hello :D
YAY! Liu ls is unable to come for make-up xiaozu on tues. She'll have another lesson the following tues :) do u all want to have xiaozu without her?
chiuyin
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Pipa Liuqin Lunch Outing
Hello pipa and liuqin (:
Today was super fun! Thanks to Chiu Yin, Kenneth, Benedict, Jiawen, Zhunsong and Ce Shun (the guest from ruan who likes to stalk pipa liuqin all the time haha).
Morning we had xiaozu. Liu ls was half an hour late and she left early haha, but we also cant blame her cos we learnt the kentucky song so fast, cos we are all pro haha. Anyway, xiaozu was quite sian for most of us. We were meng practising kentucky song, dont know how many rounds esp the 1765 6532 3565 3565... part, that we got tired of playing that song and we switched instruments and anyhow play whatever songs we knew, until liu ls went to teach zhunsong individually haha. When liu ls left, kenneth and chiuyin left us in the room while they went to the lab to catch mosquitoes and plant some seeds for their smtp projects. People like jiawen and ce shun were alrd starting to grumble theyre hungry and asking to go for lunch haha. So we went off for lunch the moment chiuyin and kenneth returned.
Lunch, we had about 4 hours to dazu, but we couldnt decide on where to go, everybody didnt want to go kap, and we didnt have anywhere else in mind. So we ended up in west mall, and we also saw benedict's home on the way. But even in west mall, we still dont know where to eat, we went to the kopitiam but no place, then to sakae sushi but too ex, to kfc but too long queue, and finally in burger king, where we all got forgot theres the student meal, which was about 2 dollars cheaper. During lunch, ce shun and benedict talked the most haha, about school and how funny their teachers are, while the rest of us were entertained by their jokes. Then on the way back to school, while waiting for the bus, they were talking about jingpo and her armpit hair haha, then in the bus, ce shun met his friend from bsp camp who looks like zhen tao. Jiawen benedict kenneth and I were togther while ce shun and chiuyin and the girl were together, but chiu yin got bored by their convo and joined us haha. When we got off the bus at the opp bus stop, chiu yin saw a girl who was wearing a shirt with the name "yijing" and everyone laughed so loud that i think the girls were looking at us.
Back to xiaozu room, and we realised we didnt switch off the aircon, lucky all our stuff were still there. We had another round of practice, benedict learnt the entire huo ba jie song! And chiuyin and ce shun were playing with the liuqins, and they learnt tajike, huobajie, ce shun learnt the front part of shimianmaifu but using bopian not zhijia, and we still continued playing the same parts of kentucky haha. Dazu was next, and tanbo did well for the kentucky song cos we practised so hard haha.
Dazu was quite good, considering the poor attendance and it's our third attempt at kentucky song. It was jiawen's first time playing and hearing the kentucky song and he said he likes it, but he got freaked out by a black ant half way thru dazu haha. Benedict was saying that so many ppl didnt turn up bcos they were on strike against the kentucky song haha. We all like the kentucky song, just find it funny esp for the behind part that sounds a bit kiddy, but other than that it sounds nice. Actually after playing kentucky for dazu, I think that kentucky is actually a good song choice, i think chiuyin jiawen benedict zhunsong and kenneth would agree. It reminds me of gada, that time when the co wanted dadihuichun but was forced to play gada. Gada wasnt our first choice at first but it made us get the gwh, and probably the best choice piece. Likewise i think kentucky will help us a lot to stand out from the other co, and it really doesnt sound stupid, even liu ls liked it for its he yin and melody. It can be a good song as a closure to syf, even kenneth says we shouldnt have an emo song for syf closing. So continue working hard for syf closing, but dont forget to also practise gada beside kentucky.
Oh no i said so much i didnt realise im so sorry. But today was really a great great happy fun day. There wont be anymore co for this week. Reminder, we have another xiaozu with liu ls next tues same time same place, if there are changes we will let you know. Cya and have a good rest! haha cos ur all very tired after a whole day of co, can tell haha, and please leave a tag. bye bye (:
Yao Zhang
Today was super fun! Thanks to Chiu Yin, Kenneth, Benedict, Jiawen, Zhunsong and Ce Shun (the guest from ruan who likes to stalk pipa liuqin all the time haha).
Morning we had xiaozu. Liu ls was half an hour late and she left early haha, but we also cant blame her cos we learnt the kentucky song so fast, cos we are all pro haha. Anyway, xiaozu was quite sian for most of us. We were meng practising kentucky song, dont know how many rounds esp the 1765 6532 3565 3565... part, that we got tired of playing that song and we switched instruments and anyhow play whatever songs we knew, until liu ls went to teach zhunsong individually haha. When liu ls left, kenneth and chiuyin left us in the room while they went to the lab to catch mosquitoes and plant some seeds for their smtp projects. People like jiawen and ce shun were alrd starting to grumble theyre hungry and asking to go for lunch haha. So we went off for lunch the moment chiuyin and kenneth returned.
Lunch, we had about 4 hours to dazu, but we couldnt decide on where to go, everybody didnt want to go kap, and we didnt have anywhere else in mind. So we ended up in west mall, and we also saw benedict's home on the way. But even in west mall, we still dont know where to eat, we went to the kopitiam but no place, then to sakae sushi but too ex, to kfc but too long queue, and finally in burger king, where we all got forgot theres the student meal, which was about 2 dollars cheaper. During lunch, ce shun and benedict talked the most haha, about school and how funny their teachers are, while the rest of us were entertained by their jokes. Then on the way back to school, while waiting for the bus, they were talking about jingpo and her armpit hair haha, then in the bus, ce shun met his friend from bsp camp who looks like zhen tao. Jiawen benedict kenneth and I were togther while ce shun and chiuyin and the girl were together, but chiu yin got bored by their convo and joined us haha. When we got off the bus at the opp bus stop, chiu yin saw a girl who was wearing a shirt with the name "yijing" and everyone laughed so loud that i think the girls were looking at us.
Back to xiaozu room, and we realised we didnt switch off the aircon, lucky all our stuff were still there. We had another round of practice, benedict learnt the entire huo ba jie song! And chiuyin and ce shun were playing with the liuqins, and they learnt tajike, huobajie, ce shun learnt the front part of shimianmaifu but using bopian not zhijia, and we still continued playing the same parts of kentucky haha. Dazu was next, and tanbo did well for the kentucky song cos we practised so hard haha.
Dazu was quite good, considering the poor attendance and it's our third attempt at kentucky song. It was jiawen's first time playing and hearing the kentucky song and he said he likes it, but he got freaked out by a black ant half way thru dazu haha. Benedict was saying that so many ppl didnt turn up bcos they were on strike against the kentucky song haha. We all like the kentucky song, just find it funny esp for the behind part that sounds a bit kiddy, but other than that it sounds nice. Actually after playing kentucky for dazu, I think that kentucky is actually a good song choice, i think chiuyin jiawen benedict zhunsong and kenneth would agree. It reminds me of gada, that time when the co wanted dadihuichun but was forced to play gada. Gada wasnt our first choice at first but it made us get the gwh, and probably the best choice piece. Likewise i think kentucky will help us a lot to stand out from the other co, and it really doesnt sound stupid, even liu ls liked it for its he yin and melody. It can be a good song as a closure to syf, even kenneth says we shouldnt have an emo song for syf closing. So continue working hard for syf closing, but dont forget to also practise gada beside kentucky.
Oh no i said so much i didnt realise im so sorry. But today was really a great great happy fun day. There wont be anymore co for this week. Reminder, we have another xiaozu with liu ls next tues same time same place, if there are changes we will let you know. Cya and have a good rest! haha cos ur all very tired after a whole day of co, can tell haha, and please leave a tag. bye bye (:
Yao Zhang
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Make-up Xiaozu
On behalf of Chiu Yin, here's a reminder: there's make up xiaozu by Liu ls on this coming tues at 8.30am, in our xiaozu room. For those without instruments, i try to get them from co room if i can.
About what happened yesterday during xiaozu, it was a total disaster. It was a rare chance that ruan and pipa-liuqin could come together for xiaozu, because jing po and liu zi wei didnt come. But it turned out to be a bad idea, with zhen tao around. It was my fault. In the beginning i refused to talk to him after he kept criticising me for buying the chocolates for you all. He decided to vent his anger on kenneth by chasing and hitting him. Then kenneth hid behind me, and zhen tao strangled me, with kenneth squashed behind me. Everyone was laughing at us by then. When i managed to get his hands off, he felt onto me, and kenneth got squashed further, his face even got hit. Right now i am very very angry but i regret what i did even more. I just feel fustrated and bad that i only have about 10 xiaozus with you guys left, and i have to screw one up. To all my pipa-liuqin juniors, for all the unhappiness and my bad behaviour, I sincerely apologise to all of you.
Yao Zhang
About what happened yesterday during xiaozu, it was a total disaster. It was a rare chance that ruan and pipa-liuqin could come together for xiaozu, because jing po and liu zi wei didnt come. But it turned out to be a bad idea, with zhen tao around. It was my fault. In the beginning i refused to talk to him after he kept criticising me for buying the chocolates for you all. He decided to vent his anger on kenneth by chasing and hitting him. Then kenneth hid behind me, and zhen tao strangled me, with kenneth squashed behind me. Everyone was laughing at us by then. When i managed to get his hands off, he felt onto me, and kenneth got squashed further, his face even got hit. Right now i am very very angry but i regret what i did even more. I just feel fustrated and bad that i only have about 10 xiaozus with you guys left, and i have to screw one up. To all my pipa-liuqin juniors, for all the unhappiness and my bad behaviour, I sincerely apologise to all of you.
Yao Zhang
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
24th Committee interview
Tomorrow is the first day of interviews. It will be in the co room, if not our xiaozu room. Here are your slots:
Chiu Yin: Thursday, 1045am (Kenneth Tan will not be coming tmr).
Kenneth Leong: Thursday, 1245pm.
Benedict: Friday, 1030am.
Jia Wen: 12th June Friday, 1045am.
Remember to be yourself, don't worry too much, because the four of you are nice ppl the way you normally are, naturally they wont find any problem in you, so relax keep cool stay calm and just show the others your true self. All the best! Make pipa liuqin proud (:
Yao Zhang
Chiu Yin: Thursday, 1045am (Kenneth Tan will not be coming tmr).
Kenneth Leong: Thursday, 1245pm.
Benedict: Friday, 1030am.
Jia Wen: 12th June Friday, 1045am.
Remember to be yourself, don't worry too much, because the four of you are nice ppl the way you normally are, naturally they wont find any problem in you, so relax keep cool stay calm and just show the others your true self. All the best! Make pipa liuqin proud (:
Yao Zhang
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tanbo Outing
Hi Pipa Liuqin (:
Are you all okay if we have our tanbo outing on 18th to 19th June, thurs to friday third week of holidays? If you are not able to stay overnight, maybe we go out on the 18th, then you go back home in the night and come back to join us on the 19th before we go for co at 2pm. It also means that we have to keep our instruments in the co room on that week's tues. Please leave a tag okay. Thank You (:
And about syf closing ceremony, please work hard. We must do even better than our syf. If we want to go overseas, we have to perform extremely well, although the past few dazu our standards have dropped a lot. I think Wu Lao Shi is correct, he said that this is our last chance to show ppl our best, especially since there are some mistakes we made during syf itself. This time no more regrets, make it a perfect one and have fun to the fullest. This is also probably the last major thing we can go through together before some of us leave. Pipa Liuqin wan sui!
Have a great holiday!
Yao Zhang
Are you all okay if we have our tanbo outing on 18th to 19th June, thurs to friday third week of holidays? If you are not able to stay overnight, maybe we go out on the 18th, then you go back home in the night and come back to join us on the 19th before we go for co at 2pm. It also means that we have to keep our instruments in the co room on that week's tues. Please leave a tag okay. Thank You (:
And about syf closing ceremony, please work hard. We must do even better than our syf. If we want to go overseas, we have to perform extremely well, although the past few dazu our standards have dropped a lot. I think Wu Lao Shi is correct, he said that this is our last chance to show ppl our best, especially since there are some mistakes we made during syf itself. This time no more regrets, make it a perfect one and have fun to the fullest. This is also probably the last major thing we can go through together before some of us leave. Pipa Liuqin wan sui!
Have a great holiday!
Yao Zhang
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Dazu Today
Today's dazu is one the most fun dazu ever, although attendance was very bad. The entire orchestra maybe 20 odd ppl came. Pipa had no rep, liuqin only benedict and i were there.
The most exciting part. At about 5 to 5.15pm, chen lao shi came in. I actually thought he was going to stop dazu bcos of the poor attendance. He said he had received two letters from MOE regarding syf. The first letter was the judges' comments. He will be pinning it up on the notice board this friday. Right away, we knew the next one was about syf closing ceremony. We got confirmed for the selection for syf closing ceremony!!! That means we are one of the top 3 orchestras! :) It will be on the 30th of July, at esplanade. The problem now is we have to play Gada and another song. Zhihui suggested we play the entire of gada, take it as two songs. However, could we play the gwh standard once more. Yijing has asked everyone, including sec fours, to turn up for every practice starting this friday.
The other thing that made dazu fun was bcos we played the cut off parts of gada. We started off playing bar 272, erhu ppl dont have their erhus, so zhihui started with tanbo, and we screwed up our parts. But we man lian, and quietly while zhihui talked. We got better subsequently. It wasnt really slow hor, quite fast one. But benedict and I, we were able to play most of the song! Benedict is so pro :) And benedict and I,we stayed back to help ruan and yq with their duty, cos they only had 6 ppl today. So we made a deal, ruan and yq ppl will help us with our duty next week. Please thank benedict, he dont usually stay so late, i feel kinda bad for that.
That's all for now. Oh my gosh, everything has been a total dream come true, from the gwh to the open house performance, and now the syf closing ceremony. You guys totally rock. Looking forward to meeting you all this friday :)
Oh before I end off, tanbo has a very important meeting this friday, not sure what time, but will need everyone to participate.
Yao Zhang
The most exciting part. At about 5 to 5.15pm, chen lao shi came in. I actually thought he was going to stop dazu bcos of the poor attendance. He said he had received two letters from MOE regarding syf. The first letter was the judges' comments. He will be pinning it up on the notice board this friday. Right away, we knew the next one was about syf closing ceremony. We got confirmed for the selection for syf closing ceremony!!! That means we are one of the top 3 orchestras! :) It will be on the 30th of July, at esplanade. The problem now is we have to play Gada and another song. Zhihui suggested we play the entire of gada, take it as two songs. However, could we play the gwh standard once more. Yijing has asked everyone, including sec fours, to turn up for every practice starting this friday.
The other thing that made dazu fun was bcos we played the cut off parts of gada. We started off playing bar 272, erhu ppl dont have their erhus, so zhihui started with tanbo, and we screwed up our parts. But we man lian, and quietly while zhihui talked. We got better subsequently. It wasnt really slow hor, quite fast one. But benedict and I, we were able to play most of the song! Benedict is so pro :) And benedict and I,we stayed back to help ruan and yq with their duty, cos they only had 6 ppl today. So we made a deal, ruan and yq ppl will help us with our duty next week. Please thank benedict, he dont usually stay so late, i feel kinda bad for that.
That's all for now. Oh my gosh, everything has been a total dream come true, from the gwh to the open house performance, and now the syf closing ceremony. You guys totally rock. Looking forward to meeting you all this friday :)
Oh before I end off, tanbo has a very important meeting this friday, not sure what time, but will need everyone to participate.
Yao Zhang
Monday, May 25, 2009
Happy 14th Birthday BENEDICT!!! =D
Today's Benedict's birthday! Well done guys for the job this morning haha. The entire plan was kinda screwed actually haha.
In the morning, benedict sms me asked about syf closing ceremony. I replied, but didnt say anything abt bday, wanted to give him a surprise. The moment I reached school, chionged straight to classroom, saw kenneth and yauxuan, quickly took out the card then gave zhunsong to write his wishes. Some of us were late, we were supposed to meet at 7am. Then we got together, but pingxi was missing. Finally pingxi came.
We headed for benedict's classroom. But his classroom was black! No one inside. Thought he could have gone down to terraces. Then we found his class ppl outside drama centre, all crowding together, playing games. I called benedict, gave him the card then he went back to his games. Everybody so paiseh in front of his classmates to wish. I called him out and we moved further away. Then ppl started wishing one by one haha. But there was still some awkwardness. But to benedict, we all really really sincerely wish u a happy happy birthday :)
And about syf closing ceremony. Yijing said that our co has been selected, together with dhsco and ngee ann. The results we will only know tmr. And ytd night i went to the co forum, there yijing said sth like our dizi and suona stand a very high chance of being selected for the instrumentals. He said our liuqin, ruan, bass also got a bit of chance. But I actually think the whole tanbo quite likely. I rmb that night after syf, chen lao shi told a few of us that tanbo was very zhengqi and dynamics were obvious, and he liked our section the best, and then he added, but liuqin very liang.
And to our seniors, we forgot if we told you about the tanbo blog. Here's the url, http://hcico-tanbo.blogspot.com. There the posts are updated more regularly.
Lastly, theres a video here for you all. Chiu Yin and I just watched it ytd. Enjoy (:
Happy Birthday to Benedict once again!!! :D Have a great day!
Yao Zhang
In the morning, benedict sms me asked about syf closing ceremony. I replied, but didnt say anything abt bday, wanted to give him a surprise. The moment I reached school, chionged straight to classroom, saw kenneth and yauxuan, quickly took out the card then gave zhunsong to write his wishes. Some of us were late, we were supposed to meet at 7am. Then we got together, but pingxi was missing. Finally pingxi came.
We headed for benedict's classroom. But his classroom was black! No one inside. Thought he could have gone down to terraces. Then we found his class ppl outside drama centre, all crowding together, playing games. I called benedict, gave him the card then he went back to his games. Everybody so paiseh in front of his classmates to wish. I called him out and we moved further away. Then ppl started wishing one by one haha. But there was still some awkwardness. But to benedict, we all really really sincerely wish u a happy happy birthday :)
And about syf closing ceremony. Yijing said that our co has been selected, together with dhsco and ngee ann. The results we will only know tmr. And ytd night i went to the co forum, there yijing said sth like our dizi and suona stand a very high chance of being selected for the instrumentals. He said our liuqin, ruan, bass also got a bit of chance. But I actually think the whole tanbo quite likely. I rmb that night after syf, chen lao shi told a few of us that tanbo was very zhengqi and dynamics were obvious, and he liked our section the best, and then he added, but liuqin very liang.
And to our seniors, we forgot if we told you about the tanbo blog. Here's the url, http://hcico-tanbo.blogspot.com. There the posts are updated more regularly.
Lastly, theres a video here for you all. Chiu Yin and I just watched it ytd. Enjoy (:
Happy Birthday to Benedict once again!!! :D Have a great day!
Yao Zhang
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