Wednesday, May 25, 2005
5TH May.
SYF2005.
the day was anticipating. was late for school because of one stupid bus. had to serve detention on another day. left class at 10am. managed to do up some stars(lucky charms?) for most of the band members. for those whom i have forgotten and have left out. my apologies. i really didn't have enough time. wasn't really feeling the intense atmosphere of what seemed like my last SYF ever. previous SYF with SNSB had been a silver. and clearly what a experience i didn't enjoy at all. i was so freaked out. but on SYF 2005 day. i was quite relaxed. the built up to 2.30pm was unpleasant. i was frustrated. maybe of hidden stress i did not notice. but was alright after i let out all my emotions. skipped lunch to finish up the stars. changed into the formal U. everyone looked so funny with their oversized blazers. we had a mini talk in the band room with "howl's moving castle" OST in the backgrd. went on the bus.
and there we were. on the steps of Singapore Conference Hall. was feeling a bit nervous at tat point. heard a bit of RJ playing from outside the hall. they sounded really good from where we were standing. they played "the Chosen". next i quite of remembered hearing SAJC play.. next YJ went in. soon it was our turn. scary.. i was really feeling nervous. FREAKED OUT. went in to see ourselves heading straight to the stage. no backstage or wat so ever. crap. the hall. was filled. did wat we did during rehearsals. stand up. smile. sit down. start playing. my "D" went off suddenly. like an inflated balloon being punched. i guess no one heard it. which is good. tat was one of my scariest moments. Singapore rhapsody was okie. i was actually quite surprised at how soft our band sounded from where i was sitting. the crunch time came when it came to "heart and voice" my bar 23. not mastered at all. i tried my best to run up to the 4th octave C before coming down. den run up again to sustain a 4th octave Bflat for 4 counts. it wasn't really as bad as i feared after comments from other ppl. at least my Bflat was quite in tune. the rest of the piece juz went so fast. it was over in a moment. ALL over. months of hard work. i felt good. this time it was more enjoyable than SYF2003. phew.
waited for a very long time for the results to be announced. everyone was feeling nervous as usual. there were 3 shockers in the results. 1st one came right at the start. everybody had expected ACJC to get Gold with honours. they got Gold. somehow i felt the sadness of their band within my own nervous-ness. i respected AC as one of the best band in singapore. 2nd shocker top JC band of SYf 2003 got a gold without honours as well. they were really good. tat didn't justify wat they should have gotten. Gold with honours. 3rd shocker. HC got a silver and i heard tat they sounded really good in the morning. i guessed everyone fell to the curse of SCH. listening to all these results only made me feel more scared and worried. the TOP bands. they only got a gold. wat will the comp leaves us. CJCband with? "Band no. 14 Catholic Junior College... Gold!" i didn't even bother whether other ppl were looking. i jumped up and screamed for joy. the tension within me. my last SYF finally. ended off with a good result. i cried. tis time. it was tears of happiness. hugged sandie and elynn. congratulated TJ band before rushing down to join the rest of the band. somehow i felt tat the mood in SCH was really sad. admist a few bands's jpoy of their results. RJ and AC were really quiet. i felt really sorry for them. to RJ and AC: U GUYS did a GREAT job! sometimes results doesn't come out the way they should be. Credits to ur performance.
we went off for school soon enuff. found out tat my piccolo was spoilt. juz RIGHT AFTER syf. haha. wat luck. reached sch. and the usual taupoking starts. this band has been in chaos and havoc since the SJI guys came in. their Project A didn't work out. alvin went off b4 they could do anything abt it. haha. den bro paul came to speak to us. after packing we all went to taka for dinner and celebrations! at SEOUL garden!!! we paid only 10 bucks! Sir paid the rest of the 7 bucks. the deal was gotten due to ketsu. so i guess we shud thank him for getting us tis cheap cheap deal. haha. had a great time in seoul garden. our table was fun. consist of me, ketsu, elynn, amelia and marianne. we are oso the healthy table if u compare ours to weemin's table of all the shell seafood. ours were full of veggie. sandie's table next to ours was the carnivore's table. full of meat. we left ard 10pm. everyone went their separated ways after one final group photo at the front of ngee ann city. reached home feeling really tired. but satisified. it was a really fruitful day.
and surprising wat a good memory i have even after 20 days it happened. wat great significance was tis SYF. shall go for class before trying to catch up on all my missing days' entries.
anyway heard one very nice song. "mummy" by JJ Lin. the 1st chinese song to ever debut in my zen micro!! haha. which btw is spolit. time to send it for repair soon!
over and out 9:55 AM