All In A Day's Work

2008-05-31T20:54:00.001-07:00

Wah I cannot believe it, 1 week of my holiday is gone and Capriccio is over in a flash ='(
Haha you don't know how high and nice it was listening to the recording of Capriccio. It totally feels as though you are back there on the stage =) The magical moments of playing together and having fun (: I will so miss the seniors ='( Half a year is short, too short. Now the seniors have to go mug for their "a", JIAYOU seniors!

Capriccio was a blast totally :) For once I actually played most of the things Mr. Leng wanted except hymn where my nervous fits messed up the song =x For once I never blast in concert, yay =) Haha my "wa wa wa" was ok but it sounded a bit lag. Haha beatles solo was still unsatisfactory still got confused, but thankfully I managed to find my way back earlier than usual. It was a nice and interesting experience playing solo. Haha :) Thanks everyone for making this concert a success and so unforgettable! Haha I will never weiguo's quack quack or my dance thingy or my jack-in-the-box stunt. Haha all the weird moves o.O Nonetheless its all these little details that makes capriccio special and unforgettable :)

Oh man, next up is elections. JIAYOU to all those who are running! I really hope that no matter what happens, we will still be one united, happy band =) Go hc band (: <3>

Half a year has passed. It has really been an eventful half a year. I really went from living in heaven to staying in hell and finally back on earth again. While I hope that the next half a year will still be as exciting and eventful, I really hope that there won't be anymore emotional roller coaster rides. Seriously don't think I can go through everything again. Thanks a lot to all those who has always been there for me (: You guys are the best =)

2008-05-18T05:57:00.000-07:00

I can't help but feel sad again. But this time I kind of get the feeling that its really the end. I have used up all chances that I ever had ='(

2008-03-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

I wonder what makes me feel like blogging once again. Haha maybe its under the influence of xiwen. Anyway Xiwen if you happen to be reading this post, JIAYOU and ALL THE BEST for your F1 competition! And enjoy yourself in M'sia. Haha see Xiwen, I didn't AP you, I never even say weird things about you on my blog :) The horrid feeling is back. But I shall learn to tackle it postively. Haha maybe for once I should really learn to view things from the positive side. Yup one thing I have to be very thankful for is all the supportive and loving friends around me. Like always, your presence and all the fun we have together helps to make all this while much more enjoyable =) Hmm.. while I can still keep my spirits high, I'll try my best to keep it so. Its draining and tiring to be depressed :x

Haha I was thinking during lunch earlier. What provoked my emotions again? Is it because school is starting again? Haha if I received news one week earlier, would I have been so disapointed in myself also? Would I sink into this weird state again? Haha the wonders of school is quite amazing if you think about it o.O

I was reading through my old posts earlier and I realised that a lot have past. Its nice remininscing through all the old memories via the posts. Haha I wonder how it would feel like looking through the latest few posts?! Haha I wonder by then will I still be stuck in the same state or be enlightened? I definitely hope its the latter. Haha but according to my friend, I will probably be at another emo stage because that is how I function :) Its just the degree of emo-ness I guess. Hmm..ok I think I shall stop rambling here :) Have a nice weekend everyone (: And do try to stay happy (: At least I'll try.

2008-03-14T05:26:00.001-07:00

If you happen to be reading this post, just skip it. Don't worry about me, I'm ok jus need to write out my thoughts to make myself feel better. I thought I had finally straighten out my thoughts, but I just realised that I was wrong. Why is that horrid feeling back again? Why can't I just learn to be satisfied with what I have and stop emo-ing? Once again I feel lost. I suddenly don't know what I really want. Maybe I shoudl seriously learn face up to reality and learn to make the best out of everything I have. I guess it beats being depressed over what is already gone.

Haha was still thinking this morning about writing a happy post. But something had to happen and I had to feel disappointed and sad all over again. Is this going to be a regular cycle that I will go through for the next two years? What should I do to stop feeling this way again? I keep telling my friends not be think so much or dwell on the unhappy things when they are down. Why am I not doing what I preach, so ironic. HAHA I guess we must all learn to live our life happily (:

Well on the bright side, band is getting better and more fun (: Something to look forward to in school. Its funny how band is always like the highlight of school. Oh and there's like alumni prac to look forward too! Yay.. we get to play 4 songs this year (: Haha I hope we get to play nice and exciting songs like Fate (: Exciting! May Appassionata XII be another success! I guess I will never forget the spectacular performance we put up last year =) Haha I still rmb what the teachers said, our band concert is like a theatrical performance :) Haha because we had props (Mr Bunny as phantom), narration (Mr Lee our wonderful storyteller) and actions (Eighties- yay we wowed the crowd :)) I love this picture. I love the bears even more (: Haha. So sad we had to give them away. But I believe Ms Chong and Mr Lee definitely deserved them. Our very own NYCB bear =)

Yay. I'm feeling better. I guess writing helps. And thanks a lot yehui for listening to all my woes. Sorry to trouble you! Thanks! =)

2008-03-05T04:48:00.000-08:00

I'm bored so i shall blog. Haha another random post after like ages. Its nearly 3 months since my last random blogging =.= And within these 3 months a lot a lot has happened. The biggest jump has been the change from sec sch to jc. I can totally understand why my seniors used to tell us to enjoy our life in ny. Now its my turn to tell my juniors that. I guess we will never truly understand the real reason behind that only till after we have left. The environment we have in ny is seriously very protected and comfortable. Life in jc is definitly far from that. Its only after I have left that i truly realised that I have been spoilt by the ny culture and environment. I guess its really time for me to grow and move beyond my comfort zone into the real world out there. Its a really scary and dark environment but i guess that's life. I must stop clinging on to the past and treasure the present.

Its sad but I have seem to grown immune to life. Each day passes by without a feeling. Sometimes I wonder if its my way of numbing myself , to alleviate my woes and sorrow. Its totally sad. I totally miss the days I had in 2007. I can clearly say that those days were the happiest days in my life that I ever experienced. Will I ever experience that again? Its a sad world here. We all take turns to be down and depressed. Where are all the happy faces that i used to see everyday? Where have they all gone?

JC is no doubt eventful and exciting. But sometimes its really really tiring too. Not physically but mentally. I must stop thining too much and stop fretting over redundant woes. I want to lead a happy life again. Please do let me.

2007-12-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

Haha I finally decided to blog another post after the august one. Haha but i'm really lousy at blogging, so I don't really know what to blog. I will turn all emo and weird but since i'm rather happy now, shall try not to spoil that mood. If anyone at all comes here, haha you can go read nytbones blog, I think i will blog longer there. More fun =)

2007-08-03T22:08:00.000-07:00

Heehee =) I finally decide to blog again. At this rate i'm going my blog is going to be dead real soon. But thanks to all those great juniors who keep tagging (: Tag more its fun to read what you guys have to say!

So much has happened. Haha it only seemed like yesterday that i was worried about SYF 2007, Appassionata XI and my grade 8 piano exam. However, as of now, this are nothing but great memories left inside me (: Wow.. time passes really fast. Soon i will be passing down too and leaving the band that joined nearly 3 years again. Really going to miss all that! It feels weird suddenly when there's nothing urgent happening in band and we have to start concentrating on our techniques again. While i wouldn't say its most fun worrying abt SYF or concert, but the excitement and happiness of it all really helps to brighten up a boring school life!

Sometimes i wonder if i should join band again when i go JC? Will i want to experience all these again? Hahaha will i be able to take the stress? Or should i not join and let NYCB be the special special only band that i was part of? Hmm.. so much to think abt.

Well to all the juniors that come here, you guys must try to maintain the bond within the band and keep the spirit going, k? Let the passion live on... Yup whether band life is going to be fun, exciting is really up to you all. The choice is within your hands. So live the life you want to! Go NYCB, you will always be the best in my heart (=

shimin loves NYCB (:

2007-04-12T06:23:00.000-07:00

I know this post is like one day late, but i would still like to say. YAY! We did it. NYCB We did it! I'm so proud of you all. I'm not proud of you all cuz you all got that gold award, but because you all really gave your 200% and never disappointed me. You all remembered everything that we did and were taught and gave even more. The best of all is, you all played for the audience and truly enjoyed yourself! WELL DONE NYCB! YOU ALL ARE THE BEST!

Although we did not get that GWH as some of us may have wanted, but be happy that we achieved the gold. We not only maintained our standards, but looking at this year's tough competition, i would even say we improved. YAY! So be happy people and keep working hard. I believe NYCB can go even further!

Yesterday was another memorable day for me, not only totally exciting but touching too. For once, we managed to do things we couldn't before. Such as for the tbones, we played P nearly together and definitely many times better than usual. And we touched the audience.

Thank you everyone for your endless support and encouragement throughout this period, without each of you, i wouldn't have been able to make it to this day. THANK YOU. Thank you NYCB for giving me this wonderful memory to take along when i leave, You will forever be in my heart. You will always be the NYCB that i'm so proud of. Keep up the goood work and dun forget to strive higher!

~NYCB~ the passion lives on ... ...

2007-03-24T06:39:00.000-07:00

This is like the first time that i write 2 posts within a week. A new achievement. HAHAHA.

We had another band exchange today and i finally see some hope. Maybe getting what we really wish is not such an impossible dream after all. Let's all work really really really hard in the next 2 weeks or so and not leave behind any regrets! Band i believe you can do it. You have shown me today that you all have what it takes inside you. All you need is to bring everything out and do it! Don't waste your talents and efforts by holding back! Believe in yourself! Have confidence =)!

We made new improvements especially during the shouting parts in Jericho. Haha.. it was seriously the loudest i have ever heard the band scream at that section. A while back i was still worried that the band did not know how to shout or they will not dare to shout. HAHAHA.. after today, i know it only takes a little poke to push all that SHOUTS out. Way to go NYCB! KEEP IT UP!

All these would have been really really great if not for school. I still have to worry about my homework and tests. Yes... i know academic is still like the most important issue in a student's life. But can't they spare us for like the next few weeks or so. We are not super people, it gets really stressful too. The worse thing is that i'm going to like have 3 tests on the same week of SYF. Haha.. think I'm going to flunk them all. How do you expect me to concentrate when like the BIG DAY is tmr.

Well, I'm going to try to not think about it. Anyway there's nothing i can do to change the dates of the tests. JIA YOU ba NYCB, the journey is left with only 18 days already. Let's just put in our very last drop of focus, effort and everything to make our dream come true! GO NYCB!!!!

2007-03-19T06:50:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted for ages already. =)

So much has happened between the previous post and this one. One term has past and i'm 3 terms nearer to the end of my secondary school life. Is this sth to be sad or happy about? But before i move on, there still many exciting, sad things that await me in the next three terms. First and foremost it will be SYF. The most hated yet also most loved event!

My whole march holiday has been a madness in preparation for this long-awaited event. The holiday is probably the most eventful week in my band prac calendar since i joined band in sec 2. In just a week, i had audi prac, masterclass and 2 band exchanges. Some were really meaningful. However, all these made me rethink about what i really wanted for SYF. It only made me want to achieve that GWH more. Yeah..some people will say its a superficial dream or goal, but for me its an indication that as a band who have managed to climb to another level. However, i believe that the greatest gift i get out of this is to see the band improve and bond as one. It really touches my heart to see or hear a slight improvement be it even in the school song. I really hope for the band to continue on its journey to create music for all. As it goes, "we are the music while the music lasts..."

I think we have all grown in some way or another throughout this period and i believe that this few months will be the greatest memory that i take with me when i leave. I never had so much fun, so much passion, so much love for something before i joined band. It was in band that nothing else but the people, the music that mattered. NYCB THANK YOU so much all that you have given to me as your player as your bm.

Please keep on working and striving for the next three weeks! Believe in yourself! I believe and know that everyone of you can work together as a band and achieve something great! Do your best and that is what that really matters!

Haha.. feel so emotional talking like that. Shall change the mood totally. The band exchanges were a real eye-opener for me. From both, we managed to take away many learning points (and probably many other things as well for some.. HAHA). I saw what coordination, looking up, playing together could do to the band. Yuhua's coordination was really wonderful and it really added volume and mood to the sound. WOW.. wonder when NYCB will ever reach that stage. Really hope to see NYCB do that one day! :)

2 more exchanges to come. Can't wait. Wonder if there is any band at the exchange that is playing safari, have yet to hear one. Tmr is the balloting for the date, wonder what the results will be like.

JIA YOU BA NYCB! Do your best and leave no regrets!

2007-01-02T04:27:00.000-08:00

My last day of my holiday is going to be over in less than 4 hours time. I seriously cannot believe that i will be returning to school soon. I have yet to thoroughly enjoy my holiday, no doubt it has been the most eventful of my fifteen years of life. There is so much to talk about, that i do not know where to begin.

Another year has passed and i'm moving on into my final year in secondary school. Its seriously too fast to enjoy anything. The year ahead will be a challenging and very tough one too. I hope i can make it through and end my secondary school life in a very memorable and unforgettable way!

What to look out for in year 2007:
1) SYF 2007 (Go for it NYCB, i believe in you all!)
2) Grade 8 piano exam (please dun let me fail....)
3) Appassionata XI (probably my last concert and perfomance with nycb, so sad ='()
4) NY 90th anniversary
5) Higher chinese o levels (i dunno what to say)

And i believe there's more to come. Hopefully... i will turn these challenges into memories i won't forget.

2006-08-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

Haha.. my blog is dead. That's cuz it has a lazy owner like me. Really lazy to blog. Yup.. but since so many people ask me to blog, so i shall.
Yesterday was fun, i meant band. It felt like really long since i last played a song. Or even played for like 2/1/2 hour continually. But it felt great, apart from my lousy tone and standard. Seriously need to buck up or I will be dead next year!!!! Pirate's dream reminded me of pirates of carribean. I was so lousy.. can't even play the fanfare section and we kept coming in late. AHHHH! Hopefully on tues it will be better or I won't forgive myself!
Com dinner was great too. Gave me a lot of things to think about. Until now, I am still bombarded with a lot of thoughts, yup... so i shall go immerse in my thoughts now..

2006-07-23T00:04:00.000-07:00

Haha.. never blog for so long already. Yup.. so here I am blogging again. Can't believe within the time that I never blog so many things have happened. Appassionat X is over, sch has reopened for 4 wks or so already. Elections is over and even Bolero is over.
Haha.. it seems really old and outdated to blog about Appassionata X now, but really Appassionata X is really hard to forget. Its one of the best concerts that I had ever put up. Its truly hard to forget! The songs are great too like Persis (which appear to have become the band's hot favourite). But seriously.. Persis that night was a blast! Can never forget the powerful ending resounding through the concert hall.. Wow.. amazing!
Well.. Bolero has quite successfully ended as well. I think the band did really well. Well done band.. all your hard work has really paid off! NYCB.. you have what it takes to do great things. JIA YOU for next year's SYF!
Can't believe that the sec 4 are really leaving the band already. Wonder what will become of the band. Hope we do not fall too quite badly within this frame of time. I will definitely do my best to prevent anything horrible from happening to the band. I hope I can be a really good BM. I will try my best and do guide me along and forgive me if I make mistakes (which I hope i dun).
Haha.. quite happy that next wk is sabbatical.

2006-06-20T04:35:00.000-07:00

Appassionata X is finally coming. I seriously cannot wait for it to arrive. I seriously hope that it would all end off really nicely this sunday. At the least it would put a really great, memorable full stop to my havoc June holidays. I hope that I will not freak out that day. Won't forgive myself if I do.
I hope this concert will be almost a full house. Give more atmosphere to the 10th anniversary of NYCB concerts. It feels really different this time round, maybe its cuz I see graduating seniors of different batches coming back to celebrate this wondrous event. Its so heartwarming. Gives me an even bigger urge to make Appassionata X a success. Looking at this seniors, I wonder if I will be like them and come back to play in future. Hmmm...
I seriously cannot believe that my holidays are coming to an end soon. Ah.. which means that school is reopening again. And I have to face those projects, tests and worksheets again. Maybe a miracle will happen on this coming sunday and freeze there. Sigh...
Anyway... JIAYOU to all Ny banders out there. Hang in there, we are reaching our final destination soon. Give it all your best that day. JIAYOU!!! You guys rock!

2006-03-25T18:49:00.000-08:00

So fast... it's already term 2. Sigh, I want my holiday to come back. School is really horrible and I don't like it. So many things need to do. I feel really bombarded. First week back only and I have so many many things to do. Many many proposals and things. I seriously am afraid to see another proposal or minutes again.

Sometimes I wonder what really keeps me going. So many things are not exactly what I look forward to. Thank goodness band is getting better. There was this period that my playing was like horrendous. Not that I am very good now, but it has improved a bit. But my playing is like the wave... sometimes good and sometimes bad. Its quite scary that way. Anytime will be in for a good scolding. Like on Tuesday cuz did not warm up properly then could not play as per normal. Then some say my section very soft... very sad, we try so hard but never is it up to the acceptable standard. As senior very scary, anything go wrong always have to bear the responsiblity. But SL still the worse, poor Sam.

Hopefully I can survive another nine weeks of school before i get my next break. So much to look forward to then!

2006-01-06T21:16:00.000-08:00

Last year's holiday was the best, it was the most interesting as it was fun-filled with activities. My first ever band concert, was really fun. I really missed that day. Thankfully I can look forward to the next one coming in July.. Yay! My trip to Taiwan was really exciting, and definitely an eye-opener for me too. The food there were really yummy. I really missed it.

And now one week to the new school term has passed. It is really overewhelming this year. Everytime you have a new lesson, the first thing the teacher talks about would be SIA. Homework are really pilling up too. I don't know if it is me, but my brain seem really rusty. Can't seem to function properly. I take really long time to process things and can't seem to understand a lot too.

However, luckily there are stuff to keep me going. But I sincerly hope I do not have a nervous breakdown this year. Cuz its only the beginning, but I am feeling really stressed already. Yicks.....

2005-11-19T11:42:00.000-08:00

The class allocation results are out.. Finally! Have been anxiously waiting for it.
I am really happy with the allocation, coz there is xiwen in my class and 3 other of my band mates, cool right? Well.. the others look quite nice and friendly too, hope they are coz I would really like to have my last two years in Nanyang really fabulous.
The night before, I was still feeling quite nervous about the whole thing. I even had a dream about the class allocation thingy. Really freaky!
I want to watch Harry Potter, but we still have not gotten the tickets yet. Sigh.. and we have to wait for my dad to come back from his business trip first before we can watch. And that means only next Sunday onwards. Please... have tickets..
Yay.. O levels are over. That means the seniors will be back soon. The last two sectionals were like horrible, coz I dun know what to take and Samantha was not around. Thankfully Miss Chong will be taking the next one. Phew... Really need to brush up on my Gershwin too, really horrible. Always playing wrong beats at the wrong time...

2005-11-13T21:00:00.000-08:00

Samantha... why are you on holiday for so long.
Did you know the last band prac, we were the section that ms. chong kept calling. She must be really disappointed and angry with us now. Coz we cannot play a lot of songs and even if we know how to play, we play it too softly to hear. oh man....
Thankfully there are two sectionals coming. I hope the section will be able to bush up then. Jia You... and hopefully it would bot be as disastrous as the last prac.
Had a great weekend, my little cousin from Hong Kong came back.
Although he did not talk much, we had a lot of fun, we accompanied him to the zoo in the morning and later to night safari. Its been a long time since I last went to the zoo and it has changed a lot since the last time.When we were young, we were like zoo fanatics, going there practically forthnightly.
Managed to watch "Hotel Rwanda" today. It has been a long time since it was first shown in theatres, but I am very happy that I finally watched it today. That movie was really good and heart-warming. It was the first movie to move me to tears. Sometimes I just wonder, is it that difficult to forget the status, the class differences, the races and live in peace? It is really a good movie to watch if you have not...
So many nice movies now... Harry Potter...Sky High... Chronicles of Narnia..
The cinema works in a funny way, there are times when the shows are all not nice and then suddenly all the interesting movies pop up. Well...at least my parents promised to bring me to watch Harry Potter. Hopefully, it will be as good as I imagined...
CIP tomorrow again. Counting the donations tins, hopefully it will be as enjoyable as the last time we were there..

2005-10-22T05:18:00.000-07:00

Ignore the previous post...
Was feeling really down then, could not think rationally!

One more week to the end of school. I can't believe that this day has arrived again. It feels too soon already. This year really past very quickly...the beginning of the year only seem as though it was yesterday.

Sigh... why do the good times always past so quickly?!
Well, I guess whats most imporatant in life is to cherish what we have currently and stay happy!

Anyway... I want to say a big "THANK YOU" to 202 for making my life in secondary so enjoyable and meaningful. You all played a part in helping me to open up and be a much much happier person. Thank you... will miss you all! (",)

2005-10-18T20:00:00.000-07:00

I HATE LIFE.........

WHY IS LIFE SO UNFAIR???????????

2005-10-17T17:31:00.000-07:00

I am really confused now....
I don't know if I should be feeling sad or satisfied now?
I just received three of my end of years papers earlier today. Two of them were not exactly what I really expected myself to get. So should I be feeling depressed or sad now? Tell me.... coz I am really confused.
Well, at least my worse two subjects have been returned. Or so I hope.... Well I guess all I can do now is wait hopefully that tomorrow will be a better day.
Guess what?! Tomorrow has some weird cooking competition. Hope nothing will go wrong with the food, if not..... Oppsy!

Exam fever..

2005-10-10T16:25:00.000-07:00

Yeah!!!! After exams have arrived again.
Still remember it was around this period last year that I joined band. It was so fun. So sad... seniors will not be back till early November. Anyway, all the best for your 'O'.
After exams are the best, you get to do everything that you wanted to do so badly for the past one year. And you get to look forward to the long break waiting for you...
But it is really saddening that the next two weeks or so will be the last.The times we had together were great. Well... at least we still have our choral night to look forward too!
Good job group one for getting the english drama!
Anyway, if anyone should see this post, I would like to wish you all the best for the following years and do remember the times we had together as a class!

Yeah...

2005-09-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

Yipee... the blog is finally up thanks to Xiwen! Thank you so much for helping, you must really teach me how to do it. Sometimes I really if I am a computer-idiot. Am really bad at computer stuffs.
Feeling very restless, can't seem to sit still for long. Maybe coz exams are coming in less than a months time. Really hope to do well, but this things are had to tell.
Thankfully I have a whole day to myself tomorrow, no lessons. Had band today, mouth was really tired after it. But luckily, it did not turn purple. I wonder how I will survive through the concert without breaking down. I really hope to leave a good memory for this concert coz it is going to be the last thing I will be doing with my sec4 senior. Oh man... next year me and sam will be the seniors of the section, scary. Thankfully I am not the SL or the section will die....

finally...

2005-09-07T07:08:00.000-07:00

my blog is up.

haha :)