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made the december 1 deadline for New World.
it got me very confused. the audition info page says the $50 cut off deadline is dec. 1, but when i go to the application page it turned into dec. 10.
dec. 1 would make more sense, since the increment to the next level should be half a month apart.
so dec. 1, then dec. 15, then jan. 5 would make sense.

i managed to do the last step (paypal $50) at the very last minute.
hopefully the application gone through. took me 4 tries to get the 33mb of video uploaded and i wasn't even sure if it's fully intact.
sent an email asking about the completeness of the application. hope someone will reply me in the morning.

i was so disappointed at dad's laptop.
it's a few years newer than my macbook, but the sound quality is just horrid.
can't believe my macbook's iMovie HD does a lot better with the sound.
i was worried at first because all the individual .mov are quite big in size. the solo one is especially large at 113mb. and the upload limit is apparently at 60mb, 1 file.
so i somehow made the clips into one mp4 file using the export function. finally got it under the 60mb limit (at 33mb).
my half day worth of recording yielded not too shabby results!

what surprised me most was the essay part.
i totally forgot about it. i remember Ann once told me about writing essays, but i didn't expect myself to BS all of it within 2 hours.
took me that much time because the first time i wrote 2 essays and it didn't save properly. stupid programmers.
word of advise - write and save the essays in a word processing programme first, NOT on the application page.

i'm glad that they have Toronto in the audition tour.
if i get accepted to the live audition, i don't have to travel far.
originally i didn't see Toronto as one of the locations, until i checked it off the application page. that'll save me some gas money driving to the states.
now i gotta find Brahms Sym. 3, which i think is the only excerpt that i don't have.

heading out to London for my last run there.
i'll be out of a job starting next week.
that should give me some time to practise for auditions.
and also make that audio recording for Hyogo.
HKPO is also hiring, but fuck them! they ask for the Bartok, which is the only concerto i haven't learned. what the fuck!