uku lele

halo. it's 11pm and i just got back from Quie's place. o btw, i bought a ukulele two days ago and i've been trying to learn a few songs ever since. let's see, so far i can play somewhere over the rainbow / what a wonderful world, tlc's waterfalls and adele's make you feel my love. those songs are mellow and they have simple chords, so it was quite easy for me to learn from. o yea and i've also learnt stephen bishop's it might be you. Quie and i love that song, we tried playing it together, me with my ukulele and her with her guitar. it sounded a bit weird at first, but we got the hang of it after playing it for a while. i loved playing and singing along with my ukulele with her, i felt so musical. which is quite new for me, since i have never learnt to play any other instruments before this. so this is actually my first time ever.

i found it so awkward after buying the ukulele at first. it came with a hard case and as i walked home that night, i just felt like it wasn't mine. it didn't feel like it belonged to me. i felt like i was carrying my friend's ukulele for a while, taking it to her place. haha, but now i guess i feel more comfortable holding it. my housemates kept saying the ukulele is all they can hear first thing in the morning and late at night before they go to bed. which is quite funny. i tried my best to play it as quietly as possible, and singing as softly as i can, but they could still hear me. stupid thin walls. i can hear my neighbors' tv whenever they switch it on. i feel sorry for them actually. whenever my housemates have gone home for the weekend, i'd often sing (or scream) late at night, and pretend like i'm on a stage in front of all my friends and family, with a few fans here and there. and i am pretty sure that the whole time i'm singing my lungs out, my neighbors were just there, dying to cut their ears off every time they hear me. fortunately for me, they have never complained about my singing. who knows, maybe they actually enjoy it. or maybe they've gone partially deaf due to my o so screechy voice. o wel. enuf about them, back to my ukulele.

i'm really happy with it actually, it only costed me about £29. it's especially tiny, i love it. even thought the fourth string can sometime sound like it's out of tune (it's not tho). i might have to go back to the store and ask for help, cos the stupid sound is getting really annoying now, i can't strum without hearing the stinging sound. i sound like i just suck at playing now. i don't tho, i'm pretty good for a beginner if i do say so myself, haha. o n i also promised the guy at the store, that i will come back someday soon to play him a song once i've mastered the ukulele, still thinking about what song i'm gonna play him (hmmm..). i'm also gonna record me playing as a video and put it up here and maybe on facebook as well. i want my dad to see me play. he likes to check out my blog every once in a while, so it'd be great if he could see me. we'll see. i'll have to wait for my housemates to leave the house first tho, so i can sing as long and as loud as i want to. o God, the horror. anyways, i will write more when i have more to talk about. in the mean time, wish me luck!