//...the night of life...\\

Monday, May 30, 2005

today had committee meeting.. hmm n since i hav nth to do at home.. so decided to join in for fun.. haha.. 0905 i reached sch.. slightly late.. 5 min.. den mi n kw play cards while they having meeting.. around 1100 the meeting finish and there we went for lunch..

lunch was at long john tm.. it was aidah's idea.. ya den after that mi sazali aidah yixin and eileen went to see the pink factory where we are ordering our band t shirt.. while the rest went to bugis and play lan.. actually our grp was nt sure abt the place.. juz noe that the factory is pink in color.. my god lor like quite a no of factory is pink.. have difficulty finding the factory.. at first i tot the name is called "pink factory"... -_-'' the weather was like freaking hot.. and yixin complain like 1 million times.. tink mi and aidah was enjoying lah.. coz we wore white..!! so nt as hot as them.. ahaha.. at last we found it.. it was damn familiar lor and i have seen it quite a no of times.. so we randomly chose a company and den discuss the band t shirt stuff.. that lasts around 1 hr coz the gals tok alot sia.. lol...

around 1515 me and sazali went to meet alan at orchard to watch movie.. while the rest of the gals went home.. hmm got a little bit misunderstanding so we met him at bugis.. den realise that there dun hav the show we wanted to watch.. so we went to tiong bahru plaza to watch.. "The Amityville Horror" !!! the show was quite ok.. nt say extreme scary type.. haha alan was like using a cloth to cover his face time to time when there were horror scenes.. it was based on a true story.. and tts the point y every1 was like so freaked out by the movie..

movie finish at around 1800 den we went back bugis to meet the lan ppl.. kw and sujin went home.. left me alan junwei and sazali eating dinner.. hmm at swensens.. haha so qiao met limin shahidah and stephanie there.. ya den chat awhile wif them.. eat finish like around 2100... went home by mrt.. another tiring day for me..

*When they asked me what I loved most about life.. I smiled and said you.. "

-Trombone Concerto I Rare-

chris ~ Monday, May 30, 2005

Saturday, May 28, 2005

hmmz.. like 1 wk nv blog liao.. haha coz tired n lazy nowadays.. haiz.. time really flies.. soon i will nt b able to see dis sch again.. and definitely will miss all my friends..

today was a mini band outing wif 2 ppl.. ahaa.. wif kw and eileen.. i wanted to treat them to yum cha.. so meet them 1000 at tm mac.. lol i was 5 min late.. den we went to try the restaurant at the 2nd floor there.. oh my.. the food kind of sux there la.. and nt many varieties of dim sum.. haiz kind of wasted lor.. but we did quite alot of chatting there.. we sat there for abt 2 hrs.. after that we decided to go citylink walk... kw den suggested going for a movie.. haha at first we chose princess but kw was scared of the eerie environment there so we den went to the eng wah cinema at suntec city.. we decided to watch madagascar!!... 1515 we reached to the cinema and realised we juz missed the 1500 timing show.. so bo bian we watch the 1700 one.. got abt 1hr+ b4 our show so we went to arcade and look around den sat down at some corner coz we were quite tired by den..

1655.. we went inside the hall.. getting ready to watch.. ok the show is quite humorous and funny.. some nonsense here n there.. haha but overall i would say is gd..!! though the storyline is rather boring.. after that again we went to esplanade to watch any performances there.. there was a mini brass band concert.. whoohoo!! got alto tenor soprano sax.. trumpet and trombone.. their playings are fantastic.. though quite a no of times out of tune.. but their individual playing is gd.. the trumpet tongue-ing and projection was damn gd lor.. oh ya and they sang very well man.. attracted a lot a lot of ppl... after dat got another performance by another band.. 2 ppl.. 1 singer and an organ accompanist.. they sang all- time favourite like love me.. my heart will go on.. dream.. and some song frm air supply.. 2nd half there were can you feel the love tonight.. a whole new world.. colours of the wind.. if we hold on together.. some songs frm hercules and reflection frm mulan.. songs frm walk disney.. overall nt bad.. the singer was like nt singing very well though.. haha finding excuse like got flu all that.. we didnt manage to catch the 3rd part which she sang songs from movies coz it was rather late and 3 of us were rather tired den.. we den walk back to citylink and went to hmv to listen songs.. after that we took mrt home..

2315.. reach home and was really tired.. but stil manage to come online and blog.. haha.. ok.. 0100.. finally went to my bed and zzZzz...

*We come to love not by finding a perfect person.. but by learning to
see an imperfect person perfectly..*

-Overture Jubiloso-

chris ~ Saturday, May 28, 2005

Sunday, May 22, 2005

today is college day.. and the band is going to hav a small mini performance in the hall.. 1230 report to band room.. did our usual warm up, tunings and abit of sectionals.. after that main band tune in + warm up.. yea and by around 1520 we are already in the hall.. it was super damn cold.. and I was sitting under one of the air con!! was shivering non-stop.. we played hawaii 5-0, stand by me, el bimbo.. and finally gloriosa.. to me the playing was not satisfactory.. after that move back all the percussion instru and back to band room again..

we've got some catered food in the canteen.. so kw n me went to get a few packets and went back bandrm to eat.. while playing bridge.. Kenneth and me joined the percussion sect for dinner at tm long john.. den kw kenneth and me had a little competition.. see who can hold an ice cube longest using 2 fingers.. haha the ice was damn cold and around 1 min later our 2 fingers were all numb and pain!! den we went to try with 2 hands.. and had different ways of putting the ice.. ok enough of that.. around 2100 kw eileen kenneth and me decide to go esplanade to walk and hang around.. there was an outdoor performace by a 3-man jazz band.. 1 singer holding guitar.. 1 tenor saxophonist, oso an organ player and 1 percussionist.. the mini concert was really fantastic and impressive.. esp the saxophonist!! he like damn zai.. his way of improvising the music, ad lib, tone and volume was super nice.. he even noe how to play the organ.. the pro type and nt any old how.. wha seh.. and 50% of the time he closes his eye and play de.. pei fu pei fu.. 2300 the performace end.. eileen went off first.. left me kenneth and kw taking the mrt..

reach home 0015.. zzZz.. was damn tired today.. went online awhile.. 0115.. I unknowingly fell asleep on the bed..

*To the world you may be just one person.. but to one person you may be
the world*

-Overture to a New Age-

chris ~ Sunday, May 22, 2005

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

today started well.. 0600 wake up.. reach sch at around 0730.. went to audi to watch some shows abt sex education.. wha siala the whole show is so prejudiced against guys.. said that guyz only want sex.. wad the hell?!?! the female victims tok as though they do not have to bear any responsibility in relationship.. they shld have say NO to sex in the first place.. overall.. ridiculous..............

okz.. today have maths test on binomial, poisson distribution as well as CRV.. not very easy.. yupz I took abt 15min to realise how to solve -_-''... weather was cooling... RAINING!! today supposed to hav NAPFA test.. hope the rain will prolong till 4+... but this was not the case..

NAPFA test started with edward chew... first was sit up.. shit man there was no matt to support our back.. damn pain but ok manage to get 43.. up next is shuttle run.. its in the hall.. it was damn slippery.. slipped 3 times... ya and managed to get 9.9s.. den sit n reach.. 35cm.. haha damn lousy.. den SBJ.. no nid to say.. fail de.. 205cm.. pull up was the last second.. must say that chew's standard is damn damn damn low.. some dunnoe wad they doing lor.. some even had their head 1/4 above the bar.. -_-'' and they got 11!!!... but nvmz.. I did 10... last item.. 2.4km run.. was not in my usual mood.. finish within 11.42min.. had headache after that.. but was fine after resting for 30min.. band was practising stand by me, el bimbo and hawaii 5-o... hmm doesnt sound very gd.. stil got alot to touch up on..

after band.. have dinner with kw, sazali and junwei at tm mac.. chat here and there den aby 2057 eat finish.. reach home at around 2115.. went online awhile and 0035.. I went to slp..

*The essential sadness is to go through life without loving. But it
would be almost equally sad to leave this world without ever telling those you
loved that you love them*

-Gloriosa Movement III Dies Festus-

chris ~ Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Saturday, May 14, 2005

0845... woke up frm my 6 hrs of slp.. Justin's Bdae today... yupz had dinner the day before at Sakura wif Johnson, Daniel, Yuehong, Evonne, Zihui and Simin.. whao had a great time there.. 10X betta den Seoul Garden.. buffet was damn nice.. sushi, chicken, pizza, ice cream etc etc.. had a 2 hr time limit.. ya but by 1.5 hr we were already full.. tts yesterday.. today we went to Justin's house.. some were playing PS 2.. soccer.. eugene was like competing with david!! oh mine.. haha they were like little children trying to win over 1 another.. "See! THis is Skill!!".. "No! It was just tai koh!!" ... the funniest part was that when there was penalty.. lol.. because they dun wan the other party to see which direction they press.. and so they were like trying to shield and back face their controller frm each other!! lol... sia I luff like non-stop... haha ya den some went to the "mini gym" with a table to play table tennis.. Justin's mum cooked fried beehoon for our lunch.. nice!..

After a while we went to have a small Oleh game.. me, andrew, galvin, eugene, chengwei and david.. ya have lots of fun there.. we played till abt 1615.. I went home.. dinner was at Suntec.. Crystal Jade!! haha tt restaurant rockz!! ok den abt 2015 I came back home.. continue to watch dragonball gt.. ending part was so damn shiok, nice and touching.. plus the song playing behind.. too bad theres no more continuation to it... but i do hope ppl will try to make more dragonball series.. yea.. 0030 and I went to visit the dream's land..

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong.. But sometimes it is
letting go."

-Persis-

chris ~ Saturday, May 14, 2005

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

a bad day for me.. 0550.. wake up with a headache.. dunnoe y.. mayb yest got drenched in the rain.. haiz so decided nt to go sch tt early.. 1210.. reached sch gate.. ya n meet mr chew.. -_-'' ok la tok the same old discipline thing.. den went for band..

1400.. tok by mr lim regarding the concert thingy.. ok.. tentatively at 5th august.. a separate concert frm the choir.. but the date is like so late and i tink there will b less j2s participating.. den like nt fun anymore.. hope they can choose another venue so the date can b pushed backward.. ya n the official step down date for j2s is first wk august.. hmm like abit late compared to my yr.. lol.. 1430.. band starts.. college day rehearsal and pieces playing are "it's a small world".. "gloriosa".. etc.. sectionals at first... every1 is like nt in the mood.. hmmz den later went to the hall to settle the chairs and stands.. came back.. ok.. exciting part!! comments frm the judges!! ... generally our singapore rhapsody is gd n well played.. gloriosa.. intonation problem and not tidy.. i found that the judges' comments are contradicting.. as in.. different judges got different preferences.. ya.. so its like there's is a little bit of luck involved.. but generally the competition is definitely NOT fair.. but wad to do.. this is the real WORLD...

ok.. finish band after the comment thing.. went to play risk!! ok first time i got such powerful forces and successfully conquered a continent!! ya after tt go eat wif junwei, alan, kenneth and eileen.. at Hans.. 0930.. reached home.. tired.. 0035.. time to visit my dreamland!!

*And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour
of separation*

-El Camino Real-

chris ~ Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Monday, May 09, 2005

today started well... 0735.. reached sch and went audi for chemistry lecture.. the audi was hot.. air con was not on.. some ppl cant tahan den went off.. luckily a while later major tham went to open it.. lecture was on Grp 7... very boring.. plus the monotone lecturer.. zzZz... so decided to continue to read my "Angels & Demons".. till lessons ends..

din noe today was sea sports heat.. so i tot lessons will end at 3.. only found out after bio lect.. so I join my class for lunch at Boon Keng Hawker Centre.. had a hard time deciding whether to join my class for the event.. but they finally persuaded me..

first event was demoralising.. we did not qualify for the 24-man dragon boat event.. hmmz... mayb we are at the edge where the currents are against us.. and oso due to the small no of ppl participating.. but ok.. we did our best..

den come another interested event.. mini dragon boat.. 4 ppl.. Ok.. starting was gd.. I was at the back of the boat.. we were leading.. with S08 closely following behind.. den suddenly.. I feel a tremendous weight on my right side.. I felt myself underwater.. my vision blurred.. my boat capsized.. den I heard Commando Lee giving a beep on his horn.. "Boat 6, capsized"... I saw a few slippers floating around me.. a few of them are mine.. -_-'' situation at tt time was rather comical.. though we were disqualified.. shortly after.. we swam back to the shore..

after the heats.. we went to Geylang to eat.. Beef Noodles!! Damn nice.. though a bit expensive but its worth it.. ok.. later on we went to have some dessert.. dao hui!!.. whao.. damn nice too.. both recommended by jing zhong.. after which all were ready to go home.. heard quite a number of ppl lost their valuables at the Kallang river there.. hmmz.. hope they found it back soon.. yeapz.. 1035.. reach home.. 2335... time to zZzz..

"Absence is to love what wind is to fire.. it extinguishes the
small.. but it enkindles the great..*

-Symphonic Overture-

chris ~ Monday, May 09, 2005

Sunday, May 08, 2005

today is mother's day.. didnt really celebrate dis yr coz every1 in my family was rather busy.. so juz had a casual dinner last night.. never do much today too.. afternoon time began reading the book "Angels and Demons".. it was rather similar to the "Da Vinci Code"... both startings was abt a renowned person being murdered.. and etc etc.. hmmz... den later at night went online and search for some guitar chords.. and copied out quite a number of them.. there's so many of them... Cm.. C6..Aaug..Bdim..
-_-'' i tink will tk a million yrs to finish learning.. JUZ CHORDS ALONE!!... haha.. but nvmz.. its juz for interest.. 0030...time to slp to prepare sch tml... haiz sianz sch again... Last but not least.. Happy Bdae Yixin!! study hard & all the best for ur As !! =)

*You don't love a woman because she is beautiful.. but she is
beautiful because you love her..*

-Hightlights from Chess-

chris ~ Sunday, May 08, 2005

Saturday, May 07, 2005

ok.. track n field meet today.. but I was too tired to get out frm my bed.. ah.. forget it.. pon sch.. and so went back to slp.. sorry class.. cant b there to cheer urs up.. hope ur can win some medals back.. initially oso meeting junwei alan sazali they all to play risk in the bandroom.. ya sorrie guyz... I'm juz too tired.. didnt do much today.. except going online and watch some tv shows.. I shall nt go on writing.. slp time again.. Last but nt least.. Happy Bdae Edwin!! Hope u have fun during the field camp!! =)

*The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or
even touched.. they must be felt with the heart..*

-Trombone Concerto II Medium-

chris ~ Saturday, May 07, 2005

Thursday, May 05, 2005

050505.. very nice number.. and dats today.. SYF for JC band.. and oh ya.. a special day to me..

0545.. wake up wif reluctance.. and get to sch.. 0730.. phew.. almost late.. and after tt report to bandroom to hav some practice b4 our breakfast.. every1 was so excited abt today.. cheers and smiles were everywhere.. dunnoe y.. I do nt have dis excitedness in me.. hmmz morning bluez??... but feel betta after the practice.. 1030.. went for breakfast in the canteen.. and soon I was back to bandroom.. changed into competition attire and have some last min tuning.. my section seemed to tk a long time to tune.. and stil nt very in tune.. how can dat happen at tt point of time..?? but we stil went back to join the whole band.. soon after dr lee come.. practice and trying to polish some parts of singapore rhapsody and gloriosa.. tt ends our final practice b4 syf..

bus reached at singapore conference hall.. 1300.. at tt time we saw quite alot of other jcs.. mjc..rjc..etc...ya den some of my seniors and ex-band mates were there.. shahidah..limin..fumin..boonhwee..huihoon..lynette..xinjia blah blah.. trying to wish us luck.. yea but like wad dr lee says.. believe in hard work..NOT luck.. feel quite refresh at dis point of time.. finally we line up in 2s and went to the tuning room..

tuning room door placed a notice (strictly 10min) and there stood a woman holding and looking at her stopwatch.. practically timing us b4 we even sit down.. -_-'' ya tuning procedures was smooth.. in tune most of the time.. yes and the big moment is approaching.. we had to wait for abt 15min b4 the commencement of the 2nd half of the syf.. and so we were again queueing in 2s and at the same time blowing air into our instrument to warm it up.. ok.. at dis point of time the 4 judges were frantically taking photos abt 2 metres awy frm us.. trying to take at different angles
-_-'' ... singapore conference hall so nice huh??

at last.. we went up on stage and we started very well wif our very in-tune concert G chord.. tt echoes and end off wif very high notes.. and.. a smile on dr lee's face.. singapore rhapsody.. we played well.. quite a no of chords were in tune.. up next.. gloriosa.. nice starting wif the trombone projecting their notes.. quite in tune.. yupz.. winds ensem was rather nt together but brass quartet went smoothly.. there comes the fugue.. I manage to come in tempo but seem nt to b together with the clarinet.. shit.. i couldnt hear them.. nvmz.. here comes bar 166, the most glorious part of the whole piece.. nt very in tune though but I tink we gave the judges some shock when the trumpeters and trombonists stands up and rounds up dis piece.. a loud round of applause followed..

phew.. it was over.. dr lee came out and gave us a smile.. "I tink ur did betta den acjc".. tt was his last sentence b4 he left to listen to the other bands.. I tink he did say sth like dis in the previous syf.. ya and in the end.. ok I shall nt mention.. but I personally feel that we did a better job den the previous 1.. so I stil have some hope in the judges..

went back to listen to the other bands.. sajc was gd but the piece is boring.. nt much musicality.. ya i tink tts the only gd band.. b4 we get chased by some ushers.. depriving us frm listening to tjc and ajc band.. we waited for a long long long time.. b4 the results were announced.. acjc.. GOLD.. tpjc.. GOLD.. didnt noe how shld i react.. happy? sad? disappointed? i dunnoe.. mixed feelings.. I kept quiet.. some of us were crying.. shocked and disappointed at wad we've got.. dr lee den went to calm all of us down.. "you did your best, wad matters most is the improvement frm here, gd job guys!" yupz.. den adlina, calvin,ivan, shahidah, simin n limin went to congratulate me.. ok.. at least I got back wad we did nt get the previous 2 yrs.. I smiled..

went back to sch.. listen to our recordings again.. and there was some encouraging words by julian, daniel and the teacher-in-charge.. "though we did nt get gold with honour, we knew we achieve it in our hearts".. tt was the only sentence I registered in my mind.. well said by julian.. yes and it was dinner time.. with my sections!!

have a hard time deciding where to eat.. ok in the end we went to fish n co... lol we had 14-ppl table.. cool.. trombone and flute sections were there too.. ya was kinda surprised after we ate when the man holds a ice-cream bdae cake and slowly brings to the table.. den later he suggested me standing on the chair while the rest sings a bdae song... oh siala.. damn shocked for me.. but no choice.. and I soon began to catch every1's attention.. lucky it was quite late and there was nt alot of ppl around.. phew.. but I was touched... thankz alot!!

ok ends off the day when I went home wif yan leng.. taking the same bus.. I was tired..yet very contented.. 2300.. I reached home.. again went online.. 0030.. time for me to slp.. zzZz..

PS. got some ppl to thank.. saxophone sect for the cake.. jocelyn and farhan for the gift.. yanleng for the card.. alan junwei n kenneth for the honey and sticks.. ya last but nt least yixin for ur WONDERFUL shoes.. lol..

*Love can sometimes be magic.. but magic can sometimes.. just be an
illusion..*

-The Lord Of the Ring V Hobbits-

chris ~ Thursday, May 05, 2005

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

first time writing online blog.. dunnoe where to start.. so I choose a day before syf.. today had band prac as usual after sch..1430.. but we did nt played well.. nt even a silver standard i guess.. all of us dun seemed to b ourselves.. even myself.. pre-syf stress??.. but I had to admit tt dis yr's syf gave me more pressure n stress den the previous one.. yupz.. band ended rather early.. coz we nid to have enuff rest for the BIG DAY-tml.. had dinner at pavillion bk wif junwei, sazali n guang liang.. went home online and chat wif a few bandmates.. trying to encourage them to play their best tml.. and at the same time trying to destress myself.. 2300.. and its time for a gd night rest..

*You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love..*

-The Orient Express-

chris ~ Wednesday, May 04, 2005