MiZiSat 16: Mostly resting at home...

11 Jun 2005
Skipped breakfast in the morning as I felt quite full. Hmm... maybe I could have eaten too much popcorn while watching the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" the previous day. My mother had already bought me Nasi Lemak, but too bad it had to be thrown away as I was just really too full to eat that. Well, you can't keep Nasi Lemak for too long, as it will spoil within a few hours. As I looked myself onto the mirror, I realised that I had a very bad hair day. Well, that could mean 1 thing... it's time for me to cut my hair. As I was just too lazy to leave the house in the morning, and there were also Doraemon and Pokémon on air as well, I decided to have my haircut later at noon.

Before noon, I went out to Plaza Singapura to have some look at the musical instruments at Yamaha Music School. Really felt like trying the flute out, but I don't know if they would mind that (well, there is a 2nd hand flute on sale there, maybe I could try out that one first). As I was looking through the showcase, I realised that they also had a more professional Yamaha Acoustic Violin on sale as well. Hmm, the price? Well... it's really expensive, that's what I could say. Well, it cost as much as $13,500 for just a violin alone, which is somewhat the same as the price of a very good upright piano without the disklavier and the silent piano device (and nope, I'm not joking about that). Ok, if you want to know, the most expensive Yamaha Acoustic Piano itself that I come across is priced about $13,550. So, what do you think about that violin? More expensive than the one PSQ had.

Ok, after looking at those instruments, I went to EC House at the basement of Plaza Singapura to have my hair cut. Well, it's just that same short hairstyle as usual. After that, I went back home striaght and continue playing my Gameboy Advance games on my Gameboy Player.

MiZ Speaks
Hmm... come to think of it, I did say that when I confirmed my Pokémon team on Pokémon Emerald, I would tell you again. Now that I had just beaten the Elite 4 and the Champion, I think I would want to share if you about my team if you really one to know. My team consists of Swampert, Swellow, Mightyena, Linoone, Breloom and Alakazam. Not really a strong team, but at least it is still quite sufficient to defeat the Elite 4.

Ok, I decided to share 2 pieces of music to you, both are from the current ABRSM Exam Syllabus. The first one is Sonata in D, composed by Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) played by Melvyn Tan, and the second one is the reduced version of the 3rd movt from Flute concerto in G, Presto, composed by Johann Joachim Quantz (1697 - 1773), preformed by Gareth Davies (flute) and accompanied by John Alley (piano). Both music are produced by ABRSM publishing.


Sonata in D by D. Scarlatti


Presto from 3rd movement of Flute Concerto in G by Quantz