finals are over!
EC3333 - I FORGOT THE FORMULAS AND I HAD TO DERIVE THEM!! SIGH
FNA1002X - I HATE IT. enough said
EC3332 - *kaboom* -mutters- stupid paper made me write so much in such little time
LAJ2202 - sigh. forgot katakana cuz i got nervous. then again, there was a person i heard that forgot the katakana, even though it was in his/her name. of note, someone was missing from the LT's exam.. hrm
GE1101E/GEK1001 - threw lots of clouds at the paper. just hoping to get a b+ now
EC3102 - ended up not going cuz someone passed a throat infection to me and i'm still running a fever since sunday. life sux.. have to retake EC3102 next semester.
its over!! and since its over it means training with Prudential and my reservist coming up real soon! ahhhh!~!~!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
tired
would you just please get the point that i'm making?
would you just please bother to come for meetings?
would you just please put in your effort too?
i hate this.
just wish that this nagging pain in my back will just go away
would you just please bother to come for meetings?
would you just please put in your effort too?
i hate this.
just wish that this nagging pain in my back will just go away
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
For Khaiyuen
Khaiyuen,
The point that we would all like to make to you is that we would like for you to improve as a musician and also as a person, so as for you to achieve your fullest potential without having anyone having to slap you in the face or anything at all. We may not be that much older than you, or truth being told, age shouldn't have any bearing on this at all. Do keep in mind that everyone goes through different experiences in life, and those experiences will be pertinent to different people at different stages of their life. When we speak up our mind, we share what we have gone through, we do hope that there can be something to be learnt from what we say. That is why, don't be so fixated on what you think is correct, but rather just listen to what others have to say first, and consider if what they say is correct. In the meantime, go around, ask, listen, seek further opinions on the matter, and if what everyone says is correct rather than what you think you were correct initially, then obviously, there is something not quite right with what you initially thought of, and you should do something to change that right? Rather than be so fixated on your own ideas and continue to make people have to continually talk to you.
On the point about NUSWS, we are ONE big family, but we are still made up of smaller sections. Just like a large family, with different family cells. Each family group functions on its own, but they all come together as one family, extended or not, to work towards a common goal. For me, what really matters more is what we as musicians can learn throughout our journey, rather than competitions to prove our worth against others. Would you rather be able to receive standing ovations time and time again for your performances or would you rather get a gold award that would mean that you have received a certain standard of performance playing? Each would give satisfaction in their own way, but the difference is that different people would gain different amounts of utility and eventually satisfaction from the consumption of the different goods.
About learning the instrument, it is good that you choose to change to another new instrument and it is a good job that you have managed to play the cor anglais in just those short few months. However, the point that we would like to make is that whilst playing other instruments for fun is ok, it would be better to focus on one instrument and be really good at that one instrument. Continually changing from one instrument to another wouldn't really do your embouchure any good if you intend to be a master of one instrument. Ever seen Sir James Galway play other instruments? I don't think so right? Because he is a master in the flute, and he dedicates his time to really practice and improve on that one instrument. That is what we would like to see you do also, to really decide on one instrument and to get really good at that instrument rather than continually trying to pick up some new instrument and continually trying to get better at all instruments. Be a master of one, not a jack of all trades. We really don't want to see you forever trying to get into some section. Find something that you really want to do, which you have for the cor anglais and oboe. So do your best there, and don't keep on trying to pick up and trying to master other instruments. It will really not do your embouchure any good by continually moving around. Some playing around is fine, because buzzing does help clarinet players relax our embouchures, but we don't go around trying to master the brass instruments. As Ian stated and also for my own case, going to another instrument changes our embouchures instead of helping it, and we have to spend more time in regaining the correct ones required, which isn't efficient.
All we want is for you to stop blaming yourself, and stop grovelling. We do mean well, and we want to see you succeed, and we all want to see NUSWS succeed. That should be the goal, where we can grow as musicians, as better people, and as our sanctuary from studies/work. That is what NUSWS is about, to me at least, and I hope that it can be the same for the majority, and everone where possible.
Xianwei
The point that we would all like to make to you is that we would like for you to improve as a musician and also as a person, so as for you to achieve your fullest potential without having anyone having to slap you in the face or anything at all. We may not be that much older than you, or truth being told, age shouldn't have any bearing on this at all. Do keep in mind that everyone goes through different experiences in life, and those experiences will be pertinent to different people at different stages of their life. When we speak up our mind, we share what we have gone through, we do hope that there can be something to be learnt from what we say. That is why, don't be so fixated on what you think is correct, but rather just listen to what others have to say first, and consider if what they say is correct. In the meantime, go around, ask, listen, seek further opinions on the matter, and if what everyone says is correct rather than what you think you were correct initially, then obviously, there is something not quite right with what you initially thought of, and you should do something to change that right? Rather than be so fixated on your own ideas and continue to make people have to continually talk to you.
On the point about NUSWS, we are ONE big family, but we are still made up of smaller sections. Just like a large family, with different family cells. Each family group functions on its own, but they all come together as one family, extended or not, to work towards a common goal. For me, what really matters more is what we as musicians can learn throughout our journey, rather than competitions to prove our worth against others. Would you rather be able to receive standing ovations time and time again for your performances or would you rather get a gold award that would mean that you have received a certain standard of performance playing? Each would give satisfaction in their own way, but the difference is that different people would gain different amounts of utility and eventually satisfaction from the consumption of the different goods.
About learning the instrument, it is good that you choose to change to another new instrument and it is a good job that you have managed to play the cor anglais in just those short few months. However, the point that we would like to make is that whilst playing other instruments for fun is ok, it would be better to focus on one instrument and be really good at that one instrument. Continually changing from one instrument to another wouldn't really do your embouchure any good if you intend to be a master of one instrument. Ever seen Sir James Galway play other instruments? I don't think so right? Because he is a master in the flute, and he dedicates his time to really practice and improve on that one instrument. That is what we would like to see you do also, to really decide on one instrument and to get really good at that instrument rather than continually trying to pick up some new instrument and continually trying to get better at all instruments. Be a master of one, not a jack of all trades. We really don't want to see you forever trying to get into some section. Find something that you really want to do, which you have for the cor anglais and oboe. So do your best there, and don't keep on trying to pick up and trying to master other instruments. It will really not do your embouchure any good by continually moving around. Some playing around is fine, because buzzing does help clarinet players relax our embouchures, but we don't go around trying to master the brass instruments. As Ian stated and also for my own case, going to another instrument changes our embouchures instead of helping it, and we have to spend more time in regaining the correct ones required, which isn't efficient.
All we want is for you to stop blaming yourself, and stop grovelling. We do mean well, and we want to see you succeed, and we all want to see NUSWS succeed. That should be the goal, where we can grow as musicians, as better people, and as our sanctuary from studies/work. That is what NUSWS is about, to me at least, and I hope that it can be the same for the majority, and everone where possible.
Xianwei
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