good night/good morning.

lobsters were on sale for $4.99/lb.
so i bought 2 small ones for dinner last night.
it's pretty good for its price!
we didn't finish the big one, so we're gonna make lobster squash soup for tonight's dinner.

finally finished gathering stuff for the stand-in quartet for June 13.
i still have to get some stuff ready for the main quartet on the same day, but it's not as urgent as this one.
basically i had to finish arranging, photocopying, and organizing by, like, now.
then get the music to Emily after teaching today.

Holbrooke is still at second movement at the moment.
i haven't touched it since last week, but it's on schedule.
good thing i don't have to print out anything for this job.
my ink just cleaned out, and the refilled cartridge is acting funny.
basically i need a new machine in all, but i don't have the money for it.
heck, i don't even have money to rehair the violin bow...

can't rumble on...
gotta go sleep for a bit.

想當年

突然間好懷念以前小時候吃過的零食.
其中最想再次碰到的是滴滴樂.
就是先把白色粉溶入開水中, 再滴下那紅色液體.
紅色液體會在水中凝固變成固體.
想找一張圖片都找不到, 就似曇花一現的在市面不久就消失的無影無蹤.
這就是我的童年呢.
難怪我的記憶力那麼不好... 很多我經歷過的都淡忘的很快.

in and out

went to the Newmarket court house to get my jury duty excused.
hopefully the judge will let me off this time, and call me before i fly.

also went to Lowe's to get some flowers to plant.
i really like the plum tree, but after spending some back breaking time to put it in, my dad wants me to return it because he has a fruit tree phobia.
so i'd have to get it exchanged for something else tomorrow.
sigh... i really like that tree.

i managed to find the original cantata #147, Jesu bleibet meine Freude.
which is commonly known as Jesu Joy.
gonna extract that and replace the one we have in the folder.
yay!
i've been wanting to do this for a while!

give and take

i was rather rude to my mum this afternoon on the phone, because i was swarmed with shit to do.
so i went to buy a Dufflet cake as an apology.
this is the lemon raspberry cakelet:



apparently Loblaws at hwy 7 and bayview started carrying Dufflet cakes.
i don't need to go to midtown to get bigger cakes anymore!
but they don't have the kinds that i usually buy... like the NY style plain cheesecake.
i was the second person to ask for that cake today, so hopefully the lady who works at the counter would start ordering them.
until then, guess i can start trying out each one of them, since i haven't had most of the selections they have there!
yummmmmm~

whinage

after finish copying the first movement of that big copy job, i've decided to reward myself by catching up on Heroes.
i've already caught up on House, so i'm happy to get updated with Heroes too.
both shows have really good season finales. i think Heroes has finally decided to progress the plot line, thank goodness.
now all i have left is Lost. then i'll finally watch that one new episode of Doctor Who.
but i won't be rewarding myself till i'm done the second movement, which isn't as long as the first. it'll be a while till new seasons come out, so i better savour the remaining episodes i have. maybe i should reward myself after finish the entire work.
yeah, that sounds a lot better.

right after finishing the copy work, i'd have to start arranging for july's gigs.
got back on track with my arranging speed. this summer is nothing but catching up on what i've missed out. of course, that should also include my practising as well.
i feel a lot more re-energized musically after the Banff trip. it made me relax a lot, so my right hand has a good grip again..
i've lost the grip about 9 months ago for unknown reasons.
maybe i'm worrying too much about the future...? who knows? i could be more worried about not having a life partner than anything else =P
gah.
time for rest.

can't feel my face

it was an awesome concert at Cobourg!
i had no idea what the concert's about, all i knew from the music they sent is that it's a jazz/pop concert.
turns out it's a very jazz concert.
and the guest artists were really really good.
there's Peter Appleyard the vibraphonist, John Sherwood the pianist, Dave Young the bassist, and Terry Clarke the drummer.
omg, it was such a cool concert.
each of the guests were super talented and grooved up the whole crowd.
i was clapping like a seal and wooohoooing like a 16 yr old.
the only down side was that i got home at around 1am 'cause i was obeying the law going with the speed limit.
good thing i did 'cause there're so many cops around tonight.
plus the stage was a fucking sauna.
there's no oxygen in there whatsoever.
at some point i was about to fall asleep and then fall on my face.
now i should go to bed...

more tripping

uploading all my trip pictures to facebook now.
wow, so many pictures...
it'll take a while to finish all of it.

gonna go to Cobourg for an orchestra gig.
hope it's gonna be sunny and nice so i can take some pictures while i'm there.
Cobourg is close to the lake, so it should be quite scenic.
plus i have 2.5 hrs for dinner before the concert, and i am gonna go there early so i have time to rest up before the rehearsal.