MArch is a happening month for me.
although it has not ended yet, alot of activities had taken place, and i hope there are more to come!
1st- Violin concert with SNCO( Soka New Century Orchestra) at the Soka Headquarters at Tampines.
It's the 1st time i got to perfrom in a concert, rather than some performances which you only play 2-3 pieces. This concert is somewhat like the choir concert i used to have during my JC yrs, where your orchestra own the stage, where you almost perfrom all the pieces in the repertoire, where ppl will shout ENCORE for you, and everything will end with a group photo. This really bring me back to the choir days when we really enjoyed ourselves, throwing ppl like president or teachers ard the stage after the concert ends.
However, for this orchestra, i think im one of the eldest there. From what i see, most the players are still in secondary schools, maybe a handful are in post-secondary education. It's quite difficult to click with them, as all the things that we talked abt are worlds apart. Except for a few, who are ard my age, or maybe older than me, then we can talk. Anyway, thats the drawback of this concert. On the other hand, I get to experience the enjoyment of performing again, now in an orchestra.
For this concert, seriously, i only attended 4 rehearsals, of which 3 i have to travel to the other Soka centre at Jurong West , but thx to Mr Wu, my long time music teacher who teaches me since pri.1. He fetched us from simei to jurong n back to simei after rehearsal.If not for him, i dun think i have the energy to go for practices, as it is quite taxing for someone to travel from east to west and west to east for 3 hrs of practice. money is one thing, but time is more impt.ha.
if not for my shift work schedule, i think i can go for more practices. Every practice i went , there ought to be new pieces to be played, n since i would have missed the previous lesson due to shift, i have to learn it on the spot by sight-reading, when others may have played the whole piece upteen times, n most of the time i just managed to play 1/4 of the piece successfully. After practice, i usually went home alone, unlike my choir days, when i can hang out with the friends, esp the basses. One time, it really comes to a time when i just feel like giving this performace a miss, until my teacher call me up again.haha. In the end, concert was a success, i am satisfied with my performance:)
as photography is prohibited( which i duno why), only a few photos are taken discreetly...
waiting ...
playing..
2nd-
Intra- ApD soccer tournament.
It's something everybody in the division is looking forward to, since football is almost part of the daily lives of the fanatic football fans. my team , Delta, of cos, would never give soccer games a miss, since we are alr playing field soccer every fortnight on 1st off days.
We started the competition well, winning 2-0, n for me, playing in my most familiar position, goalkeeper(again). 2nd match, we drew 0-0, after a string of fine saves by the goalkeeper(me), HAHA, but we still lose out on penalty shootout. wat a waste..
Anyway, these games are games that build rapport between team members and also ppl from other teams and the admin side. Shift works are boring, and only these activities can really SPICE UP YouR (ns) LIfe..
3rd-
Release of A lvl results.
This yr saw the release of the new syllabus of A lvl results. And some of my friends are also collecting back their results, and i think they will do well this yr, as they r taking the old syllabus.A lvls results released, tat means uni application starts.hmmm..i still considering if i wan to change my uni course, as the course i will be studying later on will determine my career and future.Just apply 1st, acceptance of course is another issue.
4th-
I get my Class 3 lo!.
This is really a good news for me, n it is wat i have been waiting for since last yr sept.6 months.
total costs:
theory( basic+ advanced)= 90++ , cos i did thru sch
practical (private)= 38 lessons, 7 inside circuits, 1 b4 exam=$1650
2 pdl= $50
make license=$50
total abt=$1842 yea.
Considering if i did thru school, i will be spending alot alot more, cos i need 38 lessons to complete the lesson. Maybe private lessons are cheaper, tats y i go for so many lessons.haha.Average no. of lessons for sch students is 25. Driving shld not be difficult, but i realised that, when something happens when i drive, e.g. some cars try to overtake me causing me to jam brake, or cars driving dangerously tat nearly crash onto me, all these incidents will make me nervous and unsteady, and for the rest of the lesson, i cant drive well, n will make more mistakes. That is why i needed alot more lessons, as during some of the lessons, i dint learn anything new, as i just couldnt apply wat i have learnt from the previous lesson to allow me to progress.
However, looking back, i consider these 'useless and extra' lessons useful to me!. Irony?.haha.
These extra lessons, i can say i dint not learn anything new, but i can say i did encounter problems and incidents that will happen during driving, instances like, traffic light showing blinking ember light ( faulty traffic light), while u r waiting for it to turn green. This kind of incident seldom happen, but at least when it happens again, u noe how to handle.
The test is not difficult after you had learnt all the manouvers, stopping, parking,+++. The test is difficult only when you cant manage ur stress, pressure from traffic, esp big lorries n busses, and this will cause your mind to go blank while on the road, which is likely to cause u to fail. Luck is also impt i think, n hope no reckless drivers or motorists are swerving ard u , which cause u to make careless mistakes. Even for me, just few hrs b4 the test, i was making alot of stupid mistakes which makes the instructors yelling %^&*(@##, but come to think of it, if he did not $&#^#@, i would not have passed. I would have met more accidents instead.
AlrighT! anyone who is looking for a private driving instructor can look for me!. discounts on enrolment fee and lesson charges.
quit a long post from me.
