Is everything the same

Friday, December 19, 2008

the extra 2 more days

ok. a continuation...

13th December 2008... Saturday
so yea. i could only sleep until 0800 this morning because i had to go down to suntec at 0900. and waking up alone was hell of a chore. i had a freaking backache. it hurt so bad, i had difficulty bending my back when getting out of bed, wearing my jeans, and even lifting my legs up to put on my socks. i was thinking, how was i even going to setup at 6th floor.

a quick breakfast and put own some fresh clothes, whatever is left from those i brought to camp. haha. apparently there was some community service by some GenRev people going on, so they needed sound support. but i just had to go there to switch on the system and make sure mics are working and CD is running. so the rest of my time went spent either going downstairs for a cup of teh tarik or bubble tea, or using the internet. in addition, i spent some time making a trip down to CHIJMES and back to suntec. i had to retrieve Pastor's wireless system for his headworn mic.

so after that was GenRev service. i had to mix because Jason and Clement would have been at Sean's wedding. and did i left that out? Sean's wedding was held at CHIJMES. and about the backache, thank God i got Esther's help. so i just did my work steadily, with no rush, while Esther helps however and wherever. soundcheck, service, they went pretty smooth, no major hiccups, except for the Pastor's headworn mic thing. sighz. after service, had dinner with Esther and the video team at NYDC. and it was home sweet home. i think i cabbed home, cause i was really tired and my back hurt

14th December 2008... Sunday
and it was yet another typical Sunday. this time, trouble is invited. first it was problems with the Monitor side. Sound Engineer A heard about the Youth setting i adopted last sunday, and wanted to give it a try. i asked Sound Engineer B if he allows Sound Engineer A to use the Youth setting, and he said, "if you know how to use it, then go ahead". and it so happened, there were a few problems, one of the major one being that Pastor's headworn mic wasnt fed into the sound console. actually this problem could have been resolved nice and neat with a humble apology and acceptance. but no, one fellow had to flare up, so Sound Engineer B also not happy, flare up lor. Sound Engineer C got to hear about the news, and went to investigate. even i was questioned, and there was like a fiery exchange going on between me and Sound Engineer C. some questions being subjective and i couldnt be bothered to reply. but what's the objective, operations, right? so when i used the Youth setting, operationally, nothing went wrong. so Sound Engineer C dropped charges on me. what drama.

mixing at FOH wise, not really ideal for myself too. especially during 4th service, there were 3 freaking pairs of hand on one soundboard. omgosh! and all in all, it was just a case of subjective-ness, not objective-ness.

after 4th service, went to eat dinner with Jason, Wanhua, Wanting, Bok, and one other choir girl i didnt get her name. we ate at Tonkichi. thank God i had enough finances even though the place was rather ex-y. but it was a nice place and there was good food. but what's more worthwhile was, the fun, the joy, the laughter, the fellowship we had there. it was awesome. should have more of this manz, woohoo!

that's it. my 9 consecutive days of doing sound. i'm so shagged by the time i got home on Sunday. haha.

and to end off. here's some bo-liao stuff i did with my phone, and some photo i took more than a year ago...

the original,

the darkened,

and the contrasted

spoken adhesives at 18:18

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Life's Reflection

in life we always try to run so fast and run so strong
but when it gets cold and it feels like the end
i just wanna forget about everything and runaway
against my will i stand aside my own reflection