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mood - not that good
had intensive choir training today.
it started at 10am. and ended at 6pm. 1 hour lunch break in between. and i survived.
the main schedule of the day was, to learn 2 new songs for our annual December concert, and an overall run-through for all the songs that we've learn this term.
sounds quite easy maybe. but this is actually a summary of what we did. to explain in details, it would be... voice training at the beginning, then we're separated into our voice groups (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) to head for our own training spots. as for alto, we learnt the 1st half of the 1st song in classroom A, had an ensemble with all other voices for the 1st half of the song at the hall; learnt the 1st half of the 2nd song in classroom B, had an ensemble for it at the hall; lunch break; learnt 2nd half of the 1st song in classroom A, ensemble at the hall; 2nd half of the 2nd song in classroom B; ensemble at the hall....... to top it all, the hall, classroom A and B are all at different places, so we had to sprint once every section was over (we're given only 5 minutes each to move between training spots).
why did we, members of Chor Kleines, have to be so ----- should i say, pathetic ----- when we can actually take a better alternative (if we can't stay in the hall all the time): get classrooms that are actually closer to the hall, and assign only ONE classroom per voice group god dammit. i would lmao, if the reason is coz "you can't use a classroom for more than 90 minutes". hah.
but the run-through was nice. we sang a total of..... 8 songs? of various languages and genres. swedish, german, latin, english (jazz) and of course, japanese. 2 of the songs are for the annual competition, and the rest, our concert.
i personally found the song Samayoeru Esutoniajin (..... The Wandering Estonian???) a brilliant song. it's complicated - it's separated into 8 voices (soprano A, B, alto A, B.. and so on) each of the voices singing different melodies (almost all the time), a lot of sharps and flats (oops technical terms sorry..), and it's fast. and it's funny - it begins with "Furaingu~ Dacchiman~.... Dewanai!" (That's no flying dutchman). the ending is grand and it felt like some song for a movie's ending credits.............. lovely...
until they spoilt it by having the "First-year Arm-wrestling Contest". well, personally, i didn't like it... what do you expect? i'm a KIASU person who dislikes any games/sports which i might lose in. then again, it was separated into Girls Section and Boys Section, so i decided not to back out like i always do (had bad memories arm-wrestling with guys. we did that in cheerleading, and my macho senior purposely lost to me just because i'm of the weaker gender. that was humiliating. i'd rather him win against me fair and square).
and i regretted. made it to top 8 without much effort, me being the last alto standing (dammit soprano's are strong). then i saw 2 of the qualifiers whom i didn't wanna duel. one of them is my closer soprano friend, she's slender and fit, and tall, and she trains her biceps and all at the gym. the other one's short, a conductor-wannabe, looks snobbish and likes to show off (she sings during meals, and dances in front of the mirror as though she's in a disco club, even though no one noticed her. but that's prolly coz i'm prejudiced). and it so happened my next opponent was the latter.
all i could remember before making it to top 4, was her screaming "No! I don't wanna lose to HER! I don't wanna lose to HER!!" and she fought tooth and nail to keep the tip of her knuckles off the table. deep inside my heart, i could hear myself screaming the same words too. i really don't like competing with persistent people, being a real persistent person myself (well, sometimes), coz they're the ones who make me feel kiasu.
in the end i backed out at top 4 by losing to my next opponent, partly because my whole right arm was aching from the previous "battle".
and i'm sure i'll have a hard time communicating with her if i ever meet her in person again.
mood - not that good
had intensive choir training today.
it started at 10am. and ended at 6pm. 1 hour lunch break in between. and i survived.
the main schedule of the day was, to learn 2 new songs for our annual December concert, and an overall run-through for all the songs that we've learn this term.
sounds quite easy maybe. but this is actually a summary of what we did. to explain in details, it would be... voice training at the beginning, then we're separated into our voice groups (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) to head for our own training spots. as for alto, we learnt the 1st half of the 1st song in classroom A, had an ensemble with all other voices for the 1st half of the song at the hall; learnt the 1st half of the 2nd song in classroom B, had an ensemble for it at the hall; lunch break; learnt 2nd half of the 1st song in classroom A, ensemble at the hall; 2nd half of the 2nd song in classroom B; ensemble at the hall....... to top it all, the hall, classroom A and B are all at different places, so we had to sprint once every section was over (we're given only 5 minutes each to move between training spots).
why did we, members of Chor Kleines, have to be so ----- should i say, pathetic ----- when we can actually take a better alternative (if we can't stay in the hall all the time): get classrooms that are actually closer to the hall, and assign only ONE classroom per voice group god dammit. i would lmao, if the reason is coz "you can't use a classroom for more than 90 minutes". hah.
but the run-through was nice. we sang a total of..... 8 songs? of various languages and genres. swedish, german, latin, english (jazz) and of course, japanese. 2 of the songs are for the annual competition, and the rest, our concert.
i personally found the song Samayoeru Esutoniajin (..... The Wandering Estonian???) a brilliant song. it's complicated - it's separated into 8 voices (soprano A, B, alto A, B.. and so on) each of the voices singing different melodies (almost all the time), a lot of sharps and flats (oops technical terms sorry..), and it's fast. and it's funny - it begins with "Furaingu~ Dacchiman~.... Dewanai!" (That's no flying dutchman). the ending is grand and it felt like some song for a movie's ending credits.............. lovely...
until they spoilt it by having the "First-year Arm-wrestling Contest". well, personally, i didn't like it... what do you expect? i'm a KIASU person who dislikes any games/sports which i might lose in. then again, it was separated into Girls Section and Boys Section, so i decided not to back out like i always do (had bad memories arm-wrestling with guys. we did that in cheerleading, and my macho senior purposely lost to me just because i'm of the weaker gender. that was humiliating. i'd rather him win against me fair and square).
and i regretted. made it to top 8 without much effort, me being the last alto standing (dammit soprano's are strong). then i saw 2 of the qualifiers whom i didn't wanna duel. one of them is my closer soprano friend, she's slender and fit, and tall, and she trains her biceps and all at the gym. the other one's short, a conductor-wannabe, looks snobbish and likes to show off (she sings during meals, and dances in front of the mirror as though she's in a disco club, even though no one noticed her. but that's prolly coz i'm prejudiced). and it so happened my next opponent was the latter.
all i could remember before making it to top 4, was her screaming "No! I don't wanna lose to HER! I don't wanna lose to HER!!" and she fought tooth and nail to keep the tip of her knuckles off the table. deep inside my heart, i could hear myself screaming the same words too. i really don't like competing with persistent people, being a real persistent person myself (well, sometimes), coz they're the ones who make me feel kiasu.
in the end i backed out at top 4 by losing to my next opponent, partly because my whole right arm was aching from the previous "battle".
and i'm sure i'll have a hard time communicating with her if i ever meet her in person again.
posted by aikoais at 8/23/2007 11:47:00 PM
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