams! i'm against hiatus-ing during exam period, it RELIEVES STRESS. :)

yep, can't see from the photo, it's all quite battered & old with dents everywhere. but it's still a lot of love! except i have no idea where my mouthpiece fluttered to, so i've been borrowing jialun (my bass clarinet junior who is tonnes tonnes tonnes better than me & has like 3 years more experience) 's b-clarinet, and it's so sparkly shiny & new! really pretty too, except because it's new i need to keep cork-greasing it which is rather annoying because cork grease is PINK & it's annoyingly sticky. why can't people just use soap!

& playing with her bass clarinet really rocks man, i can reach HIGH HIGH C sometimes! WHOOPEE, considering i could only reach high C on my own bass clarinet it's quite an accomplishment. but still, i reckon i really suck & learn uber slowly, need to practice a lot more except i can't, because the mouthpiece is gone. GRRSH.

also, mr lee is officially teh rock. he's like so nice & patient & i dont know, just nice & patient? plus he really cared :) . meanwhile, i'm probably causing the band exco plenty of problems so yikes. still contemplating about ldp, am quite worried because im already this sucky i obviously need whatever practice i need for bassclarinet, & ldp will rob me of 1/3 of cca time from jan-april, that is if i get in but ARGH.

family day tomorrow! dad's taking half a day off so we can go watch a movie near my mum's workplace & then we'll eat satay for dinner yay :) was thinking of watching either devilwearsprada or singaporedreaming, but remembered my sister's 9 so decided on monster house! kuz steven spielberg is awesome.

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back to logarithms, which is quite fun except for the graphs. GRAPHS BE THE WOE OF MY LIFE, & e only part of math i dislike. don't see the point in them. what's the point of knowing the asymptotes of a certain function i mean just WORK IT OUT algebraically & get an answer. a solid standard numerical answer not random lines drawn on random coordinates that nobody knows how to read or cares about.