Monday, August 07, 2006
Hmm today was an OK day. One of the only funny things that happened was when Mdm Ee pronounced "Issac" as "Ichak", which was really REALLY hilarious. Then there was english lesson, where Mrs Bala told us to write a composition. I chose "Obsession" because I could write something interesting. Haha. Wrote about a family full of obsessions and how it destroys their family. Haha, no personal attacks to anyone. Just a random story that came to mind. To anyone out there who thinks that i'm snubbing you, I'm not.
Anyway, I went to the studio for a recording after school. I actually decided to do a different song instead of "My Immortal". It's a long story, but i'll type it out anyway.
Actually, before choosing "My Immortal" for CHMA, I had this feeling that God was giving me a song to sing for CHMA. The lyrics hit me quite suddenly, but i couldn't quite get the tune. Since it was an "original composition", I couldn't use a -1. Anyway, I didin't want to play the piano and sing at the same time because my hands always tremble when i'm playing the piano in front of a large audience.
*memories of the first audition come drifting by
So, I requested for the help of Matheus Ting to play the piano for me. I asked for permission from Mr Wang and he said yes. However, there were MANY problems. First, Matheus didin't like playing chords. Secondly, our timings clashed and we couldn't really squeeze in a practise in a matter of a week. It was THAT rushed. Well, after a few practices, I told Matheus that I really couldn't do that song and so we went to the bookshop near the esplanade to get piano scores for other songs. After that, I really couldn't do it with the piano. Well i've told Matheus this already, but i'll say it again. SORRY MATHEUS. Seriously. I felt really bad backing out on him so suddenly. Oh well, thankfully Matheus didin't flare up or anything so I went ahead with My Immortal.
However, after CHMA, I felt kinda guilty for not singing a christian song and reaching out to the peoplem, but i still wanted to do My Immortal for the recording because i have always wanted to record that song.
Then, I attended yesterday's FOP. Yup, it was an amazing time and I'll blog about that in another post but yeah, i was really ministered by Don Moen's rendition of "Still". Then it struck me that i should actually dedicate this recording to God. I mean, i already got my chance to perform "My Immortal" for CHMA already, and I really enjoyed myself. Therefore, I decided to do "Still" for the recording, although i got back around 1130 and the internet was down and i could not get the chords. Then, selfish thoughts came back to me. I was like, "hmm is God telling me not to do that song?" but I told myself that that cannot be so and wrote out the lyrics myself, trying to remember what i could. Then, i remembered having the chord sheet for "still" hidden somewhere in my room. Sherilyn led that song about a month ago and I feared that it was lost. So, i searched my box of rough paper and found it! So, i quickly transposed it to F and rewrote it.
Coming back to today. The recording was KINDA fun. I played the keyboard on my own and added the strings. However, I wasn't feeling well today and couldn't really sing my best. (The high-energy worship yesterday contributed to it to i guess. :) Oh well, I sung it 3 times and realised that there were a few notes sung out of tune. However, the I didin't want to bother the I-media people by recording one more time so I told them that it was ok. I was dog tired anyway.
Well, i think the I-media people will send me the song soon. I'll listen to it then decide if i want to let others hear it or not. Heh. Little embarrassed sometimes. Kinda afraid of criticism.
"Ironic, much?" - Matheus Ting.
Oh well, going to have dinner soon, this week's kinda slacky. 2 days of studying only. AURGH i'm frustrated though. Why do they not let us wear non school attire for National Day? They did that for Chinese New Year too.... -_-" and Mr Lee told us last year that we looked so wonderful in our "home clothes". Oh well.... Still gotta attend speech day after National Day. I hope they don't bore us with long speeches although it IS
SPEECH DAY.
Decided to listen to something new today and found three nice songs.
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Hmm decided to break out of my shell and listen to new artists and stuff after chatting with Jing Cheng a few days ago. He was listening to "Lucky" by Britney Spears. Really amused by it when I saw it on msn. Sorry if i'm embarrassing you, Jing Cheng, but you DID say u listen to everything.
Oh well, i'm thankful for this week being a short week. Hope tomorrow will be a great day.
7:12 PM
