Music being the Center of my Life.

If anything is blog-worthy in my life, it must be the concerts: either those I performed in, or those I went to watch. And just so happened that they happen to me quite often to me. HAHA!

Ever since I don't remember when, there are times I just won't be able to meet anyone on saturdays because I have a concert to attend. LOL! But it's not really my fault, is it? :)

A few to name these few months. (Actually I might just list all)

1. Our People, Our Music 2014 (OPOM)

I don't know why I signed up for it, but well, it has to be memorable somehow even though I'm not part of SYCO anymore. It made me seems like I'm still part of sy, at least for a while. Haha!

It was a lot of waiting and waiting, standing and sitting around, oh wells, I asked for it right? Haha! nonetheless, we are already the lucky lot. So I shan't complain. And aren't all of us proud of breaking the 2 Guinness Records? I guess that's worth it then. :)

2. "孫天后" 孫燕姿的《克卜勒》
全民共樂過後的一個禮拜, 又回到了國家體育場, 參加第一個在那個場地舉行的流行音樂演唱會. 因為前一個禮拜才去過, 所以知道裡面的空氣不流通, 也許會很熱. 只是沒想到, 隔一排的差距就是前一排較高價位的位子有手扇, 從我們這一排就沒有了. -.- 而且早就知道那個場地的音效是沒辦法做到很好的. 況且沒想到, 舞台搭建在很遠的地方, 所以我們離地上的座位和舞台都非常的遠, 少了的是親近感. 就少了一些'身在其中'的感覺. 但是, 感覺天后的表演又比上次好了許多. 不知道是不是因為當了媽媽, 幽默感多了一些, 膽識和信心也多了, 所有的演唱都平穩. 況且, 那天她是帶病上陣的. 真的辛苦了! :) 幸好沒有因為上次的小失望而這次沒去! 還有, 真的喜歡新專輯裡的《克卜勒》，《天使的指紋》，還有《尚好的青春》! 太好聽了!

3. MCO Beautiful Sunday 美麗的星期天
隔天就是自己的演出了. Haha! 很久沒有這麼緊張的上一場表演. 說實在, 我要是真那麼棒, 早就去讀音樂了. 我就是知道我沒有那個料, 所以只可以玩玩. 在樂團這麼多年, 我沒有一次逃不過拉板胡的, 除了這一次. =.= 而且我有的時間是如此的短啊! 還有一段高胡solo, 差一點沒死掉. Haha! 我得承認, 板胡是我比較緊張的部分. 還好, 最後的表現還是可以的. 沒有我以前需要獨奏的時候那麼緊張. 不知道是不是上了年紀, 心情比較平穩, 呼吸不會那麼急促? 或者現在慢的東西我還是應付得來的. 哈哈! 最近聽到錄音才第一次聽到那天的表現. 不能說非常好, 但至少, 我在錄音中聽到了讚嘆聲. 哈哈! 而且, 香港的朋友還私訊說我拉得好! 真的非常高興. Hehe! :D 結果那一段我自己聽了好幾遍. (自我小陶醉一下沒關係吧) 其他的就別說了. Haha! 心知肚明就好. 第一次感觉自己赞自己到这样不要脸. (说真的，现在脸皮好像真的厚了很多). 还有开心的是，和那边的朋友聚一聚. :)

4. SSO @ Re-Opening of VCH
Very exciting event as we all re-visited the site, with everything refurbished so nicely, to give us a modern yet classic feeling of the place. Some of the things may have changed, but it feels really good to be back to place where many concerts were held at. A pity that I have never performed there before, and I don't know if I ever will have the chance to, but I was definitely privileged to be there on this occasion. But I have to sit, sitting under the covered area on the stall seats is still not satisfactory and doesn't justify the sound from the stage properly. A pity. I still remember the days it was the performing venue for SCO, East zone camps, and other schools/community centres concert. We spent so many weekends there. Even though toilet queue has always been a problem and there's absolutely no food around as well, and that the seats were in bad condition nearing the end before the renovation, it was the memories. I still remember the concert I watched someone I liked perform on stage. I still remember the watching some talented people I admired at some concert. The memories of secondary school life. And you haven't realised, but I haven't said a thing about the concert. Other than Ng Pei-Sian, I don't really know what else to say about the concert. HAHA! :x Oh ya, I already talked about the sound. Hopefully I will get to perform there one day.

5. The Sound of Music Musical @ MBS Theatres
One of my favourite films since young. Probably because my sister always watch it, all the lovely songs, and me listening to the soundtrack countless times. I was a little confused with the plot and songs selection/sequence, only to find out that was closer to the original broadway than the film. Oops. Looks like we were all brainwashed by the film. Nevertheless, most of the songs remained the same and it was a joy to be there.

6. 苏打绿's 十周年演唱会 AIR Singapore
名字非常長, 就這樣吧. 可以說這場演唱會絕對是這年最最最迫不及待想看的演唱會. 自己一個人很早就到了會場, 可惜這裡的氣氛果然不比台北的, 沒有人這麼早就去排隊買周邊商品啦. 所以很快就買到了. 值得高興的是演唱會並沒有延遲很久才開始. 沒有AIR watch 兼螢光棒的手環,  但有贊助商的熒光棒和一些贈品, 也算不錯. 他們場的每一首歌都好喜歡喔, 對我來說, 最興奮的莫過於那個360度旋轉舞台. 之前看到台北場視頻的時候, 他們唱著《相信》, 旋轉舞台突然升起的那一刻, 我眼淚直接流了出來. 沒想到可以在新加坡場看到它. 真的非常棒! 好像那也是暐哲最驕傲的事. Haha! 但新加坡這場, 不管什麼時候,'高興'的感覺都勝過了一切. 我好像只有一直大聲的笑, 還有對自己傻笑. 哈哈! 尤其是小威bai kah 的事, 就一直拿出來講. 太好笑了! 當然, 還有演唱的部份啦! 大概喜歡的歌都唱了吧. 或者說, 反正我沒有什麼不喜歡的歌, 他們唱什麼歌我都很開心! 雖然主唱大人真的不喜歡大家說他們很好笑, 比較想聽到他們唱的好好. 可他骨子裡就喜歡有點搞笑. 明明自己總是忍不住要搞笑, 然後又說我們不要什麼都笑, 會不會太過份了一點? 哈哈! 尤其拜託我們說因為演唱會結束硬逼我們說'YAY'的那段, 任性極了! 但, 是我不會忘記的一場演唱會.

7. 香港中樂團 @ Esplanade
期待已久的音樂會, (是不是很跳tone? Haha) 反正因為去年十二月到香港去的時候朋友就說了, 所以真的等很久. 演出, 就只能說, 很喜歡閻惠昌! HAHA! 還有演出的曲目. 可惜我們的位子也許比較不好, 在3樓, 音樂廳的音響沒有調好, 所以弦樂的聲音無法完整的傳達上來, 管樂就略為大聲. 不過後來聽坐在一樓的朋友說, 他們聽到比較大聲的是弦樂, 管樂則比較小聲. 看來管樂的聲音都被打上來了. 確實有點浪費了這樂團的實力.

除了看演出, 還有當導遊帶朋友到處走. 在香港的時候就答應了. 而且不管我們誰去, 他們都熱情招待的. 結果我們安排了三天的環島吃喝玩行程. 說真的, 有些地方我們自己都沒去過. 哈~ 而且吃了大概一整年才會吃到的量的本地食物. 結果, 朋友回國後, 我完全沒有想吃任何東西的慾望.

8. Ruan Chamber Concert @ Esplanade Recital Studio (by SCO)
Only went to watch because of Minhui. Seems like many things have changed in our lives, but not the music. It's always been a pleasure to hear some of the musicians play: Minhui is one of them :) The music, though simple, is very captivating. Just like how she played Yu Hou Ting Yuan. Could only say, I went there just to watch her. <3

9. Kalakan @ The Voices by Esplanade
Not really knowing what we were in for, I went because Ekjun and Yvonne recommended them. Saw a short clip of theirs when dymc went to Sarawak for Rainforest Music Festival. It turned out that they were really good. Even though they are from this small country called Basque, I have no idea where that is (somewhere in or near Spain), and can't understand their language. But, music really doesn't depend on language. With some simple explanation on the numbers, and the power of their vocals, it's not difficult to feel the music. Couldn't resist but to stand up, clap along and sing along. It was not a long concert, but definitely an enjoyable one. :)

10. MCO 10th Anni Concert @ Esplanade
My last performance for the year. Never felt I put in so much effort into a concert before, I wanted to make it the best one, but then again, it's always about everyone, and not just 1 person in the orchestra. Or even, majority. You just need 1 person to ruin it. (just a saying, not pointing at anyone). No matter how many practices I went to, (actually all the practices since Oct) and a number of extra practices on weekday night, it doesn't make a difference if the section hasn't even come together once until the rehearsal. Yup, I understand that everyone may have their own commitments in life, I used to have mine as well. And I burnt all my Saturdays to go to practice at somewhere so far even though it's my only free day all week. What I'm saying is, well if you have so many commitments, you ought to choose the priority, and give up some of them some times. It doesn't hurt, really. More so if in the end you tired yourself out and also drag the others with you. There's a possibility of finding more players at an earlier stage rather than every week having hopes that this person will come, and the person just doesn't turn up at all. It's an issue of responsibility. An orchestra isn't an orchestra if the players don't play together most of the time. And that's probably why we need to add practices and tired everyone out and had so many 'surprises' at the end of the day.

有時我覺得是老師太縱容大家了. 如果是我, 至少最後一個月的練習大家都應該來, 不然就別上了. 這是以大局為重, 而不是因為個人欲望的事.

And kids nowadays, have to be spoon-fed with answers. They are supposed to be smart, so it's not that they don't know, more or they don't want to try. We the seniors were practicing hard even though we already know our stuff and trying to perfect it, but they just sat there and did nothing. They didn't even attempt to try on their own when the scores were given months ago. Don't understand why we are still teaching them at the last week before the concert. I was practicing right beside the girl just to motivate her to practice also, but she just sat there and did nothing. Hello! I don't even need to practice anymore. -.-

In the end, can't say I didn't make any mistakes, in fact, I made quite a few, though not major, but I feel bad enough. I would have played much better if it wasn't for my sore back. :/ Need to remind myself to get muscle patch the next time I perform because sitting straight-backed for a whole day is a no-joke.

But this concert has made us bond better, think of solutions to savage and not immerse in the so-called good image from people who doesn't play the music at all. Happy that at least we get to play some traditional music, although a mix will bring more audience. Well, I've done my job. I used to be quite hack care about such things because I'm just someone who plays occasionally in the orchestra, I don't know where the sense of responsibility suddenly come from. Perhaps I just wanted them to be more efficient. Super waste time some of the time. Glad that it's over, but then again, kinda miss the music playing time. Till the next time! Hope it's not too soon, so that I have more free saturdays.

With the year coming to an end, just 1 more concert to go! i.e. Jay Chou's Opus II, which was supposed to be on 8 Nov, but it's going to be tomorrow! :D Excited! But not crazy over it. Well, first time, just to experience it. :)

Ok, maybe that's not the last. The last will be on 31st Dec in Taipei! ;)

And due to budget constraints to save up for the much awaited trip, I resisted and had to give up a few other interesting stuff this year, like Mamma Mia musical. Oh well, I'm sure I will get to catch it in future, maybe in London? Who knows.

Till then! Good bye for the year! :D

Breaks are meant for Enjoyment like Food and Concerts. Loads.

Finally felt guilty that I haven't been updating the blog even though I haven't been working. Not that anyone is still reading it, but penning down has always been the most reliable source of memory for me. And thus, it means that there are a lot of things I might have forgotten through these months. haha! (Ok, maybe I could refer to my instagram for some memories retrieval)

Life is still as happening as ever, before the funds run dry and the mother at home starts nagging. =x Sometimes I'm not at choice for this right? Oh wells, hopefully things will turn out to be better.

Anyhows, a few updates on the happening stuff in my life lately then.

我愛台灣 (2013年版, 第二篇)

Yup, the anticipated trip since the friends started become closer in SYCO few years ago. It's a pity that those people have already left the orchestra for various reason. But still, I was still looking forward to it, because there's won't be anymore chance. HAHA!

It's not an easy trip to come by for this one. And I appreciate every effort. I would love to ask if this trip had happened last year or the year before, would it have been very different from what I have experienced? Answer is most probably! Why? The people, maybe the repertoire, the end result.

Esplanade is 10!

I was quite surprised when I first heard about the whole event. "You mean Esplanade has been there for 10 years already?" - My first thoughts about the 10th Anniversary event. The method of participation in the weekend's 'Dedicated to You' programme changed from time to time. In the end I was quite involved in the whole thing!

At first my role was just an audience for SCO's programme and staff for DYMC's programme. And then I left DYMC, so that left me with just being the audience for the former and I was still contemplating for National Broadway Company (NBC) because I didn't know what it will be like.

A weekend of fun!

A very eventful week. Enjoyed myself and used my time to the fullest.

Last Saturday was SYCO's July Concert. Happy to hear that the tickets were sold out at the very last week,  and even open up the gallery seats. Although we felt we weren't very very prepared for the whole concert before the actual day, everyone was really motivated and did well during the concert itself. Esp. when it was a coincidence that it was Mr Quek's bday the next day so everyone was extra motivated? But actually that should be the way. I wished it was more competitive so that everyone is more hardworking. Whatever it is, really glad that the concert ended well. I was totally drained after the whole day and my back and waist was aching like hell. Had to force myself to sit straight throughout the concert but it was super tiring. Almost died. HAHA!

Sunday was time for 《老九》. Frankly speaking, I wasn't very sure if I should watch it at first, but since sister was interested to go, I decided to give it a try. Actually, it was better than I expected! Just that the first half was kind of draggy, as it always happen in musicals, but the songs were good. And the actors were better than I expected too, esp. the lead Sugi. He did very well, together with some other veterans in Theatres, I like the '大马' acted by 刘俊葳, he was really good. The special moment was when 老九 narrated that his teacher passed away after 3 months, a kid behind us said 'huh!'. We all giggled at that point. 很有效果.

And was dinner with the JC peeps. Also a birthday celebration for my buddy - von. Sometimes I feel that if not for her and yuhui, i will bid goodbye to them. Haha. Nah, just joking, I'm happy to have such friends who have gone through jc life with me and have become so close since then. And even happier to receive good news from one of us. Got to prepare for it next year. But sometimes I feel guilty that they treat this grp of friends the most important but I didn't. But I really appreciate all those we have come through these years and I think we will still be friends for a long time. :) The reason why I said the above it plainly because I think they although they may feel I'm important in the group, but I'm not that important too, because I don't think they ever cared what I'm doing and how I'm doing. All we do when we meet up is just to talk about them, and I don't know, how on earth we can always talk so long and loud without addressing to everyone. I mean unlike my other groups of friends who will remember what I said and ask me how I'm doing or what. So, I don't feel as attached. I mean, they didn't even remember that my birthday is during their bali trip when they plan, and didn't even remember I can't make it on certain days even though I've said it so many times, and didn't even remember I mentioned that I going overseas on whatsapp. But the good new was, our dear han is getting married next year! :)

Then was on a trip to Zhuhai and Macau after that weekend! :) Will blog about it in another post.

SYCO makes my life complete 2012

SYCO has gone into another year. I think I say this every year, but it's really kind of different every year, isn't it? And especially when more and more friends have left us for greener pastures. Nah, just joking, they left to other matters they have to cope in life. And sometimes it's not like they really wanna leave, and I understand, one day I will leave too. Sooner or later.

The funny thing is, I'm treating every year like my final, and still the same this year.

But somehow, the feeling is not so strong anymore, even though I know that eventually when I leave, I will still feel sad. I feel so emotionally attached to the group, we are not just people who play in the same orchestra, we are a group of close friends, a family. And I know I will miss everyone there.

Actually I kept on have to convince myself that it's time to leave, and I really do feel so, but I feel so attached to sy that I'm afraid of the emptiness I will get when I really do leave. Everyone is saying that next year is the 10th anni of sy and it should be quite cool to be there for a 10th anni. Same sentiments, but will I really be able to commit. And to be truthful, sometimes I see it as a hindrance to whatever I want to do in life. Seeing people with so much freedom without commitments like this, I'm envious. However, the fear that things will not be as I see it worries me. Oh wells, I blame myself for not being young enough. HAHA!

I think I got sick of myself talking about the same things every year after sy concert, so I'll save that for now. But I'm quite glad for this year's concert, erm, somehow, haha! I admit that I haven't been practising much (which is also one of the reason I feel that I should go already). There are so many more worthy of staying inside than me, though my attendance is probably better. But I was quite surprise that at the end of the day, we got to where we should be on the stage, and could see Mr. Quek is quite satisfied, by the expression and gestures he made. The sy miracle we always say. Everything comes alive on the stage itself. :)

And so, we still made it. And in fact, I was kind of touched during 边巴 that I nearly teared, thinking of some friends I miss and will miss in future (kind of silly also), but eventually I resisted, knowing that I really shouldn't tear on stage. But the music was just so good, really love the song.

Then, ironically, this is the first year I totally don't feel like performing for the finale song, because I didn't have time to practise and I would have a bit more free time if I wasn't involved. Plus, I've been in for ALL the years I was in sy, so I don't feel there's any regrets, unless if you want to consider the completeness because I did. Actually this part was quite funny, we were rehearsing with the SCO musicians for the first time and Zhangls thought I'm sitting with him since I already did for the past 3 years. Then I got to break the news that I'm not. LOL! He was a bit shocked. I had to go: '老师，今年我不是坐你旁边! 哈哈!' and he went: '啊？'. Ok, my worth proven. hahaha! Just kidding. :)

Dauntless Spirit 2011 (Y)

It's one of the most exciting concert so far!

For July

What eventful weekends i have had in July (and busy weekdays too). So i have to wait till almost end of July to update... Cos i was really busy dao.... The weather was crazy. i was crazily busy too...

First weekend:
1. Picnic + Fly kite with COgang.
Was a super rainy sat morning... But we still went on with our plan to Marina Barrage with some food and got to sit under the shelter to eat. And even under the shelter, we got rain washed over us sometimes. But we still got to fly the kite after that! Quite lucky though the grass is all wet. hohoh. Not much sun and wind at first. So a bit hard to fly the kite but we did it anyhows.

Then just as we stopped, the sun came out. Super hot sun. The weather is crazy. So 3 girls decided to stay under the shelter while jan, sushi, dj, via and i came out to fly kite. But anyway it's been long since we last met so early in the morning for a gathering like that. Ever since we grad from sac? hahaha. It's a good outing like that with them still :) (and i got a little sun burnt after that). haha!

We ended the day ard 2+.. for me to go for my teaching lesson. And some decided to go for some movie.

2. Movie
After that long day... I went for Eclipse with the Asswais. Some crazy ppl watched 2 movies on that day - Toy Story 3 and Eclipse. I was only available for 1. So yea. I met them after my lesson. Wanted to dine at Astons but ended up at Jap food cos not enough time. Movie was all right... Not that exciting. A bit gross at the fighting part. Other than that... More or less to the story? I'm looking forward to Breaking Dawn more. More interesting storyline. :)

Then ekky send us back to the east! Although it was a really long walk to his car. tsk. haha! And yup that's all for saturday.

3. Race Against Cancer
That was the activity for sunday. 5km fun run. Glad that we only did 5km. haha! too long nv train. Stamina is like. LOW. sianed. And my shoes are not really fitting... So my feet got very painful halfway thru... And then worst. Got stitches. like wth. So Anyway after that i bth and went back home to change shoe plus take dslr before going back to meet the rest at mac.

Then i couldn't rmb what happened for the rest of the day seriously. HAHA

Yup. End of first weekend.

Second weekend:
1. F.I.R Concert
Was quite a surprise gift from SCO. I think cos of their collaboration with 光明山. that's why there's free tix. Well, our seats can't be compared to those sco staff. And i can only say. 'Better than nothing'. haha. First time the asswais are going for something like this... And then, there were a few who knows NOTHING abt F.I.R and their songs. lol. Like our dearest dr.cheow and tanmeijou. So they were more entertained by iPhones than the singers themselves. Then a few of them fell asleep at the front. Which i agree was quite dry. But not that bad lah.

Anyway towards the end we got damn high and start jumping ard and finally joeltan got some songs he knows! like 2 or 3 of them? lol. So overall it was good! Free one leh. HAHA :D

2. Nothing else except for work and violin lessons.

Got to work for the weekend = coming to office 7/7. wah i tell u it's kinda madness. I worked (come to office for 12 days straight. So for the sat and sun. It was work then teach, work then teach. Just that one day was at clementi, the other at yishun.

One of the most tiring weekend ever.

Third weekend:
1. Music Exchange
Quite fun. Quite tiring too. Lotsa friends. Lotsa laughter throughout. Spent most of the day with vontay. HAHA. Ok lah.. after that with the asswais too. Mini-asswai gathering somehow. haha! Anyhows, quite fun to be meeting some friends whom i haven't seen for a long time. both MCO and Changkat. Esp. the cc ppl. LOL. And being called some 叛徒 for a day. :( Reason is clear, but dun say here lah. The whole thing was quite funny. And i felt so stress cos he was sitting diagonally behind me during our item. Cos i didn't really talk to him, and he didn't really chatted with me too... I felt quite bad actually. Aiya. Whatever lah. =X Why am i involved in this kind of rubbish politics of ppl. rah!

Anyway i happy cos of some things though. haha! Shan't say what is it. I know can liao. lol! Maybe some will know, maybe not. But also... erm. nothing liao lah.

The exchange itself was not bad. Although i wasn't really listening after some time. LOL. Take photo photo and more photos.

2. Movie
Went to watch Nodame Cantabile - Finale with the Asswais after the exchange. Hmm.. Not bad but not as much cute animations compared to first part. More laughter for 1st part. But still quite funny. And after all it's with the asswais. Anything can be good enough. HAHA. :D

3. Work
And back to work on sunday again. And to teach cos i canceled the lesson the day before. Still, a much too tiring day for me to handle. haha.

Fourth weekend: (one of the most fun one)
1. Universal Studio Singapore
Yeap. First visit to USS. And with my family. :D Family day for da-jie coy. So we all went. The funniest thing of all was the start of the day where the 3 of us couldn't wake up in the morning. So much so for setting the time to get out of the house, i woke up at the exact time we had to leave. And i was the one who woke the 2 of them up. LOL. So we had to rush for time cos dad and mum were already at the mrt station waiting for us. How cool.

So ya.. played and eat in USS. Went to gollilocks for lunch (fyi they sell fried chicken, not porridge) and it's not bad at all. But my dad prefers KFC. haha! Took quite some photos there... and the mascots are really good. :) Managed to get most that we wanted: Madagascar (only managed to get alex cos the session ending), Shrek & Fiona, Puss in boots, Frankenstein and Kungfu Panda. Damn cute. We were quite lucky for most of it... The cat is like damn cute. And well... vain. HAHA! And we specially waited for Kungfu panda. Saw him when we just reached and halfway through but he was going back to rest already.. so we ermm... ask the other escorts where will he be appearing and abt what time. And yeah! We waited there for him to come out. So we were like one of the first few. :D

For rides... didn't really get to take a lot. Went for more shows instead. Or rather, i think we only took the Mummy ride? Which was really good. Wanted to go to the Jurassic ride, but they having technical fault. :( And the roller-coaster is closed still. So no luck. Omg, i want to go back and play when everything is up! I hope it will be soon. So yup, went to the 4D Shrek show, movie special effects showcase, the waterworld show.


Yea, I was a happy when i came out of USS cos i got a puss in boots mug and a gingy cushion for workplace!! :D


2. Veron's bday
It was kinda last min decision to go.. cos it was after USS and i was quite drained already. Anyhows, met joeltan and tayzhiwen to go tgt. Yup.. had a good time playing Angry birds on jingwen's iPad. So big and clear. haha! Most of them left quite early. I felt kinda bad so i stayed for a while more.. which in the end i left like what 1plus am? Erm. I can't rmb. haha. And luckily i managed to get a cab outside the chalet. if not i have to walk the dark path all the way out to the main street.

3. The Line Buffet
If u still do not know what is The Line, maybe u are still not to the age to enjoy yet. haha! It's buffet by Shangri La Hotel. One of the highest recommended int'l buffet in sg. I went with my 2 buddies on sunday for lunch. It's damn good i tell u, just by eating the seafood, it's enough to return the money you paid for the whole meal. Oh and sashimi. it's like... heaven! It can convince ppl who doesn't believe in sashimi to eat it and say it's nice. Didn't eat some of the variety there cos really too much. Dessert was calling us. So tempting and most of them are really nice! Ah... the meal lasted me throughout the whole day. hahaha! I wasted my packed dinner provided by sy for the concert. didn't eat at all. And no Koi too. lol!

4. SYCO concert
Rehearsal at 3.30pm and concert at 8pm on the sunday. As much as we thought it might be a disaster, it turned out quite well. But the big thing for the day was... I actually forgot to bring my scores out. -.- So smart. And that was becos i was practising the songs in the morning before i went out for the buffet haha! And i only realised that when i reached SCH. Was kinda early and wanted to prac first. it was then i opened my bag and realised my scores weren't inside. And best, my partner and i are using my scores for the concert. How great. I had to call home to ask them to bring it to me.. So during the rehearsal it was quite disastrous, esp. for the erhu song. haha!

But anyhows, I think we did quite well for the concert. And i'm proud of us! :D So much for all the scoldings we had. If only everyone could do better earlier the next time. It was really better than what we expected. And mr quek was super funny during the concert. Esp. the erhu song i think. damn relieved. hahaha.

And then.... We face friends performing for the last time in syco. Well... I must say i will really miss them in the co. esp. joeltanmeijou. As much as we dun want him to leave, i think if that's what is better for him, I wish him all well. (well, he is going afterall). Ah... Time has really passed so fast. At the point i'm typing this... there's only 20 days left for him in sg. :(

Worst, there are 5 weekends for July!!!
Fifth Weekend:
1. Make-up lessons for the kids
After all the busy weeks... i had to change quite a few violin lessons to accommodate. :( And so instead of enjoying days i do not have to teach due to the music school holidays, I had to go back to teach them. Ok. blame on myself lah. :(

2. Support Xunqi at RACO concert
It was really a cool thing to see your friend as the conductor at a concert. And can see how much effort he has put in to make this concert a success. The concert may not be fantastic, but it shows the effort of all these alumnis who are perhaps very busy ppl, best example is xunqi himself. And the passion they had for the school and CO to make them go back and make this concert a success. Not easy.

A surprise to see emily and yingying there too! We were like damn high there. haha! They are there with their sn friends i think. And saw khai phang too... quite a good friend of xunqi i think. haha! Haven't seen my pri school friends for such a long time. 

When would nyco have the same kind of chance to do this? haha. i dunno. Not so soon i guess.

3. Relax
Finally I got to relax on the sunday cos it's August already!!! I heart. And now... i'm going to sleep and update on august stuff soon. Hee!

PS: I think this entry kinda fits almost half of the labels i have. hahaha!

Exciting June Part 2

Then comes the annual SYCO concert. This year no outing was planned before the the concert. Which was a bit boring, and i feel this year is quite neglected by everyone. Including our umbrella. cos we weren't even given dinner. And so i didn't have dinner... cos of a lot of reason. But nvm. U still know there's fun once everyone is there. like instantly. :)

First we have this toilet party where so many were stuck in the toilet putting on make up, with rachel and zixin esp. long with their eyeliners. lol. It's quite funny lah. Until it was like time to go out to meet via to pass her the tix. Saw the cc ppl as well. mel haven't reach by the time i had to go in. Dad and mum too. tsk tsk. Anyway, 2 guys put jj's aeroplane so i didn't get to see them. hais.

Okay, to the concert. I thought it was really quite good. Given the kind of stuff we were producing on our last week's rehearsals. haha! And i admit i did play a few places wrongly. =X I think i was too focused in i dunno what. And i have to say that just talking abt the SYCO songs, this year's songs are one of the nicest we have performed so far, though there were many songs we loved as well. And as usual, the combine song for SY and the teachers is really good! I love that song since last year, the first few times i listen to its recording. Too happy to believe that we will be playing this piece when i saw it was still pending for approval from MD last year. I was secretly praying that he will approve it. Haha! And he did! Overjoyed! :D

Then was crazy photo taking session during the concert break. And after that actually cos we are free till the combine song. Haha. And dunno why some ppl are nowhere to be found. lol.

Cool. I like. :)

Then after concert. Finally got to see my parents and the 2 friends. My mum actually went to the autograph session, to tell mr quek that she's my mother again. HAHA! My mother that is. -.- So anyways we didn't had time to go up for the autograph cos the chats and photo-taking downstairs is taking up too much time seriously. By the time i want to go up, they were all down already. Chey! Still took a photo with jj in the end lah. Junior leh. haha!

RAH! but i think same as last year, no recordings for us!! as in no vcd or dvd given to us anymore. BOO! Because of someone we all know who. yucks. 

Then our usual routine to LPS. lol. The ny ppl came too. Had a great time lah. Them and their craps. like wth. We had so many ppl, there were so many grps. cc ppl were there with jj as well. Eat eat eat and laugh laugh laugh lah. and doing stupid stuff. Then drag drag drag to get off that place. Wanted to come home but in the end went to daryl's house with the rest. Didn't do much, just talk. Talked abt quite a lot of stuff, which are quite random sometimes. haha. But good time with the sy ppl lah.

In the end came back in the morning with junan and shenglong. Coincidentally, my er-jie just returned as well! It was like 5.30am at least? lol! And luckily i was only meeting the beloveds in the afternoon. which i was still late! lol. Okay, continue next entry. Got to sleep. i got outbreak these few days! damn irritating.

NYCO Concert 2010 - 春回大地

The first NYCO Concert all these years. :) Really a happy occasion though there was a lot of unforeseen incidents.

A lot of mixed feelings for myself also. Think i'm the oldest on stage (excluding ding). And well, the only one from my batch. Looking at all my juniors, I'm rather proud of them actually. haha! I'm quite surprised that NYCO can produce this kind of sound and music. I like 大地回春. Nice song!

But i think next time we could really have a solely CO concert. Too much of gz. And i dun really like gz. haha! Too few combine items. :( Thus the alumus were really very free and have too much time in between items. Bonding with the other alumus. :)

And coincidentally we had at least one alumni from each batch. Cool. Me from 04, Julian 05, Mingkwang 06, Dominic, weijian and huifang 07, zhiwen and pauline 08. Wow. not bad. hahaha! Too bad the rest can't come. Exams period. :( But nvm, i hope we are having some alumni outing soon! I miss my people seriously!

And now that the concert is over, dun even know when is the next time i will go back to nyjc and meet the nyco ppl. *shrugs*

Jan 2010 Part 1 ;)

Aiyo.. like very long nv update again. Kind of forgotten what i did already. =x

I haven't even updated anything for January yet!

JB-ed with yushi, sylvia, jan, siyih and mer. A nice one-day getaway i say. Maybe even nicer for them cos they got to work and all after coming back. And i'm the slacking one. Went to shop at City Square (or city what??), Lunched at Kim Gary. Had a nice and full lunch before walking ard. Got a dress and a polo tee. :) And landyard for er-jie, the exact same stitch one i have. I know she's been eyeing it. Then seafood dinner at ERM! I can't rmb the place, have to see picture. haha! Nice and cheap dinner. Salted-egg sauce crab, Crayfish, big prawns, stingray, toufu and veg. We finished EVERYTHING! lol.

Klunch-ed with yuhui, jiale, han and chris. Like wow, i haven't been there for such a long time. As in haven't sing K for such a long time! No time to go more often leh. But Han didn't sing AT ALL, otherwise it's a rather good session. Went down to JP to look for sis after that. Shopped ard and got a dress for CNY. And actually now i've got excess clothes to last for cny! Yay! :)

Went for cycling twice already this month. On 10th and 24th. Have to train for the OCBC Cycle 2010 mah... Very tiring but very satisfying. From the rent shop near to Mac all the way to the end of Changi Beach Park. It's about 40km. 2plus hours to complete the whole thing... But damn tiring. But it's quite an enjoyable process. Looking forward to more! But CNY coming... should have no time to go le ba. :(

So the canceled date with my beloveds became a family dinner instead. Coincidentally everyone was home for dinner that day. Like really cos we didn't really plan to meet but erjie and i saw dajie just on our way to bedok int to meet royston kor-kor, called dad and mum separately and they were near int too. Wah.. Then saw mum's friend. So we went to Aston tgt. :)

Then met the beloveds on 23rd to celebrate char's bday. Was quite a rush for me cos i need to get a few things done. Plus with all the things i was carrying. A surprise visit to Mike and Simon at taka. I wasn't there to look for them lah, i was there to look for birthday card. In the end, saw them and talked for quite a while. I miss working with mike. Haha! Met the girls at Raffles mrt. Walked over to Don's pie for crab beehoon and... unfortunately they just stopped having crabs cos of cny. Like where got so qiao one?! So we went to Sushi Tei instead. Well, not bad. :)

Then got to rush down to nafa to meet minhui, yvonne and joyce cos got gig. First time gig at that kind of place. haha. And i think we will not go that kind again? Cos really very smelly and bad condition too! Like no normal chair?! Only yvonne got the normal chair got she got no choice what. haha! Then the other 3 of us had to sit high stool! Then lighting was poor, so can't see the scores properly. Some have to guess lah. So we screwed up the last song but i dun think the audience really care as well? Came back with smelly hair and smelly clothes. Eek.

I finally cut my hair and rebond again! I think i really 1 year nv go cut hair liao. Think this time should keep trimming.. see can dun need to rebond or not. haha! Sat there for 3.5h. Listening to some random cny songs which i nv heard before and not nice to hear also, using wifi from hp (It's really one of the greatest invention!) and play DS lite. Haha!

Really tired liao.. update another time! Nites. :)

SYCO goes crazy. (causal)

The layout for posting a bit weird weird de.. Cannot post pictures too. Just when i feel like it.. Haha!

Time really passes very fast huh.. Only the last performance left for SYCO this year. Moreover not everyone performing. :( I just realised that SY is like the CO i've stayed longest in.. Ok. For now it's the same as pri school. 5years.. Sec sch was only 4, and jc was only 2. CC was on and off. Thou also for a long time.. But not a permanent member for long ever since left sec sch. I'm like just part time in mco and nusco.

SYCO is really different. Most of us are not of the same age. And ya.. Most of the time i'm the oldest among them and the youngest either 16 or 17. But everyone just talk and play tgt. And without fail. We know what we are going to do after every practice and performance. Like going for supper most of the time at Lau Pat Sat after the annual concert. It's so standard that we did it every year.. Only once we went to the HK Cafe which we also frequent on other occasions like Beautiful Sunday. I can safely say one of the joyful grp to be with.

Crazy stuff we did when tgt.. Includes forming our SYCO Choir. Haha. Ytd was one of the craziest time where the whole bunch of us sang national songs all the way from botanical gardens bukit timah gate to the tanglin gate! From the influence of the songs we performed ytd. Heh. But it was fun yea? :) And not to forget the past composition (not-really) of our LPS song. haha. and the singing of Zheng He. lol.

And to back track a bit.. There's like a lot of us swarm into LPS after SYF presentation last thurs.. The place became so black. Haha! But it was really fun.. Becos of the increase of ppl joining us for such activities.. We had to join 6 tables to accommodate all of us! Quite kua zhang lah.. But filled ok. Lol.

Could see everyone was damn happy abt the performance that day.. Esp. Gls. I'm happy for him and for ourselves.. Despite all the lousy stuff we presented during prac before that. It's a relief that we did it on the perf itself. And glad we did too.. Cos everyone was so stress to perform side by side to the Gwh schools. It's just so difficult to outshine anyone. Dunno if we did. But i felt it a success no matter what. :) One unforgettable night i know.

Ok.. Back to present.. First time perf at botanical gardens.. New experience i say.. Not much time for preparation and i'm not really prepared for all the songs really. But yea. I'm glad we did it.. Good to see that there are quite a good no. of audiences. Makes me want to go there picnic as well. Lol. Hmm.. Xiangle performed with us as well. Glad that he could.. But also kinda worried at the same time.. Hope he's still ok after all the songs. And hope all these doesn't worsen his case. My same words.. Nothing is more impt than health Xiangle.. U can do the rest when u recover. Must take care k? And of cos we are all here to support u... Even we can't do anything physically to help u... We support u mentally.. Dun forget u have a lot of friends and family who care. :)

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We went to Shokudo.. and this was taken before we left... our grp really grew much bigger as compared to the past. A good thing.. but also means harder to move everyone and notice everyone. haha! but still... it was really enjoyable. And we sang a birthday song for jessly like out of nowhere. haha. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSLY!! :) Some ppl missing in action. tsk tsk.. dunno where they went, nv join us. But! coincidentally we had the exactly same no. of ppl as the dinner at Hotpot Culture the other day. interesting yea.
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So now.. We are left with Chamber Recital on 19 Sept and we are done for this year... But it means sy for this year will end every soon. Hmm.. Only playing for first and last song.. The rest are solos with a few accompaniment or sectional songs. There's like early bird discount now! $6 per tix. So ask ur friends go buy now! Hee.

Hmm.. Going to sleep le.. Update again soon.. Still having some post-concert syndrome. This is bad. Some photos uploaded at fb. Check them out. :) nites.

SYCO concert 2009

Though there weren't as many activities for this year's sy compared to last time... or rather it wasn't possible for me to join in all of them... hahaha! BUT i think this year is a super memorable year. :)))

Didn't do many crazy things with the usual ppl... cos of work... But still the bond is there and ya.. actually i dun even need to say more abt it. I love my SYCO people. :) Ya... This year's concert was quite in a rush.. and it's really heart-warming (at least to me) to see so many ppl coming at 2pm to have a last min prac even without the conductor. We know that we haven't been doing our best all along. but the concert itself. Dong Hai was really out of expectation. surprisingly! haha. Tian Ying wasn't really that good.. dunno why i was kinda in a daze at the starting. and ya.. none of us came out correctly on our cue. lol. That was bad.

白毛女 is like my most not confident song... although there's like SCO teachers playing tgt.. this is the song i'm most unprepared for all these years of combined song.. i think i really didn't have enough time to practice properly... and didn't put in enough effort. sighs.

And sad that we didn't really have a lot of time to take pictures... And i realised that i didn't had any with Minhui at all! hmm.. u mean we nv met on the concert day? hahaha! And i actually took quite a few with joel.. weird right. i think it's the memory. hahaha. forgot took with who and then joel kept on appearing. that must be why. lol. Koh Minhui! Must take picture next time hor. haha!

Supper-ed with a lot of ppl after concert. Like one of the most ppl went event. haha! zhiwen, boyi, sylvia and desmond joined us too. :) Ya. and Mr Quek joined us too. Sat there for like a long long time. Wanted to leave that time Xiangle and Tingkai wanted to come over to find us... so in the end we sat there for even longer time. HAHA! We like went home at 1+am? can't really rmb. but ya.. cabbed with tingkai and via. Cool. I really love my syco ppl. :)

And ya.. dun need to say abt my post-concert syndrome again right. -.- First time like that!!! crazy. hahah. But nvm. Another 2 performances coming up! :) Quite excited.. both are going to be new experiences. Yeah. One at SYF Presentation. This is scary though.. it's with the GWH schools... omg. Of cos it sets us a bit worried for whatever is going to happen. We are going to show them we are better. isn't it?! Lol. Then next on is Botanic Gardens. No Beautiful Sunday this year. Not sure if will get to perform for the chamber one... hmm... oh wells.. :)

Lastly.. Some pictures. :)


Supposed to be the whole xian yue. but as u can see... some are missing. lol. dunno what they so busy with. tsk tsk.


The whole SYCO. Kinda crazy to get the picture taken. but last year's nicer. haha. more organised and ya. can see better too. But still look at this big family. :) <3


And ya... surprisingly i think this is the first single picture i ever taken with laoshi. Like after so many years of tutelage under him. lol. And that's when i'm already not having any lessons under him, privately or at sy. irony.

Yea. that's all! Have to update abt other things already. haha!

Post-concert syndrome -.-

I know.. i haven't been blogging for a long time... and haven't been updating all the exciting things i've done since like may... But June is really a very eventful month... and I will really try to update asap... with nice pictures... and blah blah blah...

Just wanna say... I think this year's SYCO concert is really fantastic... and i really miss the concert very much!! So much so that i think i have post-concert syndrome... cos i thought it was still concert day when i woke up on sunday morning... BUT... concert was already over on sat!! so emo lah! This is the first time i felt like that! We all done so much for the concert... including mr quek... coming early for little rehearsal just before the concert. I think the idea is there. We bond. We want and we can do it. Plus this year's after concert supper was damn fun too.... Had lotsa chats... and lotsa fun. :) I hope sy never ever lose this passion and happiness... A lot of ppl!! :)) Including Sylvia, Boyi and Zhiwen.... A pity they didn't join this year. if not should be double fun. HAHA.

Ok.. more details soon... i need to like go and sleep so that i can wake up tmr for work. Hee. Nites.

Publicising Concerts! :)

It's going to be a tiring day.. 45 times of 江南春色... But dun think i will be listen to all.... Poor judges. =x

I should go and sleep soon so that i wun fall asleep later.. HAHA! ZHIWEN!!! GOOD LUCK!!! :))) Actually i dun think she will see this cos it will be too early.. haha! But i heard zixin got in.. So Congrats!! :)) Have to go support her yea!

Anyway.. before i forget again... Have to advertise a bit lah.. NYCO performing for Beautiful Sunday on 14th Dec. 3pm at Esplanade Concert Hall. (Free Admission) Although it's only 1 song... but i'm sure it will be cool! Cos the alumus are performing too! Yeah! lol.

Then 2nd one... MCO (Marsiling Chinese Orchestra) having our concert on 26 Dec 2008. Songs include 茉莉花 (our gold song from genting competition), 龙的传奇, 打鬼, Super Mario, Abba Time, Barbie girl (cello and bass ensemble), 驼铃向叮当 (gold song too), To Zarnarkand. (eh.. can't rmb how to spell.. dunno correct or not). There are other songs lah... but these are the ones i think super attractive. Hee. But anyways.. i thought the songs are quite interesting too! And the tickets are at $15 and $25.. Can order from me or any MCO members. Support us! GOH will be President Nathan. (Although that is not the main point... but most ppl are making this a selling point too... so i shall mention it) =P So! COME LAH! :)

Ok.. off to sleep. Nitex.

SYCO. I Miss.

Maybe i should blog abt the concert... but actually there isn't much... cos many things can't be described in words.

So.. as usual... actually not very usual cos we only started that last year... we met up be4 concert at vivo... talk rubbish and bitch for a while be4 deciding to have our lunch at like 2pm when we were supposed to meet at 12pm. Apparently... most ppl were late... including me.. partly cos it was raining.. partly cos i couldn't really get myself awake enough... =x

Anyway.. pasta-ed for lunch... then went to get things for our mortal.. lotsa fun and laughter in Candy Empire. Would nv forget the first time i introduced our heavenly chocolate to joel. haha! So we bought one each.. (of cos it is more ex now~!) But we were happily eating that seriously. :) Then our routine to the arcade... but.. NO MORE Photohunt!!! DOTX. so sian-ed. Stayed there and watch the rest play until 4.30pm and we decided to move ourselves to SCH. Yes.. it's 1h but knowing the ppl... we will take eons to get to SCH. even though it's only 2 mrt stops away. lol.

After the week's intense practices... it's finally the day we show our hardwork for the past 5+months... the only song i was worried abt was the last song... cos there are some parts that i know i still couldn't catch... sometimes can.. sometimes cannot. it's really like super fast lah... lol. But i really like all the songs this year. And esp. the last song too - GaDa MeiLin. It's really a piece that will get ur emotions moving...

The concert itself is really successful lah... we were so funny we asked yao laoshi if he's nervous be4 the start.. haha! He said 'no' so i jokingly said that i am. haha! He's quite shocked and said... '等一下我们多交流就可以了。' He's really very nice... :) And i think the soloists have done us proud!! :))) Both of them are really good players of their instru.

The after-concert is also unforgetable... we had a very very long supper or dinner for some of them at marina square's HK cafe. Although i wasn't sitting with the usual grp of ppl... but eventually we had a lot to talk abt... the uniqueness i find in co ppl... there's always non-stop topics regarding co to talk abt... seriously. even with the most unfamiliar person... you can find something to talk abt that is related to co. And that is what i like abt co too. Becos it's so easy to know each other. So easy to relate everything. So easy to bond. :)

But the funny thing is.. every year syco just feels so different... even with the same ppl.. it doesn't feel the same. Becos every year there's new things to enjoy... new ideas to make sy interesting. For this year esp. with the Angel and Mortal game... At least each person will get to know another new person... And more ppl get together to talk abt their angels and mortal. I feel very happy to be able to give. :) And then even with the same kind of mindset... it just doesn't feel the same... Both years i went up the stage with the thinking that it is my last year with syco... The difference is.. thou last year i keep thinking of leaving... but i wasn't that serious abt it and i know i feel like staying... but this year i know it is going to be what i think and the feeling is more true and more vivid. Becos i know that i dun have a choice but i will have to leave. How i wished my year 3 of studies is not going to be what it's like. But... i really hate to admit that i really do not have a choice. It was hard to make a decision last year becos i still have a choice... but it really wasn't as hard as facing my only choice this year.

Actually i ticked 'i am interested to join next year'... but i'm not very hopeful abt it... esp. when i can foresee how my life would be like having night classes for the whole year 3 and the thesis that i have to write. I know the possibility is the lowest i can ever think of.

I nv liked to say goodbye becos i know... nothing will be the same anymore. And the fact that close friends in syco asked me to stay and said that they will miss me makes it even more saddening to say goodbye to them. I think i've really gained a lot the past 4 years in sy. time really flies and this will really be my last concert with sy. I wun be participating in the next 2 concerts. so good luck to the rest of the members. I may be back in the future.. but future is always filled with uncertainty.. so i can't promise.

Lastly, just want to say...

I LOVE SYCO.

SYCO. Love.

I'm just plain tired after concert today... no more concerts this year or for the near future. And no more syco for me too... Would just like to say... I LOVE SYCO. And i gonna miss all of u. :))) seriously.

Pictures and whatever another day. Heex.

One week after nusco concert. haha

It's been a week since the concert... I really wun say it's a VERY good one... but ya... after all it's still the effort of everyone present. I was all tired by the end of the day...

Reached there ard 12.30pm.. changed and whatever... then rehearsal... dry run plus the whole concert runthrough.... ended ard 5pm... had dinner with er-jie... she's probably quite bored. haha. at least she went cos she was sitting alone. but i can also see that she quite entertained by the 3 ppl sitting in front of her... kept talking to them.... from my view lah.

For me... first half was quite boring.. cos we only performed the first song... then it was the guests' performance.... so we sit in the concert comm room and slack and talk... the enjoyable thing abt going to nusco is really that u can talk to anyone there... basically they are very friendly... :)

Yupx... I shan't comment too much abt the concert... cos whether good or bad it wasn't up to the performers to decide... as long as we have done our best.. ok.. maybe it wasn't my best... but i'm sure i was very ren zhen during the concert time.. and anyway it's over.. isn't it? =P The concert ended 10pm and rush rush to take grp photo and off i went rush off... change and then followed sis and her friend for some drinks.. ended up in dempsey hill's ben and jerry's... it was good! yeah...

Ya.. that's all.. thanks andrew for the stalk of rose... quite surprised... now the flower is dying already. haha! =x (oh.. i just went to the kitchen and saw that it has landed inside the rubbish bin. haha!)

Sunday was quite a good day too... although there's project meeting in the morning... went all the way to bishan since most of them are nearer to that area.. ok... this isn't the main point for the day of cos...

The main thing is... i went to S-pop Hurray! Concert that night with my 2 sis!! :))) It was good lah... and of cos like everyone said... we can see that we do not know why we need someone on stage that can't sing live... but whatever lah.. at least get to see JJ... haha! But we left earlier cos er-jie says she tired and hungry! so didn't manage to catch the last hour... and didn't catch JJ's closing performance also. We went simpang bedok to prata then home lor...

Let's skip all the boring work and study days... and so ytd we went to visit SSO. It was i can say a very good session... cos the speaker shared a lot of her experiences with us... There isn't any theory set in the whole session... taught us some valuable lessons. how to deal with musicians (or artists in general)... and dealing with every other situation. I think i've learnt something from the session.

Ok... and so i went to work after that... probably the last day of my work... haix! Since the full-time is already going to be transferred and should be leaving the company soon... I dun see the point in staying... afterall i need to get something closer to my studies.... i worked becos of all the ppl i know... but since it's like that.. then maybe it's time to let go also.

TODAY! going down to nusco later... for post concert-reception. :) Ok... Bye!

Last SYCO performance for the year!

Wanted to blog when i came back... but i eh... felt asleep while i was watching tv instead... haha! Was watching bruce almighty... but 20min into the movie or lesser... be4 he became 'god'.. i already felt asleep on parents' bed. and i could hardly open my eyes. haha. i was really tired...


Anyway... am really happy today... the fun always comes when it's the concert day... 2nd time on the Esplanade stage... and we took photos on the stage! Yeah.. :))) haha. Boyi and sylvia's idea... but quite fun. cos we were watching the perc ppl practising their drama at the same time... Yiheng and Kangren so funny lah... i think they redo the front part for 8000 times... trying to improve it under Ms Teo's supervision.. haha! But i guess they did quite well during the concert itself... although we couldn't hear them from the back stage at all.. too bad. But time passed really fast.... it was only the start of the concert and soon it's the end. But well done all! :)

Met the whole big grp at city hall mrt and walked over tgt with them... cool. thou waited for a while... got to talk all along the way... speaking abt hk camp with des and changle again. tsk tsk. plus jojo as well... and realised some funny stuff... haha.. but anyway... end year hk trip idea is scraped cos of some difficulty encountered by some of us... me as well.. cos been there twice this year. next year i guarantee i can make it. :)


The concert itself was ok i guess... except for some small mistakes here and there... hopefully not too obvous. haha! but i think the effect was good. :) And response was good too... i didn't rmb we had so many audiences the last year... i was really touched at the end of the concert when i saw the no. of hands clapping for us. This is the first time i saw so many ppl watching our performance.. Am really happy! Happy that i know most of my classmates were there watching us too... getting to know and listen to chinese music.. letting me have the chance to share with them my interest. :) On the other hand... feeling a pity that everything has come to an end.. like the one hour passed so fast! Be4 we realised... the whole thing ended. haix. Thou i could safely say that this year is not as fun as the last... i treasure the time with all these members, friends that i managed to make. Looking forward to our next outing! :)))


Just like that... another year of syco passed... marks the end of my 3rd with the grp... Hmm... i asked my mum abt still joining next year or not... she asked to continue. maybe she's right... after all when i get to level 3 mos probably i wun be able to join anymore cos of all the night classes... nonetheless.. i'm feeling very uncertain abt this whole thing. i dunno why. Perhaps due to the conductor issue and abt who's joining and who's not (this is impt cos it determines the possible level of fun and standard)... But if i'm really going... i make sure that i'm performing my best for the audition. if not.. forget abt it.


Just be4 we left Esplanade... and be4 we have to say goodbye to our conductor... we had grp photo.. like finally. cos he refused to let us take grp photo during the annual concert? it should be a better one then... hmm.. anyway.. haven't get hold of the pictures yet.. till then... we took this with ku laoshi be4 the concert started..



Gaohu section with jinjia coming in at the very last second. haha!

Subway with the usual ppl... plus some ppl who came to support us.. joel, zhiwen, junyuan, jessly and zixin.. Thanks for coming even thou prelims are tmr! Good Luck for the papers.. whether they need it or not. heex. laughter and all again.. take photos... and drag time and whatever... but i think it's always fun with them... even though when there's trouble... they are being forgotten for the time being.


Ahem... the 2nd happy thing. Thou i couldn't make it to the JJ party 2.. Dunno how fantastic it is... must admit that i want both physical and mental memory of the event lah. but can't help it that it has to be such coincidence with our performance. I must thank my dearest sister for making the effort to do this for me... HEEx.


The 2nd album i have with his signature! :)))


Anyway... they're back... hmm... nice weekend anyhows... be it at work or at home or at performance. not many customers at work... but nice chatting with the colleagues and stuff... but dunno why i'm still the target of bully. it's weird isn't it? dotx. dunno where i working next week... hopefully somewhere nice. haha! Suntec? i really dun mind there.. more fulfilling thou tiring.


Seriously u dun want to know what time it is now... 1.10am. Lol! not that i spent such a long time typing... ok.. quite long but be4 that i was talking to a few ppl at the same time on msn lah. haha. so after all the silence then i start typing. anyway... should go now... lessons tmr morning... haven't do my stuff yet... shall do it on the bus journey. =x Nitex!!

Pre-ShangriLa Perf

I think i have extremely little time to do this...

Anyway. today is mco's performance at Shangri-la Hotel. Hope that it will be a success*! :) Will be going to woodlands to take their bus on our own cos laoshi will be rather late since he has to work today. oh wells. time for some reading on the buses. Little did i know the last day will be spent like this.

And tmr morning.. have to reach airport at 9am. Ok... fairly reasonable... so by tmr this time.. i should be on my way already. :)

In case i dun have the chance to say it again... MISS ME! :)) ok.. got to prepare to go woodlands!


*Success means i dun play anything wrong during the performance itself. haha!