Monday, April 25, 2005
pat[i]ence
Hmm..
Parden the occasional fragmented sentences. I'm sleepy =_=
Last friday went to choir as usual and got a shock. The girls were trying on their costumes. They looked... Erm... *ahem*. OK la, some of the look nice, but others... MEH. At least the white shawl thingy looked ok. The guys, of course, looked great, even when sweating through their white shirt. Stupid school, no air-con as usual. And whoa, was Miss Lim in a bad mood. Yelled at sops-altos combined, then yelled at tenors-basses combined. LOL. After the practice, or rather scolding session, we were going to go KAP for dinner, but somehow we decided to go to the Mac at Serene Centre instead. And LO AND BEHOLD, who should be there but Miss Lim and Mr Yong. LOL. Ended up eating at Black Canyon, which was quite good, and even cheaper than Mac too.
Saturday went to TJC for "workshop" with them and HC. Wasn't too bad. TJC overshot the 8 minute limit. We almost reached it too. TJ didn't sang too badly considering their small numbers. Anyway we went to town for lunch. Stopped at PS and decided to eat at BK, upon which I rolled my eyes and started trying to convince my stomach that I wasn't hungry. After eating we went to Starbucks! Haha yea. Only me and benghee and qj got drinks though. We had a nice mix of people there, all EIGHT parts present, so we started singing and recording using hg's iPod. I think we must have scared away quite a number of customers there with our out-of-tune singing. Oh well. Quite fun though. Sang and sang and forgot the time. Was suppose to reach HC for practice at 3. Wanted to cab down but instead took the bus with cheryl z and benghee, which caused me to be 30 minutes late. But it was ok since it wasn't really a proper practice anyway. Just sectionals, learning the songs. Some of their uni people still having exams.
And I must pause to talk about bingzhu. He's the Hwachong Voices SC. And he's damn good. He's the kind of SL that I've always wanted to be but can't. Fast, efficient, gets the job done, yet very charismatic and good-tempered. And his musical sense is just super good. Even Miss Lim looks at him in awe. I'm so looking forward to singing together with him. Same part too, tenor 2 haha.
Anyway sang through all 7 songs in about 2 hours. Went home and felt terrible. Headache + sore throat + coughing and stuff. Didn't stop me from playing DOTA though, which is a bad thing cause I woke up on Sunday feeling really LIKE SAI. Still had to teach tuition though, no choice. And speaking of which, that student of mine is just pissing me off. Grr.
Watched The Interpreter. Alone. Was a pretty good show. 4 out of 5 stars from me.
I think one of the best things God has given me since 19 June 2004 was patience. Patience I never had or knew I could have. Hopefully I will have enough patience for my tutee. He's really getting on my nerves. I really try to teach to the best I can but he's so not responding. Like, late last year when I was still tutoring hg, anyone who walked into my room would think I was still studying for As, wiht my math stuff all over the place. It's not self praise or anything, but when I give tuition I really try to do everything I can, study the stuff and make sure I can teach properly. Oh wells. God, more patience please. Patience to wait for unanswered prayers. Patience to wait for a divine revelation. Patience to continue sitting in front of the computer mugging stats stuff, in case somebody asks me question then I would have the answers ready. Patience for so many things. Please God. Amen.
I really must get back to work now.
{/2:58 PM}
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