♪陈诗瑩 Shi Ying♪
China Panda
1995年11月23日
NAS 1R6 08, 2R6 09, 3R1 10, 4R1 11♥
♫义安乐队 Ngee Ann Concert Band- 长号 Trombone！♥♫
♪Section Leader & Band Major 2010-2011♪
♪♫长号 Trombones - Besson T T3, Bach M42 153671, Bach M50 171035, Jupiter JSL-363R-0 M02223♫♪ Twitter page Sina Weibo page facebook page
"你出现在我诗的每一页"
LOVES ♥
我爱你 你爱我吗？
♥♥♥MY 弟弟 & BEST FRIEND ZIJIAN! :D
♥♥♥MY SISTER & BEST FRIEND AMANDA! :D
♥♥4R1 2011
Ngee Ann Secondary School
♥♥义安乐队
♥♥长号: Besson T T3,
Bach Bass Trombone M50 171035 (Darling),
Bach Tenor Trombone M42 153671 (Baby) &
Jupiter Tenor Trombone M02223 (Taiwan)
♥♥♥我亲爱的 juniors
♥♥♥音乐♪♫
冰糖葫芦 ^_^
China
Taiwan Jay** Kim Ryeowook & Super Junior ♥ ♥♥♥
"人间的青草地需要浇水 内心的花园就不会枯萎"
我的心愿 ☆
我已经分不清 你是友情 还是错过的爱情
Get A's for A Levels
Improvement in my 中文
!!!Improve on trombone♫♥♥
Everyone to be happy
Grow taller faster
To have my future sorted out because it got screwed up in the last few years
To have a new goal or to have a plan for my only goal which now seems near impossible
Hello! Here's some photos from my HK Winter Band Festival ^_^
At Changi Airport on 1 Dec...
Me & Jaslyn :D
Me & Carine ^_^
At the HK airport in New Territories...
Me & Stacia ^_^
At lunch...
Jaslyn & me (pretty pretty! ^_^) Nicest photo of us ^o^
At Victoria Peak...
MADAME TUSSAUDS WAX MUSEUM!!! THIS IS WHERE JAY'S WAX FIGURE IS!! But it's inside :( I didn't get to go in and see :(
Bruce Lee's wax figure is outside, free for all to see... Because he's a major icon of HK...
Xue Qi, me & Jaslyn ^_^ (the only photo of us taken by someone else, the only nice one also. Self-taken is yucky :( but it was just 3 of us at Disneyland so no one can take for us...) Thanks, you 2 make me look thin :D
At Disneyland on 2 Dec...
NAS Band at the further entrance of Disneyland Park in front of Mickey fountain! (there was a band photo with the school banner at the big entrance that says HK Disneyland but that one was very dark because the sun was bright... Where's that photo anyway??)
At Disneyland Art of Animation on 4 Dec...
NAS Band before our performance with a sign with our name on it!
My camera battery refused to cooperate with my camera after 2 Dec -.- If not there would have been a LOT more nice pictures...
Hi, I'm back from Hong Kong Winter Band Festival 2010! We were scheduled to touch down in SG at midnight but the flight got delayed 5h and only took off at 1am this morning so I reached at 4.25am and slept at almost 7am when I was starting to see daylight already. I woke up at 3pm...
First day when we reached HK we went to Victoria Harbour and Victoria Peak! Took pictures with some people at airport and those places ^_^ But for this trip, I'm mostly with Jaslyn, yucks! Haha, just joking, we sat in the plane together and shared the room (with Sandy) :) Oh the plane trip there was funny. We were in row 61 but we walk to the end of the whole plane and saw it ended at 60, then we were like, 61??? The whole plane ends here, there's no cabin behind already! Then we saw Dion and Kwot Sin at row 61, only has 4 seats in the middle, no 2 columns at the side, haha, no wonder can't find...
2nd day was Disneyland day! :) We went to Repulse Bay & Stanley Market first. Repulse Bay had lots of Buddha statues of all kinds. The market was boring for me. Aisyah got scared by a lot of dogs there :s They're pets of course, some people had multiple dogs! After lunch we went to Disneyland for about 6.5 hours. I actually didn't want because I don't like theme parks, but it's nice and quite fun :) I was with XQ and Jas. We can't take group picture because only 3 of us, so 2 by 2 only :( Both my camera batteries died today. I changed to 2nd battery in Disneyland, but it finished too in Disneyland -.- Today's parade saw the first SG band to play in the parade, Fajar Sec! Their trombones are cool... We saw the amazing fireworks at 8pm, like the one they play before every Disney show on tv! Pretty! :D Look like stars! ^_^ Late dinner... Today I am super pissed off because yesterday we were supposed to go to Avenue of Stars but they shifted it to today, and today when I asked the teacher, she said it's cancelled. And she didn't even say so till I asked. WTF, she said she asked some people and most preferred the night market. She didn't even ask me, and neither did I hear her ask anyone. What rubbish, cancelling part of the itinerary when it's fixed already. After I went back to the hotel I was still fuming over the phone. Friday was competition day. In the morning when we gathered at the hotel lobby I didn't even recognise NAS Band all in black! I saw my junior and got shocked because I never saw him look so clever, haha. We went to Disneyland Hotel for breakfast. Then went next door to the Cinderella Ballroom for sound check. After which we traveled a bit to Inspiration Lake. Got a lecture and then practiced there, then lunch. Then we went back to our hotel to change and do singing practice on the top floor. Damn scary, we were singing the end of High School Musical then we heard a super loud "BANG!" and the whole glass panel in front of us (not right in front though) shattered but didn't break. Scary... the glass panel is from the floor to the ceiling, very big, and it's totally shattered, you can see the cracks in it, as if it got shot, like what you see in HK dramas. Anyway, no one was hurt, luckily, and we finished our singing practice and headed for Disneyland hotel again. Something very funny happened. Yuan Ching Concert Band was waiting to enter the Cinderella Ballroom for their competition and we were waiting also there to tune and play a bit in the Sleeping Beauty room. Then when we entered my junior walked past their conductor and she went "Oh! This guy's so handsome!" Then her whole band laughed, and I wanted to LOL but cannot because later cannot play properly if I'm laughing. Haha...! After tuning we performed and then went for dinner. Today, the Avenue of Stars is back on again! Yeah! :D And so is the night market... but that's not important. I thought I would see Jay Chou's handprint there, but don't have. And, the one with wax figues is at Victoria peak shopping centre which we went to on day 1. Can only see Bruce Lee's wax figure because it's outside but others are inside which have to pay :( At Avenue of Stars we saw the Symphony of Lights there :) Then went to night market in groups that the teachers decided. I was with trombone & sax section. It's quite awkward being with my section although it's MY juniors.. ._. especially the "handsome" one, but I don't know why, it's just like that, haha.
4th day Saturday is our Disneyland performance day! So we're back in Disneyland and after performance we can stay there for a while to play. I watched the bands after us. Yishun JC played Procession to Peace too! But their 2 trombones is a little weird, they neither used position 6 nor 1 with trigger, and it looks like they're faking because they didn't go past position 4. But they're together so it's not quite possible they fake together, but there's still possibility. It just doesn't look like they're playing the melody in rhythm... they played a 2nd song, Super Junior's Sorry Sorry and Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, nice! :) I saw the parade again today, but no more Fajar Symphonic band, they used Disneyland band. But Fajar's trombones were nicer... At about 5pm we gathered to watch the Lion King performance, got Can You Feel The Love Tonight and Circle of Life, haha. Then we watched Disneyland band perform :) Then we went to the Cinderella Ballroom for the gala dinner. I went with Sandy, Mr Yeo and teacher on stage to get the award... There was guest appearance by Mickey and Minnie! :D We all took section photo with them ^_^
Sunday's our last day in HK. We went to the HK Museum of History. Then we had a band workshop, whole band together. Then lunch at McD YUCKS! -.- I'm eating burger for the first time in about a year, disgusting. We had a bit of shopping after that and went to the airport already. No dinner, our plane was scheduled to leave at 8pm but, the toilet has no water so we got delayed for 5h till 1am this morning! I only slept at almost 7am when the sun was coming out... What a fruitful trip, with happy moments, pissed off times and times when I'm just bored and missing people.
Hello! :) Yesterday was our last band practice before the HK trip... I feel so sorry for Mr Yu, he must be feeling the same as Mr Yeo, but he doesn't show or say anything, he rarely scolds people. Why?... He really shouldn't be wasting his life here. I think we're so lucky to have Mr Yu, but he would be better some place better where he can build up his reputation...
Today I practised trombone! ^_^ Yesterday got dental after band, braces tightened, so I MUST play to get used to it. We won't have time to practice in HK, unless I use Tuesday which is Disneyland day, because I don't have to stay at Disneyland the whole time allocated. I never liked this kind of place anyway... :)
I'll be leaving for the airport in a few hours. Tomorrow my flight is 6.45am, Band has to report at 4.30am, so I have to wake up at 3.30am (not 2.30am, save half hour because I want to eat at the airport, save another half hour because I'm taking cab) Have to sleep soon (but I'm still full from dinner -.-). Oh my gosh, I'm so gonna miss you! I'm already missing you a lot! But being in HK means I can't go online, so I'll miss you MORE! I'll be back at midnight on 5 Dec, miss me! :)
Hello! I am back from Japan! I'm early today, woke up then couldn't go back to sleep. I missed Wednesday and Friday's band practice :( On the 2nd last day of my trip I had a weird dream, kind of a bad dream but it's not a nightmare. Yesterday was the last day by the way. I dreamt of my section, and trombone. In my dream, it was band practice. First, I played when I wasn't supposed to play, then Ding Cong told me I wasn't supposed to play. Then after that, trombone was supposed to play, but I didn't play, instead I rest (so it's opposite the previous mistake). Then again, Ding Cong told me. After that, I felt so lousy I cried there quite badly. And it's not because my junior corrected me (which is very rare) but because those were stupid mistakes. It's weird because I would never make that kind of mistake unless we're sight reading a new piece, then I won't be the only one. It's also weird because Ding Cong actually corrected me (I'm not saying he's usually to lousy to correct me ok! Just that he doesn't usually. Actually I don't remember any time he did). Then the weirdest thing (other than my mistakes) is that the person who actually consoled me when I cried was Benjamin -.- NOW THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOREVER! That's freaking weird!
I haven't had breakfast yet. I got lots of Hello Kitty stuff in Japan, haha! There was one entire shop with Kitty stuff. And another shop had one entire section for it. OMG never seen so many Kitty before, haha! I kept thinking of people... I wish holidays can end soon, but I also haven't finished my homework. And I'm going for lunch with Section 08 on Friday!!! :D I miss my family so much!!! I'm gonna treat Kevin!!! :D Nobody treat Darryl! Haha! Then on Sunday we're having a class barbecue, we're not barbecuing the class though, haha! Which reminds me, when am I meeting my Chinese group? I'm initiating ok but they are seriously SLOW. Bye bye.
Let's talk about Sec 3 KOREF camp 2010! From 20-22 January we had camp at Kahang Organic Rice Eco Farm (Malaysia).
22 Jan We had briefing in the hall from 7 until 8.30am and got the yellow camp T shirt. Went we left the hall I saw people outside (waiting for assembly until 8.30? Assembly's at 8 :O) I saw Kevin and wave at him (First time ah? :D) I actually said "hi :)" very softly but he said bye bye, haha! Oh I missed him during camp. (Actually 20-22 is Wed - Fri, also no band what) I sit with Camilia in the bus everyday. We reached KOREF and set up tents. Like what Kevin told me la, canteen beside hall then the sleeping area outside. After lunch, went to rice field. They help weed but I didn't cos I got injury, since that Tuesday after band -.- We went to visit a "Pak Cik" who's 84 years old in the kampong. On the way there, I love the water apple leave smell. I held on until we returned to campsite. His house is small and simple but strong enough to fit 2 classes on the platform. Run back to camp in the rain. Only at night then can bathe. They didn't even let us change! After that ah... nothing much. Bathing and sleeping sucks.
21 Jan I woke up the latest in my tent, yay. Purposely! Ok? Changed to my tights for the trekking later. Woo so tight, I'm the only one, haha. After breakfast we took bus to Gunung Lambak. Walao! Why can't we group with 3C2?!!!! :( During the whole camp I hardly even saw Samuel. (I had one senior and one junior with me in camp, so special right?) I think 3C2 went when it was dark :O Heh, very funny. We climbed for quite long and tired alr then they said "Reaching soon! Reaching! ... Starting point!" "?!?!?!" haha! The trek to the start was harder than the trek up from the start, really. The trek down was... scary. I think I have phobia of falling now. It's been 2 weeks since that fall now. During camp it was 1 week. I didn't fall, heng. I kept thinking of Kevin during the trek you know! What run up and down the mountain, then climb the whole mountain never sweat. He Superman is it?! Toward the end of going up I got tired, before that was ok. I keep on "I want my senior...! I want my senior...!" Aiya... If Kevin was here he'd be right in front, but if I ask him to help he surely would! :( We had lunch (I ate 2 bananas!) and went back to camp. We had water activities. I wanted to cry before rafting and almost completely let go and cry (I was starting alr) but then they ask us to form a circle and we played game while waiting (not enough life vests) so I didn't cry. I'm pitying myself for not being able to get into the water. Kevin told me only 2 people need to go on the raft, I thought per class. It's 2 people per raft, everyone. We played whacko. When they finished, it rained. We went in to discuss for class skit for campfire. They were doing class cheer and I was doing emo time. Now cannot cry alr! But almost la, one drop. Ms Poh took me aside to talk to me. She said if I want I can go, but after that just look for teacher to help change my dressing. I think she told Ms Low too. After that it was water obstacle course. Yay! I went eh, but starting only, cos halfway got lightning so must come back. Walao I climbing the net, going to cross over then cannot -.- Tsk. I never cross net before eh! I was dry. Then we go bathe. Xiao, we were last I think. They keep on "F7 hurry up!" I never hear them call other cubicle. Then one guy I think Sec 4 student leader go put the loud hailer above the door and shout at me and Camilia. Actually share for what? Still must wait what, idiot. I was bathing I thought why suddenly so loud, turn and see loud hailer on the door wtf?! Haha! Started raining alr, rush to the hall (which is just beside) without towel drying my hair -.- Luckily got dinner and long campfire until 11+ Every class do their cheer and some got performance. Ours was lame. Molestation skit. 3C2 sang Fall For You and one play guitar! Aww, nice :) But where's Samuel? Cannot find. Then we do cheers and SLs, teachers and facilitators perform. Hmm I sat beside Cui Yi and he quite caught my attention. His features are striking but I think it's not cos he's from China. He also feel like sleeping, haha. Being friends with him will improve my Chinese, he only speaks Chinese (but learn English of course). Never heard a word of English from him... Finally sleep time. Thanks to clever clever Shi Ying (that's me by the way) we had more space to sleep. It was a very basic arrangement actually. First day was idiotic.
22 Jan Rain again, first thing in the morning. Everyday rain. Luckily by the time I get ready to go out it stopped, haha, see? Go brush teeth so early for what? Ha. After breakfast we do CIP. 3R1 clean the boys side, 3R3 clean the girls side. Eee, got underwear (and socks) lying around everywhere. Rubbish and wasps. Ew. After that we played game all the way. Whacko! Double whacko! Yong Jie stood behind me and we stayed like that for the whole game. Hardly anyone call me but when they did he call another one quickly. So I'm safe. Once, someone said Shi Yun and he called someone else then 'eh?' Then I told him about the Shi Yun and Shi Ying. Once Andrew go call me Rebecca then Francoise the whacker come in front of me but never whack as if waiting for a name then Yong Jie go "Rebecca?" then I think he "whack" me. 3R1 was like "Shi Ying la..." We also play the game, stand in a circle then squat and sit on each other's lap and do class cheer. Not painful one. We had telematch with charade and broken telephone. Our message got distorted. Then play whack (single) again. The student leader called Rebecca, (how does he even know the name) then again they're like "Shi Ying...!" Then lunch and go home! :D Some class reached at 5+ we reach at 6+ -.- In the end, there's no band today so no difference. Haiya I wanted to go band!
Yo, I'm back from Malaysia. Did anyone miss me? I came back yesterday. I left on 7 September during the break after me and Kevin called Darryl to wish him. I asked Kevin to on speaker then he only let me say one line to Darryl :( -.- He said he might be coming on Thursday.
Me: Hi!... ? Hi!..... ??? Hiiiiii... Reply: Hiiii
Haha, don't know whether it's Kevin's phone never pick up my voice or because Darryl was sleeping and haven't woke up yet. Actually I was supposed to miss the whole practice but I wanted to come so I can call him with Kevin eh! In the end only get to say Hi and Happy Birthday! URGH! Darryl better be thankful to me, stayed longer because of him la! Nobody beat my record stack of 12 chairs in the band room :D Nobody else stakcs the chairs like that unless I'm there and they're helping me, haha!
I reached in the afternoon. After dinner I went to Kluang Mall because I wanna get a new bag. Woah, there's a shop that sells a lot of bags. Actually ah, got the type I want but the colour is black with brown lining so I didn't get. By the way, the material is PU. What's that??? Then on Tuesday after breakfast, I thought roadside shops or stalls should have so I went but all so ugly one, worse than those in Kluang Mall -.- After lunch I took train back. The train was late by about 40min -.- Bye bye.
21st Century International Band Competition pictures from the website
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
I went to the 21st Century International Band Festival website http://www.21ccad.com.sg/2008band/en_gallery.htm. It's the Genting competition last year. Actually last year I also went but there was nothing about the competition, only other competitions. But now the results are there, and the pictures also!
This is the trombone & eupho workshop. Is this our workshop or is it another group of people?!?! Should be us la... or else why only 3 pictures?! But don't look like -.- Another time when we watching Japanese bands videos in room 10 I could hear something, I thought it's another trombone workshop in room 11... The one on the left looks like Darryl...
This group of people is the same as those in the previous picture. The one at my place don't look like me one bit.
This one confirm is our workshop, although we're not in this picture -.- But those 3 euphos nearest to the camera is our school eupho section. And I remember the Caucasian on the right.
NAS Band performing on the day of the competition. (I made the picture large but no difference, still so small)
Also NAS Band performing on the day of the competition.
Bye! (I hope that was our workshop, I don't want other people's workshop picture)
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
Yo! I'm back from Taiwan! :D TAIWAN ROCKS! :D 7 days in Taiwan :D I left on 13 and reached Taiwan on 14 December. When coming back, I left yesterday and reached Singapore today. Taiwan is cool! Literally. Taiwan is beautiful, it's nice :) I like Taiwan :) I forgot the details of everyday. We just eat, sleep and shop everyday. At least I don't eat that much. My tour is one day one place so after eating we sit in the bus and go somewhere else. Then people sleep in the bus. Then we go shopping also. I'm the youngest in the tour group. I heard one guy was same age as me, but I'm younger because my birthday is later, so I'm still the youngest. I got a new friend :) The age gap is quite big though. Chun Shan yo! I enjoyed basketball with you too! :) But later when I go back to the hotel my hands pain, hahaha! I think you don't have right? Because you're taller so it's easier for you, haha. I ate 冰糖葫芦! :D Nice nice nice! I ate it twice :D First day and... I forgot which day. Ok, bye!
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
Quiz from Mavis' blog:
Have you ever:
Been on a plane: Twice (one trip, to & fro)
Fallen asleep at school: Ya
Broken someone's heart: Don't know
Fell off your chair: Fell with the chair, haha!
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: No
Saved e-mails: No
What is your room like: Messy
The last thing you ate: Chicken I think, but the last thing consumed is water
Had chickenpox: Don't remember having
Had a sore throat: Ya
Had a broken nose: No
Do you believe in love at first sight: No
Like picnics: No
Who was the last person you danced with: No one
Last person made you smile: It was during Genting trip...(smile isn't laugh right? Laughing is for funny things but smiling is not right?)
You last yelled at: Forgot
Today did you:
Talk to someone you like: Ya (Mother, and if MSN's counted then Samuel too)
Kiss anyone: No, I haven't done that for very long. I don't remember the last time I did
Fall sick: No
Miss someone: Ya, more than one person
Eat: Of course
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: No
What's under your bed: Nothing
Who do you really hate: More than one person. Those idiots
Random:
Is there a person who is on your mind now: Ya, more than one person
Do you have any siblings: Ya
Do you smile often: No
Do you like your handwriting: No
Are your toenails painted: No
Who's bed other than yours would you rather sleep in?: My mother's and maybe my grandmother's
What colour shirt are you wearing now: Light pink (I don't like pink!)
What were you doing at 7pm yesterday: Forgot
I can't wait till: I go to Taiwan and the next band practice so I can see my dearests (my trombone & seniors)
Are you a friendly person: No, but to some people, yes :)
Do you have any pets: Nah
Where is the person you have feelings for right now?: There's more than one person and they're at different places and I don't know
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you: Obviously. That was long ago, I think it's my mother or grandmother
Do you sleep with the TV on: No, there's no TV in the room but I can fall asleep in front of the TV in the hall
Have you ever crawled through a window: No but I ever been through one, my father's car window
Are you too forgiving?: To some people like my seniors because I love them so much
Are you closer to your mother or your father?: Mother
Who was the last person you cried in front of?: Jaslyn because I went to her room when I was crying on Wednesday in Genting. By then the tears not coming out already. So maybe Xue Qi because I was crying in my room before I went to Jaslyn's but Xue Qi didn't see. If it's crying with tears flowing out and people looking, then during the debrief on Wednesday in front of whoever saw me crying.
How many people can you say you really loved?: Some people
Do you eat healthy?: No, but I drink healthy
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you?: Ya, the debrief on Wednesday in Genting is the latest and most important one.
If you're having a bad day, who will you most likely go to?: No one I think. Or maybe I'll SMS someone or say something on MSN
Are you loud or quiet most of the time?: Quiet in school and Band
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
28 November 2008 Friday
Last day in Genting. After breakfast, take all our stuff and gather at the grand foyer. Taking attendance-asking every section if all the members were here. Cliff called Trombone and looked at me. I thought Darryl was there because I saw him just now, so I nodded, and was wondering why Darryl didn't answer. But later I saw him come and he sat behind -.o So actually he wasn't here... Actually I'm sitting with Xue Qi, Jaslyn & Xuan Lin are behind us, Darryl & James are behind them. But later changed, I go behind and sit with Jaslyn. Me & Jaslyn went toilet, then when we came out, I stopped at the entrance because I wanted to take a picture of the band. Then this cleaner lady came in with a vacuum cleaner and it was about to run over Jaslyn's feet then she screamed. Hahaha! It's Jaslyn who's gonna be hurt but instead of her screaming, it's the cleaner screaming, hahaha! Jaslyn just stepped over it. I didn't get a picture. But actually I did get one not of the band, of the place, I think it was before that. Jaslyn came up with an idea. I got a picture of someone in the end. Don't know whether it's obvious because my camera was facing away a bit. Anyway, I got the picture :D Thanks to her idea :D I'm not going to put it here, not safe. But I will put the picture I took of the place :D Look!
Actually many schools were there, but no one walked past here when I took the picture. Pasir Ris Sec sat beside us and the silver eupho player was beside me. Not directly beside I mean, there's space between the schools. Maybe Darryl saw her too. Haha, she talked to him a bit during the workshop on Wednesday. You know, my room has 2 windows. One's facing outside. Outside my room also has a window. I went to another end of the corridor with another window and saw the theme park! So I took 2 pictures of it. I put my phone outside the window :O Haha, look!
Outdoor theme park
Outdoor theme park
The bus came at about 9am. We put our instruments and luggages on the bus then got up. Me & Jaslyn were a bit late, there was only one place left I think, so we had to sit in front of Darryl & James. Haha! We stopped at Yong Peng for lunch again. This time no sharing. I was fine on the bus because I wasn't hungry :D When we reached school, we brought our instruments upstairs to the store room. Then I went back down and waited for my father. Go home take bus again -.- Another long bus ride. When I reached home, I went to my grandmother's house first. Ate dinner there then went home. I took pictures of some things. Look! :D
My lanyard! :D
My Lucky Rocks! :D I used it the first time I learnt marching in Band! :D I brought them along :D
My room card key
Next year's competition is from 23 Nov to 27 Nov, Monday to Friday also. I want to go again! :D I don't think we'll be going again soon... Bye!
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
27 November 2008 Thursday
Today is a free day actually but I had to go for a workshop with Darryl. Yesterday during the debrief after the results, Mr Yeo chose 2 people from every section to attend a workshop conducted by Professor John Howard on next year's SYF set piece, Overture No.1 For Wind Band. Mr Yeo said "Trombone Section, Darryl & Rebecca, because you're the only 2 in the section." Haha. The workshop was from 10.30am to 12.30pm. I brought the booklet, my file and my trombone. Darryl asked "Need to bring that one meh?" (booklet) Actually can just take notes on the score -.- Why didn't I think of that? Actually I wanted to borrow slide oil from him, he said later. But later there was no time, so my slide haven't oiled yet.
We went to the Grand Ballroom but the people there said we can only send one person from each section to the stage due to space constrains. At first I think Darryl wanted me to go. He said "You go la. Or I go?..." "You go la..." So he went. So I, and those who didn't have to go, went into the waiting area (where we waited before our performance on Tuesday) and sat in a row behind people from the same section from different schools. Then later we went out to watch them have workshop. We put our instruments in front of the stage. I took my file and sat somewhere. I couldn't see trombones :( The workshop is Professor John Howard conducting them and they play. If they've never tried it before then they have to side-read. I followed with my score. Haha, when he asked trombones to play, I keep saying "Darryl!" but not shout, just say only, and quite soft :D Once he asked 2nd trombones to play, I did that again. I only heard one trombone at first, then later I heard 2. One person kept coming in early. I think that at first, the one person who played is Darryl. I also think that the person who came in early was the other trombonist. I think only, I don't know because I didn't ask him. They learnt the whole song in 2 hours. It's an honour to attend a workshop by that professor I heard. The woodwinds got to send both representatives from the section to the stage. Not fair -.- Then after it ended, me & Jaslyn were waiting for our seniors. Waiting and waiting, wondering why they haven't come down yet. Then (Jaslyn) "There!" (Me) "Oh cheh! Hahaha!" Haha! Darryl said it's actually very easy, just learn the rhythm then very easy already. Go back to school he play for me the rhythm. He said it, so if he cannot play I whack him! Hahaha!
Then went for lunch. At first me and Jaslyn only, later Yi Hui, Germaine & Serene joined us. They went for the workshop too. Then we went to the outdoor theme park. If my birthday wasn't over yet then I would have been counted as a child and my ticket would have been cheaper. My birthday just passed by 4 days, haha. We went to the roller coaster first, called corkscrew. I think I've never been on one. There's 2 parts where the whole thing just go completely upside down you know! And when it goes down or turns it feels as if you're gonna drop out. Freaky. I kept looking down. At least I'm not in front where everything can be seen. My neck hurt after that-.- And I had headache. I didn't scream, haha, or cry. I thought I might cry. Serene was also not feeling well so when the others went for other rides, the 2 of us just watched them. I ate ice cream too, haha. I wasted money. I only went for the first and last ride, both roller coasters -.- I should have stayed in my room and learn Overture No.1. Anyway, after theme park was dinner, then the Closing Ceremony. The top 3 schools performed. Hmm...I can't remember anything after that... Bye.
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
25 November 2008 Tuesday
Today's the day of the competition. Woke up at 6.50am, washed up and went for breakfast. At 8.30am Darryl came and asked me to go for sectionals. He's in room 820 now. We went to look for euphos and he talked to me a bit :) Or else I'll be bored. Did I have a good sleep? No -.- Haha. Sectionals in Darryl's room (with euphos -.- -.- -.-) Practising with ANOTHER section during SECTIONALS is a WASTE OF TIME. THEY make mistakes, WE stop. Stupid mistakes, damn heck irritating to the core! Darryl has to understand that sectionals means one section. When I'm the SL in 2010, I will not make my section suffer like me now! Xue Qi thinks that if Kevin was here, DL won't make us have bi-sectionals because then there'll be 3 and not 2 people. His thinking not straight is it? That reason might be possible, since she mentioned that during practice in school, we trombones don't practise with them, but why practice with them here? She makes sense. There's a high chance that's the reason. *sighs* Anyway, sectionals was fun (although it's irritating) He very bad. Last time on MSN say will show me how to write his Chinese name the next day, until now haven't. Haha! We were talking about Sara, a current Sec 3 who quit band, trombone, last year. I was saying her Chinese name sounds like mine. She's Shi Ya, I'm Shi Ying. Then I said "Oh ya, you haven't show me how to write your Chinese name yet!" "....(thinking)...don't want." -.- And, MIRACLE! My playing was perfect for the first time. Don't know why, I could play the whole both songs. Usually I'd get tired at the melody of Singapura Medley but today both were perfect! After sectionals,went back to my room, then went to gather for whole band rehearsal. Went to the area outside the gym, which is one floor below first floor. We went with instruments and files. Silent practice/singing practice they call it :D Just sing our parts and do positioning. Then go to the Grand Ballroom to practise. There for 20min then tuning room for 15min where we did no tuning, just practising some more. Then lunch. Then practise more in James' room this time, even more irritated for some reason. Then went back to my room to get ready for the actual performance.
Changed into band uniform and black shoes. Gathered at the singing area for singing practice again. Then to the tuning room and after that's the actual performance!!! I played badly. Won't mention the details. After that, we gathered at hall 6, I cried but the tears didn't flow out. I was already emotionally unstable and you added to it. Left our instruments there and went to watch the last band perform. Went back to rooms to keep instruments and went to singing area for debrief, then dinner.
My bag. Took it yesterday. This and the chocolate are my 2 birthday presents :)
Outside the window at the lift lobby. Taken today.
Outside the window. Taken together with the previous one.
Outside my room window. My room has 2 windows since it's the last room. The other window just faces the other rooms.
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
26 November 2008 Thursday
Woke up and got ready for the day, then went for breakfast. Then went to the room again, workshop starts at 10.30am only. Darryl came to say, meet at the lift lobby at 10.30. At 10am, Xue Qi told me it's 10 already. I was like, so? It's only 10, the workshop's 10.30. She said Darryl said 10 so I quickly set up my dearest 宝贝 trombone and left the room, although I still thought he said 10.30. No one was at the corridor! Everyone was like...surprised and all, even DL wasn't ready. He probably said 10.30. Anyway we can't gather at 10.30 because it starts at 10.30. So I waited outside his room and we went to the lift lobby. Our workshop is sectional but ours is with euphos (again -.-) So we waited for them and Darryl asked me if I brought writing material. I forgot! So I ran back to get the pencil case and booklet (which has pages for lesson notes) and ran back.
Darryl's trombone & my trombone! :D Looks like mirror image right?
Hmm...I won't put the details of the workshop but I'll say I did learn some things. And DL and I have the same reaction when something happens. We look at each other, hahaha, very funny! At the end of the workshop, we had 30min left, so the instructor (who's a trombonist) asked if we wanted to play any song. Pasir Ris Sec (who had 6 trombonist & 2 euphos (1 gold)) played the last part of a song. I don't know what song that is. They also only have 1 female trombonist! The instructor corrected them while they played again and again. Then after that, he wanted US to play. All DL's fault la! Before they played he already wanted to play Novena. He put the file on the stand and opened to 2nd page of Novena! He wanted to play bar 121 which is 2nd page. Then the instructor looked at it and asked us to play. "All your fault la! Later cannot pitch the high F!..." Haha! But luckily I managed :D After we ended, we went for lunch then went to Meeting Room 10 to watch videos of Japanese bands perform. Can hear the trombone workshop in Room 11! :D We were there.
Watched until 4pm+ then they said the hotel gave us free game of bowling so I actually wanted to go with them to see them play. But they went up to 22nd floor and did nothing at the corridor so I thought they weren't going anymore. So I went to Jaslyn's room to play eupho :D Then I found out they all went bowling I don't know where -.- Eupho's easy, very easy. I played high high B flat. And I didn't use much air and the sound was loud. I played some parts of Novena on the eupho.
After dinner was the Friendship Concert. Liang Rong wanted us to sing happy birthday to Ms Ong so we did, and another school sang it in Chinese! :D After the concert, the results were announced. I wrote everything in my diary so I won't write here. Our results, my feelings, my reactions, everything. My face was wet, and I lost a lot of water... Bye.
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
Yo! I'm back from Genting! Acually I came back on 28 November but I didn't blog because I have to write in my book first, rack my brains to think for those days I haven't written for.
24 November 2008 Monday
First day in Genting! :D I was a few minutes late and missed my attendance. We're supposed to be there by 6.30am! We went to get our instruments and Darryl wished me happy birthday for a 3rd time :O He asked me to keep his file and Total Training for him -.- But I did anyway, because I'm a nice nice junior :) We filled up our white cards and shifted the things onto the bus. I couldn't bring my trombone up, haha! But later they said there's space in the luggage compartment, so Benedict shifted my instrument down. He lost his balance for a while because his right hand's holding forgot Horn or Clarinet then his left hand's holding trombone, so not even. Haha, careful... and thanks. Ah yes! Jaslyn gave me chocolate for my birthday present! :D It's nice :D
We stopped at Yong Peng for lunch but me and Jaslyn weren't hungry so we shared Nasi Lemak although it's already not that much. Then later in the bus, I got hungry, which made me have headache which made me vomit -.- Which made me feel better. Luckily the bus already stopped at a toilet so I could go throw the bag. When we reached Genting, we stopped at a temple. It's related to the founder of Genting Highlands... I think he owns it or it was built for him, I forgot already. Called Uncle Lim, then I said Darryl is also Uncle Lim xD Shh...! Last time during band practice he sat like in a kopitiam then Ms Leong say something kopitiam, then he's like "Sorry sorry..." xD Anyway, there's toilet there, it's the only time I went toilet throughout the whole journey :O When we reached the hotel, we settled down and got our room keys. Then we went to our rooms.
This part's very funny. At the lift lobby on the 22nd floor (all our rooms are on that floor) I put down Trombone (it's heavy) and told Xue Qi to go look for our room, 817. So she went off with her stuff and my luggage also (my small bag's quite big and I got a trombone to carry). Our room was right at the end, the last room, so she took quite long. So I went to look for her. It's a long way from the lifts. When I found her, I put down Trombone when it was only a few steps to the room (heavy!) and walked towards the room and ask her to help take my trombone. She said "Sure. So light, carry all the way also can..." Then I walked to Trombone again and went "You think very light ah?! Light then you try carry all the way-(suddenly stops)" Darryl opened the door and walked out. -.o I stared at him with a surprised look and he asked "You rooming here ah?" I didn't reply. What in the world was that?! Funny...and shocking, to find out that my senior is right beside me when they randomly assigned rooms. Then dinner and desert. I ate my fill :) Not bad, I thought it'd be worse.
My dinner-rice, curry chicken, potato wedges, steamed egg and vegetables
My desert (doesn't look like anything right?)-cake, jelly, jelly and mango pudding.
After dinner, I went to try Xuan Lin's blouse (uniform) and changed with her because mine too big. Darryl wanted to change room... so he did, and he's not beside me anymore, but still very close-3 rooms away. No actually only 2, 820. After dinner was Opening Ceremony in the Grand Ballroom. 2 bands performed. My jacket was still wet -.- I put my bottle in my bag and it must have accidentally been pressed. So Germaine lent me hers, she had 2 :) Went back to rooms, bathed... Xuan Lin & Jaslyn came to tell us we had to gather at 10.30pm. I thought we could sleep already, haha. So we and some other girls went to the grand foyer that area but no one was there. Germaine called Liang Rong and we went back up to the lift lobby on 22nd floor, everyone was there! :O We were just on time, or a few seconds late. Briefing for tomorrow. Have sectionals in the room. I went "How to have sectionals in the room?!" Because only 2 trombonists are here...! I couldn't sleep because someone was snoring -.- -.-
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
Today is my birthday! :D Thank you Megan (classmate) and Darryl :) Oh, and Wen Ling wished me on the last day of school in October, very early. Darryl, you really wished me twice! Haha, on MSN you said you'll wish me twice and you did! :D Megan's the first to wish me today. She SMSed me at 10.59am when I was still sleeping! As I said, the bag is my present. I'm bringing it to Genting. I got red packets also. And I got a mint cake! I never seen a mint cake before, inside is vanilla cake (I didn't taste any vanilla though). Look at the candles! Yellow & blue, NAS school colours! That's why I used those instead of others. I got it yesterday after the briefing for Taiwan trip. The Bands going to Genting tomorrow! :D So cool! We'll be there for 5 days! :D
♫♪I love NAS, Concert Band, Trombones and my seniors!!♪♫
I'll only summarise the day's happenings from now, because I'll be writing the full story in my diary, and also because some people won't want to read if it's too long.
Band practice today! :D I found my water bottle the exact same place I left it on Wednesday, haha! I went to wash and refill it. I used my new bag today. I was taking out Kevin's trombone when I said I want to use bass trombone again and just at that exact instant Darryl opened the door!! Kevin had a haircut too! Haha, maybe he also had it yesterday like me! His hair is so short now. People didn't notice I cu hair, though I felt it's a lot shorter now. Anyway, we warmed up with Chromatic Low Tones. Then Ms Ong came with Benedict and Yi Hui who'd gone downstairs to try the 2 new uniform designs. Yi Hui was wearing white blouse and black skirt with red plaits and red blazer. Benedict was in all black and red blazer too. I think the white and black one's much nicer, but a lot of people said all black was nicer :( Why must we even change, the current one is very nice, but Darryl called it a banana suit -.- After that we continued with Total Training, then went for sectionals! :D I think sectionals was fun today! :D :D
We practised both songs. Singapura Medley first then Novena. There's a part where there's 3 minims of note G and it's slurred. Darryl say it's 6 counts so don't tongue. I've always been tonguing. Was wondering why the first 4 counts is 2 minims and not 1 semibreve... He said the composer was tying to trick people... Anyway, the chorus part we're supposed to play the whole phrase then breathe but I play till there then tired already. I asked if I can breathe quickly in between then he started teaching me Science :D Triple Science guy!! :D "Human reaction takes about 0.3 to 0.5 seconds and you still need to think, so everything should be 1 second plus then the judges can tell already..." And I like to hear him tell stories. He said Terrence was from trombone and bla bla... We moved on to Novena later.
I said I can't do something then Darryl asked "Then how ah?..." I said "..die..." "No la! Won't die one la!" Haha! Cai Yan cme when we're doing Novena. She clapped tempo for us. She doesn't know Novena. Darryl & Kevin said Samuel quit :( After a while, Darryl gave us 5min break. Kein said he wanted to play basketball then Darryl said something like, who want to play with you? The bangla ah? Even the bangla also got better things to do! He asked: Taiwan got bangla ah? Kevin: Of course la! Darryl: I mean construction worker one, have or not? Kevin: ..... How I know?! I asked Cai Yan: They always argue like that ah? Cai Yan: I know how you feel. Haha, I think she's experienced it before too. Cai Yan took out the bass trombone during the break but I didn't see her use... I took 12 pictures during the break! :D
Bass trombone! :D
T3 & T2! :D (Kevin used T2)
Kevin's trombone, T3 & T2! :D
Our trombones! :D
Neat & nice! :D
We are one section!!! Yeah!
The bells are exactly aligned! :D
We love trombones! :D
Our sectionals place! :D
Sectionals outside the store room
The band's side of the store room! :D
Our trombone cupboard with the bass trombone case and a mute! :D
After the break, which ended at 10.30am (30min), was combined practice. Our instruments came back! :D We changed back to our own instruments. Cai Yan lectured the band for being late from break. I wasn't late, so I didn't feel anything except that she's doing the right thing. We started combined at 11am. Darryl was in the store room until 11.30am cleaning his trombone! When he came out we just stopped -.- We played both songs and I couldn't pitch the high notes -.- Don't tell me I'm so used to Kevin's trombone already -.- Ms Ong gave the schedule for Dec practice. There was supposed to be none but we need to practise for the Sec 1 Orientation and CNY 2009. I was gonna ask Darryl if he can come for every practice then I said "Eh why they put one "Merry Christmas" here?..." Then he said "Oh ya when's your birthday?" I was gonna say 23rd November but I remembered today's 22nd then "Errr..." came out instead and I checked my watch for date and said "Tomorrow" haha! He said "Happy Birthday in advance" Yay :D And shake hand too :) So nice, he's the only one in band who remembered. (I think he remembered)
I said I can't go for the first 2 practices because I'm going to Taiwan. "Oh ya (immediately turns to Kevin) She's going to Taiwan. Cliff lectured us then we went to keep our instruments then shift them down to the conference room. I was doing nothing when Darryl asked me to lend him my water bottle. My reaction very funny... "Wait ah wait ah!" Then put my mouth to the bottle and drink (aka suck it) then pass to him. HAHAHAHAHA!! His expression was... don't know how to explain. Haha! Bye!
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