Day 10:
I thank God for music and for me to have a part in making music. Somewhat.
So I went to the exam with about 2 hours of sleep thinking that there is just so much to remember. So trammed to the MSAC and busy studying and remember the important points. The moment I entered the building, there was this peaceful feeling that just rushed through my body. No idea how that happened. Anyway, time to head to the exam hall and threw my handwritten notes in the recycling bin and braved the exam. Took my seat and was confronted with a 20 page exam booklet. Since this was a 3 hour exam I was expecting that it is going to be very involved. Ok, 15 minutes of reading time started and flipped through the 20 page monstrosity. 3 pages into it, I blinked my eyes, pinched myself and engulfed with a feeling that is quite strange. I wanted to laugh. All the questions (and I mean ALL) were itty bitty derivatives of questions from the tutorials. Scrap that, they didn't even bother changing the way the question was phrased. All were really short calculation questions. So when the exam started, I got straight into it and 45 minutes later I finished the paper. It was that easy. I've had easy papers in the past but not this easy. Or at least not one that you can complete in a third of the time allocated to you. I double, triple, quadruple and quintuple checked my answers to make sure there is no hanky-panky that I've missed. The stupid thing was that people were not allowed to leave the exam hall until one hour had elapsed. So yes, even after I finished the paper, I still had to wait. This exam was a joke. After leaving the hall really prematurely, I went back home. I've used up my last tram ticket and I had no cash to my name. So I walked back. From MSAC. And even after I got back, the exam was still going on. Seriously.
Stumbled across this video on Facebook and although they are obviously not professionals and a music can be a bit monotonous at times, I've never heard complaining ever sound good. The choir still needs a lot of polishing up but still quite entertaining. And this is not the only one of its kind. There have been many more of such complaint choirs all over the world but the Singaporean complaint choir was the country that would make the most sense. It's almost like it's one of their many national identities, whether they are good or bad. One thing I would really like to see integrated with this choir is a full blown band. I can immediately imagine having a nice groove from a bassist and drummer with a horn section if done right. Somehow reminds me of Hillsong in the "old" days. Ironically, the choir performance was banned from public display by Singapore officials. Great way to curb the national identity of complaining. By the way, also check out Helsinki's choir. Way more polished and tight and pay attention for what makes this nation so famous.
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