| Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| Ruddygore Opera |
Juz had 1st rehearsal tonight for the Ruddygore opera coming up this sat...longest rehearsals and concerts ever. gonna perform from sat till fri next week...which means more $$...:D but its the experience that counts (ya rite....), since i never played in an opera b4...or i should say i never seen an opera b4. everybody gonna dress up formally and sit in the box, while we orchestra accompanies the actors/singers. how cool is that. lucky for me that the pieces are quite easy..don hav to spend extra time practising for that..so i can focus more on studies (finally.......).
btw, i got Potential Distinction for my mid year exam :D...which is pretty shocking actually...didnt expect to get that..but thank God ay..:) will work harder this sem since this will be the last sem to be studyin theory..next year gonna go all clinical...will be so different by then....quite excited bout it :)
Here is the poster for the Ruddygore Opera. Come watch! u needa book tickets if ur not a student, and if u r, theres a student rush 30 mins b4 for 15 bucks. damn cheap compared to adults.
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| Friday, August 15, 2008 |
| Beijing Olympics 2008 |
This year, 8/8/08, at 8:88 pm, wait there are no 88 minutes. Again. At 8:.08 pm, Beijing Olympics had officially started. As you all know, the opening ceremony was jaw dropping despite the fact that the little girl's voice were dubbed. Oh wells, shes cute anyways. Not going to talk about the Opening ceremony now..but Olympics BASKETBALL!
This year, the USA basketball team roster are Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, and Jason Kidd playing as first five. With Kobe in this team, he's gonna do serious damage to this world. No kidding. Gold medal? Pftt..too easy.
They are named the "Redeem Team", the name obviously says it clearly. Redeem the GOLD medal that they lost in the last olympics. Its quite a cool name ay. Back in year 92, when Michael Jordan was owning in Olympics, their team is called the "Dream Team". Now its the "Redeem Team". Cool ay? Can't wait to see US with Gold medal in basketball.
Meanwhile......................... . . . . . . . . .
At the other end of the world.........
That's right, I'm playing for Malaysia in the Olympics. One Man Show. LOL.
Actually, Im playing in the Asian Basketball League this Sunday against other asian countries like China, Taiwan, Local Chinese etc, representing Malaysia ppl. Not really expecting to win, but this is my first ever involvement in a real basketball competition. Exciteds.
Im one of the first five of the team, playing as Shooting Guard. The rest are Nelson, Patrick, Ivan, and Romeo. So my job is to shoot and not get blocked. lol.
We only started practising two weeks ago...Bizzare ay..worked on a few plays..but didnt turn out well..Hopefully by this Saturday Romeo (our coach as well) will draw up a strategy for all of us and then practise executing those plays.
Wish me luck guys for my first ever basketball match! :D
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| posted by Joshua @ 12:25 AM |
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| Sunday, August 10, 2008 |
| Happy =) |
 Yay Carmina Burana concert was a blast! Everybody did a good job, especially the soloists....and among the soloists, the-girl-who-melted-my-heart.
Her voice is absolutely... indescribable. Probably an angel's voice would be the closest thing to describe her voice.
 When the violins were accompanying her, i cant keep my eyes off her cos shes so beautiful and i couldnt help myself to draw my attention towards her instead of focusing on my own accompaniment music. luckily didnt play any wrong notes lol.
Can spot me? I was probably not concentrating on the music..:P
Why am i happy?
Cos...
I took PHOTO with her!!! (btw her name is Barbara Graham).
 Me and my friends were talking in the concert hall, then we saw her walking past, me and Siew Leong quickly followed her outside. Then i asked her if we could take a picture with her. Damn nervous k. I was just expecting her to take photos with us and we go away after that, but no, she was such a down-to-earth person that i didn't feel like i was talking to a superior damn high class soloist. She talked with us for a while, asking where we are based and stuff...and i said her voice was absolutely beautiful..and really enjoyed working with her. I was stunned man, even till now im on high lol.
Me, Barbara Graham, Siew Leong
 2ndly, I'm quite happy that lots of my fans friends came, could see them from the stage..Waved at them from the stage.probably looked very un-professional from down there. but nah who cares lol. Glad they enjoyed the concert :)
Finally, its time for me to have a break. Well not really, i got 3 tests next week. Sigh. At least got to stay at home do my own stuff, been out every night for the past 1 month. really need some rest.
Its almost 3 am now, should sleep. ciao.
Me, Lois, Esther, Yoke Hoon, Siew Leong |
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| Saturday, August 9, 2008 |
| Ready for concert |
concert in an hour time. damn stress |
| posted by Joshua @ 7:01 PM |
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| Monday, August 4, 2008 |
| CARMINA BURANA Concert |
Carmina Burana: The Wheel of Fortune
omg i just had my 1st rehearsal tonight for the concert this sat night. Its damn nice, and its only the first rehearsal with the orchestra only. FULL rehearsal will involve 3 soloists, 3 choirs, 2 pianos, and 1 orchestra. Nice number ay? will have 200+ ppl on stage.
If you haven't in your entire life seen an orchestra, choir, soloists (u might have seen pianists), then this is the concert to go to. If your gonna die soon and thinking what to put on a wish-list, this is what you should write now. Or if your not gonna die, you will probably die as well if u missed the concert cos ill shoot you for not going. :D Sorry for saying the word "die" in such an optimistic way.
ODT (Otago Daily Times) came today and took photos of us. Will be out in the news soon! For info about the concert:- Saturday, 9 August 2008, 8:00 pm
Dunedin Town Hall
- Psathas: Pirogov/Cauldron Lighting (Shostakovich arr. Psathas)
- Rachmaninov: Cinq Études-Tableaux
- Orff: Carmina Burana
The Southern Sinfonia's Principal Guest Conductor Werner Andreas Albert returns for the second of his 2008 concerts. John Psathas was one of New Zealand's best kept secrets until he composed the music for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, an extract of which features in this concert. It is fitting that this concert is planned for the evening following the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The well-known music Carmina Burana appears in numerous films and commercials and is based on the poems and medieval songs about wine, women and song. All three vocal soloists are originally from New Zealand. They all won many prizes and awards (including the 2000 Mobil Song Quest by Jared Holt) before going on to perform in prestigious opera houses and on concert platforms in Europe, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. |
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| Saturday, August 2, 2008 |
| *not that short update* |
| Went basketball training this morning, for a competition coming soon (Asian League). Damn tired. Then lunch with Daniel Heng, Su Lyn, Kern, and Ern. We are all part of Daniel's team to record his new cd album coming out end of the year. Discussed about suitable times for everyone and come practise + jamming, and hopefully i will come out with ideas about the strings arrangement for his songs. Exciteds. Can't wait! :)
After lunch, i borrowed Dan's USB mic home and tried recording at home on my relatively new iMac. (I didn't know i had garageband until a few days ago, which is a really cool program that allows you to record simultaneously with a number of tracks running behind, sort of like a recording studio, but not as pro lol). So, i was playing around with it, then i decided to record the whole Canon Rock, as i didnt finish it last year on video. The result is not too bad, but im still a noob at garageband..don't really know how to adjust the sound effects and all that, gonna read up tutorials on that. I've uploaded the raw version of the Canon rock here. Enjoy! :D |
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| Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| Med Ball 2008 "Winter Solstice" |
Last Saturday, i went to my med school's ball, themed "Winter Solstice". Was really awesome night, where 350 med students (yes, we do have a social life) come together and hook up socialise, meeting new ppl especially from 2nd year meds.
Everybody dressed up real nice and pretty, except for the fact that i can't think of any creative ideas to dress up according to the theme, while some girls did a good job wearing all white. I thought of wearing Santa Claus outfit, but nah, i don't wanna outshine everybody else. :D Unless some girl can be my "Santarina" and share the glorious moment with me. hehe. And of course, lots and lots of photos taken.
Me, Josephine (2nd year med)
Me, Julia (2nd year med)
Me and Marcus..sexay
Me, Yi Qian, and Voon
 my buddies(Kern, Dennis, Me, Voon and Marcus)
Food was not bad, 2 course meal with beef, chicken, salad and dessert came after. But i was too full as i already ate dinner beforehand, and it was almost supper time already as we started eating like 9 pm. Not bad la, still managed to squeeze some of the food into my very small stomach. After dinner, we took more photos. This time more retarded ones. Beware.
 Laura, me and Joanna.
 The Charlie's An.. Demons?
Attitude Med students. Beware of Docs.
There was a live jazz band playing on stage as well. It was overall pretty good, and the band members were my high school mates! Go Logan park! The only thing that im not that happy about is the volume, it was a tad too loud while we were eating our dinner, which made it very hard for us to talk and ended up shouting the whole time.
I enjoyed the night. And this will be the last ball for us..since most of you guys are leaving Dunedin for Christchurch..WHY!!!! gonna miss you guys man...
Last photo of us.
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