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Saturday, January 31, 2009, 11:22 PM
Exchange Programme
Is today a horrible day for everyone?I doubt so. Everyone by now should have realise how far their standards in playing music. I feel that its a good thing instead of a bad. Yes, exchange programme at Chung Cheng High(Yishun). Firstly we all had individual bands combined. As soon as we did our warm-up as a whole band there, Bedok Town joined us, followed by Ahmed Ibrahim for Overture No.1. Can u imagine that? 3 Bands actually combined together and played Overture No.1 under the baton of the same conductor. Well it wasn't that bad, though it is. Soon, the 6 different bands come together and every band gotten a chance to play their set piece and choice piece for everyone. How we did? Set piece was alright, Choice piece was horrible. There is a high possibility tat we would change our choice piece despite most of the band members disagree to it. Hope the new choice piece would be something interesting and fun. After that, had sectionals. Lunch break and then......... All the hornists, trombonists and woodlands' band's saxophonist come together for combine music under Mr Ong. Imagine it. this 2 sections from the 6 bands come together and play as one. Had a last time of playing the set piece and choice piece at the stage before we leave. This time we actually sounds better, but still bad. Perhaps the members were scared tat Mr Poh would change to the choice piece, or it might be that they have learnt something from other bands. That's why we all sounds better. I guess so? Hmm...for me i actually heard some good sound quality of french horns from other schools. For the set piece, i dn really enjoy the way tat how the other bands played. I know that im not in this position to comment on it. But still.... Okay...some of the bands tat played the set piece without any emotions. The others is because either some parts too loud or else too soft. Their sound level seems to remain the same all the way. I felt tat there was a particular band which i forgot their name plays very well at part F. The saxophone soli. The way they express their feelings weren't the same like how the others did. Can't really describe it. This particular band actually plays quite well. There might be some of the people dn like the way they play. Anyway their horns and were awesome too for part G. Their feelings were able to be felt. Their bar 49 to part F was very unique. Hmm...overall i feel that this exchange programme was a good experience for everyone. Hope everyone in band seriously learn something from it and able to use it in preparation for indoor. The only bad thing for me is that in this exchange programme, i was not able to communicate with other schools. TskTsk... Friday, January 30, 2009, 11:39 PM
feeling troubled with mixed feelings right now...
I'm feeling troubled and with mixed feelings right now.What should i do? If i have it done the way i want, it would affect alot of the people. But if i don't, it will be sth tat i will really regret for the whole of my life. I really need some advices. Kind souls please help me. Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 2:20 AM
Decade
Whoosh~I think im over hypered right now! Just had a bath and i feel dam shiok man! Came back from aunty hse not long ago. U all mus be wondering that why i bai-nian until so late? I also do not know the reason. Seriously. Right now my house is like a blast. Im blasting my loud-speakers with all my english songs like nobody's business! Turning on the tv volume to 5% more to max! Drinking a cup of iced milo! Eh wait!....not 1 cup, probably 2 cups. Hoping that policeman wont come knocking on my door right now. I don't think im dreaming right now!, im awake. Anyway k.m.r Decade has been upload on youtube. Exciting! 2009 k.m.r series is really dam different. It's no longer tat boring kind. In this series, characters from the past series will be seen. I can see that the climate of the new series will be one of the best in history. Ohh shit! I just realised i have not done any of my homeworks! Die~~~~ Monday, January 26, 2009, 2:38 PM
happy CNY
Happy Chinese New Year!Yesterday had steamboat at grandma's hse for reunion dinner. Ate quite alot but felt hungry in the end. Then gotten hong-bao. After i ate, my cousins and i went to pick my 2nd aunt from work at east coast. Hmm....went back and watched tv. So i stayed at grandma's hse from 7 plus to 12.30. And then the whole family decided to go to temple. Firstly, we all went a hainanese temple which none of us ever been there. Was lead by my 2nd uncle to there. Hmm...tat temple is like very different from those kind of temple that i always been. Is at the opposite of singapore prison there. After that, we went to loyang temple there. Alot of people, really dam lot. There is a part in the temple which there are 6 living cows lying on the floor. I was amazed by it. After that, we all decided to go home since most of them are falling asleep. Reached home at 3.30am. Will be gg bai-nian later at around 4 plus. I was really dissapointed. 15 years living together yet u don't even understand me. I was never in ur eyes. U rather me to failed then wasting tat amount of money! Friday, January 23, 2009, 9:54 PM
Kelly Tang
I must really admit that "Overture No. 1 for wind bands" is a great and awesome song.U really wont get bored listening to it. When u listen to the melodies, the feelings will really dwell into ur mind though u are not playing. And even the cheeky parts and running notes, it just purely gave everyone the "feeling". Its amazingly composed by a singaporean - Kelly Tang. Like finally, singapore actually produce such a wonderful composer. Feeling really bored right now. Got no mood for CNY. Well i bought a pair of shoes for CNY on tuesday. Yeah it looks really nice and the base of the shoe dam stylish. In fact i wanted to buy another brown pair instead of the stylish base one. No size for me ]= I have been over-confident of my 2 mathematics subjects. Cant really maintain the standard that i scored for final years. Have dropped to the extent that i just pass for the test. Hmmm....time to buck up! Monday, January 19, 2009, 4:36 PM
Guiltily
Im feeling really very guilty now for being not able to go band practice for today.(For the 2nd time in the past 4 years.) Was having high fever for 3days alr. Instead of moving decreasing in the temperature, it went even higher. To the extent that the doctor say i was lucky to visit her earlier or else i might need to go to the hospital to check if there's brain damage. Sounds very exaggerating right? I know it is. Apologise to those whom i have caused trouble for them especially to the section. Its my fault for not taking good care of my heath. So the only remedy that i could save the situation before friday is to rest well. Henceforth i doubt i would be gg to sch tues and wed. Anyway i was very happy and pleased with my performance during PE. I broke my first record in my whole life by getting 12.05mins for 2.4km trail run in the field. FYI, i had always get bad results of it for my whole secondary school life. Anyway after i ran the 2.4 trail run jus now, i did not felt tired at all. I though i could still continue to run another 5 more rounds. If im not wrong, the reason tat i could still run is the way i breathe. Instead of breathing oxygen into my lungs, i follow the new method of breathing(when playing instruments). It really works ar. Im gonna to aim for 11mins for the actual 2.4km run. Another thing to work on is to get at least a pass for pull-up. Really disgraceful that i cant even manage to do one. Sunday, January 18, 2009, 12:21 PM
Additional Post
After going round to read others' blogs.I realise i had forgetten to mention sth. The ''volcano'' didnt erupt yesterday sia. Coz of that, everyone were very happy and hyper. On friday, "volcano" actually erupted and burst into rage. Everyone was dam shocked and scared, which that includes me. It's been so long since i see him so angry and mad. Reason is because alot of them didnt take down notes and they all ended up in which their scores kena crumpled and their files flew 3m away. I guess it was his last straw on friday, also that might be the reason for why he didnt burst in rage yesterday. Saturday, January 17, 2009, 7:03 PM
Parents' Meeting Session
Alright yesterday had a parents' meeting session.It was a last minute decision that all secs4 and secs5N have to stay back for it. So went but my parent didnt tag along as usual. After the 1hr30mins talk, i realise it was how hard for me to at least go to a poly. Firstly one of the criteria is to pass combined humanities. HolySHIT :X Now mr samuel wee took over ms cher position to teach us history. Im starting to think how am i gonna pass it in his class. I think combined humanities, and languages subjects is my main concern. Anyway i had dropped to combined science...which is good for most of my classmates. Disadvantages of it is that despite we had dropped to combined science, we will still be learning the same thing as pure science, pure science homework. ..... Only mid-year and final-year paper will be for combined science. -.- Its just 11 days since school reopens. Yet we are facing such amount of stress. Everyday in school, teachers never fail to give us homeworks. Life is really different from the past. SYF indoor is around the corner... Seriously i have no confident of this year. Im really afraid that we all would get a COP or a bronze for it, despite how hard we tried. In some occasion, we really sound nice. But most of time, we sound like COP band arr. The more i practise my high notes, the lesser chance im able to pitch it. I do not know what exactly had go wrong. The more i use the new method of breathing, the more im not able to hold for 16 counts. Haizz.... really must find out the cause behind all this. Tonight im gonna turn in early... really very tired this few days. Having a fever now.... Hopefully fever will go away before tmr. Labels: band, combined sci, meeting session Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 7:24 PM
Eroica
Alright yesterday was the release of Olevels result for 2008.All the sec4s were to go hall to witness our seniors taking result. Soon we will be in their shoes. Many of them were very happy. When i was witnessing they all taking their results, i suddenly thought "what kind of results will i get for this year?" Haizz negative stuffs again. Anyway.... I saw this nice music video from youtube. London Symphony Orchestra - Eroica Nice trumpet solo!! Sunday, January 11, 2009, 2:35 PM
CCA carnival
Few days have passed after 2009 has started.I have yet to work towards my resolution for the year. The past days in class have been falling asleep. In preparation of cca carnival, i have been going sch early and coming home late. 10-01-09 Woke up at 5.30am and went to sch. Had to reach sch in 6.00 for the setting up of booth. Our performance was a success. But this year things aren't going smoothly. We are not suppose to give out flyers or put posters. Also not able to pull members in or walk around the school. All we can do is to stay at our booth to wait for people to come. I would say this put us in disadvantage. So after CCA carnival, had band practice. The practice was dam interesting and fun than other practices in the past. We learn the proper way to breathe when playing an instrument. 100 jumping jacks will make us to breathe even better :X After the practice, the band went for a concert at NAFA. Just Brass Esemble from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. The concert was AWESOME! There is a part of the show that only 4 hornists playing. " Quartet No. 1 for Four Horns " Super nice and good. I finally hear the sound which a horn should sound like. Though its nice, i don't really like it coz whenever i hear the metal sound coming out from horn, my body will seems to be at shock and i tend to shiver. Don't know why too. Not only horns were great, the trumpets was good too. They could really control their sound and it was very in tune. Really very. When the tubists and the euphonium players play, i could feel that there was base and warmth fill in the entire hall. Really amazing, isnt it? And for percussion, the sound from snare was ______. Dont really know what word to describe it. But i like the sound. I do not really understand what's a good sound from a trombone. But i definetely know how to differentiate a bad sound from it. Actually there is another concert today. Intend to go with the band again. But..... I woke up late and realise i have lots and tons of homework that have yet to be done. )= Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:57 PM
dissapointed once again
Was kind of dissapointed of myself these past few days.I think i had lost my ability to play running notes very fast. Perhaps? Cant play the scale study from the I-recommend well. It's either the moving of my fingerings not fast or else i get the wrong pitch. Or maybe... It's because i cant sight-read low notes below the lines fast and well enough. I think im gonna focus on that part by sight-reading more kind of it, then practise the scale-study from very slow and gradually increase the speed of it. Will this make perfect? I just wonder. Sometimes, i do feel that others are underestimating my strengths. I just do not know how to put my words. Its like they people sometimes tend to focus on my weakness, than seeing my strengths. Well if only u all do understand. Its kind of sad when this happen to anyone of u people. It's very evil and bad for me to laugh at others when someone make mistakes. Take an incident from today's band prac. When we combined music in the hall for the orientation, trumpeters got scolding as they cant differentiate where is their right and their front. I was there laughing off. It's so bad to do so, but i really cant control myself. Their expressions after they make the mistakes was like "wtf what was he talking about?" hahaha. and obviously they cant differentiate their left and center for a long time lah. I swear its dam funny. But i too know how to control myself, when things tend to get even serious. Hmm... Band prac on monday. And im gonna spend my day studying and finishing my homework before monday. Like Shit. |