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Yep! Back home yesterday night, am enjoying less-than-24-hours-of-being-at-home, going to Malaysia to play at a chalet then visit my relatives later today, in the evening.
Have gained way to many facebook games, so I sliced the super useless/not creative at all kind of games. I still have many left, so there goes my promise to cut fb games to a minimum. I’ll try to cut them one by one though, maybe eventually I’ll not be so into fb… 
And have more time to practice piano / do housework D: / study?! / read books / something more worthwhile. Christian friends, pray for me, and any friends, just remind me if you see a new game suddenly on my feed Cynthia, please keep a close eye on me. Jenny, please nag Heehee.
Then again, no one’s probably going to read this post. Other than yong, maybe…
Uh, shall sell my fish in aquarium now so that I can quit it and not kill my fishes! And…yeah. Try to keep closing apps instead of adding on… Wish me luck!
And Malaysia, here I come (again!)
Oh, also hoping that I’ll get into AEP. Will pray for those going for it (People Like Yong and Jess are shoo ins though)
NooBoet
Erm, Help.
How on earth do you do that ping back thing? Anyone? :S Oops.
Anyway, essay coming right up soon (questions in broken English…copied them off the white board in a hurry):
a) Describe subject matter of each of these 2 paintings, include environment.
b) Describe use of colour, brushwork and space in each of e works. State influence if any.
c) Name another SEAsian artist and describe another self-portrait. Interpret e artist intention from e named work.
Choir! Technically it’s performing arts
We’re singing many songs! Most are very weird o.0
But you get to hear Kangboon solo! (kangboon, take care of your voice!) Please come! Kangyan has been practising hard, and missing a lot of AEP lessons! Make her hard work pay off ^w^
psst! order quick for tickets! and PAY UP! <3 I need another 2, preferably 4, by next Tues. Orders!
Time: 7.30-9.00pm
Date: 29 July 2009
Price: $21 (special student price: $16)
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
here goes
List of songs:
Leroy Anderson
1. The Syncopated Clock
2. The Typewriter
3. The Waltzing Cat
The typewriter includes interweaving melodies of ‘da’s and ‘ba’s, as well as strange noises (e.g. whistling), and most likely, actions that mimic the typing part. The typing speed slows as the person moves to an older typewriter somewhere in the middle of the song…before he goes back to typing whatever he needs to with the original speed, perhaps even speeding up (and getting very tired and sian3 of his typing) before finally ending with the tonic note! Oh, I’m whistling with all the other whistlers for the centre part XD
The waltzing cat on the other hand consists of meow-ing sounds, with the altos giving the ‘1 2 3′ waltz beat. Onomatopoeic, you see…although from sop 1 perspective the waltzing cat‘s meowing is rather high…*cough*. We currently sound as though the cat’s feet got stepped on while dancing when we sing the high meows. Kangboon will be SOLOING!Must come and hear her hit ridiculously high notes with her beautiful voice! The song ends with the Sop 1 lower part singing some weird tune before all comes in with the final chord 
. Umm…listen to people bark ! XD
The syncopated clock is a super cute 6-part song…and perhaps the easiest to sing along, since typewriter is very fast and waltzing cat will tear your throat apart. It’s also technically the easiest piece, followed by typewriter and finally the way too high waltzing cat. We’re still in the midst of learning this song…actually we’re in the midst of learning almost everything.
Japanese songs
Ko Matsushita
4. Kaeru
5. Aitakute
6. Itsuki
7. Shinjiru
Ko Matsushita’s compositions are popular among choirs. They are (usually) challenging, lyrical (to a certain extent) Somehow long notes are featured in (almost) every song of his that NY Choir has sung…his songs are usually pleasant to the ears though, so enjoy By the way, aitakute was our SYF piece! Kangboon solos here again!, just before the song fades away hopefully in tune.
Kaeru translates into FROG with very abstract lyrics…so darling student conductor came up with her own! The song starts almost lazily, with croaking frogs (“kekeko“) and peaceful waters. Suddenly, a crocodile (why crocodile?) swims up and tries to snap at our beloved little protagonists! And guess what…a second one comes over too! Mad hopping ensues … until all escape and peace returns. Unfortunately the actual translation states that a snake ate up the frog in the end. Oh well. Cookies for Loyee who came up with her interpretation, and taught the whole choir how to sing this song! (finer details, of course, were taught by our conductor )
Aitakute means “want to meet”. It speaks of a yearning to meet someone, or something, but not knowing what it is or when the meeting will be, but even in the confusion, realizes that nevertheless, there is a message in “my” palm that “I” know firmly must be passed to whatever the thing is…and thus, “I want to see them”. and argh, it’s high notes again…
Itsuki no Komori Uta (ooh, long name) is actually a lullaby sung by poor people who were sold(?) at a young age to take care of the babies of richer families, conveying the hope of returning home during the upcoming festival. A sombre song, it is more similar to mamoru (sung during the previous SYF) than aitakute…oh, this song was sung by TKGS (also ms lim’s <3 choir!), and wow their high notes are beautiful TTwTT…A rather sorowful song.
Finally, shinjiru, a beautiful, lyrical song about believing. Believe that I believe. Believing needs no reason. I believe in the world. Something like that, from what I recall…was sung in Cosi Bello (choir concert when I was sec 1) by the sec 4s (at that time) and the Hwa Chong vocal ensemble. Ends with the line ‘watashi wa shinjiru” (I believe).
the weird ones
Western Music – Slovenia & Latvia
8. Pomlad
9. Zima
10. Kekatu dziema
Here comes the exciting songs – finally! As can be seen, the first few songs are playful, then the japanese songs are rather lyrical in comparison…Now you have the CRAZY ones! Challenging to sing, not quite lyrical…and songs can be split up to 8 parts! Many of you would have heard Zima, our SYF piece! Recall the crazy soloists who sang the uber-high tunes from the stage when NYChoir was publicising the concert? Yep, that’s in Zima! Look out of Chrissy, Lolo (our student conductor) and Kangboon, again!
Pomlad is learnt! For all not soloists (6 in all) this song is actually quite short. However…the soloists make up the largest part of the song. Oh, whistling at the end of the song. Hopefully in tune. Oh, uh…i’m probably part IV solo…tzetze’s part III.
Kekatu dziema … is very nice, but also very difficult. Eeps. Highly rhythmic (and thus fun but difficult) and ooh, high notes. I’ll have a hard time memorizing but, it’s a fun song! There’s a canon somewhere…oh, this song has about…8 parts! Hmm…and I’m singing the highest part, one of the joys of being a sop 1.
also rather weird
Western Music – Finland
11. Jaakobin Pojat
12. The Joiku
Jaakobin Pojat is…also very exciting – an exaltation of Jacob and his sons (the littlest Benjamin included ) Lots of screaming involved, interjected with sweeter notes on Benjamin’s name. Ends with all the notes of the ending key…means ‘doh’ all the way to the higher ‘doh’, lowest note coming in before being layered by all the other notes XD Sec 3s are singing Benjamin’s name after all that screaming…juxtaposition! XD
The Joiku repeats a lyrical melody in different keys, starting and interjected with percussionistic vocalising, ending on a spectacular high note ( i guess). This song is quite enjoyable, and you get to slide up to certain notes XD There’s a change in key though, and I have yet to get it well D:
something you might know
Musical Medley
13. Disney Medley (feat. songs Be Our Guest, The Bare Necessities, I Wan’na Be Like You, A Spoonful of Sugar, Step In Time)
Ah, the classics. Something you would understand, since it’s finally in English. Be Our Guest is from Beauty and the Beast, where the candlestick, the teapot and various servants-turned-magically-into-other-household-items welcome Belle to dine in her new dwelling (the Beast’s castle). The Bare Neccessities, as well as I Wan’na Be Like You are from the Jungle Book, sung by a bear (then joined by the main character) and an ape (or something) respectively. The next song is found in Mary Poppins, who shares the wisdom of how each chore has that element of fun! The last song…well, I’ve never heard it before, but it has a catchy tune and easy-to-pick up words…hum along if you want to! XD
There’s actions XD Hilarious, weird actions!
hope to see you there!!!! pretty please?
Please come! (shameless publicising of Choir concert…it’s on my birthday! <3) never need a reason, never need a rhyme![step in time]
期待爱
Yep, I’ve updated my post, the one on my mermaid lagoon. You’ll see more pictures, more words, more reflections, and the category has been settled on artwork finally. Maybe One day I’ll add the comments part to it and properly comment on the paintings I have mentioned in the same post, but…that’s if I have time on that one day. I might also post the pictures of my other terrible pinhole camera pics too…
Have no idea how to scan my 2008 EOY D&P paper. My scanner can only scan a4…i’ll have to take a picture then. If it appears, it should appear in artworks…
20 of them? Oh my…I’ll have to dig up my stuff. And there are some random paintings that mom hanged proudly on the wall.
Oh! Mom’s painting skills pwn mine, totally. Her sketching skills pwn mine too. Lemme see…one day I’ll take a pic of them and post em up too, just to showcase my family’s works As most apes know, The three siblings (J2, Sec 4 and 2 this year) are all in AEP… the gong1 lao2 goes to mom and my old art teacher (will be bai fang-ing him someday), when I graduated from my scribble-ish colour pencils to oil pastels to poster paint.
Gotta go, I needa sleep soon. G’nite
Nooboet：“再见，晚安。”
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