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Monday, March 03, 2008

4:48 AM

hey everyone!
i'm finally here to update! bwahaha

first off, to reply rachael's post: yes, friendship problems are tough aren't they >< they make us quite sad at times, but then again we all need friends! ironic, huh. i've had a few friendship problems in ny, but there was only one that really had a lot of impact on me. when i was in sec2, i had a bestfriend whom i was reallyreally quite close too! then one day we had a fight, and i didn't treasure that friendship enough to try to patch things up with her. so it just ended like that, with both of us sad and pissed. for me, after it ended this is what hpned to my feelings k. it moved from sadness to sadness, loneliness and misery, then on to hatred (i did really idiotic things at this stage) and then on to remorse, to hope, and then it all faded away. and now when i really want to make amends we've both changed such that it seems abit impossible to patch up. sad ): so, treaure yr friends!

ok moving on.... OMG I DON'T LIKE THOSE PICTURES, BOOHOOHOO. you all bully me! hurt my fragile feelings): eh if you all wanna take, take those that are more glam leh! like hmm i can dress up as a socialite, grab a small cute dog and pose for you. free of charge k! omg i'm so nice

and about our slack section.. haha. that can't be denied lah. it's true! we are slack. and i've got some reasons why!

1. yr SL is basically a super slack person who basically practises only when she needs to (=x)

2. yr SL finds that hardcore drilling is not her cup of tea(or coffee, whatever), she feels that we should use our brains to practise instead of hardcore drilling.

...not that drilling isn't effective; it is, it definitely is! but just that i believe that practising with yr brain will get you to that desired standard faster than drilling. and i really hateee drilling so i can't bear to do it to others. i always hoped that my section would be hardworking and dedicated enough to practise and think of ways to imrove by themselves. not that you all aren't ok, most of you are! only a select few isn't working enough..(hmmm, maybe i should try drilling eh. since it works on all the other sections. only i die of boredom and you all die of misery lah. but that's fine, we'll all die together xD )

3. i would say that cello teachers are generally less demanding than violin teachers (idk about viola or bass teachers alright). but again that's just my opinion from the years i've been learning both instrus

4. look at our orchestra parts lah. look at it. mozart loves giving us repetitive notes. and haydn's not far off either. when do we ever get the solos (which are actually the ones that really forces us to prac)? rarely! BUT! when these darn solos do come up they're often at a standard which is beyond alot of us. so we do try, and mind you we do improve, but if one compares our standard with the other sections it really is far awayy. unfair? maybe.

in conclusion: there are premises as to why we aren't too hardworking, and we do try to improve! but still that's no excuse. we need to try harder! sure we can play the simple parts, but the hard parts we're still a distance away. we can't be the section that pulls the rest of the ensemble behind just because we can't play the hard passages! so, come on buck up everyone! noone can't help you if you aren't willing to help yrself mah.

sectionals should be when you all have practised the piece at home alr, and there are some fingering/bowing/articulation problems that needs to be sorted out, then we all discuss it together dur sectionals. intonation, dynamics and whether you're basically able to play the piece or not should be settled on your own, and not having the seniors check whether you've practised and force you to practise on the spot during sectionals

ok i'm sorry i know my post is rather wordy and boring. but at least i updated! righright? yeeees. mel is nice!

alright, toodles!
MEL, your every friendly, considerate, caring and nice SL! (: