dislikes

2 big things i don't like in orchestra:
1. obnoxious trumpet players who blast at the viola section, and
2. old ladies who couldn't play and couldn't turn pages but continue to make unintelligent comments that they think is cool.

indulgence

Hilton Falls is absolutely beautiful.
i'm dead tired now, but got lots of hiking done today!
i think i'm getting very much addicted to it.
it's such a nice sound to hear swaying pine trees, running waters, and not a single human sound... well, until they appear 15 minutes later. it is a public area.
the only thing i don't like is the $5.50 per person entrance fee.
o yeah, and the annoying insects that kept flying around my head area non-stop from beginning to end.

just my Rav4, my Nikon and i.
good times.

then for dinner, i went to Olde London for the usual fish n chips + coke.
sigh... was craving for it too long. guess i'll have to say goodbye to it for now.
the monster has been released and recollected.

whining

last night i had a weird dream again.
it has something to do with Harry Potter, 萬綺雯, a grand escape of some sort, and me having some sort of a terminal disease. oh yeah, of course, i could fly.
i like this kind of dreams because every time i wake from it i felt refreshed.
as if my brain needed that kind of entertainment.

next week is finally sorted.
gosh, i should've never double booked myself!
but i can't resist expanding my Toronto work opportunities.
to really think of it, i have no obligation to anyone because i have no contract except this one fucking music school that i'm going to teach today.

just got a call from the court.
apparently the judge cancelled the second summons.
so now i don't have to show up next Monday either.
this is fucked up, made me worried what to do with next week's engagements.
the law is absolutely bull shit.

London update

the cookies turned out a bit too dry, almost bread-like.
o well, it's courtesy food, what do you expect? =P

it was indeed a very long day on thursday.
i almost fell asleep in the rehearsal.
and then the next day i was overran by allergies so i took 2 benadryl pills.
shouldn't have done that... i was sooooooooo high for the entire day.
hahahaha
guess i could always take benadryl if i wanna get high again.
works better than marijuana. no hallucinations though. bummer =P

this time i forgot my toner/cotton pad/moisturizer/cotton swab bag.
still way better than forgetting the makeup bag though.
now i just went to Shoppers to get the missing stuff and they are forever staying inside the suitcase.

i'm addicted to Clover Leaf's flaked light tuna mini cans.
great source of convenient proteins.
though i've got to admit, it does feel like i'm eating cat food out of a small can.
and a couple flavours even smell like cat food...
but hey, they taste great!

what's ahead

i finally took the time to bake those carrot oatmeal cookies.
they turned out pretty well! we'll see how they taste tomorrow at the night rehearsal break. right now they smell really nice all over the house.
needless to say, this threw me off my sleeping schedule.
hope i can wake up in time.

taking a detour out to Elora in the morning.
my schedule is:
9-11am drive to Elora
11-noon quick walk around town
noon-1pm lunch
1-4pm light hike, pictures
4-5pm drive to Guelph, pick up a viola player
5-6:30pm drive to London
6:30-7pm quick dinner
7:30-10pm rehearsal
10:30pm get to hostel and fall on the bed by 11pm

it'll be a looooooooooong day.
better go to bed now.

sigh...
i hope they have the tv and internet service back on...
it'll really suck if i have to drive to starbucks to get my emails checked.
ok ok... sleeeeep.

being bad

yes, i've stayed up tonight.
it's now 3:30am... and i'm finally going to bed.
at least i'm now all up to date with House!
tomorrow i'll be seeing my chinese doc to find out why i have so many breakouts on my face.
then i'll go do some crazy photocopying for a student.

today i didn't do any exercise at all.
still very sore from yesterday's long treadmill and yoga combo.
will catch up tomorrow night.

yes yes yes, i will definitely send emails out regarding gigs for the summer.
sheesh! i'm such an air head!

good start

7:30am woke up, breakfast (slim fast shake, home made granola bar), rest
8:45am treadmill
9:30am rest
10am yoga x
11am shower
noon updating here, uploading pictures from nikon
12:30pm shake & granola
12:45pm out the door to get stuff

running out

can't believe i dozed off to sleep on the couch without brushing!
and i had a huge maple syrup lollipop right before that!!!
it's tasting very bad right now XP~~~

errrr, another monday.
at least today i'm getting my March pay cheque.

tonight i'll have to get off my lazy ass and start emailing everyone about gig dates.
i've delayed it too much!

and i still have a lot of episodes to catch up!!
ahhhhhhhh!!
need more days in the week!!!

revealing session

a very eye opening practise today.
i was revisiting Clarke and Bloch, both i first studied when i was still using the undersize viola, Tiger.
SOOOOOOOOOoooooooo different!
everything was easier, and everything was harder.
i finally understand why Scott said i was pressing... it's because i had this real viola sound in my head but Tiger's not able to give it to me.
so now with Daemon, everything sounded just right.
but then the spacing is larger, and i'm using old habits. so chords are definitely harder to produce with Daemon.
i'll have to relearn all my old pieces.
tomorrow i'll look over the Brahms sonatas and see how bad they are.
sure they'll sound great though!

still waiting for my musafia case. it's been 6 months and counting.
sigh...