Tale of a Cat

4 May 2012

I suddenly remembered that this blog existed today. I was watching FRIENDS (yes, it’s exam period again, though this time it’s only a week-long break sadly) and it was The One with the Resolutions, where Rachel had a failed resolution the previous year that involved writing in a diary. So it reminded me of my blog and how I’ve kinda abandoned it. I was actually quite surprised to see that it was merely 7 months ago that I last wrote. Sure felt like a lot longer.

So. 7 months. What’s happened since. We’ve moved into our new home, and it’s had time to get messy. Though really not as messy as I thought it’d be, given my track record of keeping things neat and tidy.

India came and went and I survived it. Had my first taste of some vegetarian burger at MacDonald’s whose patty was made of goat cheese (one of the best burgers I’ve ever eaten actually, and wished they had here in Singapore. Note to self, try Komala’s.)

We celebrated our first anniversary as a married couple and I baked a lot in the first…4 months? of moving into our new home. I even baked our anniversary cake – a rainbow cake – which the MIL questioned if it was edible, and whose green colouring gave the hubs an upset stomach. I was fine though, so I maintain that the cake IS edible.

I’ve been badgered to no end each time we meet the MIL about when we’re gonna have kids. I don’t want any. Not at the moment anyway. Or rather, at this moment, I don’t see myself wanting kids any time soon. Or at all. But we’ll see. I may end up eating my words, so I won’t commit on this just yet. 

I’ve taken over the alma mater, and it’s been no easy ride. We’re actually preparing to go to Olomouc (ah, that country that I’ve somehow always planned to and never made it for the last 2? 3? 4 years of my career as a “conductor”) this June to compete, and I FEEL SO UNPREPARED. This one really requires God’s help. Like, REALLY REALLY. And what’s worse, the grey school is going too and suddenly I’m supposed to be conducting the jh AND the sh because of the lack of numbers over at the sh side. And suddenly LAH isn’t conducting them anymore. So, yay, no pressure.

SYF for primary schools has just ended and both brat school and the alma alma mater both got a Gold. Not what I’d hoped for, but well, I was pretty lost and confused the last 6 months, so I guess a Gold’s pretty good in light of all that confusion and burnout. Anyway, I still seemed to impress many people in the industry with the song choice (I actually did Baba Yaga with the brats and it was not too bad!) and the alma alma mater’s performance. Well, a Gold’s a good place to start with them considering it’s their first SYF in what, 15 years?

ONE is going to Portugal for real, and I am still extremely sore that we are giving up Italy, and to make matters worse, I can’t even room with my own husband because there’s an even number on each side. PFFFFFFT. So that’s like a month apart in June for us. Yay.

And I’m planning to go to the States in July for a choral conducting workshop. By myself. And maybe tour NYC. The sister may join me there. We’ll see how this pans out. As of now, I’m going, but nothing’s been cast in stone. July is also when the hubs goes on a trip to Taiwan with his cca (yes he’s started working in the gray school and is exhausted most of the time.)

Hubs says we’ll take a holiday together in December. Japan or maybe NYC, since he doesn’t get to go with me in July. We’ll see how this pans out too.

So that’s the rest of the year for me. Scary how time seems to be flying.

the end of a cat’s tale