Temasek Polytechnic band presents
Avec L'expression 3: Around the world
20th November 2009
7.30pm @ Victoria Concert Hall
Tickets @ $10 (stall) and $12 (circle)
Repertoire includes:
Gulliver's Travel
Bushdance
Enchanted
Machu Picchu
Bailando La Soca (Percussion ensemble)
The alumni band would be putting up a couple of pieces too, La Storia and more.
Do come down and support!
BUY TICKETS FROM ME. THANKS! (:
msn/email me or text/call me for tickets.
i don't like to force people to go for concerts as you can see from my poor ticket sales for the past few years. LOL.
so please have the initiative to tell me if you're interested, thanks alot.
Labels: concert advertisement, tp band
till then; 2:09 AM
the point whereby one has to make decisions again.
dip. in business or logistics?
external factors are influencing my choices.
but my internal factors are more or less decided. (:
so i guess i'll end up going with my feeling again, which is business.
after making all these choices, my life is still going to be 走一步算一步的路线。
i never knew what i wanted in life, even up till now.
i can't imagine myself in 5 years time.
it seems almost impossible to be doing what i like and want.
i don't even dare to dream of anything..
despite all the sayings like reach for your dreams.
on one hand, i'm trying to be realistic while on the other hand, i'm not brave enough.
sigh.
i see no light, what a bleak future.
i thought everything would go according to what the majority are doing since psle.
i spent years of my life being a 得过且过 fellow.
all my goals weren't very far-sighted, mostly short and unchallenging ones.
maybe i should really start thinking about my future.
although i don't want to grow up, i only like to live in the past and present.
all i need is actions, i don't want a screwed up life anymore..
i need to put in effort.
shit this is turning into an emo post, stop here.
人生啊~
我的人生的那道光何时才会出现？
Labels: life
till then; 1:30 AM
Sunday, November 08, 2009
photos from http://cedarianalumni.blogspot.com/cool, the new cedar building's almost complete.
i'm more motivated to pon school on cedar homecoming day now. HAHAHA OOPS.
eh the flagpole's not upstairs anymore, uncool already! ):
oh and rain won't splash in anymore..
the clock tower shifted too, not as tall as the previous one?
f&n lab! no changes other than the stainless steel tables though. -.-
wow i miss this place alot.. the cooking days.
i'm excited to see the auditorium!!! (:
wah wah and i think i may be going for cedar's open house. LOL EXCITING! :D
okay i shall go do this week's tutorials.
then i can study jap in peace during the weekdays..
oral's on sunday OMG.
monday's grammer test and wednesday's listening + dictation.
and i'm going to die too cos i'm missing band practices when concert is on friday. \:
勉強をします！頑張ってね～
Labels: cedar, japanese, photos
till then; 9:35 PM
went for rpws concert last night.
morning/afternoon was at aljunied, windworks and sweelee, to find mallets with section.
bah, tempted to buy drumsticks again.
maybe i should start COLLECTING sticks instead. hahaha.
took my time to take bus to woodlands. lol.
all of us were late for like 1 hour.
ate and studied at mos burger.
jap revision worksheets killed me.
we also camwhored with cow's macbook.
nice nice shot! (:
hahaha if only there were no bad shadings, this photo would be good.
we arrived late and missed art in the park (actually it was the trip to the toilet) cos we took 903 and it goes to a different bus stop and we alighted like 2 stops later, at some super ulu and scary place. o.O
waiting to enter while they were playing art in the park inside. HAHA.
i like this.
i like this too!
LOL.
failed ghostly shot.
cow and i looked funny instead. hahaha.
overall the concert was good! (:
we got high during jg14 and disco party III.
disco party III was like some karaoke session lah..
siying told us they were playing disco party for encore and we already prepared to dance meiden dance. LOL but wrong disco party, there're 3. hahaha.
after the concert, siying came out and we decided to go to kovan to eat at hk cafe.
we reached kovan at about 12am.
ate nice food!
*i can't upload the photos here i don't know why...... go facebook then! ha.
reached home at almost 2am.
Labels: concert, photos, supper
till then; 8:09 PM
Saturday, November 07, 2009
watch this!the boy boy is FREAKING CUTE!!!!!!!
[sorry snsd fans, i notice the boy more than the 2 girls oops]
i feel like i'm turning paedophile.. hahahaha although we used to paedo alot too..
Labels: youtube
till then; 2:09 AM
swsy's press play ii concert photos! :D
it's been a week. haha.
KARMA PHOTO. choy looks handicapped hahahaha.
playing concentration lol.
after rubbing the balloon on val's hair. LOL.
nice nice dinner! one of the best i'd ate :D
it's like a tradition to always have toilet photos. o.O
ghost lightstick :D
oh, but my lightstick was spoiled sianszx...
gaying around.
backstage taking photo when the whole band was on stage tuning up already.
colonial song, we were too free :D
after interval. halloween theme dress-code.
okay not very, only the mask HAHA.
percussionists for press play ii.
(aunty) sweeteng came for the concert!! heheh :D
then she helped alfri to wax her eyebrow by pulling the tape off. hahaha.
tp banders :D
chin(g)s! chinghong + chinhong. lol he disappeared for like 1 year before this..
on the exciting lorry ride to tampines! HAHAHA thanks val! :D
this photo is nice!! (:
my camera resolution sucks as compared to all these pro cameras nowadays...
potential profile picture. HAHA.
but i thought my hair was a bit messy and i look too yellow!
outside tampines mall. HAHA.
Labels: concert, photos, swsyouth
till then; 12:41 AM
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
i should start doing my tutorials over the weekends.i need to start managing my time, it's getting out of control.
till then; 2:33 AM
Monday, November 02, 2009
swsyw's press play II.hello hello concert's over!
i enjoyed it, nice and fun one. (:
although fun in a different way if you get what i mean, hmm.
it didn't screw up as much yay.
to me, sixth suite was the worst....
i'm not going to play mallets for alfred reed's suites and some songs again. -.-
although it was a super easy part, i suck at reading taogays what..
my brother recorded multitude and noah's ark.
omggggggg the timpani was so out of tune at the ending.
that damn Ab i couldn't tune properly. it's totally offfff.
gah i need to train my tuning..
other than the tuning part, i thought we sounded not bad! noah's ark too! :D
other than the running around part, i actually like our storm part. hahahaha.
the snare sounded weird from the recording. o.O
but alfri and i were damn happy cos we managed to get back our tokyo kosei snare sound with the piccolo snare. hahahahahaha! :D
btw, it was karma concert. HAHA.
we kept tio-ing accumulated karma during the concert like playing wrongly (yes, and my out of tune notes).
friday night's rehearsal too.
my karma kick against the chimes leg resulted in swell near my ankle.
today, i think i played with my phone's slide too violently and now the screen is black whenever the slide's up. so i can only view things with slide down but can't use the keypads. -.-
yeah so it was macs after concert at tampines mall.
we took a lorry there, as if we were b*****s. oops, beware of karma.
okay it's taking so freaking long to upload photos to blogger.
so just stalk my facebook for photos!
shall go off soon.
can't wait for official videos/recordings! :D
oyasumi.
till then; 12:38 AM
Saturday, October 31, 2009
i'm trying not to feel so stressed.i need to think everything through and just put in my best later.
that's all we can do now isn't it?
i felt prepared the night before during my live ipod streaming concert, playing with scores..
when today's rehearsal came, everything just screwed up like fuck.
i guess it must be the doings of KARMA from gossiping before rehearsal.
it was the first time in my life i came in wrongly for art in the park movement 1.
wtf was i doing?!
noah's ark is the arrangement, different from band room and its complex-instrumentations.
others i shall not say anymore.
i just hope i play at least the standard of normal practices or better.
off to partial live ipod streaming concert before i go to sleep.
selected pieces only. i don't have 1 1/2 hour to go through all the pieces.
good luck and all the best to everyone tmr! (:
i suddenly think that i have alot of things to bring and buy tmr. \:
goodnight.
till then; 1:21 AM
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Singapore Wind Symphony Youth Winds presentsPress Play II
under the baton of
Mr Mohamad Rasull
in collaboration with
Diploma in Interactive Media Informatics
Temasek Informatics and IT School
Temasek Polytechnic
Day/Date: Saturday, 31st October 2009 (it's Halloween!)
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC CONVENTION CENTRE (TCC)
Ticket price: $12 (public sales), $10 (for Temasek Polytechnic students and school orders through Temasek Polytechnic General Office)
**School bundle ticket orders are sponsored by the NAC toteboard fund. Tickets are 60% subsidised.
so instead of $12, you just pay $4.80!
only applicable through orders via schools (pri, sec, jc, ite).
for more info/ forms for tickets ordering, email to:
swsy_concerts@live.com or contact me for the form also can.
Repertoire:
And The Multitude With One Voice Spoke
James L. Hosay
Art In The Park
1. Le Cycliste
2. The Shadowed Stream
3. Excavation
4. Transfiguration
Robert Sheldon
Colonial Song
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Noah's Ark
Bert Appermont
(interval)
Sixth Suite for Band
1. March Miniature
2. Summer Stroll
3. Halloween Hobgoblin
4. Awa Odori (Japanese Dance)
Alfred Reed
Disco Kid
Osamu Shohji
Tam O' Shanter Overture
Malcolm Arnold transcr. John P. Paynter
1712 Overture (S. 1712)
P.D.Q. Bach transcr. Mohamad Rasull
Synopsis:
SWS Youth Winds collaborates with the students and lecturers of the Dip. in IMI programme at Temasek Polytechnic for the second instalment of the Press Play series. While the musicians from SWS Youth Winds are hard at work practicing the music, the students from TP are working equally hard on their animation / flash presentations which are designed to synchronise with live music to be performed by the musicians - thus creating yet another dimension in the concert-going experience.
contact me for tickets via msn, email, sms, call.
this is the 2nd collaboration project and 3rd animation concert by swsy..
DO SUPPORT THANKS! :D
here's a sample of last year's press play which i didn't play for. sian ttm.
this video is done by mr rasull though. lol and it was played for the 2nd time.
i realised the other 2 videos didn't even had animation shown. haha.
Labels: concert advertisement, swsyouth, youtube
till then; 3:05 PM
i'm so mentally drained..
i didn't had enough sleep last night.
went to school at 9am for jap lecture, came home at 10am and went back to school at 2pm for jap and accounting tutorials.
oh i went home to do my accounting tutorial, ha.
i'd be emo-ing if i were to stay in school for 4 hours anyway.
i can make use of jap tutorials to practice for my upcoming oral :D
after tutorial today chionged down to city hall to meet the usual (gays).
bought 'finger' food and went for swsy.
last practice before concert. friday's just run-through rehearsal.
sheesh i think my tuning is getting worst. ):
and parts which were usually smooth-going got screwed today.
argh i'm going to spam more of the concert playlist on my ipod, WITH SCORES.
on the way home, alfri and i talked about the good old days..
those were the happiest moments i had with that batch of us.
what honey stars and animal game and camwhoring like free every concert..
everything is so different now.
i seriously miss those days.
now, things are getting problematic.
i'm so tired of it.. but i actually survived it.
now i have no mood for tutorials lah, die.
i'm sleepyyy but i haven't done my tutorial and it's 1.45am!
tmr feels like friday cos it's end-early day - 1pm!
sighhhhh but it's NOT.
but although it's 9 - 6pm, i'm looking forward to badminton and err, tcc rehearsal at night?
i think i'm going to give up doing macroecons tutorial for tonight.
but i WILL and MUST do it tmr..
i haven't even started studying jap. ):
goodnight, i'm going to recharge myself.
till then; 1:24 AM
Monday, October 26, 2009
kinda addicted to japanese graffitis now.i have all except for japanese graffiti 8.
damn sad, i haven't played any japanese graffiti before in my 6+ years of band life!! ):
i think i prefer jgs to american graffitis.
the newest jg 14 features arashi.
i think the band version is nice although i've only heard a few of the arashi songs in there..
my jg 13 craze is kinda gone.. now is jg 11 and 14. HAHA.
okay i shall stop jg-ing here jg-ing there.
i'm going to do bizstats tutorial before going for band.
byebye.
Labels: band songs, japanese graffiti
till then; 3:03 PM
All Japan Band Competition results for high schools.
第57回全日本吹奏楽コンクール
高校前半の部
| 出演順 | 賞 | 支部 | 都道府県 | 団体名 | 指揮者 | 演奏予定時刻 |
| 1 | 銅 | 東関東 | 千葉県 | 柏市立柏高等学校 | 9:00 | |
| 2 | 銀 | 関西 | 奈良県 | 天理高等学校 | 9:15 | |
| 3 | 金 | 九州 | 福岡県 | 精華女子高等学校 | 9:30 | |
| 4 | 銀 | 東海 | 愛知県 | 光ヶ丘女子高等学校 | 9:45 | |
| 5 | 銅 | 九州 | 沖縄県 | 沖縄県立コザ高等学校 | 10:00 | |
| 6 | 銀 | 西関東 | 埼玉県 | 埼玉栄高等学校 | 10:15 | |
| 7 | 銅 | 中国 | 岡山県 | 明誠学院高等学校 | 10:30 | |
| 8 | 金 | 関西 | 大阪府 | 大阪府立淀川工科高等学校 | 10:45 | |
| 9 | 金 | 東京 | 東京都 | 東京都立片倉高等学校 | 11:15 | |
| 10 | 金 | 東北 | 福島県 | 福島県立磐城高等学校 | 11:30 | |
| 11 | 銅 | 四国 | 香川県 | 香川県立坂出高等学校 | 11:45 | |
| 12 | 銀 | 北海道 | 北海道 | 北海道旭川商業高等学校 | 12:00 | |
| 13 | 金 | 東関東 | 千葉県 | 習志野市立習志野高等学校 | 12:15 | |
| 14 | 金 | 北陸 | 石川県 | 石川県立小松明峰高等学校 | 12:30 | |
| 15 | 銀 | 東海 | 愛知県 | 安城学園高等学校 | 12:45 |
高校後半の部
| 出演順 | 賞 | 支部 | 都道府県 | 団体名 | 指揮者 | 演奏予定時刻 |
| 1 | 銀 | 北陸 | 富山県 | 富山県立高岡商業高等学校 | 14:40 | |
| 2 | 銀 | 東北 | 福島県 | 福島県立湯本高等学校 | 14:55 | |
| 3 | 銅 | 四国 | 高知県 | 高知県立高知西高等学校 | 15:10 | |
| 4 | 銀 | 九州 | 鹿児島県 | 原田学園鹿児島情報高等学校 | 15:25 | |
| 5 | 銀 | 西関東 | 埼玉県 | 埼玉県立伊奈学園総合高等学校 | 15:40 | |
| 6 | 金 | 北海道 | 北海道 | 東海大学付属第四高等学校 | 15:55 | |
| 7 | 金 | 関西 | 大阪府 | 大阪桐蔭高等学校 | 16:10 | |
| 8 | 銀 | 東海 | 愛知県 | 愛知工業大学名電高等学校 | 16:40 | |
| 9 | 銅 | 中国 | 岡山県 | おかやま山陽高等学校 | 16:55 | |
| 10 | 銀 | 東関東 | 神奈川県 | 横浜創英中学・高等学校 | 17:10 | |
| 11 | 金 | 西関東 | 埼玉県 | 春日部共栄高等学校 | 17:25 | |
| 12 | 銅 | 東北 | 秋田県 | 秋田県立秋田南高等学校 | 17:40 | |
| 13 | 金 | 東京 | 東京都 | 駒澤大学高等学校 | 17:55 | |
| 14 | 銀 | 中国 | 広島県 | 修道高等学校 | 18:10 |
http://www.ajba.or.jp/competition57koukou.htm
to summarise it, there're 10 golds 12 silvers and 7 bronze.
a total of 29 high school bands.
anyway, meiden got silver even though they're godlike to me.
the competition there is scary.. o.O
it's not easy to emerge as the top few from each region luh.
next up, marching contest to update myself on.
wow i think i can score distinction if there's any subject on japan bands. -.-
today was a happy night.
but i didn't accomplish anything. HAHA JIALAD.
i must and will do my tutorials tmr and start studying jap.
goodnight.
Labels: aichi meiden, all japan band competition
till then; 1:47 AM
Sunday, October 25, 2009
ajbc's tmr/later.wishing meiden all the best! (:
although i know no one's gonna see this.. haha.
coincidentally, i just packed all my japan trip memories from my drawer into a box (from daiso hahaha).
i read through the messages and letters from all of them again.
i imagined myself reading them in a few years time.
what would i be feeling?
whatever it is, i'm glad we met.
but also wondering when will we ever meet again.
recently, my post-meiden syndrome is back or maybe it was there since forever. lol.
and i randomly decided to upload last year's combined song video.
we felt awkward dancing for the first time, but we were damn enthu about dancing for the following performances in japan. (:
enjoy! while my mind continue to wander into the land of reminiscence..
*oh, siying watch them to see your live moving fufu. HAHA!
i miss ayano's drum solo.
and why her email cannot get throughhhhhhhh.. ):
okay it's late/early.
shall rest soon..
studying for awhile with yy tmr before my jap lesson!
everything's so jap-ish. cds is gonna be interesting.
i'm going for lessons to learn about japan's culture (not really the language since even the teacher said it's gonna be easy compared to at jcs) :D
i like. (:
only fate can bring us together again.
Labels: aichi meiden, reminisce, youtube
till then; 4:04 AM
Saturday, October 24, 2009
i'm thinking.i don't really care anymore, not as stressed up this time round.
maybe because alfri's back?
it's more or less our own responsibility.
sigh but still feel kinda disappointed.
and up till now we didn't even had any sectionals.
having full attendance is already hard enough, it only happened once.
for now, i can only just hope for the better.
today, i thought tam o'shanter sounded more decent than noah's ark.
i don't dare to think anymore..
sheesh bad mood again.
and i hope i don't fall sick anytime soon, my nose had been itching for the whole day.
having opinions but not voicing them out = letting yourself down.
having opinions but voicing them out = too direct.
having opinions but don't dare to voice out and vent elsewhere = backstabbing and gossip.
none of the above seems morally right.
my human/interpersonal skills have not reached the standard to handle stuff like this.
till then; 12:00 AM
Friday, October 23, 2009
school had been good so far this week.because there're no tutorials yet. -.-
wait till next week, i think i'm going to say it's not good.
i think i need to write out my list of to-do things on my daiso whiteboard. HAHA.
i'm finally opening it from the plastic since i bought it last dec in japan. oops.
then hang the calendar i bought which wasn't opened too. ahahaha.
i need to let myself know that jap exam is nearing and i need to start studying omg.
and upcoming concerts!
yeah and lots of other reminders..
went to bras basah swee lee today after lecture (11am - 1pm! :D) with jasmine, aaron and joel. ervina came to find us to buy sticks during her break.
i feel like getting the 2 pairs of vic firth sticks..
the brown and white one, i forgot the series.
then i saw the pair of vater sticks i said i would buy if i see it. HAHA.
vater piccolo which i feel is the nicest pair of sticks in mjcsb. X:
okay but what's the point of getting so many pairs of sticks?
wah sianszx.... ):
okay i MUST start doing my tutorials by this weekend.
and i've decided that i'm not going for nus concert.
so so so sorry to yaju and val and all who are playing! ):
have fun during the concert and my spirit will be there. hahaha.
actually i want to go quite badly.. HAHA serious.
i realised i've been to almost all nus concerts since 2007? o.O
sigh, i'll go for in tempo next yearrrr!
zz jialad i haven't sold any ticket yet for next week's concert. \:
ah ah ahhh. o levels and a levels takers are eliminated.
i still suck when it comes to selling tickets. sigh.
oh btw, koudai appeared in my dreams last night. HAHA.
it was some separating scene. there were other people too but can't remember who.
when i think of my dream i want to emo leh..
i still miss meiden alot alot alot alot.. ):
Labels: concert, dream, koudai, percussion
till then; 12:18 AM
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
first day of school.business statistics lecture at 9am..
omg 9am EVERYDAY, bus-squeezing session every morning. sianszx.
after lecture went to look for the the in-charge to add cds since i stupidly forgot to register the previous semester.
yay i got jap already. (:
but now, i have to really start worrying for the november final exam i have at jcs.
yesterday we almost died listening to the audio during jap lesson.
i can't freaking understand what the conversation was about other than random words.
but we can even hear wrongly and hear santa claus. -.-
now the best is dictation.
wah stressed stressed. better start studying THIS WEEK.
i cannot say soon cos soon will always never come. \:
so i went home to rest and have lunch.
i slept for too long and woke up at 4.30pm.
then wanted to meet sectionmates for dinner.. but i reached too late. lol.
went for band.
festive overture.
ate at macs for dinner/supper.
lol raz and joel knows how to make me not feel so (fill in the blanks).
koudai photos actually really works. HAHA :D
all the swsy practices for these 2 weeks clashes with tpband.
ARGH fucked up. wednesdays and fridays.
only the saturday rehearsal with animation doesn't clash with anything.
now i'm re-considering nus concert..
sorry val and yaju if i end up with the decision going for either swsy or tpband. ):
this gotta be the worst schedule and most clashes one.
i even survived july without so many clashes.
not like i'm fully prepared for press play II..
but okay it can't be worst than june's concert. \:
at least the players were confirmed much earlier..
aiyah i don't know!
ahh.
okay my mood isn't very good tonight.
shall go sleep soon.
but it's not as bad after yy showed me this video after i reached home.
jinnai tomonori videos are great :D
enjoy, bye!
Labels: band, moody, school, youtube
till then; 1:21 AM
Saturday, October 17, 2009
i went 3 places in a day!met regina for lunch at tampines to catch up a bit.
hoho we're so gonna go back next year if meiden comes. (:
pon whatever i have! HAHA oops, unless there's some gradable thing in school.
kinda miss those days.. our meiden-crazy days..
and of course i miss pocket! too bad he's graduating next year..
[i'm still thinking if he's really the drum major now. >.<]
then had fun talking about things..
lol it's mostly some band talk.
catch up again after their As. i missed jeanette's birthday party that day!
didn't had enough time to chiong between places. so sorry man. ):
then went down to kumon for awhile before band.
hur may not see the kiddies again! ):
went down for band. sectionals.
ah, machu picchu. seems like i play that song everywhere..
but at least there're different parts to try out.
then supper..
sentosa tmr! :D
shall go sleep now.
bye bye bye. nights.
Labels: aichi meiden, band, catch up
till then; 2:44 AM
Thursday, October 15, 2009
i realised i forgot to blog this. lol.sunday; choy's early birthday celebration.
eh, more like we bought her a present and then ate together. HAHA.
we ate at shokudo.
LOL asou-kun in christine's magazine!
tempura soba! :D
BIG asou-kun vs arashi. hahaha.
happy birthday choy! must like the wallet! we like it alot hahaha :D
they bought this tokyo tart. expensive sia. o.O
the 3 shoppers-for-the-present like the wallet.
we had a vision to take photo with the wallet. HAHA so here goes..
with my tore-out paper birthday wishes. oops!
i'm currently at episode 10 of moonlight resonance.
OMG OMG SHIT IT'S SO NICE!
i shall watch until late tonight again. haha.
anyway, time table's out.
sucks. no more kumon, no more kids unless i go after school. ):
i end at 6pm on tues and friday.
argh 2 9am - 6pm days, long long long.... with a wtf 3 hours break in between again.
but why must wed be from 4 - 6pm. wl what a weird timing. -.-
but mon and thurs is good though, end early.
OH i realised, 9am everyday except wed which was the opposite for previous time table.
sheesh i need to sleep early every night now.
okay school start.
i'd better do tutorials. lol.
come to think of it, my gpa is actually sucky. \:
ARGH mug mug mug.
back to watching moonlight resonance.
byeeee.
Labels: birthday, photos, school
till then; 11:37 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
OMG chong baoyue was totally right recommending moonlight resonance!I just chionged 5 episodes of it in 4 hours..
Time to sleep now cos I'd get nagged if my parents wake up.
Although they're all chionging it too, they're way ahead of me..
I shall aim to finish watching it before school starts next week and it has 40 episodes according to my mum. /:
Goodnight / morning!
till then; 6:35 AM
