Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Miniatures 2016: 梦里寻踪 Our Dreams They Never Meet (But they finally did!!! In the concert...)

About my thoughts on this song,
at first I can only understand the first part where melodies are quite clear cut
Start getting lost when we reach the middle
where violins and viola started racing among each others
It was like so many parts that didn't make sense
especially at first we didn't manage to get a viola player to play the part
so many conterpoints, so many confusions...
(like what another friend said, "I don't like to try out contemporary pieces")
Until I read the notes from the composer...
and when the complete ensemble was formed
Then I realize that, no one's dream on earth will ever meet with another...
The lyrical melodies from the first flute opens up the dreamlike context
Followed by an answer (or query) from the second flute....
Perhaps the chase between the strings is the depiction of the search on the sea...
After the chase, it seems like we can catch each other
thus the slow down afterwards
However the uncertainty comes back shortly after the settling down
Until the song ends with an epiphany and realization...

Comments about the inspiration of the piece from the composer Phang Kok Jun:
I was imagining the dreams of two [people], intertwining but never really meeting, thus the constant counterpoint between the two soloists almost throughout the piece.

曲序 (by Phang Kok Jun)
You said you had a dream last night
in a land of fantasies where
words were moving melodies -
the images - still vividly alive
I too had a dream no less
a captain in a vessel of hope -
I sailed the seas in search of thee
from one dream to the next
but in a flash all was gone
how it ended I'd never know
in vain I tried to venture on and
then I slowly understood -

dreams are realities we cannot reach
pity - our dreams they never meet

-------------------------------------------------

终于
像梦一场的Miniatures 2016告一段落了
昨晚演出结束后
明明心力都透支了
还是辗转难眠
心里松下一口气的同时
脑海里还在播映着
在台上的兴奋紧张的情绪
好友来捧场感受到的满满的爱
合奏这首曲的队友们整个月下来的辛劳
看着那些照片
感觉还历历在目

回想11月下旬
柳依在V1的WhatsApp群里面问谁有兴趣参与演出这首歌的时候
毫不犹豫就发了举手的emoticon
因为看题目和组合就很有感觉
(尤其因为对Flute的偏爱所以很期待这种合作)
加上之前两年Miniatures我都是钢伴
第一次在small ensemble里面拉小提琴
(相当于告别了合作两年后毕业的MyungSik的时代...)
其实不用猜都知道我是有点压力的
毕竟自己的ensemble playing不是说十分好
技巧底子也不很稳
原本是想说V1就让给别人啦
看了谱就OMG V2感觉比较难就推给很随和的展锋
(对不起啦补回cookie给你
然后这次挑大梁的二位其彰和将俊更是让我不能松懈
(好吧其实我真的太slack了

开始练的时候好一些部分我都抓不稳节拍
(尤其是那个zam zam zam的部分,你们懂的
还有一些部分我会不自觉的加快
换来的是将军的
“悦倩~~~!!!”
然后我的一些高音部分
更可怕的是开头我的旋律是跟Flute 1 同步不可以走音
过后中间一个桥段有一小句我的独奏不可以错
因为muscle memory不太好 (缺乏练习
刚开始直到表演前都有大大小小的走音
换来其彰 (加上将俊和一干人等)的
"Please~~~"
让自己觉得好“派写”
不管怎样
昨晚在台上的那一刻
华丽丽的solo没出错HAHAHA (成就感^.^

然后这次折腾了很久
从十二月到前两个星期为止
中提琴和大提琴一直空缺
直到JoPhy愿意而且得空帮忙
情侣档拉那一段的时候的互动真的很不一样(笑
Our cutes cellist Phyllis ^^ <3
YST来了救星Mervin
一切才尘埃落定
而且不说音乐系学生强大
人也很好
给了很多有建设性的意见
外加当我们的节拍担当HAHAHA
(虽说每个人都有负责把关节拍的时候
但是大家还是把这个担子统统推到他身上哈哈哈
但好在他也任劳任怨啦~)
让我们有办法在两星期之内把支离破碎的组合拼凑起来
(好吧这个有点夸张但是没有中提琴和大提琴那部分的声音感觉整首歌都不make sense)

准备的过程中
大家都出了不少怨言
(订不到practice room,没有中提大提,下课直接练没吃晚餐肚子饿等等等等...)
但是也少不了开心的时候,爆了不少笑料
(大家节拍终于一致的时刻!还有奶爸将俊一直要拍照录音录影)
总是想尽办法要拍合照的将俊(左)
当然
表演也不能只有我们而没有观众
感谢各位好友抽空来捧场支持我们^.^
爱你们! <3
Seeing myself from Gladys' angle HAHA Why I looked so serious?
Ah that's my default face when I play my violin >.<
Thanks to my RVR RA family members Gladys and JJ for coming despite having a hard day buying stuffs before my concert for the Meet&Greet on the next day, and WOW even bought me a big sunflower, which really cheers me up :)

是啦是啦最有爱是你啦 <3 友谊万岁喵呜 ^^
谢谢雨婷的Ferrero, 谢谢Alvin我一JIO就答应来捧场!

And yeah from Salai. The rose is very beautiful, the color is warm and bright, I like it very much. Thanks for making the effort to come and support me, I really appreciate it, glad that your first concert experience is with us haha! Good that you enjoyed the song we played :)

And my forever friend Siyanyanyan who lends the most support to me, thematically bought this Miniatures chocolates, and your thoughtful notes in the card
(yeah btw I read it after I got back to my hostel and saw the verse HAHA, should have opened it earlier :O )

Monday, 4 January 2016

悦倩友人账之2015年的新朋友们~~~Yueqian's Book of Friends 2015

hmm...
考完试最近几天都在看素仪推荐的《夏目友人账》
真的很治愈很暖心
看着看着觉得2015年自己好像在友情方面收获蛮多
所以想整理一个新朋友的名单来谢谢各位新朋友和发一些小的感想~~~
可能我所描述的跟你们自己所想的或者跟平时朋友口中/眼中的你们不一样
就当作一个新角度吧!

Reading "Natsume Book of Friends" recently and find this comic very heartwarming
Feeling like posting a write up of my new friends that I got to know in 2015 to preserve our friendships
What I write here may not be similar as what your usual friends think/say of you but
just treat it as another view from a new friend ^_^

谢谢你,出现在我的青春里。(《我的少女时代》,2015)
Thank you for being part of my younger days. (Our Times, 2015)

 鐵磨鐵,磨出刃來,朋友相感也是如此。(箴言 27:17, CUVMPT)
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. (Proverbs 27:17, NLT)

we meet, because of music~~~
KarLuis嘉睿
严格上初次见面应该是我们刚进NUSSO的那一年吧?
然后听说你是念Law的时候我还一脸质疑说要你背一条看看
结果你还来真的 (虽然我明显听不懂但你赢了哈哈
(其实纯粹只是因为初次见到Malaysian念这种应该很少international student拿到的科系而讶异而已)
然后你从NUSSO消失一段日子后
回归时跳槽过来V1做我的desk partner才开始比较熟
话说真的,非常感谢你
在玩音乐的路上时常给予我的指点
不只是合作时技巧方面的批评、鼓励与认可
(老实说坐你隔壁压力蛮大的 (◎﹏◎) )
还有我在赏析方面向还懂得不多
你也推荐了很多你觉得不错的作曲家、指挥家和乐手的作品
不只是音乐上,在政治和一些哲学方面的知识
也多得你在我从你的藏书中淘宝的时候从不吝啬任我借阅
觉得跟你做朋友很长知识哈哈 ^^
有时间再切磋吧,还要跟你多多学习呢!
祝最后一学期加油~~~  q(≧▽≦q)

柳依&侯若木
柳依嘛~
虽然严格上去年就认识了,但是也到今年有来往了才开始熟络
第一个学期的时候因为你坐第二排(我永远靠后呵呵) 都没什么交集
今年新一届执委选举后因为是上一任跟接班人的关系开始有公事上的往来
到后来的meal plan邀请、偶尔交换食物、到你的hall串门子
我又通过你认识多一个与你同样随和、如同大神般的新朋友侯若木
真觉得认识你们是我的小幸运之一~
勤奋细心热心,是我对你的印象
学习又不错
再加上你的琴艺比我好上那么多
真的要向你多多学习
啊这学期我搬回RVR了不能再常常在宿舍遇到了~桑心~
(T_T)

Joan Eric Zann Chris
first of all would like to thank Joan for bringing me into another group of music makers
and for my first experience to be in a string quartet for wedding gig
really had a great time working with y'all
and yeah, let's catch up someday (maybe a durian trip to JB this time?)
Joan, I find that you are chatty, outspoken and frank while dealing with people
although sometimes I feel that you are a bit assertive
but those were well-intended
next...thanks Eric for being the big brother among all of us
really appreciate your hospitality when I first joined the group
and Zann, for being a nice manager and sister ^^
both of you make such a cute combination
Chris, OMG so nice to meet another dog lover!
I swear Niko and Loki are so CUTE (ok I bet I'm not the only who say that)
and also your photography! (impressed by your collection and Leica camera HAHA)

ZhanFeng展锋
Hello! My new desk partner @ Miniatures 2016 buddy!
以前也就只是rehearsal偶尔partner没来的时候一起并坐过一两次
这个season一起坐感觉也ok合得来
虽然有时候和我一样blur
但是还是会cover到我一点哈哈!
然后偶尔在Facebook share的那些高级的笑话实在是弄得我每次都LOL

KeeZhang其彰 & JiangJun将俊
hmm...should I use English or Chinese?
aiyah English bah since every time I meet you guys we don't speak in Mandarin HAHA
KeeZhang, hmm...We first met during Tune-In if I'm not wrong
and cuz you are a friend of our ex-principal flautist together in ACSWO
Find that you are friendly and chatty
quite knowledgeable, and another strong wind player in my friends list
Although sometimes you speak cheemology but overall I still manage to catch up *phew*
Glad to have another chance to get to know you (and your skills) more working together for this coming Miniatures other than just playing together in the huge NUSSO
JiangJun hey! haha i find it interesting to think/argue about whether you are "going to be" or "general" handsome
(paiseh forgive my lousy sense of humor haha)
like most friends of mine, you are friendly and easygoing
quite surprised that you self-learnt the concert flute! (give you a cookie for this)
thanks a lot for introducing this very unique work to us
hey next time teach me 笛子 ah!
(ok I should get my own before asking you for lessons HAHA)
See you guys when we next meet up for practice!


my psychology module mates
the "Developers" (with special thanks to Jason, and also Rachel ZhaoEn Melissa Deborah)
Hey peeps!!!
So nice to have y'all as discussion group buddies!!!
It's quite a new experience for me cuz in last few psych modules we always shuffled partners in discussion groups
This is the first time having constant ones
Although I didn't contribute much
but thanks for covering up my part
I've learnt quite something from y'all
Especially Jason, thanks for being the main coordinator for processing all our random ideas
And also for your help recording lectures and your ppt notes when I CMI for class
See y'all around at school!!!
(FYI, if anyone hasn't taken biopsych, I'm taking this semester!)
P/S: If we ever have the chance, consider setting up the kindergarten together? LOL!!!

the "C"ube Clinic partners: Clarence & Clement
Hey guys
OMG I just realized that we didn't have our group photo after the presentation nor when the module ended
Ahh...
Although it was only a short presentation and we only met up once (physically) to discuss about it
It was still pleasant working with y'all
And glad that we got a quite easy topic which we didn't need to go through much hassle
And plus those discussions during tutorial Q&As, the ideas from both of you did mentioned some points that I didn't consider, which helped me to think more like a psychologist in a clinical setting
And yeah, all the best for your journey in psych!


宿舍的新朋友们
明芳
2015年第一学期的日子因为有你而感觉温暖
刚开始搬进PGP我还是挺不适应的
因为之前住惯了RVR
对于这个环境还是蛮陌生
但是还好有你这个热心的邻居兼cluster leader
感觉你对人都很诚恳,果然是当CL的好材料呵呵!
偶尔烦闷的时候到你房间串门子聊聊天真的很舒服
也刚好有些共同话题聊得来
啊啊啊我住一学期就搬走,一定会想念你的!
尤其看到你给我的猫咪更会想 ^ ^
不担心,现在它们俩有伴了!
希望你接下来的学期学习进步哟









Fiona
cluster里有一个malaysian同胞!
耶!很高兴认识你
你给我的印象就是一个斯斯文文的女生
虽然我们来自马来西亚隔海的两边
即使我们不是说特别熟
但是在cluster 遇见打个招呼
感觉还是不错的
希望我只好比较得空参MSL活动的时候能遇见你
然后我们要再认识彼此哦~~~
啊!发觉我们竟然没有合照到~~~ >.<


Miscellaneous(不懂如何归类)
家庆珮茹启豪KarWai
把你们组在一起是因为?
哦~ 都是在Raffles Hall 通过KarLuis认识的
唉~大家都同感吧?
认识这个人果然不是什么好事 (开玩笑 ╮(╯-╰)╭
家庆:之前就在fb上面add了的
但是真正开始说上话却是去年在Raffles Hall一起吃饭
超级羡慕你有舞蹈的功底
话说妹子想继续跳舞都没时间没机会了~
超羡慕你柔软的身段 (像我的硬kok kok 真的百般无奈唉 (T_T)
还有你那出神入化的脸部表情
OMG 我觉得我的脸部表情已经算不错了但是你的根本就另一个level...
私下练功的时候jio我吧,得空就会来练上一份做一下运动
珮茹:hmm...不懂怎么的
竟然在2011年科学营的时候就random add到你做朋友了?
唉真是年轻不懂事的时候干的事情
然后过后也没什么交集
但是跟你在hall一起吃过几次饭
聊过几次天
OMG你也是一个大剌剌的妹子啊~~~
好吧过后有机会再深入认识吧
你year 2 了也应该会很忙的了。。。
启豪:你好!
初次见面的时候感觉也应该是个蛮不错的人
很有礼貌然后还算聊得来
后来才知道原来你和KarL是中学同学
啊跟中学朋友同校还真是蛮令人羡慕的事情呢~
(起码我就没机会 ╮(╯-╰)╭ )
祝职场上一切顺利吧 ^ ^
KarWai:一直都不懂你的华文名
惭愧~
初次见面的时候是?
应该就是去试玩古琴的时候你陪KarL去而见面的吧?
过后再Raffles Hall的时候偶尔也是会看到你
然后也试过很绅士的走一段路的时候帮我拎我的琴
老实说蛮enjoy你的tweets的哈哈哈都很到点很搞笑
另外呢~
很高兴认识多一个怡保来的同乡
有刚好都在家乡的时候一起出来喝个茶吧! ^^

New Cell Group!
Stephanie YanLing YiHui
I really thank God for bringing us together
So we can know each other and support one another in our Christian walk
Thanks Steph for being so caring
and I found that we can make good friends
for you are my senior and I can learn from you in many aspects in life
and you are so patient in listening
especially when you officially take over me in Area Vision
you have showed me much concern and I really feel warm and welcomed :)
YanLing, glad to know another bubbly girl
although you are not very much older than me
but you are always like a 大姐大 haha
Thanks for leading the group before the regrouping
You have been, and will continue to be a good leader ^^
YiHui, although you are not the net leader
But I also see you as a gentle friend
and those friendly chats sometimes when I'm feeling nowhere in the big group
Appreciate that very much
Hope that we can know each other more in future meet ups :)

番外篇:旧友翻新   Friendship Revisited
佛英
相识2年后终于有幸住同一个block
(那时check in拿锁匙的时候看到跟你同block超激动兴奋的!)
(哎可惜这学期我又搬走了)
虽然说熟,但毕竟之前也没有机会常见面
这个学期因为住得近
比以前更常在一起吃饭和互串门子
也对你个人有更多的了解
除了觉得你很坚强、很有自律
也是个责任心很重、对朋友很好的人~~~
偶尔耍废陪你看一下蜡笔小新
偶尔压力大的时候带着PuPu上来跟你的馒头玩
啊这些日子~~~
互相传播正能量和关怀的朋友
夫复何求?
这个学期我不住你楼下了
自己要好好过哦(好吧你之前也都是这样过的哈哈)
得空还是要一起吃饭聊天哦哦哦~~~

素仪&碧君
不好意思哈哈
Year 1 就黏上你们了~~~
(素仪不好意思让你后悔了 :P )
说真的到上个学期我们两个只剩下一个common module
课表大相径庭,一个礼拜只剩寥寥可数的见面时间
住的block又离很远
虽然说我和你的关系还不到你和高中死党的熟络程度
但是,没能和你的课表一样
真的,很不习惯~~~
这个,或许就是好像那些老夫老妻习惯了身边有个人陪的感觉吧
(不好意思夸大了一点呵呵!)
好吧不愁,这个sem会有3个common mod
总算比较像回以前的日子了哈哈!
碧君~~~
感谢你和素仪是一个配套的
觉得自己有你们两个还真是赚到了哈哈!
从认识你开始就觉得你很强
(部分是因为素仪的描述,但还是觉得可以这样在ID里面熬过了果然是非一般人啊啊啊)
虽说你是被欺负小孩子,但是你要记得
素仪欺负你的时候我是站在你这边的噢噢噢噢
因为有学音乐(和看柯南)的关系
即使我们不同中学也不同科系还算聊得来
谢谢你,在我邀请你去看我的concert的时候都很乐意来捧场
还有我这次check in check out的时候助我一臂之力搬行李
再见多你一阵子你就要飞了
exchange要好好玩,好好学习哦哦哦
等你回来 ^ ^ (记得带手信 :P )
呃。。。欸?
才发觉我们三个好像没什么合照哦~~~ T_T

Salai, Ivan, Yi Heng
hmm....how we started our friendship liao ah???
For Salai is cuz LSM1103 and 1104 we were in same lab group
Ivan and Yi Heng...
Yeah I think it's cuz we stayed back to ask the 1103 micro part lecturer some questions
(and a side note, thank God I think he is the one who inspired my interest in microbio haha)
And Ivan who had an ingenious idea of forming the LSSG WhatsApp group
and whoala we began being lecture buddies
I really thank God (or life, in Yi Heng's perspective since you are a pre-believer) for bringing us together in our uni life
Without you guys, my journey here would be so much duller and lifeless
HAHA I group you three up is for the sake of convenience since we kinda share a common circle
But, you three have always motivated and supported me in different ways
Salai, the forever gentle, patient and helpful one
Always (almost) there for me when I need help in our common modules
I think if it weren't you my 2191 would have been... :/
And of course those reassurance and words of encouragement
Ivan, the resilient one
From our occasional chats and lunch meet ups,
From you I see and have learnt to rely more on God
I remember that you have blessed me with the biochem textbook
which did helped me did a bit better in my 2101 exams
and I extended your blessing to help my juniors by lending it out to them :)
Salai and Ivan, let's just support one another,
not just in terms of academics
but also our lives in Christ :)
Yi Heng, the sometimes dilly dally one
And the special case
the local who grew up in Malaysia and ended up being more like us than a real local HAHAHA
And your humour sometimes uplift my mood when I'm down
Glad to have one friend who can talk about almost everything with me
(I really enjoy our random debates and discussions)
See you guys around at school, think this sem we will not have any common module (except for Salai?)
But just, jio lunch anytime!

怡萱
亲爱的么么哒!
认识你应该就是从CM1401 tutorial 同桌开始吧
然后就一直都在common module碰面
虽然life science的课都算是分道扬镳了
但是幸好有psychology的课还可以一起上 ^ ^
喜欢你就还有一股萌萌哒的气息哈哈
偶尔也会犯小糊涂很可爱的
开学见喽!

理威
学弟好!
呵呵那么有礼貌的孩子实属罕见哈哈
从一开始科学营认识你就觉得你跟一般人不一样
不只是因为你是东马人
(也可能是你是念物理的?哈哈)
到你来了新加坡当我的学弟才知道原来你是基督徒
嗯,感恩,以后可以在修行上和bible study互相学习 ^^
(虽然有时候你那些耍废的评论确实会惹毛我一点点...哼!)