GOLD WITH HONOURS
Thursday, April 2, 20093:26 PM
omg, it's surreal isn't it. never in my life have i ever dreamed that we'd end up getting the gold with honours. well done everyone. i guess waking up at 2.30am was worth it. spending over 30 bucks buying macdonalds for my section today was worth it. coming to school at such an ungodly hour was SO worth it. why? because we've succeeded way past our own expectations.
for all those who weren't there with us, here's how the day went:
i came to school at 4.45am after buying macdonalds for my section. when DM and Benedick arrived they'd discovered that the bandroom was locked and that the keys were with the office. so we all ended up waiting in the canteen with Mr Tan, talking about how we needed to relax later to play well. the morning was spent mainly on tuning, a problem most of us probably have all the time. so this was good. warmups were helpful too, with the long low notes, don't know about you guys, but my lips were definitely warmed up. gathering outside the stalls in the canteen, a lot of people came to wish us good luck. some sounded sincere in wishing, some of course were cynical, others mocking. but nonetheless, good luck anyways. on the bus there, though we were told not to talk much, a lot of us just ended up talking away anyways. getting off the bus at SCH. everyone was silent to get into the mood of the competition. though i personally felt that by being silent, everyone would become more tense. but ah well.
we were the first band today. so before we entered the hall, CM led us in a short prayer. entering into the hall, there weren't many people. thank you all the people who ponned school just to watch us perform. Namely, Ian Chai, Xueyu[Shaun.], Melvin Ng and Zhi Xiong. and a haha to Zhibin who was smsing me during his lecture and half listening to his lecturer. haha. must've taken a lot out of you eh? haha. anyways, we played. and for me, i was personally very surprised at how we FINALLY managed to keep timing throughout the songs. THANK GOD FOR THAT. for me, the playing was a very weird experience. i actually had a thigh cramp in the middle of jericho. so weird. thigh cramp whilst sitting? lols. i think everyone did a really great job. everyone played the part they needed to play very well. and best of all, we were all together. i felt really comfortable playing and i really enjoyed the breaks where i could just get lost in the music the rest of you were making. excellent job guys. excellent job.
i'm sure the sec 2's and sec 3's went off in great anticipation of the results. the sec 4's remained behind to listen to the other bands. and boy were we scared. simply because the bands today were really good. [which explains the other GWH and 4 Golds]. so we were really afraid of losing the Gold. Melvin Ng heard SCGS and siad we may have just lost our Gold with Honours. in the end, we got it. CM, who had told everyone not to shout or cheer but just to clap, jumped across the seat into my seat that was 4 seats away.
i think as CS has mentioned in the previous post. we need to be thankful for all the people who've supported us all the way. even the people who've insulted us before. we need to thank these peole for giving all of us the motivation to do and strive for much better. without which, i don't think we would've improved as much as we did.
and we did it. SJIMB has finally achieved it's first ever Gold with Honours Award. don't believe me? take a look at band fusion:
GOLD with HONOURS.
GOLD WITH HONOURS
Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:26 PM
omg, it's surreal isn't it. never in my life have i ever dreamed that we'd end up getting the gold with honours. well done everyone. i guess waking up at 2.30am was worth it. spending over 30 bucks buying macdonalds for my section today was worth it. coming to school at such an ungodly hour was SO worth it. why? because we've succeeded way past our own expectations.
for all those who weren't there with us, here's how the day went:
i came to school at 4.45am after buying macdonalds for my section. when DM and Benedick arrived they'd discovered that the bandroom was locked and that the keys were with the office. so we all ended up waiting in the canteen with Mr Tan, talking about how we needed to relax later to play well. the morning was spent mainly on tuning, a problem most of us probably have all the time. so this was good. warmups were helpful too, with the long low notes, don't know about you guys, but my lips were definitely warmed up. gathering outside the stalls in the canteen, a lot of people came to wish us good luck. some sounded sincere in wishing, some of course were cynical, others mocking. but nonetheless, good luck anyways. on the bus there, though we were told not to talk much, a lot of us just ended up talking away anyways. getting off the bus at SCH. everyone was silent to get into the mood of the competition. though i personally felt that by being silent, everyone would become more tense. but ah well.
we were the first band today. so before we entered the hall, CM led us in a short prayer. entering into the hall, there weren't many people. thank you all the people who ponned school just to watch us perform. Namely, Ian Chai, Xueyu[Shaun.], Melvin Ng and Zhi Xiong. and a haha to Zhibin who was smsing me during his lecture and half listening to his lecturer. haha. must've taken a lot out of you eh? haha. anyways, we played. and for me, i was personally very surprised at how we FINALLY managed to keep timing throughout the songs. THANK GOD FOR THAT. for me, the playing was a very weird experience. i actually had a thigh cramp in the middle of jericho. so weird. thigh cramp whilst sitting? lols. i think everyone did a really great job. everyone played the part they needed to play very well. and best of all, we were all together. i felt really comfortable playing and i really enjoyed the breaks where i could just get lost in the music the rest of you were making. excellent job guys. excellent job.
i'm sure the sec 2's and sec 3's went off in great anticipation of the results. the sec 4's remained behind to listen to the other bands. and boy were we scared. simply because the bands today were really good. [which explains the other GWH and 4 Golds]. so we were really afraid of losing the Gold. Melvin Ng heard SCGS and siad we may have just lost our Gold with Honours. in the end, we got it. CM, who had told everyone not to shout or cheer but just to clap, jumped across the seat into my seat that was 4 seats away.
i think as CS has mentioned in the previous post. we need to be thankful for all the people who've supported us all the way. even the people who've insulted us before. we need to thank these peole for giving all of us the motivation to do and strive for much better. without which, i don't think we would've improved as much as we did.
and we did it. SJIMB has finally achieved it's first ever Gold with Honours Award. don't believe me? take a look at band fusion:
GOLD with HONOURS.
GOLD with HONOURS.
