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!

hey there,

I'm here to revive this place! Yes, inunion's over and in my opinion, it was kind of screwed. Okay that's kind of an understatement, but never mind! Let's jiayou and improve and work towards SYF'09, alright! (I shall attempt optimism :D)

Anyway, I think the section played quite well so it's okay :D. YAY now Aliza and Xing Ern are part of main band and Deborah's going to get little, cute, adorable direct juniors next year -grin-. (I actually can't wait to see little sec 1s next year! wheee!)

I'm posting this from Peru, and it's really cold, and the internet's in Spanish. And I hope band prac today was okay, and I'm so sorry that I couldn't be there. And this place is really dead, can you guys tag and post more? And this place is really cold. brr.

Oh, does anyone have videos of the various batch items? I want to rewatch them haha.

Oh, the only times where we can go on some kind of section outing would probably be like, after Deborah comes back from her holiday? Or you all could go without me, I guess? Yeah Deborah comes back at around the 20th-ish? hm.

love, Samantha

hellohellohello! (:

D: it's quite dead here >< nevermind! i have time so i shall post!
i know it's a bit late but good luck for your O levels, directs! hope you did well (:

yay Inunion is on Friday so good luck Xing Ern and Aliza! one year has passed quite fast, to me. you guys have improved so much and are really really pro so i know you'll play well for your songs! and some of them sound quite easy like Furusato (with only 32 bars) and Ye Banks and Braes O Bonnie Doon! where you have so many rests ><

so yeah, just play your best and have fun as well! congrats on officially becoming a bandgirl :D

<3 deborah

hello!

yay new skins so cool :D oh but i won't get to see how they're doing it if it's on wednesday right D: darn. yay let's hint very obviously for new instrus!

yeah! eyas are overrr!!! (heh sorry sam, not for you. but soon!) hope we all did well/our best/really well. let's decide where to go for section outing! i'm fine with anything. oh is it a bit late to book a chalet already? i don't think i'm free during december so yeah.

yay can't wait til band starts again :)
love, deborah
(ah, why're my posts so short ><)

Hi percs :D

This blog is so dead you guys are not doing a good job at all! No I'm kidding, I just felt like being nice and posting.

DO YOU MISS US DO YOU MISS US DO YOU MISS US. Don't you dare say no.

Was just scrolling down the rather old posts here and thinking of perc ensem during Cadenza just makes me happy again. Till now I can hardly believe we pulled it off together, weak as we seemed to be. And it's really so cool that we were the only section with ensem. So yep, thank you once again :D

New drumskins sounds so cool, take good care of them and make sure you repeat a million times to your future juniors that they are new. Try negotiating for a new marimba hint hint.

Jiayou mugging!
♥, HILLARYYYYY

hello percs!

my first time posting here in quite a while, then again, there hasn't been many posts for a while ><. anywayyy, if you don't know, I'm guessing you don't, we're getting new drumskins! :D. YAY. for timpani and toms, that is :D. - 2 of my favourite instrus, I'm guessing that's why the snare doesn't seem to like me all that much. we're getting them on tuesday, I think, but I'm not really sure. but, yay :D.

best of luck for all your EYAs! (argh you guys are really lucky, you know, you finish your EYAs on the 10th! And 13th and 14th are marking days! And I finish on the 13th =.=) yeah good luck and have fun mugging :D. let's have a section outing after EYAs, I'll try to organise it once my rp papers end! and um, if you all want section chalet, you'll need to email/sms your free days during the hols soon, because I need to book it soon, if not there's no way we'll even get a chalet, let alone a good chalet.

love, samantha

hello my dear percs! :D

whee this is my first time posting here! so fun :)
i don't actually know what to post (i'm just procrastinating). yeah i'm reviving this blog!

deborah :)
[LOVES rgssbperc 08/09]

Hello little juniors, thanks for making me feel appreciated and loved haha even though I don't think I've been so awesome as to deserve your cute little gifts!

ALL THE WAY PERCUSSION 09!
Love, HILLARYYYYY

P.S.: Technology for teacher's day tomorrow hee hee let's just have fun la, no stress dudes!

hello percky percs! sibf was over today, and i hope that all of you feel okay about it. :) despite the horrible acoustics that the hall had, i think that we all had fun, right? haha oh and i'm putting up the nice and un-zipai photos taken today :) hillary has a hidden talent for artistic shots!

marimba, by hillary
chimes, by hillary

wind chimes, by hillary

artistic vibraphone, taken by hillary. :O their hands are a blur!
picture #1: xingern and aliza stoning.
picture #2: xingern and aliza happy! SEEE so much prettier :D i think this is the first proper picture i've had of both of them smiling at the same time! goodjob, keep it up! :))
heehee our section is cool! and im the second tallest :)))

band prac before SIBF! and everyone is in uniform :)
hello deborah :D it took her 3 shots to pose properly, haha!
kimberley and the piccolo snare.
ARTISTIC SHOT OF THE BELL TREE . i proudly proclaim that i took it, not hillary! :D
egg and tuna and crabmeat sandwiches...SO MANY PEOPLE THREW THEIR SANDWICHES AWAY!!! boo you evil waste-fooders!

I don't know what to say except for:

THANK YOU PERCUSSION 08
I LOVE YOU PERCUSSION 08
I AM VERY VERY VERY PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Hillary (: