Friday, February 17, 2006
i went band today and made a realisation . a pretty
late realisation rather ; myself not having enough patience to teach someone else music . despite being a sectional leader for like two years , i realised this only today . and yes , only after i have graduated and chose to come and help the section .
i've decided to teach Naing Oo and Meiting for sectionals today since they're like the weakest and softest in the section and are only sec 2s . beginning was alright . but as time goes by , i began to get all fed up and irritated . my hand was practically aching from the constant LOUD clapping trying to compete with the rain and my voice was sore trying to make myself be heard . what was worst , sheril's tuba juniors are blasting their way thru and my other trombone juniors , taken over by hamidah was blasting exceptionally loud yet intune .
i got rather irritated by the fact that Naing Oo didn't really take sectionals seriously and has the cheek to show me his smiles . unable to cotrol my emotions , i raised my voice at him and rolled my eyes . yes i know it is superrr wrong but it cant be helped . but at the very least i praised Meiting cos she made such a great improvement and wasn't lazy enough to practice again whilst myself recoaching Naing Oo .
i tried myself so hard
not to spoon feed them , but at certain occasions i did . i realised that my patience level is very low . i could teached mirza malay spelling last night for like an hour plus despite him being super playful and unattentive since he cant do malay for nuts . but i couldn't even tell myself to be patient and give them time for trombone sectionals which lasted only 45 mins considering the fact hamidah took them for warm up and having a short lesson and a recap of songs before i came . maybe its because i am used to my section being independent enough to work out what they are weak at and me giving them only guidance .
whatever it is ,i pampered myself today . i ate dinner with xinyi at swensen's
again . it was a last minute thing rather . and the dinner brought much laughters and drifted us a little bit from reality . we fantasized kinda alot and laughed non stop . well , it did make my day . (: i'll post pictures some other time . alright another abrupt ending here .
