AJ Open House

yesterday was Anderson JC's open house. went with siewmay and weekiat in the morning. (weekiat, thanks for travelling to marine parade to get clarinets for siewmay n myself.) man... long time never hold clar liao... so heavy...
the moment we step into the college, we were given a so-called goody bag. well it isn't really a goody bag... they've flyers which are not related to AJ... like Singnet Subsciption details and even Mac Donald's "I'm Lovin' it" advertisement. haha. makes me wonder if they did some flyers-related jobs during the weekends and kept the extras in our goody bag.
but anyway, i think we spent almost an hour finding the band room and roaming around their hall with different CCA displays. it's not that we didn't ask their students there. but, everyone pointed to the 2nd floor and there's no sign of the mysteriously-located band room. FINALLY (luckily), the band members went to the CCA display in the hall after their practice. that's when weekiat's senior, Desmond, brought us to the band room--FIRST FLOOR. somehow, i really suspect that their students didn't have orientation during their first few wks.
& i find it funny when the CO members kept retaining us at their booth and psycho-ing us to join CO, when 3 of us have clarinets held in our hands... & weekiat is wearing vscb's tee.

anyway, i think the band's booth was very..... inappropriately placed. very ulu. i doubt they have as many visitors as their counterpart, CO. there was a performance by the CCA groups... and i think the band and co are more impressive among all. AJ band is small, but the sound is there lo. they lack brass players, esp trombone--1 person only. we thought that the clarinet section is the most fantastic section in their band.
actually they've an inofficial tune-in session but unfortunately their new conductor, Ms Tan came only for a short while. phew. have got to buck up & polish my skills before the actual tune-in. the great thing is, they have a concert next yr at the Esplanade.
the AJ band members are very funny ppl. after their performance, they came back to have a "concert"... with Desmond as Jay Chou, singing Qing Tian. hahaha. the atmosphere there... whoa... really like concert. at their booth, we also received a very nice souvenir--a hand-made treble clef & quaver. u should look at siewmay' bag. hanged with 3 of these. haz.
my overall impression on AJ:"5 stars!!" like their friendly and passionate ppl there. their school. their crazy band. well, everything. make me wanna work hard to get in there no matter what... *smile*

October...
past few weeks had been *undescribable* don't know where to begin, how to start...
most recently, i've been going out to study with siewmay. i didn't want to study at home cos i know i won't concentrate -- too many distractions. and, many of my friends said that i'm pushing myself too hard. how can i relax when Os is sooo near? it's not like i scored extremely well in my prelims that i can slow down my studying pace. *sigh* prelims. last week, i've been feeling terrible. don't know how to cry; what to do with myself... and i'm tired of wearing the 'mask'. just want to let my friends know that i'm alright. so, i kept telling them, "never mind. i won't give up! i'm gonna work even harder."
but...
i know i haven't get over my pathetic results yet...which nobody but the teachers and siewmay know.
fortunately, i am perfectly fine with the fact that i can't get into the 3 mths JC now,after some thorough thinking over the past few days. it doesn't matter whether i can get into a JC now. somehow, it doesn't matter anymore. i just want to focus on my studies and make sure i get good grades. where i would go after Os would leave to next year, after i get my results. maybe, i won't feel that pressurizing in this way ba?
the only thing that comforted me this prelims, is my e maths. i used to fail or pass at a borderline grade. this time, at least i hit a B4. *grinz* of course, i'm not going to just be this contented. thanks to siewmay & xumao for coaching me before prelims.
yesterday was my Science practicals... for the O levels. the question for physics was unexpected. on density. it was a jaw-dropping moment for me when i flipped open the page. blank. U-shaped test tube. "?!". i wasted 15mins figuring out how to measure and stuff. but still...*sigh* so i proceeded on to chemistry. BLANK. why is the qn format like that?! and very disappointing lo... all the things i am very familiar with e.g. acidified potassium dichromate... test for sulphur dioxide... etc etc... aren't really needed. i used too much of the time for chem, therefore, i didn't managed to complete my physics. gone liaoz. anyway it's over liaoz. worry also no use. But! there's still the theory part. I MUST DO WELL! no. should be EXTREMELY WELL!
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during the past few days... i also learnt that... "what isn't yours, won't be & is never meant to be yours... let nature take its course... (sun qi zi ran)"
the aforementioned doesn't refer to studies btw.