more spending

went and touched the Canon XSi and Nikon D40 & D60.
i'm gonna get the D60.
it's like $800 + taxes if i go and get the long zoom VR lens...
my mum just gave me $200 in cash and my dad says he'll contribute $300 of his tax refund to my pool.
so i really just have to pay around $500.
but still... this is really expensive for a camera.
but it's my first DSLR!
maybe i should wait a little bit more?

the price of cleansing

diarrhoea...
from the grapefruit i had yesterday?
or the 1/8 cup of fresh wheat grass juice from my garden yesterday?
wuuuuuuuu~~~~!!!
regardless, i'm losing lots of colon deposits.
hor hor hor

managed to de-weed and de-clover the garden before another shower period flood on me.
yay!
and i found 2 slugs in my wheat grass batch!
gotta be careful when i wash the grass next time...
don't want to ingest slugs in juice form p(*o*)q

determined

darn, looks like it's gonna rain on Canada Day.
i was thinking of finally burning some money this year by buying fireworks.
o well, even better for me. saves some $ from the fire.

still can't adjust to work mode...
will have to soon, need to finish off Steve's copy work.
can finally go have some new kind of food with him when i'm done this thing.
muwahahahaha
i'm getting so fat.

another payment at goodlife.
gotta start resume my exercise schedule again.
another money burning thing if not.

after so many days away from home, the wheat grass is finally all grown and maintaining its alive status.
not for long if i keep it there unattended...
so i'll have to harvest it tomorrow after the Caledon gig and juice it before my student comes.

alright! hoping back into bed for a few more hours of quiet time.
(i power napped for 2-3 hours right after dinner.)

at last

finally home!
i can't explain how much i miss my own bed, the tranquillity, and my work.
o wait, i don't miss my work!

photos to follow on facebook.
now i must finishing unpacking and laundry then jump into the shower.
of course, SLEEP right after!
got so much to do!

various things

mmmmm, those crepes were delicious!
Nat, if u need the info to La Parisienne Creperie Restaurant:
http://www.la-parisienne.ca/
93 Bronte Road, Oakville.
gosh... still full after so many hours...

just downloaded Amal, as suggested by Piggie.
and as i'm watching Red Dragon (omg, Edward Norton is SO hot!), i'm downloading a parody of Silence of the Lambs...
it's called Silence of the Hams.
LOL!
just go to youtube and check out the trailer.
it's guaranteed funny!

k, just another cup of hot tea and i'm off to dreamland.
lately i've had some very odd dreams.
last night i dreamt of myself killed in a bus crash along with other passengers.
but we're all in limbo.
and the moment i said namo amitabha at the back exit door of the bus, i was able to get out from that door to the real world and become alive again.
yet, later to find that i re-entered into the same wreckage at a particular turn and returned to limbo again.
very odd indeed.
maybe my dreams take part in my fear to sleep...?

sigh...

need to practise more...
my dexterity is now part of the pool of disappeared skills.
pitch precision is also there, well, it's long gone. =P
maybe after my trip.
i'm at the store everyday this week so there's no way i can practise =(
but i did get a lot of arrangements done.

alright, i'm sleeping now!
making progress =)

sudden changes

a viola student cancelled because of sickness, then today a violin student called to cancel today's lesson.
now i'm free most of the week to do my july & august arrangements.

just finished arranging I'll be Seeing You.
i hastily copied a piano score, missing some guitar tabs, a few months back in London.
so it's not the best source to work from.
but nonetheless, it's one of my favourite songs and now it's playable in quartet. =)

i haven't slept at all last night, because i was afraid that i wouldn't wake up in time to take him to the airport.
plus i was at the store all day to help out and make the arrangement.
well, i did take a 3 hr nap in the early afternoon. still...
rather exhausting, with muscles aching.

didn't go to the mexican restaurant, so we're gonna go tomorrow instead.
expecting good tasty things!
u should visit their website, once you visited it you'd wanna eat there eagerly!
http://www.elrinconmexicano.ca

disappointments

i was just thinking about my sleeping problem...
since i'm gonna be flipped over 12hrs in 2 weeks, is there a point of me sleeping early until then?

got an update from the ESO, apparently they have an international audition happening in september?
do i really wanna go to Alberta yet again?
moreover, do i have the funds to go there again??!
highly doubtful.

going to Mexican food in a few hrs, El Rincon Mexicano, i think.
hope it's good!

complaints are directed to nowhere

if u have a pc, DON'T EVER UPDATE ITUNES TO ANYTHING HIGHER THAN 7.6.2!!!!!
took me 2 hrs to get around the bug, and regretfully losing some of the licenses to my paid, downloaded classical music.

sigh...

oh yeah, since i'm at it, don't try Nando.
it's a horrible "portuguese" chicken place.
if u want to have the real stuff, i'll personally bring u to London to an authentic portuguese restaurant.

i can't believe how fucked up those unsatisfying, minimal waged people are at walmart.
can't do a simple void & redo right.
dude, the customer is always right. don't blame ur retardness on me, i can't fix ur fucking brain.

there, much better.
while i'm waiting for the avi->mp4 conversion to finish, i'm just pondering what other songs and videos i can load up to Bobo's ipod.
hrmmm...

*burp!*

still feeling very gasy...
i've had the lamb curry for lunch and i'm still feeling full...
ok, no more spicy curry from now on!

bought a new laser mouse for my macbook.
i'm tired of dragging slurs and assigning articulations with the touchpad.
this mouse is awesome, only cost me $10 (originally $14.70). i went to the store an hour before it closes, and they only had 1 more left!
today must be my lucky day!

i had a sight reading session with some amateurs tonight.
gosh, i play worse than usual. i think it's 物以類聚.
and u know what's even more frustrating?
the guy who invited me, who's an acquaintance i met through common connections, asked me to give out his business cards for him... as a violin teacher. and he also asked me to refer him some gigs.
right...
i'll do that after going through my list of professionals and friends...
sorry, that's just the way it is!

finished arranging Melodies of Life!
now, what should i do next?
maybe i'll finish Only Love. it's also one of the arrangements i've left undone for over 2 years...

ok, sleep first!

things to do

thank goodness i have expired yogurt left in my fridge!
well, it sounds worse than it actually is... i opened the seal after the expiry date, so the yogurt should be fine.
anyway, so i dumped about 2-3 tablespoons of yogurt into the overly spicy lamb curry (about half a cup).
and zeeeeeeeest! totally countered the spiciness! so i managed to finish eating all of it! yay~ no food wasted~

o right, and drinking a cold can of coke also helps to get rid of spicy sensations on my burning tongue.
talking about my tongue, that salty tasty is gradually going away.
gosh... i'll never eat that much wasabi flavoured seaweed at once ever again...
lesson learned.

now i have to go out and quickly make sure my mastercard is paid in full before they add on any interests.
stupid PC machines and their maximum daily deposit amount...

got a sight reading party with Kevin from YSO. it's more mid Beethoven and russian stuff, i think.
all's good for me as long as there's reading!

too hyped up on various things

i've gotta stop pulling late night work again... this has taken a very heavy toll.
but i couldn't stop arranging Melodies of Life. it's such a nice piece.
i started arranging this last year, and it has been sitting in my macbook half finished ever since.
i've just finished putting in all the notes right now, guess i'll have to leave the articulations and other markings for tomorrow. and then print it out for the next reading.

so gasy....
after teaching, i had some time before going to Bobo's place to pick up her ipod - i need to fill it up with my collection.
anyway, so i went to this Tamil take out place that's in her neighbourhood.
i got a meat curry combo with lamb, and sweets - gulab jamun & a cashew/pistachio roll that looks like this:

also got a tandoori chicken leg for Bobo's family to try. apparently it's non-spicy, and very tasty.
the combo that i bought turned out to be really spicy.
i'm still suffering from the heavily onionized salad and overly spicy hot lamb curry.
still have like half of it left so i'll have to finish them for lunch.

next time i'll just try the tandoori chicken leg and butter chicken...
no more hotness!! my stomach can't handle it!!

o yeah, i was being a pig yesterday and ate half a bag of wasabi covered seaweed...
now when i drink plain water in the morning, even after brushing, i would taste saltiness in the plain water.
it's so damn weird!!!