Lave Lave

so... this year i registered 4 chorus b/c i needed to get a music cred to graduate, so i might as well do it now. i chose chorus becuase of a few reasons:

• i herd that chorus, not choir, or vice versa, did NOT have to do concerts--i can't stay late afterschool 4 them (which turned out to be false;they are the one and same class, AND all music classes have concerts, whether you're in band, orchestra, or choir)
• i knew that i would not have to pay the $35 rental fee
• i knew that there were some REALLY tallented band/orchestra members--it was intimidating!! i can't play anything (we learned recorder in elementary, a tad of keyboard, and i fell behind in the guitar cause we never had enough with all the strings 2 go around)

it is the WORST choice i've EVER made my entire life--i find chorus worse then APUSH!!

well, it's easy if you know

1. how to play the piano
2. music theory

well, let me respond by saying this:

1. i signed up for chorus BEACUSE i didn't know how to play anything!! so forcing us to play the piano defeats the purpose
2. i signed up for beginning girls' CHORUS, NOT MUSIC THEORY!! we learn all this stuff about scales, major, minor, accidentals, circle of fiths, triads, key reading, all this junk that is NOT chorus!! that's b/c ms.m/r teaches AP MUSIC THEORY too. she reminds me of ms. T who taught calc, and we had her as freshmen for algebra. yea. the standards sorta don't match up there!! portfolios would scare the sh*t out of me cause she had really high expectations.

but b/c ms.m/r forced us to learn how 2 play the piano, i SO wish now that i knew how.

CHILDHOOD FLASHBACK....

my parents weren't the ones who forced their little azn child to learn to play the violin, or piano. i would like 2 think it's cause they weren't that kind of parent, but i know it's cause they didn't have the money to hire someone to teach me. they worked 7days/week even when i was a child. i was raised by my great-grandparents that flew in from china for a few months. afterwards i was left to a babysitter.

my memories of my childhood waking up is in a dark room w/ rose walpaper, a twin bed joined to my parent's bed. they would have left for work ages ago when i woke up.

i would wake up, call for my parents (?) and my grandfather would come in and offer me a biscuit to stop me from crying.

afterwards, the day was spent watching cartoon network, eating lunch (i never remember dinner!), following my great grandparents around (i remember this particular time when she was making preserved pork...in the laundry room and hanging them outside on the table in the backyard... if you're an ABC like me, this would sound SO familiar)

back then even my grandparents worked.

my grandfather worked @ a soybean factory w/ his brothers in argyle. [maternal]

my grandmother was a chef [maternal]

my parents work together w/ my grandmother @ the same restaurant (which still stands 2day)

my father has told me that my paternal grandmother still to this day works @ a canning factory...my grandfather...a mystery...i don't know much about my father's side b/c they live back in HK, and when they call 4 new year's it's just so awkward...the entire time i would just spew good wishes. there was completely no conversation. but that's also cause i'm not a good conversationalist in english. if in canto, oh gosh, someone save me from futher embarassment!

BACK 2 THE STORY....

so. now i learned how 2 play a bit, and i really wanna pick up modern songs on the piano--my goals:

• SHINee's JoJo
• Lady Gaga