Friday, November 28, 2008
heyyo ppl im back!
after 5 long days at genting, im rly rly tired
but i rly rly rly rly rly rly rly rly enjoyed de trip.
:D
alright shall start to nag now.
1st day:
went to sch at arnd 615 or so to assemble.
loaded all de instruments and luggages and off we go!
it was a very very long bus ride.
from ngee ann to genting, arnd 6 hrs i tink.
reached dere, got our keys and checked in.
rested for awhile, changed rooms to get closer to frens etc...
evening alr, so fast right!
den ate dinner, buffet at 1st world cafe.
nxt, attended de opening caremony.
omg la i swear de opening caremony is dam lame and not necessary 1.
mingle arnd to know more frens. WTH?!?!
saw a grp of ppl running arnd so we follow behind hehe.
ok then night etc etc tok abt tmr's competition.
BED TIME!
2nd day:
woke up early early in de morning for breakfast.
den haf to assemble ppl from my section for sectionals b4 de competition so we can get used to playing in highlands.
didnt slack too much cos tis is a last last last minute practice.
den had rehearsals.
i tot we sounded better in de ballroom.
den lunch den met at lobby to sing
yeah sing, mr yeo's style or waming up or sth before actual performance.
soon came de most important moments in coming to genting.
de real performance!!!!
de band b4 us was good.
tt will make our challenge tougher...
den went up stage, and played thru everything.
didnt sound too bad although we can still be much better.
den went to dinner and then...
oh i cant rmb if we went haunted house 2nd night or 3rd night.
ok lets say is tis night...
haunted house is kinda lame cos we made frens wif de ppl tt are SUPPOSED to scare us.
shaked their hands, hugged them, talked abit yeah.
freaking small world, saw manfred and his bro, his bro, his mum and his dad.
so many piercings sia.
den went ripleys believe it or not.
every1 was like walking so fast and missing some parts so me, ben and felicia slowed down
and we 3 walked ourselves.
de ppl outside tot what happened to us and dey got worried.
sry sry sry......
ohya went archery too.
woo fun fun. 1st time trying out archery.
my hand hurts though.
kk den i forgot what we did alr.
3rd day:
woke up early early for breakfast den nid attend clarinet workshop.
omg. I GOT PRAISED!!! :D
ok so other ppl are like sight-reading, but i played overture no1 a few times le so i noe how plae le.
so yeah, kinda stood out. wooooo!
de tings she teach is kinda basics and mr chua alr taught us before when im sec2.
den at 2 went to watch some band videos.
eeee so boring sia. half de band slept.
kk den had free time from 4 to night.
i tink we went to pool and arcade.
eeee a bunch of stalkers stalking me
EH tis time im not joking is rly stalk me.
at de arcades they approached me! MALAYSIANS -.-
WALAO EH WHY NO CHIO BU
at night got frenship concert.
all de bands were full of ENERGY!
i enjoyed de concert and it was rly funny.
dere was a moment when 3 funny parts were shown consecutively tt i cant stop laughing.
FIRST, shenghao's 'brother' flinging fringe HAHA
THEN, shimei's 'boyfriend' playing on de drumset so cool HAHAHA
THIRDLY, 1 dam funny guy wearing de dunno call what ting on his head. HAHAHAHAHA
den after de concert was de announcement of results.
NGEE ANN GOT A SILVER OMFG IM SO HAPPY IM LOST FOR WORDS.
I WAS DUMBFOUNDED I COULDNT REACT.
YES YES YES!!!!!! :D
4th day:
had to wake up early agn.
was chosen for de practice wif professor john howard.
omg la such an honour.
tt 2 hrs of practice wif him was truly unfogettable.
i swear tis band wif at least half of dem sight reading overture no1...
IS DAM GOOD.
how i hope such a band exist T.T
2 hrs oni leh, and de band sounded v v v v v v v v v v nice.
I WANNA HAF TT BAND!
after tt, went to theme park.
ahhhhh cork screw and space shot rocks my socks.
de space shot 1st dive madae my heart miss a beat sia.
scary shit :S
at night got closing caremony
received de awards. yay im so contented.
we worked hard, got what we deserved, but others worked harder.
another quote "the band is as good as de weakest player"
i tot its dam true.
SO LETS ALL WORK HARD TGT FOR SYF! GOLD!!!!
5th day:
woke up early AGAIN.
packed bag and had to leave at 8+
ok so yeah long bus trip.
and went back sch to keep instrus and HERE I AM!
tis trip is indeed a great exposure for NAS band and i tink we'll be motivated to do beta.
how i wish can go agn...
anw, saw de tagboard in my blog.
dunno wad happened.
but pls every1 chill. gimme face laaaaa :(
alright shall end wif my misses.
missed my parents, my siblings, my frens, my bed, my computer, my TV, shi xiong di, shampoo, soccer etc etc.
and you! :D
Yours sincerely, OwEn
