Hi. I am back, once again!!
It is not important, although we all know that our standard was not officially recognised, although we learnt that they were inconsistent, we also learn that we have other chances to prove ourselves, to show everyone our true standard. We also learn that we have concerts, festival of arts, to come. We are so going to show our best, aren't we? :) So why dwell on something silly like, oh not fairrrr. I am proud to say that, we have moved on! :) And it's heart warming to see other people, who were just as professional as them, appreciating our work and music and emotions. :D Well done nycb ((((:
Okay, so there's no band today. No band on Fridays until blocks are over. Oh well, I guess it's for our own good. I shall be a good girl and study hard and not let nycb down. nycb sacrificed 3 (4?) pracs for us to study okay. Wait, is the internet disconnected? Hmm okay it is. Fine I shall post this next time.
Oh today was hilarious. I was stoning during chinese when lilaoshi was talking about cao2cao1's poem. And I can't believe I wrote something so retarded haha I actually wrote 文言文 :)
问吾何为愁？ 吾答： ”愁乃无形也，无解也。奈我何！“ 愁，乃人皆有。既有，又无奈何，不如乐观以对。俗曰：借酒浇愁。 酒乃欢庆之饮，饮为欢，勿为愁而饮。又俗曰：借酒浇愁，愁更愁也！酒醉，欢乐乃短暂矣。酒醒，又何？！愁仍在！
Lol! See? and I drew a panda beside it. I think I wrote that cos the poem was about drinking and stuff.
Today was SMBO! Woo so many people. And invigilating was cool and fun. Although we were quite messy at first. And I went up and down for so many times today. Went second level (audi) to help to seat the students, then ran down to get testpapers, then run up to distribute, and walked around to make sure they didn't do anything they are not supposed to do during the test. It's quite cool to be the in charge. Because I get to walk upstairs and downstairs. Hahah. Then I had a lot of fun collecting OTAS. Very cool. I had to seperate all 188 papers and group according to schools. Quite confusing, but very very fun. Other people cannot help at all because only you yourself know what is what. LOL. Then I took the answer sheets up to the staff lounge. Saw yeeshin there haha. Helped her to sort out the schools again. And people can be so ganchiong and write their school name wrongly. I saw someone that missed out a 'g' haha. Then we went down to eat haha. Quite a scary sight, food on the floor, drinks and cups on the stairs and everywhere. But the students were gone already, for the promotion talk. Anyway was eating, then mslim told me to go up to help mr teo again. haha. Sound retarded, but it's really a tedious job. I wonder if people used 8B pencils or black crayons though. The papers were super scary. Can't say much haha but I am so proud of juniors :) Really feel old, I don't know any names on the list. HAHA when I was p6 they were like, p3. Little kids haha. Anyways we helped out until 5+ and went back to bs.
So, did I do my job well today? :) Hope so. haha. Feel super enthu about smbo now! :D
Friday, April 17, 2009
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Hi, like I promised, I am back to tell you the results.
We got silver. Yes. We were speechless, disappointed, sad. But most importantly, we are proud of ourselves. Very very proud of ourselves. Because we did our best, and it was the best shot we had ever played.
Okay we reached there quite early and waited for a while. Went into the tuning room later. Then it was our turn already. We walked in, confidently, with our heads up, smiling at the audience. We started of with an impressive first note of overture no.2. And, I think we sounded good, awesome. And hymn was just. WOW. I was trying very very hard not to cry by the time we reached 156 crescendo. It was the essence of our hard work. I think those in performing arts will understand. The climax, and everything. That is really nice, the note. My heart really swelled, and I feel really really free. Like I am flying in the infinite sky. I tried not to cry because I want the music to go on even after we end it. And we moved on, the last note was so majestic. It bounced back to us. The piece is just...非墨笔可形容. Hymn to the Infinite Sky. The sky we always have. The sky that will still be there even when the music ends. We ended, we stood up majestically, and walked out of the hall, proudly. I saw mrs teo's face, she was crying. I saw people whom I don't know, tearing. I think, that's music. It just melts our hearts.
We were overwhelmed by ourselves and started crying by the time we were outside, it was happy tears. Everyone was so touched, everyone felt the infinity, the beauty of music.
When results came out, we were shocked, once again. We fell. We broke down. We went out, hugged each other, told everyone that it's okay. But in our hearts, we are still affected by the results. We had a band hug, real huge one. To share the moment, as a band. To wait for things to calm down. We cried, we felt sad. But we know we deserve much more than what they can give us. We, are still proud to be a member of Nanyang Concert Band. Our spirit will never go away. We fall, we stand up once again. We cry, but we cheer each other up. We break down, but we embrace each other, so that everyone stays together. We let ourselves be sad, but we pick ourselves up, we help each other. And walk out of SCH with pride, with our heads up, smiling. Because we are proud of what we did, and accepted what we got.
What I have learnt in OBS: What matters is not what we got, but what we gave.
So we actually learnt much, in the process of preparing for syf, performing on stage, accepting the results. We learnt to feel as a band, play as a band, bond as a band. We grew together. We shed happy, and sad tears together. We hug each other. We smile, encourage each other. We learnt to control ourselves, because we knew we have to move on. We learnt how to present ourselves. We learnt the point of music, we gave our best, for the audience, for the judges, for ms chong, for ourselves. And, not for the award. I am quite surprised that I never thought of playing hymn because of the award, but the motivation comes from wanting to share the music, wanting to let everyone feel and enjoy the music. We learnt to accept. Although we don't understand.
So, actually we are ready to tell the whole world, we got silver for SYF, but we tried our best, and we know how much we are worth of. And we will cheer on Tuesday's morning assembly, when Kayyun and Tabby announces our results. Because we are very proud of ourselves.
And we are ready to work towards a new goal. Festival of Arts, and our Appassionata concert. Go nycb, the passion lives on.
And I hereby confess that, I love nycb to the extent that only hymn can describe my love for it. Which is indescribable. And, I love you Ms Chong! The whole band loves you! <3
And thanks to those who encouraged me, encouraged the band; those that wished us luck. Those that cared to call or text me to cheer me up. Really lots of thanks :)
In conclusion, I am very very proud of band, of ms chong! <3 <3
We got silver. Yes. We were speechless, disappointed, sad. But most importantly, we are proud of ourselves. Very very proud of ourselves. Because we did our best, and it was the best shot we had ever played.
Okay we reached there quite early and waited for a while. Went into the tuning room later. Then it was our turn already. We walked in, confidently, with our heads up, smiling at the audience. We started of with an impressive first note of overture no.2. And, I think we sounded good, awesome. And hymn was just. WOW. I was trying very very hard not to cry by the time we reached 156 crescendo. It was the essence of our hard work. I think those in performing arts will understand. The climax, and everything. That is really nice, the note. My heart really swelled, and I feel really really free. Like I am flying in the infinite sky. I tried not to cry because I want the music to go on even after we end it. And we moved on, the last note was so majestic. It bounced back to us. The piece is just...非墨笔可形容. Hymn to the Infinite Sky. The sky we always have. The sky that will still be there even when the music ends. We ended, we stood up majestically, and walked out of the hall, proudly. I saw mrs teo's face, she was crying. I saw people whom I don't know, tearing. I think, that's music. It just melts our hearts.
We were overwhelmed by ourselves and started crying by the time we were outside, it was happy tears. Everyone was so touched, everyone felt the infinity, the beauty of music.
When results came out, we were shocked, once again. We fell. We broke down. We went out, hugged each other, told everyone that it's okay. But in our hearts, we are still affected by the results. We had a band hug, real huge one. To share the moment, as a band. To wait for things to calm down. We cried, we felt sad. But we know we deserve much more than what they can give us. We, are still proud to be a member of Nanyang Concert Band. Our spirit will never go away. We fall, we stand up once again. We cry, but we cheer each other up. We break down, but we embrace each other, so that everyone stays together. We let ourselves be sad, but we pick ourselves up, we help each other. And walk out of SCH with pride, with our heads up, smiling. Because we are proud of what we did, and accepted what we got.
What I have learnt in OBS: What matters is not what we got, but what we gave.
So we actually learnt much, in the process of preparing for syf, performing on stage, accepting the results. We learnt to feel as a band, play as a band, bond as a band. We grew together. We shed happy, and sad tears together. We hug each other. We smile, encourage each other. We learnt to control ourselves, because we knew we have to move on. We learnt how to present ourselves. We learnt the point of music, we gave our best, for the audience, for the judges, for ms chong, for ourselves. And, not for the award. I am quite surprised that I never thought of playing hymn because of the award, but the motivation comes from wanting to share the music, wanting to let everyone feel and enjoy the music. We learnt to accept. Although we don't understand.
So, actually we are ready to tell the whole world, we got silver for SYF, but we tried our best, and we know how much we are worth of. And we will cheer on Tuesday's morning assembly, when Kayyun and Tabby announces our results. Because we are very proud of ourselves.
And we are ready to work towards a new goal. Festival of Arts, and our Appassionata concert. Go nycb, the passion lives on.
And I hereby confess that, I love nycb to the extent that only hymn can describe my love for it. Which is indescribable. And, I love you Ms Chong! The whole band loves you! <3
And thanks to those who encouraged me, encouraged the band; those that wished us luck. Those that cared to call or text me to cheer me up. Really lots of thanks :)
In conclusion, I am very very proud of band, of ms chong! <3 <3
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