loads of things to update....
=)
haha.
my mood now: relieved.
=)
lets talk about yesterday first...
hmmm.
band prac...
but before that, met bernard to go some warehouse sale.
WHICH WAS A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME.
cause it was packed with obasans!
we basically left within 3 mins.
=(
den...
we went to hougang mall.
to witness e 180 degree change.
wah.
not too bad.
got cafe cartel...
yakun, long john silver, pepper lunch.
haha!
den...
cause we had EXCESS time.
we walked around e neighbourhood.
and saw RED MAN.
for those people who dunno wad red man is.
its a shop that sells baking/cooking essentials.
den....
we happily went in.
and decided to bake cookies for our clique!
whoopie!
sounds v exciting right?
den i was thinking there might be recipes there that we can look at.
but...
its charged at 1.80 per piece.
LOL.
so wad did we do?
we walked to hougang plaza's internet cafe...
and used e internet there!
for how much?
30 cents!
and we got our recipe!
=D
haha...
those people (playing dota) must be wondering wad are these two guys here looking up recipes...
hahaha!
we din buy flour.
cause bernard says his mum has...
we also din buy this and that.
and we bought darn cute cookie cutters!
den we went to meet haosiang (who was late, but blames SBS)...
for dinner at LJS.
haha!
den cabbed down to maris...
den band prac.
den....
we went to bernard's house!
we = me, benard and haosiang.
haha!
before we went there, we decided to buy more flour.
cause its 1030pm le...
we ran to NTUC.
and its closed!
=(
den we went to nearby provision shops...
CLOSED! =(
den we desparate le.
go to bakeries and ask if they sell.
NO!
=(
den we decided to walk all e way to my place...
about 4 bus stops away...
to check...
AND...
E PRIME SUPERMART NEAR MY PLACE IS 24 HRS.
and i din noe that.
well done!
=(
haha!
so we bought 4 blocks of butter and a packet of top flour.
and went to bernards house.
if anyone watched da chang jin...
remember e part chang jin lost her flour?
we kinda experienced it.
hahaha!
where we baked till....
3am.
and wrapped and stuff....
made a huge one for fredy!
haha!
and some for lin sheng.
hahahaha!
den me and haosiang walked home...
and today...
i din wake up!
=(
fugly!
was supposed to meet haosiang and bernard at 12noon @ kovan for lunch.
in e end i reached at 1230pm.
arhx!
even later den haosiang.
hahahaha!
well.
not implying that he is always late.
den rushed to VCH...
only to find out that our rehearsal time is at 2pm.
not 1pm like wad fredy told us.
slap!
haha!
den we slack slack a while lor...
and rehearse...
den its concert time!
haha!
sat near e few pple who came to support...
jfoo, tracy, penguin, seth, daniel and jieshi.
thanks so much!
haha!
and talked a while...
until our segment.
which i think was not too bad...
=S
haha!
after which we took more pics.
and went off for dinner!~
where?
at the place with free flow of chicken rice!
rice that is...
hahahaha!
we went there.
ordered a 3-person and a 4-person set meal...
den e chicken and stuff came...
and one plate of rice each.
normally we go there...
at least eat 4 plates of rice.
den today!
they made us pay first!
den tell us...
OOPS NO RICE LE.
like wth la!
=(
hahaha!
but i eat e least everytime.
=P
den we went home le lor.
=)
arhx.
now alumni band pracs come to an end...
its time for e next big project.
e prelims.
=(
long time no blog.
haha!
hmmm....
busy with e band pracs.
sunday's e concert.
arhx.
i hate wishy-washy people.
they make my life hell.
arhx.
pls...
for everyone's sake, make up ur freaking minds!
=S
my eyes are still struggling to be kept open.
arhx!
three more days!
to mugging full steam.
not v attractive yea?
but i want these few days to be over soon.
=)
make it work.
arhx.
long time no blog.
hmmm...
been spending these few days slacking around....
haha!
i just found a new target to work towards!
though i know its near impossible for me to get it!
i will try!
haha!
and my dad was damn nice today!
arhx!
=)
p.s. buy my concert tix!!!!!!!! arhx! its such a chore selling tickets! =(
ah.
today was...
Honour Bands in Concert night.
e presentation nite for NBC...
even before i got onto e stage.
someone dropped my instrument.
arhx!
and the fourth valve came off.
rendering my fourth valve useless.
haix.
and e performance was...
ok.
i thought we did better during competition night.
yup.
=(
total unlucky day.
and i haven done any work.
congrats man, benyap.
ARHX!
i hate my playing.
i hate it when i noe i screwed some parts.
haha!
=S
arhx!
but at least its over!
one more week in prep for e concert!
arhx!
pple pls buy tickets!
=)
haha!
these few days have been really fun!
still soaking in the wonderful world of band.
=S
school is starting to get boring...
and it seems like i need a brand new alarm clock...
LOL.
but.... i got bet w fj and lynne for next week.
so i noe i will NOT lose e bet.
hahahaha!
hmm...
lets explore something today.
pills.
and i mean medicine pills.
yup.
have anyone ever wondered how easy it is to swallow pills.
with e aid of peristalsis and mucus?
haha.
but there is this bunch of pple that cant swallow pills....
tracy, her mum and her auntie.
=S
haha!!!!!!!
dunno if that is an exhaustive list.
but e stories i hear are damn interesting.
hahaha!
WAYS TO SWALLOW EAT PILLS:
1. always chew food.
hmmm. lets take e example of....
tracy.
haha!
how does she eat panadol?
SHE CHEWS IT!
like omg!
haha!!!!
2. always take it with ur favourite food.
hmmm....
how abt squeezing pills into banana's and eating e banana?
like.
YUCKS.
haha!
and who does it?
tracy's aunt.
was suggesting she cook her medicine with jelly.
den eat.
at least dun have to taste it.
can add sugar somemore.
LOL.
3. dissolving it in water...
first... must make sure e Ksp value i suitable.
hahahahaha!
den dissolve in water....
and swallow it.
arhx.
yucks.
=S
hopefully those three are e only pple out there who cant swallow pills.
=S
haha!
not anything bad.
but...
v poor thing!
=S
to swallow something. have to go thru agony.
hahaha!
arhx!
tmr i am going to school!!!!!!!!!!!!
no surprise right?
=P
honour band nite coming.
=S
haha!
tired.
school's tiring.
and gayle's out!
jasmine's in!
whoopie!!!
not that i follow idol.
LOL.
arhx.
today's probably e happiest day in my life in the year 2006.
till now ba. hahahaha!
this should be a long post.
if u dun wan to read. scroll down.
hahaha! =D
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went to meet haosiang and bernard for breakfast this morning....
had my favourite nasi lemak at e market...
den we cabbed down.
(which reminds me i have to collect e cab fare =P)
haha.
den reached early...
at 8.45am...
slacked around.
till mr lin came at 9.10am i think...
den we tuned, played thru e pieces a few times...
haha.
den e food came!
ate e food and boarded e bus to VCH.
on the nice bus...
suddenly, my senior zhen cheng said...
"i forgot to bring my score."
WTH.
thats like the last thing that can happen to u...
haha!
den we decided to use orginals.
=S
but that was just e start of his series of unfortunate events.
=S
when we reached VCH.
we went to e SSO's office to place our stuff...
cause mr. chiang working there mah.
haha.
den some guest players commented that....
"wah. how come e SSO room become Maris room??"
=S
*stares*
hahahahaha!
den we went into e tuning room
where each band is given 10 minutes to tune and warm up....
and zhen cheng finds out e tuners are not with him!
how brilliant!
was with e teacher inside VCH.
like totally wth.
=S
but got it back la.
hahaha!
but we started playing...
den abt after 10 mins.
they run to us.
"ur time haven start yet! cause the adjudication lagging. so dun play first."
*an shuang*
hahaha
extra time to tune!
=P
not exactly our fault.
just we tyco.
=)
den we tuned...
and went up to stage.
haha!
we all thought we were screwed...
den after e performance...
went back into the hall to listen...
RGS was very gd.
just too harsh and loud.
den results announced!!!!!
and we are e top band for division one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=D
with a score of 85.71%
woah!!!!!
haha. at that moment i was damn proud of myself.
den mr lin came and shook my hand...
ARHX!
felt vvv happy.
for me. for him. and for e band.
we celebrated...
took loads of pics.
hahaha! shall upload soon into friendster.
=P
and...
e third unfortunate event that happened to zhen cheng...
his sole of his shoe came off!
and need to use scotchtape somemore.
like arhx!
so unlucky.
hahaha!
luckily we r not unlucky.
=P
and we get e 5k prize and a spot in the Honour Bands Concert.
held next sunday....
and come to think about it.
i am gonna perform at VCH for three sundays in a row.
cause!!!!!
30th july is our concert!!!!!!!
want tickets?
come buy now!
hahahaha!
den went for dinner...
and rushed back for e open division adjudication.
when TJC finished machu picchu....
i wanted to cry.
it was...
to me.
flawless.
i dun see why they din get gold with distinction.
arhx!
hahahaha!
but... they stll emerged top band in open division...
which means....
MR LIN OWNED E COMPEITION.
muahahaha!
where other conductors have like.... 3 to 4 bands in e competition.
=)
he deserved it.
thank you so much mr lin.
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to those who din bother to read....
maris stella wind symphony got 1st prize in the first division...
temesek junior college got 1st prize in the open division...
and both conductors are e same...
mr. lin ah leck.
congrats to us and TJC!
lets chiong for e Honour Bands In Concert night!!!!!!!!
we are e unconquered.
=)
haix.
i want to go back in time.
seriously.
i wld have changed so much.
so much.
=(
i hate myself.
in e end, who suffers?
all those around me.
bad decisions made.
rectify them?
not possible.
and that's antagonizing.
haix.
btw.
wish me luck.
i'll need all of it tmr and more days to come.
if there are.
hahahaha!
caught pirates of the caribbean today with glenn.
haha!
its quite nice.
=D
LOL.
den went for tuition.
tmr gonna get back physics paper.
scared like hell.
haha!
den todays alumni...
as usual get slapped by pple.
LOL.
and tmr got recording!
haha!
looking forward to it.
wad a rushed entry.
cause my day had been long.
=D
tata. haha...
alright.
i know its sinful....
but!!!!
i cant help it when i develop a sore throat!
its damn uncomfortable.
so...
adieu.
and cya guys on friday.
sectionals today was damn tiring...
and there is full band tmr.
well done.
shld i.......................
=P
ah....
a bloody long and tiring day.
it was v tiring to go thru this torture.
and to think i will have to go thru e exact same thing for e rest of this month seriously puts me off.
=(
hmmm...
mr lin just had to go thru e part with e ultra high notes N times today.
haha!
and after we r dismissed.
me and zhen cheng played that part for N times again.
and my mouth is near to cramping up.
=(
arhx!
this competition better be over soon!
and an advertisement.
cause i need to sell tickets.
REALM Concert.
10 bucks
30th July
1700 hrs.
VCH
pls! come support me!
hahahaha!
=)
wierd
oh great....
to all whose school starts late today,
mrs chan gave us a half day!
hahahahaha!
we are officially off from 12noon.
WHOOPIE!
lol.
=P
but i am bloody tired.
though last night's match was SENSATIONAL.
=)
haix.
my life revolves around a few things till e end of July...
1) Alumni Band.
2) Alumni Band.
3) Alumni Band.
.
.
.
.
.
.
10000000) Alumni Band.
10000001) School. =P
hahahaha!
haix.
next week.
basically....
i'll be in maris everyday.
=(
haha!
but today sound quite nice leh!
even andrew ong, whom forever thinks our band sucks.
said it sounded good today!
hahahaha!
glad. =)
exactly seven days to our competition.
haix.
everyone is nervous.
everyone wants to get something.
haix.
hahaha!
den if we tyco-ly get into top three of 1st div...
another concert comes our way on 23rd July.
=S
haha!
though many say its not possible.
i hope it is.
haha!
den another concert on 30th July.
omg!
haha!
haix.........
i am scared once again.
He will make things beautiful in His time.
=)
i believe.
haha!
just came back from alumni practice....
hmmm....
loads of funny things happened today though.
haha!
morning got headache den decided not to go school.
but immediately regretted when i knew that chem mcq results were out.
=(
haha!
den watched amazing race 1 episode 4-8...
wah!
damn nice.
just that e editting sucks.
haha!
den went down for alumni band...
it was fruitful.
though e attendance is pathetic.
=S
but i must say we sound a teeny weeny bit better.
hahaha!
and waiyip say he can hear my running notes leh!!!!!!
=D
accomplished sia.
hahaha!
den he said...
"but a bit muffled. must be clear cut"
=S
haha!
i agree la.
=S
but at least got improve!
i happy le.
hahaha!
e competition is....
9 days away....
9 other bands to beat...
2 pieces to play....
haix.
hahaha!
we will make it through!!!!!!!!!!!!
(though i hate e practices everyday next week. =( haha.... )
hahahahaha!!!!!!!
hello to all my frens in S46!
though i noe there are a FEW absentees.
but i sick cant blame me...
wad illness i have ar?
i got violent tendencies...
hahahaha!
my dad came into my room this mornin asking why i nv go sch.
he say he will lock my laptop up tonight.
den i said if u dun go out now i kick u.
den he told me just now...
i really put my feet out of my bed and swung it around.
hahahahaha!
=D
alrite.
i told some frens b4 abt my grandmother rite?
how i whacked her?
hahaha!
i shall repeat e story.
i have been staying at my grandma's place in bedok from pri 3 to pri 6...
den one fine day.
she allowed all my cousins to go to e playground...
but not me!
=(
den i grabbed a long umbrella....
and cornered her!
muahahahaha!
den i whacked her a few times.
but v light la.
den i still v guai de. hahaha!
den when my mum came back...
my grandmother complained to her...
and den she v evil lor!
she take e cane dragged me into e room.
close e door.
and whack me damn light.
lighter den wad i whack my grandma.
and she whack e matteress damn hard leh!
=P
hahahahaha!
tat time my dad overseas so i quite heng.
hahahaha!
den my mum also nv tell him.
my grandma also nv complain.
muahahaha!
and today!
my mum soooooo stupid!
she went to tell him leh!
that i whacked my dad's mum!
omg!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUMB BLONDE!
hahahaha!
den i got scolded la.
=S
haha!
but at that time sure kena whack de.
=P
hahaha!!!!!
wad did i do today?
band from 4pm to 9pm...
mr lin and chiang both din come.
so fredy took us.
which was....
=S
fruitful =P
hahahahahah!!!!!!!!!
but i got improve.
OHHHH!~!!!!!!
and there is a new Besson Prestige Eupho!!!!!!
like totally perfect.
but damn hard to play.
hahaha!
i koped e mouth piece though.
=)
good new mouthpiece.
fyi...
koped = take and use and put back.
before anyone call me a thief.
hahaha!
niao and seth gonna come to my house to watch e match later...
and we are all gonna go school tmr morn.
=)
i am gonna say something before i post this.
GO PORTUGAL!!!!!!!!!!!
=P
hahahaha!
=)
just came back to home sweet home.
=S
tmr is a bad day!
i dun feel like going to school!
=(
hahaha...
haix!
why must tmr be a ultra long day!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!
arhx!
wad a bad start.
and e papers better dun come back tmr.
*slap*
oh well....
i am happy!
tat brazil is out!
perfect!
hahaha!
i want portugal to go all e way!
come on portugal!
u can do it!
=)
now watching da chang jin.
@ waiyips place. haha....
e house underwent some extreme make over!
hahahaha.....
ah!
my investment account have just been made more negative.
thanks to germany.
=(
hahaha!
but i am happy for pple whom won money!
=)
hahahaha!
tmr alumni...
zhen cheng ask me go down at 10am.
but!!!!
he confirm watching match.
i also watching match.
so i wont go down at 10am.
2 pm will be a nice time to start practicing tat bar of death.
hahahaha!!!!
=P
wish me luck in tmrs prac.
=)