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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 / 2:44 AM

weather: Cloudy, really really cloudy
8th July 2009
Music: Fantasie- Gabriel Faure
event: Back to school for term 3. D;.

CAUTION: REALLY REALY WORDY AND PICTURY POST COMING UP.AND THE FORMATTING A BIT SCREWED. SO REALLY SORRY AH):. HAHA.

hahaha. so yup, i havent done proper blogging in like, mmm, months. hahaha. so. well, i guess life during that period of time was mainly mugging and studying. or rather syf pracs/prelude pracs. haha. so well here goes to a long long post. enjoy for the flash backs. going in chronological order.

FIRST EVENT: TJ FLUTES 08-09, TJ BAND EVENTS, PRELUDE 29.

wow. haha. im really really laggy person. hahaha. So well, during that period of intense stress due to syf preparations, etc, i have the most awesomest section ever to pei me:

WE ATE:

we played(flute and well, haha, play):

well, vivid scenes on what happened during the syf and syf rehearsals are still stuck solid in my mind.

and well, all the unglamness ever: (haha, why the hell am i doing the same pose for both pictures. HAHA, and mt looks like a ghost in the 2nd picture)

so, syf came, and well, there're times where i got really stressed up and my playing went wrong. but also, there're times when my playing came back to me. alumni pracs, and well, sectionmates who break down at times also. like alot of us all got stressed up due to personal probs, like school and home, and everything, and best of all we survived through that whole period of time. I guess if not for this bunch of great ppl, i wouldve died in my band life.(well, other than other ppl in band). and well, sectionals got cut down alot though. But still, i really love our sectionals, and all of our late night dinners. haha. im gonna miss all that like hell la. haha.

and so syf came, we got silver. and i guess it was kindda upsetting, from the way we put in our hardwork. Read the judges comments and i guess we got picked a lot on intonation. mmm. so no one else to blame. But i guess, one for all all for one. so we all geared up ourselves for prelude 29 thereafter.

Our chautauqua. haha. Too bad didnt play. started duetting with bh alot. which is fun. and mei too(:. and well, got really close to the clarinets. haha. But still, when i remembered linsheng saying that we're playing machu pichu. I remembered clapping happily. hahaha. Also, our extreme makeover. solas anne, and omg, hans andersen suite.(omg, hahaha, bad and well good memories, THAT A FLAT. haha.), following that, enchanted suite, on main street and love so sweet. Well the last pieces for prelude. man. haha. so well, the day started, and i was duetting with bh in the morning. at that point of time, my playing sounded all right. so it was good. haha. took some pictures before setting off, oh ya, i didnt post up all, iknow i have alot alot of shots to post up, but then lazy ah, cos if not the post will really be untolerable alr. hahaa.:

^well, thats the section

^ZI pai shot. hahaha. with don's hands just nice covering C's face.

^ a really nice shot. hahaha. dont know wth im doing

^say AHH!

Rehearsals started: and well, worked only a bit here and there, tuning, last min things, etc, gave the section letters on the bus, and gah, if only i did prepare more things la.haha. so rehearsal started:

and as rehearsals proceed suddenly my tone got worse and worse. till apoint where it became really airy(like last year zomg can). and i started freaking out like a mad man. but i know that must stay calm or else im gonna screw up the entire thing la. haha. many ppl reassured me like h and sh, but still i decided not to touch the instru for a while, had dinner, watched the stage band rehearse, and the ensembles. and finally concert came.

well, machu pichu started off really nicelly. my fav piece of the whole concert. felt chills for the first time. it was really nice. hahaha. EM was okay la. still im just sad that ya, it ended. solas ane haha, was quite all right. and the andersen suite. I remembered the first time doing a solo for jungle fantasy with hsccb the first time. and it was scary. as the 4th movement approached. Heart pounded. scared. but told myself its gonna be all right. and lucky for me, it turned out more than all right. so i cant wait to get my hands on the disc to hear it.haha. but then again, im really really proud and honoured to play with the section like this. even though prelude 28 was a hella of a blast, 29 was great too. xy and cheryl did really really well in all their solos. and well, all my juniors were great that day too. so, im just really really proud and happy for all of them. and well. yup, stageband was good. was good.(though i'd prefer phantom still =p) haha,and the ensembles were quite all right. during the 2nd half, i was kindda relaxed alr la. so just chilled. mainstreet was okay. haha. enchanted was when istarted enjoying myself. and well, love so sweet was just awesome. hahaha. i was moving like a madboy as usual. and i remembered that i shouldnt move so much cos haha. yeah. so photos thereafter:

^just like last year hahahaha. 2208 bandits.

^and 03(:

^section(:

^Mrs chua band ppl

everyone just went mad taupoking ppl, and like just photos of all sorts of groups. hahaha. damn funny and fun. i have a hellot of shots for that one. but hahaha. im really lazy to post that one. okay maybe i shall do that in the next post. hahaha. So yup. band life just ended like that. Im just sad. yup. so well, although 28 was more fantastic, 29 is still great. thanks TJCSB, and more imptly, thanks so much TJCSBFS. you ALL ARE AWESOME. hahaha. esp like xy and C for being there with me for the entire TJCSB journey. haha. couldnt have asked for better sectionmates. hahaha. like really. thanks so much for everything man. and also the juniors. work hard k(:. haha. dont think youall will drop by. but still. hahaha. if you do. yup there's the post(:.

Event 2: zilianing myself with my flute.

HAHAHAHA. cool right. haha. okay its not cool i know. FUP. hahaha(fat ugly pimply). BUT STILL. hahaha. i miss 74067 like mad now. man the next junior who takes it better take good care of it. or im gonna come and haunt that person. hahahaha. and well, took some shots, photoshop it and well, turned out nice(;. but the fan spoiled the thing.and well, the first shot is like, yeah how i always move la. hahahahaha.-.-.

event 3: FLUTE ENSEMBLE DAY

hahahaha. although i wished that i could stay for the flute competition. only went to watch xy's flute ensemble and some quatets. hahaha. still its quite okay. ahha. met kj first in the morning and then went down to the place. hahaha. LOL. took pictures for the ensemble. although the cam sucked that day. hahaha. and well section shots. which are quite nicely taken:

had lunch/dinner after that with them. and well, headed to grandma's house thereafter. and that was the last time really laughed/spent time with them. haha. boy. so yup. haha. anyhow have been touching dion's flute a bit. and since there's no pressure now, can work a bit on tone and stuff. but still. haha. i only do that when i get really stressed up la. so still, focus is still on work. haha. brought back some scores from esplanade though. haha Fantasie by gabriel faure ah. (which is the piece that wj did) is relaly nice ah. well, hope to be able to work on all those pieces some day. haha. and well, dearest TJCSBFS-08-09, haha, section outing soon okay! well, even though soon might mean 1 month or 10 months. But still, soon okay(:! yay. we are awesome.

Event 4: MUM'S BDAY(which is the same day as lifesaving exam)

well, that day was just veg dinner, and dad had to go back to the office this time. well, dad's really sometimes viewed as a romeo to me la. so, every year he'll do something special like bringing mum to some place or doing something crazy. But this year there wasnt anything like that. so am kindda disappointed la. sighs. haha. but still. natasha had NDP reherasal so only left me, s and d at home. so i rushed to tampines mall and bought mum a small cake. haha. we 3 passed her our presents. and i guess still it made mum happy(:. so dear momma, thanks for being like the best mum ever okay!((:.

^haha. mines the wrapped up fan like present. haha. well, dion gave her famous amos cookies, whilst sharol gave her a bag while i gave her a pencil case(;

^and the cake's blocked by the snack like thing. haha.

so yeah lor. haha. sians. this time no celebration by dad, except for the dinner. so, aiya nvm la. hahaha. cannot say much. haha. but still, im jsut glad that we still managed to give mum a mini one though(:. haha. yay cho.(:

Event 5: JCTs

what more can i say?

bio-killer paper

chem-screwed up the essay part.

math-okay la, some qns cant do

econs-die my market failures):

gp-essay, DD;

So still, its kindda screwed. alr its JCTs and still like that. Alr got back bio, adn well, 41.5 percent. So, i dont know. i felt that it was killer paper. some qns well done, some not so. and well the not so beats the so la. so yeah.

chem the structured was going well, all the way till the essay came. and i started freaking out. so i guess my essay its kindda screwed.DDDD;.

Math was the best performance this time. i wonder what ill get. But im sure that i made some careless mistakes here and there. and there're a few questions that i dont know how to do.

Econs only the market failure essay was badly done i felt. mmm. hope it'll be all right.

GP essay, omg, no education im sad la. and compre was well, mmm. im just wondering how ill do.

well, so during the holidays, it was mainly spent studying and studying everyday eating fast food till i get sick. haha. with shawn, joc, sh, and ops. hahaha.(:. and well, it's really great studying with them. but at times really unproductive, but there're times when it's really productive as well. cant wait to study back tgt with them again. so yeah lor.(:. haha. but still. yup. when JCTs ended, we finally had a 4 day break. of which i felt that i deserved to slack it all off, cos im really really tired. so yup. friday was spent movie watching with 2208 ppl. hahaha. as i said it was great.(:. hahaha. ice age is nice. good for those who love cartoons while the other half went to watch transfomers. walked around, and finally went home thereafter.

saturday was:

event 6: Lifesaving exam

hahaha. you guys wanna know the results? yeah. hahaha. thank god, and thank the sky and the floor and the ground and the underground. i passed. my distinction. yay. hahahaha. but then still im just sad for D who didnt pass cos of timing, its supposed to one. just cos got heavier casualty. but anyhow. although lifesaving is see pass/fail, the examiner this time was indeed Ir. yes. hahaha. the pilot guy. haha. still 3 candidates this time, so it was more pressurizing. i got Dion to be my candidate so was damn light. hahaha. so. yes. me, nig and dan. dan didnt make it cos of timing. but me and nig got the exact same results according to him. so, this is the breakdown for our resutls

theory: A

Speed swim: A

Contact tow: A

Resucitation rescue: A

initiative: U

overall: passed.

hahahahha. dont you all feel like laughing. highlights initiative. but still the tester was impressed for all of us. all the way until initative. its just amazing how can just 1 incident can spoil your perfect image. cos apparently 2 casualties were hugged together in the water. so you were suppoesd to take the board, jump down, pu thte board btw them, hug one casualty and kick the other away. haha. i did EVERYTHING. except for taking the board. and that caused him to say that i flunk initiative. but then, nig did the same thing. hahaha. so, its okay i guess. hahaha. but still, rather, thanks so much for him allowing us to pass. speed swim, my timing was 5 mins. but that was cheater timing, cos, hahahahahha. i used dion as casualty. so light. ahhaha. but then if i used heavy, i did pass. during class, was 5 min 50 something i think. so yeah. but then, i think its all thanks to the gods that i can managed to pass. cos, i dont think i'll be able to pass la. cos 2 weeks nv swim. so yup.

and then sunday tutored kiat the whole day and slacked after that.

monday:

event 7: UBIN OUTING WITH 2208(:

haha. what can i say, a day to slack and relax. well, met sh, yt and s first and took a bus down to changi. that day when we first set off, the sky wasnt looking too good alr. but still we all decided to head down to ubin. But what can i say? the 2 times i went to ubin, with fiesta flutes and with 2208, are all so awesome. hahahaha. so, yup, we headed down to ubin just like that: well the boat ride was rocky at first, and woa can, it costs us 2.50 for a ride there as compared to less than 2 at that point of time i think:

^Sihui and Sam(:

^Shawn, Yuan teng, and judith

^Me and Rong Sheng(:

^and andrea and lala. anyhow, i guess the boat was too sea smell, so drea smelt her bag to relieve the sick smell. (haha!)

^then we asked the nice ppl at the back to take a combined shot of all of us. haha.

and finally, we arrived at ubin. haha. all of us were so excited and we cannot wait to get our hands on the bike. so we took a picture first at the enterance:

rented a bike, and we rented our bikes, and cycled our way to chek jawa. whew. we all almost died la i tell you. haha. esp all the up slopes, but the downslopes were all very fun. hahahaha. and the muddy paths and everything: haha. so yup heres a picture when all of us are really tired.

and finally we arrived at chek jawa! hahahah. fun man fun. when we got there, you've got no idea at all how happy we all were; hahahhaha. the nice sea smell and we slacked there for a while:

^lala, sam, ah rong, and shawn(:

^sisi, mama and honey.

Then we started doing retarded things like, trying to make a star with our feet: managed to do it: hahaha.

and the rest stop at chek jawa. haha. shawn didnt manage to shout at his starfish. but still, me and rs managed to convince some of them that we really saw a starfish. HAHA.

Then we came to this jumpy platform thingy of which i think we were not supposed to go into. HAHA. weekday. ah. not to many ppl there. HAHA. so they got obsessed over seeing fishes. hahaha.

and adding onto the shaky platform, we decided to do ajump shot. haha. FUN. alr to the shaky platform. DIE. i feel fat. hahaha. (: RS jumped high!

as we continued our journey: we saw a sea snake. hahaha. try to spot it in the pic if you can(:.haha.

then we came to the observation tower thingy: HAHA.

then we decided to pose more. and finally had space to self time the cam to take a pic. before i could pose, the cam snapped. haha. which explains the extraness/awkwardness in this shot. haha. but nevertheless, the rest were posing nicely(;

^and what can i say, the shot of the day. its realy really nice right(;. i think so too. haha. this aws when we were on our way down the tower. haha. the cam was put onto steps, and well, worried that it would drop. HAHA. then when we returned. we found this really cool place: i realize our class love to hang out by the sea. -.-. HAHA.

cycled back. really enjoyed all the downslopes. yeah i know, lazy pig. haha. anyhow, then we went for lunch. hahaha. not bad! you all should try there if you all ever go there:

after lunch, the initial plan was to start cycling again. but the weather wasnt looking to good, plus, some of us got tired, so we all rested. hahaha. so, waited for long, and the weather still hasnt rained. so we decided to go off. but then, as we cycled a bit, the rained started pouring, so we headed back to the jetty and wait. we enjoyed the wind. hahahaha. really really shiok. haha. and apparently, everyone was having fun still. so, i guess, the weather got worse. we returned our bikes, and quickly take a boat back to spore. hahahaha. well took an emo shot before we left:

credits to sam. hahahha.

headed back to spore, took a long bus ride to marina, went mad over arcade. hahaha. and had dinner again.(so fat). HAHA. so yup. played arcade, sad that we didnt get anything. haha. so yup. the rest headed home while i head to the esplanade to get some scores. headed home and rested hahaha. and woa, like continuous, the next day went jurong east swimming. hahaha.so yeah lor. haha. it was quite fun for ubin((:. and that would really love to go back there again sometime if like yeah when its really stressful or maybe when exams are over! hahahaha(:

Event 8: JURONG EAST SWIMMING

haha. 3rd time there. once with family, once with pw group and soonhui's pw group. hahaha. and now the 3rd time. met at jurong east mrt. haha. and then with the rest headed down to the pool. had kfc first, we all couldnt wait to get into the water. hahaha. damn damn awesome and fun. haha. the slides, the lazy river, haha, the wave pool, jacuzzi. haha. compe pool even. its just a pity that couldnt get underwater cam la. if not could've taken a lot more. hahaha. still, had really fun, being pushed around by the current, choking myself on water with the wave pool, going mad over the slides. hahaha. and LA, your ultimate secret. hahahaha. _____ IS A PIG!. we were like shouting ___ is a pig while sliding down the slides. and once that blank was filled with my name, that i even had to scream that im a pig. -.-. hahahhaa. and there were some ppl who stole our floats! but we managed to get it back. haha. and also, scaring each other on the current pool, pushing everyone around. toturing each other with the waterfalls. hahah. pain eh! when kenna hit. and omg, the wave pool when the rain is there, its like cold water above while warm water below. haha. we went mad with the playground kiddy as well. haha. so yup(:. also, taught yt some strokes, haha, and did crazy stuff la. haha. hahaha. well took some shots before getting out of the water:

^with judith, yt, rs, la haha. at the playground

and finally we took some shots before we left:

haha, the lady did a good job with helping us, cos they loook really nice. oh well. haha. and well, today is back to school. feeling sianned. like, just sian, haha, but amazingly stayed awake for all lessons except for math-.-. haha. still, here comes back school, and here comes back studying.

but even though fun is tiring, i guess that it did help a lil, or maybe a lot into rejuvenating myself into going back to school. but still, hahaha, sianned la. i really hope i can make it. created miracles. so, yes, lets try to do this man.

haha. well, again wordy and boring, but hope you'all are enjoying this post.(:

havent done proper posting for awhile.

omg, 3 hours on this. hahaha. so yup! everyone jiayou okay. and well, jct results. D;. what more can i say);. sighs. nvm. havent got back everything except for bio yet. all i can say is that i've expected a lot worse. so yeah lor for bio. well, chem could be worse. so yup. im not so sure yet. but so, i hope the rest will be better. D;. but still, well, gonna try to get back into the mood of studying.

anyhow, im missing my flute bad. and i really hope that i can buy one after As. well, everything after As.

so everyone jiayou! hope that this post has helped you slacked a bit. hahahah. now get back to studying or doing whatever you were doing, thats if you read till here.(:

well going off man. cya guys round(;

-jErM

p.s. might not be posting in a while again. cos well, it will be studying a lot la. so yeah. haha.(:

and anyhow, faure's fantasy is awesome, and beethoven is really really awesome. haha.