Sunday, October 24, 2004

its a cool sunday morning, the birds are chirping and the blue sky is dotted with puffs of white sheep. ok sounds weird but anyway just thot i'd write something that i wanted to note down yesterday, then go do some work after this.

did a run yesterday at bishan park, was about 1.7k, not a lot i know (sigh) anyway, its a good start :) saw this group of girls and guys having rugby training, not sure if its touch or contact, but they were doing the basic 'forward pass' as their coach called it. he's a fierce guy. well, anyway, on my way to bishan park and back from there, there was this slope along st. nics to run past. the band music i heard from those girls brought back heaps and loads of wonderfully beautiful memories of band in sec sch and jc.

though they were having individual practice or sectionals maybe, there was the distinct sounds of muted french horns, the light airy flutes, the woody clarinets (!!!!!!), the bold trumpets, the sexy saxophones, oh man, listening to all that again just made me realise how MUCH i really miss band. how much i miss practices, my clarinet, the 3/1/2 reeds, the experience of sitting in the middle of harmonious sounds and melodies that were large and powerful yet articulate and well-tongued, the feeling of having lips so red and raw after consecutive days of tedious practices before competitions and performances. I Miss Band!!!

much as i wanna play again, doubt there's actually gonna be any chance to, unless maybe if vjcsb has some 'alumni' thingy planned for NSSN this december. Maybe. or maybe, like what veron said, we could go join an outside band, not that i know where to find one in the first place. oh well, just a thought.

met daniel yesterday at raffles city cos i wanted to borrow his fmath mechanics notes, hoping they Might help physics in some way. was talking to him halfway when these 2 girls called me, think it was a case of brain-lag, but i was just staring at them for so long, till i realised they were junejoo and shellen...shellen cut her hair! (thats why i couldnt recognise her) then i saw the whole gang of tingjun, ben, baorong, yiming, ales coming from behind...what a coincidence.

i decided to read the notes on essay writing for my film paper due next next monday(!!) and realised that i've got a lot alot alot of stuff and preparation to do and i'd seriously better get started on it if i want to produce a decent piece of writing. current update: have yet to decide on which film to focus on, no research done, no inkling whatsoever on the theme of the paper. time is precious, gotta get moving before i encounter sleepless nights again.