♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
Band practice today! I was out of sorts today... I went for lunch at the canteen with Chong Jin and I found out that 2R6 guys like to throw things at the fan, haha! Like a water balloon and it burst and all the water came out, haha! Then after lunch, went back to the area outside Band Room. Actually I wanted to give Darryl his card and present before practice started but in the end, I gave it at the end of practice. I kept laughing. When I came back from lunch, I saw a black bag on the table. I didn't know whose it was and since there was a black bottle in it, I thought it was Darryl's. But then I just finished telling Xue Qi about it and Darryl came, haha. Then I laughed. Ok, so that's not his. Then Chong Jin was drawing and I remembered she drew a Saxophone so I asked her if she knew how to draw a Trombone. She drew wrongly, haha, 2 extra braces. I was doing the Maths worksheet and I think I did wrongly because the numbers had so many decimals. Then I kept on laughing. Then when Yi Hui came and open the black bag, I looked up and when I saw her, I went "Oh, cheh!" and laugh again. Then I wanted to use correction tape but it finished, then I laughed again. And Germaine lent me hers, haha. Then Cliff asked the band to gather. I took out the present from my handphone pouch and the card from my file. Then gathered for attendance. When Cliff called me I didn't answer, but he still marked me because he saw me. I kept telling Xue Qi that I'm crazy and kept laughing until Darryl look at me. Then Cliff asked us to stop talking. After that he asked us to set up our instruments. Then Liang Rong came and asked Rebekah for tissue, she didn't have, then he asked Rebecca, and Rebecca has, haha. Then Cliff came and asked us to hurry up. Today got scolded so many times, usually I don't even get one, that's why I say I was out of sorts.
Then after setting up instruments, went to M-Learning Room. No chairs for my section. So Darryl went to take 3. Then when he came back, he said "Make me take for nothing!" but I didn't get it. Then Chong Jin took one of the chairs then me and Darryl were like "....." but then there were extra chairs beside the Trumpets. Then Ms Leong did warm-ups as Mr Yeo wasn't here yet. When she did F Major Scale I couldn't do it properly, then I don't know whether it's quavers or semi-quavers, she said "Good job Trombones", haha. I need to familiarise with the scale so I can do it fast. Then we practiced Novena again today. Not as good as usual, that's why I said I was out of sorts. Maybe because it was freezing inside the room. I think it is. I couldn't play the higher notes like I could normally. I couldn't even reach High D sometimes. Probably because it's too cold. My whole section was freezing. Then Mr Yeo changed a part of the music! I prefer the original one. It's supposed to be from ff to fff volume but he changed it to become from f to p, and not gradually like the original. He wants it to be f then very quickly change to p, which means f for one count only! Then when he asked me to play f, I breathed the usual way I do, and he said, I shouldn't breathe like that (then he exaggerates what I did by looking as if he take in a lot of air then sings at volume p) it doesn't justify how I play. So in other words, I act as if I take in a lot of air but don't play loud. Then he said this is not drama, this is band. I always breathe like that and my seniors don't say anything! Hahaha, very funny! Not! Then when I was supposed to play at p, either embouchure not tight enough or air speed not fast enough, got that kind of sound. Then at the melody part I couldn't play High D properly! Too cold! I was out of sorts today!
Then once (I'm not very sure) I think Mr Yeo asked Darryl to play something then he played wrongly or when everyone was playing, he came in one count early which is a rest, then Mr Yeo told him and say "You laugh laugh laugh...later your third..." (Didn't finish his sentence) but he meant later Third Trombone (me) also come in early like him. Then Kevin laugh. Then later Mr Yeo asked Kevin to play something with High E flat then he couldn't reach. Then Mr Yeo sing High E flat and he played C, he sang E flat he played C. Went on a few times and was quite funny. Then Mr Yeo said "Just now you (Kevin) laugh at him (Darryl), now you (Darryl) can laugh at him (Kevin)." and Darryl really go laugh at him. Then after a few times of the singing and playing, he finally got it, and played exactly the same time Mr Yeo sang it, haha.
Actually the dramatic one is not me! It's Darryl and Kevin, both of them! On Friday Terence opened the door then Darryl shout so loud and Jaslyn really thought something was wrong. And today, Kevin keep pretending to shiver, but too exaggerated already, haha. Just because we're a band, doesn't mean we can't have a bit of drama right? So, if what Mr Yeo implied (I'm too dramatic) is true, then we have a section of actors! Or if that's not true, then we have a section where he guys are drama kings! :D
I still need slide oil. Then after practice ended, Cliff was talking and when he stopped talking, I called Darryl and gave him the present and card. I kept the present in my pocket and it looked like flattened, although it was flat in the first place, but now, looks like the wrapper become soft already. Very small present, but not cheap ok! I went to buy it yesterday - a name keychain. At first I wanted to put his name, but later I decided to put "TROMBONE" instead because he's my Trombone Section senior and I'm his Trombone Section junior, but in the end, I decided to put his name again. Gold coloured square beads with black letters and a yellow star at the bottom. I was looking for a star decoration because I always say shining star and my seniors are my stars, so I decided to put a star and luckily, there was a star! The rest were mostly for girls. It's so small so it was hard to wrap. I just wrapped it in a way that when it's opened, the chain can just be taken out, no plastic or anything. After wrapping, it's still so small, haha. I hope he likes the card and present. I tried a new way of decorative writing which I never used before. ...just hopes he appreciates and likes it. Bye!
