Saturday, April 11, 2009
This is probably one of the most personal and FUN classes I've ever had ever since I stepped into uni 2 years ago....
NIE's Voice Studies and Production
It brought me back to my secondary school days when I was in the English Literary Drama Debate Society. Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, the memories....
I still believe that drama is still one of my loves. No doubt about it.
So in this class, other than learning the anatomy of our larynx and how voice is produced so on and so forth, we also learnt some theatrics, and that's where all the fun is.
Not just that, the friends that I made in this class are all fun-loving and friendly. Maybe it's because we only met 3 hrs per week for the past 12 weeks, but well, the memories that they left me with will accompany me till my death. Although the teacher is strict, I think she did her job fairly well, and I learnt tons from her.
It was a journey of self-discovery and being adventurous to try out things that we've never done before.
Just yesterday, I was trying to find my classmates on FB. Well, I found quite a few of them. One of them is Sidney, who's a really funny guy (no, i'm not in love with him). He's quite blockish at times, since I did partner him for some of our class exercises. But as I was chatting with him on MSN, I realised that we had a few similarities. One of it is that we are both Roman Catholics and we actually go to the same church! In a class of 22, I actually found 2 other people who goes to the same church as me.... =) It's amazing how God works I guess....
And then there's the growth part. We started out all beginner-ish, uncertain and not knowing what to do. We read texts without feelings, we pronounced words without articulating, we produced sound without skill. But at the end of it all, I could see how much everyone has improved. Sidney is one of the people who made tremendous improvement. There's also this other guy called Kok Liang, who probably did not speak Chinese at home, and so initially, did not do very well. But I could see the effort he put into each and every class, and for our final presentation, he was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! Hope you can see the video, and enjoy laughing! =) (It's about the 'F' word.... haha)
It somehow feels like watching your baby grow up, slowly slowly learning new things and progressing week after week. Just that, all your classmates are your babies....
I am really really sad that the semester has ended and that now, only the memories of the class will live in our hearts. But I have learnt so so much and have been shaped quite a bit through this class. Thank you my fellow classmates for these memories and thank you Miss Tay for all you've done for us!
- Voice studies and production class
by snoopy_lim @ 11:35 AM