I must congratulate myself for working quite hard for a few days straight 2 weeks ago. I remembered staying up till 1 am just to complete as much homework I owed as possible and to come up with a draft for the preliminary ideas for project work. I am also proud to say that I have completed almost half of the homework I owe my tutors (That means I still have more than half more to finish).

The band finally seem to be improving to me. I cannot say much about Singapore Rhapsody and El Camino Real since I have been listening to the band play that almost daily and I cannot really tell much from that, but last Friday's national anthem and school song was really an incredible improvement from the previous week's. I was totally awed when we were running through the two pieces before assembly. It was so clear and playing it was really a joy. I'm not sure whether it's me but I do not always feel the same for the SYF pieces. The only difference now is that I do not find the slow portion of El Camino Real as torturous to play as before.

I have effectively 3 days before SYF. The mention of that makes my heart beat faster. I am quite excited about it but yet I am rather afraid that we would not be able to clinch the gold with honours that I really want (hopefully everyone else in the band wants it as well). Playing in Singapore Conference Hall on 05/05/05 is something that will happen only once. There is no second attempt, no rewind button, no chance to correct any mistake. May all of us make all our mistakes during the next 3 days so that we can be corrected and remember not to make the same mistake again on the 5th of May.

There is a Creative sale yet again. I am really tempted to buy a mp3 player. I have been yearning for one of those since last year. I wonder when I can own one. When I can have one of those in my hands, I guess I will never be bored on the bus anymore.

School work is quite a burden. There are piles and piles of tutorials and assignments that come faster than I can read the words on them. That means that I cannot really be bothered even to read the questions before assuming that I do not know how to do the questions. I had better change that attitude of mine or I will spending the whole June holidays trying to understand what I am supposed to have learnt rather than practising and revising.

I think I'll stop here for now.