♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

Hello! Tuesday 20 July no practice because of O Level Chinese listening comprehension and Sec 3 higher CL one cos they taking the normal CL O level, so we were unable to celebrate our dear Mr LY and Mr LY's birthdays! Mr Yeo's is 19 July Monday, Mr Yu's is 23 July yesterday. I only SMSed the 2 of them on their birthdays. Friday was sectionals, no conductors as usual, so a lot of them came late, even though most came about 10min late, but late's still late. Those who came even later include COMMITTEE members! -.- We warmed up for a while and then went to sectionals in the 2 idiotically small rooms. I didn't go there at all because I was in charge of them making birthday cards. After school I waited for Mavis to finish her HCL lesson then went bookshop to buy 2 big cards (what material??) and small cards. We want to get everyone to write a small card and paste on the big one according to section. Took about 30min to buy the stuff, haha. It's hard to decide when we don't have a draft, but it's impossible to have a draft right? So we bought bright red and off-white huge cards and a box of small cards. During sectionals, I actually wanted section by section to come up and write 2 cards each but somehow the committee came for some games day meeting, what the shit. They even said they wanted it on Saturday despite Mdm Yanti objecting as the conductors are paid to come on Saturdays. Omg... seriously is this my committee? Then after that more than one section came up because apparently the some of my comm members told them to come when I didn't -.- haha.

Some of them come and slack sia... what the heck, damn irritated with them. They like to deprive people ah, deprive conductors of their work, deprive me of MY sectionals time. I couldn't go sectionals cos I had to be up there, but at least can self practice right -.- Come to think of it, all 3 majors were up here, but for what sia?! I bet the band slacked :( ... Useless. I can't believe my committee, seriously. After band practice, Mavis (came at 5 after lesson), Jaslyn & Xue Qi stayed back till 7+ to make the cards! We had to substitute empty cards so that we have space for Sec 1s' cards. The organisation of where and how to arrange the smal cards was hard! The red one was for Mr Yu with white words. I think it's like a HK flag cos the background's red and the inside's white, haha. Mr Yeo's is white with red words, opposite and more like Singapore flag. I think this part's very cool! :D Mr Yu's card is nicer, but not because I was biased! Just happened to be.

Today, band again. Marching in the morning. We brought the cards and materials for the sec 1s to make. Again, Jaslyn & Xue Qi stayed to help me while the rest do marching. Some irresponsible people came very late. Some asshole is being very extra in band and loves scolding vulgarities and scolding people's mother behind their back after irritated them and making them pissed off. What's his problem, scold people's mother for nothing. F*** that damn Yu Bin, go die la, you're an insult to your mother. You got mother people don't have ah, what if I go scold your mother after being an asshole to you, idiot. Act damn extra, show off on every single rubbish thing as if you're so great. You ADHD go f off la, ass. Want people to notice your stupidity and rubbish for what, as if you're worth noticing. Totally have no pride yet act so proud, there's nothing even to be proud of, as if you play music nicely, it's like shit ok, worse than shit. Your skills suck more than anyone I've ever seen, still so thick-skinned go around playing so damn fking loudly and irritate people. No one wanna hear you bullshit so f off. Just spoiling your country's reputation and making people think that your countrymen are like that. The most shameless person you can ever find in the band. Fker.

After marching they went upstairs and warmed up and tuned till Mr Yu came. Mr Yeo said he wouldn't be coming today :( Shucks, the birthday... We did a lot of the Great Band Workout warm up today with Sec 1s, then we played the new songs Rocking to the Rhymes and part of Nobody. We have 3 songs actually. After practice ended, we delayed the celebration a while cos there was no knife with the cake! Mavis went to buy. I stalled for time with the band whenever Mr Yu wanted to dismiss them cos he wants to see comm. Haha, twice, very strange. First time attendance, luckily 2nd time can tell them about band blog, haha. Then I went out to see and yay! Got knife alr. I think I very strange today, I open the door and go "Mr Yu! We got something for you!" Haha, crazy. Gabriel and Mavis brought the cake and we sang a birthday song (English) and I gave the huge pretty card :) Mr Yu sick, couldn't eat the cake... :( After giving out the cake, he had comm meeting to talk about band uniform and t shirt. I didn't even know they said they wanted white blazer, wth! Since when, and why white? Last year just changed uniform -.- Ok that's it, bye :)

Labels: Band, Birthday, Events/Occassions, Feelings/Emotions, pissed, Trombone

♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

This whole week I had no time to do my homework!!! 12 July Monday, I made CY's birthday card for 3 hours after coming back from dental appointment which is so far from my house. Actually not 3 hours straight, I did 1.5h then went to have dinner and continued another 1.5 hours, haha. 13 July Tuesday there was band practice, then when I came home I folded 16 stars for CY in a bottle. I made 16 then after putting into the bottle I found one pink one, then I counted in the bottle but it's hard to count. I remembered making 2 of that colour but only saw 1 so I figured there was only 15 so I put it in. Then 14 July Wednesday had rehearsal for Tapestry 4 with other CCAs. Band is damn irresponsible, just ditch their instruments and ALL go in to watch dance perform. Only Mavis stayed with me to look after those instruments. It's not the Band Major's job to look after the instruments that you dump there ok. If it's my job, then it's all the majors job too. Freaking irritated. I told them to bring it with them already, dumb or what. That's the most irresponsible thing a band member can do other than slack. You can conclude this is the most irresponsible band ever. Then the rehearsal delayed until we ended after 7pm, then people still wasting time in the band room over trivial idiotic stuff like they got all the time in the world. Damn them.

Finally, yesterday was CY's birthday and Ngee Ann Tapestry 4. I liked yesterday, it started off nice :) In morning assembly I happened to sit beside CY, yay! So I gave him the card and present :) He's very cute, hahaha. “谢谢你。。。谢谢你。。。真的谢谢你哦，好紧张哦。。。”Is that cute or what? :D Come to think of it, I think I heard him thanking people profusely before, haha. Eh, that's only the 2nd time he talked to me in person :O I hope he likes it!! ^_^ Then I kept smiling through the assembly, hahaha, because I love birthdays (not my own) and I love to make cards for them! :D Then first period from 8-9am. Someone said "Today is Cui Yi's birthday" Then 3R1 sang a birthday song for him in English. Then when we sang it in Chinese he so shy he go use his bag to cover his face, HAHA! After English, I left at 9am to go band. When I reached there, Wai Yee said to take our stuff and go to the hall.

We rehearsed there twice. And the 2nd time, they said the choir wanted the curtains open, so it means we can't set up the chairs and get ready and sit there while they are performing! -.- So we have less time to prepare. Why the heck would they want the curtains open and see our stands and files behind? -.- So after the 2nd rehearsal we went back to the band room. Lunch was from 12.30pm - 4pm and Mr Yu would come at 4.30pm. I was planning to go back to 3R1 to sit in for a few minutes of E Maths, but in the end when I got there they were dismissed already. I went in to ask if there was homework, no, but they started on trigonometry, argh! Then I went to wait for Chong Jin with Filzah. CY saw me and thanked me again. Then I thought he wanna shake hand, then he walk off, haha! Omg, that's so paiseh! But it's ok because he's birthday boy :)

Soon 4R1's class ended and CJ came out. We were going off when Mavis sms to ask where I was. I opened her class door and went "I'm here!" Hahaha! So CJ, Filzah, Mavis, XQ and I went for lunch together :) We had a long lunch since we only had to report back at 4pm. Chen Hua sms me to say jia you! :D Later Serene also did so, haha. We went back to school early and I couldn't get the key because Mrs Tan was at home -.- So I got Ms Chen to take it from her table. Finally, we went upstairs and Mavis and I played with the harmony director, playing Jay Chou songs. Haha, today 2 of us keep singing his songs, like 七里香，听妈妈的话，爱我别走. She thought that 七里香 was 晴天, haha. Mr Yu came as Wai Yee was conducting warm ups and taught her a bit. Then we practiced until 5. Suky came, but then at 5 the teacher said it was dinner time -.- So we went to canteen but our food haven't came and we waited for so long -.- Waste time, could have practiced more. So we went to change first and our food came. By then it was already 6pm -.- We went up at about 6.30pm. At 7pm we went down to the hall. Eh, I thought they wanted the curtains open... We went in to put our stands then came back out. But when we went in to perform the curtains were closed... Hm... Anyway, argh! I played a wrong note! -.- At bar 86 the important accompanying after the solo (which I didn't play -.-) It's Eb D C D, I went C D C D cos same position... under-pitched!!! -.- Grrr...! After that we went up to the band room to put our stuff and came back for the finale where all the performers come out and the school present our conductors/coach/whatever with a token of appreciation.

I later realised the token is a bouquet of real and pretty flowers which Mr Yu left on the conductor stand and left -.- So other people took it -.- Omg! Next Monday is Mr Yeo's birthday and Friday is Mr Yu's birthday! But Tuesday no practice for O Level listening comprehension sake. Friday is sectionals as usual. Saturday Mr Yu doesn't know if Mr Yeo's coming. Actually all these birthdays are from Mavis who got it from facebook, haha. Oh yeah, when I was shifting timpani it scraped some skin of my foot and my foot bled -.- Then I was shifting into the room with Mayumi when suddenly someone help me then I turn around, eh? Jonathan! :D

So tired... Ok so he didn't wear orange shirt today, but still striped shirt -.- Omg my senior so nice, gave me biscuit again, from Australia, haha :) My father was supposed to come to fetch me but my mother sms last minute to say he's not coming. Haha, so Jonathan sent me to the bus stop. He just came back from Australia today :O Haha, I asked him if I sit behind or in front. He was like "In front la!" LOL! Cos my father never let me sit in front last time because he said the air bag can kill me, hahaha! Er... maybe because I never sat in front before, I bang my head when I was going out -.- Seriously, it's lame la! Can bang head like that! HAHA! Seriously...

CY didn't go to watch Tapestry :( Haiz... Anyway, I love yesterday! :) Bye!

Labels: Band, Birthday, Break, Concerts/Performances, Events/Occassions, Feelings/Emotions, Jay Chou, Seniors, Trombone, Unwell/Injuries

♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

Yo! Haven't blogged since school started, which is 2 weeks. Anyway, Week 1 Tuesday, Friday, Saturday band. Week 2 Monday's (5 July) Youth Day holiday. Tuesday (6 July), Friday and Saturday band practice. Wednesday had extra practice, and Hansel's flute friend who's not our school senior came and taught flutes. Thurday went to band room cos band room duty has already started. Very funny eh, Thursday. Zi Yuan and Jaslyn on duty, then Zi Yuan called Mdm Yanti. I saw him in canteen and went to ask if he or Jas is collecting band room key. He said he's collecting but Mdm Yanti said need 5 people then can open the room. I don't know why this new rule, but ZY asked if can ask them (Cui Yi, Zhi De, Jason) to pretend, then I said ok, haha. I was also planning to go up. A while after I saw them leave, Jaslyn came and we went to General Office and they were there. He doesn't know that only teacher can draw key, so we went to the staff room upstairs. ZY dare not use the phone outside to call the teacher in the staff room. Haha, then we saw Ms Chen at the door so he asked her. She said "Ok Zi Yuan I'll see you downstairs in 5 min" HAHA! Then our 'actors' left and I said bye but they (Cui Yi & Jason) ignored me, only Panna and I forgot who said bye -.-! Anyway, that was funny. We got the key eventually and went up, haha. The flute guy came again. I played trombone and did A Maths with Jas help :) Something interesting, he used me as experiment for tuning. He asked me to push in the tuning slide all the way then listen to tuner and tune, without looking at the tuner. Then adjust the main slide. Then, adjust tuning slide according to distance moved on main slide, then play again, IN TUNE! :O Oh my gosh, I actually thought I wouldn't do it, haha. Zi Yuan left early for tuition -.-

Friday Mr Yu made special effort to come cos it's the day before NBC already. Today was 3rd National Band Competition. We started at 10am and we performed at 6+, about 6.30pm. We had lunch, no dinner. Jonathan and Suky came! They so nice you know. Suky came first and when she found out we will have late lunch she said when Jonathan go lunch with her they can buy some biscuit for us when they come back. And they really did, he go buy one tin -.- Haha! MY SENIORS SO NICE!!! I LOVE YOU ALL! :D AND I MISS KEVIN! :(

We didn't practice very much, because Mr Yu says we must save energy for the competition. We arranged chairs in the ISH first and after a while in the band room we moved there to practice. We moved in and out the 2 places constantly. We had lunch at... about 2, I don't know. But before that around 1pm had break and I went to the music room to see Suky and Jonathan, and Mr Yu playing piano, haha. He play sounds so powerful... We practiced a while more before lunch which I didn't finish, after which I went back to music room to Suky and Jonathan. I love my seniors a lot! :D We practiced a while more then went to change into band uniform and shoes. Jonathan came into the band room and I was gonna say something about our uniform. Just when Suky open the door she heard me say "The uniform very China eh!" then she burst out laughing, and Band too because of her, haha! Then we took a picture together :) Because Jonathan finds it China and never seen before, haha. Then we tuned again before leaving. Jonathan went home, Suky went with us there but not to stay, haha. There, we had about an hour before going to the tuning room at 6. We tuned and played a bit. Then went to perform. Not nervous at all, I don't know why, I think because Band is there. Never been nervous at band performances... I of course played some wrong things, after putting braces I don't expect to play like before. We waited for the bus. I had a little feeling of crying but Suky said don't cry so I managed not to. We went back to school and went home. I got sms saying we got SILVER! :D 74% Silver :) Then I sms my juniors and Jonathan (1st!), Suky, Kevin, Geck Woon, Darryl (who was there -.-) and Chen Hua. Only Kevin never reply :( Anyway, the seniors seem happy, SEEM only. Bye!

Labels: Band, Competitions, Events/Occassions, Seniors, Trombone