Band meeting today! Yay! Finally see the band after 6 weeks! :D Math Paper 2 ended at 9am and the meeting was at 10am in the AVA Room. I went upstairs to wait outside the AVA Room. When Darryl came I told Xue Qi "How come this time I see my senior I not happy ah? Not just not happy, unhappy..." Why?... When I was outside the AVA Room, I asked Jaslyn about the quiz at my blog. It's some friend quiz to see how well people know you. I asked her how she knew the answer to the last question. Then Xuan Lin thought I was talking about the Math paper and said the answer is no -.- The last question of the quiz is "Who's my cutest senior? :D (Haha, tricky one)" And the 4 options are A. Cai Yan B. Samuel C. Kevin D. Darryl. The answer is Darryl and she got it right. Then I said I'm talking about the quiz at my blog and said "Where got people's name is "no" one?" Then Darryl went "No! No! No!..." So coincidental, haha! Then Ms Ong came and we went in.
She told us we'd be going to Genting again! Yay! She said it was because the company promised something, not sure what she was saying. Yes! This will be my best birthday as I said! :D She said we'd be moving the instruments after wards and that a lot of people are shifting today and that we're the last people to use the AVA Room, so honoured, but didn't take a picture of it. Then when she was briefing us, there were a lot of funny parts :D When we were too noisy, she took the bell on the table and pressed it, actually it's a service bell but I have no idea why it's in the AVA Room. Then she said we also need to put a picture on the particulars form so that if anything happens, touch wood ah, they'll know like "Oh! This is Gaby's picture!"" Then everyone burst out laughing including Gaby herself, haha! Then also she said she needs us to do some form so she'll know who we want to sleep with, hahaha! She meant room mate but said wrongly and we burst out laughing again. Also, she told us a secret! :D Then she said it's not really a secret la, it's confidential and if we're clever, we won't tell other bands especially those not going. One of the judges called John Edward something is going to be a judge for SYF 2009! Then she said maybe we can take the chance to see what he looks like (we start laughing again) and know what articulation or style he likes, Then Liang Rong said "Why not go make friends with him?" Hoping he will be corrupted so we get higher points for SYF, haha. Then she briefed us on the shifting and we went to shift instruments.
She took us to the new room and said some things about it. The floor is parquet so water spills and scratches will be quite serious. She'll tell about about emptying saliva next time. I was thinking "What if the trombone water key scratches it? And, haha, empty saliva on the floor." Then she told Section Leaders and Exco members to stay there to decide which cupboard for their section and stuff while the rest went back to shift instruments. Since she asked us to shift our own instruments first, I took mine which was outside the band room since I borrowed it and brought it back today. I also took a stand since I thought just carrying one trombone was too little. That stand is in the box where that's the only thing usable and since there's no name, I always use it and I'm thinking of making it my section's. My left hand was very painful because the room is on the 5th floor and we walked up the stairs. Saw Darryl going back when I was going there, must be meeting over. Went inside the band room (which isn't the air-con one, it's beside the air-con one) and Cliff tried to put my trombone in the trombone cupboard but since there was a separating board to separate into 3 parts (all 3 parts are part of the trombone cupboard) my trombone couldn't fit and he had to take out the whole board and put it higher. My stand (not mine actually) also he kept, in the cupboard I think. Then he asked me to tell Darryl to bring all the trombones, even those spoilt. So I went back to the old band room and told him and he said "I know"...Yeah, I thought you would know because I also know but I'm just telling you because Cliff said so. Then I didn't do anything for a while because I didn't know what to do! Then I asked Germaine and she said I could take the mutes because she thought it was my section's. I don't know if it is. Then Chong Jin wasn't holding anything so she took a trombone. It's the kind my seniors use. I took all 4 mutes there. Then half way up the stairs I asked if it was heavy and she said yes, so I switched with her. The gold trombone with the case is heavier then my tenor trombone! Then I said I don't want to change trombone anymore. That's just joking, of course I want to change. Then, already on the 5th floor, while walking to the room, I couldn't take the weight anymore and put it down. Then just then Darryl came round the corner and run there and help me take, haha. I went "Thank you!" haha. Already on that floor and reaching then he come and help! Haha, it's better than nothing. Don't know whether he run because he's worried for me or worried for the trombone, haha! And, oh my gosh, he's so strong! The way he carries it is as if it's so light and he can walk so fast with it! I only started carrying it half way up the stairs but broke down before reaching -.- Does he think I'm useless?... :( Kevin is also very strong. He carried 2 trombones at the same time, one in each hand! Then went back to take some more things. I went to and fro many times, like everyone else :) Oh ya, there's once Chong Jin's Chinese teacher who's also Cliff's Chinese teacher, was arguing with Cliff over Band's space and other CCA's space (we share the band room with Chinese Orchestra and Guzheng). When you go into the room and turn left, there are cupboards on the left and right. We put our things on the right side (don't know if they used the left side in the end because after a few times I didn't go in already). We were using the first half of the left side cupboards then they were going to put things in the back half left cupboards when the teacher said it's CO's space. Then Cliff got agitated and asked "Then where's the band's space?!" The teacher then said "Ah, ah, ah..." as if he said some vulgar word -.- then we start laughing. Then Cliff said he thought it was that side (pointing to the right side cupboards) but the teacher said no, the back half is their space -.- Then Cliff said "Oh even better! Then they'll use this (back half) and we'll use that! (Entire left side)" Haha. So we'll have the left side and half the right side while CO only gets half a side, haha! But Cliff was correct, we own the entire right side. And the teacher actually thought half the left cupboards would be enough for a BAND?! It's even smaller than the old band room, please -.-
The first few times, I went back immediately to shift more things but after a while I stayed in the air-con room for quite long before going back. I took a lot of pictures! Once I went back then Cai Yan, Zhihui, Jo and Shir Lin came at about 12pm, they were just dismissed. Then Cai Yan asked if we were done, I said no, they're shifting the librarian's stuff. Then she told Jo "They're shifting librarian's stuff! They're shifting your stuff!" Haha, then she went in (the old band room) and wanted to help. Jaslyn said she got a lot of piercing, and Zhihui heard and said don't follow her, she ah lian. We put boxes of books on the trolley and they pushed them until the stair case only. Yi Hui was pushing it but it kept steering to the right and she said it was very difficult to steer, haha! Then Melissa (Trumpet) lifted the front and made it straight but when Yi Hui started pushing again, it went right, haha! Then Melissa tried pushing it but she pushed too fast and couldn't stop in time when it moved right. Then the trolley scratched the wall and stained it blue! The new wall has a blue line on it now. Then at the stairs, Yi Hui passed me one box and said it was lighter, then Melissa took that box and said the Trumpet (don't know whose) was lighter. The band seniors are so nice :) The trumpet is very light! I expected it to be a bit heavier!
There's also another time I took 2 bags, one with valve oil and the other was tied so I don't know what it had. There were 12 bottles of valve oil, all or most not used! Hahaha, I'll never have to wait as long as I did to oil my slide again! :D Another time, Rebekah passed me a drum stand then Kevin took it. So she passed me the chimes and it was making a lot of sounds and she said "It's damn noisy, just bear with it for a while. Or you wanna take this?" Then I just used my other hand to take it. Actually I could choose one because she said "or" but I took both because the chimes are small and light and I thought taking only that was too little. I've never seen that chimes before, only seen the big one. That small one has a piece of wood with chimes dangling from it. Then I went to the new room with Jaslyn, Xue Qi and Xuan Lin were in front. They already went in when Jaslyn and I were going to enter the air-con room. I tried to open the door. Actually I already pulled the handle and opened a bit already but because my hand was holding the chimes which was long, it blocked and acted like a lock. But just then someone from the inside opened the door. I was surprised because I didn't know there were people behind the door. Guess who. Darryl, haha. The bigger percussion instruments were transported by a crane! Haha! Then he workers lift it over the railings and some people take it. I kept taking pictures at this part, haha!
We didn't have lunch, only some did. In the air-con room Ms Ong asked me, Jaslyn, Xuan Lin and Xue Qi "Girls, have you all had lunch?"I shook my head and said no. Then she asked the group of guys "Boys, have you all had lunch?" The Darryl also shook his head, haha! Same question, same reply but different people, haha! She got Kevin to put the small drums on top of the cupboards. He just took the drums and put on top without even standing on a chair! Cool! :D The Ms Ong said he's not tall enough and told Jeremy (Clarinet) to get a chair. There's one percussion instrument where there are 2 parts and were separated when transporting. Then Darryl and others were trying to put the other part on the instrument but couldn't then you know what he did? He called Kevin "Cheng Heng!..." Cheng Heng didn't answer because he was in the band room and might not have heard or heard but ignored. "Taiwan!" -.- Ms Ong dismissed the Sec 1s first. Actually I think she wanted those who haven't had lunch to go for lunch then come back and continue. But later changed her mind. I was dismissed at about 2.40pm. I wonder what time my seniors were dismissed... Here are the pictures! :D
Taken from outside the old band room, the new school. We went in by here.
Taken from inside the new school, the classrooms
Inside the new air-con room, the mirror image. The door on the right leads to the band room.
Inside the new air-con room. Where I was when I took the previous picture.
Moving the 1st timpani from the crane outside the air-con room. The person on the most left is Kevin
Kevin looking downstairs after the 1st timpani came
Inside the air-con room when there were more things later. On the left is the door to the band room
Moving Bass Drum from the crane. The tall person on the left of the drum is Kevin again
Moving the big chimes from the crane. That's Kevin too
Moving 2nd timpani from the crane. The person on the most right is Darryl. I think the person blocked by the one right in front is also Kevin
Moving 3rd timpani from the crane. On the right of the drum is Kevin for the 6th time
That's Darryl with the handphone. Beside him is Jay (Trumpet) and squatting down nearest to Darryl is Kevin for the 7th time
A percussion instrument outside the air-con room after being shifted from the crane
Our section's Brass Trombone cupboard in the old band room which I took after dismissal. I'll miss it
The nice board on the right of the old band room. The bass clef on the left and treble clef in the middle are made of messages. It's the duty roster on the right. I'll miss this too
The old band room. Usually the right side would be full of instruments and only a small path beside the cupboards. I'll definitely miss the room
The cupboards taken from outside the door of the old band room. This is probably the last picture I will ever get to take of the band room
Some instruments being shifted from the crane, I didn't take because there were very few people so I thought I might need to help but I didn't in the end. The last time I saw the M-Learning Room was the last band practice, which was about 6 weeks ago. I don't have any pictures of it. I'll miss that room too. It was where the entire band squeezed inside as one band and shared laughter, music and everything. If I ever get to see the M-Learning Room again, I will take pictures of it. Today I managed to take 17 pictures! And not just of instruments like the time I took 8 trombone pictures, I took people too! :D I told myself that the mext time I see the band, I would take pictures of them and I really did! I hope I can do this every practice, haha! The next band practice is next Saturday, so it's not 6 weeks without band practice, it's 8 weeks :( But at least I saw the band and the instruments (even those spoilt) today! :D Bye!
Labels: Band, Birthday, Competitions, Concert Band, Exams, Music, Overseas, Seniors, Slide oil, Trombone