this entry will probably not be relevant to people who weren't in atc, or any other christian acappella group out there -- so i'm sorry if you're bored...
anyhoo.... my church has decided to do a special christmas acappella song, and reached out to all the former christian acappella members of our church. interestingly, we had people ranging from columbia, nyu, me from BC, duke, and maybe dartmouth (do it walter!!).
as we were standing around thinking about how we should warm up, someone was like - why don't we just all sing "change in my life." hahaha. i realized that it's true - nearly every christian acappella group on the east coast has done change in my life!
so - even though we all have different arrangements memorized, it still worked! and somehow, miraculously, i was able to recall the soprano line for change in my life - and we actually sang most of the song just by pure recollection from like 5 years ago!! it was hilarious and awesome all at the same time!
i must say - it felt sooooooo good to be singing those dum dums again. i felt a part of my soul come alive again as i remembered some of my most happiest times in life when i was in atc. i can honestly say - i can't wait to see how the song fleshes out, and i'm super excited! i feel like i'm in college again. and even as we stood around in a circle singing our notes, laughing at each other when we couldn't remember what came next, or we sang on the off beat, it was just a grand old time - just like the old days!
at our next practice, i'm bringing my pitch pipe!! ahhh! i love that thing!! =D
sighhhh--- atc - if you're reading this - i miss you guys!! =)
Monday, December 7, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Baby Names!
hey everyone!
i was reading my google reader today, and someone posted this article on most popular baby names of 2009 in NYC, and i was shocked to see that mia made it to the list!!
http://gothamist.com/2009/12/02/sophia_and_jayden_oust_isabella_and.php
i couldn't believe my eyes b/c my name has never been a very popular name, and now - after 26 years of living, it has finally happened! i was pretty happy to see that i was in the top 10, b/c growing up, mia, for some reason, was hard for people to pronounce.
people seem to always first guess to say it like maya. other times, when i order food, people write my name down as mea. (and honestly, that just looks like such an ugly combination of letters!)
anyhoo, i'm glad that the name is coming back into style. but it reminded me of how i tried to change my name a lot when i was younger.
7th grade - i really wanted to be julie. i thought it was such a lovely name. it was cute, but pretty. unfortunately, i hated the pairing of julie joo. too many j's and too many ooh syllables. so i had to forego that dream pretty quickly.
9th grade - i really wanted to be christine. i thought, yeah, this name is mature sounding, but also delicate. christine joo - that doesn't have any weird alliteration, and it's got a good flow. but for some reason, all my friends couldn't imagine me as a christine. so again, had to forego that dream.
10th grade - i really wanted to be misty. hahaha. i know, i know. it's ludicrous. but hear me out - this was prior to the days of pokemon, so misty was still an unknown, non-cartoon-associated name. i loved it b/c it kept the M of my real name, and it had a mysterious quality, but also a fun, quirky side. i wanted to be known as a the girl who was mysterious, fun, but quirky! but as u can expect, misty was horribly ridiculed by my buddies, and they, fortunately, convinced me out of it.
in the end, i never ended up changing my name, and i even grew to like my name. i grew to enjoy the rarity of my name, and how i'd always be unique somehow. even if i may look and act like a lot of other asian girls - at least in name, i'd always be set apart.
so to all the mia's out there being born in 2009, welcome to my world! but it will probably be a different world for u b/c apparently most nyc babies will be named mia. haha! ur story will be opposite of mine. but hey, we're still a unique group of girls! =)
i was reading my google reader today, and someone posted this article on most popular baby names of 2009 in NYC, and i was shocked to see that mia made it to the list!!
http://gothamist.com/2009/12/02/sophia_and_jayden_oust_isabella_and.php
i couldn't believe my eyes b/c my name has never been a very popular name, and now - after 26 years of living, it has finally happened! i was pretty happy to see that i was in the top 10, b/c growing up, mia, for some reason, was hard for people to pronounce.
people seem to always first guess to say it like maya. other times, when i order food, people write my name down as mea. (and honestly, that just looks like such an ugly combination of letters!)
anyhoo, i'm glad that the name is coming back into style. but it reminded me of how i tried to change my name a lot when i was younger.
7th grade - i really wanted to be julie. i thought it was such a lovely name. it was cute, but pretty. unfortunately, i hated the pairing of julie joo. too many j's and too many ooh syllables. so i had to forego that dream pretty quickly.
9th grade - i really wanted to be christine. i thought, yeah, this name is mature sounding, but also delicate. christine joo - that doesn't have any weird alliteration, and it's got a good flow. but for some reason, all my friends couldn't imagine me as a christine. so again, had to forego that dream.
10th grade - i really wanted to be misty. hahaha. i know, i know. it's ludicrous. but hear me out - this was prior to the days of pokemon, so misty was still an unknown, non-cartoon-associated name. i loved it b/c it kept the M of my real name, and it had a mysterious quality, but also a fun, quirky side. i wanted to be known as a the girl who was mysterious, fun, but quirky! but as u can expect, misty was horribly ridiculed by my buddies, and they, fortunately, convinced me out of it.
in the end, i never ended up changing my name, and i even grew to like my name. i grew to enjoy the rarity of my name, and how i'd always be unique somehow. even if i may look and act like a lot of other asian girls - at least in name, i'd always be set apart.
so to all the mia's out there being born in 2009, welcome to my world! but it will probably be a different world for u b/c apparently most nyc babies will be named mia. haha! ur story will be opposite of mine. but hey, we're still a unique group of girls! =)
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