Blog assignment 3— Am I happy or disappointed?

20th January 2008

Today is such a tiring day! I woke up early in morning, as I was excited about the performance in the evening. This will be the first performance I will ever participate in the Chinese orchestra! My senior told me that there will be a lot people attending the concert, I think, and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will be there as the Guest-of-Honor!

By the way, I play the Er Hu, a Chinese instrument. Within a week, my friends and I managed to play nine different songs and this is due to the efforts that we put in, we spent time staying back for training, even during free time we would practise. However, all our efforts had sort of gone down the drain!

Firstly, when we reached the Mandarin Garden, we thought that we would be performing indoor, but it turned out to be an outdoor performance. Not only that, we were play beside a fishpond, what had happened to the people, did they turn into the fishes in the pond? When we performing, the weather was quite bad, as it seemed like it was going to rain. To make matters worse, the wind kept blowing our scores, flipping the pages. Though, other than that, the performance went on quite smoothly and I think that the residents there enjoyed it a lot as I could see smiles on each and everyone’s faces.

After the performance, we went back home. Until now, I am still unsure that if I should be disappointed due to the fact that there were so little people watching the ‘concert’ or happy that I managed to brighten up someone’s day.

Jeremy