flipping

i was just flipping channels on tv and nothing good was on.
so i stopped on Much and watched the end of Pimp My Ride.
man, i can't believe how incredibly funny and creative these people are!
now i wish i had my car pimped by them too.
but the product placement in this shit... was also unbelievably in your face.

ok, now i gotta get off my ass and go out to do some errands.

home sweet home

yay, home at last.
after the sunday rehearsal and concert with the Mississauga Youth Orchestra, i'll be officially orchestra-free for the summer.
got a few more things to finish off before i leave for Banff.
gotta remember to update my GPS and upload those trail maps.
and of course, finish copying at least the first movement of that big score.

the people at the hostel gave me a nice farewell.
got a nice bunch of roses, mini plant, and a chocolate cake!
thanks to everyone at the ACBB. you guys gave me a wonderful, wonderful memory for the past 3 years!
i'm gonna try out the principal audition when it comes out.
just for the heck of it.

hey, big spender

all the notes should be there in the first movement of that hand written music.
now it's just the nuts and bolts... which is the even more annoying part.
guess i'll have to wait till i'm back from London to resume doing that again.

also finished was my 3 day chinese herb medicine.
omg. what a horrible experience, every time.
when my mum was reheating, just the smell alone made me salivate and shiver.
thank goodness it's all done.

my last cooking for Orchestra London are these 缽仔糕.
made 2 colours - yellow and white. personally i like the yellow ones better 'cause i can really taste the cane sugar.
this week is my last week there. i hope they'll have more work for me next season.
hard to say. still looks kind of grim there right now.

still couldn't find the time to get some metal fences for my garden yet.
hope the bunnies will be away all week 'cause it's gonna rain all week.
i also need to sprout some wheatgrass and plant them before i leave for Banff.
hopefully by the time i'm back i'll have some grass growing rather than dead buds.

o yeah! got my jackets at Sportchek.
i also got a nice 20% discount on the North Face jacket that's not on sale!
the lady was so nice.
$80 for this North Face waterproof wind breaker:


$30 for this Columbia fleece:

refreshing

this hair cut cost me $23 including tips and everything. i gave the stylist this picture:

it's so light now, but static is still crazy.
the stylist used a shaver rather than a shearer, which i find disgusting, 'cause she's damaging my hair.
next time i'm gonna try another hair salon.
apparently a lot of people go there but it's in a very hidden location, in the same plaza where my dad works.

i've finally got an oil change! bought my car last august. it's may now, and i've already done 19700 kms on it. my poor blue baby.
my dad and i are gonna take a trip up to Newmarket's Lowe's to get some cheap organic top soil.
this summer i'll be at home mostly, so i'll finally have time to do some gardening.
yay! home planted free veggies!

oh yeah, my dad was being generous to treat me. we went to the chinese doc and got some "OMG! THIS IS VERY BITTER!" medicine, as described by my dad.
$103 for 2. apparently there's more stuff on my "prescription", so my portion was more expensive.

home sweet home

i think the one thing i missed the most was my own bathroom.
my own bathtub, to be exact.
since i'm the one who maintain it, i know how clean it is.
i'm not afraid to take a bath in it. for others, i don't know.
even hotel bathrooms can be quite dirty no matter how expensive the room is.

now that i'm back, i can resume that copying job.
sigh...

one more fulfilled

just finished Beatles' All You Need is Love.
so i'm now officially done arranging for this particular june wedding.
this one was referred by Sharon, so i'd better make a good impression.
well, plus it's a very grand, high profile wedding. it's taking place in the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
i enjoyed the arrangements. not easy, but not too difficult.

now i can move on to the other wedding arrangements.
i forgot how much i enjoy doing this.
it just takes a long time.

sigh... and i still have that annoying copy job...
really really hate hand written music!

gaaaaah

it's such a wonderful feeling to be doped on tynenol and various other kinds of chemicals.
rather amazed that i was able to concentrate at the morning rehearsal.
but as the day progressed, my brain just went with it.
got back from Chatham just now, and when i drove back from the hall, i ran half way through a red light.
good thing the on coming car was far away.

now i'm sitting in the hostel having some of that really nice portuguese chicken i've got from the portuguese place today.
i think my appetite came back because of this chicken.
the first time i tried it i didn't think much of it. just tastes like any other chicken i've had before.
but the more i had the more i wanna go back for it.
and the olives, mmmmm... just delish.
last time i got take out, i talked to the guy who delivered their roasted pigs. apparently this guy delivers to a lot of chinese restaurants in the Scarborough area too.
maybe i should've tried their lunch special today, they had roasted goat!
maybe next friday.

o yeah, i got an "acceptance consideration" letter from that new orchestra.
final decision and offer will be made in july.
this is the oddest audition i've ever done.
i only play once (on monday), and i don't have to play again - no more rounds. results in 3 months.
interesting procedures.