~hciso.hkmoy//2~

Being the second day, today things settled down slightly. After a brief two periods of Chinese, I grabbed my viola and headed back to the SALT Centre to gather. We then took about one and a half hours loading a hired truck with the various instruments and stands, then pacing over to Chengyi Auditorium to unload the instruments, and set up the stands. It was hectic but rather fun: we rode in the back of a truck, which although was not a first for me, was exhilarating anyways. Finally, after we had set up everything, we could start the real practice. This time, we went slowly through movement by movement, section by section, with Mr Siu picking up the fine details that we failed to spot. I was glad that the viola section was not arrowed for solo playing as we often were during normal practices. Rather, the winds kept on going off beat and out of tune; a certain bassoonist repeatedly entered in half a bar too early! Even the horn in its solo could not make the cut, and was strictly pointed out by Mr Siu. Although we had a two hour lunch break in between from 12 to 2, it was still a tiring rehearsal. By the end of the day my arms were sore from pulling the bow and holding up the viola; my back was aching from sitting up straight as a pole; and my feet, after long periods of numbness, had the unpleasant sensation of pins-and-needles. We knew it was tiring but we had to pull through: it would all pay off tomorrow during the concert!

~hciso.hkmoy//1~

The long-awaited HKMOY-HCISO exchange programme has finally come!!! This first day has proven to be exceptionally event-packed.

Today was especially busy as we had to make all the arrangements to accommodate all the additional members of the orchestras. We rushed there after school to set up. There was to be about two and a half times as many people as usual, so we had to squeeze in as much as possible. Even so there wasn't enough space and all the doors had to be opened with some stands positioned outside. The most troublesome problem to solve was the four timpanis. They were humongous instruments and there was certainly no way they could all fit even into the corridor outside the room. After racking our brains for quite some time, an anonymous bright spark thought of using the bass practice room. After all, the timpanis were already there for storage, and all we needed to do was to open the connecting doors and shift the drums slightly. We set to work immediately, and we were ready for practice by the time the other orchestras entered. This practice was fun as those with foreign desk partners would begin to interact with them and get to know them. It was exhausting, however, as we repeatedly went through parts of the Tchaikovsky piece that we often erred in. After an arduous session of three straight hours, we were finally released. Everyone was fatigued and happy to set off. Indeed even the girls were tired as they had to awake at 3 a.m. in the morning just to catch the flight over!

~musings~

gah. nvr touch this in long time liaoxx0rz.
what. ever.
trying 2 revive a blog 2 itx past glory has nvr seemed so hard.
perhaps tt'x bcuz i havent had a blog to revive (?)

bleh anws.
2day got str orch rehearsals fm 9 to 6 wif a 2hr break.
haha can skip math test xD
oso dun nid 2 see mastura.

lols the hk & china pplx came down.
it was super fun carrying their instruments...lol
wah but nao can anyhao spam/fake oso nb kno.
the brass play so loud even wenqi's epic playing style i think he himself cant hear.
digging in the bow into the strings makes the entire viola vibrate causing displeasure to the chin and jaw area.
tchaik 5 wuz fun hehe esp wif teh winds + perc.
it sounds diff fm b4 but tt wuz expected.

aiyah nao got shitloads of hmwk 2 catch up wif.
some more concert on sat. gah. gah. gah
LOLs 2day jon yong+pohan+kaiwen fight was ePiC.
argh go check on fb yrself lah.