I love bass. Finding it much more interesting than guitar. I find that it encompasses a good combination of rythmn and melody, which is something that I really want.

How the bass plays really affects the mood, the atmosphere of the song, and it's that creativity it permits that attracts me. Not like the guitar, or drums, who have less control over such things, and much less to work with. Who cares about the solos? Its the solid bass groove and rythmn that people dance to anyway... haha.

Anyway.

Looking forward to having more bass lessons with pinjun, although we haven't had it since feb or march. Just so much to learn. Haven't done my finger PT for a long time. Will try to incoporate it into my school life. Will be serving in may, in the adult service, which is something that I didn't expect. Kinda felt apprehensive about it first, but it's a joy to serve the Lord, so I did not give up this chance. I believe He will help me.

On a sidenote, I am determined to get my own bass guitar. How am I going to play well if I don't have one to practice with? My standards aren't very high, just something solid, and durable. Doesn't have to be 5 or 6 string, just something that is... for lack of a better word... 'steady'. Haha.

Sigh, back to studying for Chinese Test. Actually there isn't much difference between midyears and our common test, but you feel better telling yourself that there's no "official" mid-year paper in May. Thats our school. Sigh.

I hate my calculator. Its battery is dead since I left it on for the whole holidays.

Now it runs solely on solar power, since I'm too lazy to change the calculator batteries.

Meaning that If you cover the solar thingy at the top, the calculator goes off.

The worst thing is if I want to do maths at night, I'll have to switch on an extra lamp to "feed" the calculator light. And when I have to calculate I will need to do it directly under the lamp.

I hate my calculator.

Totally flunked my maths test. Seems to be no doubt that I will fail this test miserably and get B or even C for maths this term. Scored 95% for a previous test, so thought that I could afford to score a little bit less for this one. Maybe I was a little complacent, so I didn't really put in much effort in the maths revision, focusing instead more on my Lit. In a sense, I gave up maths to score for shakespeare. And the situation tells me that the Lit will be easier than maths, and I will have scored reasonably well if I studied for maths more than lit.

Instead I went and did the opposite. Now I only have my literature test as a possible source of consolation for my disasterous maths screw-up. Hope I score well tomorrow.

Lesson learnt: Never underestimate your problems ahead of you, even if you have a safety net under you. Treat obstacles like you would treat every exam. Seriously.

Seriously considering getting a bass guitar. Hopefully something around a low end 0.5K one. Yep. 500-600 for a good low end or a lousy middle range bass. Will look around for possible targets next sunday.

Now Listening to: Smooth
By: Santana feat. Rob Thomas