I'm procrastinating. oh well
Sunday, February 15, 20098:34 PM
Hey, Glen here again. keeping the band blog alive as much as I can whilst everyone's chionging through their homework for the weekend. I am procrastinating. A quality of myself i am obviously not very proud of. haha.
Well, as we all know, today's SCH rehearsal did not turn out as spectacularly as we would've wished it to be. and it was extremely heartening for all of us to see that everyone was still so cheery despite the not-as-good-as-we-hoped[gah, i can't think of a word for it] performance in the concert hall.
I guess today calls for us to think yeah? It's a clear sign to say that even though we think we are already good, it does not mean that there could be things to set us back. the acoustics of the SCH was one of those setbacks. so what's the lesson here? DON'T BE FOOLED BY HOW YOU SOUND IN THE BANDROOM. which leads me to think.
THE BANDROOM'S BEEN LYING TO US! [tears]but on a more serious note, it's exactly, 43 days to the start of SYF. for the Sec 4's, this SYF is gonna mean a lot to us. this is our last year in SJI and we surely want to leave some kind of legacy. for the sec 3's, this is your first and your last SYF in SJI. please cherish the opportunity of a lifetime. sec 2's, even though you'll have another chance at SYF GOLD, it doesn't mean you can slack off this time yeah? all the sec 2's involved, i hope you'll push yourself all the same and get back the GOLD for SJIMB.
maybe this would be a good time for me to tell you guys the story of SYF 2007...
I was sec 2 [OH LIKE DUHHHH] and it was just about 4 months after Mrs Chua told me a story about the ricebowl, which by the way, i will always remember. Like the story she told us on Saturday, it told the message of needing to rely on yourself. that the conductors can't always be feeding us with solutions to our problems. okay, i just strayed. hang on, new paragraph.
OKAY! now, SYF 2007 day was a very big day for all of us. It was Mr Tan's 2nd? year with us and the tone of the Band had definitely changed a lot since the last SYF SJIMB went for. We were all very confident that we had a chance of getting back that coveted GOLD award for SYF. our exchanges had allowed us to realise our mistakes and we pushed ourselves so much that a few of us broke down too [though Mr Tan and Mrs Chua didn't really know]. so when our day finally came, the anxiety was definitely high. Getting on stage, performing and then going off stage, we all had felt that we had performed really well. It wasn't our best, but it was the first time we played where the message we wanted to convey through "Overture Jubiloso" was pushed across. our set piece "Sunrise" wasn't too bad either. so we were all very confident about getting that GOLD. however, this year was risky, because they had just changed the system for the judgings and judges were now from overseas. so though we were confident, there was that distinct sense of uncertainty as well. I asked Mr Tan how we did and he said we did really well too, though he knew we made many mistakes and slipups
the Sec 4's [Ian Chai's batch] went into the Hall to watch the last few performances for the morning shift and to await the results to be announced before the judges went for their lunch break. your current RO Tze Cin's phone was connected to Ian Chai's phone. and my batch was eagerly standing by the phone, which was on loudspeaker, trying to hear our results. and then they announced it, "St. Joseph's Institution. Ssifjsijcnasfgjn" Ian had cut off the line before we could hear it. considering that he refused to answer any more calls was a clear indication of bad news. and when they walked down the stairs, NO ONE from their batch said anything. i went to go ask Zhibin about the results, and he broke the news. we got a silver.
of course, everyone was extremely demoralised. and as we made our way back to school, no one said a word. and i was thinking to myself "silver's not too bad what". well, obviously i was pretty stupid back then. Ian made an attempt to cheer up the band, which didn't really work. the next time we saw Mr Tan, he reviewed our performance. at that point i was recalling the huge scolding Mr Tan had given to us before the competition. of how the chance was right there and we weren't taking it. Now he was telling us where we went wrong. But that wasn't the main thing that fueled my batch to work as hard as we did.
but how does this relate to you? actually, i'm not too sure either. But you need to know that there are people out there who believe that we can never make it. so now i'm posing these questions to you.
DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO IT? because i do believe we can.
ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE LOOKING DOWN ON US? I think NOT.
let's work our butt off for these few more weeks. just that bit more, and we may be able to give every single band in singapore a run for their money.
let's show everyone what's we're made of.
let's be the dawn of a new era of SJIMB
let's shock the band scene in Singapore
let's persevere
let's perform our best
let's leave our legacy
let's shut the mouths of those who utter rubbish
let's claim our revenge
let's get that gold.
and let's get it together.
signing off,
GLEN.
p.s. wow. it's a really long post. and i'm not even sure if you get my point. but well, i hope you'll bother to read it anyways.
I'm procrastinating. oh well
Sunday, February 15, 2009 8:34 PM
Hey, Glen here again. keeping the band blog alive as much as I can whilst everyone's chionging through their homework for the weekend. I am procrastinating. A quality of myself i am obviously not very proud of. haha.
Well, as we all know, today's SCH rehearsal did not turn out as spectacularly as we would've wished it to be. and it was extremely heartening for all of us to see that everyone was still so cheery despite the not-as-good-as-we-hoped[gah, i can't think of a word for it] performance in the concert hall.
I guess today calls for us to think yeah? It's a clear sign to say that even though we think we are already good, it does not mean that there could be things to set us back. the acoustics of the SCH was one of those setbacks. so what's the lesson here? DON'T BE FOOLED BY HOW YOU SOUND IN THE BANDROOM. which leads me to think.
THE BANDROOM'S BEEN LYING TO US! [tears]but on a more serious note, it's exactly, 43 days to the start of SYF. for the Sec 4's, this SYF is gonna mean a lot to us. this is our last year in SJI and we surely want to leave some kind of legacy. for the sec 3's, this is your first and your last SYF in SJI. please cherish the opportunity of a lifetime. sec 2's, even though you'll have another chance at SYF GOLD, it doesn't mean you can slack off this time yeah? all the sec 2's involved, i hope you'll push yourself all the same and get back the GOLD for SJIMB.
maybe this would be a good time for me to tell you guys the story of SYF 2007...
I was sec 2 [OH LIKE DUHHHH] and it was just about 4 months after Mrs Chua told me a story about the ricebowl, which by the way, i will always remember. Like the story she told us on Saturday, it told the message of needing to rely on yourself. that the conductors can't always be feeding us with solutions to our problems. okay, i just strayed. hang on, new paragraph.
OKAY! now, SYF 2007 day was a very big day for all of us. It was Mr Tan's 2nd? year with us and the tone of the Band had definitely changed a lot since the last SYF SJIMB went for. We were all very confident that we had a chance of getting back that coveted GOLD award for SYF. our exchanges had allowed us to realise our mistakes and we pushed ourselves so much that a few of us broke down too [though Mr Tan and Mrs Chua didn't really know]. so when our day finally came, the anxiety was definitely high. Getting on stage, performing and then going off stage, we all had felt that we had performed really well. It wasn't our best, but it was the first time we played where the message we wanted to convey through "Overture Jubiloso" was pushed across. our set piece "Sunrise" wasn't too bad either. so we were all very confident about getting that GOLD. however, this year was risky, because they had just changed the system for the judgings and judges were now from overseas. so though we were confident, there was that distinct sense of uncertainty as well. I asked Mr Tan how we did and he said we did really well too, though he knew we made many mistakes and slipups
the Sec 4's [Ian Chai's batch] went into the Hall to watch the last few performances for the morning shift and to await the results to be announced before the judges went for their lunch break. your current RO Tze Cin's phone was connected to Ian Chai's phone. and my batch was eagerly standing by the phone, which was on loudspeaker, trying to hear our results. and then they announced it, "St. Joseph's Institution. Ssifjsijcnasfgjn" Ian had cut off the line before we could hear it. considering that he refused to answer any more calls was a clear indication of bad news. and when they walked down the stairs, NO ONE from their batch said anything. i went to go ask Zhibin about the results, and he broke the news. we got a silver.
of course, everyone was extremely demoralised. and as we made our way back to school, no one said a word. and i was thinking to myself "silver's not too bad what". well, obviously i was pretty stupid back then. Ian made an attempt to cheer up the band, which didn't really work. the next time we saw Mr Tan, he reviewed our performance. at that point i was recalling the huge scolding Mr Tan had given to us before the competition. of how the chance was right there and we weren't taking it. Now he was telling us where we went wrong. But that wasn't the main thing that fueled my batch to work as hard as we did.
but how does this relate to you? actually, i'm not too sure either. But you need to know that there are people out there who believe that we can never make it. so now i'm posing these questions to you.
DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO IT? because i do believe we can.
ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE LOOKING DOWN ON US? I think NOT.
let's work our butt off for these few more weeks. just that bit more, and we may be able to give every single band in singapore a run for their money.
let's show everyone what's we're made of.
let's be the dawn of a new era of SJIMB
let's shock the band scene in Singapore
let's persevere
let's perform our best
let's leave our legacy
let's shut the mouths of those who utter rubbish
let's claim our revenge
let's get that gold.
and let's get it together.
signing off,
GLEN.
p.s. wow. it's a really long post. and i'm not even sure if you get my point. but well, i hope you'll bother to read it anyways.
