Perky Percs

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 :)