Yeah! End of 3rd Quarter Exams~

Phew! Finally 7 weeks flew by in a flash and all the exams for my 3rd quarter in Shobi are over!

Praise God that my practical went well this time, except for the sudden trinkle of 鼻水 in the middle of my Mozart Fantasy. Anyway the teachers were having trouble staying awake since the heater was on full blast, while the whole bunch of us were outside the CPR, clutching on to our heat packs. ha!




Having lunch and practising scales before the exams...



Always trigger-happy: good way to destress maybe? ^_^




Erm Gigi... 你想做乜嘢?




1.86m的身高，穿起suit很帅哦！不过记得享受自己弹的音乐，这才是重点！ *笑*

10度的winter,还要act hiao 穿formal dress, 这就是讲究appearance的sushi-land的游戏规则... 最冷的是我的腿！！



大家都or-lu-lu(黑溜溜）...你怕黑吗? （so cheesy, i know.. ha)



While waiting outside the examination room, 除了拍照，就没有别的entertainment了。。。



等很久，2个小时半了...我要快点解脱！！！ 我前面的人弹20minutes的Debussy..........

Seigawa先生is right... the exams is more about MENTAL than 実力...看到我们一个两个怯场till we under-perform, 说不甘心也不是，因为还是defeated by our nerves..ARGHH!　弹完后，觉得有一种解放，应该是身体release出all the pent-up emotions吧！
　
领悟到的是:考试前一定要把曲子练到150%，so that 紧张也可以give 100%... 下次要和Chopin and Bach的音符搏斗了！ Anyone who knows any good mental training exercise, can you please email me?

On a lighter note, we had our Solfege (singing) exams and Ensemble exams 2 days later:


裕翔and あちゃんin a team... for the singing exams..

Gigi and me as a team... forgot to take photos while we were inside.. hee.. it was fun to play accompaniment for your friend though rather stressful ;p

Ensemble exams solo課題曲: `Watermelon man` by Herbie Hancock

Gigi and her concentrate face～

藤本先生playing the bass part on Stagea, mr dunno-what-is-his-name先生on the drumset, and we have to ad-lib for 16 bars (1chorus). Very exciting.. we did simple solos using blue scale but it was fun nevertheless ;D

Ensemble piece is `Tequila`:



Impromptu percussionists.. haha!


A bewildered Kawamura君, with his guiro and whiteboard marker!! (Jazz is all about improvising right?!)

Very high的 drummer先生在教Nana-chan怎么play congo...

Ready to go： Team Akihiro (that is the name of the guy on the left, he is a Chinese.)



Next up, Gigi and my team...

Catch the performance here.. not that pro but the important thing was everyone was enjoying themselves, making music and not worrying about the fact that this is an examination! Wooohooo.. it's all about FEELING the music.. 笑顔しているね！！

Lifesaver in sushi-land

In sushi-land where there is a lack of smelly (but i adore)凉茶，i have to depend on this trusty combi whenever there is a tiny itch starting in my throat... (usually triggered by days of sleeping after 2am, too much yakiniku, pigging out on 乐事 etc)

Ta...da！！！
Honey + lemon *duh*

Thanks Lena for the lemon tip and to Junee who prepared many bottles of honey for me when she was here in sushi-land!! What will I do without angels like you guys?

Try the lemon thingy, can be found at most supermarket, fuss-free and no worries about cutting off piano-playing fingers while slicing lemons or messy sticky drippy drops to clean up haha! falala~

花の名 by Bump of Chicken

この曲は心に響いている...とても和めていい感じの曲ね！励ましになった～


花の名

簡単なことなのにどうして言えないんだろう
言えないことなのにどうして伝わるんだろう
一緒に見た空を忘れても一緒にいたことは忘れない

あなたが花ならたくさんのそれらと変わりないのかもしれない
そこからひとつを選んだ僕だけに歌える歌がある
あなただけに聞こえる歌がある

僕がここにあることはあなたの逢った証拠で
僕がここに送る歌はあなたと老いた証拠で
生きる力を嗅いだから生きているうちに帰さなきゃ

涙や笑顔を忘れた時だけ思い出してください
同じ苦しみに迷ったあなただけに歌える歌がある
僕だけに聞こえる歌がある

みんな逢いたい人がいる
みんな待っている人がいる
会いたい人がいるのなら
それを待っている人がいる
いつでも

あなたが花ならたくさんのそれらと変わりないのかもしれない
そこから一つを選んだ僕だけにあなただけに

いつか
涙や笑顔を忘れた時だけ思い出してください
迷わず一つを選んだあなただけに歌える歌がある
僕だけに聞こえる歌がある
僕だけを待っている人がいる
あなただけに逢いたい人がいる

顾名思义的「文化の日」～好阳光的一天！

今天是星期六，日本的public holiday -文化的日, 很多学校都有food and fun fair, 好想回归年轻的时候啊！今天约了Ronnie,Steven, 康玲，郑小欣一起来support教会的朋友的太鼓performance!



好不容易，有人掉了手机，后来因为是发生在人人诚实的日本，只是虚惊一场，很快就retrieve回来了，从三鹰(Mitaka)搭巴士摇到ICU (International Christian University国际基督大学),耶！达到目的地on time despite the 突发事件！Heehee! Lots of lush greenery, 人不是很多，不过nice weather! Woohoo!第一次来学校的文化festival!

一群兴奋的外国人！哈！ （我又是minority的新加坡人了！！）

天气很好，阳光普照！来青春一下吧！

可爱的夏威夷草裙舞！没有Shobi的辣妹sexy不过多了一份自然美！不愧是大学生啊！

麻将也可以是ECA咯。。。涵涵，萍！！ 快移民来日本念大学吧！muahaha～～　他们卖的mochi很好吃！！现卖现烤哦！

汉人就是。。。民以食为天啊！

蓝蓝的天空，waaa!!秋高气爽，很舒服！！

吃得很开心的郑妹and Ronnie!

抢个好位，准备看演出，不过太阳直接找着我们，吃再多萝卜的我，也顶不住（*粤语)! 而且被旁边的摄影哥哥warn说不能拍照！:(

偷偷拍一张！好位咯，因为在camera man 旁边！

大合照才可以拍。。。很厉害咯！他们不但要费力敲击太鼓，还要时不时作出choreography,很有feel!　リズム、踊り、歌う、全部できた！うまかった！すばらしいいい！！

乔羽Hisae and friends... 站在中间的Ｓａｙｏちゃん、今天尽力地演出，最右边是Kumi, 是Sayo的老师，也是教会的朋友！我们和其他Shalom教会的人合照。

两个念大学院的人，来感染一下学校念书的气息吧！

快乐的一天！大家心情都很漂亮！

和ICU说sayonara, 直奔下一站： 一桥大学！（日本的好货名校!Same league as Waseda, Keio!)

Xinyi的朋友，是台湾的国费生aka scholar， 很厉害吧！他们台湾留学生今年开booth卖香肠，珍珠奶茶，蛋饼。

古老的campus, 很厉害的感觉，大家一幅会念书的脸。。。

由于学校靠近电车站（国立），连pro也配合他们的文化祭来摆摊，有夜市的感觉！哈！

找不到他们学校的大门，只好找路牌证明我们到此一游！

吃到吐咯，走不完的店，看不完的yaki-soba,tako-yaki, 很high!

好一个文化之日啊！Yeah!

He`s cool, He`s fast on the horsey, He`s on fire for God! He`s my pastor!

这就是我新加坡教会的牧师，邝建雄 (Lawrence Khong),他将代表新加坡参加今年东南亚运动会的马球比赛（Polo)~ Woohoo! 加油吧！Praise God for all He has done in Pastor Khong's life! All glory be to God!