saturday 19th may 2007

TJCO concert.
probably the last co concert tt im performing as a member. =(

before the concert--
8 days of practices after syf(not as if there wasnt crazy pracs before syf). crazy days, really. never got to see the sun when we left school. was left tired and sleepy everyday. slept in lectures. tutorials left undone. everyday was jus to wait for co prac. wait for dinner time and gg home to sleep. lalala. cycle goes on and on....

messy co room. gg everywhere to buy and borrow instruments. wahh. being in this post really made me a "superwoman" (haha. as quoted by tianxu). woohoo. i've gone stronger.


on the day itself
reached school darn early. loaded stuff onto lorry.we were late. behind schedule. luckily weisheng was there to help! if not, we would have taken even longer. and his "formation" was really stable! hahaha. thankyouthankyouthankyou.
rehearsals didnt went well for us. last minute changing of bowing and stuff. vvery very messy. under-rehearsed.
backstage--was in a terrible mess after that. no appetite to eat. rushed through make up and hair..
concert--yup. we were waiting for takelamagan. best song ever played. THE desert. our desert. our song..

it was really cool to have so much audience. very comforting! tix sales was not bad. considering the fact that we only started to sell after syf. 100+ only were sold on monday. not comforting at all. and we rock cos we sold 700+ tickets in 4 days. =) its like..so impossible!

but im quite sad cos i missed out on alot of things cos i was in the lorry with the instruments. all the siao cam-whoring in the bus. the reviews of the concert. the chats with everybody. and i didnt take photos! sigh. how to preserve memories like that? =(

a few days before, everyone jus wanted to get over and done with this concert. so tt we can really gt a good rest and get down to study.
but now that it's over.
today is the first day tt i get to go home with the sun above my head. the first time for months.
but..it feels really empty inside.. there's nth to look forward to anymore! very lost leh.
for example. like tmr. i have nth to do after school at 3 pm. co room was the place to go to after lessons everyday.. what now?
it's enjoyable jus to sit in co after lessons to chat with whoever is there.
a place where we really belong.

gosh. i havnt even step down. but i tink im missing tjco already.
the comm.
the (crazy) section..
the juniors.
the instruments.
all the memories that we have tgt!

what now tts left is the june camp. we must make this a success. a memorable event =)

and then..we step down. the next comm will take over. our legacy. create memories of their own...

i'm sad!!!

我还是觉得我们真的很不可思议。淡初华乐团 06/07

为自己加油！

okay la.
I ADMIT THAT I AM A CRYBABY CAN.

but whatever. cos..

编号5
Temasek Junior College
淡马锡初级学院
GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!

yupyup. so. in chronological order.

reached school at 645 exact! . then prepare prepare. huangsheng came at 720am? then prac prac prac. went thru the 2 pieces. he said our 状态很好。but i tink he only comforting us! cos the previous day was better. =X

8am--panicked. cos the lorry came.lalala.. moved the instruments to the lorry. then proceeded to SCH. the guys pangsehed me! so had to sit in the lorry with the helpers lo.

wahlao the ride was damn scary! i was super super pissed cos the uncle used a weird route with lots and lots and lots of traffic lights okay! so with the braking and moving, alot of stuffs dropped. i almost cried on the lorry i tell u.

I WAS DAMN WORRIED TT SMTH BAD WILL HAPPEN TO THE INSTRUMENTS!

then we reached at around 915? cant remember le. but everythingwas in a rush. first timer as instrument i/c and all, dunno where to go! to take care of instrus or tune my bass?? ahhhh! no time to make up =(, while the RC kept taking fotos w/o me! boo

blahblahblah. fast forward. queueing up to enter the hall!---by this time. i was really shivering already. i dunno why. was it because tt we overcame the previous syfs, so we feel that this time round, its more stressfull? wwere supposed to close our eyes and "rehearse". yup. upon all these, i teared leh. but i tink no one notice so it was alright. i guess it was the fear tt smth might go wrong. i dunno.

ON STAGE!!!

knocked bass on the stairs while moving up. ouch!!

the song started really abruptly.. DIE.

i realised tt i wasnt focusing on huangsheng after i realise tt i kept looking around the hall instead of him. AHHH. forced myself to stare at him!

15 mins passed so quickly. all these 9 months of practices! all for this 15 mins on stage.

came down to concourse after tt. i tink it was chinyuan who talked to me! couldn't really recognise him, but since he ehhh me. so i ehhh him back. haha. HE SAID WE WERE DAMN GOOD. so i was happy for tt moment.

had to rush back to sch to put back all the stuffs! was on the lorry again, so couldn't share any info or comments with them! felt rather sad noe.cannot discuss anything =(

while waiting for the bus back to SCH. saw junhong so depressed. i really felt like crying, but didnt. i dunno why i sudden became very sad. but after some jokes on the bus, it was better la.

back at SCH.went to watch other schools. but after the last sch, we went to toilet, and realised tt they dun wanna let us in cos each sch can only let in 30 ppl! like wth. we were freaking pissed okay. scolding f**k all the way(me and cadence =X), OUR BAGS ARE INSIDE, HELLO, U MORON.

RESULTS

i dunno why, but i was feeling numb. never expect anything more than gold already. since we had such big screw ups. jus sit there and listen listen. it wasnt anything like the 2005 or the tmsco 2007 one. where i started to cry even b4 they announce our results.

yup. but when we heard

编号5 Temasek Junior College 淡马锡初级学院 GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!

i literally jumped up from my seat and screamed and screamed and screamed.

眼泪是飚出来的。

非常夸张！
saw harry and junhong jump up from their seats too. all of us were separated. but when we did the TJ cheer, we practically surrounded the hall! =D

then everything became a whirl. icant rmb what happened, except tt i kept crying. haha. so embarassing.

huangsheng came(from hospital?), yeap. 他说他很骄傲。 以我们为荣。很感动！yah. so i kept crying thruout his speech to us(under the sun) tt everyone kept looking at me

这一路走来不容易。

从十多个人的ensemble.

然后也失去了一个很重要的人。

我们变成了59个人的乐队。

说大不大。我们大概是全部乐团里面，到数第三大吧。

我们是怎么办到的？

我们把一个人当1.5个人用。4把中阮，可以顶8个！

柳琴，cello and bass 也一样。

这么艰难的路，我们一起走过。

我们真的办到了. 不是在做梦。

谢谢你们。让我们有这么美好的回忆

塔克拉玛干掠影 （漠楼）。秀绿的洪钟。

SYF Central Judging for Chinese Orchestras 2007

淡初华乐团。

I'm feeling super super nervous now. super scared. super irritable. super blank. super tired.

cos SYF's TOMORROW! gosh. time files. i recall the number on the whiteboard which says 43 days to syf. so fast reach 1 already meh? =(

on one hand i wish this we would just get this over and done with, but on the other hand, i dun wan it to come so quickly! ahhh!!

wad is our standard exactly? are we supposed to be confident of ourselves? what about other schools? GWH? gold? silver? gosh. im scared


I HOPE WE TAKE DOWN THE STAGE TMR.
WOW ALL THE AJUDICATORS AND AUDIENCES.
AND OF COURSE, OURSELVES.
<3

i love tjco

Kuantan was GREAT!! =D

i'm missing kuantan leh.

swiss garden!

FIRST DAY

Gathered in school at 645. damn early! and ying2 almost couldnt get a cab. panic! haha.

on the bus!

we saw gema too! -_-'''

moonlight cave. with alot of bats(and their shit)

our kampong house at jerantut hill resort(with super duper cool aircon)

2nd day

at the quarry

DRUM ROLLS FOR SWISS GARDEN PLEASE!
the super high class hotel!! ahhh the bed, pillows. damn damn comfy!

went swimming and played beach volleyball for the first time in my life. haha. very retarded la. i jus stand there and wait for the ball. haha. boring =X.

3rd day

the waterfall! we have alot alot of photos. but all with tiffy!! ahhh.

beach studies
it was very very hot there! and we had to go to 2 beaches. grrr! we couldn't wait to get back to swiss garden to swim. and we played beach volleyball again! not bad. fun!

the BBQ buffet dinner!! i love the ice kachang. and the lamp chop! very very nice! the prawns too. butonly had 2! so wasted, cos we initially wanted to get like, a plate of prawns. =(

AHH yes! the buffet breakfast. it was quite a spread already leh. got quite alot of varieties. i've never seen a buffet breakfast with cereal and milk. hha. very cute.

4th day(last. BOO)

the very beautiful sunrise that we woke up at 6am for!

WE LOVE KUANTAN! =D

after breakfast. it was time to leave =(

couldn't really bear to leave that beautiful place. and most importantly, i didnt want to come back to singapore, having to face all this stupid stress and whatnot. i guess we literally returned with a heavy heart. i dreaded the moment when we crossed the causeway! sigh. =X

the experience was very enriching. we learnt alot. not only about geography, but also about our friends and ourselves. the guys were great fun and entertaining, kept us laughing all the way okay. esp yicheng. LOL. cannot take it! but everything was fantastic la. i wanna go back there again someday. hope it will be soon.