today is a new day...
[ 9:48 PM ]
yeah.
i served as a keyboardist today. ALONE.
it was alright i guess. i found that it was a really godd experience for me. plus, i would like to thank everyone who encouraged and prayed for me. also, thanks for coming down to support me during the worship pract on friday! a smile, a hug, gentle words..anything that helped me along the way. THANKS!!!
just to name a few...
SUZANNE
LEONARD CHNG
JOLENE
MING HUI
SHAUN
LAWERNCE
CHARLENE
LING HUI
ALICIA
KENNA
JACOB
KENDRA
MICHELLE
ANNNDDDD MAAAAAAAANY MOOOOOOOOREEE! :D
okay okay. well, after worshi...
why don't we start before that. better, no? XD
anyways, i was busy practising playing the keyboard. familiarising myself with the cords and the inversions, minors, sharps and flats, adding the melody. XD
i practised tilll my heel hurt like hell. and i mean, really hurt like hell. so much that i had to pack up the keyboard and rest. so, yeah. i rested ate my din din, and head off to church.
well, at first, i was really scared. as in really. i could do anything, my hands were trembling(from the cold or nervousness, i don't know) and i kept getting all the cords wrong or played them at a wrong timing. i sucked.
then i relaxed a little, chng came over with a few word of encouragements. i looked over at jo and she gave me a you-can-do-it smile :D and shaun, being the guitarist was standing beside me and flashed the same exact smile. :D Ling walked over and helped me with the first song by teaching me E7 and A7. Chng walked over afetr seeing me so darn scarde/nervous and helped too. he gave me the beat thingy. ( and boy, i love it. it's so fun!) so... law gave the signal for everyone to get ready and jo started! XD The first song(my redeemer lives) was easy as ha;f of the song was made up of E7 and A7.
it was only up til the part before the pre-chrous(?) where there was a B followed by an A and a B(which was actually a A/B). i mean, it looks simple right? but the beat was different. so yeah.
chng was beside me, guiding me through the first song. yay chng!! :DDDD
well, the other songs were alright. i just had some problem flipping the pages.
the touhest songs were you're so faithful and the last chinese song.
actually, the 'you are so faithful' song was easy to play, just that they used this song before and ling who was the keyboardist at that time scribbled the chords for the song after transposing it. it was so messing(no offence) but it was just so hard to see that i got lost more than 3 times. ^^||
well, then there was my brother. he happened to be the soundman for this sunday's worship. i noticed something: whenever i was serving as a keyboardist/ assistant keyboardist, my bro was either the backup singer/ co-worship leader or the soundman. haha. well, he was always there, (chillaxing by the back XD) giving me encouraging smiles and also he mouthed the words of encouragements to me:D
yeap. so the last song. yes, it was rated the hardest for me. >,<
well, two reasons on why was it the hardest:
1) there was a part after the verse that goes like this: D/E D E D/F# E/G#.
out of the six times, i messed up almost three. >,< but somehow i really like
that part.
2) i kept forgetting to look at the handsigns. i mean, sure looking while playing
is easy for me. but i just kept forgetting for that song. that was why (if you
were there during the worship pract) shaun was seen whispering/ saying to me
something. he was saying the chords out to me.
on sunday itself, everything turned out alright! PRAISE THE LORD!!!! :DD well, at the start, my hands were trembling. then jo came over and prayed for me. su came over and gave me a hug and alicia waved and smiled at me. :D
haha, the cutest reaction was from KENDRA!! She was like, you're playing today?!? and gave that oh-so-adorable suprised look. ^v^ heh heh.
thanks everyone! well, the testimony thing is not yet done. no time. cheers!
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