THE END OF A BUSY WEEK.

Reprise is over, and with that much of RJGE.
All of SPA is finally over.
No more trips to NUS on Monday and Thurdays.

Ah, suddenly, I'm going to be so free. Next week will really be unreal. Yes, I'm lagging big time on the tutorials and stuff but boy, the thing I need now is sleep, which I'll finally be able to get after a week in which I was enervated more and more each day.

First, Reprise really turned out great, I think. To be honest I doubted ticket sales would be good, not just because of the weird day it was held but generally because I doubted guitar would be that popular among students. But we were able to get a sell-out, which was wonderful, and from what I've heard most people who attended the concert enjoyed it thoroughly, even though the main ensemble songs were kind of short. And the spongebob encore was really just funny.

I have to say that I was pretty slack in guitar last year, not really bothering to practise much at home and just attending pracs. for the sake of it. But at least this year, despite being unable to attend monday pracs. due to H3, I've put in a concerted effort to practise the concert pieces. And the feeling of being able to play it during concert was really just wonderful - that sense of achievement. Apart from the final set of chords for Grenada which I just cannot shift fast enough, I've been able to learn and play the the other 3 pieces well enough, at least in my opinion, and it's a good feeling to have.

Tomorrow I'll finally be able to go for service again and enough though it's like only a week it feels like a long long time since I've been able to attend a praise and worship session and boy do I miss that quality atmosphere that is unmatched in Nexus.

Anyway, one thing that is not over though is NAPFA, thanks to sit and reach, a station where few people have problems in general, and one area which I certainly did not expect to be my 'limiting factor'. But oh well, a lack of stretching and doing sit-ups and jumps before that can really be significant. I shall look to the improvement in pull-ups to inspire me to stretch more and overcome the pain barrier.

Football now, and we lost to united in a match which has been typical of our slump: dominance but with nothing to show for. We certainly had no one to blame but ourselves. We even had a huge slice of luck when Adebayor smartly stuck out his elbow to direct the ball into the net. But then just like the past few weeks going ahead was the cue to hit the self-destruct button, and so now we are left with 4 games with no pressure, and plenty of time for the disappointment to sink in. Nevertheless, credit united. If it is not Arsenal, then it has to be them, for only they play football anywhere near the way Arsenal play it, the way it should be played. As a pundit aptly described the Liverpool Arsenal match: Beauty and the beast went head to head and sad to say, the beast won, thanks to its reputation. I will have no favourites but surely if I could pick winners then I would certainly want united to do the double this year. (shocking?)

I guess this year is still a big improvement from last year, where we were in such a position in February. They had such a long time for the disappointment to sink in, and hopefully despite the shorter time they have this season they will still reflect and improve for next year.

Really glad to get through this week, and now for much needed sleep.