Happy New Year !

あけましておめでとうございます！！

去年お世話になりました。どうもどうもどうも！今年もよろしく！

Violins and Video Games !

よっしゃ！試験全部終わった！降格できたかな？(笑）

やっ初テスト(地理学)の場合テストする場所を間違った。(`o`) あせた！
PACジムと書いて、EDUCジムに行っちゃった！
始まる時間は2時でメリッサは違うジムに入って違うテストを受けって見て出てPACジムまで走ってた。マジしんどかった！！たぶんその日の気温は-27度かな？
｢やばいやばいやばいやばいやばいやばいやばいやばいやばいやばい｣と思った。
2時16分PACジムに着いてまだ大丈夫だった！良かったな～残ってるテストの始まる前場所を３回もチェックした。

昨日トクマルシューゴを見つけた。日本インディ歌手と言う人。この歌を聞くこと止まれない！聞いて見て！

Yesssss. Finals are done and away. Hope I passed ! (Especially Math 110)

Haha, so I messed up the location for my VERY FIRST final, Geography. It was in the PAC gym, but I showed up at EDUC. I looked around me and saw only guys, so I texted my brother and (haha) asked whether they separate girls and boys for tests. Oi vay. It turns out there were two Engineering finals going on. Haha. So I went in, I get my test, I looked at it, and when I realized the GE stood for General Engineering not GEography, I walked out of there and felt ready to panic like crazy. I then had a nice job through the cold brisk air. I didn't even feel tired from running, but it was probably cause I wasn't even thinking about that. I showed up 16 minutes late, but it was all good. Phew. Definitely doubled checked all the rest of my test places after that.

I discovered this guy Shugo Tokumaru yesterday. He's a Japanese Indie Artist. I cannot stop listening to this song !! Have a listen.

土曜日友達マイルスはうちの家に来る。彼とNYOCオーディションを受けるしバイオリンを弾いてビデオゲームを遊ぶ。

めちゃ楽しみしてる！

Miles is coming over this saturday ! We're auditioning for NYOC, so we're gonna jam on our violins and play video games. I'm so pumped !

心配させてごめん～

久しぶり日本語書いてなかったごめんね！

I got a call on Monday, and I'm not going to Africa. Oh well, I can always try again next year ! But since I'm not going, I've applied to audition for NYOC (National Youth Orchestra of Canada). It's really hard to get in, but it's a good experience to do the audition. So from now til the end of January....endless violin practice.

月曜日電話がかけて来てアフリカの行かないらしい。ざんねんけどまた来年もう一回申し込もう！アフリカに行く予定が消してカナダの国立青少年オーケストラに申し込んだ。(笑。申し込むこと終わらんな～）オーケストラに入られるはしんどいけどめちゃいい経験と思う。今からいっぱいバイオリン練習しよう。
昨日と今日高校のミュージカル見に行った！名前「Anything Goes」をした。やばいめちゃばかばかしかった。ビデオを見て！

Yesterday and today I went to see my old high school's musical production. They did Anything Goes. It was ridiculous. Here's some clips !

That was all fun, but with classes done, finals are a coming !

My next week looks a little like this:

Dec. 9 - Geography Final and Cantata rehearsal

Dec 10 - Symphony Concert

Dec. 11 - Jazz Final and Symphony Concert

Dec. 12 - Symphony Concert

Dec. 13 - Cantata Concert

Dec. 14 - Quintet gig and Chemistry Final

Wowza, that's a jampacked weekend ! Hopefully it all turns out well...

９日~１４日は忙しいと思う。地理試験、カンタータリハー、ジャズ試験、交響楽団コンサート、カンタータコンサート、五重奏ギグと化学試験。やばいいっぱいな！

Tomorrow Never Comes

I applied to become an EWB (Engineers Without Borders) Junior Fellowship, to go and volunteer overseas in an African community for 3 months this coming summer. I did an hour interview with them 2 weeks ago. And tomorrow I find out if they've accepted me or not. NERVOUS !!!

内職...?

I should be completing one of the many things on my list to do:

VSEPR Molecule Lab
WebAssign Online Math Assigment
Mastering Chemistry Assignment
Studying for the Geography Lab
Finding a Spanish Piano Piece
Practicing for the upcoming Chamber Concert

But...

This morning I played piano for worship. And it was So Fun. So Fun ! Finally I wasn't in an older person group, but instead got last minute called up to play for Youth Worship. So we played pretty upbeat stuff, although I'm sure we shocked the hair off of many seniors at the service: we were pretty loud. So now, all I'm thinking about is Christian Rock and those 6 songs that we played this morning. I wish I could write music. Or more specifically, write Good music. Grounded just released their first EP and Pirate Fridays is having a CD Release on Sunday. I admire you all, I can't write melodies, let alone lyrics, even if it's a poetry portfolio assigned to me in Grade 9 ! And a random connection, the drummer who played this morning is opening for PiFri in the band Rippit Rippit (with David Turnbull!) It should be a good show, hopefully I've found focus for my work so that I can attend that concert guilt free !




Our version is better :)
We received applause from the age 50+ crowd at both services, but we weren't sure if it was because they were happy the loud song was over haha.

Birthday Math and the Symphony

Me and the family went to The Samurai for some "authentic" Japanese cooking...from Chinese chefs.

The little boy in the red was sooo cute.

家族と｢侍｣日本料理レストランを食べに行った。中国人シェフがご飯を作ってくれたけど。。。

赤いジャケットを着てる男の子はめっちゃ可愛かった !

Supposedly they usually light the onion on fire, but we were treated to a steamy spectacle instead !

普通は玉ねぎを燃えるけど今回は蒸しをしてた。

The family and the birthday cake.

Everyone was wearing pajamas, so we only took a photo of our heads.

家族と誕生日ケーキ

皆がパジャマを着てたし頭だけを撮った。

My favourite :)

大好き

Had my first experience of being part of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) this past week. 4 two and a half hour practices and one concert; it was fun. Too bad I started feeling awful on Wednesday night, just before my Math midterm. I made it through that test, fever, chills, aches and all. I hope I didn't fail.

The concert was yesterday and SOO good.

1. The Hebrides Overture: Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn

2. Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn

3. Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven

All of the string section's arms, are so tired. Beethoven's 7th is like playing 16th notes for 50 minutes straight.

Jasper Wood came to play Mendelssohn Concerto and he was amazing. Super clear and sang on every note, his flashy bow and tail coat added to the evening.

I need to find new black wear for the next concert; I guess my dress just isn't long enough. Oops.

October Snow

初雪。

雪運んでいる自転車。

真っ白。

まだ紅葉色に変わってない。

車。