Tuesday, April 28, 2009
"it's gonna be the last time for you to be in CO"
- Poh ZY
this simple sentence just tore right
thru me shattering me into zillions of minuscule
smithereenssimple how it seems right?in another 8 days it would be Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging 2009in that rush of a couple hoursmonths of practice and hard workmonths of blood, sweat and tearsmonths of xi nu ai lemonths of laughtermonths of angermonths of sadnessmonths of frustrationmonths of sleepless nightsit will be silenced with a very enigmatic full stopthat was what i picturedthe road in CO was full of surprises, shocks, and discoveriesback in sec onemy senoir asked me to join bandbut i went to CO cos my parents recommended meand that time my class had alotta ppl joining as welli remember that time the first day we wentnext day we were already (for me at least) proudly wearing our CO badgesi was like, really proud of the badgethen they were asking us our musical backgroundsand they gave me priority to choose instrument cos i had violin grd 5and that time there were so many pro yang qin senoirswhen we went around listening to the diff instrumentsthe solo that deshun and enqing played was just mesmerisingso obviously i said "yangqin"haha, then my father was saying, why not choose dizi, yq so big and heavydizi very light and play loads of stuffof even erhu cos i know violinbut yang qin it wasme and wei jiehaha, practice was horrible3 hrs twice a week, just hitting x 100 timeswe totally didnt know what we were doingcos lao zhou was practicing with the rest dong hai yu ge( best song i heard that time)then lao zhou just threw us in when we didnt even know any notes on the yangqinthen tong neng and rong chuan was teaching us how to playnext day, which we obviously still cant play anything, lao zhou scolded me like crazy...holding back those tears was so painful...so i practiced yangqin like madsuccess was bittersweetlike sec 3 then i realised my technique was wrongbut the melodies played were just hypnotising to melooking around at each CCA maze my batch were like crazy idiots XDwe would shout to the uniform groups saying " (whatever-uniform-group) SUCKS!"hahawe (most of us anyways) really enthu like madaside from all the long and tough practices, my tambo section was just fantastic, dam fun all the way =)and all the senoirs, lemme salute youyou all have impressed, inspired, imparted me with so muchmichael, prahlad, meng tak, deshun, rong chuan, en qing, kenneth, jonathan, joel, lian kai, gary, kai li, vincent plusplusplus so many countless othersand watching SCO perform was quite breathtakingesp since seeing them perform last sat with ziyangno matter what happened, CO always seemed to brighten my daydidnt matter that in CRYSI-Z i was the only one not in a uniformed groupdidnt matter how many push-ups other ppl could do and i couldntdidnt matter what stupid things that happened in COdidnt matter how late practices draggeddidnt matter what other ppl said or thought of COCO was something that made my dayand i feel so fortunate to be an exco, having a chance to be a leaderand the last SYF with the guys, tambo and all in 2007how can i say how sad it was for me when we got a silver?watching the other school(cant remember) scream and cheer over their gold was totally dampening for mebut our senoirs just went and cheered for usi think i believed that to be my last SYFokays, JC roadPAE was highand judo was all the rage in my OGmind you, it was funi also wouldn't have minded abit of training b4 NSand estelli was in CO too, yangqin also somemorei guess ignorance was bliss, totally didnt know about NYCO at alluntil like, CNY when i saw CO performhaha, til then still no intention of joining COthen came along Tan Jun Xihaha, history is quite wrecked with himalways hitting me in mshsand here he came, crashing, appealing, and overall bringing me back to COinitially another reason why didnt wanna join CO cos i thought they had too many yangqin players, why come and be extra?first time, went for J1 meeting, or somethingfilled in particulars form etc etcthen met zhiyun, who was already like, in charge of so many things XDwhen they asked soemone to be in charge of tambo, she immediately kena to be temporary SLafter that got along wuite well with her, cos everything also help her since everyone else boh chaphaha, then orientation was spastic XDelections was worse XPsit in one circle, intro, vote, full stopfirst time i saw ziyang and jun yuan i thought they were retainees (o crap, now they really are, so sry!)and of course i propeled into CO/ Judo lifejudo- mon and thur training, wed gymCO - wed sectional and combinedhaving 2 ccas was no jokei mustve been insane to think i could handle it along with 4H2 combitotally didnt study at all, failed most tests and doddled in classas much as i tried to do work, didnt have much motivation and was quite tired out by 2 ccassynergy 08 was loads of funmet jingyu and huiquanfirst performance in NYCOdidnt get to know much of the senoirs cos they pretty much left after the J1s came innot much of the senoirs stayed to help perform in synergythen afterwards was totally us J1s onlybut it was great funalong with the troubles, messes, problems all aroundhad gd timeand i quit CO cos having 2 ccas was driving me crazyand decided CO thenafter some performance at marine parade CC went to Dajiit was quite a wreck that timeonly had like, ziyang and rarely seen poh yihryna and shirley...best not to mentionand pei ling, jing hui and wei qi change from daji to zhong ruan cos we really lacked zhongruanteaching them thoery was nostalgic cos thats all that i could do for my tambo junoirs in MSHS also XDwas it was worthwhile for meand getting their timings and beats right was enriching XDand going for both tambo and daji sectionals was tiring also XPso most of the time it was me and ziyangand wu lao shi came along, trying to help my dead left hand...up til 2day, as much as ive tried, it still remains half dead...but it was fun, as little ppl as we hadwearing the CO shirt was simply my pride once again, just like my MSCO badgediscovered the existance of eason XD beofre i only knew jia xinand jlau joined CO, making us crap a whole LOT XDand eating out late on every other nightand going to junxi's house and etcand worrying for alvin and zhiyun and ziyang being retainedperforming with PRSSCO was quite uniqueesp when they have someone like wang zhuang XDtribal beat was excitingand having the alumnis and dsas zihui and alina perform with us at esplanadeand going back to music room to play and clean upand celebrating junxi's birthday and new year'sand alotta soul searchingthis year 2009can i say it was an imperfect start?immersion, open house, orientation, cca bazaarblock testcollege dayand after 4 months of working 2gether it will all end in t-minus 8 daysa couple o mishapsa couple o malfunctionsa couple o misfortunesand here we all areaiming for GWH?dance got silverguzheng got their goldbut would i be happy with gold?with each practice and extras, can we make it?as much as i scream YES inside and practice like madim feeling depressed...yeah, depressed..."it's gonna be the last time for you to be in CO"it set my thinking train alight and runningis there time to make things right?"it's gonna be the last time for you to be in CO"will everyone thats working hard taste sweet success?"it's gonna be the last time for you to be in CO"are we ready and prepared for 6th May?"it's gonna be the last time for you to be in CO"will it be all worthwhile and unforgettable or full of remorse and regret?"it's gonna be the last time for you to be in CO"sigh..................................thank you yijia for your messagesthank you daji, you guys really rockthank you senoirs for coming to help usthank you miss tan for so muchthank you everyone for working so hardi heard recently thatthings are not importantand will never remainthe journeythe troublesthe hardshipsthe tearsthe joythe friendshipthe processthe learningthe growingis all that is worthwhile of the roadand all that is gd about lifei hope that i can accept the outcome no matter what it isand use it to continue growing and going down the roadcurrent mood: depressedcurrent song: Go The Distance
--Iyner, misfit-me at 7:45 PM
Sunday, April 19, 2009
what the heck, they cant even spell yang qing correctly!!
april 20 - kaixun's / yuxin's
april 21 -guzheng's / sherilyn's
april 22 - JC1 assembly programme / mag's
april 25 - college day / mystic guanzi / xiaoming's anniversary celebration / nigel's
april 27 - physics's
april 28 - xiaming's anniversary
may 2 - cuiling's
may 3 - guang wen's
may 5 - choir's / mrs loh's
may 6 - co's
may 7 - band's
may 8 - ccs's
may 9 -carol's
--Iyner, misfit-me at 2:52 PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
to yi jia, hannah, nicole : JIAYOU! been sneezing alot since sunday
reminds me of what nick said last time
if you sneeze one time, someone's thinking of you
twice, somone's cursing you
3rd time, you're sick XP
gotta miss those guys...yc coming NY on friday for BYG and the carnival!
miss tans(both) told me to go home and rest instead of going to practice cos i had a slight fever just now...
so slept til 6+ then tried to study
ling yu dao everyone was struggling with their lives...
thats prob why my fave word became jiayou, to cheer ppl on =)
so to dancers, jiayou 2morow!
current song: Rooftops - Lost Prophets
current mood: recuperating
--Iyner, misfit-me at 10:22 PM
Monday, April 13, 2009
"You want a scoop? Spiderman is Peter Parker!!"ohmytian, gotta love the spectacular
Spiderman =)
cant wait for 2morow's episode XD
and ben 10 too
and many billions of thx to bobby! i can watch
D-Gray Man now =D
GP's been alot better, with the presentations and discussions
but the long remedial periods might just take their toll...zzz
maths test 2day was a killer...zzz
Physics test 27th April!
the J1s...you guys seriously gotta work hard! esp brendon...joker...zzzDance SYF this week!
jiayou jiayou yijia hannah nicole!ccs drama night this friday! YC's coming along too =)
current song: Eh, Eh - Lady Gaga
current mood: hippity hop, trying to memorise chem XP worried about stuff....
--Iyner, misfit-me at 8:14 PM
Sunday, April 12, 2009
"external cost leh"
- Pow Poh Yih
haha, econs class this year is waaaay better than last year XD
practice ytd was quite productive
poh yih didnt come cos he was sick XD mightve caused
external costs XD
aircon broke down everyone went to atrium to practice while daji stayed in music room
totally blown away by the SSO concert ziyang and i watched last night...phew
absolutely
speechless...
seriously
breathless after the first song that was 29 mins
compared to SCO which ive watched a couple times, SSO really just
knocked me down im telling you
92.4 better watch out, your tickets are history XD
and btw, s'pore has no night life XP
thurs(friday) was...mixed? haha
choukball was fun =)
bobby really took home the star player award XD was drinking
milk then his classmate passed him the ball XD
GP presentations really ohmytian lor...
still haven finished mine XP
did i mention it was Poh Yih's birthday?
Happy 18th Birthday =)econs lesson was quite gd and interesting =)
reminds me of Mr Low in sec 4
he just came in and psycho-ed me into liking and wanting to score for social studies which i never passed in sec 3
ms foo mightve tried harder but still, ss takes the cake
ss about A2 and geog still D7, averaged to B4
but still proves i cant do humans...zzz
but still, with Mr Bong and my renewed interest in econs, plus a more condusive class (eh hem XD) my H1 econs is aiming for at least a C
hopefully my H2s all get A =)
and gp...C maybe? please dont give me a S! (thousand curses to that quiz on facebook for saying i'd get S for GP!!)
then i got back PW results
the first thing that we got was a scolding from Mr Low that our PW results were not very gd...
after months of
drafting
research
sleepless nights
discussion
arguments
stress
conflicts
putting up with "certain" people
being pw rep
mental blocks
the result was regretful...
60% of the school got an A
and my group clearly wasnt one of the 60%...
was it the clear image that the 5 of us just couldnt click? (duh)
tennis gal, jap-fanatic, brawn james, social misfit and rockstar just couldnt cut it...
the process was bitter, bitter, and bitter all the way
surely chances that the result would be sweet were high?
working 2gether just didnt work out
the result just wasnt acceptable...
喜怒哀乐- only 50% was experienced, guess which 50%?
to the J1s that think PW is fun, you aint seen nothing yet XP
had a long reflection period with Mr Low during his lesson later...
he'll definitely be someone i'll keep coming back to NY to see =)
o wells, thing about jing yu is that she may be broken but she just keeps going
everyone's gotta keep going down no matter what comes our way!
24 days to SYF!
everyone, we've gotta give our best!
jiayou to choir and dance having their SYF this week!
current music: Eh, Eh - Lady Gaga
current mood: wiped out...but gonna keep running
--Iyner, misfit-me at 1:46 PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
r-r-r-r-really?hahaha-a-hahahaha
retarded moment with yu xi brendon poh yih XDXD
we were talking like
bai chi on the way to the bus stop after sectionals XD
hahaha, 2morow when everyone hears us talk we're gonna be laughing like mad again XD
gotta love them =)
celebrated poh yih's b-day early too =)
practice went a lil bit better than it has been those past few weeks too too =)
JiA YoU EvErYbOdY!!!29 DaYs LeFt!!!in the morn mr kwek was also giving out NUS and NTU stuff
he must be like the most popular principal lah!
ahahaha, and assembly yesterday was hilarious
principal encouraged us to hkhk in the college XD
and mr low was like saying, fingers got long and short so nothing is fair XD
2day was considerably a gd day =)
triumps took the game easily and scored 10-1
way to go! onto the nationals! XP
GCE A lvls end on 30/11 (tentative)
nick's H2 bio ends 3rd dec XD
about 10 days interval between the last and second last paper XD
tentative A lvl Schedule:
Week 1 (9 -13 Nov):Tues - Maths P1 ( 3 hrs)Wed - GP P1 & P2 (1.5 hrs, 1.5 hrs)Thurs - Chem P3 (2 hrs)Fri - Maths P2 (3 Hrs)week 2 (16 - 20 Nov):Tues - Chem P2 (1.5 hrs)Thurs - Phy P2 (1 hr 15 mins)Fri - Econs P1 (3 hrs)
week 3 (23 - 27 Nov):Mon - Chem P1 (1 hr)Tues - Phy P3 (2 hrs)Week 4 (30 Nov):Mon -Phy P1 (1 hr 15 mins)JIAYOU EVERYBODY!!!
JIAYOU IS LIKE NOW MY FAV WORD!!! XD
P.S - i finally said a gd rosary last night
P.S.P - 2morow is CHOUKBALL!!
P.S.P Version 1.2 - IM DREADING ECONS 2MOROW AND THURS OPERATING ON FRI'S TIMETABLE!!!
note to self : study harder!!! and get a haircut XP
current song : Just The Girl - The Click Five
current mood : JIAYOU! H-I-G-H!
--Iyner, misfit-me at 9:45 PM
Sunday, April 5, 2009
"i'm your civics tutor, so if you need help, like what chemicals to drink..."- Mr Kevin Low
haha, dont mind a dose of
concentrated sulphuric acidmr low always knows what to say and do
i better get A for chem
whereas for econs...sos...
had fun at zhi peng's yesterday
tedson's arsenal of jokes and trick simply awesome!
junxi...tut tut, you're the root of all
evil XP
and L4D etc is just not for me XD
last week veron dominic sook han yiling came back to see us during CO
veron's so gd ya know? bought
macadamia cookies and pringles for us =)
and kelvin and dominic came yesterday
super hilarious XD kelvin was trying to re-config daji XD
monday was hellish
physics remedial was soooooo slow
i realised i totally messed up my physics SPA! o crap...and i spent the night b4 cramming everything...
5.5 hrs of no break!
and half day was...no half day for me, spent studying with ziyang in the freezing discussion room
then sectionals was total mayhem
and wed was almost nightmare
haha, thurs was amusing
jingyu was in the exact same classrooms as me XD
and attempted to do superposition in the library with benny chun kiat jia wei
then chun kiat was listenning to kai bei rap on my lappy XD
jia wei was snapping pics
amazing how the school can make a day when i have only 2 subjects last till
5pm right??
friday's maths test was stressful
ohmygosh...im so below the standard although hr wong choose the best of the best questions from other teachers, got more work to do
and the surprise econs test...what can i say? speechless both literally and on my answer paper XP
and next thurs is friday's timetable
they traded my
lecture day with
tutorial day...!block test results:
CEEEU
c for maths
u for gp
44 ranking points
aim for mid-years? straight Cs XP
bleah, ryan got AAACA, c for maths, 3rd in level on honour roll...!
April 14 - Dance SYF
April 21 - Guzheng SYF
May 5 - Choir SYF
May 6 - CO SYFMay 7 - Band SYF
31 days left!
current song: At The Beginning from Anastasia
current mood: focused to study! hysterical from last night's prank XD throwing zhi peng in the water LOL, but worn out in the morn...had a headache...zzz
--Iyner, misfit-me at 5:06 PM