::had lotsa fun over the past 2 days.. Monday morning was Chem SPA skill A.. came to sch early to study, abit afraid I won't have enough time to complete cos the last one we did left out the safety and reliability part.. completed it 10 mins early cos I forgot we started 10 mins late.. looked through and filled up some missing info.. well, thats over for SPA, chem at least..
met up with Dave at PS to pass him my 256mb MS Pro Duo for his cam.. he was going off to UK later that evening, with his sch's lit ppl.. lucky him.. ate at Carl's Jr, where we met Mrs Ong.. chatted about the sec sch days.. went to City Hall next to collect the 17-55 2.8 IS which I rented for today.. bumped into Wei Jie at Outram, so went together with him..
the sch organised a little celebration at St James Powerstation.. for the asthetics groups, some of the sports ccas and sc..


Dialogue session..
had a dialogue session with some of the grassroot leaders first.. think half of the ppl weren't really paying attention to what was being said.. most were prob getting used to the environment, myself included, first time stepping into a club..


Have a drink..
Wee Chong preparing to take his first sip.. hahaa.. though it was just Coke and Sprite being served.. then had some fun and games with the emcee.. aka sabo-ing time.. think it was just between the student councillors and the emcee.. some of the teachers were "volunteered" up also.. though not as sporting as the students who were on stage.. after getting the crowd all excited, the dance floor was open..

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::some updates over the weekend.. friday was the Get-Ed! seminar organised by the GP department.. prob as a prelude to the next day's GP midyears.. well, these many talks held where you have to sign up for which one interests you.. the topic was on crime and punishment and they had talks from the different various perpectives.. from law, history, biology, to chemistry, art, even econs.. went for two talks from the subjects I wasn't taking, namely Art and Vandalism, and Nature vs Nurture..
for the first session, it was held at the I-Space, quite a cosy number of students there.. Ming Shi and Li En had also signed up for that.. the rest were mostly AEP students I think.. quite an interesting talk, lotsa pics on street art esp the more elaborate ones.. Nature vs Nurture was held in LT4, one of the more popular talks I guess.. well, for me I believe more in Nurture rather than Nature.. which brings me to another quote.. What we are never changes, who we are never stops changing..
went back home to change and had a short nap first.. took 109 to change to either 76 or 43.. a double deck 76 came first, would prefer to take a double deck bus for a long journey trip like this.. arrived at about 7.20, where I met Douglas and Priscillia outside.. Pris was waiting for some friends so me and Doug went in first.. met Ginny during the interval to pass her the ticket money and chocolates I bought.. Douglas was chatting with some of his friends there..
the concert was great overall, prob one of the best I've been to.. think Third Symphony and Spartacus made every cent of the $10 worth it.. though some solos could be better, but the band sound is nice.. finally found out the title of that piece I'd in my com.. Third Symphony 4th Mvt, no wonder it sounded so familar.. had solos for bass clar and bari sax, which was very well played.. Mr Leonard Tan had his individual acknowledging of the graduating batch as the encore piece was playing.. Abba's Thank You for the Music.. and of cos their College Song to end the whole thing..
really think we should have a concert too.. just feel so empty to end with SYF and the ending to SYF wasn't a good one to start with.. we may have our annual band dinner that most other bands wouldn't have.. but it isn't the same as a concert, I mean thats whats unique about bands.. making music.. maybe I'm just abit upset that both NY and Montfort aren't having their concerts this year.. AE XII and Montfiesta 10 respectively..

Saturday had GP mid-years in the morning.. didn't feel it was my best performance, neither was it the worst..

Jack brought the samples for the class tee.. prob one of the latest J2 classes to get our class tee done.. then went to eat lunch together..
then had a bbq gathering which Bernard organised.. it was held at Punggol Park since its convenient for everyone.. went around the park to take some pics before we started.. helped start the fire, which burned quite nicely.. had sambal stingray which was nice, not too spicy.. chatted about the good old times, though it was Alfred being suan most of the time..

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::back to shooting after leaving my cam to collect dust during the SYF period.. the elections for the new ex-co is over already.. congrats to all those who got in.. shall list the new committee thats taking over for the double post I hold in Band and Photog..

Band Ex-Co '06-07
President - Kok Wey
VP (Admin) - Regina
VP (Music) - Leon
Secretary - Annie
Treasurer - Lucius
Welfare/Publicity - Gloria
QMs - Yong De and Jeremy
Librarians - Shao Ming and Chuan Xin

Band Ex-Co '07-08
President - Clarence
VP (Admin) - Wan Ling
VP (Music) - Clement
Secretary - Liying
Welfare - Asnira
Publicity - Priscilla
QMs - Selena and Douglas
Librarians - Jane and Shu Hui

some reshuffling of posts.. Treasurer's job now handled by the VP (Admin) and Welfare/Publicity spilt up..

Photog Ex-Co '06-07
President - Melissa
VP - Zhi Kai
Secretary - Hui Yen
Head Photog - Kian Hwee
Chief Instructor - Jeremy
Dark Room Manager - Wen Zhong

Photog Ex-Co '07-08
President - Shin Wei
VP/Head Photog - James
Secretary - Wan Ling
Chief Instructor - Guang Yuan
Chief Editor - Yan Chao
Dark Room Manager - Yia Chin

for photog, the Head Photographer is also the VP and addition of a new post of Chief Editor.. who would be incharge of selecting and editing the pics for the college website, which I've been handling.. the new photog ex-co seem to be getting along very well, they've given each other some nicknames.. like Wan Ling is Jasmine, Guang Yuan is Steven and Yan Chao is Charles..

been wanting to go out and shoot.. asked Liying whether she's free.. but I fell asleep while waiting for her reply, and its already 6.15pm.. it wasn't possible to take bus now cos 82 takes about 30 min from Serangoon, and I had to get to Serangoon first.. took cab there, Liying was at Serangoon already, picked her up there.. got to Punggol End just after 7, caught what's left of the sunset..


wanted to capture the sunset cos its symbolic.. esp at this point in time when its time for the J2s to hand over the CCA duties to the J1s.. we have our darkest moments, times where we truly shine and times when we fade away.. as a well know saying goes, "time and tide wait for no man"
been trying to get the band together to take some group pics.. SYF just ended so abruptly, with everyone dispersing after the results were announced.. thought I could take some pics back in sch, but everyone had left..
anyway, dark clouds were rolling in.. and there had been some flashes of lightning from the cloud just infront of us.. packed up and left, but before that, captured my first lightning shot..


lighting the city..
just the awesome raw power of nature was a sight to behold.. thats the beauty of nature.. if I had things going my way, I would love to work for National Geographic.. travelling around the globe, experiencing other cultures, appreciating the beauty that is this Earth.. though I know the process would be grueling, spending months researching, weeks travelling, days waiting, just for that shot.. but at least I'm doing what I enjoy doing.. instead of slogging all day through paper work even though the pay is better..
well, I'm just dreaming..

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::some updates from over the weekend.. went for TJ's concert on Sat, was kinda last min decision.. wanted to go catch the sunset but Liying wasn't feeling so well.. went to get a roll of slide film first, grabbed a bite before heading to VCH.. arrived there quite early so just waited.. met Matthew there, been a long time since I've seen him.. chatted with him and some of his friends there.. crapped together again, hahaa.. Matt: "Hey, you're playing the Alto (Auto) Clar now right.." Me: "No, I play the Manual Clar" but he did pronounce Alto like Auto.. try saying those 2 words over and over again really fast.. hahaa..
oh yea, College Day was before that.. wasn't any recipent of any award or such.. just thought some recognition for what I've done would be good.. anyway, the paper chase continues.. don't like the idea that I'll be bounded by a piece of document that would determine what I can/cannot do.. even though thats harsh reality..

changed my handphone on Sun.. my K750i had some problems with the screen.. so goes my faithful companion which captured lots of my sec 4 memories.. photos and memories have been an integral part of my life, so naturally I would choose something that records it well.. thought of getting the K800i at first, but seems like lotsa ppl using it.. so got the K810i instead, its an updated model plus it looks quite stylish..


the glow..
the design is quite unique, has circular metal buttons for the keypad instead of your normal rectangular plastic ones.. since you can't have the metal keys light up, the numbers are on the surface which gives a nice glow in the dark.. the cam's definately much better, has the xenon flash.. but missed the LEDs where I can just shine if I wanna find my way in the dark..

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::its been one week after SYF, and as what Lucius has said I'm kinda suffering from NBS, "No Band Syndrome" as he puts it.. suddenly feel my fingers getting abit stiff during the week.. well, the week has been quite smooth sailing.. had napfa test on monday, more of a retest since the last week I didn't the desired result.. breezed through the 5 stations as usual, but missed an A for sit and reach by 1cm.. but improved on my standing broad jump, had a score of 267cm.. but the deciding factor was still my 2.4.. the J1s were also having their run, so those J2s who needed to run started at after the bend.. quite different sprinting through a bend rather than straight.. but managed to clock in at 12.27.. so got a silver, not statisfied though..
Thursday was round 1 of the elections for the next committee.. I ended sch at 12.30 and it only starts at 5.30.. so had plenty of time on my hands.. went out to eat with Shao Ming, along with Huai Yu, Chuan Xin and Shirley who went to buy bubble tea.. started to rain quite heavily after that.. had my cam with me, so went out to shoot a pic I had in mind..


cascading water..
risked getting my cam wet for that shot.. wanted to compose it with the "饮水思源" stone behind, but needed a tripod for that.. wanted to get the waterproof casing for my cam to shoot a series I had in mind.. of rainy days, where most ppl won't even think of shooting.. need to refresh my cam skills after not shooting for some weeks prior to SYF..
Elections were held at the double classrooms, though the com wanted one of the smaller LTs.. the J1s were split into 3 groups and each had to say something about themselves.. after that everyone had to vote for their 10 ppl in which the top 15 ppl with the highest votes would proceed to round 2.. the more intentsive Q&A session.. counting the votes was tedious and enjoyable at the same time.. the vie for the last 15th person was interesting..
the election process was slightly different from what we had last year.. ours was just vote for the 10 directly.. got into the top 15, but didn't make it into the ex-co actually.. but it was because Carol didn't want to be in, that I got in.. was abit reluctant to take up the position of QM at first, felt abit weird sitting in with the newly formed ex-co at that time.. think over the past year, being in the com has developed me in many aspects.. resourcefulness is prob one of them.. (yea, feels like I'm writing for SGC now..) well, to the prev ex-co, the teachers and Mr Tan, Thank You for giving me that chance..::

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::well, its over.. I shall repeat a phrase which I used in a previous post.. a Silver band no more.. I'll let 3 of my adorable juniors Eunice, Pricilla and Yu Qing break the news to you..


in case you can't figure what word they are trying to form with their fingers..

cos we got a GOLD!

had intensive practice leading up to Friday, till 8+.. Thurs we were excused from lessons from common lunchbreak onwards, but it wasn't really worth for me, cos I already end at 12.30.. hahaa.. had a full dress rehearsal to get a feel how it would be like to perform in our attire.. had a sharing session before we began the serious practice.. there was so much I wanted to say, but it didn't come out.. not really much a verbal person.. lotsa emotions going around as everyone was invited to share their feelings.. for the J2s, our journey is about to come to an end, where for the J1s, they are just starting on theirs.. AE, YPSB, Thailand Trip, the 2 Muse Festivals..
nearing the end of the practice, Li En's Eb suddenly couldn't play.. took a look at it, suspected it was the same problem as my Alto.. the throat G# key was abit leaky.. a simple screw did the job, where as mine had to change the entire pad cos it didn't cover it perfectly.. guess Eb instruments are abit touchy.. didn't practice till that late as with the prev days.. took some pics outside the band room since (almost) everyone had their attire on..

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::was suppose to post this up earlier, but encountered some problems publishing..

some late night blogging.. well, this time AFTER finishing my tutorials.. this whole weekend been pre-occuppied by band since we're into the final week to SYF.. Sat had practice in the morning, went for lunch before practicing in LT4.. went out to buy a packet of chicken rice and 2 piece of roti prata.. had a craving for roti prata for some time now, wanted to have prata at jalan kayu for breakfast.. watched some DVD of Jap Bands on Clement's laptop.. some awesome playing by their high school bands.. Kok Wey read to us the e-mail Yang Hao sent on after the pract ended.. was quite touched by it, even though he isn't physically going to be with us on 11th May.. really enjoyed the times we had together esp during the Thailand Trip.. in his words (if i remember correctly), no medal is going to be able to express what we have gone though, the friendships we've made..
Sunday was the 2nd and final rehearsal at SCH.. only had to come at 3, had practice in the band room first before having our dinner.. the side gate was locked so Mr Neo offered to buy back chicken rice for everyone.. wasn't exactly for the idea of chicken rice since I had it yesterday already.. sat with Zhi Xiong on the swings to eat, not exactly sure what went through my head at that point of time but became abit emotional.. yes, guys can get emotional sometimes though we normally won't show it..
well, thought about my journey thus far.. 3 SYFs, 3 different instruments..

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::completeing this post which I left off yesterday.. lotsa stuff happening for band as we draw near to the big day.. Monday had PE in the afternoon.. had a throbbing pain in the back of my head on my 4th round.. really did push myself to finish each lap in 2 min, didn't feel as exhausted after 4 laps, but the pain was getting worse.. didn't wanna risk it seeing how my neighbour just went so suddenly 2 years back..
had full band prac afterwards.. worked on more details as a band.. then Tuesday was our 1st rehearsal at SCH.. yea, its Labour Day a public holiday, but we still had to come back.. didn't have breakfast before I came.. had only a 1hr 15min time slot to rehearse in the hall.. the acoustics there obviously much better than our band room.. still only able to marginally hear myself in the recordings for the adante part though.. think its the recording though, the percussion were mighty loud for safari on stage, but the recording they didn't sound as loud..
didn't feel well when we returned from SCH.. felt like throwing up.. Shi Chie asked if I was alright, partly cos he was one of the few guys sitting around at that point in time.. got my dad to fetch me back.. went back to rest, but felt slightly worse when I woke up at 10+.. went back to sleep again and by morning was feeling better already..

Thursday was our lunchtime performance during common lunch break.. asked Yia Chin to help me take some pics of our performance.. the 17-85IS + 400D combo produces some very nice results..


the full band..
17mm isn't wide enough to capture everybody though.. hahaa.. see if you can spot me in the pic.. played our 2 SYF piece.. the glass ceiling of the atrium doesn't project the sound that well, very boomy.. I'm sure lotsa ppl in the canteen had a slight shock when we played Safari.. weird noises from the band, elephant calls, pedal note roars.. I can imagine some ppl going "wth are they playing, so noisy.. sounds like.. (add extra negative remarks from music unappreciative ppl ad. lib.)"


the Clarinet Section with the French Horns behind..
Sinfonia was quite ok.. though there was some very obvious not together parts like the cymbal crash and a saxophone coming in early for the ending.. thats not gonna leave such a good impression on the school population.. but generally, I think we improved tremendously over our last lunchtime performance..


Mr Tan in action..
Mr Quek came to talk to us after we ended our performance.. great to know that we have the support of our principal behind us.. but still feel the general school population isn't that supportive.. of cos for sports CCAs they would be more than happy to go down and support for their finals or something.. cheer and have a fun time.. but for performing arts, its a different kind of support..

8 Days..

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