Monday, January 17, 2011 @ 10:31:00 PM.
Hey everyone! Tons of things have happened over the time I wasn't blogging... So let's start in chronological order!
Firstly, the audition. I was quite nervous about it when I was waiting for my turn (there weren't a lot of people actually, about 4?) but the guy that brought me to the waiting room calmed me down a little. Just before we stepped into the audition room, he asked me if I was nervous. By then, I wasn't that nervous. After learning that the ensemble only has
18 people, and
3 double bassists, I kinda lost half of my confidence. For such a small string ensemble, 3 bassists is
MORE THAN ENOUGH since in an orchestra, we talk a lot about proportion. For example, there must be
4x number of violins,
2x number of violas,
x number of cellos and
x number of double basses. (This is just an example, not true IRL) Compared to Mgstrings (the strings ensemble in my old school), there were a total of
50+ people and only
2 pathetic bassists (me included). I probably told myself that I'm gonna go in and save some
face and pride for myself and play my very best since I'm already there. Ok. So it was pretty crappy. I didn't play my pieces as well as I did for my bass exam and the conductor asked me questions. He asked me to tell them (there were 3 people in the room listening to me. The conductor, some girl and the guy that helped me to the waiting room.) about myself, and if I was gonna continue learning the bass. I gave a politically wrong answer (I said that if I'm not in the Strings, I
WOULDN'T learn the bass anymore since I don't intend to have a musical career. OMB. WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING?!?! I came out of the room with the guy that helped me to the waiting room (OK HE'S NAME IS NICHOLAS. Argh.) and I mumbled something like, "GREAT I'M GONNA DIE I'M GONNA DIE I FREAKING SCREWED UP." And then Nicholas told me that I played pretty okay, eg. good enough for their ensemble. And I thought to myself,
dude, that didn't work. After that I talked to a girl my age (who entered the college earlier than me) who was in the string ensemble and she was a bassist too! It was actually quite obvious that I'm more experienced than her and that I could play better (even without hearing her play the bass). I just know. It's a bassist thing (:
After talking to her, the teacher-in-charge of the String Ensemble came over to brief my mum and I on the appeal process if I get through the audition. If I get through the audition, this teacher (Mr Wong) will call me by the next night. Then, my mum sensed that I was quite dejected (since I thought that it was impossible for me to get through the audition), so we went to Parkway Parade (a shopping centre) AND GAVE OURSELVES SOME RETAIL THERAPY. Ahhhhh. I bought 2 nail polishes from the brand O2. They were cheap and they looked soooooo good! I bought one that is blue with micro-glitter and holographic star bits and one that has a light pink base with heart bits. ♥
So... It was the next day and I was practically on TENTERHOOKS the entire day. I was so nervous (even more nervous than the day of the audition), I kept my phone in outdoor mode (WHICH IS SUPER RARE. I ALWAYS HAVE IT IN SILENT MODE. ALWAYS.) but even until 9pm, Mr Wong hadn't called. I told myself,
he's not gonna call. He's not gonna call. Dejected, I went on to submit my JAE (application form that gives you choices of what colleges you want to study in that has to be submitted online). So I just kept my mind on the net, surfing aimlessly, just to distract myself and make me forget about the whole audition. I turned my phone back to silent mode and left it on the table. The next time I looked at my phone, I realised that I had a missed call and a text. Not expecting anything, thinking it was from one of my friends, Mr Wong's name flashed straight in front of my eyes.
O. M. B. He called at 9.40pm. WTH?! Who calls so freaking late?! And then the text was sent by him, saying that I should call him the minute I see this text. Well, it was already 12am then. I only had to wait till the next morning to call him... (I couldn't sleep the entire night)
Ok, so to cut the entire story short, he called me in the morning and he asked me if they were going to offer me a place in the String Ensemble,
will I take it? I was like
duh. Haha. I wasn't really happy then, but then as I told my friends, family and seniors (who helped me with the audition), I started feeling SOOOOOO AWESOME.
OMB VJC ACCEPTED ME. I HAVE A CONFIRMED PLACE IN VJC!!!!! Ok. Secondly, I have started selling my creations online! Check my shop at Etsy here:
tilltheendd. If you are interested in any (I will be uploading a few more over the next few days, one a day, so please remember to check back!), please email me at
isabella_mak3103(at)hotmail.com (change the (at) to @) so that I know who you are. This way, you don't have to have an etsy account or a paypal account to pay. I'll also be able to discuss some stuff with you and that includes your address and any customisation that you'd like to make eg. you want to have a different colour. If you are interested in buying any,
please mention that you are thatwinterrhapsody's reader/ affie and I'll give you a discount! Follow the instructions on the etsy page on the format for the email, please! (: Here's some pictures of my current items on sale:
So, I've been busy brainstorming of more unique designs. I'll be making more rings, and I'm still working on a
mint green crochet beret. I'd be making necklaces, bracelets and more but I'm still unsure of what.
Should I make handphone chains? Earrings? What else? Please suggest in the comment box if you are reading this. I know that those 2 rings don't really show all of my work, but I promise you,
I have much nicer ones coming.Ok, so that's it for now. Haven't touched on anything for Sera. Still can't get a proper layout for Sera. Sigh. AND I HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA HOW TO INTEGRATE WORDPRESS ONTO MY SITE. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE.
Have a nice day everyone!
Isabella, 17, Singapore.