Friday, December 23, 2005
20th dec...this is a very very special day for my ah bond.Its her birthday!A couple of us went back to ntss to help out band,then meet up with xinyi at clementi around 2 to go celebrate her b'dae.When we were on the bus,she gave us presents that she brought back from hk to us.She got me a set of stickers shaped like instruments and a metal ornament with winnie the pooh carved on it.So beautiful!*thanks ah bond!*
When we reached orchard,we had a hard time deciding where to dine...finally decided on lemongrass,but....*read xinyi's blog* Well,in the end we settled for swensens.I am so hungry man!Had chicken baked rice.Yum!After eating,she opened her presents.Hope she like the things we bought for her...Spent quite sometime walking around to get her presents noe...miss an hour of 'my date with a vampire' cause of that!!ARHHHHHhhhhhhhhh.Anyways,after lunch,we went to taka to have some snacks,then to cine...eat somemore.Dunno why so hungry n tired that day.
Then we went upstairs to look at bags.I decided to buy one sling bag.Just as i was about to make my purchase,the store played jay's 'ye qu'.Both xinyi n that monster screamed at the same time lar!Aiping n i was like..??????!!!! The sales lady very clever,say buy one more then she play shan hu hai.Then xinyi looked at my bag,then say like quite nice also,then if she buys same bag,we both have 2 same bags together! She bought the bag n we got to listen to shan hu hai!haha...
We met up with xinyi's mom,and her dad sent us home.Her brithday this yr quite stone sia...*sorry ah bond*We will try to liven it up next yr! =P
When we reached orchard,we had a hard time deciding where to dine...finally decided on lemongrass,but....*read xinyi's blog* Well,in the end we settled for swensens.I am so hungry man!Had chicken baked rice.Yum!After eating,she opened her presents.Hope she like the things we bought for her...Spent quite sometime walking around to get her presents noe...miss an hour of 'my date with a vampire' cause of that!!ARHHHHHhhhhhhhhh.Anyways,after lunch,we went to taka to have some snacks,then to cine...eat somemore.Dunno why so hungry n tired that day.
Then we went upstairs to look at bags.I decided to buy one sling bag.Just as i was about to make my purchase,the store played jay's 'ye qu'.Both xinyi n that monster screamed at the same time lar!Aiping n i was like..??????!!!! The sales lady very clever,say buy one more then she play shan hu hai.Then xinyi looked at my bag,then say like quite nice also,then if she buys same bag,we both have 2 same bags together! She bought the bag n we got to listen to shan hu hai!haha...
We met up with xinyi's mom,and her dad sent us home.Her brithday this yr quite stone sia...*sorry ah bond*We will try to liven it up next yr! =P
what we could have been, 10:04 AM.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Wow...it was really an incredible day.Took a cab down to esplanade and reached at around 1.15.Sparke was the first band to report that day...damm early larx!Anyway...when i reached there,i took pictures with my section mates and mr tay!haha..then we were brought to the backstage.The backstage was so big larx...carry my instrument all the way...argh!!So heavy!We got our backstage passes with us and finally reached our dressing room.The dressing room was so cool!They have seats for each person,with those mirrors with lightblub trimmings!So cool!And the toilet in the dressing room was fantastic!We were due for our soundcheck...we lined up,and went on to the stage.Mr oura and dr lee seemed a bit tensed and uptight.It made me nervous too larx!
After soundcheck,we hung around in our dressing room till dinner time.Took pictures,went around chit chatting.As i was walking towards "green rm" for dinner, i saw baoxuan!So happy to see someone from other band,then...saw mr tay.....GRRRRRrrrrrrr pass me two scores and asked me to bring back to jjc.I have a horn to take back still pass scores to me...he have a car you know...ARHHHHhhhh.Anyway..had dinner at green rm,which was a rather cool room.Nice environment,nice ambience.
After dinner,we all went back to tune and get ready for the concert.Finally,we were called to standby.While waiting to go up the stage,i was so nervous...it got worse when i actually got up the stage.Was sitting down there,feeling rather nervous,then i saw yihui they all...they waved to me and were pretty excited when i waved back to them...haha.Next,saw my mom standing upstairs and waving to me...so paiseh.
After waiting about 20 mins on stage,the concert finally began...all seemed like so fast.Before i know it,its over!Think i played ok lar...didnt make any huge mistake =p We went back to the dressing room and kept our instrument.Then me,jennifer and hq went to the artist longue to watch the concert through tv.The place was again...cool!Haha...After a while,baoxuan came into the rm.Haha...we talked bout our performance and went on chatting.I think she's really a nice gal to talk to...we indeed have lots of things in common.
The concert ended at around 10.30.After i passed my instrument to my bandmates,i quickly rushed over to woeilin there...Took a picture with my idol,tay..then rush to find my dear amy.haha she is sooo sweet...bought flowers for us.Haha..then went home with lap and lucy.Chatted with lucy at clementi mac till 12.40...haha.Busy day...This is one unforgettable experience i have. :)
After soundcheck,we hung around in our dressing room till dinner time.Took pictures,went around chit chatting.As i was walking towards "green rm" for dinner, i saw baoxuan!So happy to see someone from other band,then...saw mr tay.....GRRRRRrrrrrrr pass me two scores and asked me to bring back to jjc.I have a horn to take back still pass scores to me...he have a car you know...ARHHHHhhhh.Anyway..had dinner at green rm,which was a rather cool room.Nice environment,nice ambience.
After dinner,we all went back to tune and get ready for the concert.Finally,we were called to standby.While waiting to go up the stage,i was so nervous...it got worse when i actually got up the stage.Was sitting down there,feeling rather nervous,then i saw yihui they all...they waved to me and were pretty excited when i waved back to them...haha.Next,saw my mom standing upstairs and waving to me...so paiseh.
After waiting about 20 mins on stage,the concert finally began...all seemed like so fast.Before i know it,its over!Think i played ok lar...didnt make any huge mistake =p We went back to the dressing room and kept our instrument.Then me,jennifer and hq went to the artist longue to watch the concert through tv.The place was again...cool!Haha...After a while,baoxuan came into the rm.Haha...we talked bout our performance and went on chatting.I think she's really a nice gal to talk to...we indeed have lots of things in common.
The concert ended at around 10.30.After i passed my instrument to my bandmates,i quickly rushed over to woeilin there...Took a picture with my idol,tay..then rush to find my dear amy.haha she is sooo sweet...bought flowers for us.Haha..then went home with lap and lucy.Chatted with lucy at clementi mac till 12.40...haha.Busy day...This is one unforgettable experience i have. :)
what we could have been, 6:59 PM.
Friday, December 09, 2005
woA...for the past two days,i've been practising full time at NIE for JC band festival.8 to 5 may seem to be very long,but in actual fact,it is rather short. First day was rather dry...games and full band rehearsal.Sight-reading was terrible i can say...pitching-difficult,fingering-challenging,stamina-noT eNouGh!On the first day while we were all waiting for the instructor,there was this man whom dressed like some air-con repairman.But alas,he was our instructor!I was so shocked larx...made a couple of friends from my section.There were 8 horn players! E-I-G-H-T!!!Not like in JJC...one and only one.Sectionals was rather ok...not as bad as i imagined.Saw couple of familiar faces like mr rasull and melissa.Being able to play in a big band again is totally wonderful.There were people to share parts with...there was a full sound.Everything seemed great.I think the people in JJCSB are getting closer together too..Thank you mr tay for letting us take part in this.Is will definitely be an unforgettable experience for me.Wow...three more days and i will be making my first performance at esplanade!How cool can that be?!I am like dreaming...wow...haha.
what we could have been, 9:30 PM.