Friday Night

Hi everyone... I guess it,s been a very long time since I last updated my blogspot. I am sorry coz since my laptop charger, I have no mood of updating my spot on public internet. However, I have already sent my laptop for repair and hopefully it would be ready very very soon....

My musical life has been extreamly busy lately. I have been very focused on my Piano as well as my Cornet in particular. I am quite happy with my piano as I have progressed quite well and fast and next year I would be sitting an exam on my Piano. My Cornet is quite a bit slow in progress and I think other people might agree as well it is not an easy instrument especially when comes to learn Cornet from scratch. But I am quite happy this week as there has been some little progression on it an d I just hope I could move faster on my Cornet very soon.

I just can't believe that Christmas leave is in 3 weeks time meaning I will be in London or somewhere loafing around. It would be a perfect time for break and I just can't wait till that day to happen. This weekend I am thinking of getting myself a Tuxedo for our Christmas dinner before our leave. I am more than onyone who is excited as this would be my 1st celebrating Christmas here in England. Thats why I am quite stressfull going to the gym building up some muscles and also been attending few physical training with the trainees so that I would look good on my Tux..... I think I have just been influenced with that James Bond movie. haha

Today after work when I reached my accomodation, I met a familiar face at the car park. Then I said, " DAN, is that you?"... then he said, " Redzky......" Wow I met another batch of mine when were in Dartmouth 8 years ago. What a reunion and he is getting married this Sunday at our accomodation dining hall. It feels good as well when he remembers my name and I remembered his. Congratulation and I wish I could celebrate my wedding here as well. What a nice Dining hall we've got.

I felt so happy today I guessed because I had good music today and since today is Thursday night, I recited Yassin to say thank you to Allah the almighty and to share my Yassin to my late auntie who I missed so much. Whenever I recited yassin for her I always shed in tears remembering what she used to say before that she had wanted to memorise Yassin and I am indeed bersyukur she said that and I hope I will always remember her in my prayers.

I think thats all for now. I need to sleep early and wake up tomorrow at 4 am to study. I got exam on my theory next week Thursday and I aim for excellent mark. Good night everyone.

A GREAT NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Now I am trying to trace back and updated my blogspot that I have missed for few weeks coz few friends out there demanded me to update and I realised there's someone reading my blogspot. Hehhehe Thank q guys and for those who haven't got their Blogspot, start creating one now.. yes NOW!!! u know who u r? regardless ur r bz, working, married, computer illiterate, no laptop?.... when there is a will, there is a way.... yeahhhhh, inda ja?

Well, let me start with my Trafalgar Dinner Night. It was on Wednesterday afternoon, I tinted out early from my music cell and prepared my Mess Kit. I was very excited that night and that was my last on my Blogspot in which I written down.

At 1900H, I got ready and headed up to the bar and it was very crowded with officers in their Mess Kit and there I came in and luckily my Mes kit was not much different as the Royal Navy apart from the golden strip on my pants. I met couple of Chaplins and officers and met couples of x military personnel who served in Malaya during the conflict in 1963. They showed me their Sarawak or Malaya medal presented to them.

At 2000H, we all went into the dining hall and there were staffs standing at the side watching us and I felt like walking on a red carpet as this would be my first time wearing my Mess Kit with a Bow Tie in a dining hall. I have also prayed that whoever seated next to me would be an interesting guy that I could talk to. I was shocked when I realised, LT NICK the one who seated next to me was my batch mate from Dartmouth. How ironic and he remembered my name, Hanika and Zouhdy, another candidates from Brunei. Wow...

Appetizer was served on a lovely decorated table along with the Portsmouth Royal Marine Band on their string instruments. I was very excited with the Band and the music was hoofing, smashing. I was busy talking to Nick and taking my sweet time having my appetizer until few staffs infront of me and few staffs behind me giving me the smile. I was shocked when everyone had finished their appetizer and waited for me until they could serve the next course. I just hope the guest of hornour wouldn't realise this... Because of this, we broke the ice with few officers seated infront of me. After the main course, I realised I have a full of white wine in my glass and empty on others. They told me that they finished their wine during appetizer and that was the time when they realised that I didn't drink alcohol and asked for my Red Wine. Red wine came along with the main course. Quite hard to keep up the mess rules and ettiquette.

To cut the story short, we toasted to the Queen and Sir Nelson, had some Chocolate SHIP, few songs..... then we moved to the bar and Nick and I had few chat along with his friend which I forgot his name. oooo... I guessed his name was Tony. He came to Brunei before sorting out the new OC school in Sg Akar. We had guessing game as well and finished at 2 am. What a great night!

"Blogspot BANGAS"

I know I have not updated my blogspot because of various reasons:

• broke my laptop charger
• overlapping work on my musical scales, arpeggios, broken chords n musical pieces
• boring with the routine job
• found watching TV kill the time easily especially X Factor etc
• been involved reading newspapers and TIMES magazines
• demoralised

but feeling good now and been trying to update blogspot since few friends complaining of my 'BANGAS' blogspot. Hehe "Rupanya ada jua urang membaca..."

Cheers

MY 1st PIANO RECITAL

It's Saturday morning on the 8th Nov 2008. It's raining outside and certainly not keen to go out. I am feeling very chilly now inside the internet room and being outside would froze me to death.

What a relief... I just had my 1st Piano music recital at the School of Music yesterday Friday afternoon. After 2 months being here, yesterday saw a great achievement and progression of myself. I couldn't feel the ground once I finished the performance. I was actually very calm before I started and I believe there is no point of being over nervous that would destoy the whole performance. I was playing a simple musical piece called 'GAVOT'. Gavot is an old english spelling of Gavotte, a French dance of the 17th and 18th century by William Duncombe.

I made a short introduction and a brief story about Gavot infront of the Director of music, Bandmaster, Senior Ranks, Professors andTrainees. Positioned my self on a stool, facing the Grand Piano with my best seating poisture and took a deep breath. Once ready, I played along with the dynamic with full of concentration. Until the last note of my decresendo and eventually my last note, I could hear applause of clapping and I could feel the release of the tense and walked away. UUUhh what a relief.

My performance was right in between of 3 performances. Mr Lambert performed first on his Bossoon with 2 Clarinet players. I came 2nd and the last performance was the from the Trafalgar Dinner Night theme, a comprised of Spratt on his Grand Piano, few Violon players, a Cello and a Clarinet. They started with a song called Roast Beef, a very distinguished song. They played Natinal anthem, Spanish Lady etc... complete with a replica of a Vitory ship made from chocolate and we sang along at the end. Once finished, we had wash up down the Coffe Boat and both parties seemed to enjoy the music. Thank god it's over for me for now and more show coming in the future...mmmm

Every Friday aftternoon is allocated for music recital here at the School of Music and infact this was my 1st day attending because I would go for my Friday prayer in the afternoon and I missed it yesterday. hmm. I was in my music cell practising my Cornet, when on of the trainee came over and greeted me, " Did you enjoy the recital Sir?". I didn't realise the Buigler's gone meaning class is over at 1520H, earlier than normal day. Everyone seemed excited not only for the recital but also for the weekend.

1600H, Maddok waited for me at the main gate and we walked down to HMS Temeraiere for a swim and unfortunately it was closed. GGrrrrrr. Then I spent the afternoon releasing my shoulder tense over the GYM. Today I am going to chill out and realaxing after a long week and I am very excited to watch Mariah Carey tonight on X Factor live on TV. OOhhh Mariah Carey, my dream girl and I hope she would come to Portsmouth spending time for dinner with me. mmm....