Friday

Well, bio spa is finally over for good. :)

I just entered the world of drama with Joo Ye just now. The whole ambience bursts with the essence of drama. The acting was wonderful and entertaining. I felt that the emotions of the characters were well brought out. Drama is cool. :D It isn't easy of course. I like to watch but not act.

学生须知

Just finished listening comprehension today. The questions were a little tricky. Now, to wait...
I love the 1/2 hr of classical music. That was the best part. :) I was trying hard not to analyse the music... it was so tempting. The piece by Elgar was played as well... lovely lovely!

Today there's suppose to be a total eclipse. Sadly, there was a thunderstorm, the sky was gloomy... there was no observable change. (just like doing some science experiment... haha.) Plus, I had to do an NSW English paper during that time. The paper was extremely, I repeat, EXTREMELY challenging but good. The standard of the paper was excellent, the most difficult of all the NSW papers I've done. There was quite a fair bit of lit incorporated into the questions and the vocabulary was tough. Well, I need to brush up that. Vocabulary has no box big enough to contain it. It's just, too diverse, too wide.

Many things

The coming week is going to be a hectic one. I have to concentrate on my composition for music. It's quite like lit, I realise. A lot of anlaysing is required... mood, texture, sounds have to be thought of carefully and thought of in a big picture. It's thinking in a big picture that is hard for me. Well, I have to start from somewhere. This week I have to listen to many songs. Haha, just learning through listening and relaxing at the same time. 2 in 1 . Great subject, tough to master.

Oh yes, I've decided to explore the field of linguistics. It seems really interesting, useful and applies to many areas of work.

Weary, weary, weary. = =

Composition

No, it's not English. It's piecing rhythm, melody, texture and harmonising them. The problem for me is, when I've thought of a nice melody, I've trouble notating it and worse still, I'm adamant on not changing it because I like it. :) Oh well, I still have to compose the accompaniment for the voice.

Oh yes, we tried using the Sibelius program during music lesson. It was extremely troublesome as the program is rather smart. However, I think using the program will probably make your composition look more presentable. I hope that I can get the hang of using it by the time we have to compose the actual one.

Going to have my last violin lesson next week. It'll be a while before I can concentrate fully on brushing up my violin techniques.

The innocent voices

Today, I went out with my godparents and god siblings, Leah, Noah and Ruth. The original plan was to go swimming but that was not to be as the sky wasn't friendly today. So, we went to Borders and then ate at Manhattan's fish market, having ice-cream at Swensen's thereafter. It was great being with Leah, Noah and Ruth. Just enjoying their company and playing their games, talking and laughing, folding paper boats, singing... :)

On the way back, in the car, Leah, Noah, my brothers and Ruth... yes Ruth,( though she's only 3 I think) sang the songs they learnt at the recent children's camp held in June. Here's how it sounded.
Though not the most perfect of choirs, or musically in tune, it was a chorus of heart warming voices.

A chorus of voices
singing
in childish, fervent fervour,
in all simplicity.

Their heart-warming
tender voices
so sincere
so full
in the special harmony.

They sing
with joy
and all the air
their lungs can hold.

One can feel
the earnest, simple touch
to their melody

A chorus of voices,
so innocently,
sweetly
angel-like.

Solely, a child's.
That special tone.
Unforgettable.

It was great hearing them sing.

The spoken test

口 试终于 考 完了。起初，我 担 心 死 了， 但 是 我 从 这 次 的 口 试 也 学 了 很 多。新 词语，练 习 怎 么 好 好 郎 读，怎 么 谈 新 闻 话题，连 看 华 文 新 闻 也 感 到 兴 趣。其 时， 华 文 是 蛮 有 趣的。哎，现 在 我的 华语还 是 不 太 流畅。我 一 定 要 把 华 文 掌 握的 好！

The Rain

The torrent,
water

p i t t er pa t t er.

it drips,
drops,
then pours.

It pours.
Then it stops, it stops.
The last puddles linger
to slowly evaporate.
The storm has calmed
and a rainbow has emerged
among the clouds.