I've decided to celebrate... my blog's death. I have no idea why but I am just too lazy to log in to post! No time to stalk other people's blog also HAHA so I am moving to lj!
leebeishi.livejournal.com it's friends-locked though. I am sick of this tagboard gahh. Goodbye (:
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Nothing much to post about.
BUT.
I think eyeball dissection is super cool! Okay maybe not the first part when we have to cut the eyelids and fats. Some eyeballs even have eyelashes. It's gross. Then we had to saw the cornea out. And then POKE/burst the eyeball so that all the humour can drain out. LOL. Then SQUEEZE then lens out. And cut the eyeball into half. We can actually see the blind spot after washing it.
Okay I want to watch 十月围城！We watched that during BSP lecture. I want to watch the whole thing.
I AM SO HAPPY I FOUND MY FAVOURITE BOOK!!! We had reading period and NLB came. So I was randomly browsing. I didn't find interesting books so I was just about to, you know, anyhow choose one. THEN I SAW IT. :D :D :D
Okay then it's class dance. I guess everyone knows I CAN'T dance. Oh well, I have to try for the sake of my class. I sort of got the steps, but it's just weird. Different parts of me lack coordination ._. My head will tell me the steps but my hands/legs will do another thing. LOL I guess it takes practice.
BUT.
I think eyeball dissection is super cool! Okay maybe not the first part when we have to cut the eyelids and fats. Some eyeballs even have eyelashes. It's gross. Then we had to saw the cornea out. And then POKE/burst the eyeball so that all the humour can drain out. LOL. Then SQUEEZE then lens out. And cut the eyeball into half. We can actually see the blind spot after washing it.
Okay I want to watch 十月围城！We watched that during BSP lecture. I want to watch the whole thing.
I AM SO HAPPY I FOUND MY FAVOURITE BOOK!!! We had reading period and NLB came. So I was randomly browsing. I didn't find interesting books so I was just about to, you know, anyhow choose one. THEN I SAW IT. :D :D :D
Okay then it's class dance. I guess everyone knows I CAN'T dance. Oh well, I have to try for the sake of my class. I sort of got the steps, but it's just weird. Different parts of me lack coordination ._. My head will tell me the steps but my hands/legs will do another thing. LOL I guess it takes practice.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
I shall post! School has been. Quite hectic, I would say. One particular teacher broke her promise and cut our deadline short without a reason. At first she said that the deadline will be next Friday, then she told us yesterday, "oh I am sure you all already did research and worked on it, so I will change your deadline to next monday, latest tuesday" The same teacher that taught all the wrong things.
She said Che Guevera's Chile's cabinet minister, but he's an Argentine involved in the Cuban revolution! She spelt Antarctica and Guantanamo Bay wrongly. She said Guantanamo Bay is near Africa, but it's near CUBA, which is nowhere near Africa! Unless you think South America is near Africa. South Africa has 3 capital cities, one of them is Cape Town, but she said it's not! This is all in ONE freaking lesson.
She pronounced Lehman as Layman and debt with the B!!!! IT'S SILENT.
Shan't talk about how she approves proposals without reading it. We had to change the entire project one/two days before deadline last year because she suddenly realised that our project won't work. She held on to the other group's project last year so they couldn't even refer to it for the project this year.
Sorry, anger just broke out when I was reading random articles online. Seriously, we should sign a petition.
Naypyidaw is the capital of Burma. Vientiane is the capital of Laos. Bangkok, Thailand. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Malina, Philippines. Jakarta, Indonesia. Know your neighbours! heh. Sorry that's random. I get why carrie‘s so excited about all these things. It makes me happy. To know something, although we might not use it often.
She said Che Guevera's Chile's cabinet minister, but he's an Argentine involved in the Cuban revolution! She spelt Antarctica and Guantanamo Bay wrongly. She said Guantanamo Bay is near Africa, but it's near CUBA, which is nowhere near Africa! Unless you think South America is near Africa. South Africa has 3 capital cities, one of them is Cape Town, but she said it's not! This is all in ONE freaking lesson.
She pronounced Lehman as Layman and debt with the B!!!! IT'S SILENT.
Shan't talk about how she approves proposals without reading it. We had to change the entire project one/two days before deadline last year because she suddenly realised that our project won't work. She held on to the other group's project last year so they couldn't even refer to it for the project this year.
Sorry, anger just broke out when I was reading random articles online. Seriously, we should sign a petition.
Naypyidaw is the capital of Burma. Vientiane is the capital of Laos. Bangkok, Thailand. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Malina, Philippines. Jakarta, Indonesia. Know your neighbours! heh. Sorry that's random. I get why carrie‘s so excited about all these things. It makes me happy. To know something, although we might not use it often.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Read this! Haha read this on my china friend's blog, tells you what Copenhagen is about in 2 minutes!
如果一百多人在漏水的船上讨价还价谁该往外多舀水，那是明摆着的蠢，事实上没人会这么干，连船上那最自私最无耻的人，也会拿出最大公无私的精神拼命舀水的。
但是事情如果再复杂一点，就会有新鲜的现象了。如果船上的人算计一下，在这条船沉没前，他们有足够的时间安全抵达港口，危险属于下一船乘客时，有很多人就会停下来安静地欣赏海景了。
哪怕这条船在抵达港口前的确会沉没一部分，比如灌满一个叫“马尔代夫”的船舱，其他舱室的人，基本上都会无动于衷。
更复杂的是，如果这艘船超重，需要乘客们把身上的金银细软抛下船的话，扯蛋就来了。穷人们说，富人钱多经得起糟蹋你先扔，至少得再扔40%；富人则说穷鬼 你那堆破烂儿又沉又不值钱你先扔；穷人说我扔也可以但你富人得拿出年收入的0.5%-1%，即3000块补偿给我，还得教会我发财致富的秘诀，富人说你丫 做白日梦吧老子已经一年白给你100块了，多了别想，你救的不是我是你自己。
穷人说老子才刚坐这船没两天，你狗日富人坐好几年了，生生把新船坐成了破船，现在多出点血是天经地义的；富人说以前天杀的知道这船是会坐破的，再说如果不 是我们富人天天捣鼓这船，你这帮农民今天还在刨地球，能懂航海术、看西洋景？今天这船要沉了也是我们发现的，要不你们这帮賤人淹死了都不知道咋回事。
蛋还没扯完，眼见船越来越漏的厉害。于是船客们聚到“日本房间”，穷人们靠着人多强行通过了一份《京都协议书》，要求富人赶紧扔东西，穷人却可以不扔。最 富的富人米利坚说，这是明显的仇富嘛，天下哪有这道理，俺不玩了。穷人说你B一家最重，负担就占了全船的近1/5，你不扔谁扔？米利坚说我的东西是最重， 但也最值钱。俺以全船1/4的值钱物件才占了1/5的重量，凭啥我扔？你们看看那叫拆哪的穷鬼，以不到3%的价值也占了近1/5的负担，为啥不让他多扔？
黑眼睛黑头发黄皮肤的拆哪一听急了：穷兄弟们别听他的，俺们可都是穷苦人家出身，你们要是把我推出来，以后你们中有人小偷小摸耍流氓谁罩着啊？好歹这船是 大家的，你米利坚就是东西最多最重，这船也属你坐的时间最长次数最多，看我干啥？凭啥？你凭啥？这最怕船沉的不是咱穷棒子是富人，他们经不起大规模人员伤 亡。
为了尽快把蛋扯完，船客们最近又在一间叫“丹麦”的房间开了一个会。据最新消息，把蛋扯完的机会已经很渺茫。最重大的成果将是形成一份《哥本哈根共识》，这份有所有船客签名的共识说：“我们都发现并且承认，这船在漏水，而且是会沉的。”
这份共识发表后，船客们纷纷接到恭喜电话，表扬他们表现出了高超的政治智慧，并且坚定地捍卫了国家利益。
如果一百多人在漏水的船上讨价还价谁该往外多舀水，那是明摆着的蠢，事实上没人会这么干，连船上那最自私最无耻的人，也会拿出最大公无私的精神拼命舀水的。
但是事情如果再复杂一点，就会有新鲜的现象了。如果船上的人算计一下，在这条船沉没前，他们有足够的时间安全抵达港口，危险属于下一船乘客时，有很多人就会停下来安静地欣赏海景了。
哪怕这条船在抵达港口前的确会沉没一部分，比如灌满一个叫“马尔代夫”的船舱，其他舱室的人，基本上都会无动于衷。
更复杂的是，如果这艘船超重，需要乘客们把身上的金银细软抛下船的话，扯蛋就来了。穷人们说，富人钱多经得起糟蹋你先扔，至少得再扔40%；富人则说穷鬼 你那堆破烂儿又沉又不值钱你先扔；穷人说我扔也可以但你富人得拿出年收入的0.5%-1%，即3000块补偿给我，还得教会我发财致富的秘诀，富人说你丫 做白日梦吧老子已经一年白给你100块了，多了别想，你救的不是我是你自己。
穷人说老子才刚坐这船没两天，你狗日富人坐好几年了，生生把新船坐成了破船，现在多出点血是天经地义的；富人说以前天杀的知道这船是会坐破的，再说如果不 是我们富人天天捣鼓这船，你这帮农民今天还在刨地球，能懂航海术、看西洋景？今天这船要沉了也是我们发现的，要不你们这帮賤人淹死了都不知道咋回事。
蛋还没扯完，眼见船越来越漏的厉害。于是船客们聚到“日本房间”，穷人们靠着人多强行通过了一份《京都协议书》，要求富人赶紧扔东西，穷人却可以不扔。最 富的富人米利坚说，这是明显的仇富嘛，天下哪有这道理，俺不玩了。穷人说你B一家最重，负担就占了全船的近1/5，你不扔谁扔？米利坚说我的东西是最重， 但也最值钱。俺以全船1/4的值钱物件才占了1/5的重量，凭啥我扔？你们看看那叫拆哪的穷鬼，以不到3%的价值也占了近1/5的负担，为啥不让他多扔？
黑眼睛黑头发黄皮肤的拆哪一听急了：穷兄弟们别听他的，俺们可都是穷苦人家出身，你们要是把我推出来，以后你们中有人小偷小摸耍流氓谁罩着啊？好歹这船是 大家的，你米利坚就是东西最多最重，这船也属你坐的时间最长次数最多，看我干啥？凭啥？你凭啥？这最怕船沉的不是咱穷棒子是富人，他们经不起大规模人员伤 亡。
为了尽快把蛋扯完，船客们最近又在一间叫“丹麦”的房间开了一个会。据最新消息，把蛋扯完的机会已经很渺茫。最重大的成果将是形成一份《哥本哈根共识》，这份有所有船客签名的共识说：“我们都发现并且承认，这船在漏水，而且是会沉的。”
这份共识发表后，船客们纷纷接到恭喜电话，表扬他们表现出了高超的政治智慧，并且坚定地捍卫了国家利益。
Friday, December 04, 2009
Heh back with photos of the hostel! Eh pictures are uploading real slow. D:
First impression was prison, then haunted house.
My room, which is a little messy because we were packing. Mine is the further lower bunk and last table! Next to the balcony door hahah! I love windows and doors! Anyway the door is not safe because it can't lock, I mean it can, but you can open from the outside as well ._. So it's a little pointless by security means.
Heh see the blue basin? Our multi purpose ones. Rie's benefactor haha! And our washing basin where clothes are tossed and stirred around HAHA. Unmentionables remind me of an inside joke ;D Where's our green basin??
See the metal box/tank? It's our water cooler, er actually it only gives warm or hot water. And it tastes funny. Having a water cooler in the toilet is not fun ._. The line of people are brushing their teeth/washing their face/washing their clothes haha. So it's a share toilet, with taps running along a long drain, uh sink I mean. See the black stuff with sticks haha they are shared mops! They have to mop the entire level's floor periodically.
Ahh highlight of the trip! Toilet! haha really shocked at first sight, but got used to it eventually, I guess. See the bin? It's only emptied once a day, so it overflows. And EVERY piece of used paper goes there. Yeeks. Did I mention the doors can't be locked? You have to literally pull it when you do whatever you do in the cubicle. Sometimes people let go and blur people just pull it open. TADA. Haha we learnt how to make sure you don't do that. It's super embarrassing. You can see the doors don't cover the legs so you can see slippers if someone's in there. YAY no more embarrassing moments haha! There was once I went to a public toilet in suzhou/hangzhou and the door was only half closed so I opened and found someone staring at me, she didn't even close it back after I apologised and turned away. Haha many had similar experiences. Grace the winner had it more than once, no? hahah. I forgot to tell you guys haha. There's only one central flush. And it's so so so loud it roars and scared us like hell. Even when you're in the room with the doors closed you still hear the distant roar. LOL so in the middle of the night, you were dreaming abou visiting a zoo, and ROAR sends you screaming awake hahaha!
Disgusting, but tells stories haha. Shan't mention who, but someone was changing in the toilet, and her slippers dropped in HERE. Was clean and everything, but you see there's always some water(clean or not, not sure) flowing. She had to use a hanger to hook it up and nobody dared to touch it haha. Oh there's once I went to the toilet in the middle of the night, with some unknown person in the cubicle in front. She came out, and the most horrible thing happened! D: she flushed!!!!! Oh my. Haha you see everything if you look down. Nah shan't say anything anymore, in case somebody pukes in front of his/her computer. Yuck. Maybe that's going to happen on me. Wonder how I survived, somehow we got immuned to it after a while.
Bathing cubicles, 4 in each toilet, 8 on a floor. I DON'T KNOW WHY there's a chair. But some of the local students put their clothes there. And on the metal bars, hahah you can imagine what happens next lah. Huh. Suddenly everyone became interested with the ceiling. You can see on closer view, there's a pair of abandoned socks, and a towel on the metal bar. Very disgusting indeed.
That's one cubicle. The weird thing in the middle is a card reader, have to pop your card in before water gush out. So, be smart haha. It's a shower-head, can't change temperature. So everyone screams when water hits you haha. It's very very hot, and water smashes on your head. Quoting msGao: 怎么洗澡好像让人一直砸头呀？Oh best thing is that there are no hooks for clothes, have to bring hangers and force them on the door. There's the metal thing for us to put soap, as you can see, but sometimes there's unknown pieces of soap. Haha.
About this water supply, it cuts off after 630pm, they have study time at 630. So whatever left in the water tank remains, and will be so until 4pm the next day. Hahah, so hot water cools, and if people bathe water becomes lesser. Guess realisation came as a shock. With more shrieks ;D There was once, 45 of us came back late, around 8, and we had to bathe. Heh so I was the first batch to go in, fortunately. Water was cold, but there's water. The second batch went in, and happily shampoo-ed themselves, and realised the tank ran out of water. So here's where shrieks come in. And our basins came into use, fetched icy water for them to wash off shampoo. And more shrieks came along. Blah.
Like I said, the toilet gave us much fun XD
Shall post pictures of our Singapore classroom, china friends next time. When I feel like it. Blogger's slow with uploading pictures. But fb's slower. So....bye.
First impression was prison, then haunted house.
My room, which is a little messy because we were packing. Mine is the further lower bunk and last table! Next to the balcony door hahah! I love windows and doors! Anyway the door is not safe because it can't lock, I mean it can, but you can open from the outside as well ._. So it's a little pointless by security means.
Heh see the blue basin? Our multi purpose ones. Rie's benefactor haha! And our washing basin where clothes are tossed and stirred around HAHA. Unmentionables remind me of an inside joke ;D Where's our green basin??
See the metal box/tank? It's our water cooler, er actually it only gives warm or hot water. And it tastes funny. Having a water cooler in the toilet is not fun ._. The line of people are brushing their teeth/washing their face/washing their clothes haha. So it's a share toilet, with taps running along a long drain, uh sink I mean. See the black stuff with sticks haha they are shared mops! They have to mop the entire level's floor periodically.
Ahh highlight of the trip! Toilet! haha really shocked at first sight, but got used to it eventually, I guess. See the bin? It's only emptied once a day, so it overflows. And EVERY piece of used paper goes there. Yeeks. Did I mention the doors can't be locked? You have to literally pull it when you do whatever you do in the cubicle. Sometimes people let go and blur people just pull it open. TADA. Haha we learnt how to make sure you don't do that. It's super embarrassing. You can see the doors don't cover the legs so you can see slippers if someone's in there. YAY no more embarrassing moments haha! There was once I went to a public toilet in suzhou/hangzhou and the door was only half closed so I opened and found someone staring at me, she didn't even close it back after I apologised and turned away. Haha many had similar experiences. Grace the winner had it more than once, no? hahah. I forgot to tell you guys haha. There's only one central flush. And it's so so so loud it roars and scared us like hell. Even when you're in the room with the doors closed you still hear the distant roar. LOL so in the middle of the night, you were dreaming abou visiting a zoo, and ROAR sends you screaming awake hahaha!
Disgusting, but tells stories haha. Shan't mention who, but someone was changing in the toilet, and her slippers dropped in HERE. Was clean and everything, but you see there's always some water(clean or not, not sure) flowing. She had to use a hanger to hook it up and nobody dared to touch it haha. Oh there's once I went to the toilet in the middle of the night, with some unknown person in the cubicle in front. She came out, and the most horrible thing happened! D: she flushed!!!!! Oh my. Haha you see everything if you look down. Nah shan't say anything anymore, in case somebody pukes in front of his/her computer. Yuck. Maybe that's going to happen on me. Wonder how I survived, somehow we got immuned to it after a while.
Bathing cubicles, 4 in each toilet, 8 on a floor. I DON'T KNOW WHY there's a chair. But some of the local students put their clothes there. And on the metal bars, hahah you can imagine what happens next lah. Huh. Suddenly everyone became interested with the ceiling. You can see on closer view, there's a pair of abandoned socks, and a towel on the metal bar. Very disgusting indeed.
That's one cubicle. The weird thing in the middle is a card reader, have to pop your card in before water gush out. So, be smart haha. It's a shower-head, can't change temperature. So everyone screams when water hits you haha. It's very very hot, and water smashes on your head. Quoting msGao: 怎么洗澡好像让人一直砸头呀？Oh best thing is that there are no hooks for clothes, have to bring hangers and force them on the door. There's the metal thing for us to put soap, as you can see, but sometimes there's unknown pieces of soap. Haha.
About this water supply, it cuts off after 630pm, they have study time at 630. So whatever left in the water tank remains, and will be so until 4pm the next day. Hahah, so hot water cools, and if people bathe water becomes lesser. Guess realisation came as a shock. With more shrieks ;D There was once, 45 of us came back late, around 8, and we had to bathe. Heh so I was the first batch to go in, fortunately. Water was cold, but there's water. The second batch went in, and happily shampoo-ed themselves, and realised the tank ran out of water. So here's where shrieks come in. And our basins came into use, fetched icy water for them to wash off shampoo. And more shrieks came along. Blah.
Like I said, the toilet gave us much fun XD
Shall post pictures of our Singapore classroom, china friends next time. When I feel like it. Blogger's slow with uploading pictures. But fb's slower. So....bye.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Haha yalah yalah, junqi I am posting now!Haha gzm be patient!
First week of the trip was spent in 东方绿舟, because it was 黄金周, and fudan hostel is closed. So we did team-building, which resulted in a almost- broken arm. And tada! I claim ownership to the poor arm ._.On the...2nd / 3rd day. LEFT arm, not surprised though. Anyway, we ran around the whole place, and climbed on almost everything we are allowed to. We lived in heaven, uh no, but resorts that are really nice. Visited a couple places. Didn't take many photos. And I have to sieve through and choose a few, because... well I don't want to spend forever waiting for them to be uploaded. We went to their international security education centre, smth like that. It's a huge ship, and a submarine beside it. Heh! We climbed, yes climbed into the submarine too (: Maybe pictures of it next time.
Pictures!
It's taking forever...
Gigantic chess set in the resort.
Is this the French house or the Italian house??
My building, Japanese.
2nd week was moving in to fudan! High School Affiliated to Fudan University! :D
Following pictures will show HSAFU, and outer view of the boarding school. They are opposite each other (: Btw our 'Singapore classroom' is in the boarding school international block.
International elementary school block. They gave us 3 rooms. Third floor.
School, big enough to put 路牌。haha the building on the right is 小卖铺！Our favourite place. They have their bandroom there as well. Oh right I forgot to say their band...has less than 20 people. And everyone has their own instruments, besides percussion. And all of them are super pro, but I guess they lack practises together.
Road to Holland! Haha random nice spots in the hostel.
That's the guard post, opposite building is HSAFU.
Nice school. That's a pond.
I better start another post. The photos are a problem. Shall post photos with buddies maybe and the hostel! Oh and our 'Singapore classroom'
First week of the trip was spent in 东方绿舟, because it was 黄金周, and fudan hostel is closed. So we did team-building, which resulted in a almost- broken arm. And tada! I claim ownership to the poor arm ._.On the...2nd / 3rd day. LEFT arm, not surprised though. Anyway, we ran around the whole place, and climbed on almost everything we are allowed to. We lived in heaven, uh no, but resorts that are really nice. Visited a couple places. Didn't take many photos. And I have to sieve through and choose a few, because... well I don't want to spend forever waiting for them to be uploaded. We went to their international security education centre, smth like that. It's a huge ship, and a submarine beside it. Heh! We climbed, yes climbed into the submarine too (: Maybe pictures of it next time.
Pictures!
It's taking forever...
Gigantic chess set in the resort.
Is this the French house or the Italian house??
My building, Japanese.
2nd week was moving in to fudan! High School Affiliated to Fudan University! :D
Following pictures will show HSAFU, and outer view of the boarding school. They are opposite each other (: Btw our 'Singapore classroom' is in the boarding school international block.
International elementary school block. They gave us 3 rooms. Third floor.
School, big enough to put 路牌。haha the building on the right is 小卖铺！Our favourite place. They have their bandroom there as well. Oh right I forgot to say their band...has less than 20 people. And everyone has their own instruments, besides percussion. And all of them are super pro, but I guess they lack practises together.
Road to Holland! Haha random nice spots in the hostel.
That's the guard post, opposite building is HSAFU.
Nice school. That's a pond.
I better start another post. The photos are a problem. Shall post photos with buddies maybe and the hostel! Oh and our 'Singapore classroom'
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
I suddenly have a very very strong urge to post here! :D
Haha you know my pencil smells like my clarinet now, because it was in the case for ......infinitely long. So it has the case smell. Then when I was writing using that pen, I was thinking "why do I smell my case?!" haha and I realised.
Ooh and I got into the shanghai 6 weeks programme! Kind of happy and feeling previleged. I would have been very very happy if it doesn't mean I have to miss FOA. And abandoning our section when they need me the most, right after passing down... Oh well. D: Parts problem haiizz. Trombones' not much better. So yeah, quite screwed. Ohh it's 1724. I shall go back! haha GEL later, need to work I think.
oops I am still here, so bye! feeling high.
Haha you know my pencil smells like my clarinet now, because it was in the case for ......infinitely long. So it has the case smell. Then when I was writing using that pen, I was thinking "why do I smell my case?!" haha and I realised.
Ooh and I got into the shanghai 6 weeks programme! Kind of happy and feeling previleged. I would have been very very happy if it doesn't mean I have to miss FOA. And abandoning our section when they need me the most, right after passing down... Oh well. D: Parts problem haiizz. Trombones' not much better. So yeah, quite screwed. Ohh it's 1724. I shall go back! haha GEL later, need to work I think.
oops I am still here, so bye! feeling high.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Just bathed. And I can’t sleep, so I shall blog! :D
So today’s hectic. First national anthem, didn’t want to eat breakfast, so I ended up going to school at 6.35. Talked to people a little and everyone got excited with pau’s present haha. A super amusing trumpet toy! Lala said our band sounds really weird (not in the good sense) down in the quadrangle. So yeah. I believe she will think of ways to improve that. After that PCCG we changed seats, went to the back, thankfully carrie came with me. I was doing my work decently, my computer *yellow feather just flew past in front of me* screen was facing the teacher. Chinese was more relaxing, with all SIA presentations. But then laoshi was too nice it irritates me. I was desperately trying to collect all Chinese homework, then she told the class that if they cannot finish they can hand in on Monday ._. Physics was super messy, because we were doing written task before that, and all the strings were on the table haha. And I sort of forgot to do the worksheets, luckily it’s easy- lenses. Oh she taught *supposedly* new topic on waves! haha most interesting worksheet ever, trying to draw all the particle movements :D then was Chem SPA! I felt so professional hahah! And surprisingly I used little P & Q and did 4 titrations with mostly accurate results and still had time to stone! Wooh! But that was because I got a nice clip. LA was sad, got back results, well my standard, so can’t complain. I thought I messed Q2 up, because I didn’t have time, but I realized my Q1 points all overlap. So it’s quite sad, I didn’t really have time to elaborate my points in Q2. Didn’t fail, but compared to other results it just sucked. And IH too. Okay I admit for my standard, it’s average as well. So yes, blocks this time round is quite okay. After that went up to band room.
Then it was the elections! I felt so nervous for them. All of them were confident, and yes I think they deserve the post they have now. Even those who didn’t get into comm. I think they can be good leaders as well. I am not 100% sure about the posts (failing memory) but Rachel Mianjun, Jingyi Huizhen Celine and Pau’s in committee. SLs. Quite lazy to write all out. But I shall write down, so that I won’t forget.
Flutes: Rachel
Clarinets: Sherlyn, Beishi
Saxes: Wanyu
Bassoon: Fangyi
Oboe: Liwei
Horns: Wenting
Euphos: Celine
Tubas: Alicia
Trumpets: Pauline
Trombones: Rie, who now has the excuse to have physical contact with her section mate.
Perc: Charlotte
Double Bass: MJ (not the one)
Passing down was quite emotional, I was trying to control, then when I turned around I see everyone crying, it feels like the other part of myself is crying. So I lost control. Tabby said I was slow, I am not! haha. The puzzle was sweet, with the cheep cheep not! it’s a quack. I love ducks too! Just that they don’t cheep. Only thing was the furry yellow thing. Haha forced to wear it around the neck with Sherlyn, and the furs are coming off, and flying around, and making me sneeze. Hmm but it’s still cute. I shall keep it and let sherlyn keep that later on. See how she will sneeze :p Anyway after that we had section circle, and the presents session. Haha it’s so funny, tabby’s teeth became blue after eating the icing. And I am so glad they loved our sewing! Our efforts paid off :D Haha feel so accomplished. And motherly.
Later, sincerely thanking my guardian/tutor/secondmummy for signing my permission even though it’s so late, I get to go for section dinner! At first we wanted curry wok but it became macs. Oohh it’s 2330, I want to go online! D: Never mind I shall go tomorrow. Yes macs, then everyone ate and stoned and evil juniors took videos of us when we were so unglamorous. Eating, puffy eyes, messy hair, oily face. LOL. Nothing’s worse. Besides the obs ones of course. Haha but it was fun! Tabby was so tired she looked like she’s going to fall asleep while eating. Left around 9pm. Sat around, called my mum, talked to my roomie, bathed and here.
I just realized I ranted again! So luosuo. Haha.
I hope I fit the position. I will try my best to do it anyway. With help from Sherlyn, should be okay. Haha let’s continue to make our section the model section! Woo. I feel quite bad. I get the feeling that sec 2s are not as close to us as we were to our seniors. I guess it’s some what our fault. Hope we can make them feel more towards our section. SL no. 2, I can do it!
It’s thrilling, exciting and stressful to be the leading batch, and I am looking forward to it.
But as much as I look forward to it, I dread the senior batch passing down. No more guiding, no more comfort zones. But every ending is a new beginning; everyone, seniors, us, juniors will all have a new experience. I think it is very important to move on, to look forward to the future, and work together to make it a better one, because it’s the only way to thank our seniors, for what they had taught us. When we keep thinking about sad moments in our lives, it only causes us to miss out more good moments of our lives. The three years we spent together will never be forgotten; moments when we share our joy and happiness, moments we feel together as a whole. We will cherish them, and store them deep in our hearts. Once from NYCB, forever from NYCB. They will forever be part of us, part of our lives, someone that had affected our lives, someone who helped to shape who we are today.
I believe that if we believe in ourselves, and try hard enough; surely, we can achieve our goals. Life’s a cycle, sadness, happiness, will all come and go. All we can do is to live our lives to the fullest, and pass down our traditional passion for nycb to the next generation, and let the passion live on.
NYCB <3 the passion lives on…
So today’s hectic. First national anthem, didn’t want to eat breakfast, so I ended up going to school at 6.35. Talked to people a little and everyone got excited with pau’s present haha. A super amusing trumpet toy! Lala said our band sounds really weird (not in the good sense) down in the quadrangle. So yeah. I believe she will think of ways to improve that. After that PCCG we changed seats, went to the back, thankfully carrie came with me. I was doing my work decently, my computer *yellow feather just flew past in front of me* screen was facing the teacher. Chinese was more relaxing, with all SIA presentations. But then laoshi was too nice it irritates me. I was desperately trying to collect all Chinese homework, then she told the class that if they cannot finish they can hand in on Monday ._. Physics was super messy, because we were doing written task before that, and all the strings were on the table haha. And I sort of forgot to do the worksheets, luckily it’s easy- lenses. Oh she taught *supposedly* new topic on waves! haha most interesting worksheet ever, trying to draw all the particle movements :D then was Chem SPA! I felt so professional hahah! And surprisingly I used little P & Q and did 4 titrations with mostly accurate results and still had time to stone! Wooh! But that was because I got a nice clip. LA was sad, got back results, well my standard, so can’t complain. I thought I messed Q2 up, because I didn’t have time, but I realized my Q1 points all overlap. So it’s quite sad, I didn’t really have time to elaborate my points in Q2. Didn’t fail, but compared to other results it just sucked. And IH too. Okay I admit for my standard, it’s average as well. So yes, blocks this time round is quite okay. After that went up to band room.
Then it was the elections! I felt so nervous for them. All of them were confident, and yes I think they deserve the post they have now. Even those who didn’t get into comm. I think they can be good leaders as well. I am not 100% sure about the posts (failing memory) but Rachel Mianjun, Jingyi Huizhen Celine and Pau’s in committee. SLs. Quite lazy to write all out. But I shall write down, so that I won’t forget.
Flutes: Rachel
Clarinets: Sherlyn, Beishi
Saxes: Wanyu
Bassoon: Fangyi
Oboe: Liwei
Horns: Wenting
Euphos: Celine
Tubas: Alicia
Trumpets: Pauline
Trombones: Rie, who now has the excuse to have physical contact with her section mate.
Perc: Charlotte
Double Bass: MJ (not the one)
Passing down was quite emotional, I was trying to control, then when I turned around I see everyone crying, it feels like the other part of myself is crying. So I lost control. Tabby said I was slow, I am not! haha. The puzzle was sweet, with the cheep cheep not! it’s a quack. I love ducks too! Just that they don’t cheep. Only thing was the furry yellow thing. Haha forced to wear it around the neck with Sherlyn, and the furs are coming off, and flying around, and making me sneeze. Hmm but it’s still cute. I shall keep it and let sherlyn keep that later on. See how she will sneeze :p Anyway after that we had section circle, and the presents session. Haha it’s so funny, tabby’s teeth became blue after eating the icing. And I am so glad they loved our sewing! Our efforts paid off :D Haha feel so accomplished. And motherly.
Later, sincerely thanking my guardian/tutor/secondmummy for signing my permission even though it’s so late, I get to go for section dinner! At first we wanted curry wok but it became macs. Oohh it’s 2330, I want to go online! D: Never mind I shall go tomorrow. Yes macs, then everyone ate and stoned and evil juniors took videos of us when we were so unglamorous. Eating, puffy eyes, messy hair, oily face. LOL. Nothing’s worse. Besides the obs ones of course. Haha but it was fun! Tabby was so tired she looked like she’s going to fall asleep while eating. Left around 9pm. Sat around, called my mum, talked to my roomie, bathed and here.
I just realized I ranted again! So luosuo. Haha.
I hope I fit the position. I will try my best to do it anyway. With help from Sherlyn, should be okay. Haha let’s continue to make our section the model section! Woo. I feel quite bad. I get the feeling that sec 2s are not as close to us as we were to our seniors. I guess it’s some what our fault. Hope we can make them feel more towards our section. SL no. 2, I can do it!
It’s thrilling, exciting and stressful to be the leading batch, and I am looking forward to it.
But as much as I look forward to it, I dread the senior batch passing down. No more guiding, no more comfort zones. But every ending is a new beginning; everyone, seniors, us, juniors will all have a new experience. I think it is very important to move on, to look forward to the future, and work together to make it a better one, because it’s the only way to thank our seniors, for what they had taught us. When we keep thinking about sad moments in our lives, it only causes us to miss out more good moments of our lives. The three years we spent together will never be forgotten; moments when we share our joy and happiness, moments we feel together as a whole. We will cherish them, and store them deep in our hearts. Once from NYCB, forever from NYCB. They will forever be part of us, part of our lives, someone that had affected our lives, someone who helped to shape who we are today.
I believe that if we believe in ourselves, and try hard enough; surely, we can achieve our goals. Life’s a cycle, sadness, happiness, will all come and go. All we can do is to live our lives to the fullest, and pass down our traditional passion for nycb to the next generation, and let the passion live on.
NYCB <3 the passion lives on…
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Woo. Band finally resumed today. The moment I stepped into the band room, them moment we played the first tuning note, all the feelings just came back. It didn't feel like we didn't play together for more than 5 weeks, it felt as if we were born together, it just feels so nice to be back with the band. It's refreshing, it's heartwarming to see all your friends, friends that went through so many things with me, friends that spent so much time together, with me. And the power of music, is just so great. Even simple things like a scale, I can hear enthusiasm. Though there's one thing. Okay I realle need more practice, I wasn't even able to play one long-note-scale properly. Seriously my mouth was leaking ._. But generally it just feels good to play as a band again. It's good that I survived PE! It's quite amusing. To do the agility training.
Motivation of the day: BAND AFTER SCHOOL!
It even made Physics bearable. Although I did close my eyes for a few seconds( and wake up finding mrs. Wong glaring at me) I fell asleep when I was trying to draw the dotted lines.
Why some people just have to suffer so much more compared to people of their age? When lost her when she needed her the most, I wonder how she moved on. Or did she just cover up her real feelings. If I didn't see the url, I am still oblivious to what she's gone through.
God, I feel guilty, for complaining so much about such insignificant things, and forgetting how others had to swallow heartbreaking, irreversible facts. Even friends around us, as we took for granted that everyone's as lucky as we are. You will never know what she's gone through, if she didn't tell you.
I can't help her, I guess she doesn't want to show her emotions. All I can do is to sincerely hope that she can live happily, and keep her memories.
I can almost feel the pain, it's so near. Yet so far. I really don't want to think about it, how will I react if that happens to me? I really don't want to think about it.
I appreciate what I have now, although my family's not with me, I know they will be there for me, no matter what. I am so glad I have them. Thank god, for blessing me with a complete, healthy family. Really, thanks.
No, I don't really have a religion. I am open to all.
Grateful.
I should go back to my room, for temperature taking. Hope he/she haven't arrived yet. Btw, xiaonan's quarantined, for some reason. Hope she'll stay healthy.
Motivation of the day: BAND AFTER SCHOOL!
It even made Physics bearable. Although I did close my eyes for a few seconds( and wake up finding mrs. Wong glaring at me) I fell asleep when I was trying to draw the dotted lines.
Why some people just have to suffer so much more compared to people of their age? When lost her when she needed her the most, I wonder how she moved on. Or did she just cover up her real feelings. If I didn't see the url, I am still oblivious to what she's gone through.
God, I feel guilty, for complaining so much about such insignificant things, and forgetting how others had to swallow heartbreaking, irreversible facts. Even friends around us, as we took for granted that everyone's as lucky as we are. You will never know what she's gone through, if she didn't tell you.
I can't help her, I guess she doesn't want to show her emotions. All I can do is to sincerely hope that she can live happily, and keep her memories.
I can almost feel the pain, it's so near. Yet so far. I really don't want to think about it, how will I react if that happens to me? I really don't want to think about it.
I appreciate what I have now, although my family's not with me, I know they will be there for me, no matter what. I am so glad I have them. Thank god, for blessing me with a complete, healthy family. Really, thanks.
No, I don't really have a religion. I am open to all.
Grateful.
I should go back to my room, for temperature taking. Hope he/she haven't arrived yet. Btw, xiaonan's quarantined, for some reason. Hope she'll stay healthy.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Reflecting on a very serious incident
I just went to the music room just now, and when I went to the office to return the keys I encountered something very serious that require me to reflect on my own behavior, which is what I am doing now. I am not going to reveal her name, because this is an individual reflection, and there’s nothing to do with the person concerned, it’s all my fault.
So, everyone was working in the office, and after I signed in on the music room book, I politely said ‘excuse me’ with a smile, to get a staff’s attention so that I can return the keys. Well yes I got a staff’s attention, and so I continued “Can I exchange the music room key for my keys?” The boarding school system is this; we have to give them our room keys to change for the music room keys or facilities, so I was trying to get my room keys back. Anyway, so the staff took a look at me, and maybe I am just too ugly, because apparently she thinks “Excuse me” is not nice enough and she said “Good afternoon, not excuse me. Yes?” I immediately realized my mistake, my mistake, and said ‘Sorry, good afternoon. May I have my keys back?’ And indeed I had my keys back and here I am, trying to figure out what is wrong the word “Excuse me.”
I am very disturbed by what the staff said to me, to the extent that I went to look up the dictionary, the big fat one to ensure accuracy, for the term “Excuse me”. The phrase can be found in the 7th edition of Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (International student’s edition), first column of page 508. It explains:
IDM ex’cuse me
1. used to politely get somebody’s attention, especially somebody you do not know: (example)
2. used to politely ask somebody to move so that you can get past them: (example)
3. used to say that you are sorry for interrupting somebody or behaving in a slightly rude way: (example)
To prevent myself from being sued by the dictionary company, I only extracted this part of it, and honest to God, nothing under ‘excuse me’ conflicts with the above three explanations.
Now I reflect on what I did, the reason for the word choice. I chose this phrase because I wanted to (1) get her attention politely. (2) Apologize for interrupting her work.
Despite the fact that I was unable to understand why, I learnt that I must not say “excuse me” when I want to (1) and (2) as stated in the paragraph above. I also learnt from this incident that, “Good afternoon” can also serve the purpose of (1) and (2). Ironically the definition of "Good afternoon" in the dictionary did not mention anything about apologizing for interrupting, nor did it mention anything about grabbing attention. The only use for the phrase is 'to say hello politely when you first see each other in the afternoon'.
I am not being sarcastic, I just reflected and thought hard about it. And it’s a horrifying realization! I couldn’t understand what I did wrong. Had I been confused and lost the ability to tell right from wrong? Can anyone enlighten me? I would appreciate your help. Thanks.
Mood: Reflective.
So, everyone was working in the office, and after I signed in on the music room book, I politely said ‘excuse me’ with a smile, to get a staff’s attention so that I can return the keys. Well yes I got a staff’s attention, and so I continued “Can I exchange the music room key for my keys?” The boarding school system is this; we have to give them our room keys to change for the music room keys or facilities, so I was trying to get my room keys back. Anyway, so the staff took a look at me, and maybe I am just too ugly, because apparently she thinks “Excuse me” is not nice enough and she said “Good afternoon, not excuse me. Yes?” I immediately realized my mistake, my mistake, and said ‘Sorry, good afternoon. May I have my keys back?’ And indeed I had my keys back and here I am, trying to figure out what is wrong the word “Excuse me.”
I am very disturbed by what the staff said to me, to the extent that I went to look up the dictionary, the big fat one to ensure accuracy, for the term “Excuse me”. The phrase can be found in the 7th edition of Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (International student’s edition), first column of page 508. It explains:
IDM ex’cuse me
1. used to politely get somebody’s attention, especially somebody you do not know: (example)
2. used to politely ask somebody to move so that you can get past them: (example)
3. used to say that you are sorry for interrupting somebody or behaving in a slightly rude way: (example)
To prevent myself from being sued by the dictionary company, I only extracted this part of it, and honest to God, nothing under ‘excuse me’ conflicts with the above three explanations.
Now I reflect on what I did, the reason for the word choice. I chose this phrase because I wanted to (1) get her attention politely. (2) Apologize for interrupting her work.
Despite the fact that I was unable to understand why, I learnt that I must not say “excuse me” when I want to (1) and (2) as stated in the paragraph above. I also learnt from this incident that, “Good afternoon” can also serve the purpose of (1) and (2). Ironically the definition of "Good afternoon" in the dictionary did not mention anything about apologizing for interrupting, nor did it mention anything about grabbing attention. The only use for the phrase is 'to say hello politely when you first see each other in the afternoon'.
I am not being sarcastic, I just reflected and thought hard about it. And it’s a horrifying realization! I couldn’t understand what I did wrong. Had I been confused and lost the ability to tell right from wrong? Can anyone enlighten me? I would appreciate your help. Thanks.
Mood: Reflective.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Eh so long never post already, haha yeeshin motivated me to post!
Now it's third week of holidays already, doing bio SIA now. Everything about coronary bypass angioplasty and stem cell tech. Cheemology uh.
Oh yes, sabbaticals was fun. Stained glass was cool, we got to cut glass! We score the glass and break it with our hands. Like, PIACK! then the glass broke nicely. Can cut curves also, just a little more troublesome. I did a tree! Soldering was cool too, I got to use a new soldering iron hah. Only grinding was horrible. The first time I put too little water so the glass bits wasn't washed down by the sponge, and everything flew towards me. So you can imagine what was I thinking then. Didn't even dare to sweep them off. Haha went to wash them away in the basin.
Philosophy was. Wow. Talked about things we don't normally talk about. Like what is truth. One thing happens, but there are many different perspectives, as of how do you see and analyse the event. So which perspective do you regard as truth? This kind of thing. And why do we do good things? Are we all selfish? Does God exist? What do I believe in? Do we do things because of the consequences or because it's our duty? And some ethical issues, about death sentence, discrimination ect ect. Heh. Sounds quite abstract and cheeem, but seriously it's not, if you really think hard. And lots of movies to watch. We watched part of batman. The detonater part. Learnt how to think properly, and importance of reflections.
But there's one thing that bugged me since the module. We talked about hiring someone who was a prostitute as a PR manager for a company. And I was disturbed by the way the address a prostitute. Everyone, regarded the job as a-wrong-thing-to-do, or a disgrace, where people who's in this profession are victims of circumstance. That in this case, she improved from her 'mistakes'. Well, I mean, it is one's opinion, whether your body is something that cannot be made used of, or compromised. It might be your religion, your values, that you cannot tolerate prostitution. But to some people, virtue is not a dominating factor. Just like a scenario, if your father commited a crime, would you be truthful and send your father to jail or tell a lie to protect your father? In this case, it's the weighing between importance of honesty and filial piety. There is no rights or wrongs, because it's the order of priority. Same for this case, to us, it might be virtue over, for example money, but it might be the other way round for others that do not share same values as us. So who are we to say that prostitution is wrong? It all again, depend on how we view this.
Now it's third week of holidays already, doing bio SIA now. Everything about coronary bypass angioplasty and stem cell tech. Cheemology uh.
Oh yes, sabbaticals was fun. Stained glass was cool, we got to cut glass! We score the glass and break it with our hands. Like, PIACK! then the glass broke nicely. Can cut curves also, just a little more troublesome. I did a tree! Soldering was cool too, I got to use a new soldering iron hah. Only grinding was horrible. The first time I put too little water so the glass bits wasn't washed down by the sponge, and everything flew towards me. So you can imagine what was I thinking then. Didn't even dare to sweep them off. Haha went to wash them away in the basin.
Philosophy was. Wow. Talked about things we don't normally talk about. Like what is truth. One thing happens, but there are many different perspectives, as of how do you see and analyse the event. So which perspective do you regard as truth? This kind of thing. And why do we do good things? Are we all selfish? Does God exist? What do I believe in? Do we do things because of the consequences or because it's our duty? And some ethical issues, about death sentence, discrimination ect ect. Heh. Sounds quite abstract and cheeem, but seriously it's not, if you really think hard. And lots of movies to watch. We watched part of batman. The detonater part. Learnt how to think properly, and importance of reflections.
But there's one thing that bugged me since the module. We talked about hiring someone who was a prostitute as a PR manager for a company. And I was disturbed by the way the address a prostitute. Everyone, regarded the job as a-wrong-thing-to-do, or a disgrace, where people who's in this profession are victims of circumstance. That in this case, she improved from her 'mistakes'. Well, I mean, it is one's opinion, whether your body is something that cannot be made used of, or compromised. It might be your religion, your values, that you cannot tolerate prostitution. But to some people, virtue is not a dominating factor. Just like a scenario, if your father commited a crime, would you be truthful and send your father to jail or tell a lie to protect your father? In this case, it's the weighing between importance of honesty and filial piety. There is no rights or wrongs, because it's the order of priority. Same for this case, to us, it might be virtue over, for example money, but it might be the other way round for others that do not share same values as us. So who are we to say that prostitution is wrong? It all again, depend on how we view this.
Friday, April 17, 2009
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
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
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
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Yesterday was the Earth Hour thing. Helped to set up to speakers and projectors and stuff, was super fun. But I didn't watch the movie haha I went for star gazing. Which I didn't really look at the stars through the telescope, but lie down on the basketball court and looked at the sky. The floor was real warm and comfortable. And me and jessie lay down side by side and hummed hymn<3 and looked at random stars, and felt like sleeping.
Which reminds me. A few days ago I listened to hymn and look out my window. I saw the evening sky, and hymn really describe the sky. I felt like I moved higher and higher by every cresendo. And got back the feeling I had during limelight. All the goosebumps. And feel like crying because I was so touched by the infinity. Like you heart suddenly increase in size, and your lungs expand like mad.
Haha what I am trying to say is just Hymn really made me know how to feel.
I believe in nycb, we just have to believe. And aim for platinum! When we reach for the stars, we will still fall in heaven.
Goodbye my friend. I will be back. Without regret.
FOCUS FOCUS! C.H.O.N.G CHONG AH! ;D
5 more days!
Which reminds me. A few days ago I listened to hymn and look out my window. I saw the evening sky, and hymn really describe the sky. I felt like I moved higher and higher by every cresendo. And got back the feeling I had during limelight. All the goosebumps. And feel like crying because I was so touched by the infinity. Like you heart suddenly increase in size, and your lungs expand like mad.
Haha what I am trying to say is just Hymn really made me know how to feel.
I believe in nycb, we just have to believe. And aim for platinum! When we reach for the stars, we will still fall in heaven.
Goodbye my friend. I will be back. Without regret.
FOCUS FOCUS! C.H.O.N.G CHONG AH! ;D
5 more days!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
I thought she was the one that was cheering the loudest.
I think the point is how much do we feel for our band,
how we are always touched when we played together
I don't know why some can love the band so much yet
not willing to spend some time practising.
I must say, I felt a little relieved when friday prac was cancelled
because I can have more time with my family.
But is that all？
I felt more worried. Can we still make it.
What the band has lost is a full day practice,
out of 8. Thinking back,
band isn't just fun.
We need to give to have fun.
Is it fair if we only have fun
and not work?
Is it fair to those, or most,
I would say, who worked so hard?
What will matter is not what we got, but what we gave.
If the whole band worked hard and focused,
I won't feel sad even if we didn't get gold with honours.
Because I know we tried our best.
But, are we?
Believe in yourself. And we can do it.
If we choose to go on, we will find the way.
I think the point is how much do we feel for our band,
how we are always touched when we played together
I don't know why some can love the band so much yet
not willing to spend some time practising.
I must say, I felt a little relieved when friday prac was cancelled
because I can have more time with my family.
But is that all？
I felt more worried. Can we still make it.
What the band has lost is a full day practice,
out of 8. Thinking back,
band isn't just fun.
We need to give to have fun.
Is it fair if we only have fun
and not work?
Is it fair to those, or most,
I would say, who worked so hard?
What will matter is not what we got, but what we gave.
If the whole band worked hard and focused,
I won't feel sad even if we didn't get gold with honours.
Because I know we tried our best.
But, are we?
Believe in yourself. And we can do it.
If we choose to go on, we will find the way.
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