Xiaozu on 18 Dec

Hi everyone,

Here are a few reminders for you all for the upcoming week:

1. Make up xiaozu no longer on tues, it's now on friday at 9.30am to 12.30pm in co room, followed by lunch, then xiaozu once more at 2pm then dazu.
2. No co pracs on 25th dec and 1st jan.

Pingxi and jiawen, inform ur juniors and the others about the change, kenneth wont be able to come on friday but for benedict i not sure when he returning.

Jiawen rmb to inform tangc that we are having xiaozu so we need use the co room earlier, sms wud be better than email cos maybe he doesnt check.

Px i gave ur number to liu ls if she need contact u abt xiaozu, keep ur phone on, and on friday if she brings the syf closing dvd, help me keep first thanks, chiuyin and i asked her to lend us copy.

Yao Zhang

Goodbye Chiuyin

Hello Pipaliuqin,

Our blog has been inactive for quite some time, it's probably bcos of exams and then holidays everyone quite sian. We had two outings just this week alone haha, in a long time, the last being the teachers day one if i not wrong when some of u came to my home. The first outing was for ce shun before he left for m'sia so that it can be a proper tanbo outing before those going for bsc leave. The second was just ytd which was for the tanbo ppl going for bsc. Ytd's outing was really memorable, altho it felt kind of boring then sad nearer the end, chiuyin should know right haha.

Yesterday morning i went to chiuyin's home to help him a bit with ruan. At first the night before we had cancelled the outing cos too few ppl were able to go and kenneth tan couldnt come. But in the morning when i met chiuyin we decided to revive the outing haha. So i sms'ed everyone who could come, our plan stays, cycling at east coast. But later in the morning it started to rain heavily, chiuyin and i couldnt think of any back up activity. So we went to eunos mrt to meet pingxi and yau xuan, the two of us got drenched like crazy haha, our pants and shoes were very soggy. We met pingxi at about 12.40pm, then we stood outside the control room and were looking at the mrt map dunno where we should go, while i talked to yauxuan on the phone. In the end we decided to go airport haha, and we had to trick yx that we were alrd in the train when we were not cos yx didnt want go airport. But px cy and i all felt extremely excited abt going there haha.

The airport is by far the coolest place we have ever gone for an outing haha, its the least expected destination but it was very fun. The three of us were feeling very very excited on the mrt and once we got off the train. Terminal 3 is very nice, esp when it rains. We had some time to spend before yx arrives so we went to kill time by going crowne plaza hotel and doing the coloring thing, and fairprice supermarket where we bought some stuff to eat. Then we went to the departure hall on the second floor and sat down and ate while waiting for yx, it was 2 plus by then. Haha and there where we were sitting was a big robot flower, and i got a very funny photo of chiuyin which i promised not to upload. When yx came we went to the food court to eat, px cy and i ate chicken rice which wasnt really nice and quite ex, and yx bought ice kachang and chiuyin got his first taste of ice kachang haha. After lunch went supermarket to buy drinks then we went T2 followed by T1 by the skytrain, then finally we went back T3 to see aeroplanes haha. We left abt 5.30pm.

We went to dhoby ghaut for dinner, actually we wanted to go with yx to vivo where he wud meet his parents, but vivo was too far cos i had to rush back for ruan lesson at 8. We reached dhoby ghaut at abt 6.10pm, but we couldnt decide where to go eat, we ate at burger king. Then we went to the music shop were we saw the silent violin, western instruments seem so much more ex than ours. When we left it was alrd 7 plus close to 7.30 so chiuyin suggested we take a cab back, but initially we had planned to go liu ls's home first before i went for lesson. The ride back to marine parade was quite fun, chiuyin wud understand haha, the payment and the choco and the scary feeling whether there wud be jam and abt the results, and the walk to laguna park haha. What happened later in the night was quite bad, the day ended quite unpleasantly for us, the lesson, the results, the crash.

Like last year when we went amk hub to watch the coffin before we left for bsc, ytd's outing before chiuyin leaves was quite simple and not properly planned but it turned out very enjoyable. I wish chiuyin a great great time at bsc, maybe now u dont feel like going but few weeks later u dont want come back, but dont forget abt hcico haha, we shall meet again in our next tanbo reunion at our chalet next year march haha, long time we wont meet :( AND welcome back kenneth!! havent seen you for soo long, we are going to lose a friend but we have a friend back. Chiuyin, take care and byebye! (cy this time no (: with byebye haha, u understand right)

Yao Zhang

Surprise revealed haha

Hello PipaLiuqin,

Yesterday we met at my classroom for that surprise i told u all about haha. There were only five of us (chiuyin, pingxi, benedict, ceshun and i), so many ppl didnt come either cos they forgot or they had sth on. Although it is really simple, it was made specially for tanbo and pipaliuqin, it is like the last thing that i could do for u all, i really hope that u will like it. So to kenneth, jiawen, zhengxun, yuyang, and zhunsong, enjoy viewing (:

Yao Zhang

Final xiaozu and dazu for 2009

Hello pipaliuqin!

Today's the last day of co for us for this batch, so many things happened, and most importantly we got the gwh. I feel quite sad cos it is the last time we can have practice together, and it is the last chance i can see you all, we will never be hcico as one anymore. Chiuyin and I were not supposed to be in school today, but we still came just bcos of co haha. Ytd chiuyin and i were sms'ing each other, about our conditions, and how worried we were whether we could come to school today for the final co prac. But we didnt care about our mc or how ill we will be, we just wanted to come for co haha.

The co room backdoor was actually left open, and chiuyin and i went in the morning to get a ruan and my liuqin haha, we wanted to practise during our break. We came back at about 11am and we practised tajike. Then we came back at around 1pm to open the xiaozu rooms, and it was during this time i received an extremely bad news, it concerns all of us, but u all will know it when the time comes. 

During xiaozu liu ls taught us dong bei feng, everyone played quite well, liu ls even made us sing haha, and kenneth said zhunsong seemed quite rusty after skipping many xiaozus haha. Hanhao came to our room to tell us to go up for dazu, but we were quite reluctant to go up haha, zhengxun kenneth and benedict were still in the room with us, chiuyin and i didnt want our last xiaozu to end so soon haha, zhunsong just came to get his pipa and  stayed for xiaozu only and jiawen had left after xiaozu. Dazu was quite interesting, i had not played in dazu for quite a long time, it was my last chance i could play in dazu with u all. Benedict, i hope u like the small gift haha. We all got quite lost for dong bei feng, maybe bcos zhihui had increased the speed, esp the last page super crazy fast. Yangqin was equally confused haha, kenneth tan kept us asking which bar we were at. That was another time which i felt tanbo was united, everyone quite blur in dazu and turning to each other for help haha.

After dazu it was our turn to arrange and clean up the room. We were distributing strings and packing all our stuff in the cupboard and instruments to bring home, it was the feeling of 'that's the end'. Then i found my birthday card from u all in my stack of scores, and i opened it and read,  it means so so much to me, thank you. We went to get our shoes and outside co room, kenneth tan chiuyin and i were talking about the syf photos then kenneth called for me to ask me what we were doing up there haha. I threw our 'tanbo torch' down to him, and he tried so hard to throw it back up but he couldnt haha, i rmb he said "im not going home until i throw it up". He failed everytime that kenneth tan told benedict to throw it for him haha, but also cant haha. Jiali helped to throw it up. We then left salt centre together, said our goodbyes and went home from there.

So our last xiaozu and dazu together ended very nicely. I hope u all had just as much fun and joy in co. Im really really sad to leave co, but i also want to thank each one of u again for making co so enjoyable, u all are a perfect section, u all made my time in co so memorable, thank you for all the good times we had together. Treasure the time u have in co, take care of one another and i wish all of u to continue to have lots of fun in the future!

Yours Sincerely,
Yao Zhang

Liu ls is injured ):

hello
this blog is kind of dead for now.everyone's talking on the tanbo blog.so i thought i shld tell u all something.
Liu ls injured her leg while playing on the see saw with her daughter on Fri night ): i know it seems abit funny but dont laugh la.when liu ls stepped off the see saw the it flipped up so her leg was hit.then she fell over.

just now when i met her she couldnt really walk because her right leg was v stiff.she said she couldnt sleep and takes v long to climb stairs.

lets hope she gets well soon so she can come for xiaozu this fri (: it is one of the last few xiaozu before co stops for eoy.

chiu yin

Tanbo Outing

Hi pipaliuqin,

Thanks to kenneth we had another outing. This time it was on friday after our ndp celebrations. It actually started off as just a joke. Kenneth was joking with me about going out, after syf closing ceremony in the bus back to school. I told him i was looking forward to his initiative. And then he came up with the idea of going out for a show, then i suggested ice skating haha. Thats how all the excitement came about and it became a real outing.

On friday morning, i was just about to step into my class and i saw chiuyin by the corridor, i quickly came out and he talked to me. Then i decided to follow him around instead of staying in my class. We went to the top level to find kenneth and we stayed outside their classroom talking and we met kenneth tan but he still couldnt confirm whether he will be going. Then we went to the terraces together. After the ndp parade we were separated, sec twos and threes stayed in school, while fours had to go out. Zhunsong longpeng and i went to the army museum and we came back v late, almost 1pm, when we were supposed to meet at 1230. Kenneth called and sms'ed me on the bus, haha, cos they were alrd waiting for us at 3H1. When we came back zs went toilet first, then we went to find the others at tower block. I was surprised to see zhen tao, at first i thought he wud ruin the outing, but turned out he was v well behaved during the outing haha, and i saw a different side of zhentao, he can be a really very nice person. I had to go get my ruan from my classroom and change out of my uniform, which took some more time, i felt like i was holding back the others and cutting down on the time we could have spent outside.

We left 3H1, kenneth was hurrying us cos it was quite late by then. Ceshun didnt seem ok, he seemed tired and quite reluctant to go for the outing. We took a bus to newton. When we were on the escalator then we realised zhunsong was missing. He didnt alight, he was still on the bus haha. We took mrt to dhoby ghaut and met zs there. Zhentao went to buy a drink, and px started the idea to pangsei zhentao. Everyone ran away so fast. But kenneth and i was feeling quite bad for him. But kenneth betrayed me, he later ran off after seeing zhentao at the foot of the escalator. Zhentao came up to me and we walked to find the others. Oh no im having problems recalling also haha. Then we went to find a place for lunch. All the fast food outlets were v crowded. Then longpeng saw yoshinoya and we both insisted on yoshinoya haha cos we thought it wud be the least crowded. We met benedict with his classmates at yoshinoya. We went to order our food, and we made a big mess cos we ordered together and the lady and us ourselves were confused with our orders haha. Px kind of got scammed cos he didnt pay the student price haha. And we got two extra drinks i think, probably bcos they got confused, so we gave the extra drink to px. After eating it was alrd about 2 plus almost 3. The movie was at 4pm. We initially planned to go kallang leisure park to ice skate and watch up. But everyone just ate so we couldnt do anything vigorous. They went to see the toys outside yoshinoya. Zhentao was attracted to one particular soft toy haha. We went to the first level and zhentao wanted to go toilet. They wanted to pangsei him again, but zhentao suddenly appear from the opposite direction which he had went off, so surprising haha. We walked to cathay to find out movie times, but all the times all full so we walked back, and lp, px and zs went to gv to find out times for the 3D one. In the end we still went to kallang leisure park at 3 plus. This time we made sure no one was left out. Lp and px were specially watching over zs haha.

When we reached kallang leisure park, it was v empty, there were v little ppl. Px made another trip to the toilet haha. We went to the top floor to the ice skating place but there were too many ppl so we dropped the idea. We went to buy our movie tickets for the 4pm show. We had a little time left, so they went to get popcorns and drinks and hotdogs. Px and i saw the preview for the orphan, seem quite scary haha. Then went to arcade to look a bit. When we were walking to our movie hall, px was commenting that the place was v spooky and we shld nvr watch a horror movie if we come here again. Kenneth suggested i put my ruan beneath the seat but lucky i didnt haha cos that place was really v dirty. After watching the show we went to find the bowling place. On the way px brought us to the pet shop to see the huge bunny, it was so fat and it just sat there so lazy haha. Then chiuyin ceshun longpeng yauxuan and zhentao decided to be naughty and were playing a fool again haha. They ran down the escalator and ran about in a circle before coming up again. Zhunsong kenneth and i stayed outside the petshop, we thought they wanted to pangsei us. Kenneth was talking to me about how much he wanted to own a hamster haha. We were walking towards the bowling place, and we met zhengrui. Kenneth and longpeng left us at the bowling place. And we were not able to bowl cos they were closing the area soon for a competition. So we went to arcade.

Ceshun was hooked on Let's Go Jungle haha. He went crazy over it. He was super excited and high when he played it with chiuyin. They beat zhentao and px's score, with 90% compatibility. Zhentao kept sponsoring a lot of coins for us to play. We played the table soccer, lets go jungle, some shooting game, racing, music, basketball, and the best was still the dancing one. We left at around 7.45pm. Ceshun pingxi zhentao and yauxuan went over to the other side of the road to catch the bus back to dhoby ghaut while chiuyin and i waited v long for the bus to bring us to marine parade. Zhentao called chiuyin when they were crossing the bridge and they were waving goodbye at the bridge haha. After we got off the bus i said bye to chiuyin and i had to rush off to ding ls's house. Chiuyin sms'ed me, but i only realised when i was having lesson and i couldnt reply, sorry.

Friday was a fun day for everyone. Esp ceshun chiuyin and zhentao went extremely high. It was actually quite a different feeling for me, it wasnt so much about having fun. From what i observed, we sec fours were actually doing nothing, so it was you all, you all were able to make it v fun. We felt quite xin wei knowing that tanbo will surely continue to have even much more fun. We hope that u all will stay happy and united always. And we hereby declare the outing a success! haha, congratulations kenneth ceshun.

Yao Zhang

Thank you :)

hello :)
thank you yao zhang for the so many happy moments we shared!dont worry when u go to jc, we'll still remember u :)

to yz:
i know u and I said this so many times before. but i'll still say again. haha. we knew each other on fri xiaozu. that day when i just came back from obs.on that day liu ls wasn't there i think.and v little ppl came for prac.zhun song wasn't there too.haha. i was there teaching jiawen how to play yu zhou kai ge probably.i can't remember stuff accurately.haha.u can do a much better job :) i didnt bring my fingernails and it sounded horrible. i noticed u were looking in my direction.i thought u were a bit disturbed by the horrible sound i made.i said 'sorry'.haha.the first word i said to u was sorry.

then there was extra prac during dec holidays esp at that table we always use.we were abit crazy.i think we went there to prac at 7am i think.i forgot that too.then sometimes we would leave after 1pm.there was so many extra pac i forgot what happenned in each of them.i just remember that time when there were some foreigners in school.i forgot why they were there haha.then we played du zou in front of all the ppl in the canteen.u played huo ba jie i think.i thought it sounded super nice.since then i liked ruan.it started with that moment.haha.apparently there were some ppl who got fascinated by us practicing there.haha.theres was that guy with unique [just to put it nicely haha] hairstyle.after a few weeks we upgraded and abandoned the canteen for the xiaozu room.haha.but it is less memorable.i totally forgot what happened in the xiaozu room during extra prac.haha.bad memory ):

aiyo.so much stuff to recall.it'll take me forever.anyway i forgot some of it.haha.then there was tanbo outing at amk hub.i remember u talk to me abt ruan stuff.haha.it's probably that moment i liked ruan even more.so much so i was willing to bring a ruan on board the plane from beijing.haha (: [why am i talking so much abt ruan on the pipa liuqin blog.haha]

i'll just skip to syf.haha.that morning we rushed to jc to get new strings.was it for pipa? i forgot again.i just remember we got the strings from nigel.and during recess i was supposed to prac in yr classroom with u and long peng.i dont know why i didnt.i shld have.and then i think yan liang was v excited and changed into white shirt before going for his physics lesson.after lessons we met at mph.then tanbo went for lunch at canteen.then we rushed to poolside because there was too many ppl in the canteen.haha.we had fav table at poolside too (: then on the bus we were still practising.u were trying to perfect the ga da me lin 155 part.haha.during prac i was always trying to play that part well like u.but then i could nvr play it as well as u.until now.haha.[at that time the bus driver had better skills and could concentrate better than the one we had for syf closing ceremony] and then when we were waiting to enter the hall we were signalling to each other.haha.i think thumbs up and gd luck.stuff like that.on the stage i was listening to u and following u.u played v confidently and v well.haha.but i could see u were nervous.but it didnt matter because u played so well.when im nervous i would surely play wrong stuff.u seem to play correctly no matter how nervous u are.haha.i shld learn from u but i couldnt :(
during announcement of results we were seated 2 seats apart i think.when they were announcing our results my eyes were closed.u couldnt say anything to me.haha.u said when everyone stood up i was still sitting down because i was too shocked.haha.

i dont know what to say next...most of the dazus are abt the same.and xiaozu is also abt the same too.oh no i forgot tanbo chalet.haha.how could i forget such a thing.

u were waiting on the benches in src.u were reading some book i think.haha.i sent sms to u saying i had a cough and maybe i couldnt come.u were probably relieved that i was there.haha.i think i can skip the stuff that happenned in the morning.in the afternoon while u all were playing in the water i was taking photos.that was the first time i saw u so happy.and high.haha.i nvr believed u would have so much fun that day.haha.i wanted to go into the water too but my parents didnt want me to ): i dont want them to find out if they found wet clothes in my bag.it would have been so much more fun if i joined u all in the water ): when we all returned to our room u were shivering.haha.esp when we were temporarily locked out in the corridor.then that night everyone played cluedo.i think its the most boring moment during the chalet.haha.i got bored midway.i think by then u were super super bored.the game was v slow.and then we had to wait v long before our turn.haha.

then the closing ceremony two days ago.u are always so caring :) u took the blazers for ping xi kenneth and ben.but when jiawen told me at 3pm he's coming, i forgot abt his blazer.haha.im so bad.sorry jiawen.lucky u reminded me to take one for him.or else he had to wear a small blazer.haha.i told my mother to look out for yr parents :) my mother saw them.yay.when we were performing i listened and followed u again[as usual].haha.i told u it would be v hard when u leave.i would have no one to follow.i think many other ppl would also feel the same way.this time the bus ride to the closing ceremony was so boring.i have nothing to say :(

then yesterday.we practiced in the mph with ce shun and yan liang.at first i was listening to u playing cao yuan.so nice.and so well played.yr playing is always inspirational to me.it makes me want to play better too.and go for yr usual score in kaoji again!i dont know how it began, but the 4 of us there started to play pipa.haha.using bo pian to play pipa sounds gd and different from fingernails.has more ke li xing.although liu ls wont be amused by my comments.haha.and i finally learnt to appreciate xian yue ppl more after yan liang taught me gao hu.haha.

dont be unhappy and sad when u leave hcico.although u are leaving hcico tanbo, u will nvr leave tanbo 09.although we are running the last lap together as hcico tanbo, we are just running the next lap as tanbo 09.

chiu yin.