Tuesday, November 21, 2006,
Okay. I'm blogging for nuts.
A hectic schedule I must say. But this time round, it's been about music and more music in my schedule. I'm going to perform with Kim Seng Wind Symphony this coming 25th November at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel. I'm quite prepared for it though and I hope this would make a good testimonial for my school and my music life though. If any of you wishes to watch it, you can purchase tickets, $10 each through me. Contact me for details.
Anyways, I will blog about the happy happy happy part first then later I will blog about something. Recently, I've been through a lot of things. Getting hurt emotionally and physically, don't care about that first. Been to a lot of concerts to watch different bands and orchestras with different kind of standard, with different conductors. Have been recently involved in the music scene, playing with different bands and under the baton of different conductors. Grade 5 practical exam coming up next year, don't know whether I'm still taking it or not. I want to pursue on my music life but then, I do not wish to leave my cheerleading behind as well. Try outs coming out this Friday and Saturday and I guess.. the answer will be a no, I think. Don't ask me what, why or how.
This month, this is the 3rd time? I went to VivoCity. The place is totally awesome. Other than being super big in size, the shopping mall itself is not call a shopping mall to me. Well, basically because the prize of the items is not the usual price I know in other shopping malls. It is of course, higher than usual price though. Well, that's business marketing and besides, it's a tourism spot. EARN MONEY! heh. I assumed that when VivoCity is officially open, Esplanade will be empty as all the typical people will start using VivoCity as their hang out place, no longer the Esplanade. Arhh, it for sure would be nice if that happens as the Esplanade will have a proper and sophiscated events that can take place without these buggers disturbing the whole scene. Wahaha! I'm quite mean! heh. Anyways, like when I went to the SkyPark with Gail, Sammie, I saw quite some inconsiderable people though. Erk, the power of being typical. Heh. I shall not blog about it. Really had fun with both of you. I just hate the emotional moments. Shan't talk about it further. But hey, last Sunday, I was at VivoCity's Banquet, in queuing up to order my Yong Tau Fu, these two MINAH wannabes were behind me. They were nagging about the queue not being moved and stuffs like that. They were actually trying to converse in ENGLISH *mind you, they don't usually speak english* and also, with a S.L.A.N.G of which it was seriously, fake! Anyways, they were discussing on what to have for their Yong Tau Fu. There were quite a variety of ingredients and both of them, each holding a bowl and practically bitching and feeling grossed out by every vegetable placed there. They even asked dumb questions ;
Minah I : Hey, what the hell is that? *referring to the black seaweed*
Minah II : I think that's called a seaweed.
Minah I : Huh?! Serious? I thought seaweeds are supposed to be green! How come it's black?
Minah II : I don't know. Maybe the people inside took the green seaweed and fry it inside the kuali *wok* and fry it till it's black. Maybe?
Minah I : Hmm, possible. Okae! =)
I almost burst into laughter that moment. Anyways, they were too dumb to begin with. heh. The ingredients they took was seriously amazing. Two bowls, one filled with 7 hot dogs while the other with 3 button mushrooms and 7 plus bird eggs? I was seriously stunned on the ingredients that they had that day. No wonder they are quite meaty. Heh. OH! one more thing, when the MINAH I was taking the hotdogs, MINAH II said this out loud infront of the other people taking the ingredients. She said ;
"Whenever we or anyone else took hotdogs or even eat them, I always think the hotdog as something dirty. HAHA!"
I was seriously stunned on what she said and there was ONE hotdog on my bowl. I just wanted to turn around to her and ask her, "So, how many DICKS have you placed inside your mouth? :)" but then, I ain't that mean so I didn't bother. heh.
CANDY EMPIRE is a totally MUST GO place. If you want to loose your sweet tooth and gain more weight that is. Heh.
Tempting isn't it? I spent about $30 for all the tings I had for the past few weeks. LOL! =)
School time. Common test is about another week or so. Dancesport is seriously killing me as well. For the first time ever, I perspired in class. LOL! Being the only guy is kind of a bad thing though. As to some ladies, they want the guy to be BAD at dancing or GOOD in dancing. Well, to me, I'm just a normal average dancer, I guess? Besides, I can't stand some of the bitches in my class. Gosh, damn posers! *roll eyes* I'm going to mug for my EG2 and just AEL! others for now, is a lighter note. I want to go Bangkok with Magnum, only if I do well with my common test! Arhhhh! Stress. Tutor me, please?
Things are lately had to be thought twice before I do anything. One by one left the squad and the squad gets better since the weaker ones gave up and move on onto other things and passion. I seriously hope, I don't want to be the next one! I do not want to be the next one! I want to stay, stay alive and fit. I don't want to be like the rest. Sometimes, I wonder is it my time yet? I told myself, I have endured alot more difficult life than this current one. So, why not endure throughout my whole three years in poly? I'm working on it. Slowly, I myself know my expectations and trying to push over the limits. I guess, sometimes things have to be taken slowly, one at a time as your limits and expectations are too high. I'm trying and still trying. Just that, improvement is just a microscopic scale. Yet, the others are way better than me. I'm giving them an opportunity to shine. I want to lay it off my shoulders for the moment. I'll fight it for another time. Seriously, for now, improving myself mentally and physically one at a time. I'm not like someone I know. =)
Singapore Wind Symphony youth, Singapore Wind Symphony Main, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Concert Band, NIE Youth Band, Kim Seng Wind Symphony and Ai Alumni Winds. Hectic moments this time round. SgBandFusion.com, a one place for all the bandmembers including myself. Regard to SgBandFusion Administrators for interviewing me, in being passionate about music. Click HERE and download it at the Newsletter department. I have a lot of things this year end seriously. I hope by the end of my 3 years in Poly, I hope I really have a good Testimonial and letter of recommendation. I want to go LONDON for my music. Please!
Currently, one of my favourite piece. It's not easy! Seriously! I still love this piece.
Hmm, another Composition from Samuel R. Hazo. Tricky yet fun!
The Super Orgasmic song! I love it. Seriously!
Passionate Percussionist. Jubilant!
Okay, this is an extreme long post. Yet, I wonder should I post about what I wanted to say? Maybe I will, maybe I won't? What the heck. Just blog about it!
Extracted from some guys' blog ;
"I know how I felt but I don't know how you felt about me. Ever since what I've said the other day, I think you have started to avoid me and talk to me lesser. Why is this so? Is this something I said? I tried to help you in a way or so but I told myself, why bother helping you when I can't even help myself out of this mess. Is it my fault that our 'special' relationship is sour now? Or is it just a plain infatuation towards you? Sometimes, I told myself those three words are not meant to be said to you. You're mean, harsh, picky and fickled minded. That's the reason I'm in love with you. I tried my best to open up a conversation with you but then, I'm just not myself around you. Not being myself is my weakness. I just need a sign from you to boost up my confidence. There's always a time where I wish I could just cuddle you all night. I really love you and I do. I just wish that I could turn back time to the day I get to know you and smiled at you for the first time. Too bad, time passed and never returns"
Okay, you get it?
Random Notes :
- A BIG BIG BIG BIG THANKS to Ignatius Wang for my Birthday Present. A WU GUI!
- VivoCity is Great, FUN!
- Come Support me for my concert!
- I miss ADAM KERR! Where the Hell is HE?!
- Wan's bdae is coming up.
- I wan my chalet and BAKERZ IN!
- I still want my SECRET RECIPE!
- I want to go out with SAMMIE and GAIL again!
- I've finally watched FINAL DESTINATION I with ZIRA, WANTING, YANN and ILAI?
- I found out something that you don't know and I know it. bluehs!
- BU WON NATIONALS IN THAILAND!
- SAMMIE still owe me 3 things!
- I love you? you notice?
"Sometimes, all I is to hold you tight and have you by my side. You notice how I love you so much?":))))
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Monday, November 06, 2006,
I went to read some other bandmates blog. It seems that everyone is involve, preparing themselves for the next SYF in 2007. Schools trying out pieces, trying their best to play their hearts out, wanting to achieve a goal that they aim in their hearts. Plus, schools giving them extra supports along with their teachers and ALUMNI'S. All sacrificing and doing their role as a member, with one aim ;
THAT MEDAL, THAT POSITION.
But, in my own heart, I still will never forget where my roots came from. I am proud to say that I came from Ahmad Ibrahim Concert Band. Regardless on how bad or good the band was during my time. I've grown to love the band, regards to Mr Toh and my seniors who I've bonded for the past few years. We went through thick and thin together, just to get our FIRST medal in 2003. They were the ones that who were there with me, trying their best to emphasis on techniques on playing so that the band will get to play as ONE BAND ; ONE SOUND. I know this sounds cliche yet, just four simple words means a lot to a passionate band member.
To my alumni's and current seniors of the band, do you remember the times where we were spoon-fed for almost everything during band practices when we just entered the band? Do you remember the times when you don't even know how to buzz or blow you instrument or even play a Bflat major scale? The times when you learn to hear and tune with the band, your section? When you felt lazy to attend band practices, who was there to search for you and encourage you to be there just for music? These people are called SENIORS of the band. Weren't they YOUR seniors of the band who thought to buzz, blow, read, hear and play? Though in your heart you felt like giving up playing pieces which you think are hard but your SENIOR keeps on clapping his/her hand again and again just for you to play that phrases correctly. Did you ever think on what is inside their hearts and mind? When we fooled around, dropping mouthpieces and hitting instruments with no reasons, were they there to punish us to discipline us?
Think about it alumni's. We were the ones who followed orders and listened to the seniors just to discipline and improve ourselves. That time, pieces are very difficult to us but chicken feet to the seniors. They helped us in every way, no matter how stupid or dumb they can get. That's how I grew to love the band. Now, we are the ones who left the band, bringing along our pride and glory of memories of Syf `05. But have you thought of what you have left behind inside the band room? I guess, none of our skills or playing had been passed down to our beloved juniors. Why didn't we even bother to try to help them, even though it's just a simple piece which they can't play? Is it their fault that they can't do it? I'm sure it's not ours or theirs. But then, who's fault is that?
Everyone plays a role in this matter. We left them noting behind and they suffered themselves until up to the past NBC and Jubilant concert. So, what if they got Bronze for NBC? So, what if they screwed up their first concert? I don't think ALL of us were there to SUPPORT them for their concert, or competing in their NBC. NONE, I assumed. All busy with our own bands and stuffs. They need us but we weren't there for them, laughing at them when they fall. I felt that we are a band influence to them. Yes, we want them to be independent, but we do have to guide them a long the way so that they can be dependent.
I don't think you wish to see the band FALL once again. Just a simple SILVER medal for the next syf will do. I hope you guys do get my point. Why can't be just like our seniors? Helping out the juniors? Do you want to forget your roots even though you get into a better bands with top ranking or national ranking? They will still ask you where you came from no matter what. So, Syf is in the coming April. Fate of the Gods is simply nothing to us, but to them. Guide them sincerely.
Thus the saying goes,
Music from the Heart Is Most Pure..
I don't feel like a good senior to them. :((
I still love Aiband, once and always.
Please, do well without us. :))
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Thursday, November 02, 2006,
I'm in school right now. While waiting for this Visual Studio Programme for my "C Programming" module of which I've been skipping and missing for the past four lessons. Somehow, I got screwed up by my lecturer for having reasons like having a crashed laptop or wasn't really feeling very well.
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Anyways. I'm at the atrium now, waiting for my next lecture class. I wonder if I can update my blog within thirty minutes as my next class starts at 1pm. Anyways, enough about that.
Last Saturday, I took my Grade 5 Theory Exam at Ping Yi Secondary. Paper was a little tricky. There weren't any Major Intervals at all, only Minor, Diminished and Augmented Intervals. Somehow or rather, I've a gut feeling that I might flung this year's paper and have to retake it next year. How embarrassing! The four of us, Maisarah, Sandy, Bernita and Myself were quite traumatised somehow or rather due to the paper.
That day itself, I went to NIE Youth band's first practice. It was quite allright other than the band being so small, only about 15 players? Maybe. The Recruitment is still open for young members who wish to play music with us. Anyways, we played The Entertainer, Poseidon, Bugler's Holiday, Symphonic Festival and more. Their pieces are quite allright and just that, I think the band can do better, that's all. Yup, to think that I wanted to play Invictus or other chim and nice pieces. On the other hand, Poseidon was quite nice. Very colourful, reminded me of Noah's Ark. It has solos for almost every instrument though. I wish to play it again though.
That night, I went back to Pasir Ris Chalet to celebrate Colin's Birthday.
I know it's a little to late but..
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Colin,
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy 21st Birthday B.I.T.C.H!
Anyways, the present that the MiA Clique presented was Super Adorable. We got him SEVEN tshirts, which has his name on every piece and a day labelled respectively. Same thing goes to the SEVEN underwears that we got for him. It was pretty cute. Too bad I didn't have any pictures to show it though. I'm waiting for Melvin to upload it la. The chalet was quite allright and fun other that having an Asshole talking to us and being at the chalet. Don't wanna bitch about him. He's just a F***ker, that's all. I had a serious talk with YunShan and Alice, find out a number of things. That's a good thing about chalets, you can talk and emo, people will tend to know everything. Hee. Enjoyed it somehow! Thanks Colin.
Band bla bla bla....
Now, I've finally went back to training. Manage to learn a new tumbling yesterday. I hope I can do it the next time round. I did backhandspring and in the end, did a backtuck! I shall practice on it though. Try outs was postponed and a lot of things change of which I didn't even know about it like COUNTING! heaps. Sorry people! I did stunts the other day, but one of my flyers fell badly. So yarh, I was quite traumatised the other day though.
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Okay, this took me two days to blog the whole thing though. Seriously, before I blog about anything else, I just wanted to sing this ;
Happy belated birthday to you,
Happy belated birthday to you,
Happy belated birthday to Iris (Rawr!) ;
Happy belated birthday to you!
She's finally EIGHTEEN! haks. Oh well, hope you enjoyed your birthday Iris! Legal stuffs are coming your way now. Yup Yup.
Yesterday, one of the days that really "shioked" me which is that we went to train at the Atrium in our school. It was fun though, just that everything that we did before was enlarged in distance wise. Lol! I was able to learn a new tumbling technique. Was pretty hard, but yarh, practice makes perfect. Hillarious but then, have to make everything very serious about training. Focusing on producing my abs now. Hope it will be there. We're involved in the coming performance though, on the 28th November for Red Camp in our school. Yups.
I'm going to sign up as a Sports Camp GL next week. Can't wait though. Yup yup.
On a lighter note, I was interviewed by the SgBandFusion for my passion in music. Yup yup, if you all wish to view the newsletter, please click here and click on the newsletter segment. Well, people are actually shocked that my interview was inside the newsletter. But hey, being in the newsletter doesn't mean that I'm a superb player. There's a lot of things that I've to work on to be a professional player.
My concert is coming up which is on the 25th of November 2006. It's ten dollars and it is at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel. Please do come and SUPPORT me. I've been playing concerts whereby none of my friends are actually there to support me. Quite saddening though. Please do come and support.
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Okay, this update took me 3 days to update. Don't know why but then it is quite long I assume I was lazy to update though. Anyways, me and NurulLe MoZe celebrated Andra's 18th Birthday last Friday at Alumni Clubhouse though. We ordered him food that he didn't really eat when he was with us. Oh well, we didn't get manage to get him anything but then, I hope what we did for him on that day was enough for him. Oh well, here goes..
Happy Birddae to you!
Happy Birddae to you!
Happy Birddae to Andra!
Happy Birddae to you!
Happy 18th Birdday, Mr F.A! LOL!
Here are some photos to remember that day..
Well, I think that should be all. Concerts and Tryouts coming out! Stressed out. Badly.
I hate you, I do!
Labels: Band, Emo-ing, Magnum Force, Ngee Ann
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