work ahead

one day i was strings personnel manager, next day i became orchestra manager.
the only difference between a normal player and me is an extra service pay of $70.
so i've decided to act full on, because i realized i have to do a lot of extra physical work that can help me lose some pounds.
and i get paid for it, so why not?! XD
but there's an unexpected down side... i've been on an adrenaline rush for over a day before the first rehearsal (from something else, not this gig), so my muscles are especially sore and my brain a bit disoriented.
other than that, i'm perfectly pumped for the week.

tomorrow morning i'll have to early much earlier than today because i'll have to submit this thing for my dad to the insurance company, and they fucking close at 2pm.  wtf.
so i'm thinking of taking my baby into Scarborough town and just go shopping till set up time.
good plan!
hmm... or should i go watch a movie?
choices, choices!

this week should be the most packed week.  next week is mostly arrangement cramming.
hopefully i'll get more sleep next week.

new things

in case you're curious, it took me about 6 days to recover from that viral cold.
not too bad, but i had to do nothing but sleep, drink water, eat, and practise all day for 6 days.
guess sweating out the cold worked.

anyway.
have a wedding on july 14, and they asked for At Last.
apparently i only made a duet arrangement, and i needed a quartet version.
i'm so lazy to make one that i ordered it from soundpost. XD
well, it's a double print, so there's At Last AND La Vie en Rose.
hopefully they'll get it in by end of the month.

also discovered something called UV beads.
they're clear plastic beads that will turn into colours when exposed to uv rays, for example, sun light.
the colours would become more intense when there's more uv.
trying to find a good cheap price to have my first try.
i can also learn to bead them in string knots, something i haven't learned quite yet.

Being sick

Have been feeling like death since Saturday.

I'm sort of expecting something bad to happen when:
1) last Friday was steaming hot but I opened my window without a/c
2) ate some very bad Malay fried fish ball with hot sauce
3) ate some very badly done fried chicken from a Chinese fast food place
4) ate 2 pieces of durian
* I blame my mum for 2 & 3 since she bought those as part of dinner *

Then on top of that, a scaredy moment on Saturday.
We went to the Warsaw caves to hike, with only 5 hrs of sleep the night before, I had to drive back and forth the same day.
And there were LOTS of mosquitos.
I was bitten 5-6 times on my arms... and then at night these flu symptoms started creeping up.
The first thought that went through my head was: West Nile...
Barely lived through the weekend.

I still managed to teach one student Monday morning and had to throw in the towel for the rest of the day.
So I made an appointment for a not so great replacement doc since my doc is not available Tuesday.
And after a while I cancelled my students on Monday, I realize I could make the one and only available time for my doc.
Ended up seeing my doc and my diagnosis was a viral cold.
Such a relief!

Must've pumped a few gallons of water into my system for the past few days.

On a happier note, I did fix my glasses.
The ear piece was loose, so I thought I can just screw it back tight.
Turned out one of the supporting post was bent and it took a while to get the whole thing repaired.
I was very close to giving up and get a cheapie, which is not at all cheap.
My original plan was to wait till November when I'm back to HK and get a new pair there.

encourage me please!

will absolutely go on the treadmill tomorrow morning!!!!
no excuses!!!!
MUST-LOSE-BELLY-FAT!!!!!

this person is hopeless

who the fuck would ask for a discount for a lesson rate?
and what retard gave the idea of a phone/email instruction for a notation program?
first asked for a discount for copying work, now this?
have you no shame? or a brain?

what's been done and what's ahead

hand vacuum bought and charged!
actually i tested it out in my car in order to drain the pre-charged battery and see if it works.
it worked, but the suction is horrible, still better than dragging out the central vacuum hose and make everything dusty though!

also went to the library yesterday to take out some jewelry making books.
i finally have time during the week to do some studying on some wire bending techniques.
maybe i'll head out to Staples to do some colour copying in a few days, if it's cheaper than buying the actual books.

i've been researching on places to eat and things to do in HK.
there are more than what i've expected to do in hk, and maybe i'll even spend 2 weeks there before heading to Taiwan.
looks like i've picked some local wholesale places and far out green tours so i won't bump into those weird mainlanders.

still haven't really researched on southern Taiwan places yet, but i do have a few places and restaurants in mind.
it's so much cheaper to book hotels and tours with 2+ people. why do people make solo travels so much more expensive and harder?!
i'm seriously thinking of getting an international driver's permit in case i want to drive in the south.

pregnant, gave birth, and the dust clouds

this is interesting...
right after i posted that i couldn't fall asleep, i had a dream.
the part that i remembered was that i was pregnant and gave birth multiple times, each baby had a different father.
there was a kidnapping of 3-4 of those babies, and i rescued them just before the kidnapper had a chance to throw them into a river.
the kids later had a DNA test, finding out whose father is who. and my current rich husband didn't like it so we had this big fight.
cut scene with the same people to my hk's apartment.
the rich husband, his lover, a friend, and this other guy still remain and we kept arguing. later all of them left through the window.
just before my rich husband and his lover left, i sincerely told them that the world is at its end, apparently they did not know about the mayan 2012 thing.
as i was seeing them off, i spotted a distant dust cloud heading towards the city.
dust storm? sand storm?
and then i realized the end of all things has arrived early. it was summer.
then my mum and this other person (let's call him Toto) showed up in the apartment.
we were glad we had some kind of supplies, but Toto forgot to close some windows.
i tried to tape the seams of the windows and close all the windows at the same time, then i found this window that has such big seams that it's no use closing it or taping it.
the ginormous dust clouds sped up and are already in the city. people on the streets were busy preparing for an indoor sit in.
i saw flashes of sceneries all across the world of people preparing for these dust clouds.
then i woke up.