for the past 4 years, band has been my life. it was band day in day out.. talking about band with my dearest band-its. every tuesday & friday afternoons were left for band.. for 4 years, it became a routine & it really felt weird without having t stay back on tuesday & fridays.. especially that O lvl period, it was HORRIBLE.
of course, we always went back for band sneakily.. hahaha.. nobody could stop us. right denise? :)
let's just say, my band life is contradicting, it's so political that everything we do is for the better of our own "careers" & for our own uh.. say portfolios/posts.
i started off as a nobody ( everybody starts from there no? ). played the saxophone ( i insisted on playin th clarinet.. but then on second thoughts. i still love my sexah thang :D ), went into main band cause they needed people.. but i ended up as an alto clarinetist. pretty cool instrument, but then again, not much parts.
i was still closer t my saxophone seniors.. :) cuiyun, sabbie, yiru, zhanhong. & now sabbie is still the same.. as crappy as ever :D
in the end.. i ended up as an oboist. the best exposure someone can get in band life, is playing the oboe. think ducks quacking :D but it was good experience.
i still remember, for 2003's SYF. choice piece was To Challenge The Heavens And Skies Above - Robert W. Smith. dont know whether it was luck or what, we had our SYF in VCH. A good place, but somehow.. we didn't get th results we want.
practices were torturing.. i remember standing at the other end of the basketball court, playing the solo part over and over and over again.. torturing pls. but practice makes perfect..? nothing's perfect!
came back with an COP... politics started. really, i dont know who to hate, or who to thank.
chong was sacked.. Miss Tan came in. i detested her, gave her my rotten attitude & created hell loads of trouble. but i guess i should really thank her? she was patient in her sacarstic way. patient in teaching US. & for the matter of fact, patient with me. i was never close with her.
but the day she made me cry, the day she made me learn, the day she scolded me changed me from then on..
no more attitude given to her, no more troubles. my oboe was stolen, even during her free time, she kept a look out for my oboe. she put me back in saxophone section. back together with who i was once with. denise & samuel.
joel came in, taught us & drilled us for our SYF. we were lucky i guess, to have a personal tutor. he drilled us, both physically & mentally. as usual, rachel ALWAYS gives attitude. & i guess he got most of my shit attitude & worst. i refused t attend sectionals cause i was rather pisesd with him..
but yes, i should thank him for the improvement & skills i have now. he was the one who taught me all those stuffs..
SYF 2005 :)
Band 108, Unity Secondary School. Silver.
two words. fucking happy.
whatever emotions you want, we had it. crying? screaming? smiling like some stupid fool? hugging whoever we saw? jumping like a frog? we had it all.
our hard work paid off. our constant pumpings we had during fall in, our discipline, our music. our late nights in school, our commitment, our passion.
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our first concert, Resonance 1 @ UCC theatre.
i joined the concert rather last minute, but thanks for the chance :) we chiong props, i didnt really do much.. & of course, practices nonstop :)
i know the feeling of having a production sucessfully put up. so behind those faces i saw last night on stage, i knew deep in their heart they were happy & proud. i guess behind every production/concert held, the people we love are proud of us.
the concert was a success.. :) all of us were happy, i guess that's my first & last concert..
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i guess it's been 6 months since i've been in touch with my beloved sexah thang..
:D
or even, in touch with what's happening in band. ohwell, i've got my informer denise :D more or less updated me with everything that happened all this while.
so i heard, polictics again. politics always kills.
& i guess for this two weeks, i'm gng back to unity. the least i can do as a student of hers, show some respect right? :)
Musicality, Morally.. she taught me alot.
oh well, purpose of this entry? to relive my own memories.
all the best juniors, SYF 2007.. gold? :))
XOXO.
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