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Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:31 PM
http://sgbandfusion.com/syf/results.htm
This was the announcement made through the PA system in sch right after mr chia received news of our syf results.
Mr Chia: "School, today the band went for their SYF competition. (ms tee: like duh! we know that!) In 2001, they got a silver; in 2003, they got gold; in 2005, they got silver; and now, in 2007... they got... ... ... ...GOLD!"
WOW MAN.
I still can't believe it.
Am I dreaming?
Slap or pinch me quick.
I wanna wake up and know tt xmsb got gold.
WE ARE A GOLD BAND NOW.
OMGOSH.
Seems like fantasy..
Status:
Over the moon. =D
(super high)
Now for the DETAILS.
heh!
9 Apr '07
//*morning.
A beautiful rainbow complete with 7 colours appeared in the sky above our sch.
And in class steph tells me : "At the end of every rainbow is a pot of gold."
WOW.
That's so true luh.
It was a good omen. =)
(remember a rainbow is always a sign of a promise from God?)
//*afternoon.
Had a sucky band prac where we got ticked off by Mr Tan..
Mr Kiang said.. "Frankly..I think u all will get silver leh."
Even Mrs Song also felt it..
It made me terribly scared luh..
[small note: unlike 2 yrs ago, the day b4 syf, we had our last prac under the stars till late at nite. we sounded gd. everyone was super confident & even more so when our confidence levels got extra bonus boosts from Mr Tan.]
//*night.
Planned to slp at 8plus. (need to wake up at 4.30am & give morning call to ppl)
But needed to go buy shoes with mabel & yongjie.
Reached home only at 9pm.
Called Mr Tan to ask if need to cut players for 1st horn for Sunrise.
Called Jieru cuz i bo liao..haha.okay fine, i needed some encouragement not to feel scared right?
But i still was luh..-.-
Was telling leon abt our poor performance, but also, it was exact opposite of 2 yrs ago, so... ...
there's still the chance tt our medal will be opposite of 2 yrs ago right?
Needed to finish off the last bits of welfare stuff - cut ribbons..
Called Chinghoon to pray..all the words just came pouring out..bcoz i know if i persist in praying, God will definitely answer my prayer. =)
From taking away each & every band member's fear to bringing glory & honour to God.
EVERYTHING i could think of.
.: only could slp at 11.30pm..
But not exactly.
Slept till 1am..then lay awake thinking of syf, syf & syf till 2.30am.
Only fell aslp once more after turning on the aircon.
Funny how I only keep thinking of the consequences of getting a silver but not the ones after getting a gold huh.
10 Apr '07
//*morning.
Woke at 5am instead. Only 4 hrs of slp. Muscle ache..=(
Butterflies in my stomach + feeling of gaowei-ness upon reaching the bandrm at 6am.
Did full band warm up in the hall, where i was trembling.
Made a decision to be confident & not scared! Haihao ah, it paid off =)
When playing akiyama warm ups, i played out loud & forced myself to be confident..
Skimmed through Ivanhoe & Sunrise..it sounded very good! ..BUT.
I was still inconsistent in 2nd mvt..
It's all in the mind..so.. decided not to let it affect me.. (after all, didn't i always become able to play during the actual performance?)
It was a very very risky gamble.
The band prepared to board the bus in high spirits.bcoz we did well tt morning.
*fast forward*
-> in the tuning room
Tuned the section but din have enough time to finish tuning myself..
Asked steph to tune for me a few notes, but eventually still cldnt finish as our tuning time was over..--scared.
Thanks steph, for encouragement not to feel scared but listen out for my own tuning instead. (:
Waited for orchid park & chai chee sec to finish their performance..during which i was quite emotionally unstable..[but during orchid park's choice piece, i read my 10 Apr letter addressed to myself - kinda helped (: ]
While walking up the marble staircase of SCH, peggy was busy singing some song..guess it was from the Phantom of the Opera musical.. ohwell..im amazed tt she got the mood to sing.. haha.. but it was a gd sign tt she wasnt nervous. (:
Our turn to go in!
While walking through the dimly-lit corridor to the concert hall, our horn bells reflected light onto the ceiling! IT WAS GOLD.
LOLS.
Heard tt our marks for presentation was deducted bcoz we took donkey years to settle on stage. It was like a fashion parade. Credits to the usher. ;)
On stage, I wasnt rili feeling scared/nervous but quite calm..
Stared up at the judges who were mostly angmoh but i didnt feel a thing=D
Mr Tan signalled for woodwinds to play the tuning note; and then brass joined in, but i thought it was rather out of tune. -.-
Sunrise was superb. I didnt mispitch anything and the low notes were quite stable.
Mr Tan was smiling & looking good..and the gd thing was.. i wasnt scared!
Heard tt he gave us the thumbs up sign after Sunrise, but i din see. =(
Ivanhoe was not up to our best standard but sounded okay. During the 3rd movement I found it hard to focus & made a new mistake. But I had done what yiyong said, all my inconsistent parts were intact and the only mistakes i made were new ones..at least most of them..
Oh well.. i thought the fanfare was superb..& movement 1 was really nice.. My solo was okay.
Movement 2 beginning was really made possible under a mixture of confidence + force + thinking tt if i dun do it now, i would haf no more chance & wld regret later. I persisted in the stupid appassionato with duno-how-many-bars of high notes in quavers..forced myself to play EVERYTHING.
Movement 3's furioso was fine as the two high Ab's were pitched properly..
And.. I just proved myself right in thinking tt everything wld fit in place during the actual performance.
Saw one of the judges clapping when we finished playing.
I regret to say, when leaving the stage, I felt regretful of my mistakes. It was kinda stupid luh..all bcoz i wasnt focussed.
The band was feeling kinda disappointed..i mean..u can feel it de lor..
Even I was thinking tt we would get a silver..I was trying to mentally prepare for it..
After the break, we went into the concert hall again, this time to watch the other bands.
Okay, to be frank.. we did sound better luh.. haha. No offence. =X
Maybe cuz we din freak out tt much..
The 1st band had a good tone but was obviously scared to project out their sound..
Anyway.
We did enjoy watching the performances. (:
But.
We were so disappointed.
Credits to the usher again. ;)
Asked us to leave the concert hall.
Why?
Cuz 1 band is only allowed to listen to 3 other bands -.-
Nice one man.
So disappointing.
Haha.
After a short time outside:
-waiting for the last band to finish,
-seeing all the alumni who came to support,
-listening to our alumni's comments,
we entered the concert hall once more, this time for the announcement of results.
Whilst sitting in the audience, waiting for what seemed like hours..
*flashback of 2 yrs ago*
(see http://painless-operation.blogspot.com/ , 12-13 apr 2005 posts for more details..my sec2 blog)
- the waiting-for-results scenario was a mixture of fear + anticipation -
Everyone in the hall was so "kiasu" tt they were looking ard at all the ppl who were moving unusually in the concert hall eg. some guy walking down the "aisle" thingy.
Finally a male emcee surfaced in front. (2 yrs ago is female de so i was expecting tt yea)
He SKIMMED THROUGH the bands (in order) and it was like, walao, all silver. -.-
Even cat high got silver.
*super scared*
Not even ONE gold.
And according to alumni, we're not the best band for tt session. Maybe 2nd best. And cat high was supposedly the best.. and they got silver.
What abt us?!
"Band number 30, Xinmin Secondary School... ... *"silver" raced through my mind over and over again... ... *decades later*... ... ... gold."
Before he even finished saying the word "gold", the band had already jumped up and screamed and cheered and shouted. The cheering lasted for abt 30 secs?
It was a moment unforgettable.
Like, WOW. Can u believe it?!
People began to tear like mad. Faces turned scarlet. Looks of disbelief and surprise were on the band members' faces.
There was an uncontrollable burst of joy and satisfaction in each one of our hearts. And it felt like floating.. We were just so high luh. Loved it. (:
As we were streaming out of the concert hall, I felt like hugging everyone..Lol.
I saw Yanling.. Her eyes were red.. she looked so touched.. We hugged..both were crying..
And later we had a section hug.
Our band assembled in the open area to get our instruments.. And then we were smiling, laughing, crying, screaming.
We did the "Ooh ah ah ah" sch cheer.
I noticed Mrs Liew standing in the midst of the crowd..eyes red and crying..
It was so heartwarming.
On the bus reaching sch!
Some PE teachers were outside sch, and upon seeing us, gave us the thumbs-up sign. Mr Chia had already made the announcement to the sch.
Assembling in the foyer, Yiyong asked us to shout "WE ARE A GOLD BAND."
And we did. It felt wonderful. =D
I think we were high throughout the whole day. Many din even have the mood to turn up for lessons. Lol.
Mr Ho entered the bandrm and said "Well done". Haha.
He's always very supportive of the band. Thanks Mr Ho. (:
Wanna say a big "Thank you" to these ppl for their encouragement:
In order of appearance,
Carlo
Stephanie
Shi Ting
Valerie
Alwin
Mummy
Jieru
Chinghoon
Linda
Geraldine
Leon
Gloria
Ranford
For their congratulation,
In order of appearance,
Leon
Chinghoon
Linda
Honghui
Vanessa Soh
Sharleen
Alwin
Janet
Rongsheng
Zheng Feng
Zheng Jie
Jieru
Gloria
Joshua Poh
Well anyway,
CELEBRATION TIME!
Companions : Zhirong, Sharlene, Jolin, Irene, Shona
Thks girls for a great time!
Went to Heartland Mall for pizza + bowling!
The whole time I still cldnt believe SYF was over. It's like, time flew past so fast tt it felt like the next day already. Haha.
SUPER HAPPY LUH. =D
This year's judges are REALLY STRICT.
The number of golds are depleting each day..
1st day [9/4] - 5 golds
2nd day [10/4] - 3 golds, 1 GWH
3rd day [11/4] - 1 gold
anyway,, 4th day got a few gd bands..
ALL THE BEST TO AMKSS! =D
This was the announcement made through the PA system in sch right after mr chia received news of our syf results.
Mr Chia: "School, today the band went for their SYF competition. (ms tee: like duh! we know that!) In 2001, they got a silver; in 2003, they got gold; in 2005, they got silver; and now, in 2007... they got... ... ... ...GOLD!"
WOW MAN.
I still can't believe it.
Am I dreaming?
Slap or pinch me quick.
I wanna wake up and know tt xmsb got gold.
WE ARE A GOLD BAND NOW.
OMGOSH.
Seems like fantasy..
Status:
Over the moon. =D
(super high)
Now for the DETAILS.
heh!
9 Apr '07
//*morning.
A beautiful rainbow complete with 7 colours appeared in the sky above our sch.
And in class steph tells me : "At the end of every rainbow is a pot of gold."
WOW.
That's so true luh.
It was a good omen. =)
(remember a rainbow is always a sign of a promise from God?)
//*afternoon.
Had a sucky band prac where we got ticked off by Mr Tan..
Mr Kiang said.. "Frankly..I think u all will get silver leh."
Even Mrs Song also felt it..
It made me terribly scared luh..
[small note: unlike 2 yrs ago, the day b4 syf, we had our last prac under the stars till late at nite. we sounded gd. everyone was super confident & even more so when our confidence levels got extra bonus boosts from Mr Tan.]
//*night.
Planned to slp at 8plus. (need to wake up at 4.30am & give morning call to ppl)
But needed to go buy shoes with mabel & yongjie.
Reached home only at 9pm.
Called Mr Tan to ask if need to cut players for 1st horn for Sunrise.
Called Jieru cuz i bo liao..haha.okay fine, i needed some encouragement not to feel scared right?
But i still was luh..-.-
Was telling leon abt our poor performance, but also, it was exact opposite of 2 yrs ago, so... ...
there's still the chance tt our medal will be opposite of 2 yrs ago right?
Needed to finish off the last bits of welfare stuff - cut ribbons..
Called Chinghoon to pray..all the words just came pouring out..bcoz i know if i persist in praying, God will definitely answer my prayer. =)
From taking away each & every band member's fear to bringing glory & honour to God.
EVERYTHING i could think of.
.: only could slp at 11.30pm..
But not exactly.
Slept till 1am..then lay awake thinking of syf, syf & syf till 2.30am.
Only fell aslp once more after turning on the aircon.
Funny how I only keep thinking of the consequences of getting a silver but not the ones after getting a gold huh.
10 Apr '07
//*morning.
Woke at 5am instead. Only 4 hrs of slp. Muscle ache..=(
Butterflies in my stomach + feeling of gaowei-ness upon reaching the bandrm at 6am.
Did full band warm up in the hall, where i was trembling.
Made a decision to be confident & not scared! Haihao ah, it paid off =)
When playing akiyama warm ups, i played out loud & forced myself to be confident..
Skimmed through Ivanhoe & Sunrise..it sounded very good! ..BUT.
I was still inconsistent in 2nd mvt..
It's all in the mind..so.. decided not to let it affect me.. (after all, didn't i always become able to play during the actual performance?)
It was a very very risky gamble.
The band prepared to board the bus in high spirits.bcoz we did well tt morning.
*fast forward*
-> in the tuning room
Tuned the section but din have enough time to finish tuning myself..
Asked steph to tune for me a few notes, but eventually still cldnt finish as our tuning time was over..--scared.
Thanks steph, for encouragement not to feel scared but listen out for my own tuning instead. (:
Waited for orchid park & chai chee sec to finish their performance..during which i was quite emotionally unstable..[but during orchid park's choice piece, i read my 10 Apr letter addressed to myself - kinda helped (: ]
While walking up the marble staircase of SCH, peggy was busy singing some song..guess it was from the Phantom of the Opera musical.. ohwell..im amazed tt she got the mood to sing.. haha.. but it was a gd sign tt she wasnt nervous. (:
Our turn to go in!
While walking through the dimly-lit corridor to the concert hall, our horn bells reflected light onto the ceiling! IT WAS GOLD.
LOLS.
Heard tt our marks for presentation was deducted bcoz we took donkey years to settle on stage. It was like a fashion parade. Credits to the usher. ;)
On stage, I wasnt rili feeling scared/nervous but quite calm..
Stared up at the judges who were mostly angmoh but i didnt feel a thing=D
Mr Tan signalled for woodwinds to play the tuning note; and then brass joined in, but i thought it was rather out of tune. -.-
Sunrise was superb. I didnt mispitch anything and the low notes were quite stable.
Mr Tan was smiling & looking good..and the gd thing was.. i wasnt scared!
Heard tt he gave us the thumbs up sign after Sunrise, but i din see. =(
Ivanhoe was not up to our best standard but sounded okay. During the 3rd movement I found it hard to focus & made a new mistake. But I had done what yiyong said, all my inconsistent parts were intact and the only mistakes i made were new ones..at least most of them..
Oh well.. i thought the fanfare was superb..& movement 1 was really nice.. My solo was okay.
Movement 2 beginning was really made possible under a mixture of confidence + force + thinking tt if i dun do it now, i would haf no more chance & wld regret later. I persisted in the stupid appassionato with duno-how-many-bars of high notes in quavers..forced myself to play EVERYTHING.
Movement 3's furioso was fine as the two high Ab's were pitched properly..
And.. I just proved myself right in thinking tt everything wld fit in place during the actual performance.
Saw one of the judges clapping when we finished playing.
I regret to say, when leaving the stage, I felt regretful of my mistakes. It was kinda stupid luh..all bcoz i wasnt focussed.
The band was feeling kinda disappointed..i mean..u can feel it de lor..
Even I was thinking tt we would get a silver..I was trying to mentally prepare for it..
After the break, we went into the concert hall again, this time to watch the other bands.
Okay, to be frank.. we did sound better luh.. haha. No offence. =X
Maybe cuz we din freak out tt much..
The 1st band had a good tone but was obviously scared to project out their sound..
Anyway.
We did enjoy watching the performances. (:
But.
We were so disappointed.
Credits to the usher again. ;)
Asked us to leave the concert hall.
Why?
Cuz 1 band is only allowed to listen to 3 other bands -.-
Nice one man.
So disappointing.
Haha.
After a short time outside:
-waiting for the last band to finish,
-seeing all the alumni who came to support,
-listening to our alumni's comments,
we entered the concert hall once more, this time for the announcement of results.
Whilst sitting in the audience, waiting for what seemed like hours..
*flashback of 2 yrs ago*
(see http://painless-operation.blogspot.com/ , 12-13 apr 2005 posts for more details..my sec2 blog)
- the waiting-for-results scenario was a mixture of fear + anticipation -
Everyone in the hall was so "kiasu" tt they were looking ard at all the ppl who were moving unusually in the concert hall eg. some guy walking down the "aisle" thingy.
Finally a male emcee surfaced in front. (2 yrs ago is female de so i was expecting tt yea)
He SKIMMED THROUGH the bands (in order) and it was like, walao, all silver. -.-
Even cat high got silver.
*super scared*
Not even ONE gold.
And according to alumni, we're not the best band for tt session. Maybe 2nd best. And cat high was supposedly the best.. and they got silver.
What abt us?!
"Band number 30, Xinmin Secondary School... ... *"silver" raced through my mind over and over again... ... *decades later*... ... ... gold."
Before he even finished saying the word "gold", the band had already jumped up and screamed and cheered and shouted. The cheering lasted for abt 30 secs?
It was a moment unforgettable.
Like, WOW. Can u believe it?!
People began to tear like mad. Faces turned scarlet. Looks of disbelief and surprise were on the band members' faces.
There was an uncontrollable burst of joy and satisfaction in each one of our hearts. And it felt like floating.. We were just so high luh. Loved it. (:
As we were streaming out of the concert hall, I felt like hugging everyone..Lol.
I saw Yanling.. Her eyes were red.. she looked so touched.. We hugged..both were crying..
And later we had a section hug.
Our band assembled in the open area to get our instruments.. And then we were smiling, laughing, crying, screaming.
We did the "Ooh ah ah ah" sch cheer.
I noticed Mrs Liew standing in the midst of the crowd..eyes red and crying..
It was so heartwarming.
On the bus reaching sch!
Some PE teachers were outside sch, and upon seeing us, gave us the thumbs-up sign. Mr Chia had already made the announcement to the sch.
Assembling in the foyer, Yiyong asked us to shout "WE ARE A GOLD BAND."
And we did. It felt wonderful. =D
I think we were high throughout the whole day. Many din even have the mood to turn up for lessons. Lol.
Mr Ho entered the bandrm and said "Well done". Haha.
He's always very supportive of the band. Thanks Mr Ho. (:
Wanna say a big "Thank you" to these ppl for their encouragement:
In order of appearance,
Carlo
Stephanie
Shi Ting
Valerie
Alwin
Mummy
Jieru
Chinghoon
Linda
Geraldine
Leon
Gloria
Ranford
For their congratulation,
In order of appearance,
Leon
Chinghoon
Linda
Honghui
Vanessa Soh
Sharleen
Alwin
Janet
Rongsheng
Zheng Feng
Zheng Jie
Jieru
Gloria
Joshua Poh
Well anyway,
CELEBRATION TIME!
Companions : Zhirong, Sharlene, Jolin, Irene, Shona
Thks girls for a great time!
Went to Heartland Mall for pizza + bowling!
The whole time I still cldnt believe SYF was over. It's like, time flew past so fast tt it felt like the next day already. Haha.
SUPER HAPPY LUH. =D
This year's judges are REALLY STRICT.
The number of golds are depleting each day..
1st day [9/4] - 5 golds
2nd day [10/4] - 3 golds, 1 GWH
3rd day [11/4] - 1 gold
anyway,, 4th day got a few gd bands..
ALL THE BEST TO AMKSS! =D
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