//...the gloomy night of life...\\

Saturday, January 29

Hi people. Just got home from Esplanade.
It was my first time attending a SSO Live Concert, man... the sound is super incredible. The oboes were great...esp ( rachel & carolyn).... the 2 ang mohs. haha. The brass were super nice too!!!

Thank you carolyn for giving me the free complementary tix.

they played
WAGNER- Overture to Tannhäuser
NIELSEN- Violin Concerto, Op. 33
STRAUSS- Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (33´)

I love the Strauss's masterpiece...33 mins worth of pure music. orhhh.

anyway... thank you emilia for accompanying me to shop just now =)

Its very late, i have to tug in soon...

gabriel ~ 1:11 AM

Monday, January 24

The time is 740am. quite early, woke up too early. Going to nafa... soon.

I guess u ppl know the story of Phantom Of The Opera quite well. I just wanna elaborate on the plot due to the insanity of boredom.
Boy meets Girl, Girl meets Boy
Boy Loves Girl, Girl Loves Boy
Boy Separates from Girl, Girl Separates from Boy
*Enough of the nonsensical crap...

Christine Separated from her Romeo, Raoul, at a tender age, vowing to love each other.
Years passed, and christine was being trained by the obnoxious Phantom, giving rise to her fathomable voice. Phantom loved her earnestly
One day, the suave Raoul rides by,knight in shinning armour . Meeting Christine, he reminisces the pretty Christine he once knew.
*Abrakadabra...... both of fell into the spell of love......
Poor Phantom, Wasted his effort. So all the unscrupulous he did trying to woo Christine's heart was justified ?
***C'mon Face reality, Put urself into Phantom's shoe.... How he feel man.

--------interview with phantom-------
gabriel: hey bub, how do u feel when christine was taken away from u, by that swine
Phantom: sob sob(still crying), I want my mommy!!!!
gabriel: Relax la dude, tell us how u feel.
Phantom: i gave my love to her, shown her her talent,yet she did this to me...boohoo...
gabriel: Poor guy, Raoul must really be a complete jerk

--------interview with Raoul-------
Raoul: Yo Man! Wassup!
gabriel: What got into u , u look so enthu....?
Raoul: Ha, i am the happiest guy on earth man.... i got the prima donna christine in my clutches....soon, we will have a litty of soccer team. Ha, i am RICH,HANDSOME and POWERFUL!!! so u pitiful bitches out there, bow to the Almighty me.
gabriel: So u really love christine
Raoul: Nah, i just want her cause i refuse to let the Phantom have her, I am evil u know....
gabriel: I gonna tell christine....
Raoul: U leak a word... and i gonna set u on Bonfire...
gabriel: *Runs

--------interview with Christine-------
gabriel: hey there pretty face, do u like the Phantom/ or Raoul?
Christine: I tell u hor, I very steady one la...who bring the the 99carat gold hor, I will be his or her Wife le lor... Love ar, not important 1 ar. But that bloody phantom is a ji ko pei lor...every time sudden pop out when i bathing, or in toilet. Then he start singing to me....si bei scary leh!
gabriel: what do u see in Raoul?
Christine: Rich Lor, handsome somemore.......*giggle.

So wats the moral of the story....Use ur brain and think.

gabriel ~ 7:40 AM

Tuesday, January 18

feeling horrible.
I think i am "pmsing " la... having frequent moodswings, easily agitated, jealous, annoyed.
haiz, i refuse to think that i am a loser la. bloody bastard from acjc said those mean things to me...burn in hell la. I know my prelim results suck la. but i love music, and i know i am not dumb. Perhaps lazy but not recently...at least since prelims.
Cgss,scgs,fairfield,acs,Mgs..... Flooding the grounds of acjc... Irks me,eeks me, hurts me. Just look at the bloody happy faces on those people face la. although they consider themselves to be stress up from sch, i think its already an achivement to be in there for first 3 months.
Playing in acjc band, being 1 of the 5 oboists, spending so many hours there.... i hope when the results are out, my effort wont be wasted man. Moreover, will they accept me. shucks.

Hey...have u ever put ur heart,soul,mind into Something or Someone and that it hurts u so badly even though u keep telling urself it will be beneficial someday.Can it be considered as an escape from reality or that..... the person is a Glutton for Pain.

*Screams........................

gabriel ~ 10:42 PM

Had a long day today. Went for the lessons in the morning. Sang .... ahuh.... beautiful pieces. As in Voice la. Sounds nice..except the Pitching problem haha. after tt went to lunch. Then had Band from 2-4 pm. then after tt...went to the nafa lib to watch Phantom of the opera(the 1st 1...not the 1 in the movie) quite boring but classy it is. After tt had Chamber orchestra from 7 - 9 pm.

Its the first time i ever played in a Orchestra. I simply love the sound of it. The mellowing Friction bowed from the strings, the singing of the double woodwinds. Man, it sounds so much nicer than band la. I playe Oboe 2, the parts were quite boring...but very Exciting. Ha. U need to count for like 20 bars just to play a crotchet. hee! Well,we played Beethoven's coriolan overture. Nice... typical romantic period.
I must say when i was playing beethoven's overture. i really felt his agony ! The Rawness and antagonisation, disturbed mind/feeling he was having.Poor guy, his love life sucked ! He reminds me of myself la! wa lau... *shakes head profusely. heard panda was writing a essay on him,thats cool. Wonder wats the title? perhaps... BEE,myself and Thoven.

After that went with samuel and valerie for dinner...then headed home. Ha, we were disturbing valerie all the way with stupid questions.

I AM SO BROKE!!! Musicians are always so poor!!!... they spend their money on books,accessories and concerts! Haix!

gabriel ~ 1:09 AM

Sunday, January 16

yellowcard-only one is Nice !
Hmm...its been quite a way since the last paper of O level. Nov 19th a memorable day for me. I guess hard to forgive some 1 for his/her wrongdoing even though the person has changed for the better. Well, i having butterflies in my stomach. IP still apply...sadly . haiz.

Oh yah, samuel msged me saying i in nafa's chamber orchestra. thats quite shitty man. mon prac 7pm-9pm. So bloody late la... ! cant have piano on monday la. shucks! I want my academic life in acjc!!! arggg....

I passed the point of no return !!! hooraY! I spoke my mind!!!

gabriel ~ 10:22 PM

Friday, January 14

Quite lazy to update my blog =(

Can u believe this, songs from phantom of the opera is still stuck in my head. Gosh, i am singing bass for the nafa concert la. EEEE. But during our first rehearsal, it was quite mesmerizing . Life been quite systematic. Everyday doing the same thing. The fun part is on Tues and Sat, where i get to go to acjc =). lucky i din crash, heard some ppl got caught.

The china ppl in nafa quite friendly, esp the oboe guy, fei yang vincent. He plays the oboe beautifully. I think its really a Cultural mix. But frankly speaking, i quite bored of nafa. Went with the peeps to take neo print today. every 1 paid like $1. ha . 9-10 ppl squeezing into the tiny box.

I feel lonely...
Wishing u were somehow here .

Panda Birthday coming soon !!! ...dun really know wat to get her. HEADACHE!!! Maybe some bamboo from china...ha. Must call her Jie jie. Gosh........

Bye

gabriel ~ 9:03 PM

Wednesday, January 5

nafa kind of boring so far... i think only mr goh's chorus class is interesting. Well, the theory class is so boring la. Tell u how is sound produced, wat is bass, treble class...how lame can it get? haix...looking forward for music history class
The friends there are ok. but ac much more fun. So sad , cant go for acjc orientation.Haix!
My life is juz passing by everyday...slacking, going to nafa for few hrs. The time when i enjoyed is when head to bouna vista,acjc. I really want to study in there. The prospects there is alot better than nafa. I think is the Way of how the people in the diff institutes think.

I miss being under Pressure. Well, I really hate my Old Secondary school. its been the crappiest place ever. But i did make some good friends there though. But the teachers(some) really sucked. the students...even worst. the Moronic ah bengs, dim witted retarded gays....haix

the only thing i like in nafa is the Super Nice music practice room and facilities. attended the campus's free lunch time concert today. had a Piano quintet. Hee hee. COoL!

Wish u were somehow here again...
Think of me...
will u?
....for i am the music god?

gabriel ~ 10:55 PM

Monday, January 3

today is my 1st day in Nafa, small it looks, big is it inside.
Got to know a few friends there, Fun it looks, boring it is.(so far)
we gathered at the academy theatre, man the place rox.
Ha , then talk talk talk.... Richard adams said something meaninful
"education now(at my level) is not compulsory,U should take interest in ur own education. Whether u want to come to sch, its up to u, no 1 will force u"
Saw steinway pianos there..so cool!
baby grand, concert grand..argg..juz learn the diff.

after that Goh Toh Chai asked us to sing... man the vocalists there rox man!!!
DO MI SO MI DO..... RE FA LA FA RE.....HAHA.... quite interesting,quite pai seh
lucky he say i sang not bad, then he Put me in BASS 1. WOOO...I DIN KNOW MY NOICE IS BLOODY BASS...so wat u call bass people? bassistS? Ha. I tot i was a tenor though.
After that went sweet classics and got my last Schooling book ! Hmmm, Went the peeps to ps and makan. few of them tot of working in Music plaza. I think the environment not bad leh..still $6 an hr.COOL HUH! .... nah, dun think i will work for now.

Went back to school for a lil while, then went for piano
Cant believe i actually left my music manuscript book and PENCIL BOX in the band room!
after piano , called farihin and he suppose to take my pencil box for me. I took taxi rush there...and nearing sch. i saw farihin,nikki and the other crappy ppl went to mac. so i alighted the taxi and went to MAC! AT MAC, they told me my pencil box in sch so.. i have to go retrieve it !(irresponsible ppl) should at least call me! then i left my bag and OBOE with them and ran back to sch. After taking my pencil box and book, i rushed back to MAC.

OH GREAT!!! THEY ARE NOT THERE...MY BAG AND OBOE WITH THEM.
I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FARIHIN!
*I CALLED HIM FIVE TIMES
Gabriel said " HELLO!? "
(*FARIHIN's phone)
1st time : Sorry wrong no.
2nd time : Stop calling la *Beep
3rd time : CAll again... i call polcie
4th time : HAng Up
5th time : oh sorry, farihin left his phone at phone.
I immediately called clarence,nikki,sean..but they came up with fucking lame excuses that they left already...and farihin is the only contact person.
luckily xiang you told me they left my oboe and bag at the MAC COUNTER!!!...

(LISTEN UP U FUCKHEADS....i know montfort is a crap sch and *we guys from there.But U mother fuckas stop proving that u ppl are complete dumbasses and irresponsible bitches,sluts,bastards. U are freaking pissed me up in the beginning of the year. My BAG costs $100 along with the Books inside...it adds up to be like $200. and my Freaking oboe cost $7000.
SO if u fuckers think that THIS IS A JOKE...listen up,its not. It freaking irritated the shit out of me and to think that u bums spent 4 years with me. u PPL REALLY STINK! Guess wat ...If u ppl really lost my ITEMS... u have to pay me back $7200. AND WHere u gonna get the money to pay me back. Sell ur asses at Changi villange? i only think 1 can lor...and UR FUcking BO STINKS La.
*BITCH.

gabriel ~ 7:30 PM

Sunday, January 2

Rainy day as usual.
Got a asics shoe,looks nice...looks leathery.
Went to bouna vista,then PS.
Enjoyed myself.
=)

Haven touch my Theory homework,Die
Tomorrow first day in nafa, interesting
Acjc,I long to be in u.
O's result,25th feb
<20, i need.
X)

gabriel ~ 5:40 PM