ブログネタ：朝起きてから初めて声を出すタイミング、会話？独り言？ 参加中It has been my habit to do a bit of vocal exercises, as soon as I get into my routine shower in the morning, ever since I joined a theatrical company when I was young. This habit is actually good for the work that I'm currently doing. As a translator, sometimes I have to go to company's meetings to do simultaneous translation, which requires one to speak clear, especially. As a professional, I would like to prepare myself to the best of my ability to offer quality service to my clients, because that's how anyone would build trust upon the business. So, usually when I go take a shower after morning workouts, I do a bit of vocal exercises. I would do that while I'm taking shower, the humidity is there to protect throat. First, I would start from the lowest tone I could go, and bring it up to the highest I could go gradually, using musical scale, do-re-mi. I would do that for a few times, starting with long one, shortening it as I repeat the process, up to the last one reaching the speed of staccato. Then, I do several tongue twisters in several different languages, making sure my tongue is awake and ready to go to work. I've been doing this daily for a long time, so I could tell just by doing this, if I'm coming down with something or not. Of course, it doesn't tell me everything every time, but if I notice the difference on how high/low I could go that day, I usually takes homemade remedies for throat.
Actually, doing vocal exercises are beneficial to other things as well, not just to know our own health conditions. By doing the slow musical scale, it actually helps toning abdominal muscles and forcing one to practice on abdominal breathing. And because you are maximizing the use of your diaphragm, it also help enlarging lung capacity. I honestly think, it's good for those folks who wants to shave off a bit of love handles.
The one draw back about doing the tongue twisters in the early morning, when my brain-mouth coordination isn't fully awake, is that sometimes, I ended up biting down my inner cheeks, resulting in canker sores! I just did that, just a few days ago and it's hurting me as hell!!
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Well, I fished up something good, I would say. I still need to fish up 3 more to complete this new fishing area, tho I shall say the hardest part is OVER! With silver and golden boss already been collected, it should be a piece of cake!! (I hope...) At least, with this area, I have chances to beat Mr. Chi... hopefully! (LOL)
