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26/12/2011

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As I was showering and singing banana to whatever tune in my head just now, a sudden realization drawn upon me. *gasp* its going to be 2012 in a week’s time. Which means, I will be going into my mid-twenties in a week’s time! *panic* and I’ve got no career, no rich husband, no direction for my research, no aws and bonus, no driving license….. What the hell happened in 2011?! Its like I went into coma on 01/01/2011 and just woke up yesterday.

Anyway, this post was supposed to be on reflections of 2011. But my lifelong-buddy-drunkard-andy-soh distracted me with his super entertaining whatsapp messages. First, he told me he is a sponge, pink in colour, mixed blood with starfish. and next he confessed his love for me and decided that we should get married tomorrow. And when I said no, he cried over spilled alcohol and licked them up from the floor. (Ewwww.) Stupid blackberry doesn’t let me take screenshot of whatsapps! =( And I didn’t manage to cheat him into taking a picture of himself licking spilled alcohol from the floor. (He’s kindda alert for someone who’s drunk) I wonder how much of these is he going to remember, but this post will remind him not to talk to me when he is drunk next time! Still, happy birthday to my old-lifelong-buddy-drunkard-andy-soh! don’t worry, I still love you even though you are a drunkard.

Ps: I really love watching drunk people! Haha.

eggcited!

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“我门家要嫁女儿了!!”
                                                    – Shihua, August 2011
counting down: 3 years, 2.5 months.
ps: eggcited means excited in kellish.

missing band suddenly…

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maybe i laughed too much during dinner just now and my brain got de-oxygenated. my brain was totally in its nothing box even with my journal papers plastered in front of my face. without realising a thing, i typed ‘persis overture youtube’ on google chrome and played the very first video on the search result.
the first note made my heart skip a beat. suddenly i imagined myself in the old band room, having a full band practice. the running notes sent chills down my spine because any mistake would mean addition 1 hour of practice. i anticipated the basses for their upbeats and felt a sense of relieve when they entered at the correct timing. my attention was turned towards shihua the minute the pace slowed for the oboe solo. we were transported to the benches outside our classroom. i remembered tears and her shaking while learning the solo during sectionals. and i asked her if she can play the solo for my wedding (i have no idea why! its not exactly that romantic.)
at about 7:20 into the song, the entire scene changed to a concert hall. uncontrollable emotions overwhelmed me. maybe because our band performances always reached climax at this point, or maybe because we had played this song for our seniors farewell, as well as our own farewell, or maybe because we were just glad that we made it through the entire song (or performance) without any glitches. and guess what, it was so intense that i held my breathe during the momentary pause before the last few notes. 
persis overture was written with a very beautiful story behind it (go google!). but to me (and hopefully the band), it summarises the entire bittlesweet memories of four torturous yet happy years in band. even blue shades doesn’t have the impact! gosh. i miss band soooooo much.
ex-bandmates aka current buddies, take some time off your tiring and stressful work/study to listen to it! feel the magic of persis as it brings you back to our innocent swiss winds time. this is a privilege only for band members! =)
ps: i miss our version of amazing grace with saxophone solo. melvyn, can you give me a little hint on the keywords to google for that version?

she said

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“birds of the same feather flock together… humans 
of the same bimbotic-ness whatsapp together…” 
                                                                                         – Kelly Hew