I don't feel like typing any more. Anyway, some great things happened this week. They shall stay in my memory forever.

I didn't realise that since the time I last updated, so many things took place. There was the National Band Competition where Mus'Art Wind Orchestra came in third in the open division, and a concert at Singapore Conference Hall the next evening, followed by something like a week's break before another concert at the Young Musicians' Society auditorium and my clarinet exam a week after. I hope that I will pass my exam with at least a merit. Firstly, I started preparations too late, with exception for the Brahms Sonata, I did not have any lessons until 4 days before my examination, I only finished trying out all the required scales 3 days before, I had my only refresher for aural 2 days before and did not even have the slightest idea of what to expect for sight reading although I thought I was quite well prepared for it. I was wrong. Anyway, I do think that I can still pass and I have to thank Qiyan for asking me to go for the exam and for being my accompanist and I think it's she really played very well for me.

The rain has stopped but the sky seems darker than when it was raining. Somehow I get this feeling that it is a dark night and there's a thunderstorm. I'm seated in a dimly lit corner on a carpeted floor in the viewing gallery of an airport where I can see planes taking off but not landing, in the heavy rain, the lights of the plane occasionally shine onto the dark corner where I am, safe from the rain and unable to hear the deafening thunder. I wonder if that is enough for anyone to understand how I feel and tell me how I feel because I don't know how I feel.

About 3 more hours left for me to hopefully do some work before leaving for the National Day performance at Jurong this evening. The rain has started again. Well, that's comforting enough for a Sunday without the sun.