completely detached from band life..
my ears were filled with band's music, & i thought i was playing in de band.. but i woke up only to realise dat my brother is watching drumline, yet again. eversince i bought de vcd home some days ago, he has been sticking to de tv like superglue. he's so fascinated. cos besides staring at de tv with eyes wide open with amazement, he's hymning de songs wherever he goes. from dat instant, i noe we'd be having another band member at home very soon. dat makes 3 of us.
my sis, now a military band member, comes back like one chao-da (burnt) bread every night. *heart-wrenching* can u believe she is only free on tuesday afternoons & sundays? but im glad she enjoyed being a clarinetist & a band member. proud of her too. cos she's one of de 10 secondary 1s who's selected to join de main band in this yr's syf - display bands. way to go, sis. all de best to bowen! (",)
she, too watched & enjoyed drumline. but she envies de clarinetists as they needn't hold it up (90 degrees). hopefully, after their syf this april, there'd be more time for her to rest.
anyway, to all band members, drumline is highly recommended. i love their slogan: One Band, One Sound. Drumline depicts the ordeals of a gifted drummer who wins a music scholarship to a Southern University, A&T, and hopes to land a spot as a drummer on its marching band's drumline. Although he initially flounders in his new cultural environment because of his attitude, the freshman ultimately triumphs in his efforts to lead the school's band in one of the region's most popular music contests. He realised the hard way that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
[a scene where dey're competing at their regional classics..]
it's been 3 months. almost. wonder how de feeling & sound would be like, de nxt time i touch my clar. i hate de feeling when everything's gone. & i've gotta wait till like june or july b4 i can play again. how bad.
i'm back.. with a new look~
yep. i finally trimmed my hair on thursday at jean yip after so long. intended to cut it like last month? anyway i got loads to update cos of my long absence online. well its cos there's sth wrong with de password. dont understand why, since i saved it instead of having to key it everytime i go online. called up de helpdesk a couple of times but to no avail. until today.
had loads to say cos i spent de 1 wk hols (after de 3 mths course) going out with nsssb friends & others as well. almost de entire wk together. hanged out too much i donno where exactly i've been. omg. let's see..
[16]march : MI 04S5 class outing
had bbq at ivan's place - Hume Park. ate alot. took loadsa photos together too. i'd call this a pool party. cos de guys are extremely playful. first a few planned to push ivan into de swimming pool. succeeded when hongjing came from behind & both went in. haha. den, hongjing grabbed sijie & both went in again. consequently, shah, yihuey, stephen & anthony were dragged into de pool too. little did i know dat anthony is so unscrupulous! he intended to push me in as well. managed to run away. poor zhixuan.. had to hold on to de playground's "horsey" for quite awhile when hongjing wanted to drench her. took a nice photo in de pool but with me zhixuan & nuraini standing on de steps. proceeded to watch incredible tales at ivan's house. den took a bus home.
[04S5 in da pool~]
[de gurls]
[17]march : og outing
not exactly one. since only 4 turned up. pathetic. de rest went elsewhere when we've already agreed to have it on that day. anyway, joel junwei shouyen & myself went to cineleisure to take neoprints & just walked arnd taka wisma & heeren. shouyen & i had loadsa fun trying on pretty clothes. & i managed to buy a nice skirt at bysi.
[18]march : shop with siewmay
went to town again. bought diana's belated bday prezzie. & did i mentioned i love wheelock place? haha. esp de mark & spencer's potato rings. our fave. dey oways have enough stock. *grinz* didn't buy alot. just got myself a new pair of surf wear @ 37degrees. siewmay & i were shopping for bags. each of us saw two. couldn't decide on one so planned to come back de nxt day.
[19]march : shop with siewmay + celebrate diana's belated bday
got our bags. bought meaningful worded glasses for papa & mama (aj's) as bday prezzie. hope dey'll like it. den siewmay & i busy ourselves with getting diana's bday cake & food. celebrated her bday at my place with eugene weekiat weejuay edmund. talked alot about horror movies & stories. with eugene arnd really make ppl laugh till pengz. sang a horrible bday tune with de guys acting as nan gao ying. den we watched resident evil on channel 5. afterwhich siewmay diana & edmund slept over at my house. dint really sleep. talked quite alot till 2-3am. den dey left at 5am.
[20]march : hanged out @ bugis + dinner @ circuit road
diana edmund & myself met up with siewmay & lixin afta their aj band prac. went to bugis & walked, again. we nv get tired of each other's company. moreover we're nv gonna go out so crazily every consecutive days in de nxt 3 yrs.. so had a gr8 time together. took neoprints, again. lol. afterwhich, we went to circuit road afta a long ride from toa payoh interchange. *bushed*
[21]march : ajcsb performance @ bishan park + dinner @ causeway point
no yamaha lesson dat day. cos we're given a term holiday. haha. so i went to support ajcsb. saw sihui my twinnie from crescent whom i got to know in MI. so surprising loh. completely shocked. haha. she was dere to support her classmate who's in euph. after their performance, siewmay & lixin joined me diana & edmund. took 169 to woodlands for dinner.
[24]march : watched "my girl" @ tampines mall
watched a very nice & humourous thai movie abt childhood sweethearts, with siewmay & diana. after de show, siewmay asked me what's de moral of de show. i told her, it was to confess quickly to de one u like. haha. met up with eugene at yishun & had dinner together.
[25]march : applied for business course
i wanted to try to appeal into de business management course in nyp so i went to siewmay's house with diana's company to fill it up online. 2nd choice - marketing & 3rd choice - business informatics. if im able to get into de 1st & 2nd choices, i'd go to nyp. if not, i'll stay in temasek poly. wanted to get into a singapore university & work here in future. but singapore universities don't have design faculties. so it's a dilemma for me: to pursue my interest studying overseas or business which i can study & work in singapore.
apparently, i still have no definite answer. shall wait for de results of de nyp's dae. *cross my fingers* dat i make de right choice.
[26]march : look for jobs
went to town with diana & gina. de scent shop wanted permanent staff so we sorta failed. i really hope dat we could at least work at cathay cineleisure or noda shoe boutique. after applying, we went to paragon. resolved our hunger @ delifrance. den talked & shared alot. dey really make me think thoroughly on certain matters. thanks to de both of u. =]
..until nxt time..
all good things come to an end..
friday's de last day in MI. didn't have proper lessons but we had an enjoyable time.
captain's ball during pe. quiz during physics tutorial. pictionary during gp, when everyone had a gr8 time drawing & guessing & shouting. *lol* den it was de last lesson of de day - chem prac. dr chia went thru some redox graphs & formulas. den told us some creepy stories during his ns period. urgh. good luck to de guys man.
after sch, went to have lunch at an "alfresco dining" environment. haha. den played pool with my classmates again. yep, at pool factor which was 10-15mins walk from MI. guess everyone's kinda addicted.
afterwhich, yihuey nuraini & i went back to MI again to take photos with de angklung-kolintang ensemble ppl. only de yr2s were arnd since de yr3s are having their retreat at msia.
gonna meet my class for de last time this coming tuesday. we're having a bbq @ ivan's place. (",)
[04S5]
..b4 de release of Os..
..b4 maths lecture..
..nuraini & myself..
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look at my profile on de right. *grinz* passed both de entrance test & interview. =] really look forward to having a new environment. new friends. new subjects. & new band! de gr8 thing is.. mr tan beng wee is de conductor of tp band. *yay*
a fulfilled dream. an extraordinary day.
*smiles widely* i finally muster de courage.. to crash aj~! *jumps wildly* yep. "dat's de last thing i wanna do b4 i go to poly" (msn nick)
don't wanna miss such a chance to experience a day in aj since there're only 3 more days left for de 3 mths course. anyway, met new friends today. dey're xiaoqing, diana, peiwen & valerie. we're actually having this friendster system except dat it's not a cyber thing. it goes like this.. xiaoqing, diana & peiwen are yihuey's frends at crescent girls. valerie is peiwen's frend at cj. xiaoqing & diana are schooling at aj so dey helped us arnd at aj today. really nice knowing dem. dey're very friendly & easy-going.
anyway, this morning was such a.. *loss of vocab*
went to de ladies to hide since dey usually take attendance during assembly. was waiting for dem to finish their national anthem, announcement-making & school song to finish.. den someone came in.. de nxt thing i know, dey were rushing into de cubicles. *complete silence* den we realised dat it's de school attendant. so, for safety reasons, we rushed out of de ladies b4 de auntie comes out of de cubicle. should have seen our facial expressions. luckily, all de students were proceeding to their respective classrooms when we "escaped". den went to de reading room & spent de 45mins dere b4 econs lecture at de aud.
1st time having an econs lec but i do enjoy & understand. *glad* de lecturer's a really nice person. she kept emphasizing de impt points & she talks at an acceptable rate, unlike de chem lecturer. afterwhich we were asked to summarise wad we've learnt today. i think she believes in quality not quantity. de best lecturer dat i've come across so far.
chem & bio lec was a ?(o_O)? for me. MI nv teach dat far for chem, yet. & i don take bio. so practically wasted 1h30mins. but i did wrote down some notes & understand a little. afterwhich we went to have lunch.. first time i have my lunch in school since my pri & sec schools don't have vegetarian stalls. anyway de food is quite nice la.. better than i thought.. since many ppl complained abt de sch food at other JCs incl MI, i was expecting de worst. but, all 4 of us enjoyed aj's canteen food. den we went to their 3-storeys high library & talked alot. had a gr8 time.
very quickly.. de dismissal bell rang.. & all of dem wanna go orchard.. but i wanted to stay & listen to ajcsb once again.. for de last time. a very long time since i hear band play le. really happy to be able to join dem. papa, mama, eric kor, desmond, jeremy goh, zhixiang, ruizhen & zhenzhi are still as friendly as ever. glad dey didn't ignore me or sth. i didn't play since i haven't played de clarinet for a long time. besides, i don't wish to spoil de band's sound & waste their reed. i know ajscb is no hotel.. but i just wish to listen to dem..
oh ya.. i made a new frend dere.. a clarinetist from deyi.. she's really nice to talk to.
sat beside eric kor during band prac & chatted quite a bit too. he sounded stressed & tired though. in fact all J2s look so.
anyway, de band was supposed to put up sth special for de upcoming concert @ de esplanade. hmm.. shan't say much here. don wanna be a spoiler.
-- AJCSB & CO combined concert --
venue: esplanade concert hall
date: 16 may '04 (sun)
tickets @ $13 & $18
interested, pls tag at my board!
04S5's simply fabulous!
had a wonderful time with my class today. however de movie spoilt de whole thing. watched "acacia" at ps in de early noon. don't be fooled by de trailer or advertisement ok.. it isn't nice, at all. actually i didn't want to join dem since it's a horror movie.. but even when i said i didn't want to pay money to scare myself, hongjing went ahead & bought de tickets! & tada. bad show. =[
nevertheless, we enjoyed de later part. after de movie, we took a class neoprint. not really de whole class though. anyway, we had a hard time squeezing to ensure dat our faces are on de screen. only 1 turned out well.
& here is de lousier version..
afterwhich, went to le meridien hotel's "monstercue" to play pool. first timer. fortunately got a patient shifu -- hongjing, who taught me alot of things & it's on him! ;) had a fun yet tough time playing 2 versions. den went home at arnd 5-6pm. really tired.
S i m p l e . B l i s s
lesson of de day: realised that even de simplest things in life can make u feel happy.
though i couldn't be in de aj family, i still luv de college! aj rox! muahaha..
yihuey, all de best! i heard u placed aj as ur 1st choice. (influenced by me arh? haha..)
went to school today. kind of wasted de half day in sch cos we didn't have proper lessons since everyone's too restless. de teachers too. which shouldn't be de case when most of them are heading to prominent JCs.
[chem prac] dr. chia was asking de class where we intend to go after these 3 mths. when he came to me, i told him im going to poly & he smiled & said, "less agonising right?" *shrugs* it IS agonising when i have endless doubts. but on de other hand, not getting into aj IS as agonising. *confused* can't believe im still not getting over it. & of course i know what's best for myself. *hesitates* well maybe i don't. feel like slamming myself against de wall.
[pe lesson] a complete torture. really giddy after running 12 rounds, round de 3 courts for warm up. den we played soccer cos my class's girls wanted it.. haha.. surprising. we ran all over de court for de ball. yes, all over. i was like so drained that i went pale. *sigh* whatever happened to me.. i usually quite enthu.. argh.
don't know why.. i've been losing appetite recently. *sigh*
im going for interview+entrance test for interactive media design course at temasek poly nxt saturday. wish me luck. *clasp her hands tightly*
