INUNION WAS AWESOME! :)

OK it didn't start off very well, with me leaving the batch speech in the band room. Joanne left her keys so we (Yu Jia, who needed another stand, and I) had to wait for Ms. Tan to help us unlock the band room. Not a good start to Inunion because time was ticking and I was freaking out D:

Then came the batch speech! I was completely unprepared and nervous. And I couldn't even maintain eye contact with the audience because my spectacles kept slipping down and when I looked up I would just look like some grandmother. And I looked so short next to Perina! D:

But at least I'm taller than Aliza :D

Then came the concert segment, which wasn't much better. Crashing the cymbals at the wrong time, ending off later then the rest of the band for Imperatrix (haha thank you Aliza for saying it sounded like part of the song), etc. It was so depressing to screw up my own Inunion! D:

Then came the presentation of musicianship badges! I was the last person in the line, so I didn't get my musicianship badge because they ran out :( Yi Wye pretended to pin the badge on me, then I stuck my left shoulder to Sharon so the audience wouldn't see that I didn't have this bright red thing on my left sleeve like the rest of my batchmates >< After that, Jing Hui found a musicianship badge which she wanted to pin on for me personally, but changed her mind and passed it to Deborah :) Haha Sharon was so pissed because she wanted Deborah to pin it on for her too :D (I didn't want to embarrass her - she insisted I post this -.-)

Haha then came the batch items! Which ruined the depressing mood that was caused by screwing up the concert segment :) Especially Batch 11's skit! SO TRUE! The awkward conversation between seniors and juniors that I think our section always has XD Oh and Aliza and Xing Ern running around holding "SILENCE"...oO

Oh and the song that Batch 10 danced to (not Reach) - was it by some Korean band called Super Junior? Ö

THANK YOU ALIZA, XING ERN AND DEBORAH FOR PUTTING IN SO MUCH EFFORT FOR YOUR BATCH ITEMS :D

Then our batch item! Sorry Sharon for dragging you up at the last minute to make the introduction with me X) I didn't want to do it alone, so my -AHEM- kind and -AHEM- wonderful SBM finally relented after I pleaded with her to say it with me. Then she screwed up and we both couldn't stop laughing :)

Anyway, I really loved our batch item! The audience didn't really feel anything watching us but we really did bond a lot preparing for it, from listening to the song to the first time to rehearsing with props and actions :D I still remember for QC, Joanne said we looked like swaying seaweed oO So we had to add in all the actions and strange props (which Aliza and I later used to hit Sharon with XD)

After that was On My Way - I love that song! KODA FROM BROTHER BEAR IS SO CUTE <3

Ooh then after that we had band cheers! I'm so glad the Secondary Fours joined in :D Their voices were loud enough to make up for the lack of Secondary Ones' voices...we tried to follow but some parts we just went HUH. And the audience! When they didn't leave, our EmCees asked them again and it seemed like they were being chased away :D AHAHAH Our EmCees were so funny! :)

Then after keeping our instruments, we went for section dinner! So much happened on the way there. There was Yi Xian and Aliza standing next to each other while Sharon and I compared their heights, Aliza helping us carry stuff (thank you :D), Sharon and I digging inside our bags for our EZ-link cards, lagging behing our section like we do on all section outings, etc. Oh and playing with the bee Vivian's direct gave her! :D The one which Sharon thought was a butterfly -.-

When we finally reached we ran up and down the stairs trying to get seats, but in the end we just sat down on the floor near Lido.

As Aliza and Xing Ern were queuing up in the row next to us at MacDonald's, they brought a packet of french fries from which Sharon snatched one -.- Later on Aliza gets back at her by taking TWO of her fries oO

Thereafter, Sharon and I went to Starbucks. My $1 coin dropped and rolled under some table! D: -sigh- At least I still had money to buy a tall Caramel Frappucino (part of which Aliza drank. Actually she only ate the foam/whipped cream, whatever that was). Speaking of, Sharon didn't know what tall, grande and venti were. The guy over the counter asked "Would you like tall, grande or venti?" and Sharon just stared at him forever before he finally got the message and changed the question to "Would you like small, medium or large?" :D Oh and because I ordered first, he gave me my receipt and change which Sharon promptly took and put into her wallet! :D I stared at her in disbelief and she still looked up and said, "Huh? What?" before the guy over the counter said, "That's hers, not yours!" HAHAHHAHAHHA So funny. He even asked, "What school are you from?" I was thinking, OH NO WE MUST HAVE SHAMED RGS IN PUBLIC ><

OK then we went back to do the 1, 2, 3 tradition, although we already started drinking our coffee and eating fries downstairs ><

Oh then strange things started happening, like Aliza throwing things at a Secondary Four clarinet senior! And something about desert pizzas. And talking about RWinds, where Samantha and Deborah are performing, and band outing and whatnot, all of which I must miss because of church camp and going overseas! D: NOOO D: I'd rather miss church camp/my Bangkok trip for these (I want to watch my direct perform!) but my mother would never allow ><

Section photos! We took very long to get a normal shot...can somebody post the photos on the blog? :D

Then soon it was time to go home. Aliza kept asking who from my batch was from St. Hilda's! And even after giving her obvious clues ("She came to play perc!") she guessed Lei-Chen -.- Then at the tap-your-EZ-link-card place we were separated 'cos something was wrong with her EZ-link card, so I turned around and waved awkwardly at Xing Ern who had a very amusing expression on her face :) But then I saw them again because I had missed the first train, so by the time they came down I was still there. Aliza hit me on the head, making me end the call with Sharon! D<

Anyway, after they left, 2 trains came and I still couldn't squeeze in 'cos they were so crowded. I was sooo frustrated I just decided to take my dad's car. Then I met Sharon at Far East but she was already on her dad's car so we were shouting to each other at the bus stop - so embarrassing! After she left everyone was staring ._.

Then I went home to get scolded by my mom for staying out late ><

Yup that's about it :) Oh, and THANK YOU SENIORS FOR THE WONDERFUL PRESENTS! And sorry Aliza and Xing Ern for the letters ><>< (Xing Ern, did anything drop out from your drum...? D:) And I hope y'all like our tiles! :D (HAHAHHA this suddenly reminded me about the suspended cymbal Sharon drew that looked like chicken feet, which made the message become "SHARON LOVES CHICKEN FEET" :D)

LOVE,

XINHUI :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMANTHA! :)

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY LEI-CHEN AND HILLARY AND CRYSTALBEL! :)

Hello!

Long time no see! Or maybe not oO. Anyway, EYAs are over! So you all have a lot of free time now, right? I thought I'd introduce yall to some stuff that I found pretty useful online :D.

I think I mentioned it to some of you before? The Vic Firth website has a lot of videos/scores that are really quite useful, whether it's learning rudiments or auxilliaries or timpani, yup :D. Should be under the education section :D.

Those that I find particularly useful include:

1. Percussion 101! haha it has links to playing techniques, general characteristics, maintenance, rolls, etcetc for most percussion instruments :D, and videos which explain and demonstrate :D.
2. Rudiments! ALL 40 OF THEM :D. haha and they included recordings for various speeds, which is quite fun :D. The simpler flam, drag and paradiddle rudiments are quite useful for stick control and all. Yeah, essentially you start slow, make sure you get everything right, the sound, wherever your stick is supposed to be, etc, then you speed up.
3. Rhythmic reading? I think this is supposed to teach you how to read rhythms oO. You don't have to start from the start, you can try those at the back :D. Really fun! :D. And they have recordings at different speeds too, so it's quite exciting :D. Especially things like mixed and changing meters? :D

Yeah, so go and have fun la! Just go and explore when you have the time? It's really quite fun :D

Love,

Samantha

EXAMS ARE OVERRR~!

Maybe the blog will be more active now. 2 weeks since the last post ><

Hooray. The day after tomorrow will be the end of band break! And the start of preparation for Arts Fest and Inunion. Inunion! I don't think our batch is well-prepared >< Oh no. Helppp.

Cheers,
Xin Hui :)

hello percs!

Just came by to wish every single one of you all the best for EYAs/promos (for the J1s)/'A's (for the J2s)!!! - though I highly doubt they'd see it ><. Yup jiayou jiayou! :D.

(Oh, Deborah, the orchid plant you gave me is so lovely! It keeps flowering! Besides the 13 flowers on the 2 stalks, it grew 2 more stalks, with tiny buds that I think are going to flower really soon! It's really beautiful and lovely, and definitely a lot healthier than all the other orchids! My dad is impressed oO.)

See all of you tomorrow during band phototaking!

Love,

Samantha

hello. (:

i shall write more than 5 words. i promise.

kinda sad that it's band break now, but then again, when EYAs are over i guess it'll be cool to finally go back. let's just enjoy the break for now!

sorry, i really have nothing to say, so i'm just gonna say that the sec ones are really very luo suo. no offence, but you guys are talkative in a funny way. haha :D yup, but i agree that you all can really talk too much sometimes. and maybe talk alot of rubbish. i may or may not be referring to the section blog.

oh yup, WATCH YOUR BACK.

i'm watching. haha. im bored, paiseh sorry. ^.^

Happy Hari Raya Puasa! :)

Hi

Not everyone has so much time to tag/post everyday right -.- but it's good that yall are trying to keep the blog alive. I appreciate it(: though I dunno if you'll have as much time next year, or the year after that, for that matter. But I'm trying, so you should too! (when you get to sec2/3, that is)

Oh gosh, drama serials, of all the unexpected things... Ehm. Stress to her the importance of the blog and the emails, especially. I'm sure if she realised how important they are, she'd try to check more often. I see her using the computer in the Shaw Lab sometimes after RS, not sure to do what, though. I'll remind her to check her email more often too.

Haha, eh. The poems are quite cute lah. I think xh's would sound better if she didn't try to make it rhyme. And for the last time, I won't piggyback you for very obvious reasons, one very obvious reason, actually. So obvious that Sharon had to literally ask 'why' ten times before I caved and told her. Then she asked why again. -.-

Okay keeping this post short. I'd come up with a poem too, but I have other things to do. Maybe next time.

Love,

Deborah.

Hey! I've got a poem too! I don't know how to write a proper poem. So this is not a proper one. x) Free verse lah. Dunno how to rhyme it.
These are talking about all the funny things about you guys. x) Sorry if it is offensive, but it is meant to be funny. :P
There are parts about Aliza, Xing Ern, Deborah and Samantha. :P I did not say the names but I am sure you can guess (:

Remember...
How someone(s) came up with a great idea,
Of making me drink water from your bottle.
Saliva all over, (yucks!)
That’s so forced-able. (don't know what word this is but nevermind) ><

Remember...
How someone cleaned me with a mallet stick full of saliva,
Furious,
I smacked her on the shoulder,
But got smacked back instead. ><

Remember...
I asked someone,
Whether she would piggyback me,
If I jump on her back. :P
But sadly, she said 'no.' :'(

Remember...
How random I was,
When we were practising,
And then I turned around,
Telling someone her hair was weird. o.O

Remember...
That funny expression on her face,
Seems like she’s smiling.
Or rather frowning? o.O

Remember...
Everytime I walk past,
You give me that irritated sound,
Or give me a look as if you’re gonna smile.

Remember...
How you used to be strict,
But now I realise you’re very nice (:
You’re almost so perfect in every warm-up,
How I wish I can be like you. *cries*

o.O I really don’t know how to write poems. I anyhow write one x). So random. Haha. Really, no offence ah! :P Have fun guessing! o.O This is just for fun one. x) Do NOT take it seriously okay?

love,
sharon

Percussion, my passion.

Percussion,
My passion.
Although a snare drum hit me on the head
And made me feel like I was going to be dead,
I still want to learn how to play the timpani.
My seniors are very funny –
They play weird games (the martial arts thing!)
And have different names (sorry, I just had to find something that rhymes :/).
I remember during band camp,
Sharon was such a lamb (oO!)
She had to drink out of Aliza’s waterbottle
Which made her want to throttle
Er, our seniors.
Who are very fierce.
Not actually they’re not fierce, just strict but nice
"I just couldn’t find anything to rhyme!" Xin Hui cries.

I’m really bad at poems, so perhaps I should stop writing now before it goes completely off-topic just for the sake of finding words that rhyme. But, wait.

And back to the whole point of this
Which I have completely…missed.
Percussion
Is my passion.
:D
Nothing rhymes with an emoticon :(

TA-DA! A completely random poem that probably hardly makes any sense because I was trying to make it rhyme ><><

Today was the day RGSSB was supposed to perform I Got Rhythm! during assembly.
A pity we didn't get to...
:(

There's so little stuff happening now that there's hardly anything to post about! But not posting for a week makes it feel near-dead to me (although what Deborah said is still, er, "seeping in" oO) :/ Especially when the tagboard has died for a whole day as well D:

Oh, and I told Lei-Chen about the section blog but she says she only uses the computer for watching drama serials (oO) so she doesn't visit blogs nor check her emails (explaining why she didn't know about the band photo-taking thing ><). Er, so how do we get her to tag/post? :( And about the emails thing, updates about band are sent through emails so...how do we encourage her to, er, use the computer for other things? Ö

I can't wait for Band Break to be over :D But then it'll be Inunion soon, and we are definitely not prepared! D: We only have one song and we haven't even mastered it yet...how? :(

Cheers,
Xin Hui :)

Hi. Okay, so.

First of all, spamming has gone overboard, though some parts were okay. Like xh's tag about the bass drum falling on sharon... I seriously laughed, and not because I like to laugh at Sharon (and I really don't), either. Just don't ramble on and on about what the snare drum looked like and that it has two layers and so on. That belongs to a post. Yes, I know you, Sharon, haven't been invited. Actually, you were, but i revoked it cause I was angry at you. But that was a while ago and not something I want to discuss here.

Second of all, I like xh's post (: Gosh, all my secones' misadventures are so funny! Glad to see that you two are bonding well. I hope that and your apparent love for percussion/band will pull you through to sectwo - together. Sigh. Though the fact that Sharon lost her sticks is making me >:( you better pray it's in the band room. Check on Tuesday. Have I mentioned I don't like this face? :P it makes people look qian bian. Did you know that in sec one I left my sticks in the band room which I thought we weren't allowed to do so I freaked out and didn't dare tell my seniors (neither did I put it as my msn nick). The next time the band room was open I rushed in to get it, hoping that no one found out. Looking back and comparing to the present, things really have changed.

Xinhui and Sharon, can you please talk to Lei-chen more? Maybe you could tell her that you're getting a new pair of sticks and ask if she wants a pair too? Although she has already told me she wants one that's reddish brown like the really old pair Oo and I'm not sure where to get sticks of that colour. Just. Ask. Talk.

I have given up all hope on the sectwos. Either they're just not bothering to come and visit THEIR section blog, or they're standing in the sidelines giving that all-too-familiar look at all the tags. I think the latter is more likely of the two. Though I can't say I blame them. Sam, did you know their look is practically masterclass material?

Finally, secones, I don't know if you've noticed, but if I were you, reading these posts and our tags, I'd get the hint that my(your) tags aren't really appreciated. Which isn't what we're trying to say, really. I know that sounds a bit confusing but I'm guessing one of you has gotten the hint and the other one hasn't. Anyway, I don't mind your tags cause they bring life to this place and make me smile SOMEtimes. But I thought - and I think Sam must have thought so as well - that there were unspoken, yet obvious, regulations when tagging on a blog that is shared with seniors. I thought it was clear what you said and what you didn't say. This year has proved a lot of things different. They just don't catch on as fast as they used to - thinks of the sectwos. Though the sectwos shouldn't be too flattered, cause they're just too quiet.

For the sake of a lighter end to this post, I shall say that band break has started! I'm gonna miss the instrus a lot (though not so much the marching snare ><)! Have a good break, study hard, don't stress (xinhui don't think about RA so soon!), and don't you dare tell me you forgot the warm-ups. It's not funny. (Oh God this just turned serious again.)

Yeah okay. That's it. GOOD LUCK FOR EYAS SAM.

Good luck for EYAs, everyone else (:

Love,

Deborah

Um, I'm posting this just so there won't be a 1-month gap between every post :)

And to stop Sharon and I from spamming the tagboard (again ><) by reminiscing too much about that very day…

Well on Friday Sharon and I stayed back in the Shaw Lab to finish our Philosophy journal. Last-minute work! D: But we had our Poetry Projects due the day before, so we should get a lighter sentence :D

I’m digressing. Anyway, then we decided to go indiv at the band room. So, we…indiv-ed -.- This is getting very awkward because I don’t really know what to say >< I’m just blogging so this blog would stop being dead! Aargh.

OK so after that at exactly 4.30 p.m. a senior told us it was time and we took up too much time covering the instrus, so we had to rush out, and we don’t know if Sharon took her sticks or not :( Then we spent time talking in 101 instead of doing homework, as usual, before my sister called and told me I needed to get my own dinner. So we decided to have dinner together (sounds like a date oO)! :D Then we took 132 to Far East (I’m giving too much detail! This is so naggy! D:) when Sharon suddenly asked me if her drumsticks were in her bag. So I checked for her, and they weren’t. So she started panicking. Then she got over it because she thought they were in the band room. Then the bus halted to a stop, and she lost her balance. So her wallet fell. So she bent over to pick it up, before rushing out of the bus. After that, she started panicking again because she couldn’t find her handphone. So she made me check her bag again, and, lo and behold, it wasn’t there.

Then came a terribly unpleasant dinner as Sharon kept worrying about her handphone instead of having fun as usual. And she was reminded of her drumsticks because there was a band playing right in front of Far East Plaza, with the drumset and all (and yes we agreed that our drumset looks nicer :D). Thus, she decided to call her father to send her back to school to look for her handphone.

I waited with her until her dad came which was about 7.20 p.m., and I got a little annoyed so she agreed to send me home :D So we went back to school, but then the GO was closed. So we decided to go to her classroom, but when we stood at the top of the amphi we just freaked out! D: It was so dark…so deserted…so creepy…so eerie…and we could have sworn we heard noises…and we couldn’t see clearly…and if anybody fell we might die (like when a snare drum hits your head D:)...and it was the 7th month! We looked at each other and immediately understood that we were both clearly scareddd…so we took each other’s hands (AHAHA it would be romantic if not for the seriousness of the situation) and ran down the amphi, screaming! It was actually exhilarating :D Then Sharon got so excited she fell on her butt at the small slope leading up to the stage! :D I don’t mean to laugh at you but the way you fell was seriously funny (oxymoron :D)!

OK Anyway when we got to 101, there was no mobile phone not drumsticks to be seen D: So our hearts sank to the bottom of the ocean where the fishes ate them AHAHA OK not funny nevermind -.- So we held hands again and ran back up the amphi to her dad’s car. Did I forget to mention that we hummed the tune of I Got Rhythm!, albeit off-tune? It was hilarious, except for the fact that her handphone was gone and she was going to get scolded since it was the 2nd time…and I was going to get scolded for bad results but ignore that.

So on the car, we called 100 for the number to SBS Lost and Found department, but the first time we called some taxi company by mistake >< Then the second time Sharon couldn’t hear what the person was saying so she just put down the phone, giving up >< It was a complete failure trying to recover it, so she said she would just get a new phone. Her parents said they wouldn't get her a new phone since:
feels super sian x) says:
my parents say i'm very confused or sth
and mentioned sth about fengshui


Then we got lost trying to locate my house -.- I nearly made her father drive me back to RGS by a wrong turn! D: OK when I got off the car Sharon gave a very worried expression because according to her later:
feels super sian x) says:
thanks to your presence in the car my dad didn’t dare to scold me... yet

So, er, yeah that was the end of our adventures. OK AND WE PROMISE TO STOP SPAMMING THE TAGBOARD D: We got too carried away ><

Hello!

Today's farewell! Sorry I can't seem to phrase it any better, but yeah :D.

Hm I don't really know what to say, but I really wanted to post. I guess I'll write whatever I want to tell you guys individually in your farewell notes! Which I will finish and give to you after your EYAs! :D. I really hope you all like your presents :D. I'm sorry about all the knitted stuff, but I was hoping to make you all something useful and meaningful, so, yeah ><. And thanks for all the wonderful presents :D.

Presenting... -insert timpani roll-... that orchid that deborah gave me, aka Bertrand. I think. I'm not too sure about the name. But yeah.

 

[edit] uh, yeah. This is like, 10 days later? Anyway, look, it has like, 11 flowers!! :D!! If you can see the picture, yup >< [/edit]

HAHA I think it's actually going to be fine! :D My dad saw it, and proceeded to place it upon a pedestal, and promised that he would ensure that it was watered regularly, unlike my cactus. (Haha uhh, my parents do actually keep orchids, and they survive oO.) But I promise I'll talk to it everyday! :D. Okay I think I'm high oO.

And yay I didn't know the sec1s were so sweet. I didn't expect them/xinhui to give me a present, but yeah ><. I promise I'll give you one when we meet up for present exchange (part two).

Anyway, today was a fairly enjoyable day, and I guess it provided the much-needed closure to our band lives. It wasn't as emo as au revior in 2007 or last band prac in 2008, but it was still special and enjoyable luhh :D. Deborah, I really really really really love Bertrand! It's so pretty and purple and :D. (Okay maybe Bertrand isn't a good name oO. eeeeeek.) And I did enjoy the sec2s' video, but I see what Xing Ern means when she says it's somewhat (crap I can't remember the word you used, but yeah oO) It actually made people emo :O. Except for the BOF part =.=.

Sorry, no particularly pertinent Words Of Wisdom (WOW!), except that, yeah, please do continue to work hard and bring the section to even greater heights! I've seen every single one of you grow and improve, and I just want to say that I'm really proud of all of you :D. And I'm sure you'd do me, and every one of your seniors proud :D. I have learnt a lot from you guys too, and, thanks, really, for being such wonderful juniors (and uh, seniors, if you're reading oO). Please feel free to approach me if you have any problems, be it band-related, academics-related, or just about... life, in general. Jiayou! :D

And haha don't give Deborah a hard time! Aiyah I have full confidence that every single one of you will be brilliant yay :D.

PERC'10 FTW! :D.

Love,
Samantha

Whee my second time sharing a blog :)

I don't know how to contact Lei-Chen so I told Sharon about this blog after she kept asking to make one for Percussion in our blog http://xylophonexinhuiandsweetsharon.blogspot.com/

Um, yeah. Can somebody invite Sharon to post? She's so funny :)

OK bye!

Cheers,
Xin Hui :)

Hello!

I'm sooo glad the drumset's finally back. All along I thought it was Andrew Chia playing it, turns out it's Mr Mizar! I really cannot stand the way the teachers handle it >:C

First of all, they dismantled the toms to move it separately, which I guess is okay. BUT, they stacked one of the toms onto the floor tom which I think would damage the skin then they took the chair apart O.o and stacked the seat on top of the tom on the floor tom! D8 I didn't know whether to tell them not to do that, because then we wouldn't have enough hands and they'd have to leave the tom alone on the floor and come back to get it.

Secondly, Mr Mizar doesn't close the hi-hat, neither does he turn the snare off when he's done playing with it! So on Friday after NDP celebrations (which didn't end very nicely), the drumset got wheeled back into the band room and I turned off the snare, only to find that I couldn't turn it on again!

Thirdly, the screw INSIDE the right-side tom had come off somewhere between their rehearsals and the time the juniors and I helped move it to the recording studio. So Kai and I unscrewed the skin and screwed the nut back. I also took the opportunity to clean the extremely dusty toms. Underneath (hidden by) that, erm, cloudy exterior, the tom has a very nice looking wooden inside! Kai also says it has a nice smell, but I beg to differ.

This is the side of the inside of the drumset tom! Can see that it's wood :D but my camera *ahem ahem* phone couldn't get the color nicely due to lighting.

Yeah okay. I need to educate the directs on proper instru handling, and the juniors on how to screw/unscrew/fix instrus.

Okay random picture from Sam's last band cca day (I can't really say prac, since it wasn't a prac...) I just thought XE looked very funny staring into the, erm, I want to say water container? Not sure what Aliza's drinking out of.

Yeah i think that's all.

(See my nails, they're white!) Happy National Day, section! 8)

Love,

Deborah

i realise it looks like i'm monolouging but, y'know, i'm actually okay with it. i'm not really forcing myself to post. i just really really want to(:

okay so today, 30th july 2009, is/was last band cca day for the sec fours. it wasn't as solemn and dreaded as last year's, definitely, probably because it's been so hectic. i mean, it feels like band only just started, and we got new scores for arts fest, it never really had time to sink in. i dunno about sam and the juniors, but all i could (meaning allowed myself to) think about was chinese pt D: but i guess that's not necessarily a bad thing. it's sort of like a new beginning, new experiences, and it's not like sam's out of our lives entirely. besides, i have much more fun playing martial arts (THE FIRST THING THEY HAVEN'T SCORNED AT!) and taking crappy/normal section photos with a high tech camera than crying til my eyes hurt.

Okay so i'm SL now. i'm really glad i didn't lose out to Casper. it was a really close fight. i will try better than my best to be a good SL and i hope the juniors will cooperate with me (and take me more seriously). yeah. i'll make my seniors proud, i'm sure of it (: and i'll pass on everything i know to the juniors, and remind them to change timpani skins on the 1st of April, 2011.

The unexpected thing that happened today - to me, at least - was that i'm now commander. and i'm taking attendance for my batch. this is a job that belonged to the people i was most scared of in sec one and two! i hope i can get the same kind of respect i had for them (if not i really lose). this means the sec twos too okay! aliza, xing ern, don't you dare "HAR?" me again. so rude and predictable. Commander! the more i think about it, the more excited i get(8 although i'm kinda hoping i won't be taking the sec ones, for various reasons i'm too nice to type out. but if i am, once again i'll just do what i have to do and try my best not to lose my patience.

i would continue, but i should seriously do chinese pt now, then history pt next. and study for math, bio, english SAs, which are a day before history pt is due T.T which is also farewell day.

so i'll end off now. Sam, Thank you for being a great senior and friend. I'll miss your company! It won't be half as noisy without you! (if you get my drift) Thanks for teaching me new things and giving me support when I had to deal with my directs. Hope your, eh, future ahead will be musical - or filled with something you love to do! (8

love,
deborah
perc '10

One minute there's band, the next there isn't, and the minute after that there is again. Literally. Okay maybe not literally literally, but close enough.

Last last week Talia/ Eeiyn/ Mrs Kohby sent out an email saying there wouldn't be band, I felt sad. Then I kinda got used to the idea that there wouldn't be band so I started planning for other things. Two days later an email gets sent that there will be band (for last week). I felt sad-ish. My brilliant plan to use the extra time for Bio PT has been ruined! :O Then I felt happy again. heh.

Then surprise, surprise they cancelled Thursday's prac! On Thursday! At 3pm! I was sad cause Mr Oura was coming finally! Sigh. I want to play Perseus! Although I realise that the next few pracs would prolly be for National Day and Arts Fest -.- I want to play Perseus ;__________;

The school just made an announcement that though CCAs are cancelled for Week 4, there'll still be Arts Fest rehearsals which makes me wonder if they care more about our health, or Arts Fest. I'm really hoping they don't send a surprise email tmr saying band will restart a week earlier cause I need to finish Bio PT! Then I can concentrate on TOMS(!) for perseus (: (: (:

I miss the instrus! I wanted to bring the snare home, just for the sake of bringing it home. I don't think I'd actually play it cause it's really loud. But just for the sake of having it there.

Okay I think I've said a lot of random things already(8 it's hard having only 2 people who post here. Except for that one time that Aliza posted, I think? About band break being over, which turned out not to be true anyway D:

I shall stop here. Sayonara, friends! See you soon, or sooner, or later, or never, or whenever (8

Loves,
Deborah
perc '10

Hey percs!

Haha I'm here to post about band birthday! :D. Though I didn't get very many pictures because um, my hands were busy most of the time trying to ensure that potatoes were cooked/peeled and all, and the sec2s are camera-shy (though we really ought to change that yes :D)

OH RIGHT - THEY CUT THEIR HAIR! (and I think it's really cute :D - so does the rest of my batch.)

the sec2s cutting potatoes! (haha you know after cutting potatoes and eggs for the whole afternoon, then Xing Ern told us that she was afraid of knives oO.)

Haha mixing the mayo in!

(okay you know these pictures are all taken by me so it appears that I didn't do anything, which is not true, okay :D. I watched the timer and did all the stove-related stuff!)

And I think it looks quite gross, but it definitely tastes better than it looks :D. 

Haha right, no band for the rest of the hols thanks to H1N1 preventive measures, (though I don't see how it's going to help, considering that none of the other CCAs are being cancelled?) but hopefully there will be section outing on thursday so :D. 

Do post, to keep the blog from dying! Enjoy the rest of your hols!

Love,

Samantha!

hello :)

band break's gonna be over soon! let's all cheer! yay.

Hello!

Today we had band prac! Which was strange for a Monday. One thing to take note: Always uncover the bass drum even if we don't think we're gonna use it! And I have to remember not to give in to the juniors' laziness. Cause Mr Oura asked us to do crotchet beats on the bass drum so we had to get the cover off real quick O:

We played Perseus today! It sounds so lovely(: We've only played it a few times and I love it already! It sounds so majestic, exactly how "A Hero's Quest in the Heavens" should sound like! Ahh it's so nice... I'm listening to it now:D I love the Animato, Feroce and Cantabile parts the most. Aliza's timpani parts are so awesome! And the chimes make the whole sound of the song that much more, ehm, exhilarating! I just crash for added impact(: Sorry Sam I have no comment on your parts cause I haven't heard them yet! Don't get lost when you come back to play okay! Ehh Sam! We need to get our toms back! I tried the toms part but most of the time I had to hit the non-existent higher toms i.e. AIR *_____________* Sus cym roll upside down on the timpani is by far the scariest, yet most amazing sound I've ever heard. It reminds me of some extraterrestial sound. Oh and the ocean drum is really dirty D: but fun to play with!



Perseus - Unknown Artist

Zomg i hate imeem and their 30 second previews. Click the link and listen to the whole thing!
Doesn't it sound nice! Don't answer. IT SOUNDS NICE.

Oh yes, good luck for limelight, directs! All of us are going! I'm asking my directs tomorrow.

Love,
Deborah.

hey percs!

haha I'm here to spare Deborah the agony of monologuing! And to take a break from Pan Am and it's logo, whatever it's supposed to be ><. 

Right, if you all didn't read your emails, and for the various seniors who may see this, we have a band blog! Yup, so take a look at it? There are quite a few nice pictures of band camp there, and (for some reason) nice section photos :D. (I take issue with that one with the 4 of us staring intently at the metronome and looking remotely... emo ><)

By the way, this is Sam. (because for some reason that name thingy down there says boo!)

If you're really bored, go read the previous posts, they're amusing! :D. And we can't let the blog die! So um, poke Aliza and Xing Ern to post too! And someone, please tell the secones about the blog coughDeborahcough. 

And yup, thanks, Deborah, for fixing the html and for the photopost! Aliza and Xing Ern have a lot of... weird photos together oO. 

love,

Samantha!

Hello i'm posting again!

sam it's gonna be your turn to post soon! if not i'll be monologing both during sectionals and here! we must work hard to keep this blog alive!
anyway, i'm just posting to say that the time's been screwed up for really long and i discovered it's cause it was set to GMT -8! so i set it to +8 :D

band break's starting on wednesday! Have a good break everyone, and i'll miss you guys! (((:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥,

deborah

hey percs!

((((: i made the blog look okay again! i feel so accomplished now.

okay going to do ss pt ><
♥deborah

Hey percs!

Oh dear this place is really dead. Sorry for not posting for so long! I don't know what to do about the weird HTML settings cause I can't find the button to edit it. Sec3 has been surprisingly busy and I should be chionging Physics PT now cause it's due this Friday! But I won't for now, cause we just had Band Camp and we took lots of really nice/funny/cute photos! :)

yay aliza's smiling!

haha the sec2s look so cute.

My directs - Lei-chen, Xin Hui, Sharon

why so gloomy! haha sam

sam & her directs!

Chair photo!

Section photo! With my very extra batchmate on the right.

The juniors! XE's giving the look haha.

Yeah that's all! (8 Happy holidays everyone :D See you juniors next band prac. Sam, I'll see you in what, three weeks? (:

Love,

Deborah.

hey percs!

this place is really dead. okay I'm really sorry about screwing up the html, so, does anyone have any inkling of how html works so that they can repair this? heh ><. 

oooh we're meeting sec1s tomorrow! And Deborah's going to be a direct senior! Seriously, time flies! haha I'm trying to imagine Deborah managing 3 sec1s and the image that's popping up is seriously... amusing. Anyway, you'll get all the help you can have from me and the sec2s, don't worry! 

SYF is honestly soon (I'm thinking about 50+ days?) so yup, do continue to work hard, and full speed ahead! 

love,

Samantha!

hey percs!

dead blog, anyone?? Anyway, Deborah - all the best for OBS! Drink loads of water! We'll miss you, for the one week you won't be here yup :D. But do enjoy yourself, okay! Then it'll be full speed ahead for SYF. 

Anyway, I probably didn't get around to wishing all of you guys a HAPPY NEW YEAR! All the best for 2009, which I'm sure will be a crazy year with SYF and another year of academics, PTs, SAs etcetc. So all the best, and jiayou! (haha yup this applies to the J1s too! - I actually can't believe you all are J1 already heh ><)

Do try and post so the blog won't be so. dead. ><.

love, Samantha!