Addicted to singing....??

On sunday, me n nana went to Song of Joy's 2nd grand rehearsal.... at first, rita didnt wana go because of the timing.. but nana said 'lets go..' so i decided to go.. i mean.. we paid alot for the membership... and we skipped many many practices bcause of our coursework... Now, that we have the time for it... y skip again? hoho..

So i told rita tat we're going.. n then she also followed =p hehee.. the place is at SOKA somewhere along vivo city... harborfront centre... somewhere there..... According to nana, soka is one of the religion similar to buddhism... As we stepped into the compound,.. i felt lost O_o... aunties and uncles everywhere.. XD XD and most of them were barefooted... (so japanese hor)..

They provided super big shoe shelves.. so we had to go into the building barefooted.. its soo fun! hahaa.. There's this carefree feeling when walking barefooted on carpeted floor.. XD we looked LOST (ibeliv) tat one security guard approached us and asked where we are going... hehee... he directed us to go to this big auditorium (do u call it audi?) that's so bright and noisy from aunties' chattering =p

WHen the practice starts, it took sometime for the conductor to subdue the noise.. the conductor was a frail looking old man.. few strands of grayish hair.. he was abit hunchedback... wearing suit and brining that little wand that conductors swing here and there... well.. picture the scientist guy from 'back to the future' minus the white lab coat....... its HIM! hehee...

He was speaking in chinese so softly.. and he mumbled his english translation tat i had to lean forward to listen to what he's actually saying... initial thought.. 'haiyozz old man.. can u just speak english? O_o there are so many ang mohs who dont know chinese leh...' 'man... sld this practice be fruitful.....' 'haiz............ nt fun.....' Anyway.. the conductor was directing us which bars to sing softly .. which bars crescendo.. decrescendo... forte... piano... etc etc.... which i cant really follow due to my bias opinion and his very soft muttering.... n then... first song.....

Once he swung his little wand..... the choir sang.... i was speechless...... the choir was sooo much better than IFC!!! hahahaaah... nv hav i imagined that combination of oldman-aunties-uncles-angmohs would give suuuuccchh a grand entrance to the song... huehueee..

This conductor was sooo sensitive.. when he said forte, it REALLY has to be sung forte.. when he says 'stacatto..' it has to be sung as stacatto as possible... bottom line, he is GOOOOOODDDDDDD......!!!!! The way he smiles when we sing correctly, the way he twitched when we sang too loud/too soft... Those people around me, they were swinging to the beat when singing the songs.. even the ang mohs!! they sang the chinese song with joy.. (they also had a good laugh after each song.. maybe due to the language barrier.. but nevertheless, they wore such happy faces)...

And, before realizing it, the practice ended... wad d hell O_o/.... i was like 'haaa? udahan??? masi mau nyanyiii T.T'... rita ditto-ed me... nana was feeling too cold to say anything XD.. when she showed her goosebumps, i tot she was referring to the choir, giving her goosebumps =p after all, the tenors are soooo many like nana has always been dreaming abt =p hehhee.. Some of the members left the audi.. but luckily, we dilly-dallied a little longer... the conductor says 'cai lai yi ci...' YAYYYYYYYYY

We sang each song once.... n he said "last weekz practice i would give you 70 marks.. today's practice i give you 80 marks! By next week, it would be 90... 100.. 1000 marks..." huehueheue.. so cuteeeeee XD XD.... oh ya.. after the 2nd song ends, the choir unanimously clapped hands for him... ohohohohho.... until the end of practice, the conductor remained unanimous conductor to me =[

On the way home, i felt like a traitor yang 'habis manis sepah dibuang' kind =p, talking about the other conductor... XD XD.. i told nana i would rather join this choir... killing 2 birds with 1 stone... 1 singing, 1 learning chinese.. huehuee..

Side noteee......:

The toilet.. =p inside this SOKA building, as i said, everyone is barefooted.. but in the toilet, they provide many many pairs of sandals for those of us going to the toilet.. and as expected from a japanese association, its SPOTLESS... even tho the toilet might be old, its well maintained... *thumbs up*..

One blur occasion: nana went home taking the bus from the same bus stop as me... when i was 1/2 way home... she called me... telling me she took the wrong bus... i tot she took wrong bus as in taking 165 instead of 166... kind.... but she actually taking the wrong DIRECTION XD XD ... nana dodolz!!!!

Well.. im kinda addicted to singing now... thx for IFC who has revived the feeling of singing in choir again =] heheheee.. going for singing practice with IEC tonight... =p heheheee... im soo sooo soooo crazy abt singing O_o KTV anyone?? ato mo nunggu gretan? =p