Well well well...sunday was my second drumming lesson XD it was slightly more interesting than the previous session cause this time we got to do a variation of beats...we used quavers n not just crotchets. There was one tiny bit of problem though. Some ppl had difficulty dividing the beats into half (2 quaver beats = 1 crotchet beat, take it as 2 50cent coins = 1 $1 coin yes?) Well as u can imagine, with all the drums in the room n wif ppl playin the drums at different tempos(beats) u get a sound that is surprisingly similar to a bunch of horses galloping away in the meadows. I was trying my best not to get distracted by the wrong beats so i stared at the wall in front of me and tried to divide up the beat equally in my head b4 playing. Gee whiz...n our teacher's reali amusing. He gives us a different tempo each time, from slow to fast to medium...perepctually everything. Thus, it confused half the class, or perhaps more den dat, n hence resulting in a really really messy sound coming from the drum studio. I was mega tempted to borrow my teacher's ear plugs LOL but then again i thought, might as well bear wif it...i'm goin to learn drumming for a looooong time...n when i say long i truly mean it. Our syllabus is going to be covered over 3 years or more, depending on our own preferences. hmmm...i glanced through the textbook. Man i couldn't wait to start playing more complicated beats...looks really cool. Ahh yes...there was this tricky set of beats tt were playing...at the end of four bars there wud be a rest on the last beat. It's very very common to hear an extra beat coming from somewhere. The conductor decided not to do anything abt it cause he knew if he were to keep stopping the class wouldn't be going anywhere for some time =) Okay tt was it for drumming...now for archery...
Archery...whew...the only thing i can say is that...my coach is one hell of a joker and that it really is taxing on your arm. I admit, it looks really cool and fun. However, when you actually do the sport itself, you'll probably realise that there's a lot of work behind the cool facade of archers. Hmmm so anyway my friend n i went for our first archery lesson ( actly for the cc it's 2nd, so technically speaking, we were one lesson behind T.T ) and the coach gave us a warm and completely hilarious welcome ^^ First up he got us to introduce ourselves which we did. Then he got both of us to go up while he checks our size (fat or thin) of course those hu noe me wud noe wad category i'm under ^^ he poked our upper arms n said 'this is fat u see! after learning archery this over here will be toned' poor me was laughing so hard i had was having difficulty breathing n had a reali bad case of tummyache ^^" So anywayz he introduced the bow to us n taught us the different parts...as well as wad we needed to wear during our archery shooting sessions, mainly an arm guard ( to protect yer arm in case the bowstring slaps against it) n of course the finger guard...i think..hmm forgot wad it was called ( to protect yer fingers when u're pulling the bowstring ... once or twice it wouldn't hurt but believe me if u had to do it repeatedly u'll feel the pain) and den we were ready to shoot. My first arrow hit the top of the board whilst my second arrow flew out of the board. fantastic eh? one of the other coaches quickly corrected me ^^ he looked quite young to me...*shrugs* oh well...anywayz after tt my shooting got better thankfully. No more out-of-board arrows n my arrows became quite consistent after tt. they were all around the circle n some even hit the bullseye (tyco shot) So after a few rounds of shooting, my shoulder blades n upper arms started to ache. After i went home, i could barely lift my arm for awhile...it reali hurts LOL but oh well i'll get used to it...after a couple of weeks or so. now...one more course to start...dancing...but tt will be another story ^^
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