Sunday, March 13, 2005
--- I ---
The musical has been postponed to September, giving us more time to prepare. I've volunteered to write the overture and the incidental music... am eagerly awaiting the script and list of songs.
For the first time I get to jam in a sort of rock band. There's Dr Malcolm playing the electric bass; Bryan on the drum set, and me on the keyboard. As with the previous week, we play "Do-Re-Mi" and "What a Wonderful World" as our warm-up. The original score for "Wonderful World" is so, so, so different from what Louis Armstrong sings - the version that we're all familiar with, such that whenever we sing or play we'll definitely take up his intepretation.
And that's what everybody does. They heck the notes on the sheet music and go for Louis Armstrong's.
Dr Malcolm and Miss Lim emphasises on discipline. It is a necessity to know how to read the notes, and to follow the composer's original intentions, because we're singing in a choir, NOT solo. If everybody sings in unison but doesn't follow the given notes, we'll have everybody echoing all over the place. Probably some work that a modern 20th-century composer might attempt.
Anyway, in May, instead of the musical, we'll be performing at Ngee Ann City as part of some Vesak Day celebrations, the actual event I have no idea about. I'm hoping to plead for a piano. A REAL PIANO. Come on, there's a Kawai and Steinway and Sons showroom in the same building... maybe the mall's management can sponsor...? Anyway Ngee Ann Kongsi is like... damn bloody rich.
I'm only worried about the musical. It's in September. I have a major exercise then. If the musical falls in the same weekend as the exercise... HK...
--- II ---
I should note down all the great gift shops that offer interesting products that I may give as presents to others.
I always have a problem with gifts. I don't know what to buy. If it's for friends who are into music, I'd get them CDs. Even better, if I know their favourite composers or performers. For other people whom I'm not familiar with... jeez... it's a torture to look for things to buy. Usually I'd buy mugs... so if you receive a mug you'd probably guess it's from me...
Anyway this shop is at the CityLink mall. It's along this corridor where, at one end, is the Polar Cafe and 7-Eleven; the other end is a Japanese restaurant. It sells goods made of the fabric used to make Japanese kimonos. I tell you, it's the real thing. The real kimono fabric. And the items are hand-made. They include handbags, handphone pouches... I can't remember the name of the shop, but anyway the goods sold there are pretty interesting; the price is rather reasonable. I buy a... how do I call it... you know the thing you attach to your handphone, and when it rings, it glows? Okay, I don't know whether it glows, but it's something like that. Anyway, to dispel any thoughts that I am in a relationship or whatsoever, it's a birthday present for my mother, okay? But I'm just mentioning about it here as a suggestion for you people out there who are looking for special, unique gifts...
Rather than just mugs...
MUG-ger... :P ¶ 3/13/2005 08:28:00 pm
The musical has been postponed to September, giving us more time to prepare. I've volunteered to write the overture and the incidental music... am eagerly awaiting the script and list of songs.
For the first time I get to jam in a sort of rock band. There's Dr Malcolm playing the electric bass; Bryan on the drum set, and me on the keyboard. As with the previous week, we play "Do-Re-Mi" and "What a Wonderful World" as our warm-up. The original score for "Wonderful World" is so, so, so different from what Louis Armstrong sings - the version that we're all familiar with, such that whenever we sing or play we'll definitely take up his intepretation.
And that's what everybody does. They heck the notes on the sheet music and go for Louis Armstrong's.
Dr Malcolm and Miss Lim emphasises on discipline. It is a necessity to know how to read the notes, and to follow the composer's original intentions, because we're singing in a choir, NOT solo. If everybody sings in unison but doesn't follow the given notes, we'll have everybody echoing all over the place. Probably some work that a modern 20th-century composer might attempt.
Anyway, in May, instead of the musical, we'll be performing at Ngee Ann City as part of some Vesak Day celebrations, the actual event I have no idea about. I'm hoping to plead for a piano. A REAL PIANO. Come on, there's a Kawai and Steinway and Sons showroom in the same building... maybe the mall's management can sponsor...? Anyway Ngee Ann Kongsi is like... damn bloody rich.
I'm only worried about the musical. It's in September. I have a major exercise then. If the musical falls in the same weekend as the exercise... HK...
--- II ---
I should note down all the great gift shops that offer interesting products that I may give as presents to others.
I always have a problem with gifts. I don't know what to buy. If it's for friends who are into music, I'd get them CDs. Even better, if I know their favourite composers or performers. For other people whom I'm not familiar with... jeez... it's a torture to look for things to buy. Usually I'd buy mugs... so if you receive a mug you'd probably guess it's from me...
Anyway this shop is at the CityLink mall. It's along this corridor where, at one end, is the Polar Cafe and 7-Eleven; the other end is a Japanese restaurant. It sells goods made of the fabric used to make Japanese kimonos. I tell you, it's the real thing. The real kimono fabric. And the items are hand-made. They include handbags, handphone pouches... I can't remember the name of the shop, but anyway the goods sold there are pretty interesting; the price is rather reasonable. I buy a... how do I call it... you know the thing you attach to your handphone, and when it rings, it glows? Okay, I don't know whether it glows, but it's something like that. Anyway, to dispel any thoughts that I am in a relationship or whatsoever, it's a birthday present for my mother, okay? But I'm just mentioning about it here as a suggestion for you people out there who are looking for special, unique gifts...
Rather than just mugs...
MUG-ger... :P ¶ 3/13/2005 08:28:00 pm
