Friday, June 08, 2007

Noises, stay away

At about 5.10 p.m. this evening, I was back at my seat in the office, and I heard this loud "thumbing" noise. In fact, the vibrations from the source of the noise was so strong, I can feel them in my bones.

It took me a while to realise that someone was playing with a drumset, and the sound was badly amplified by loud speakers. As my office was located at the void deck area of a residential flat, I had thought that the noise came from one of the residents living above my office units.

I tried not to be bothered by the sound of the drumset, but really, the rhythms played were boring, and more importantly, the amplification was totally horrible. Imagine muffled sounds, unclear amplication, and too unbearable bass sounds. By 6.15 p.m., my ears could tolerate no more! I decided I shall not continue to stay in the office. Anyway, the official time to end work was 5.35 p.m.

When I left office, I realised that the source of the noise was from a temporary ge tai (stage). There was a function in the evening, and a temporary stage had been set up. There was a person playing the drum on the stage. Indeed the speakers produced pretty poor amplification. I could only hear muffled loud noises and not a single interesting sound from those speakers near the stage.

It was an unwise move when I later decided to have dinner at the coffeeshop located nearby the stage. That meant that I had to bear with more noises.

Noises, please stay away. My legs have been hurting and aching, and my health hasn't been at its best. One of the things that I would hate to face would be noises. If music inspires and recharges; noises agitates and can kill.

8 comments:

mistipurple said...

the rock and roll series ear plugs are washable and reusable, and is the most comfortable of the lot. you've got the 'extreme' foam set. please, when you're passing by, let me pass you a set ok?

oceanskies79 said...

Hi Misti: Thank you. You have given me one set already, and I still have it. It came very handy when I was at one of the Arts Fest opening event. Anyway, for yesterday, it was a better option for me to leave office (since it was anyway past office hours) than to wear the plugs and work. Thanks again.

Anonymous said...

Drum noises always make my heart pound erratically. I hate it when this happens. I would have lost my appetite to eat in the coffeeshop.:O

oceanskies79 said...

Tigerfish: Thank you for visiting. I was lucky that after about 5 minutes eating at the coffee shop, the noises had stopped. I suppose the drummers needed dinner too. *winks*

goldilocks said...

can you find out from anyone when the noises will stop? ie: at least be mentally prepared for it.

eastcoastlife said...

yes, noise from getai is so deafening and irritating! I can't stand that.

Take care, buddy!

david santos said...

Thanks for you work and have a good weekend

oceanskies79 said...

JY: I am thinking of checking if the getai have been dismantled by next Monday. I hope it would be....

Eastcoastlife: Thank you for caring.

David Santos: Thanks for coming by.