before going to KL, a very musical post

in less than 24hrs time, i'll be on the way to shah alam. so just some (hopefully) quick points. parents have gone to malaysia to visit popo. me and andrew have the whole house to ourselves! of course, i still have my packing to do, which i haven't even started. muahaha!

sat in for the church choir practice last night. omg! they really sound good. (with the exception of "jingle bells" in which they sounded very unsettled.) so proud of the guys' "o holy night". i expected them to cleanly forget the whole thing. but they surprised me by remembering it! :D looks like they're really serious about wanting to do the SATB version of it. next year ya? and no, taking the guys' sectionals wasn't such a pain as i expected. of course, i definitely was talking a little too loud cos my throat was really sore when i got home. and the originally half hour practice mutated into a full 2 hr prac. lucky fr khoo wasn't around and fr lu close 2 eyes (and ears) to us. some other feedback i've got about the choir, that isn't so good i'll save till after KL. wanna think about how to put it first.

other music stuff, nus choir had the shortest of short siglap practices yesterday. ended at 1pm surprisingly. when kk said, ok, we can go, we were all wondering, go home or go for lunch. anyway, kwei made us go to the 'garden' outside to sing. and he stood on the 2nd floor to listen. and tp was hanging around to listen as well. and kwei said it was good. better than the previous time anyway. and this is on top of the fact that none of us warmed up properly. haha!

for fun's sake, here's a pic of the nus altos going for competition. (L to R) felicia, me, jenica, mei si, joanne, charlotte, hui jun, winnie, li yi, hui yin. at the theatrette at CFA.

and anyway, heard that novo concertante manila will not be going to shah alam this time. sad. they were so good the last time. wanted to hear them live again. but apparently, the conductor of novo is bringing another 2 of his choirs for this one. so maybe they have a similar sound.

another thing, as i was listening to internet radio, i heard something really cool. the trans-siberian orchestra! i heard their "christmas eve sarajevo" piece. they DO NOT sound like a conventional orchestra. for one thing, they've got electric guitar doing that electric sound in their song. it sounded so good that i downloaded it. and i was tempted and succumbed to temptation to get some other christmas tracks from them. gosh! i wonder if they have a cd in singapore. i want to buy it!!! LISTEN TO IT!!! turn the volume up REALLY loud for a grandly shiok feeling. glad i managed to find somewhere to host it so i can upload it.

alrighty. bye for now! see you all back on the 13th!