Da Capo 2007 is Over!

So the concert is finally over.

It's actually a major event that I am responsible with, and I like the feeling of being helpful.

Being a logistic is not easy, as everyone was saying. But for me, it's just very simple and maybe fun. Joanna keep complimented me "辛苦了" or "good job", but I felt that I am not that 辛苦 like what she may think.

Obviously getting nearer to the band members is very good. At least I can shout on some of them without creating much negative atmosphere. And you know, during a rush time like the concert, it will be a very big probability that I need to shout on some.

While I enjoyed doing the logistic stuff (Joanna said, "you are the man"), I felt that I don't really enjoy the concert itself as last two major concert we had. Maybe because I was just back from Italy, a place where a lot of enthusiastic audience be. Playing in today concert, I almost felt that we are only playing to ourselves, as if the audiences were not there, but the pressure still remained the same. It's more like taking test, not like really enjoying the concert when we were at Italy.

Friday, move the things from CFA to UCC. I think one big reason that I can enjoy my logistic is because I am too familiar with the other instruments, so I won't have any problem or dragging in deciding what instrument to be up to lorry first. At least from a glance on the cases I can know what instruments are inside, while others still need to guess.There was a problem, though. I didn't know that timpani need a high stool, and the percussion didn't know that contrabass clarinet also need one. So, we were one stool not enough. The result is, I walked back to CFA, and took the stool and PK's trumpet by walking to UCC. And I can tell you, the stool is damn damn heavy.

Another reason for happy logistic is of course that I have an assistant (though everyone, including her, knows that she is more likely to 帮倒忙). But at least I can confidently leave some stuff for her to in charge with.

For the dinner, I was eating with my flute section. I kept telling them to eat faster, but in the end I was the last person to finish the food. And because of eating too fast, I felt that my stomach was not feeling comfortable. When others asked me, and I told them "吃太饱", they all gave me a "are you crazy?" look.

They all said that we played a lot better during the rehearsal. I think it was the case for every concert, EXCEPT when we were in Italy. So I still think is because of the audience, like I said, it's more like taking test than enjoying the play.

The concert day was a very busy day. The morning I went to a CAD competition at Engin. Damn regret for signing up for the competition, because I was having problem in waking up (as usual).

After that, of course I have to settle the logistic stuff. I had to make myself using the Euphonium room, because I won't have time to go down to the flute room. Before the concert, there were some coordination stuffs, the photographer stuff and the ticket counter stuff (because my friend was helping). So they can always see me running here and there, by shouting "Khee Nguen! Khee Nguen!!!" In fact, I think I shouted too much, and just now I mistakenly called Kian Wei as Khee Nguen. Before that, I could even foresee that I would be very busy, so I changed to concert attire very early (My flute mates said, "Hey, you told us that we need to wear solid colour tie, you are not"), while others were like cannot accept (Firdaus-sax, "Wah, so serious ah...").

Putting things in Euphonium room was a good choice that I had made (Fairoz said, "Hey, one minute fourty dollars!" I said, "You better be careful, I tell you!"). At least I don't need to run down and run up again just to take my flute. And at the interval I can ask Tess (she likes to call herself Test) to take my flute back (double reeds are in Eupho room), so I can help keeping the handbells. The handbells are good, in my opinion, though the first ever note we didn't play loud enough (maybe me only).

Yeah, I received nice cards from PK and Yinting, and a flower from Edna (my first flower in my life, not only for concert). I was thinking, "Why are they so free to prepare these things?" For me, I definitely will not prepare these kind of things (Qicai said, "usually male won't do this").

After the concert, I have to go to every room and remind them to pack up by 8.10pm. Obviously my assistant wasn't not doing her jobs good enough, because these were supposed to be her jobs. Actually I was very calm, but they all kept telling me to clam down. Maybe because I am running here and there? And somehow I made them nervous, still thinking why. Then I went to backstage to help loading. Er, help watching they load the instruments. After that, went to open CFA doors by Zheng Guo's car.

The unloading of instruments at CFA is the funniest part for the concert, in my humble opinion. Maybe because I wasn't carrying any instruments. But I felt that it's really like a big project, and the members are working more together, even closer than during the concert. And I think it's the first time for me to give direct commands to the others, like what what instruments should go where and where. Luckily nothing went wrong, maybe except the Marimba's leg. So after packed up everything and locked the instrument store, I was sitting there waiting for the percussion to "repair" the Marimba leg, and my flute mates were waiting outside for me. And I don't have chance to give the keys to either Yinting and Jama because they were busy. Don't ask me to interrupt them, you know, they can get really fierce. Luckily there was still a girl named Crystal, so I happily gave her the keys and said bye. I won't mind waiting there of course, but not when my flute mates are waiting for me, and I can do nothing to help them.

So half the flute and oboe section went to Holland Village to have dinner, and supper. Talked a lot of craps. My only concern was when they all said that I am very cute (Mad said, "When you was giving announcement, a horn girl said that you are cute, and she kept repeating until you finish the announcement."). And I think I was the main source of the jokes, I think I should be proud of it.

Although I said that the concert is not really "enjoyable", I think we all enjoyed it. Sounds contradicting, but I don't care already. It's very late leh.