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Thursday, May 05, 2005
5 may 2005. today is the BIG day. biggest most important day of my jc band life. SYF!!! yesyes... and we are taking a big risk. competing with rj... playing same choice piece.
i think beginning of preparation to go sch...there is no need to say much.
waiting to go in.. we were quite confident. we cant wait to show the judges what is tj band magic, lin sheng's magic touch...tj band sound.
singapore rhapsody. i can tell you. i think our set piece was the BEST. really. it was good. the sound! i dun think u can find it elsewhere. when we end the last note, we knew we can do it. it was breath-taking. i was smiling...confidently.
however. the chosen. it started off really well. KUDOS TO LUTHER. u made it. u did tj proud. everything was great! then...it could be the nervousness..the tension.the audience has high high expectation of tj. all eyes on us, especially rj whom sat right in front. we screwed up ...not only but twice. not say we played badly, just like some slips. some careless mistakes...
everyone was shocked. we were so shocked. but we didnt make funny faces. we continued making fine music with lin sheng and the band. we had to mantain that poise. that confidence and sparkle. we have to show the judges we can pick ourselves up. we did it.
ending was great. good sound. wonderful i must say...but at first i was thinking..will it be good enough to cover the mistakes we made earlier?? is it enough? will those mistakes cause us the GWH? anyway to me, whatever medal we got, we played our best, we are the best band ..in my heart... lin sheng... u are great. i salute u.
hmmm long wait for results. but not as long as waiting to be on stage and perform.
ok..shall stop all the crap. results being announced. i sat beside haosiang. i was quite nervous...nono..scared. what if...so many what if flooded my mind. we have to realise not only our dream, but the comman goal we shared with the seniors. we have to do it. there is no other chance or way.
ok... the results are out. some were expected...but some werent. i dunnoe. we only have to beat one sch. the others, i dun really care that much. what other schs get doesnt really concerned me. if u are good...u are good. noone can change it. but... for the pride, the honour, the diginity, we have to win that sch.
i was sitting with haosiang. i was so scared and nervous. i held his hand...and we prayed and clapped for every band...and it was our turn...
" band number 15..
.
*
eveyone was still making alot of noise*
band number 15,
temasek junior college.
********* a 5 seconds long pause *********
GOLD.....with HONOURS
" [said in a slow pace ]
SCREAMED! CRIED! CHEERED! CLAPPED! HUGGED!
WE DID IT. i punched my fist in the air! FINALLY! no words can describe how we felt. u know...the glory... the hard work and the amt of time we put in for the band...suddennly...everything we had done was WORTH IT. IT WAS WORTH IT.
for that ten seconds, we didnt care how pple looked at us. we didnt care if we have offended some other schs. we didnt care what other schs which didnt do that well felt. we were HAPPY. we were proven right. LIN SHENG'S MAGIC. TJC BAND MAGIC. our exponential curve. we believed in lin sheng, in tj band, in everyone. looking at linsheng, listening to every section, make music and move with it...all these are all very IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT to listen to one another...and pull yrselves together even though after making small mistakes.
ok..then...top 2 positions. for band presentation leh...at esplanade. it would be so nice if i can play in esplanade again. and my wish came true.
top 2 bands who will be performing for the band presentation on 17 july at esplanade are... in no order of merit.... SAINT ANDREW'S JUNIOR COLLEGE * cheers claps* and...... TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE.
before they announced tjc, some of us stood up and cheered, but i asked my juniors to sit down. i was scared...what if they didnt wan the bands with GWH to play? but hahahaa i was proven wrong! yeah it is good. hahahaa anyway...to me and the other tjcians, WE ARE THE BEST BAND. REALLY. we already are.
yesyes. we made it. and today, i believed in retribution and a case of " those who laughed first laugh last" . see....who is the one having the last laugh? hahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha so confident right? bleah. we won. we did it. dunnoe who are the one who said we interpreted the song wrongly? who were the ones who laughed at us when we screwed up? hahaha...everything was proven.
today was really happy. i will remember this day as clearly as how i remembered 23 july 2003. syf day. this is much more happier. fruitday. after today, whenever i hear THE CHOSEN again, it reminds me of the victorous victory. years down the road, when i step into tj band room, one of the golden plaques we have..hanging on the wall... i have a part in it. batch 04/05 i'm proud of u guys. all those talks, practices,gruelling sectionals and combines, were worth it.
to mjcsb, congratulations! you guys did it. i'm so happy for u guys.
`scr
ibbl
ed
at-
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
5 may 2005. today is the BIG day. biggest most important day of my jc band life. SYF!!! yesyes... and we are taking a big risk. competing with rj... playing same choice piece.
i think beginning of preparation to go sch...there is no need to say much.
waiting to go in.. we were quite confident. we cant wait to show the judges what is tj band magic, lin sheng's magic touch...tj band sound.
singapore rhapsody. i can tell you. i think our set piece was the BEST. really. it was good. the sound! i dun think u can find it elsewhere. when we end the last note, we knew we can do it. it was breath-taking. i was smiling...confidently.
however. the chosen. it started off really well. KUDOS TO LUTHER. u made it. u did tj proud. everything was great! then...it could be the nervousness..the tension.the audience has high high expectation of tj. all eyes on us, especially rj whom sat right in front. we screwed up ...not only but twice. not say we played badly, just like some slips. some careless mistakes...
everyone was shocked. we were so shocked. but we didnt make funny faces. we continued making fine music with lin sheng and the band. we had to mantain that poise. that confidence and sparkle. we have to show the judges we can pick ourselves up. we did it.
ending was great. good sound. wonderful i must say...but at first i was thinking..will it be good enough to cover the mistakes we made earlier?? is it enough? will those mistakes cause us the GWH? anyway to me, whatever medal we got, we played our best, we are the best band ..in my heart... lin sheng... u are great. i salute u.
hmmm long wait for results. but not as long as waiting to be on stage and perform.
ok..shall stop all the crap. results being announced. i sat beside haosiang. i was quite nervous...nono..scared. what if...so many what if flooded my mind. we have to realise not only our dream, but the comman goal we shared with the seniors. we have to do it. there is no other chance or way.
ok... the results are out. some were expected...but some werent. i dunnoe. we only have to beat one sch. the others, i dun really care that much. what other schs get doesnt really concerned me. if u are good...u are good. noone can change it. but... for the pride, the honour, the diginity, we have to win that sch.
i was sitting with haosiang. i was so scared and nervous. i held his hand...and we prayed and clapped for every band...and it was our turn...
" band number 15..
.
*
eveyone was still making alot of noise*
band number 15,
temasek junior college.
********* a 5 seconds long pause *********
GOLD.....with HONOURS
" [said in a slow pace ]
SCREAMED! CRIED! CHEERED! CLAPPED! HUGGED!
WE DID IT. i punched my fist in the air! FINALLY! no words can describe how we felt. u know...the glory... the hard work and the amt of time we put in for the band...suddennly...everything we had done was WORTH IT. IT WAS WORTH IT.
for that ten seconds, we didnt care how pple looked at us. we didnt care if we have offended some other schs. we didnt care what other schs which didnt do that well felt. we were HAPPY. we were proven right. LIN SHENG'S MAGIC. TJC BAND MAGIC. our exponential curve. we believed in lin sheng, in tj band, in everyone. looking at linsheng, listening to every section, make music and move with it...all these are all very IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT to listen to one another...and pull yrselves together even though after making small mistakes.
ok..then...top 2 positions. for band presentation leh...at esplanade. it would be so nice if i can play in esplanade again. and my wish came true.
top 2 bands who will be performing for the band presentation on 17 july at esplanade are... in no order of merit.... SAINT ANDREW'S JUNIOR COLLEGE * cheers claps* and...... TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE.
before they announced tjc, some of us stood up and cheered, but i asked my juniors to sit down. i was scared...what if they didnt wan the bands with GWH to play? but hahahaa i was proven wrong! yeah it is good. hahahaa anyway...to me and the other tjcians, WE ARE THE BEST BAND. REALLY. we already are.
yesyes. we made it. and today, i believed in retribution and a case of " those who laughed first laugh last" . see....who is the one having the last laugh? hahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha so confident right? bleah. we won. we did it. dunnoe who are the one who said we interpreted the song wrongly? who were the ones who laughed at us when we screwed up? hahaha...everything was proven.
today was really happy. i will remember this day as clearly as how i remembered 23 july 2003. syf day. this is much more happier. fruitday. after today, whenever i hear THE CHOSEN again, it reminds me of the victorous victory. years down the road, when i step into tj band room, one of the golden plaques we have..hanging on the wall... i have a part in it. batch 04/05 i'm proud of u guys. all those talks, practices,gruelling sectionals and combines, were worth it.
to mjcsb, congratulations! you guys did it. i'm so happy for u guys.
`scr
ibbl
ed
at-
Thursday, May 05, 2005