My 1st post ever, so i shall attempt to post something more interesting so u don't have to stare at chay choong's random post when u come to the viola blog.
I happened to chance upon this website with jokes about the string instruments and i found it quite funny (damn, the viola jokes are 3 pages long). So i post abt some violin jokes cos viola jokes will make this blog ironic.
Why are viola jokes so short? So violinists can understand them.
How many second violinists does it take to change a light bulb? None. They can't get up that high!
Why is a violinist like a SCUD missile? Both are offensive and inaccurate.
Why don't viola players suffer from piles (hæmorrhoids)? Because all the assholes are in the first violin section.
Why do violinists put a cloth between their chin and their instrument? Violins don't have spit valves.
"Haven't I seen your face before?" a judge demanded, looking down at the defendant. "You have, Your Honor," the man answered hopefully. "I gave your son violin lessons last winter." "Ah, yes," recalled the judge. "Twenty years!"
lolz...
Sorry if i'm being random but i feeling very emo nao...
Update: Addition from zy: What's the difference between a fiddle and a violin? No-one minds if you spill beer on a fiddle.
An edited viola joke: Q: How can you tell if a violin is out of tune? A: The bow is moving.
A cop was walking down the street, and in front of a theater he came across a strange scene. A tuxedo-clad man was repeatedly kicking another man who was down on the sidewalk.
"'Ere 'ere, wot's all this?" the cop said, or words to that effect.
Tux: Well, see, officer, I'm a violinist. Cop: So??? Tux: It's like this-- during a break, he came down from the audience and detuned one of my strings!!! Cop: That's all very well, but I don't see why that entitles you to be kicking this poor gentleman. Tux, Well, you see officer, he won't tell me which string!
Btw, good luck to all from the viola section for Sul Ponticello (wtf?), especially for Brandemburg 3rd mvt. For those who still don't know all their notes (including me), here's a piece of advise (something like a viola motto): Never fear when u can't do something, just fake it! (sorry, just couldn't help it, must be the after-effects of 3 pages of viola jokes)
Since I'm bored overseas now (its 10pm here) (ie. 5am in sg), I shall write a random post on the viola blog. For those who read "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" most of the stuff here will sound very familiar.
This post will be on Responsibility and Proactiveness.
If you are reading this sentence, scratch your nose. *pause* . Ok now think about what just went through your mind. Did you really scratch your nose? What were you thinking at the same time? "Why the heck does he want me to scratch my nose? Is he retarded?" If you are thinking something along this line, congratulations, you are a self-aware individual.
Humans are by nature self-aware, but many people don't use this skill to their max. Many don't even see the importance of self awareness. Think about this, if you don't even know how you think about yourself, how are you able to know what others think about themselves? How would you be able to effectively communicate with others well? More importantly, one must be aware that you are not your mood, feelings or thoughts. If you can think about your feelings, thoughts, etc and control them, "you" and "your feelings, thoughts, etc" are two different stuff altogether. Making this segregation is a very important step towards proactiveness.
So once you've acknowledged that you have feelings and you are aware of it, lets think about what really affects our feelings and thoughts in our daily lives. Stephen R Covey calls it the "social mirror" where people around you reflect what you are. This reflection is hugely biased and although many of us know that we should not listen to these reflections, we still respond to them like self-aware idiots.
When someone says you are slow, or you are stupid, what will you do? Box him? Turn emo and hide in a corner? A large misconception about stimuli is every stimuli will generate a standard response. VERY WRONG. Have you ever tried insulting Larry? Or insulting me? Do both if you doubt my statement. Both of us have very different methods of handling stimuli. Ok just kidding. Back to serious stuff. What makes humans smart and dominate the world is: self-awareness and self-programming, imagination, conscience and independent will. We are in control of our actions.
It's just like a MCQ: What will you do if someone insults you? A) punch him B) punch yourself C) jump building... etc. Each response towards a stimulus will generate different consequences. Between stimulus and response is human being's greatest power: the power to choose. And that is proactivity. Proactiveness means more than taking initiative, it also means being responsible for our own lives. Our behaviour is a function of our decisions, rather than our conditions.
Responsibility - "Response-ability" - is the ability over your response. People with responsibility do not blame their environment or conditioning for their behavior. They know it is a product of their own conscious choice based on their values rather than feelings.
Choose what is best for you. Be proactive, not reactive. Take the recent fight in the camp for example, both Jason and Tianhao are reactive people. Should you be in their shoes, what would you do? Allow your feelings to take charge of your actions and deliver the first punch (or return the punch)?
Thats it for now. lol...
Cheers Choong
HCISO Violists05:08<3
Friday, 12 December 2008
Hey violists
My first time posting something serious here.
We're having our concert this coming Sunday. And for those who have never gone to Esplanade Recital Studio before (esp. Sec 1s), let me tell you that the chance of faking is very LOW. It'll be real obvious from the audience, as the stage is actually not raised. It's just like looking down to the speaker in our school's LTs. So BEWARE. Yeah we're sitting in the centre, unlike violin 1s and cellos, but it's still gonna be obvious. So if you want to fake, you must fake well (don't go move the bow as if you are playing the melody when the rest are playing semiquavers).
Mug hard guys. Jiayou!!
Han Yi
HCISO Violists23:29<3
Thursday, 11 December 2008
the 2nd half of 2day's outing can onli be summed up by this:
Enjoy! (courtesy of Wenqi)
zy
HCISO Violists22:49<3
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Hi violists!
details of combined viola outing is out now!
HCISO-NYSE Viola Section Outing’08
Procedure: · 10.00am -Meet at harbourfront MRT control centre. · 10.10am~10.30 -Take monorail/cablecar to sentosa. · 10.30am~11.00am -Setup for picnic etc · 11.00am~4.00pm -Slack around/Play Games · 4.10pm~4.30pm -Travel to vivocity · 4.30pm~8.00pm -Movie/Dinner
Packing list: 1. Money Money Money 2. Extra clothes to change 3. Waterbottle 4. Food 5. Sunblock 6. Anything you need
