♫♪I'm back to happy Bass Trombone!!♪♫

Hello! No NAS Band practice for me today (because there's lesson) and no Band Major Band, that's tomorrow. Haiz! The others are mostly better than me! -.- Not fair, no braces... Grr... so angry! Yesterday was so emo...

Today's lesson was sucky. Physics 2h, A Math 2h -.- Then lunch with Appu and Xinyi, then Chem 2.5h (exceeded by 0.5h). During Chem SPA, oh my gosh, Appu spilt a lot of some nitrate then I got a gigantic shock! I thought it was acid... When anything spills I always get a shock because I think it's acid... Phew! Oh and I got silver nitrate on my hand, stained -.- Oh ya, Mrs Pong gave sweets and Popular voucher to those who's born in Oct-Dec. My month only 2 people, me and Francoise. I think it's the month with least people born in 3R1...

I think eye candy is nicer than candy :)


*我想就这样牵着你的手不放开*

Labels: Band, Jay Chou, Lessons, School, songs

♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

Last Saturday (4 Sept) was Germaine's birthday :) And band. Marching in the morning. It's not fun like I said in Sec 1. I taught Hui Shi (Tuba) because it's her first time marching. Well, I didn't teach her everything I wanted to, because her turnings (ke kiri/kanan/belakan pusing) were wrong sometimes and because there's not enough time. At 9am practice starts. We had 3 new pieces today, for the HK trip. All Disney songs... Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Disney Favourites & It's A Small World. Why must play Disney songs just because it's Disneyland? Haha. Oh ya DC didn't come because he overslept -.-

It's A Small World is super cool! Know why? Because it's full of glissando one after another! :D I love that, I love glissando! This is the first piece where we get gliss after gliss, normally it's none, one or a few spread out in the piece. But this is so cool!!! :D It would be cooler if I had a nice trombone sound -.- Disney Favourites had a few glissando too... Can You Feel The Love Tonight, trombone got one line melody, and slow songs really show the lousiness of the band. We're also playing highlights from High School Musical for the trip. Have not played that for so long, yuck. Oh and, Celebration And Song is our SYF piece next year! :O If I don't get the braces out a few months before then, I can go despair for my entire life and screw up O Levels... It's been almost exactly a year alr, 2 days to a year now! -.- It was 9/9/09 last year -.-

So anyway, we've got 4 pieces for HK trip and need one more. I think they're all nice, especially It's A Small World, of course!!! :D But Can You Feel The Love Tonight should be taken off... Mr Yeo advertised his Philharmonic Winds performance at Vivo City on 5 Sept.

So Sunday I went to support him, and to watch Philwinds perform... Was late by a few minutes -.- Started at 5pm ended at 6pm. I could see him but cannot see trombone at all! :( There was alto sax solo, eupho solo, trumpet during part of a song, marimba solo, NO trombone solo :( I recorded all the pieces except for the one I missed part of because I was late, which is ABBA songs medley. Oh and for Ponyo they let 4 kids conduct them. I think the first girl was the best because her tempo is consistent and her strokes are correct, although once she missed one stroke and the conductor helped her back. The other 3 are like anyhow wave haha, and of course inconsistent. But to my surprise they follow the inconsistent tempo, haha! And the conductor actually told the girl they wouldn't follow her and in the end she was fine, but they followed the others. Ironic, haha.

Monday band and workshop. We practiced the 4 HK trip songs and the SYF piece. After band we had to go to ACJC for workshop, 20 of us. But Jaslyn and Athirah stayed back for half an hour to do some scores stuff then we were late -.- And the person at the table scolded us. "Hurry up, you're already late". We took bus to Tampines MRT and then MRT to Buona Vista (in the WEST) and walked from there to ACJC with just my phone map. Is that not rush enough? It started at 2pm, I don't know how late we were but I think around 2.15pm... It was till 5.30pm. It was leadership workshop, I thought music. The presenter told a lot of stories, some very long. Some was like so long that the front part has no link to his topic. Like when I came in with Jaslyn, he was talking about his experience on SIA plane... He showed us some mace stuff with a rifle, and he taught a girl volunteer to spin the rifle! :D After the workshop, I walked to MRT station again and took 2 MRTs home.

Today, no not band again. Chemistry mass lecture and of course Darryl's birthday :) Cold and sleepy in the auditorium, at least I had jacket ^_^ I like candy (eye candy rather, haha) but can't have it :(

Labels: Lessons, School

♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

Today I was sleepy because yesterday I reached home at 10+ and slept at about 12am. This morning there's no late reporting -.- so 6am as usual. (Yawn) Then in school, morning assembly, I saw my friend and this time I didn't forget about the tie, but I decided not to return it yet in front of so many people who could run a 八卦杂志 company. Another thing I hate is busybodies.

Yay! Thank you :) Haha! Mdm Yanti asked to see all band members so... The content of the meeting was: Holiday practice on Monday & Wednesday from 8-12pm and there's a workshop that Mr Yeo chose 20 of us to go for (including me) next Monday at ACJC after band practice. Why do we have to have lunch and go together in such a big group?... Some people like peace you know... but I know she said that just for convenience sake. I don't like having lunch with people, partly due to braces, but even if I don't have it, it's still the same. After saying so many things I don't like, I should say something I like huh?

During first lesson A Math, Mrs Pong said she heard the audience for last night's performance wasn't very big. She said last year when Wushu performed they used a trick. They used Jay Chou's song and people thought he was performing live so they went to watch. Huh, do people actually think that?! If Jay Chou came to Singapore would nobody know? (He came recently by the way)... Anyway, I then remembered the song they used (a lot of "huo huo huo...") and haha, I didn't like Jay then, only this year. Ok I just searched youtube, the song is called 霍元甲 :) Haha! You know how I search without knowing the title? I type in "霍霍" hahaha! That's the only part I remember ok! Anyway... I wish we can play a Jay song someday! If we play Nobody, 宝贝对不起，Mamma Mia, Tequila, YMCA, High School Musical (we didn't play all of these yesterday) we can play Jay Chou too. Eh but I think now better not, if not his fans say we insult him. As if I don't think so too.

Oh ya, digressed... During recess I returned my friend's tie with a little token of thanks, haha. Thank you :) Then 12.30 go home because no practice today, bye bye! :) Oh ya I still haven't mentioned something I like. Trombones :) and Jay.

Today morning assembly CY sat beside me but after move up, he was beside Grace who was in front of me, then Dion beside me then. When CY went to pass Chinese homework to his teacher, Dion shifted his bag and changed place. So when he came back, he was beside me... Hm... Then Dion asked him "Are you going to say thank you?" Then I didn't hear anything but I heard Dion tell another person "haha... He said thank you"...Haha... Something's fishy here...

Labels: Band, Jay Chou, Lessons, Maths, School

♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

Hello, today was a very ordinary school day, except this morning all the ceiling lights in the hall were off and the projector screen said there was fault with all the lights, haha. Only the side lights were on, and I must say the hall looks nicer like that! But, reading period was cancelled, just as well I finished my book, but still brought anyway, if not will get into trouble. They announced for EL reps to go collect this month's reading magazine so I went to get it with my assistant, haha. We went to keep it in the EL locker and took out last months'. Actually there was one missing but I saw it on top of another locker so took it. When I reached 3R1 it was so quite. I was wondering, what's going on? I looked at the teacher's table but no, there's no teacher, then saw Ms Deepa at 3R2. -.- So I gave it out and a few minutes after I sat down, she came to say we can stop reading.

After that was PE, and I was with Sarah. We both had sit and reach to finish. I just got A! To get A for 14 year olds must get more than 43 cm, I got 44, haha! I helped people hold the board behind, then after everyone was done, we went upstairs to the hall. Those who have not passed 2.4km run were there doing beep test, just in time to see the start. For our class, the last few standing were Cui Yi, Qian Hui (last girl running!) and Jing Hao but I think he stopped to rest then went back in... Jing Hao was the last person in the whole level! Wow, I didn't know the 3 of them are so good...! :D Then went back to class early and went to change first, yay! Then Physics, got test paper back. Not satisfied. I managed to add one mark though, although I only wanted to know what was wrong. Actually, nothing was. And Mr Lee said "good" when he gave me my paper, but I'm not satisfied with it... so close. Recently there have been tests for every subject except humanities and language, means my triple Science and double Math. Yesterday got back E Math paper, not satisfied, so close also...! After Physics recess. Then Chinese, I switched on my phone for the dictionary to do practice paper. Then Jonathan sms to ask if there's practice on Saturday haha. But I didn't reply because I don't want to sms in class. Then bio, got back test paper, that's fast. We only did it yesterday... Last question not marked for me yet though. Very unsatisfied, not close at all. Yesterday also had A Math test after school. Surprisingly, I know how to solve all the questions... Maybe the NBC Silver gave me good luck! :D Bye! :)

Labels: Assembly, Feelings/Emotions, Lessons, School

♫♪I'm a happy 1st Trombone!!♪♫

Yesterday was a funny day... First lesson after Chinese reading period was Chemistry. (By the way, I got my own Chinese book so now I like Chinese reading period :) ) At the end of the lesson Mrs Lim lectured us on giving slip shod work. And then she showed us one person's paper. The MCQs had 5 boxes for the answer. "C U I Y I" I was like?! The whole class burst out laughing. The whole page filled with the name. On the graph line, beside the word "hydrochloric acid" which doesn't make sense. Then the damn funny one, "What could substance S be?" Arrow out from S -> cuiyi. Haha! So lame! But everyone knows it was written by someone else because they know it's not his handwriting. Then we were dismissed for recess while Mrs Lim scolded him -.- He said it's not his and then she scolded him for not checking...

After recess, another one. English lesson, we're doing oral comm now, picture discussion. I was given a picture with an old man and woman dancing. Looks like the man's teaching the woman who seems older. Lots of elderly in the background. Grace asked Ms Deepa for help. When Ms Deepa asked what we see, she said some people (the pair behind us) said it's molestation. I started laughing. Ms Deepa asked me what do old people usually do at void decks? I was thinking of taichi but I said "Yo-" almost said yoga, then immediately burst out laughing. Then Grace took the picture and said "This is yoga?" HAHA! Super funny, after that I still got occasional fits of laughter.

Today I finally presented the 3rd NBC Silver award to the school. During morning assembly Sandy and I went on stage, she told the school what band achieved and I presented the certificate to Ms Tan the VP. And Ivy took our picture, haha. YAY! Band rocks! :D

Labels: Band, Lessons

♫♪I'm a happy 2nd Trombone!!♪♫

Band practice today, but we missed 1.5 hours of it because we had additional Additional Maths lesson from 3-4pm. When we went up the Sec 1s were still there in the band room and Mr Yeo was teaching them. Main Band was outside having sectionals and Mr Yu was walking around. I took my bottle and trombone out but I didn't want to go in and walk past them again so I asked Zi Yuan who was inside to take file and stand for me. I heard my juniors talking about Maths when they were slacking. -.- Eh Ding Cong, don't need to teach Benjamin a^2-b^2, he's gonna learn it in time to come. (a+b)(a-b). Benjamin said sectionals on Symphonium so I practised Symphonium. Heheh Kevin also had A Maths from 3-4pm today, but he came very late, but at least together with his classmates not later. When he came and wash mouthpiece, go tune and combine alr. Tuning took a long time, many people's sound not constant and out of tune today. Combined on the 2 pieces. I have to compile a list of names of those who are buying mouthpieces from brass sections by Saturday. So far, I'm who only one who's confirmed, thought my juniors confirmed alr -.- Bye!

Labels: Band, Juniors, Lessons, Maths, Seniors, Trombone

♫♪I'm a happy 2nd Trombone!!♪♫

I just remembered I have to blog something because in class I said this something has to go on my blog. First period in the morning, English. Ms Deepa was teaching on summary. She wrote "Jack and Jill went up the hill." Then she erased the "Jack and Jill" part, but put it back. Then as she said "Jill" she wrote "Jick". ...No one seemed to notice, haha! We have to use our own words when we summarise so she wrote "Jack and Jill climed up the mountain." HAHA! Then later she wrote "Twinkle twinkle little star" and rewrite it as "Little stars are twinkling" HAHAHA! When I saw that I was like HAHAHAHAHA! She herself said it's all rubbish. Since I rarely blog about class, I shall tell you a bit more about today...

Before first lesson today was English reading period. The Discovery Channel magazine was on my lap but I was reading 词语手册. Brandon beside me was also reading something else. Then the teacher came and said "What are you reading?" and I opened the magazine to cover the 手册 and surprisingly she didn't notice me. She only confiscated Brandon's book... After English was recess, which I spent studying 第四课和第五课的词语。今天有测验，第四和第五课，可是我不小心学了第六课的词语因为老师刚刚教第六课 -.- 在巴士上我还在读第六课。。。我在 assembly 时候看见旁边 3R2 的人在读词语手册第四或第五课词语才记得今天测验4，5 而不是6。... -.- After recess was Bio, but we did Bio SPA instead. No time to finish everything! Argh! And made all the mistakes anyone could make -.- Then Social Studies. Then Chinese. 孙老师 was nice enough to give us until 1pm to do last minute revision (which helped a lot) because the test is 30min. If it was 刘老师 last year, he'd probably just give 5min and start the test. Then conduct lesson after the test. I think 孙老师很善良(does that include lenient?)，因为每一课 3R1 都那么吵，她却没有骂。交功课时也有人没有交。我实在讨厌 3R1 Chinese class 的态度。如果我是老师我一定骂的啦。After that was assembly, Chinese opera on Going West (西游记). Nice... Then after that stay back in class with class to finish the Bio. By the time I wanted to go eat, the canteen was closing already, some stalls still open but look like they're closing so I didn't eat. Bumped into CY while walking out the canteen. I think he went to eat, but 5min later saw him walk out the school :O Today was not interesting, as usual. Bye bye.

Oh yes! Got back my Bio test paper today. Yay! Finally something I'm satisfied with. The best of the 3 Sciences, but actually the one I dislike most...

Labels: Assembly, Lessons, School