Procrastination and more procrastination

So...While all of you are preparing for blocks and probably taking a breather by visitinng this blog, I'm going to try my luck a little.

There's going to be a J2 farewell ceremony in July (J2s please take note too (= ) and I have to form a subcomm to organize the ceremony. But because of the abysmal/dismal attendance during the June holidays practices, I haven't been able to ask the entire J1 batch for volunteers. Ok, I haven't asked anyone at all.

Who wants to join the subcomm! I promise it'll be loads of fun. If you want to join, tell me on msn or sms me (96663823) as soon as possible. If I don't have enough volunteers by the next practice, then I'll probably do a repeat announcement then. But I hope I wouldn't have to do that because we're..er...sort of...running out of time...(It's supposed to be in late July. You get the idea.)

Thank you!
And good luck for blocks everyone!
Andand don't forget to practise your guitar pieces! (Refer to Jonathan's post below. XD )


-Gloria

EXAM SECRETS FOR BLOCK TESTS

These are the best kept secrets to BLOCK tests:

Secret 1: Relax and rejuvenate
The key to relaxing and rejuvenating just before the exams to avoid ERS (exam related stress) is to play Gavotte on the guitar =D. The enriching melody of gavotte would help to alleviate all emotional trauma you have faced from mounds of texts. IF you get bored of playing gavotte, move on to playing Salut de Amor (yea!). I am sure that the slow tempo of the song would be extremely beneficial in decreasing your high metabolic rate after a mugging marathon.

Secret 2: Charge up your spirits
After you are relaxed and before you run your next lap of the mugging marathon, it is important to charge up your spirits. What's better than playing the Theme from Star Wars that contains the grandness of the battlefield yet the burning desire to outlast in the mugging marathon. After playing the Theme from Star Wars, play Malaguena, a flamenco piece known for its liveliness and deep passion in its unmistakable fandango style.

Secret 3: The final secret to topping all the subjects (for exco)
Learn up La Cucuracha and 13 days in France!! Being able to reach this stage means that you have relaxed and rejuvenated, and all fired up. Accompany your last mugging burst with these familiar tunes and feel the chemical equations, newton's laws of motion, kinetochore microtubules, and the PPC graph ease out of your mind. Its a 100% foolproof solution to getting As in blocks!! xDDD.

I am sure those who are reading this post now would benefit from my exam secrets. haha, i am JOKIN'!! its just for laughs :) 

On a more serious "note", do sleep early and drink lots of water. Its the last week of mugging before your blocks, use the time wisely.  See ya guys after blocks (hopefully you would bring a smile along) :)

GOOD LUCK and STUDY HARD!!

Jon =D

Hi ppl! sorry for this ultra-super-duper late post

There has been changes to the malaguena score.

For bar 22,
Guitar 1s: change the entire bar into EF, DE, BD. All notes are in quavers. E- 12th fret, F- 13th fret, D- 10th fret, B- 12th fret on the 2nd string

For bar 23
Guitar 1s: G#, which is to be played on the 9th fret on the second string
Guitar 2s: change the entire bar into EF, DE, BD. All notes are in quavers. The notes are played on the first and second string. E- open 1st string. F- 2nd fret first string. D- 2nd string 3rd fret. B- open 2nd string

This sequence is to be repeated twice, replacing the parts that we cannot play fast enough nor smooth enough.


For bar 29 Adagio,
Guitar 1s: change the first chord to EEEF. ( open 1st string, then the second fret); the second chord is to be changed to FFFC ( first fret of both 1st and 2nd string).

Once again, sorry for this very late post. If anyone don't understand, just call me or something.

Block Tests coming right up.... ZzzZ.

Hi!

We'll all be having our block tests very soon, sad to say, in less than 2 weeks time. (I hate it too... but after that our sufferings will probably be over although there's still promos and a levels...)

To give everyone more time to mug, training this week would be toned down. Wednesday - 9 am to 1 pm (no lunch break), Friday - no training. Make sure to wake up and be on time for wednesday's training! It's the last one for this June holiday.

But don't mug too much, take some time off to relax and practice your guitar pieces. Immediately after blocks, we'll be having intensive training, yup so look out for announcements on this blog.

btw, everyone can post on this blog! Don't make it such an 'announcement board'. Post stuff about trainings or anything else you want your friends in this club to know or just random, but abide by net etiquette. If you don't have permission to write, you can email tricia at tricialeong219@hotmail.com or me at azure.11@hotmail.com and we'll gladly invite you to this blog. And just in case you want to share your personal blogs on this blog you can email us the blog address too. lol.

Jia you ppl for block test and for guitar too! You've worked hard for the past few trainings... our hands are very much aching.... and the star wars, malaguena resounding in our head every now and then... oh well...Good job people! There's still some way to go so let's jia you together.

wh. (= Wei Han... in case anyone don't know)

spring cleaning (:

Hi ppl! (:

This email is with regards to the guitar room spring cleaning that will take place on this coming tues, 10 june 2008.(:

kays, the details are as follow:

Time: 9am-super late
Venue: outside guitar room
Stuff to bring for urself: gloves, masks, rag, raincoat (suggested by seniors, bring one for urself if u want..lol.), a tee/shorts to change in case u walked out a layer or two (of dust) thicker. (:
Other things that anyone can brg if u have it at hm: small pail, black plastic bag (for dumping of some antiques), cleaning solution, newspapers, charcoal (heard to be effective for removing e smell in e room), lemon ( another possible way),etc.

FOR THOSE WHO MUST COME: pls try to be punctual kay coz we will be having a long day ahead n we wanna haf a gd start rite? (:

FOR EVERYONE: big news ppl, coz this year spring cleaning shall be pretty diff as we shall be opening up spring cleaning to everyone frm guitar. (:(:(: *cheers* Therefore, anyone interested and is free on that day, feel free to join us for the spring cleaning. It will be a memorable and eye-opening experience for many of us i believe.. (:

Last 2 June holiday trainings

DEAR GUITARISTS,

We have come down to our last 2 training sessions for the June holiday period. Following the 1 and a quarter week break for block test preparation, the blocks itself and the sabbatical week, we would be down to 2 weeks left before the performance itself. These 2 weeks of trainings would be spent adding in the dynamics for both Star Wars and Malaguena during combined sessions and a full-dress rehearsal before the actual performance on the 22nd July.

As you know, the exco would be playing 2 more pieces "La Cucaracha" and "13 days in France". These 2 pieces are still open for any member to join in and play; the notes are simple and the melody is nice. So do volunteer yourself if you think you can manage playing 4-5 songs in the performance. (You may also choose to join in one of the songs instead of 2)

For the last 2 training sessions of the holiday, we would be doing:

1. Sectionals for Malaguena (esp guitar 1 and 2 who have yet to finish the song)
2. Combined for Star Wars and Mu Chang (emphasis would be on getting the accurate timing)
3. Combined for Malaguena (a number of tempo changes in the song that you may take some time to get used to; the fastest part of the song is 160 beats per min, the fastest for Star Wars was 120 beats per min)
4. Exco would be combining their 2 pieces too (practice 13 days in France if you cannot learn both by Monday)

Lots of stuff to complete!! jiayou!! Use a METRONOME (click on this link) to check your timing =)

Jon