From then till now
Sunday, December 20, 2009
11:24:00 pm
Let's backtrack to..........
16 December
Reached home from Laos the night before and so was pretty tired of a whole day of travelling and hanging around airports. AND I had PWC interview at 10am but had to reach at 9.30am. So it was a very sleepy me kinda screwing up the interview. REallyyyy, if anyone was to hear what I was actually saying! =X
The guy who brought us around spoke really convincingly and matter-of-factly about PWC. Where to go where to go........ So glad when it was all over. It's the last interview wooosh! Again, met 'new' friends (acquaintances around school which u hardly talk to normally). So I had a nice time. I think, I'm QUITE socialable after all HA-HA.
Came home and slacked instead! And then out to JE to teach Hannah and Adel at 4pm. After which it was Esplanade library for me! On my way out to JE, I called back the number which tried calling me 3 times while I was in Laos. Asked the bro to help me to call back to find out but noooooo he didnt. Turns out it's Cornelia from EY international tax! (She's a partner! And I spoke to her on the phone!) And I got an offer! After that I was floating on air :)
Esplanade library! My favourite place really :) Borrowed Rach's piano concertos! Had a hard time finding anything else. Then went to watch Lea Salonga's concert.
At the open area there're usually performances going on before the concert. On that day it was some sec school choir. They performed a version of All Things Bright and Beautiful with the exact same words as the one we sang in SMPS. And their Somewhere Out There was REALLLLLyyyyyyyyyyyyyy nice. At the climax they filled the ENTIRE esplanade with their voices. For lack of better description, yes, it was amazingly nice. It made me miss my choir days some. Come to think of it, at such a young age, I learnt about breathing correctly, using your diaphragm. How to open your throat. Smile when you go up up up. How important pronunciation is. (If not nobody will know what're you singing) End your words properly with the 's', 't', 'd', 'n's etc.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2VChTz3EaE
Not the most perfect but the nicest I could find. A little slow for my liking, but still nice! Now, have I mentioned I wanna go for a SSO concert which is combined with the choir? I bet it's gonna be reaLLYYY majestic!
Anyway, the concert was pretty interesting. Her voice, yes, is amazingly nice. Live! Wooooo! It was a pretty interesting repertoire. She sang my favourites, including Two Words :) She pretty much 'ran' the whole show, introducing each song before singing. The concert was nice except that the 'band' consisted of keyboardists pianist drummer bassist. So it was a little anti-climax compared to what u'll get with a full orchestra.
Anyway, she was the singing voice of Mulan. I always liked her version of 'Reflections'. Voice rocks! But I always felt a little sad cuz it's so short. She explained during the concert, 3 years before the show, they did a recording of the long version. A year later, she was called back to record additional stuffs for the show. And to do a shorter version of Reflections cuz it wasnt 'moving the storyline along'. And so, whenever she has concerts, she always takes the chance to sing, the FULL version. NICE :)
Well, the highlight was the last song, where she usually invites a guy from the audience to sing the duet of 'A Whole New World' with her. Apparently, this guy knew she was gonna do that and the moment she said it he started shouting from the top. He was in Circle 3! Pretty cute. He was saying 'ME ME! I'll fly down on my magic carpet'. Anyway, he turns out to be Dwayne Tan. Go youtube him. And it was REALLYYYYY good. The both of them together. Including all the harmonising parts. And so, everyone had a good time! :)
I wanted to catch her live and up close during the autograph signing session. But she took more than half an hour to get out. And so I left. I was a little put off that she took soooooo long. Plus the fact that she'll ONLY sign on stuffs like her CDs and other stuffs which u gotta buy, and not on the programme booklet. And she didn't like ppl taking pictures of her. And she didn't sound at all geniune when she said nice stuffs about Singapore. WELLLL welll wellllll.... I wasn't gonna get her autograph cuz I think having ppl's autographs aren't worth the time u gotta queue up for haha. But it was a good show anyway.
17 December
Slacked the morning and then headed out to teach the entire afternoon! That's basically Thursday.
I was moping around the entire night and the whole morning cuz PWC is suppose to call after the interview day at night. In the end the partner (again! wow!) called me at 1+ in the afternoon. AND I WAS FLYING IN THE AIR after that :)
18 December
Started on the Pooh pouch. And Spent the rest of the morning playing Beethoven's Tempest's 3rd movt! I have found a new pasttime: going on repeat mode just so to annoy everyone. Well, if you can't stand it, just let me use my keyboard then!
Headed to Kallang pool where there was a near-drowning case. (Me that is) I haven't swam since the previous Tuesday which is a total of 9 days! Bad bad bad. I was hardly moving. But after 3.4km, I felt a lot better. But I bet the speed is back to square zero again :(
Cycled home.
And went for a crappy short run of 6km. So essentially I did a mini tri hahhahaa.
AND THEN, piano-ed away again. I LIKE!
19 December
Gave the morning run a miss. Played some piano. Went to PS to get the kids' books, cut hair. Stretchcords and core workout. Lunch. Taught Rachel. Ah ma's house. City Hall to meet some cyclists to watch a Swinging Jazzy Christmas by the Jeremy Monteirro Big Band.
Well, I was worrying a lot of the time if the others were enjoying it. But anyway, it's my first time attending a Big Band concert. (Oh Lols, I met WhyCee there too!) And I think I find it a little hard to understand jazz? Like how they say: organised chaos...... Hmmmmmmm. But yes, I liked the Sutheps too hahhaa. Okay, it was the soprano tpts. Really amazing!! William should've been here to hear them! Okay I bet he went to hear them before haha. Actually the entire band was power. The saxes were ultimate! *Melts* Except I was quite sad it was played through microphone. It makes it feel like it's not 'live', and somehow the feeling is quite different. BUT they were all really pro! And I liked the singing loads too!
But this concert has left me wanting to hear a normal live concert with luscious sounds to gush over. Soon soon! I look forward to the day to catch Rach's 2 LIVE! Actually, it's been played so often during competitions, it's just me missing them.
Oh, I was digging around the CD collection, and guess what I found. The unopened CD actually has La Forza del destino Overture! The orchestra version! Which is REALLLYYYY nice. For your info, it's TKGS SYF piece for this year! Really nice song :) And I took out my SMPS choir CD too, and yes, we really sound quite BAD now that I hear it haha. But I was pretty fond of the choir days. It was my first encounter with being part of a whole big group making music. AND that feeling of reaching the climax, always, makes, me, smile. You wouldn't know it until you experience it firsthand. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-b2WMZirhc: A song we sang before. Those were the days!) Also, I found a reallyyyy nice Harp CD I bought of this harpist who once came to perform in TK.
Alright, something seems wrong with my blog pic altho photobucket seems to be working. I'm too lazy to go tinker around with html at this time of the night. Some other day Goodnight!
