back in melbourne

so, i got back yesterday.
and still kept flipping out. what am i doing here? why am i by myself? how do i cook?
where do i begin with the unpacking?
what happens if i don't have something?

argh!!!!

on tuesday mum and i went to the supermarket to walk through every single aisle, every single bit of the store so that i could learn everything there was to know about everything there.
it was pretty intense.

i still don't know if i've got everything under control.
i know that i haven't yet unpacked everything and it's not motivating me any more! i hate unpacking.. :S

my housemate moved in a couple of days ago, but is away. so that makes it slightly odd but i'm coping. slowly.

and hopefully more people start trickling back to melbourne soon, because i'm starting to get lonely..!

anyway, that's my rambling done.

a month of sorries

it's a month of sorries because i haven't blogged very much this year.
so, sorry for the lack of activity. but i'm glad to look at my clustermap to see some readership in parts of the world where i wouldn't expect! but that's cool!
so, what has happened, you ask!
well, A came to visit! yay! we did lots of perth things, some i didn't even know existed!
went to lots of places, which was cool. went to the beach (which i don't normally do on my own, admittedly), touristy places, walked about places. hung out. it was awesome. sad that's she's gone now though!
however, i only have about a week left in perth. and lots of people to catch up with. my brother suggested holding a press conference so that everybody could ask questions in an open forum because half the questions will probably be what everybody would ask anyway.
oh, and i'm supposed to be practicing but clearly, blogging is much more exciting.
listened to ayo nationaly music camp concerts, which was cool. and hoping to make it next year..fingers crossed!
i suppose i have to get through this year first though....

coolest holiday event (in my opinion anyway). my teacher came to perth to do a recital with her violinist. so, i got free tickets in really good seats, and caught up with her afterwards to discuss repertoire.

wow. i must sound like such a music nerd. haha. that's ok, i accept that! but it was cool. because i enjoy going to concerts. a bit like work and leisure all rolled into one.

ok, that's a bit weird...

anyway. the to-do list for the next week looks a bit like this:

practice
learn to cook (oops, left it a bit late, you think...?)
meet up with lots of people
i mean a bunch of people
pack
figure out what to pack
figure out how to get more than 20kgs worth of suitcase onto the plane
organise flat (eg. bed - contrary to popular taste, i'd prefer a single over a double)
organise february

which looks a bit like this:

SCR stuff
bendigo trip perhaps?!?!
practice
have piano lesson/s?
organise concert-ing
organise timetable
get me out of the timetable clashes!
get me into my desired subjects


oh no, and uni hasn't even started.....sigh!!!

Happy New Worries

Another year gone, and here arrives another one.

Happy New Year all – I hope 2008 proves to be (another?) successful year. I know I’m hoping for it to be!

As we hugged a Happy New Year to each other I could not help feeling worried.

There were a few large worries in my mind at the time, but as the year as started making headway they have taken more shape. And I realise I’m writing this is retrospect so my worries to be detailed did not all come flooding to me in such specifications.

I just realised that my Music Techniques 3-1 and Econometrics classes clash on the Tuesday. Which sucks. And they both matter. Not that all classes don’t matter, but the point is that they are both important subjects. Techniques because it possibly will count towards Honours. Plus it’s a compulsory subject. And Econometrics is a pre-requisite for Honours and is a fundamental subject in taking later year Economics subjects. Ok, and plus Techniques is one class I think I’ll enjoy because of the friends taking it.

I have been thinking for a while now about who I’d like to play with next year. In terms of musical partnerships. As well as chamber music. There are more people I’d like to play with, and more pieces I’d like to work on than time available. Perhaps re: Musical partnerships, I’ll keep just a couple regular ones through the year and then take others on a project basis. I think chances would be better if people gave me an idea of what they’re playing and when they’d like to do it (and perhaps what for too, if that’s an idea). Because I’m all too guilty of saying stuff like “Sure, we’ll do that” but never getting round to it. Although the longer time I have to think, the more ideas I get. Apart from horn music and violin music, and perhaps cello music, I’m contemplating a piano duo of sorts. Who – I’m not sure yet but I have a couple of people in mind. Which could possibly lead to exciting things. I don’t know.

Re: chamber music. I’m glad M keeps his research up. But the more I think about it, we stay may be able to keep our currently-unnamed trio for the subject. Not that it’s all about assessment for uni. In fact, the more I think about the less it is about assessment. But that also leaves us with the prospect of another trio, with clarinet, violin and piano. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do chamber-music wise, but again, time is limited. What a pity.

I’ve just found out that a couple of my really close friends won’t be returning to Queen’s in 2008. For this, I am very sad. I totally understand though and of course, I can’t dictate what everybody else’s plans are. So, however it pans out for this year, I still hope I can keep in contact with these friends.

I really am looking forward to 2008, really. It's just that there are lots of things to sort out too and you know me, I'm a worrying sort of person. Hopefully it'll just figure itself out...