i need to think everything through and just put in my best later.
that's all we can do now isn't it?
i felt prepared the night before during my live ipod streaming concert, playing with scores..
when today's rehearsal came, everything just screwed up like fuck.
i guess it must be the doings of KARMA from gossiping before rehearsal.
it was the first time in my life i came in wrongly for art in the park movement 1.
wtf was i doing?!
noah's ark is the arrangement, different from band room and its complex-instrumentations.
others i shall not say anymore.
i just hope i play at least the standard of normal practices or better.
off to partial live ipod streaming concert before i go to sleep.
selected pieces only. i don't have 1 1/2 hour to go through all the pieces.
good luck and all the best to everyone tmr! (:
i suddenly think that i have alot of things to bring and buy tmr. \:
goodnight.
till then; 1:21 AM
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Singapore Wind Symphony Youth Winds presentsPress Play II
under the baton of
Mr Mohamad Rasull
in collaboration with
Diploma in Interactive Media Informatics
Temasek Informatics and IT School
Temasek Polytechnic
Day/Date: Saturday, 31st October 2009 (it's Halloween!)
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC CONVENTION CENTRE (TCC)
Ticket price: $12 (public sales), $10 (for Temasek Polytechnic students and school orders through Temasek Polytechnic General Office)
**School bundle ticket orders are sponsored by the NAC toteboard fund. Tickets are 60% subsidised.
so instead of $12, you just pay $4.80!
only applicable through orders via schools (pri, sec, jc, ite).
for more info/ forms for tickets ordering, email to:
swsy_concerts@live.com or contact me for the form also can.
Repertoire:
And The Multitude With One Voice Spoke
James L. Hosay
Art In The Park
1. Le Cycliste
2. The Shadowed Stream
3. Excavation
4. Transfiguration
Robert Sheldon
Colonial Song
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Noah's Ark
Bert Appermont
(interval)
Sixth Suite for Band
1. March Miniature
2. Summer Stroll
3. Halloween Hobgoblin
4. Awa Odori (Japanese Dance)
Alfred Reed
Disco Kid
Osamu Shohji
Tam O' Shanter Overture
Malcolm Arnold transcr. John P. Paynter
1712 Overture (S. 1712)
P.D.Q. Bach transcr. Mohamad Rasull
Synopsis:
SWS Youth Winds collaborates with the students and lecturers of the Dip. in IMI programme at Temasek Polytechnic for the second instalment of the Press Play series. While the musicians from SWS Youth Winds are hard at work practicing the music, the students from TP are working equally hard on their animation / flash presentations which are designed to synchronise with live music to be performed by the musicians - thus creating yet another dimension in the concert-going experience.
contact me for tickets via msn, email, sms, call.
this is the 2nd collaboration project and 3rd animation concert by swsy..
DO SUPPORT THANKS! :D
here's a sample of last year's press play which i didn't play for. sian ttm.
this video is done by mr rasull though. lol and it was played for the 2nd time.
i realised the other 2 videos didn't even had animation shown. haha.
Labels: concert advertisement, swsyouth, youtube
till then; 3:05 PM
i'm so mentally drained..
i didn't had enough sleep last night.
went to school at 9am for jap lecture, came home at 10am and went back to school at 2pm for jap and accounting tutorials.
oh i went home to do my accounting tutorial, ha.
i'd be emo-ing if i were to stay in school for 4 hours anyway.
i can make use of jap tutorials to practice for my upcoming oral :D
after tutorial today chionged down to city hall to meet the usual (gays).
bought 'finger' food and went for swsy.
last practice before concert. friday's just run-through rehearsal.
sheesh i think my tuning is getting worst. ):
and parts which were usually smooth-going got screwed today.
argh i'm going to spam more of the concert playlist on my ipod, WITH SCORES.
on the way home, alfri and i talked about the good old days..
those were the happiest moments i had with that batch of us.
what honey stars and animal game and camwhoring like free every concert..
everything is so different now.
i seriously miss those days.
now, things are getting problematic.
i'm so tired of it.. but i actually survived it.
now i have no mood for tutorials lah, die.
i'm sleepyyy but i haven't done my tutorial and it's 1.45am!
tmr feels like friday cos it's end-early day - 1pm!
sighhhhh but it's NOT.
but although it's 9 - 6pm, i'm looking forward to badminton and err, tcc rehearsal at night?
i think i'm going to give up doing macroecons tutorial for tonight.
but i WILL and MUST do it tmr..
i haven't even started studying jap. ):
goodnight, i'm going to recharge myself.
till then; 1:24 AM
Monday, October 26, 2009
kinda addicted to japanese graffitis now.i have all except for japanese graffiti 8.
damn sad, i haven't played any japanese graffiti before in my 6+ years of band life!! ):
i think i prefer jgs to american graffitis.
the newest jg 14 features arashi.
i think the band version is nice although i've only heard a few of the arashi songs in there..
my jg 13 craze is kinda gone.. now is jg 11 and 14. HAHA.
okay i shall stop jg-ing here jg-ing there.
i'm going to do bizstats tutorial before going for band.
byebye.
Labels: band songs, japanese graffiti
till then; 3:03 PM
All Japan Band Competition results for high schools.
第57回全日本吹奏楽コンクール
高校前半の部
| 出演順 | 賞 | 支部 | 都道府県 | 団体名 | 指揮者 | 演奏予定時刻 |
| 1 | 銅 | 東関東 | 千葉県 | 柏市立柏高等学校 | 9:00 | |
| 2 | 銀 | 関西 | 奈良県 | 天理高等学校 | 9:15 | |
| 3 | 金 | 九州 | 福岡県 | 精華女子高等学校 | 9:30 | |
| 4 | 銀 | 東海 | 愛知県 | 光ヶ丘女子高等学校 | 9:45 | |
| 5 | 銅 | 九州 | 沖縄県 | 沖縄県立コザ高等学校 | 10:00 | |
| 6 | 銀 | 西関東 | 埼玉県 | 埼玉栄高等学校 | 10:15 | |
| 7 | 銅 | 中国 | 岡山県 | 明誠学院高等学校 | 10:30 | |
| 8 | 金 | 関西 | 大阪府 | 大阪府立淀川工科高等学校 | 10:45 | |
| 9 | 金 | 東京 | 東京都 | 東京都立片倉高等学校 | 11:15 | |
| 10 | 金 | 東北 | 福島県 | 福島県立磐城高等学校 | 11:30 | |
| 11 | 銅 | 四国 | 香川県 | 香川県立坂出高等学校 | 11:45 | |
| 12 | 銀 | 北海道 | 北海道 | 北海道旭川商業高等学校 | 12:00 | |
| 13 | 金 | 東関東 | 千葉県 | 習志野市立習志野高等学校 | 12:15 | |
| 14 | 金 | 北陸 | 石川県 | 石川県立小松明峰高等学校 | 12:30 | |
| 15 | 銀 | 東海 | 愛知県 | 安城学園高等学校 | 12:45 |
高校後半の部
| 出演順 | 賞 | 支部 | 都道府県 | 団体名 | 指揮者 | 演奏予定時刻 |
| 1 | 銀 | 北陸 | 富山県 | 富山県立高岡商業高等学校 | 14:40 | |
| 2 | 銀 | 東北 | 福島県 | 福島県立湯本高等学校 | 14:55 | |
| 3 | 銅 | 四国 | 高知県 | 高知県立高知西高等学校 | 15:10 | |
| 4 | 銀 | 九州 | 鹿児島県 | 原田学園鹿児島情報高等学校 | 15:25 | |
| 5 | 銀 | 西関東 | 埼玉県 | 埼玉県立伊奈学園総合高等学校 | 15:40 | |
| 6 | 金 | 北海道 | 北海道 | 東海大学付属第四高等学校 | 15:55 | |
| 7 | 金 | 関西 | 大阪府 | 大阪桐蔭高等学校 | 16:10 | |
| 8 | 銀 | 東海 | 愛知県 | 愛知工業大学名電高等学校 | 16:40 | |
| 9 | 銅 | 中国 | 岡山県 | おかやま山陽高等学校 | 16:55 | |
| 10 | 銀 | 東関東 | 神奈川県 | 横浜創英中学・高等学校 | 17:10 | |
| 11 | 金 | 西関東 | 埼玉県 | 春日部共栄高等学校 | 17:25 | |
| 12 | 銅 | 東北 | 秋田県 | 秋田県立秋田南高等学校 | 17:40 | |
| 13 | 金 | 東京 | 東京都 | 駒澤大学高等学校 | 17:55 | |
| 14 | 銀 | 中国 | 広島県 | 修道高等学校 | 18:10 |
http://www.ajba.or.jp/competition57koukou.htm
to summarise it, there're 10 golds 12 silvers and 7 bronze.
a total of 29 high school bands.
anyway, meiden got silver even though they're godlike to me.
the competition there is scary.. o.O
it's not easy to emerge as the top few from each region luh.
next up, marching contest to update myself on.
wow i think i can score distinction if there's any subject on japan bands. -.-
today was a happy night.
but i didn't accomplish anything. HAHA JIALAD.
i must and will do my tutorials tmr and start studying jap.
goodnight.
Labels: aichi meiden, all japan band competition
till then; 1:47 AM
Sunday, October 25, 2009
ajbc's tmr/later.wishing meiden all the best! (:
although i know no one's gonna see this.. haha.
coincidentally, i just packed all my japan trip memories from my drawer into a box (from daiso hahaha).
i read through the messages and letters from all of them again.
i imagined myself reading them in a few years time.
what would i be feeling?
whatever it is, i'm glad we met.
but also wondering when will we ever meet again.
recently, my post-meiden syndrome is back or maybe it was there since forever. lol.
and i randomly decided to upload last year's combined song video.
we felt awkward dancing for the first time, but we were damn enthu about dancing for the following performances in japan. (:
enjoy! while my mind continue to wander into the land of reminiscence..
*oh, siying watch them to see your live moving fufu. HAHA!
i miss ayano's drum solo.
and why her email cannot get throughhhhhhhh.. ):
okay it's late/early.
shall rest soon..
studying for awhile with yy tmr before my jap lesson!
everything's so jap-ish. cds is gonna be interesting.
i'm going for lessons to learn about japan's culture (not really the language since even the teacher said it's gonna be easy compared to at jcs) :D
i like. (:
only fate can bring us together again.
Labels: aichi meiden, reminisce, youtube
till then; 4:04 AM
Saturday, October 24, 2009
i'm thinking.i don't really care anymore, not as stressed up this time round.
maybe because alfri's back?
it's more or less our own responsibility.
sigh but still feel kinda disappointed.
and up till now we didn't even had any sectionals.
having full attendance is already hard enough, it only happened once.
for now, i can only just hope for the better.
today, i thought tam o'shanter sounded more decent than noah's ark.
i don't dare to think anymore..
sheesh bad mood again.
and i hope i don't fall sick anytime soon, my nose had been itching for the whole day.
having opinions but not voicing them out = letting yourself down.
having opinions but voicing them out = too direct.
having opinions but don't dare to voice out and vent elsewhere = backstabbing and gossip.
none of the above seems morally right.
my human/interpersonal skills have not reached the standard to handle stuff like this.
till then; 12:00 AM
Friday, October 23, 2009
school had been good so far this week.because there're no tutorials yet. -.-
wait till next week, i think i'm going to say it's not good.
i think i need to write out my list of to-do things on my daiso whiteboard. HAHA.
i'm finally opening it from the plastic since i bought it last dec in japan. oops.
then hang the calendar i bought which wasn't opened too. ahahaha.
i need to let myself know that jap exam is nearing and i need to start studying omg.
and upcoming concerts!
yeah and lots of other reminders..
went to bras basah swee lee today after lecture (11am - 1pm! :D) with jasmine, aaron and joel. ervina came to find us to buy sticks during her break.
i feel like getting the 2 pairs of vic firth sticks..
the brown and white one, i forgot the series.
then i saw the pair of vater sticks i said i would buy if i see it. HAHA.
vater piccolo which i feel is the nicest pair of sticks in mjcsb. X:
okay but what's the point of getting so many pairs of sticks?
wah sianszx.... ):
okay i MUST start doing my tutorials by this weekend.
and i've decided that i'm not going for nus concert.
so so so sorry to yaju and val and all who are playing! ):
have fun during the concert and my spirit will be there. hahaha.
actually i want to go quite badly.. HAHA serious.
i realised i've been to almost all nus concerts since 2007? o.O
sigh, i'll go for in tempo next yearrrr!
zz jialad i haven't sold any ticket yet for next week's concert. \:
ah ah ahhh. o levels and a levels takers are eliminated.
i still suck when it comes to selling tickets. sigh.
oh btw, koudai appeared in my dreams last night. HAHA.
it was some separating scene. there were other people too but can't remember who.
when i think of my dream i want to emo leh..
i still miss meiden alot alot alot alot.. ):
Labels: concert, dream, koudai, percussion
till then; 12:18 AM
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
first day of school.business statistics lecture at 9am..
omg 9am EVERYDAY, bus-squeezing session every morning. sianszx.
after lecture went to look for the the in-charge to add cds since i stupidly forgot to register the previous semester.
yay i got jap already. (:
but now, i have to really start worrying for the november final exam i have at jcs.
yesterday we almost died listening to the audio during jap lesson.
i can't freaking understand what the conversation was about other than random words.
but we can even hear wrongly and hear santa claus. -.-
now the best is dictation.
wah stressed stressed. better start studying THIS WEEK.
i cannot say soon cos soon will always never come. \:
so i went home to rest and have lunch.
i slept for too long and woke up at 4.30pm.
then wanted to meet sectionmates for dinner.. but i reached too late. lol.
went for band.
festive overture.
ate at macs for dinner/supper.
lol raz and joel knows how to make me not feel so (fill in the blanks).
koudai photos actually really works. HAHA :D
all the swsy practices for these 2 weeks clashes with tpband.
ARGH fucked up. wednesdays and fridays.
only the saturday rehearsal with animation doesn't clash with anything.
now i'm re-considering nus concert..
sorry val and yaju if i end up with the decision going for either swsy or tpband. ):
this gotta be the worst schedule and most clashes one.
i even survived july without so many clashes.
not like i'm fully prepared for press play II..
but okay it can't be worst than june's concert. \:
at least the players were confirmed much earlier..
aiyah i don't know!
ahh.
okay my mood isn't very good tonight.
shall go sleep soon.
but it's not as bad after yy showed me this video after i reached home.
jinnai tomonori videos are great :D
enjoy, bye!
Labels: band, moody, school, youtube
till then; 1:21 AM
Saturday, October 17, 2009
i went 3 places in a day!met regina for lunch at tampines to catch up a bit.
hoho we're so gonna go back next year if meiden comes. (:
pon whatever i have! HAHA oops, unless there's some gradable thing in school.
kinda miss those days.. our meiden-crazy days..
and of course i miss pocket! too bad he's graduating next year..
[i'm still thinking if he's really the drum major now. >.<]
then had fun talking about things..
lol it's mostly some band talk.
catch up again after their As. i missed jeanette's birthday party that day!
didn't had enough time to chiong between places. so sorry man. ):
then went down to kumon for awhile before band.
hur may not see the kiddies again! ):
went down for band. sectionals.
ah, machu picchu. seems like i play that song everywhere..
but at least there're different parts to try out.
then supper..
sentosa tmr! :D
shall go sleep now.
bye bye bye. nights.
Labels: aichi meiden, band, catch up
till then; 2:44 AM
Thursday, October 15, 2009
i realised i forgot to blog this. lol.sunday; choy's early birthday celebration.
eh, more like we bought her a present and then ate together. HAHA.
we ate at shokudo.
LOL asou-kun in christine's magazine!
tempura soba! :D
BIG asou-kun vs arashi. hahaha.
happy birthday choy! must like the wallet! we like it alot hahaha :D
they bought this tokyo tart. expensive sia. o.O
the 3 shoppers-for-the-present like the wallet.
we had a vision to take photo with the wallet. HAHA so here goes..
with my tore-out paper birthday wishes. oops!
i'm currently at episode 10 of moonlight resonance.
OMG OMG SHIT IT'S SO NICE!
i shall watch until late tonight again. haha.
anyway, time table's out.
sucks. no more kumon, no more kids unless i go after school. ):
i end at 6pm on tues and friday.
argh 2 9am - 6pm days, long long long.... with a wtf 3 hours break in between again.
but why must wed be from 4 - 6pm. wl what a weird timing. -.-
but mon and thurs is good though, end early.
OH i realised, 9am everyday except wed which was the opposite for previous time table.
sheesh i need to sleep early every night now.
okay school start.
i'd better do tutorials. lol.
come to think of it, my gpa is actually sucky. \:
ARGH mug mug mug.
back to watching moonlight resonance.
byeeee.
Labels: birthday, photos, school
till then; 11:37 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
OMG chong baoyue was totally right recommending moonlight resonance!I just chionged 5 episodes of it in 4 hours..
Time to sleep now cos I'd get nagged if my parents wake up.
Although they're all chionging it too, they're way ahead of me..
I shall aim to finish watching it before school starts next week and it has 40 episodes according to my mum. /:
Goodnight / morning!
till then; 6:35 AM
hahahaha omg the boy boy who plays the snare/bongos/jap-drum is so cute!! :D
ya but the main thing is hear japan's primary school band man..
it just makes me want to 丢 my 脸.
i don't mind exchanging with a jap primary school band man. hahaha.
OMG this is so cute.
watch a primary school band march, play and sing.
i know i've said this a million times, but i still wanna say it..
i LOVE LOVE LOVE japan trumpet sounds. <3 <3 <3 <3
even the primary school kids sound so good!
i find it very hard to find nice trumpet tones.. hmmm..
this is POWER. yodogawa high school..
seriously, i want to go watch ajbc! ):
and siying i think the timpanist is hot leh! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
shall stop watching those videos.. it's making me depressed. LOL.
my love for jap bands will never die though. (:
Labels: japan bands, youtube
till then; 1:15 AM
Saturday, October 10, 2009
i happened to see this and...OMG so this is how a japanese bander's score look like.
so detailed and wah it's like they analysed it for a full day or something.
as for the song, i hate these type of time signatures.. [oh, reminds me of equus]
been going out for the past few days..
marked english and maths papers for the past 2 days.
and sectionals last night.
which turned out to be a soccer/basketball session. X:
then it was quite a failed first try-out for the boom. LOL.
today.
tanning with joel and jasmine.
i bled so couldn't swim. HAHA.
suntanned at the balcony and we couldn't even tahan for 1 hour..
dinnered in school.
then band.
supper.
oh i saw jason at macs again. haha.
and i saw regina in the afternoon at tampines interchange!
should be seeing the rest of the section tmr/later for the party :D
no photos to post..
omg there's jap homework. BUT i don't know how to do!!! ):
revise revise. i haven't started revising! 1 more month to final year exam..
sheesh.
goodnight.
till then; 2:19 AM
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
sunday; zoo performance.had breakfast at macs. happy meal! lol :D
then we practised two worlds.
after shifting instruments. the timpani cover makes a good fan.
anyway it was a bad bad place to perform at..
right smack in the middle of the carpark under the scorching sun.
lol heng the crash cymbals are not as hot as expected, but the suspended cymbals were.
wah come to think of it, crash is worst when it's cold..
that time the performance at nagashima spaland in japan, wow i had to wear gloves to play crash cymbals. HAHA.
somehow i don't really enjoy outdoor performances.
okay lah sometimes it can be fun. but the heat makes you have no mood to play..
and from a percussionist's point of view, instruments are the worst. -.-
yes even when there's aircon. good example: expo world cyber games performance.
after the performance we got to roam the zoo for 2 hours. lol.
we were standing there for very long cos there was aircon blowing. HAHA.
elephant area.
HAHA!
ah meng memorial.
and here are random animal photos from my phone..
white tiger. it kept walking here and there like it was programmed to! -.-
the hippo's butt faced us and suddenly shit came out. -.-
and the fishes went to eat it. HA.
ostrich.
at 6 it was time to go back.
then there was some instrument shifting issue..
sigh i guess i'm seriously accustomed to the life of a percussionist. 我已经认命了！
so all i do is just complain in my heart when i feel annoyed by selfishness.
after that went to airport to eat! like a perc + trumpet mini outing. o.O
popeyes! but ervina aaron and weijie went to t3 foodcourt..
but they managed to watch mj's tribute performance.
mj = michael jackson, not meridian jc. HAHAH i think someone got tricked..
then hung around viewing mall.
went home at 11.45pm.. reached home at 12.40am.
monday.
woke up at 3pm.
then went for band..
had combined with woodwinds.
after band, supper.
went home slightly earlier yesterday than usual. lol i reached home before 12am.
then packed table a bit.. and found this!
OMG BAO! we wrote this during maam rum's amaths lesson last time!!! hahahaha.
her english was hilarious. but so cute, add laughters into the lesson :D
Labels: airport, band, photos, zoo
till then; 1:03 PM
Saturday, October 03, 2009
subconsciously, i check my junk mail cautiously everyday.in case i delete an email from people who are using alternative email addresses.
then i get exceptionally excited when i see any ezweb, softbank or docomo browser mail.
meaning: an email from JAPAN!
well, at least i retrieved mails from meiden percussionists twice from my junk mail when they change email addresses :D
syoko emailed me a few days ago!
although i couldn't understand some parts, but i know it just meant she changed email address, please update hahahaha.
oh got her number too, omg!! :D :D
omg it's going to be our 1 year separation anniversary soon. lolol.
okay lah i'm not going to think too much tonight.
the fan keep blowing and my hands are icey cold i don't know why. haha.
oh! i swam with joel in school today! okay, not exactly i only swam 6 laps.
YAY TANNING! HAHA i'm slightly tanner now.
but the pool is scaryyyy! the deep deep plunge is scaryyyy.
it's like at least 5 metres deep or something? for diving that type..
and you have to swim across the plunge to reach the other end. \:
i jumped into a pool this deep during sec 2 diving.
it feels scarier when you have to swim across it. HAHA.
okay goodnight.
there's jap makeup lesson tmr.. in the morning.
byeee.
before i go off, here's a video.
the cheerleaders are SUPER SYNCHRONISED OMGGGGGGG!!!
no wonder jap bands are synchronised too.. hahaha.
it makes me wonder why japanese are so precise?
and this reminds me of swing girls. o.O
ps. this band is good too! they're quite famous too i think. jap bands jap bands! :D
Labels: email, swimming, youtube
till then; 3:15 AM
Friday, October 02, 2009
OMG I FINALLY FOUND MY O LEVEL CERT AND TESTIMONIALS ETC. HAHAHA.GUESS WHERE I FOUND IT?
mj vincitore orientation 2007 file. -.-
must be appeal here appeal there anyhow stuff into orientation file. LOL.
okay shall go photocopy and add it into my apel folder..
scully they ask me to re-take o levels cos i lost it. ha!
although i don't mind cos mine suck suck suck. \:
seriously, maybe when i'm old and have nothing to do i may just go and retake my o levels.
okay rubbish post.
i've been spamming my blog today i realised.
back to packing my room...
ja ne.
Labels: random
till then; 1:16 AM
Thursday, October 01, 2009
at temasek hall.
tuesday.
failed ice cream bufftet cos the queue was super long.
ended up at nydc.
raz!!! she accidentally added cheese into my water.. hahahaha.
raz accidentally poured like 5 tablespoons of cheese into her baked rice. LOL.
till then; 8:22 PM
hello i'm in yy's room now.
i came over last night after swsy practice.
bv is super near nus! HAHA.
anyway swsy practice last night was...
PERCUSSION HAD FULL SECTION!!! :D :D
it's like the first time since i don't know when.
but the band was as big as our section. hahaaa.
go imagine it..
anyway played the revised version of 1712 overture.
more notes for percussion. lol.
then art in the park since the whole section was there.
and there's the all-guys mallets ensemble. HAHA.
nah, prelude for the mallet section. LOL.
first time playing full force. aha.
and i met caroline and lily-jie over the past 15 hours. lol.
went to both their rooms too..
we met lily-jie for lunch :D
like super mini 2p gathering eh? hahaha.
okay shall study jap with yy soon!
and then go home and rot. oh, no i need to pack my room HAHA.
byee.
till then; 12:31 PM
