Thursday, July 31, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Orchestra Pract.
Today tried out another one of those quintet, but without the oboe.. so it sounds a bit weird.
Was encountering a lot of higher harmornics.. so i guess quite a number of times i lost my sense of pitch.. and when we played at the stairs there, it was quite difficult to hear myself and the others. A bit messy at first, but got better as we moved along. My parts got running notes somemore.. run so fast until i couldn't catch. Slow also can't catch.. i think i got mental block or something.
My tone today was rather bad.. as a result of going to too many practices. Strangely, i always 'show some improvements' after MIA for a few weeks. Anyway, horrible tone i had today, and i don't like it.
Was very tired and almost falling ill before going for pract.. coz i slept at 6am the night (or morning) before. Woke up a few hours later.. and it was time to go pract. Then the bus driver also don't know what he drive.. an unplesant ride lor. No wonder i always start pract with a bad mood. 1.5 hour ride and 2 transfers leh.. very seh-ing de.
Anyway, got new things to work on after every pract.. but finally, i can auto transpose le.
Was encountering a lot of higher harmornics.. so i guess quite a number of times i lost my sense of pitch.. and when we played at the stairs there, it was quite difficult to hear myself and the others. A bit messy at first, but got better as we moved along. My parts got running notes somemore.. run so fast until i couldn't catch. Slow also can't catch.. i think i got mental block or something.
My tone today was rather bad.. as a result of going to too many practices. Strangely, i always 'show some improvements' after MIA for a few weeks. Anyway, horrible tone i had today, and i don't like it.
Was very tired and almost falling ill before going for pract.. coz i slept at 6am the night (or morning) before. Woke up a few hours later.. and it was time to go pract. Then the bus driver also don't know what he drive.. an unplesant ride lor. No wonder i always start pract with a bad mood. 1.5 hour ride and 2 transfers leh.. very seh-ing de.
Anyway, got new things to work on after every pract.. but finally, i can auto transpose le.
Friday, July 25, 2008
That Cup of Tea
3am, and i still couldn't get to sleep. Must be that cup of tea, or so i thought.
Listening to the piano version of Tifa's theme of my blog at this hour with my earphone, it just felt so different.
Been quite a while since i've cleared all my modules, and yet, it seems like just not long ago.
Was with the rest of the then warlords, including ah gong zm for lunch today. Was talking about the days when we used to crub, even when we've got lessons to attend the following day. After school, we'll go to the clementi K-box (was still very new then) and sang until evening. It was so fun being a student. How i missed those days. Now that the rest of them are all working, sometimes it can be difficult to coordinate the time even for lunch. For now at least, i've been able to.. but, who knows what when i start working? Maybe for some reason, i might end up where i don't want to.
Today the village chief was not happy with one of the staff of the chocolate factory... coz that guy chute pattern to the customers coz there were "too many" of them.. "too many" by his standards, and so he was unhappy having to serve the customers.. i think he threw the chocolates to the customers wor. It was in fact, just 3 customers altogether.. not a lot by industry standards. In fact, he should be happy there are still people buying at this time of the year. Sometime ago, he already chute pattern le.. as if he was the pro like that. Maybe due to his experience, the rest of the staff couldn't challenge his position, and therefore, he was made the manager. Manager supposed to have CRM.. but he chased away customers like that. Some of the customers bothered to give feedback, and so it was known what he did (and didn't).
A new road was being built just opposite my block.. which means, they are really going to build "that hub" le. NIMBY lei.. But it seems, the pasture is always greener on the other side. People just like to compare and be envious (with no regards to any skeleton). So.. how come other people de estate kept increasing in value while ours are being made into "that hub"? LOL.. if life is fair, then we are no different to communism liao le. That said, people don't have any obligation for anything.. becoz they don't owe. Maybe it applies to moral obligations too.
That day while "chilling" at my void deck (like some ah zek like that), i saw a lady from the terrace with 4 dogs (!) of various sizes came over to the patch of grass opposite my block to let her dogs ease themselves. So inconsiderate lor.. there is a park built for them, yet they want to come over. Is our grass greener? No wonder people can step on dog poo. 4 poos leh.. how to siam? Then i saw another mini schnauzer just like pakki. Salt and pepper de.. and is female de.. and her behaviour is just like pakki lor.. lol.. all schnauzers, same pattern. She is smart too.. coz when she knows it's time to go back, she refuses to get into the lift.. haha.. so smart leh.
Pakki seems happy these days, coz he got into a nice village. Even grandpa and grandma dotes on him. The same to pakki's cousin coffee. He too got a nice village that cares and protects him. But sometimes, too doting can be quite harmful to the dog.. just the other day, the village chief open some durians (given by some friend of his) for pakki to eat, coz he was sniffing at the durian.. and that pakki liked it so much that he kept bugging us for more. The point is.. the durian was opened for pakki.. and we just happen to be able to eat coz pakki couldn't eat so much.. lol.. what is happening to the packing order? That pakki ar.. is making my mum laugh so much.. and i'm so glad that my sis chose him (ok la.. he was the only mini schnauzer left.. but who cares?).
My remaining hermies are quite well too, though i no longer fuss around them that much le.. perhaps i'm used to them doing their routine. Venti went into molting for the 3rd time in the year, and i haven't seen it for quite a while. Grande was alone in the large tank now that i've iso venti.. i don't want another case of cannibalism wor.
I'm just trying to make myself tired so that i can have a good sleep, so this entry was kind of messy.
Listening to the piano version of Tifa's theme of my blog at this hour with my earphone, it just felt so different.
Been quite a while since i've cleared all my modules, and yet, it seems like just not long ago.
Was with the rest of the then warlords, including ah gong zm for lunch today. Was talking about the days when we used to crub, even when we've got lessons to attend the following day. After school, we'll go to the clementi K-box (was still very new then) and sang until evening. It was so fun being a student. How i missed those days. Now that the rest of them are all working, sometimes it can be difficult to coordinate the time even for lunch. For now at least, i've been able to.. but, who knows what when i start working? Maybe for some reason, i might end up where i don't want to.
Today the village chief was not happy with one of the staff of the chocolate factory... coz that guy chute pattern to the customers coz there were "too many" of them.. "too many" by his standards, and so he was unhappy having to serve the customers.. i think he threw the chocolates to the customers wor. It was in fact, just 3 customers altogether.. not a lot by industry standards. In fact, he should be happy there are still people buying at this time of the year. Sometime ago, he already chute pattern le.. as if he was the pro like that. Maybe due to his experience, the rest of the staff couldn't challenge his position, and therefore, he was made the manager. Manager supposed to have CRM.. but he chased away customers like that. Some of the customers bothered to give feedback, and so it was known what he did (and didn't).
A new road was being built just opposite my block.. which means, they are really going to build "that hub" le. NIMBY lei.. But it seems, the pasture is always greener on the other side. People just like to compare and be envious (with no regards to any skeleton). So.. how come other people de estate kept increasing in value while ours are being made into "that hub"? LOL.. if life is fair, then we are no different to communism liao le. That said, people don't have any obligation for anything.. becoz they don't owe. Maybe it applies to moral obligations too.
That day while "chilling" at my void deck (like some ah zek like that), i saw a lady from the terrace with 4 dogs (!) of various sizes came over to the patch of grass opposite my block to let her dogs ease themselves. So inconsiderate lor.. there is a park built for them, yet they want to come over. Is our grass greener? No wonder people can step on dog poo. 4 poos leh.. how to siam? Then i saw another mini schnauzer just like pakki. Salt and pepper de.. and is female de.. and her behaviour is just like pakki lor.. lol.. all schnauzers, same pattern. She is smart too.. coz when she knows it's time to go back, she refuses to get into the lift.. haha.. so smart leh.
Pakki seems happy these days, coz he got into a nice village. Even grandpa and grandma dotes on him. The same to pakki's cousin coffee. He too got a nice village that cares and protects him. But sometimes, too doting can be quite harmful to the dog.. just the other day, the village chief open some durians (given by some friend of his) for pakki to eat, coz he was sniffing at the durian.. and that pakki liked it so much that he kept bugging us for more. The point is.. the durian was opened for pakki.. and we just happen to be able to eat coz pakki couldn't eat so much.. lol.. what is happening to the packing order? That pakki ar.. is making my mum laugh so much.. and i'm so glad that my sis chose him (ok la.. he was the only mini schnauzer left.. but who cares?).
My remaining hermies are quite well too, though i no longer fuss around them that much le.. perhaps i'm used to them doing their routine. Venti went into molting for the 3rd time in the year, and i haven't seen it for quite a while. Grande was alone in the large tank now that i've iso venti.. i don't want another case of cannibalism wor.
I'm just trying to make myself tired so that i can have a good sleep, so this entry was kind of messy.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Rhapsody in Red
Before i forget about the 'orchestra' practice on sat..
Sometimes i wondered do they really care about what is happening? The top-down apprpoach will only work if target are realistic. Maybe it is realistic.. but it sure need a lot more time, and players.
I don't understand. What is the difference between a wind band and orchestra? In this context, does it matter? Are we able to reach out to more if it is an orchestra? Right now, it all seems like a joke lor.. it turns people off, especially with that number. Parts are missing, and hence players are missing. I don't like to play when there are missing parts.. it just makes the whole music sound bad. For an orchestra arrangement, it's even worse.
Actually i don't want to complain one.. just that yesterday boss asked.. so i told her lor. Of coz, my boss also got boss. Maybe they don't understand.. or maybe i don't understand what they don't understand.
Yesterday was quite kong bu.. other than the disparity between the wind and strings, i don't think i was playing in a group. Quite disheartening lor. On the bright side, i kind of liked the tone from the 2 instruments in SCC. They are of coz, students' model.. which means a lot more easier to 'tame' than my baobei horn.. but quite very nice tone they produced in scc. Makes me so want to learn some horn concerto. Someone told me before, the more you play with lousy players, the worse you become.. hahaha.. that is so so true.. but i've been listening to horn concerto for the past few weeks.. especially when the bus took so long just to reach boonlay. I guess it helps to make to want to produce a better tone.
Sight-read 3 pieces.. actually 2+. The other 1 (Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin) needed a much stronger brass section.. so it was KIVed. Yupz.. i was again, the only brass section there.. lol leh. No fun lor.. my sound was so obvious.. lol.. play wrong sure know. Been working on the higher ranged intonation.. and i was so surprised it helped so much in sight-reading.. especially i didn't mis-pitch that much due to the close harmornics.. wow leh.. really must work on it somemore. Encountered some weird notations again.. this time was the stopped horn technique.. arrr.. so busy leh.. ahahaha.. normally, i'll just ignore it.. coz my stopped horn really cmi.. a bit like the tyre pom zek sound like that.
So here goes another 'orch' practice.. as i promised, and so i'll stay.. no matter how bad.. no matter how scary. If it comes without a struggle, it won't mean much.
Sometimes i wondered do they really care about what is happening? The top-down apprpoach will only work if target are realistic. Maybe it is realistic.. but it sure need a lot more time, and players.
I don't understand. What is the difference between a wind band and orchestra? In this context, does it matter? Are we able to reach out to more if it is an orchestra? Right now, it all seems like a joke lor.. it turns people off, especially with that number. Parts are missing, and hence players are missing. I don't like to play when there are missing parts.. it just makes the whole music sound bad. For an orchestra arrangement, it's even worse.
Actually i don't want to complain one.. just that yesterday boss asked.. so i told her lor. Of coz, my boss also got boss. Maybe they don't understand.. or maybe i don't understand what they don't understand.
Yesterday was quite kong bu.. other than the disparity between the wind and strings, i don't think i was playing in a group. Quite disheartening lor. On the bright side, i kind of liked the tone from the 2 instruments in SCC. They are of coz, students' model.. which means a lot more easier to 'tame' than my baobei horn.. but quite very nice tone they produced in scc. Makes me so want to learn some horn concerto. Someone told me before, the more you play with lousy players, the worse you become.. hahaha.. that is so so true.. but i've been listening to horn concerto for the past few weeks.. especially when the bus took so long just to reach boonlay. I guess it helps to make to want to produce a better tone.
Sight-read 3 pieces.. actually 2+. The other 1 (Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin) needed a much stronger brass section.. so it was KIVed. Yupz.. i was again, the only brass section there.. lol leh. No fun lor.. my sound was so obvious.. lol.. play wrong sure know. Been working on the higher ranged intonation.. and i was so surprised it helped so much in sight-reading.. especially i didn't mis-pitch that much due to the close harmornics.. wow leh.. really must work on it somemore. Encountered some weird notations again.. this time was the stopped horn technique.. arrr.. so busy leh.. ahahaha.. normally, i'll just ignore it.. coz my stopped horn really cmi.. a bit like the tyre pom zek sound like that.
So here goes another 'orch' practice.. as i promised, and so i'll stay.. no matter how bad.. no matter how scary. If it comes without a struggle, it won't mean much.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Meh~
Meh meh meh~ do i look like one?
So glad that my antenna is back.
Today's topic: The Thirty-Six Stratagems (三十六計)
1. 瞒天过海
2. 围魏救赵
3. 借刀杀人
4. 以逸待劳
5. 趁火打劫
6. 声东击西
7. 无中生有
8. 暗渡陈仓
9. 隔岸观火
10. 笑里藏刀
11. 李代桃僵
12. 顺手牵羊
13. 打草惊蛇
14. 借尸还魂
15. 调虎离山
16. 欲擒故纵
17. 抛砖引玉
18. 擒贼擒王
19. 釜底抽薪
20. 混水摸鱼
21. 金蝉脱壳
22. 关门捉贼
23. 远交近攻
24. 假道伐虢
25. 偷梁换柱
26. 指桑骂槐
27. 假痴不癫
28. 上屋抽梯
29. 树上开花
30. 反客为主
31. 美人计
32. 空城计
33. 反间计
34. 苦肉计
35. 连环计
36. 走为上
Oh well.. i just cut and paste them from somewhere.. my chinese isn't that good anyway.
Sometimes, the 36 Stratagems just appear in real life.. and perhaps, about to make some awe at the ingenuity of the modern day application. Sometimes only. And sometimes it appear in a combo, it can get quite scary. Anyway, 磚 and 玉 got too much difference le. Arr.. i just know that i'm too tired after almost a week of data entry for the chocolate factory. But i'm done with it.. checked until the eyes almost drop out lor.
OT(ed) today coz reached home rather late.. and already 2am le, and i'm still waiting for the village chief to wake up so as to make any last minute amendments... so till then.. maybe i can't sleep tonight le. Anyway, i tried waking the village chief up le.. but he went back to sleep.. of coz, it's been a busy day for all the chocolate makers, so i understand why he is so tired. In contrast, i've been "appearing" to be rotting at home, and anybody ask me, i'd say, "at home nua lor".. lol.. really think can nua until so nua meh? Come and nua one week for me to see la.. i think it might be more difficult than the imprezza challenge wor. I really, have no obligation to disclose anything or everything.
So glad that my antenna is back.
Today's topic: The Thirty-Six Stratagems (三十六計)
1. 瞒天过海
2. 围魏救赵
3. 借刀杀人
4. 以逸待劳
5. 趁火打劫
6. 声东击西
7. 无中生有
8. 暗渡陈仓
9. 隔岸观火
10. 笑里藏刀
11. 李代桃僵
12. 顺手牵羊
13. 打草惊蛇
14. 借尸还魂
15. 调虎离山
16. 欲擒故纵
17. 抛砖引玉
18. 擒贼擒王
19. 釜底抽薪
20. 混水摸鱼
21. 金蝉脱壳
22. 关门捉贼
23. 远交近攻
24. 假道伐虢
25. 偷梁换柱
26. 指桑骂槐
27. 假痴不癫
28. 上屋抽梯
29. 树上开花
30. 反客为主
31. 美人计
32. 空城计
33. 反间计
34. 苦肉计
35. 连环计
36. 走为上
Oh well.. i just cut and paste them from somewhere.. my chinese isn't that good anyway.
Sometimes, the 36 Stratagems just appear in real life.. and perhaps, about to make some awe at the ingenuity of the modern day application. Sometimes only. And sometimes it appear in a combo, it can get quite scary. Anyway, 磚 and 玉 got too much difference le. Arr.. i just know that i'm too tired after almost a week of data entry for the chocolate factory. But i'm done with it.. checked until the eyes almost drop out lor.
OT(ed) today coz reached home rather late.. and already 2am le, and i'm still waiting for the village chief to wake up so as to make any last minute amendments... so till then.. maybe i can't sleep tonight le. Anyway, i tried waking the village chief up le.. but he went back to sleep.. of coz, it's been a busy day for all the chocolate makers, so i understand why he is so tired. In contrast, i've been "appearing" to be rotting at home, and anybody ask me, i'd say, "at home nua lor".. lol.. really think can nua until so nua meh? Come and nua one week for me to see la.. i think it might be more difficult than the imprezza challenge wor. I really, have no obligation to disclose anything or everything.
Friday, July 11, 2008
GQ and the Chocolate Factory Again
Been busy doing the list of inventories for the chocolate factory. It's been the 3rd or 4th year or so.. and i'm getting better at it. Afterall, it's just data entry.. nothing too difficult. The only thing is that, any error on my part will translate to a difference in tax paid by the chocolate factory (that is if the others after me also failed). Remembered that the 1st time i did, i doubled the inventory figures due to double counting of the excel formula.. that was quite a bad one.. coz the inventory figures will cause a higher taxable profit. (Gross profit = Sales - COGS, and COGS = O/stock + purchases - C/stock)
So i have been extremely careful now.. i double checked my work, and i rechecked the formula.. just so becoz maybe the others won't care much. Of coz it all took a lot more time, and caused me to be super sian at times. What to do... i wasn't allowed in the physical inventory count (coz i can't differentiate one chocolate type from another).. and i wasn't really trained in this line since young.. i knew nothing to be of help at all. Accounts is perhaps the only way i can contribute.. but then, my accounting also cmi.. so.. perhaps i won't end up in the chocolate factory afterall. Not that i don't want.. but maybe is becoz i can't.
OTed at OTOT till 6am the day before, and was having irregular sleeping hours these days.. been doing everything else at home except going out and looking for a job. Meanwhile, was successfully gaining weight yet again.. but the additional weight is putting some pressures on my arthritis. Sometimes i'd wake up with aches here and there.. a bit like those old people liao.
Another 1 month and 3 weeks to the release of results.. it didn't seems as long now.. just that when it comes, i might be reluctant to leave "the Shire".
So i have been extremely careful now.. i double checked my work, and i rechecked the formula.. just so becoz maybe the others won't care much. Of coz it all took a lot more time, and caused me to be super sian at times. What to do... i wasn't allowed in the physical inventory count (coz i can't differentiate one chocolate type from another).. and i wasn't really trained in this line since young.. i knew nothing to be of help at all. Accounts is perhaps the only way i can contribute.. but then, my accounting also cmi.. so.. perhaps i won't end up in the chocolate factory afterall. Not that i don't want.. but maybe is becoz i can't.
OTed at OTOT till 6am the day before, and was having irregular sleeping hours these days.. been doing everything else at home except going out and looking for a job. Meanwhile, was successfully gaining weight yet again.. but the additional weight is putting some pressures on my arthritis. Sometimes i'd wake up with aches here and there.. a bit like those old people liao.
Another 1 month and 3 weeks to the release of results.. it didn't seems as long now.. just that when it comes, i might be reluctant to leave "the Shire".
Friday, July 04, 2008
Bear to bear the Bear
And after dragging for so long, they finally bear to let the bear come out liao.
Blame it on greed then.. there exist nothing where everyone can gain at the same point in time. Meaning the summation of gain will equal to the summation of losses of all the traders combined since its IPO. Whatever is above or below the IPO price can be due to people still holding on to the stock, increased in 'fair value' of the company (becoz the co. invested in profit making businesses), speculations due to new information released (people buy and buy (or sell and sell) to increase (decrease) the bid, economic condition and the lack of liquid traders - especially in a bearish economy (they can make the % loss quite bad wor..), and a lot more reasons la.. maybe even the weather too.. the point is, so long as the co. is fundamentally sound (if the co. doh (collapse), then the remaining money will go to the creditors 1st.. that is another issue)and there is enough reason to believe that it will rebound (don't be toot enough to buy a bubble lor.. remember, their gain is YOUR LOSS.. bubbles won't rebound 1.. they burst only.. remember the dot coms?), then the strategy is holding long term. Of coz, the opportunity cost of holding the stock must be taken into account too.
That said, i think i'm quite toot to step into the casino realm.. coz they already trying to run le.. then i go catch the 'big change'.. and somemore didn't check the announcement.. so catch a very big 'big change'.. in the end, my 1st trade was my worst trade so far. But of coz (again), i still have this hope that everything would turn out fine once the casino are up.. but.. some investors are trying to build some other casinos in other parts of SEA.. so.. till then, who knows? Maybe really chwee le. So i bo bian got to hold.. coz the 1st day i acquire the stock, it fell by quite a bit.. so i had to hold.. so that i won't lose out on the transaction fees ($50 for buying and then selling online.. in the end it just got worse.. now with the bear out, the 'big change' is quite deep le.
Even before the bull starts to LS, i was already trying to sell off my other holdings. I woke up early in the morning, and submitted the order.. but it was never filled.. the bear came out that day.. and i've lost my window of opportunity that morning by 1 bid.. lol.. blame it on my greed then.
And when this economy gets more chwee, i think the even some of the still prime loans also will turn sub wor.. and then it just gets worse and worse.. and even worst is that some of the funds flow from the equity market to oil speculation.. the oil keeps raising and the equity kept dropping... and then no significant increase in oil production to keep prices down.. what if the market fails?
I don't know how long this all 'big changes' will last.. but i do hoped it won't be long. (just my opinion of the market these days.. i might be wrong too.. but, who cares?.. just don't hold me responsible for others' greed)
Blame it on greed then.. there exist nothing where everyone can gain at the same point in time. Meaning the summation of gain will equal to the summation of losses of all the traders combined since its IPO. Whatever is above or below the IPO price can be due to people still holding on to the stock, increased in 'fair value' of the company (becoz the co. invested in profit making businesses), speculations due to new information released (people buy and buy (or sell and sell) to increase (decrease) the bid, economic condition and the lack of liquid traders - especially in a bearish economy (they can make the % loss quite bad wor..), and a lot more reasons la.. maybe even the weather too.. the point is, so long as the co. is fundamentally sound (if the co. doh (collapse), then the remaining money will go to the creditors 1st.. that is another issue)and there is enough reason to believe that it will rebound (don't be toot enough to buy a bubble lor.. remember, their gain is YOUR LOSS.. bubbles won't rebound 1.. they burst only.. remember the dot coms?), then the strategy is holding long term. Of coz, the opportunity cost of holding the stock must be taken into account too.
That said, i think i'm quite toot to step into the casino realm.. coz they already trying to run le.. then i go catch the 'big change'.. and somemore didn't check the announcement.. so catch a very big 'big change'.. in the end, my 1st trade was my worst trade so far. But of coz (again), i still have this hope that everything would turn out fine once the casino are up.. but.. some investors are trying to build some other casinos in other parts of SEA.. so.. till then, who knows? Maybe really chwee le. So i bo bian got to hold.. coz the 1st day i acquire the stock, it fell by quite a bit.. so i had to hold.. so that i won't lose out on the transaction fees ($50 for buying and then selling online.. in the end it just got worse.. now with the bear out, the 'big change' is quite deep le.
Even before the bull starts to LS, i was already trying to sell off my other holdings. I woke up early in the morning, and submitted the order.. but it was never filled.. the bear came out that day.. and i've lost my window of opportunity that morning by 1 bid.. lol.. blame it on my greed then.
And when this economy gets more chwee, i think the even some of the still prime loans also will turn sub wor.. and then it just gets worse and worse.. and even worst is that some of the funds flow from the equity market to oil speculation.. the oil keeps raising and the equity kept dropping... and then no significant increase in oil production to keep prices down.. what if the market fails?
I don't know how long this all 'big changes' will last.. but i do hoped it won't be long. (just my opinion of the market these days.. i might be wrong too.. but, who cares?.. just don't hold me responsible for others' greed)
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