Monday, June 02, 2008 4:05 AM
:D:D:D
and so here ends my 6 years in band.
its just like that.
and its gone!
haha its so long.
6 years.
1/3 of my life.
i don't think i can rmb life without band actually.
its been a long 6 years.
painful at the start
but definitely enjoyable at the end.
i still rmb how it was a (sort of) accident i got into band
i definitely didn't come to high school
thinking of joining band.
aye but dunno la.
sean was my first friend in high school
and he joined band.
so i follow loh.
something like that la.
oh god you won't know how long i've been searching for this.
HELLO SEAN CHIA.
i rmb that time sec 1
its quite cute really now that i think of it.
we were in the audi.
like first day of school i think
then the lights were off
then he just so happened to be sitting beside me
like quite awkward
but being the nice guy he was
he turned to me and said
LETS BE FRIENDS
then i was like ok.
then he went
YAY I MADE A NEW FRIEND
and secretly i was rolling my eyes like crazy
but no you don't do that on the first day of school
so yea.
turned out he was behind me on the register
took the same bus home as me
same orientation group as me
so yea i think he influenced my decision somehow
heh.
yea so that was how i joined band.
a mistake maybe.
but a nice mistake nonetheless.
batch photo #1 (sort of):
(L-R): teng en; weiyang; darren (i think); da xian; sean; me; chin seng
i think the reason why our batch was so bonded
(as compared to other batches)
was that the year we joined happened to be syf year
then while the seniors practiced
we just slacked.
rmb the first band camp
the seniors had night prac
then we were left to our own devices.
in the end we ended up walking around the school
our self-proclaimed nightwalk.
maybe also cause the junoir band was like
a seperate band from the rest
so we just do our stuff
finish liao
then we go eat ourselves loh
heck the seniors who were still
sweating themselves out over syf in the main band room.
hmm and the times the seniors went down
for syf rehearsal at vch
we followed also la.
supposedly to do the sai kang carry instruments
but we ended up playing catching at the backstage.
hahah quite funny really but
:D:D:D:D
those were the times.
looking back
its quite fitting that our last concert
should be held at vch
like all things zen,
everything comes full circle
and our band journey ended exactly at the same place
as it started.
at the backstage of vch.
every batch have their favourite activity.
the seniors 2 years above us loved fighting
t=our direct seniors liked to bond people.
we liked playing cards.
surprise! (not really)
haha i rmb at the start i really hated band like crazy.
there was this time there was prac
after some half day or sth
and i wanted to go off badly
then i cried
and v nearly walked off.
aye but dunno what happened
but i stayed in the end.
no balls i think.
but really.
band pracs are boring
i hated pracs.
guess why!
DEAD SERIOUS.
not really la
but i just think this pic is funny.
:D:D:D:D
aye but i still came for pracs la.
mainly for after prac activities.
i dunno
haha but soon i grew to like band more
and yea enjoy my time there la.
aye even the perc section became funny
at first i thought the perc ppl were weird
so i requested for a switch in instruments
but then they became funny :D
so yea its okay.
hmm after a few useless years in band
in came outdoors
which was quite ~~ at first
cause we really didn't know what to expect
cause um its like a rather alien idea
aye but after a while
outdoors became like enjoyable
cause for once,
we were actually doing sth useful
mr siao is like x100000 better than lim la.
idk but outdoors was fun la
despite the fact that we're noob.
its much more enjoyable than indoors
it could've been better though
if the school had given us more support
and allowed us to go for display.
but they even less balls than me la
they scared we lose.
so no go loh.
yup so we worked hard for syf 06
i think much harder than we ever worked for indoors
yea and the end result was pretty much confirmed
even before syf liao la
93 marks is quite clear off the distinction mark.
yea but from then on
i was in fact
proud to be a band member.
and with outdoors came a lot of other performances
i don't know but outdoors just seem to be
in higher demand than indoor performances
hahah maybe cause its more convenient for organisers.
aye crap but saldkjlaskjd.
and outdoors should have (in some way or another)
bonded us as a band.
those tiring pracs under the hot sun
those endless rehearsals
those bus rides back to school after performances
each and every one of them
contributed to the band spirit somehow.
in fact, 2006 probably
was the best of high school band life la.
hm i dunno maybe cause of welfare papa rujun.
k la in some way his band chalets helped
haha like the times we just cram 20 ppl into one room
or sth.
so bad that
haha but it was fun nonetheless
maybe bingkun waking us at 4am in the morning
screaming that his nose was bleeding
playing disco with the lights
actually made it better (as memories)
but at that time i swear its not funny
in the end we locked him out.
it was THAT bad.
batch photo #2
the now famous one.
come to think of it.
our high school batch was never out of band
officially our step down date was
31st december 2006
though none of the juniors rmbed
hmm but by that time we had already (sort of)
joined the jc band liao.
just umm crash scherzando.
BAND PHOTO #1
coming to jc band
was a huge difference
for once we actually realised that band pracs
could actually be interesting
that we could actually make music
(that was in tune)
and this is all down to
hot bod!
okay he might not be the best
but he's certainly better than lim.
jc band meant new people
and i must admit it was hard
not to stick to the high school ppl
yea and we might have been rather unwelcoming
but oh well its just natural la.
human instinct.
hmm but then again
syf 07 helped (in some way)
bond us tgt i guess.
again, the late night pracs
and the stress (something like that la)
but aiyah we still had fun though!
:D:D:D
batch photo #3!
yup and our random outings
haha i dunno
i think we just like going out
so like every opportunity
just grab people and go out
and just nua and slack around for the whole day
doing stupid and random stuff.
this was totally random i swear.
its probably the first and last time
we went out with vanessa.
(we = band - jiehan)
yea anw syf 07 was great haha
in everyway possible
actually no it was just fun la heh.
i dunno going out with the band,
just doing random and stupid stuff
and looking and sean and rujun make a fool of themselves.
SECTION PHOTO!
(L) hcflutes!
BATCH PHOTO #4.
BAND PHOTO #2
hahaha the most complete band photo
for the 07 band.
hmm and my first overseas trip with the band!
haha actually in sec 4 they planned a lot
we were supposed to go america for some street parade or sth
then no changed to beijing
then the most realistic was korea for outdoors competition
but no in the end
nothing materialised
such was the ineff of high school
hmmm but then there was thailand!
hahahha it was funnnnn like i dunno
just being with the band la.
sort of an extended band chalet.
haha random
sean went "shuai ge photo!"
and then everyone crowded round
hahah quite bu yao lian but still.
funny
:D:D:D
high school photo! (-1)
BAND PHOTO #3
(@ some theme park i can't rmb)
see the sheng heng/green ranger pose.
go chin seng's blog if you don't know.
hahahhahhaha
BAND PHOTO #4
okay this is random but i just put it in cause
i think its funny hahahahhha.
hmm i dunno.
the many concerts we held
okay like 4 in total.
they all add to the memories
i dunno, a lot of time was sacrificed for band
but i still think its worth it
after so many years.
i haven't gone overseas on a family trip in like
6 years.
yea exact.
okay most of the times is cause i dowan go with them
but still.
hahahha maybe if i didn't join i'd have went with them
on their many shopping trips.
oh well.
capriccio xxiii!
(L)(L)(L) hcflues 07/08 (L)(L)(L)
arts fest.
batch photo #5
capriccio xxiv.
batch photo #6
hmmm yea so its over
that's basically
6 years of band life summarised into a page.
and it stops here.
i don't know
there's going to be a massive void left to fill
the friends still remain
but i dunno
it hasn't sunken in i guess
no more band pracs
no more tuning
no more sleeping during pracs
no more phone games in between rests
no more air-con fights
maybe i'll realise when school starts
and i have nothing to do on weds and fridays
frisbee's still there
but even then i don't think its enough
5 months of frisbee just can't replace
6 years of band la,
its just like that.
D:
its definitely been an enjoyable 6 years.
i don't think i've said this before
but yea i really love my batchmates
i don't know we're just... different from the other batches
haha and a (really really really) big THANK YOU to my section
for putting up with all my rubbish and lame excuses
everytime i slack.
there's no point looking back now that its over
but i will really really miss band.
i don't know its just this big part of my life la.
this may be the end of our band journey
but physical distance won't lead to emotional distances
we'll still be bandmates forever.
but now
band life is gone.
like a candle that's burnt out.
poof.
bye bye.
[hc band ♥ jiawei]
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