Rock on DMB!! Work hard and do well for SYF!!

Happy advance new year to everyone!! Hope your new year will be full of success and happiness!! Had ROD today, wasn't really gd coz of a big technical problem; no audio for a long time. Got it fixed during gift xchange time. Went home..did some homework but theres still a lot. Had a nice dinner with my family n now waiting for the new year to begin. Was tagged to do the following quiz so I shall do it:

Rules must be followed: Each blogger must post this rules. Each blogger must start with ten random facts/habits about themselves. Bloggers that are tagged need to write about their own blog, ten things and post this rules. Don't forget to leave them comments telling them they have been tagged and are to read your blog.

1. I'm a trombonist in DMB

2. I have no siblings

3. I'm a big fan of Manchester United

4. I love to play pool

5. I aspire to either be a musician or a pilot

6. I like the colour black

7. I'm long-winded

8. I like chocolates very much

9. I like to play soccer although I'm not really good at it

10. My favourite song is Hotel California by the Eagles

1. Who's the person who tagged u? There are 2: Abel and Eugene

2. Relationship between u n them? Very good friends, classmates, fellow SLs

3. Three impressions of them? Abel: Respectable, hardworking, very friendly. Eugene: Very smart, fast thinker, vulgar??(haha)

4. If they become your enemies, you will? Settle the problem and hope to become friends again

5. What will you say to the person you like very much? I like you? (nvr really thought abt it)

6. Characteristic I like about myself? Leadership

7. Charateristic I hate about myself? Arrogance (there's still a lot more)

8. For the person whom you hate, you say? Get a freakin LIFE!!

9. What do people feel about you? I'm selfish, arrogant, noisy

10. Your crush? I prefer to keep it from those who don't know

11. Name ten people:

1. Joey Tham

2. Joyce

3. Jasmine

4. Daryl

5. Michael

6. Abel

7. Halim

8. Issac

9. Wei Lin

10. Brandon

12. If 5 n 7 were together? Thats freaking gay and completely impossible

13. Who does 5 like? Erm I forgot the name..haha

14. What colour does 9 like? No idea

15. Say something about 8: Likes things done his way

16. Who is 2? A fellow band major, bass clarinetist

17. Talk about 3: Another fellow band major, saxophonist, very friendly and easy going

18. Who is 10's best friend? Shawn Jee I guess

19. Who is the sexiest among all ten? I think all are sexy

20. What colour does 4 like? Champagne gold

21. Is 4 single? Yes

22. Your relationship with 1: Fellow major, friend, ex-classmate

23. Are 5 and 6 best friends? Maybe

24. 9's surname? Ng

25. 7's nickname? Don't think he has any

26. Say something to 8: Good luck for your tertiary education!

27. Say something to 9: See u back in school!

28. Who do I admire? I admire everyone

29. Where does 1 live? Jurong

30. Do 10 of them know who you like? Not all

31. What do you say to 6 when u see him? Yoz!!

Ok there u have it, I shall save other people's time by not tagging them to do this quiz, but if you want to, you're most welcome to do so. Once again, happy advance new year!

What a long time since I have posted..Firstly, I wanna wish everyone a very merry Christmas!! The new year is coming..very important coz there's SYF n of course O lvls. Gonna spend my time finishing up my remaining uncompleted homework before the term starts..coz I've been slacking for the psat few days..haha

Another day gone..I spent it recovering from the lack of sleep during my stay in Hong Kong. Slept at 9:30 last nite and woke up at 10 this morning...after that..ate my brunch and started sending pictures to ppl..Goin to the airport later to send Dae Yeop off as he will be goin back to Korea..I wish u all the best in your future endeavours..if u read this..haha

Woohoo!! Back from Hong Kong. Had a great experience there..really enjoyed my time..ate good food..played with a great band..performed at Disneyland..did so many things that we had little time for sleep. Took plenty of pics..if anyone wants them..pls do inform me..Now time to focus for SYF!! Pecos Pueblo!!

"The people who are best suited to positions of power are those who never sought to seek power."

Finally! Dunearnite is OVER!! Didn't really look foward to it but at least we enjoyed the music we made there. Here are some pictures

I guess the whole band really enjoyed themselves there..haha. After yesterday's show, we packed up n went to Mac for supper with some band members n Mr Yeo. Had a funny conversation with him n the seniors..haha. Shall not elaborate. Really tired...gonna have nites with long sleep..zzz

Long time since I posted..here I am again. Just came back from watching the NCO camp Passing-out parade, was really cool with the band majors playing music and the drum majors showing their mace-work. Here's a pic

Had dinner with dayna, joey, rui zhong, syibli, jue ying, wee shan n sabrina after that n went home. Just 20 over days to the HK trip..gonna be exciting

Happy Deepavali to all Hindus! May there be world peace sooner than later. The weekend has passed by and it has been a very busy one for me. The days ahead won't be any different; SPA practice n band tmr, A maths bridging fron wed to fri..it's gonna be a very busy holiday. A pile of homework to be done as well...

Tmr is the last day of school!! Well not much happening this week..had band on monday. SPA prac on tuesday...don't think I did well. Today we had the career discovery workshop..glad it wasn't boring. Tmr is cleaning of the classroom, awards day and the social grooming course...long day ahead. Holidays gonna b busy with holiday assignments..hopefully not too much..haha

Wow..it has been a long time since I last posted. Had been very busy for the past few weeks which is why I haven't updated for so long. Anyway, had band today..wasn't really gd for footdrills..we then sectional on Disney songs and after that we combined on Sound of Music, our SIBF songs and Disney around the World. Finished the proposal for the CCA carnival and homed after that. Next week is the last week of school, really looking foward to the end of the school term but of course, O lvl is next year!! Gotta study real hard..but for now..it's stress free time!

It's finally over

YES...it's finally over...exams are over ppl..well that excludes those taking O level..haha..played soccer after maths today..until the rain poured down on us. gonna have a lot of fun for the next 5 days..and then the results will come..best of luck to all again..=)

2 more days

2 more days to freedom...2 more days to unlocking myself from the padlock of stress and books and notes...yup it's just the biology and Maths paper 1 exams left. I hope Mr Ng didn't set the Bio paper too difficult or he'll probably kill all of us out there...haha...bio...such a chim subject..n maths...many ppl out there have said that paper two has killed them...hopefully he will set an easier paper 1...once again..all the best everyone

It's a saturday!!! Well so wat? It's another weekend of hardcore studying for 4 more days of exams. Went to Michael's house to wind down...enjoy ourselves as another week of exams have passed. Went to Accent Music shop later to buy a few things...found out that a bass trombone soft case there costs $355...sigh...so expensive!!! It's 61 days to the HK trip and 1 day to my big day! Exams are gonna end soon ppl...jiayou all the way!!!!!

Always remember that everyone has choices in life, it's just which one you decide to choose...

Posting since I have a day off from school today, coz I don't take POA...well first of all Selamat Hari Raya Adilfitri to all my muslim readers. Hope u guys r having a gd celebration. Well chemistry paper on tuesday was quite alrite...Ms Lim set alot on the earlier chapters...no displacement reactions unfortunately...which I think alot of ppl studied really hard on. I think it shud be alrite. SS paper on monday was a disaster for almost everybody...including me. 1hr n 30min is too short in my view for a paper with an SBQ with four sub qn and an SEQ with two sub qn. Geography was quite ok. Tmr is my E maths paper 2...hoping for gd results after studying so much...well all the best to everyone...exams gonna end in 1 week time..

1 down 8 more days to go

First exam is over!! Yup we finished English paper 1 n 2 today!!! Paper 1 was rather easy but I juz managed to finish on time...then paper 2...it was on tornadoes...question were rather easy only 1 or 2 questions were difficult...then the vocab....so difficult...out of 5 I'm only confident in getting one correct...then the summary...also quite difficult to the get the points...well...hoping for gd English results coz my chinese has a 95% chance of failure....=(  N the paper is tmr!!! Urgh. Looking foward to going to the Singapore GP...if my dad gets the tix from his friend...hope he gets it =)

Exams!!!

Yo readers!!! Exams start tommorow!!! All the best for everyone!!! Had a SL photoshoot this afternoon...full attire just for three shots!!! But anyway after that we waited for Ms Khoo to mark our situational writing test...didn't do very well but at least I know what I should do during the exams...Oh and the string bass just arrived today!!! The case looks so huge...well that means my section will lose our only sec 1 player..but I'm sure she will do well with the string bass...gd luck Michelle!!! Well once again..gd luck and all the best everyone for their exams...English is tmr so lets aim high!!! Jiayou!!! =)

Updating my blog after another week just flew by like clockwork. Not much happened this week, just plenty of studying for the exams...starting next thursday. Monday, went to Ben Jia's house to do the chinese project. Tuesday, completely uneventful. Wednesday, went for the Zhenghua band prac, continued to learn on the drums but still only able to do basic stuff. Yesterday, uneventful as well and today, completed admin stuff with Joyce and Jasmine after school. By the way an advance happy 15th birthday to Zi Ning, may your wishes come true. May not blog for quite awhile after this post as exams are nearing...goodbye and have a nice day readers!

It is not our ability that shows what we are, it is our choices that do..

Another week goes by....

Exams are around the corner!!! Gotta study real hard!!! Anyways, yesterday I took a bit of time off by going to SAFRA Yishun and played a few games of snooker with my mum...then we went to Causeway Point to meet dad and we went to the hokkien association to eat curry fish head...delicious....Reached home juz in time to watch the last 2 min of qualifying in Italy...congratz to Sebastian Vettel for his 1st pole position. Exams are around the corner...all the best everyone!!! =)

We fear the thing we want most--success

Rain Rain Rain

It has been raining for the past few days...even now when I'm posting this post, IT'S RAINING!!! Rain and Rain and Rain...perhaps the band is playing Cloudburst too often...haha...Speaking of Cloudburst, the band is getting better at playing it and singing it...so gd job band, continue to improve. Todays prac was good I should say, although attendance is still rather low. Did formation drills...oh...so cool...I wish we could do it everyday...After that was sectional warmups, Mr Yeo did it with us, the lower brasses, after that we worked on Cloudburst for the rest of the practice until the last 30min, where we did Rhythm book. Fallout, helped Mandy and Jasmine do their Physics project. Their demonstration is pretty cool...Pour baking soda into a glass(wine or beer) bottle, cap with a cork stopper and shake. Result shud be like opening a brand new bottle of champagne, where the cork stopper pops out n the liquid starts to flow out...So ya helped them take slow-mo videos n then ya homed after that. School holidays r ending...here comes the term of stress...exams...exams...exams...

Activities...activities...activities

Wow, today was full of activities for me...English oral in the morning, workshop in the afternoon and BBQ at night. English oral was rather easy I should say...breezed through it without much problem. Went home, changed, had lunch and went to Midlink Plaza for my workshop from 1:30 to 5:00. Ended early, abt 4:45, MRTed to Dover and went to Mandy's condominium, Varsity Park, for Shaun's farewell BBQ. Was raining, so we brought an umbrella to shade the BBQ pit. Went up to Mandy's house at abt 8:30, had chicken wings and nuggets...played Monopoly and had cake...so sad Shaun had to leave us. To Shaun Yeo: I wish you good luck in your future endeavours. Sums up my day of activities.

Kind of late posting this...all these happened on sunday.

Firstly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASMINE, may your wishes come true.

Leadership workshop

Met the peeps who were goin for the workshop at JE at abt 7am. Took the train to Dover then bused to ACJC. We arrived very early, at abt 7:50. So we sat down and chit chatted until 8:30. We registered and took our seats in the lecture theatre. The workshop conductor was Tim Lautzenheiser, probably American. He was very engaging, fun and humourous, we were like laughing almost throughout the entire workshop. He taught us how we can raise the standards of the band and a hundred and one other things. Had a really great time in the workshop.

Today

Was woken up by Mr Yeo's call this morning, asking me wat time practice was starting. So we had band prac in the afternoon. Attendance was very low for fall in, coz quite a number of ppl had tutorials. We practiced Sound of Music for almost the entire practice. Towards the end we did March Blue Sky. Fall out, band was still small. After fall out, the majors did our 'physical training' of 70 push-ups and 50 squats. Then I was asked to do 100 more coz I left early on Saturday, did 50 squats and 2 rounds, gave up after that, really aching, couldn't get up for very long, so I still owe the others 40 the next band prac. Maths tutorial tmr...oral on wed...gotta lot of things to do!

There is no right or wrong, only consequences

Philwinds goes Pop

Had a wonderful nite yesterday...going to a concert with so many band members. The concert was Philwinds goes Pop...with Mr Yeo playing as a guest player...haha he had big support during the concert. The music was great...with two guest vocalist, one was Sebastian Tan and the other I forgot wats her name....but it was a great nite...took a lot of photos with the band and Mr Yeo...hope to hav more events like this. =)

Heart dissection

Yesterday, my class had a very interesting Bio practical: on heart dissection. Was really cool! We dissected a real goat heart. Felt quite rubbery to the touch. Here are some pics of the heart

Yup these are the pics of the undissected heart. Here are those of the dissected heart, viewer's discretion is advised as the pictures are very graphic

Those are the dissection photos. I took videos as well but I have not converted them so I did not post them...may do so in the near future..haha. Had band prac today...did March Blue Sky, Florentiner March and we also sight-read Disney Movie Magic! Was a real nice piece with a compilation of songs from various Disney movies...hope our band can play it well before we go to HK...come on DMB, you guys can do it! =)

Woohoo...Singapore gauranteed a medal in the olympics...finally after 48 years...what a long wait...oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!!!!!! Haha...had a really big birthday bash for her today...today's band prac was fun...although Mr Yeo wasn't with us coz he got his convocation ceremony to attend...played soccer after band till it rained....that sums up my saturday

Weekend in review

Another weekend goes by....HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!!!! Yup Singapore is 43 now...had my usual games of pool before heading home to watch the NDP and the Olympics...that was yesterday...today I went to Esplanade for a free concert by Musart...they played pieces like March Blue Sky, Fairytale, a few NDP songs and others I can't remember...conducted by Mr Wilson Ong...there was one part he sort of threw his baton halfway through a song...I guess it slipped out of his hand...haha =D That wraps up my weekend

Another day goes by....another day when I have to tolerate the irritation of a person in the committee...sometimes I wonder: Why is that person still in the committee...Why is that person so self-centered, not willing to change...?

Well today went by quite uneventfully except for Mr Ng's birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr Ng!!! Yesterday after band I learnt some formation drills from my bandmates!! Enjoyed it alot...many thanks to Marcus, Hong Ting and Jia Li :) U guys really made my day!!! 105 more days to HK trip!!!

Kayaking!

Juz came back from 2 days of 1-star kayaking...was real fun...especially the capsize drill and the expedition to Singapore Flyer...got a chance to see the F1 pit building at last...got really tanned but only burnt at the neck area...will be goin for 2-star kayaking, hopefully...

First lesson today was English...did some journal on newspaper articles...then was PE, played badminton...supposed to play softball but swapped with badminton instead...then chinese...nothing much to elaborate on...then after recess was bio, learnt more about the human heart and how it works...then it was maths, did a few questions on properties of circles and last lesson was CME, also nothing much to elaborate on.

Then band prac, played the NDP pieces and I learnt some conducting techniques from Mr Yeo, made some mistakes...a bit malu...but was a gd lesson on conducting. After that we practiced March Blue Sky...did it much slower but at least we managed to run through...Sec 1s...u guys are improving..pls continue like this and u will be playing as good as the seniors or even better some day... :)

Went for the open division finals yesterday...was very impressed with the bands that performed...ACS(I) was the most wierd one, they enter the stage and they dropped some percussion instruments, they left the stage they also dropped some percussion instruments. After the competition, Regent performed Navigations and the Philharmonic Youth Winds performed Symphonic Overture. Then the awards ceremony...Regent did not claim their prize of a trophy and S$2000 becoz I dunno why....Philharmonic Youth winds won S$2000 and trophy...then the Open Division finals results: Assumption College Lampang (Thailand) 4th, Neowinds (HK) 3rd, ACS(I) 2nd, winning S$4000 and a trophy and Maris Stella Alumni 1st, winning S$10000 and a trophy...the whole thing ended abt almost 11...that wraps up my saturday

Today's weather was cold...drizzling the whole day...had a band workshop in the afternoon with Mr. Toshio Akiyama...was educational, learnt a lot of things from him...also found out that he is the author of one of our warm up training books :)...received our pieces for our HK trip...did a little sight reading myself n homed after that...117 days to our HK trip...lets work hard DMB!!!

SIBF

Kind of late posting the results we got...DMB attained 76.29% in the SIBF, which gives us a bronze...the name really sux..but anyway I'm satisfied with the results as we did our best and we can only keep improving...had NDP rehearsal today...band was very small..but I appreciate those who turned up today even though they were tired from yesterday's competition..Hong Kong trip in 118 days...pls continue to work hard DMB!!

Racial Harmony Day

Today was racial harmony day...the whole school went out for excursion...my class went to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple and Jamae Chulia Mosque...here r some of the pics...

Yup...enjoyed the outing today...came back to school...had band prac...got my new mouthpiece :D...many thx to ms foo...managed to run through our competition pieces a few times with those who were there...after everyone else went home, took a few videos with the guys...v funny...if anyone wants to view them pls look for me...haha :)

Had band prac in the morning...today was Mr Yeo's BIRTHDAY!!! Yup...each section presented him with fruits and a letter....unfortunately some of us had to leave during break time for ushering at IMM for the SYF...lasted the whole afternoon...made even worse when the guest-of-honour arrived late...yup that wraps up my day...

5 more days to SIBF

Was a fine day today......opened the band room and we had a little combine together, left abt 4...went home, changed n went to zhenghua for their band prac

2 more practices to SIBF...pls work hard DMB!!!

Opened!!!

Just opened my blog today......SIBF countdown: 6 Days.....GO DMB!!!!!
Make music to the best of your ability......put in effort and aim HIGH