Cousin's wedding

ok...yesterday was the chinese paper 2 prelim exam...very boring..seeing tt most of the pple from my class not retaking...im sort of distracted..haha.. however...doing the CL paper 2 for 1 & half hr, time seems to pass very quickly.. most of those retaking the paper finished it in 1 hr..but not me..i fully used up the time.. lolz...

yeea!! gg to attend my cousin's wedding dinner tonight..which means i can relax and chat with my other cousins..whom which we seldom met up..except on special occassion such as ah gong ah ma bdae... :)

so..yea.. had a great time at the wedding dinner...chatting with my cousins happily.. which was the first time i managed to chat and laugh so much with them...last time wasnt like this..perhaps it was because of my 'shy' character... diao... but its true... i had a cousin(Cherie) same age as me..which means she's also taking her 'O' levels this yr... so..haha..before the dinner start...we discussed abt school subjects and stress..blah blah blah...

the feast started at 8.30... and i was so hungry.. keep eating the roasted nuts and drinking my orange juice to keep my mouth busy...haha... and at the same time taking photos...lolx..i guessed we were the 'vainpots' or 'stars' there...lolz... we took photos..other people looked at first..quite paiseh.. haha..perhaps the 'photogenic and always-take-photos' genes were in our blood..cant help it... see a camera..we posed.. lolz...

during the dinner..cherie did quite a number of silly stuffs:

1. she was eating some nuts( which my dad brought)..and she couldnt finish..becos of those oily stuffs and pimples..so she decided to put them ' aside' .. and was caught red-handed by my dad..lolz..she was so paiseh..and my dad was standing beside me for some time...den cherie didnt dare to look at my dad...lolz..
2. she dared us to raise up our hands high into the air for 5s..lame...
   

Yam paste with almond..a Teochew and must-eat delicacy...the last dish of the night..

..all the couz..with the groom & bride..

erm...so far i only have these few photos...ok..there's still more to come...

oh...haha...finally visit my own blog..well...now's the prelim period..very busy studying... study till want to faint.. T_T ... the amaths paper 1 was hard...ss didnt finish 2 qns...how?!?! omg..my results would be devastating!!! ..how to sit for O level for this kind of standard??

been listening to Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest soundtrack...haha..i kept listening it over and over again... very nice.. tml 's the elective georaphy and a.maths...must remember to bring 'string'...well..tt's all i've got to say... :)

a week of sch..

well..its been a week since i have not even visited my own blog..lolz...been very busy lately...becos of the prelims...( science prac..) well...i suppose i did fairly well for my chem prac...HAHA.. my properties..

on wednesday...zy,sd,jr and fazli all came to my hse..which i dun really want them to come...dotx.. but in the end..we all played monopoly( Worldcup 1998 version) ...lolx...its a crazy game!!.. all the properties were bought...and anywhere u go..u will have to pay $$ to others...tt's so 'dangerous'..thus..the best way is to go to jail.. squat in there..waiting for ur 3 missed turns to finish...watching the others paying u $$... tt's so cunning.. so lame.. anyway..we still dun know who's the winner... i was like losing alot of $$ actually..so too bad.. :P
..all in jail..
friday...during mdn sue's class..she tested me on some S.S contents..lucky i got it correct..just happened to flip thru the page before she tested me...lolx..and now she know my name..im worried tt she's gonna test me everynow and then of her lessons... :( haiz...

anyway...ms ang was very kind and generous...she gave the whole class Mid-Autumn festival presents...dotx... the gift included some sweets, souvenirs from Thailand, a lantern...and a note from her on each indivduals... haha.. my purple elephant...some pple wanted to trade with me...i said ' NO!'

ms ang's note for me..yea!!

anyway..yesterday night just watched " Hokkien Bond" in youtube..haha..very funny..i guessed some of u have watched it liao... its only abt 3 min..so.. go view it...take a break...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFPDJb_APLE

TKWO workshop

hmm.. today was the immediate workshop for trumpet...and other instruments: clar and trombone.. i think today was the earliest day i woke up throughout this sept. holidays..lolx..the rest were like..erm...10 to 11 am plus...

reached ACSI..and omg..their sch is damn big..more like a office building to me...esp the insides...the carparks..the structures...

we were registering our names in the sch..when jason found tt there's error in his participating details..he claimed tt he was participating for the immediate lesson only..which the error was for advanced(observer)...then..he suddenly remembered tt he signed wrongly on the edusave form given to all of us..lolx.. he made us all rather worried..due to his CARELESSNESS!!

next...we were in the lecture theatre..waiting for the instructor, Ms Mamiko Ando..trumpeter of TKWO. the no, of participants turn out to be very much less than i expected...because..before the application form was ready...we had already decided and informed our teacher..for applying the workshops for us... Ms Mamiko arrived...and we all remained silent..well..throughout the whole thing..hardly any pple were chatting away...

Ms Mamiko's playing is superb..impressive...her warm-out exercises were crazy enough..fast and a wide range of low and high notes... then... she introduced to us when she started playing the trumpet..and how she was impressed by a trumpet playing...from the song " Olympic Celebration "( i forgot wad's the tittle..)....omg..she was super loud... goose pimples were felt by nerves of my arms and face...

well..though the workshop was gd..but..there was 1 thing tt spoiled my mood...u see...4 pple were late for the workshop..and when Ms Mamiko was conducting the lecture.. they just walked into the lecture room as if nth happened..then..when Ms Mamiko gave us a break of 10 mins while she went out ...these 4 pple went out of the theatre and played their instruments... then..when Ms Mamiko returned to the theatre...and the break had ended...those 4 pple were still outside playing their instruments!! somemore.. Ms Mamiko had to personally go out of the theatre and ask them to come back in...this is truly ATROCIOUS!! dont they have any respect for Ms Mamiko?! plus..Ms Mamiko is from TKWO...all the more we shld respect her..she's trying to be as humble as she can..i can see that...because she did told us of some of her difficulties in playing trumpet...

there's too much for me to blog everything i learned from this workshop..they all need understanding..so..yea..i understand can liao...haha...at the end of the workshop..Ms Mamiko played a small piece for us..a concerto...but i didnt hear clearly wad the tittle was...gonna check it out 'soon'...i actually wanted to take a photo with Ms Mamiko..but she left in a hurry..so..haix.. so sad... :(

after which...me,zy,jason and jr all went to jurong to have lunch..jr 's having the advanced workshop..so he left for it first..while the rest of us went to IMM...wanted to go to Band World..never been there before...but..mr toh was not in..and their shop was closed..though we knew tt the staff were in the warehouse..we walked past it...but none of us have the 'courage' to enter...

thus..we spent the time in wandering in IMM..with our heavy instruments..my hands were sore from it...the arms were like jelly..no strength at all...

had my dinner with my dad and bro...went popular bookshop..saw ferran..he just had a basketball competition...den...blah blah blah...nth interesting happened afterwards..except tt i realised how much hw i had not completed...sianz..tml den do..gg play harvest moon now...

a special teacher's day (2)

after our school's celebration...i was supposed to take my t.pet home...cos having a course next week :)...it was troublesome to take a trumpet along and rushed back to our primary sch...and we were so damn late... we were supposed to meet the others at 12pm..and reached there at 2pm.. omg...


we reached the sch and met up with our pri sch friends.. can recognise most of them...and we stayed in the concourse to chat, exchange no.s...figuring out who the other person is...and take photos!! and we hadn't even look for our form teacher ( we were all in class 5B)... it was like after half an hr then we went to find her... luckily we saw her...she was about to leave the sch to attend Prime Minster's rally....wow!!

yea!! she remembered me..cos i was her star student..lolx..just kidding.. :)
and some of the others lar... but we didnt talk much...she was in a rush..so ..haha..take photos with her...

class 5B of 2001...with Mrs Loo

after saying " Gd Bye" to her..we stayed in the sch...playing ' Vampire' !! a sort of catching..but more challenging..haha..yea..some pple said its childish...but its better to play the game now..than playing it 10 yrs later...lolx... and it was our childhood game... we played in the concourse...but was kenna caught by the OM...sianz.. but we continued right after he went away...lolx..played in the canteen...

it was a huge lot of us playing..abt 10...and there were also some pri sch kids there...we continued to play..but was stopped after a while...and this time..was not by the OM... but 1 of the kids just happened to bump onto my friend...the kid fell..and the back of his head bleed.. everyone was so worried...the kid probably had a cut on his head... :( the kid was sent to the general office..and we followed and waited outside... my friend who knocked onto the kid went in to check things out..while we waited outside...then...another friend went in...
it was like..erm...why he went in too...?? then..again...another 2 pple went in too...lolx...the rest of us were think tt perhaps all of us wld be inside the office too... lolx... anyway...the kid was brave..he didnt cried..but was sent to a nearby clinic..one of the teachers said tt he probably need stitchies.. omg.... everyone was just hoping tt the kid wld be fine...

waiting outside the general office
after the 'accident'..the guy who knocked him..came out from the office..said enthusiastically:' Let's continue with our game!!'.........lolx..we were like ..-_- ... but he was just joking anyway...haha..

we decided to go to North point...we stayed at BK for lunch..which was at 4pm...lolx...and we stayed there to chat..keep up with each other... our "big" grp was separated into 3.. lolx..and from wad john and eleanor were talking..pres high was indeed very 'happening'...so many weird stuffs to talk of...haha....

our grp was the last to leave..stayed there until 7.30..and my neck was aching while talking to others...my butt suffered as well...seating there for 3 and a half hrs straight.. lolx..well...hope to have another gathering after o levels...

a special teacher's day (1)

wow...this year's celebration was very different from others...let's just start from what happened on this day...

morning: it was raining cats and dogs early in the morning(haha..just some ' complex' phrases...maybe more use of them can improve my english)... i was drenched to the skin when i reached school..what a day...the rain just dampened everyone's moods...a day to appreciate what the teachers had done for us..( well...we shld be appreciating them every now and then)... my class t-shirts were ready and distributed to everyone in the class..and to the teachers who taught our class...well...their shirts were free...they were the presents from my class...it was quite ex ..but they are worth the $$..and better presents than other presents such as " pens" and etc.etc... as if the teachers are always running out of pens to mark our works...
the other cake was gone in a few minutes

well...it was really nice tt those teachers who had our shirts wore them for the day...haha.. they sure care for us...EVEN mdn sue is wearing our shirt..even though she used to refer us as arrogrant people..lolx..and teachers were thanking us for the shirts a no. of times..haha..and there was...of course..our lovely form teacher..Ms Ang!! lolx... some of the classmates baked 2 cakes..for her, which became the food for the class... and i..of course...stayed in class to have some share of the cakes..even it was during recess...lolx..well...it was the photos i wanted to take actually..lolx...

....ms ang.....
well...the last bit of our day in school..is both gd and bad..haha..the different thing abt this yr celebration is tt the concert was very long...abt 2 hrs i think...some items were entertaining...and of course.some not... and btw...we had to rush back to our primary sch and meet up with primary sch friends.. the concert was eating up our time... and to be rushed by primary sch friends is of course..not a nice moment...

Mus'art Winds Adventure

...dotx..i know the tittle is lame.. but isnt it catchy?? hhaha...

today went to Mus'art Winds with a friend.. which is located at Jurong Green CC..and when we reached there..its was quite easy to find their practice room... however.. both of us reached there quite late...and the band had already began their practice.. we wanted to enter the room..but it will be very awkward..everyone inside were like strangers to us... and we were strangers to them too..except for my cousin..who is part of Mus'art too...

we waited for an hour outside the door...and ocassionally, opened the door slighty to take a glance of what's inside...haha..we didnt have to courage to enter the room...

well... we decided to wait for their breaktime and then enter the room..which we didnt event know if there is any breaks or when is it...so..it was rather risky... but anyway..we guessed it would be 3.30pm..which was correct!! LOL..

during their break..i saw my cousin coming out from the room..and i hurried to chat with her. we then followed her into the studio...and were introduced to the conductor, Mdm Tan, and were also allowed to sit in and play with the musicians...as they were also sight-reading their new scores..

and so..we spent the day in the practice room( which is a bomb shelter room..surprised?? ) and going through the practice with them...and besides..we were allowed to borrow instrument from them and play together..but i didnt..it wld be embarrassing...

ohh..and they were playing some pieces such as "Westside Story" !! and i saw those scores...and remembered some of the notes..HAHA...

the practice was rather relaxed..not as strict as i suspected...and perhaps..i going there again after my 'O's... yea!!

moody day

...finally got 'time' to update...lolx.. well..i really am lazy to do this stuff... :)

today was supposed to be quite a fine day to me... though there quite some pressure from my schoolwork... but then.. it was tt moment just now..that made me fed up... i guess that i can partly blame the moody feeling on my pettiness...but it was * fault... cant they have the ' stewardship' attitude...?? since those things(BR) doesnt belong to them and they are using those things...why cant * treat the stuffs with care?? those BR are not theirs...and * still dare to make acrobatic acts out of those BR( which are mine) ...and i was glaring at *..he didnt notice me earlier..and i saw * stepped on my BR...please lar...do consider ur weight...it will definitely damage those weak pieces of metals....and those arent urs anyway...who said you have the rights to 'abuse' them?? somemore still can ask me : 'wad??' when he realised i was looking at him...and when i told him off ...he still dare to continue doing those foolish ' acrobatic acts' ...and abused my things again...

i was like.. want to kick him right into his face...ask him to get lost from my sight...idiotic person... i better warn u again...next time i see still doing those ' childish, stupid and clumsy acrobatic acts'... u shall NEVER use my things...

@@ and pls ask me for permission when want to use my stuffs... its rude... esp when the thing was supposed to be used for my trumpet...!!!

spoil my fine day only... see lar...just wasted my precious day...

day before my O level english oral

damn....tomorrow is my english oral examination...damn stressful now... my picture discussion and conversation skills are bad...there's not much time for me to improve on them now... just have to depend on my luck ... :(

for picture discussion...even though i memorised all the 4 Ps..but i just can't apply them in my reading skills... and i always forgot to cite evidence from the picture to support my statements... die...
??!! why is it tt my brain works so slow and ideas just slowly streaming into my head...can't it go faster ??!!

damn...

hmm...my 'O' level english oral is nearing now...coming wednesday..wished me gd luck everyone!! -_- ....

oh yea..listened to the national day rally just now...the PM mentioned abt biomedical science and some other stuffs.. abt focusing on these subjects..hmm..maybe this may hint me on what i would want to study... besides..i have interests in biology too...!!

oh...and just now..i had so many inspirations..they just flowed into my mind suddenly...hmm..must remember to take down all of them before the forgetful-me forgets... lolx...

passing days and nights

haha...finally i've decided to update..rather lazy to blog now... also nth much special happened to me recently..

yea..today finally get the class photo we took on National day... still got a few CCHYSB alumi photos havent take from wan peng...waiting for her to send me.. wait very long le leh...

anyway..recently i've been much more attentive in class liao...trying to focus more on study...maybe its becoz of the coming prelims which made me realise how bad i was in my studies..maybe i will retain for 1 yr in cchy...who knows ??

even though there is much focus on my studies... there's also quite some fun... a few days ago...me, zhi hao, sophia, suxian and peiling still shoot rubber bands at each other in class...lolx... i know its childish..but cant help it...take the opportunity now to be childish than when older....haha...

ok...still left about 2 weeks to september holidays...yes...gg to attend a music workshop for the first time...somemore is by TKWO... woo!!

troubled choice

woke up this morning...first thing i thought of was to go jc or poly next yr?? this matter has been bothering me for a few weeks... i have still not know wad is best for me... shld i accept NYJC 's offer?? due date is 14 Aug... time sure is running out..

my ultimate aim is to get into a university..and to enjoy life while studying...is this possible when in a jc?? or in a poly.. am i able to get into a Uni..??

5/8/06...class tees

irritating: today there's some quarrel gg on in the class.... all becoz of ** ... the class tees is our memorable stuff..if u dun want..forget it...why talk so much.. ?? and who said class tees can onli be wore within yr 2006.. idiot.. u can dun be part of our class..

HAPPY: yeah!! the band is gg to take photos!! means more photos for me..haha..too bad last yr didnt take any... man...it was so stuffy in the phototaking position..lucky i stand next to jason..haha..and emu wanted to change position..lolx..and we observed who he was standing next to...lolx..

ok..today really screwed my playing...esp my sight read.... it just reflects how bad i am.... even though it doesnt matter if i can pass the audition... im still lacking my fundamentals.. its August already..im still lagging away from my 'planned' revision... yet im still in the mood to watch next week's fireworks display...

ok...today got 'free' transport from ms lim... then after audition..went to see her dogs from the house's back gate... the dogs quite scared me though...her " Nugget" was so huge in size... i thought it was a cute little one...scary...

then went to her neighbour house..i think...more dogs in the house...but smaller and cuter ones... heard the owner said that one of the dogs just vomitted..which explained why there was a stench when we went in..argh!!

..and then there were stains on my pants!! must be one of the dogs... eews...

tt's all.... must at least revise one chapter of subject now...

ok..today planned to revise 4 subjects de..still cant make it..too easy to get distracted... went to woodlands library to study..with jerry & sp..along the way met alinia..she was in a rush...lolx.. go there(library) only to chat & gossip..not study... i really cant study in grps... all my concentrations on studying all gone..sianz...

had some very 'mature' talking...lolx..

after some time in the library..went to sakae to fill up our stomaches...lolx..really is my first time there..so xia shui... dont know wad to order...sp and jerry ordered quite alot.. lolx...jerry is very cruel..trying to break someone's relationships with his friends...idiot...too bad..he cant do it..HAHA...

anyway..learnt something new...


CCB = Cucumber

no vulgarities... :)

these few days seemed so boring.. the prelims and 'O's are drawing near..yet there's no mood for me to study..i guess i will failed my english and ss.... really cannot make it...

on thursday, mr toh told me abt the 'life' in jcs & poly...now..i'm really confused..trapped in a dilemma.. i'm really lost in my thinking.. what shld i do??

nowadays..those few friends with me are having their private talks every now and then... its very irritating tt our whole grp has nth much to share abt now..it's so boring..

at least there's one hope of happiness for me during this 2 weeks..next tuesday..some china pple coming to our school...dunno for what purpose..and our NBC band is susposed to perform for them..and tt's means..early dismissal and playing in a band!! yeah!!

and also gg to take photos again..haha..told weipeng to take a photo with him... my files and pictures are getting too much space in my com..have to get a thumbdrive..

25/07/06 Aichi Meiden High School SB

..ENCORE!!! ENCORE!!!....

..impressive....the japanese band was so impressive...esp. " The Incredibles".... hope to watch their performance again....

at the concert hall....ferran was dozing off to sleep..for the 1st half...lolx...during interval...noryln came to find ferran...say she saw Alexa...and the dying " Fei Ren" sprang back to life...(ok..its lame)...sd & zy are also interested in finding her...then...our whole grp moved closer to where she was sitting...

me & jr cant really figure out where she was seating...we expected her to be quite a distance awway from us...lolx...

2nd half.... disco party 3...with the dancers...HAHA..funny... then Incredibles...omg...the whole band treated the concert hall as in outdoor...performing as a marching band...most of us watched in awe....followed which was " Deep Purple Medley" ..the whole band was so sexy..esp Tubas!!..lolx...

the concert ended...after abt 3 encores...(i think)...

most of the audience went to take photos with the japanese band...including me...

outside VCH.. our grp take photos with 1 of the trumpeters....i think its quite a lot(photos) for tt girl...lolx.... waited quite long time to have photos taken..but...it's quite worth it... haha.

Racial Harmony Day

ok...today borrowed a Malay costume from syakinah... in my group of friends...i was the only one wearing it...felt so weird...and they keep suaning me...haix...

haiz..not everyone in my class wore the costume..so disappointing ....

in the hall..ok..this is where alot of photos were taken...HAHA...de lp and jm asked mi some stupid qns..

ms ang was cute in her little china doll outfit!! HAHA...take photos again..haha...

NBC Celebration

yeah!! celebration!!

everyone was susposed to report at the LTR...mr toh giving his speech..reading out the judges comments...ohoh.... Bravo for trumpet solo...bravo for the solos... :)

having pizza meals again...this time in the canteen...ok...this time also got photos taken..with pizzas....

after tt...we were supposed to clear up the mess...the celebration could be much fun..if there were no time limit to get out of school.... :(

zy ' vomitted ' out the coke.. made a total mess(jk)...and also at the clarinet section table...lolz...

wearing the nbc shirts...we took some photos at the fitness corner with mr toh...and i think jeremy was at the piano...practising is for a few days...HAHA...

1st National Band Competition

today, at abt 5.30pm, is our competition..the day finally arrived. we had some final rehearsals in the AVA room...then..trying to relax ourselves as much as possible. this time...i guess we don't have a very high expectation for ourselves...we just try our best...

reaching VCH...outside VCH...our band took some photos... i saw mus'art wind orchestra...saw my cousin...went to say 'hello'....

time is drawing near...it's our time to go to the tuning room... i guess alot of us were nervous...cause we took quite some time to tune...can we really make it??

inside VCH..waiting for our turn to be on stage...while cheering each other up...

mr toh:" you guys have perform so many times...all of u shld not be as nervous like last time...just take this as a performance..try ur best and enjoy urself "....( i susposed he said this..of coz is not word for word..roughly there... :)

we played finish..everyone was like beaming with hope...feelings of hope of getting a gold also start to rouse... outside the concert hall...we were like in a big sale... everyone( including other schools) were trying to get their hands on the NBC souvenirs...haha..ferran is gd at snatching...while i was waiting at the cashier there...he came back quickly with 2 shirts, posters and booklets...LOL....

went back to the concert hall...waiting for the results..tensions started to build up in us...as the few schools before us were getting silver awards...its our turn next...ms lim, the commentor for the competition..paused for a while..looked at mr toh...paused again...and announced:' Chung Cheng High School Symphonic Band...84.5%...GOLD!!!'

'' WHOOOO!!!! WHEEE!! YEAH!!!'' shouts like this came from us...some punching into the air for triumph...( ferran tan doing tt..lolx..)

a remarkable break for us...a break in the 'curse'...

tt evening....we spent time in taking photos...congratulating each other... couldn't have felt much happier...we finally made it!!

it's a sad case tt mr toh wouldnt have time to celebrate the joy with us tt night...he had meetings to do abt NBC...

YES!!! we are gg to gain back our fame in school!! yet..mr toh sae we have to be humble...haha... everyone's msn nick is gg to include a "gold" ..lolz..