Communication is important!!!

As I walk home, one aunty came and ask me "Where is Changkat Changi Secondary School?" I pointed to that direction and said "It's over there." However the Modena was blocking the CCSS. So i guess that she could not see the school. Then she ask "Must I cross the road or I must still walk further?"

Upon hearing this, I started to realise that communication is very important. We all must speak with clarity and precision. I should have said this: "Walk further down until you reach a traffic light near Eastpoint at cross. Then walk straight again." If I had told her this, she would not be confused.

So this friday, I must speak with clarity and precision for English Oral Exam!

Speaking of oral, I thought that I did badly for my MT Oral Exam. The teacher said that when I read, I am rushing. So when I pause, it seemed to be very obvious. Next thing is that I had forgotten to think about what is the thing that caught my attention. So when the teacher asked me that question, I was like OMG! I have forgotten to think of what caught my attention. Then I began to say what caught my attention. I felt that I was like somehow stuck. There is a man talking on his phone and I said you yi ge nan hai(meaning a boy). In my mind, I was like thinking nan hai... jia lat not nan hai... So I wanted to change... Then I said you yi ge nan hai... erm... you yi ge nan hai... I could not think of a word to replace the nan hai...

Overall, felt that I could have improve by saying less erms and errs... And one more big mistake... When I was sitting down (before sitting in front of the teacher), I did not see a guy, occupying 2 seats. It was only when I was saying the guy who was talking loudly on his phone, and I look around his surrounding, I saw the boy who had occupied 2 seats. No choice, have to think and say on the spot. Of course, the phrases will be "limited". What came in to my mind was - Ba Zhan. So I had use "ba zhan" for 3 times...

Whatever it is, its over. No point worrying for it. Now what I can do is to do better for the rest of my exams...


Congatz...

Congratulations to all the Choir ppl! You guys have got Gold... At least better than CO... Haha...

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Lesson learnt...

On Tuesday, I lent Alcalvie my pen... Forgotten to take it back on tuesday, so ask for it on Wednesday. On Wednesday, I ask him to return my pen. He said "I need use. I like your pen. Very nice to use. Yesterday I use it to write 4 compos."

After hearing it, I was like OMG. He used my pen to write 4 COMPOS! I was thinking "You no pen meh? Why must use my pen?" But I continued to lend him.

Then later, after recess(around going to 1), I ask him for my pen back. He replied that he would return it back to me after Maths Olympiad. After Maths Olympiad, I forgotten about my pen. It is only when I reached home, then I realised that the pen was still with him.

Today, early in the morning, I straight away ask him for my pen. To my utmost horror, he said that Nasrum and (forgotten who) took my pen during Maths Olympiad. I feel like punching him.

Lesson learnt:

1) Ask for your things back at the end of the day or else you will regret.
2) Be prepared to have only half of the ink back(for pens) when you lend it to people.
3) Be prepared to have your pen lost.
4)NEVER EVER LEND THINGS TO PEOPLE LIKE ALCALVIE!!!

It is not that I want to blame him. At least he should offer to pay me a new pen instead of just saying that someone took it...


Lalala... Today is Priscilla's Birthday... 16/04... Gave her 2 keychains: the olympic(the fu wa- beibei) and a koala. Gave her beibei because I have the nini(lolz). Gave her the koala because I have another koala too... So it was we are having the same thing(but different colours and name)... Anyway, wish her Happy Birthday!

Oops! Forgotten to wish Candy and Yen Ping Happy Birthday the few weeks ago... So now posting:

HapPY bIRthDAy CAndY! May all your wishes come true!

hApPY BIrthdAY YEn pINg! May all your wishes come true!

HAppY BirThDAy PriSciLLA! May all your wishes come true!

Sorry... Not sure what to wish...


New Tooth growing! xD

Hey! Just found out that I had a new tooth growing... Yipee!
Now I have to take good care of my teeth! Lalala...


Last week the today- the very day...I regretted...I felt disappointed, sad, insulted and happy...

Last week the today(ps translate from chinese... shang ke li bai de jin tian), I would be waking up early in the morning. Last week the today, I would be already in school by 6.30. Last week the today, we went to Singapore Conference Hall. Last week the today, was the day when we have our CO SYF...

(Sorry... So late then blog about it...) I woke up early in the morning, around 5.50am. Because, I must reach school by 6.30.

When I reached the school, it was still very dark. Everyone was wearing the uniform. Some of them are tuning their instruments while others are sitting on the chairs. My instrument was already tuned by the instructors. I was sitting on my chair don't know what to do.

Seeing my doing nothing, one of the teacher-in-charge, Miss Seah, called me down to help me tie a stupid ugly red ribbon on my hair. I look stupid with the thing. Then, Priscilla came. After having the ribbon on her hair too, we sat down and discussed how and where to move. Move as in swaying...(That's what the conductor wants) Then Mdm Min helped everyone to put make-up. I think I looked very ugly in it. I went to rub some of it off. :P

After some rehearsal, we board the bus which fetch us to Singapore Conference Hall. During the journey to the Singapore Conference Hall, Mr Seah and the conductor talked to us through the mic. The conductor let us eat some marsh mellow and mnm chocolates. He said that last time, when he go for competition, he was very scared. He also said that eating these stuff can let us be not so frightened.

When we reached there, we settled down and get our instruments tuned. We waited for quite a long time before we went into the tuning room to get our instuments tuned again and rehearse for the last time before we go up stage. We only have 15 minutes. 15 minutes!

When we were rehearsing for the last time, I saw Mr Teo taking photo of me! I was like OMG! How come he was here? I tried to look away, hoping my face will not be seen. Mrs Wee was there too.

After the precious 15 minutes, we proceed to the place, where we can hear the school in front of us, Evergreen Primary School, played. The instructors said that they will most likely get Gold with Honours. They played very loud.

When we were waiting for our turn to go up stage, my ruan instructor, Kenny keep telling me not to be jing zhang(scared,nervous). Maybe he was afraid that I was so nervous that I can't play the solo. LOl. But seriously, I am not that nervours. Maybe the most is a little? Then Pricilla said that when Kenny tell me to to be nervous, he is making me to be nervous. Zi Minh said that she is very scared. Very nervous. Then Kenny said "Nervous/scared for what?"

Then what happened next was very funny. We then waited outside the hall(we will be entering after Evergreen play finish their song.) Priscilla was taking 2 instrument, just in case if 1 of our LiuQin's string "broke"(duan) or something wrong with it. Priscilla was saying it was very heavy. Then, Kenny helped her to take the extra LiuQin. With one hand taking the extra LiuQin, another hand taking the box of ruan's string, he was talking to us. Suddenly, he dropped the box of strings. The conductor turned and see what had happened. After finding out that what had dropped was just the box, the conductor said "Don't scare me!" All of us were laughing.

While waiting, the instructors helped the conductor to adjust his tie. Then Priscilla told me that the conductor like marrying. I totally agree with her. Then almost all the instructors wish him good luck.

Finally, its our turn. Before I went in, Kenny said dont be nervous again. As I went in, I was telling myself "All right! This is it. We must get Gold."

When we was up on the stage, I tried to open the score but could not. Most likely, the angle of the pu jia(something for us to put our score) was too steep. I was like OMG again. What are we going to do. Luckily, we(Priscilla and I. Both of ur were sharing the score) have already memorized the score. So, the problem is not so serious after all.

After we settled down(cut the story short, cut the Jun Ting called us sit down and Conductor come up on stage part), the conductor raised his hands up, as we prepared to play the first song: Meng Cai. The song soon ended. I felt it was great. Maybe just a little too soft...

The next song was Yue Yun Chu Zheng. I played as loud as I can.(The song suppose to be loud)I heartbeat was just a little faster than my normal one. Until...

Until bar 68, my heartbeat started to increased. It went faster, and faster. And it was the fastest and bar 80... The bar before my solo... I saw the conductor's hand shaking. I saw Kenny, A bit worried for me(maybe not) The played the solo, making it the best ever. I moved a little, giving my best shot. At first(the day before SYF), I was reluctant to move. But when i think of what Priscilla and I had said before "We will moved no matter what. So what if pai sei! For Gold, we must move) However, nothing is perfect. When I was playing the "Re Mi Soh Fa Mi..." the "Soh Fa Mi" the "mi" I am suppose to lun(in the ruan "language") I did lun, but I did not lun man. However, I did continued, making sure there will not be any mistake.

Soon, the solo had ended but the song has not. The last part must be very loud. Again, I played as loud as possible. The last part has the drum which make it so nice that almost everyone thinks that we should get gold.

"Guang!" The song ended, and we left the hall. When we are going out, Miss Seah praised us by saying "Well done!" And some of my friends, including Kenny(who always say my solo very nan ting), said that I played the solo quite nice. However, Priscilla spotted the "never lun man" mistake. I regretted for not lun the "mi"man. If I had lun man, we might get Gold!

Anyway, through this competition, I had learnt and experience something. It was what I had learnt during the motivational camp. "Greatest Failure is Not Participating 100%" Personally, I think I could do better, I am only participating about 96-98%. Now, I regretted.

Ok... Now I am telling you why I felt disappointed, sad, insulted and happy...

I felt disappointed because I think we should get Gold instead of a silver.

I felt sad because the P6 may not need to come for CO. I think I will surely miss it.

I felt insulted because of 3 things:

1) When we were about to board the bus back to school, I heard some people (from Ngee Ann Pri) "insulted" us. In our CO, we only have 3 LiuQin players. And they went counting... 1...2...3... "Yi yer... Only 3 LiuQin..." They seemed to be cursing us to get COP... Then I told Priscilla about it. Then we went cursing them too! :P " So what you all have alot of people? Later everybody the instument zou yin!"

2) Last saturday, one of my friend from Kong Hwa, who also went for the Dunman High camp ask me for the results. I fake her that we get Gold with Honours. I knew that they would get Honours too. So I ask them what song they played. She said that they played Qin Bing Ma Yong. And she asked me the same question. I said we played Yue Yun Chu Zheng, the song the combine group played during the Dunman High camp. She replied "Ahya that song easy lah!"

I felt insulted upon hearing it. It is our choice piece and she said it was easy. Yes. I agree that it is easy(for the pro ones) but she was like insulting us. We spent months and months practising and playing Meng Cai and Yue Yun Chu Zheng. And she said it was easy. The feeling was like... Very hard to describe. And what is worst is that she said that when her school played the choice piece, the suona (one of the loudest instrument) was slow by 1 beat! And they still can manage to get Gold with Honours! I was like thinking how can this be possible?

3) When we were waiting for our turn to go into the tuning room, the school (not sure of the name)sitting next to us said: "No fear! They have scores!"(heard it from Zi Minh) Firstly, we can bring our scores. There is no "law" in this competition which says that we can't bring our scores in. Even the conductor said that we can bring it in! So what is wrong with bringing scores into the competition? Secondly, the judges jugde by the music, the quality, how well we can play. And not whether you are looking the scores a not.

I felt happy because today, I went to check the results of every school. I was shocked to see that many schools have "dropped" eg. Maha Bodhi. They get Gold with Honours last last year and this year, they only get Gold. Out of around 40+ schools, only 5-6 schools get Honours. Even the Evergreen did not get Honours! I was so happy... Maybe is that the expectation is higher than last last year...

This friday, we will get to eat Pizzas! Yummy!

Now, I feel that Orchestra has become part of my live. I somehow LOve and Hate it...

When people ask me if i like CO, I might say okok(more of a no)... But now, I kind of fall in love with it. LOL...

Anyway, this moment will always stays in my mind. The experience, the Outcomes, I shall always treasure it!

Yummy Tomatoes!!!

Last Saturday, my mothers friend gave her a box, filled with tomatoes. There were different types of tomatoes. Green(strange colour), red(big and small), yellow(big and small), white(strange) and many more...

The tomotoes! :) (eat everything le...
only left these...)
Like this one! Green parts looks like flower...



They are so yummy!!! Love them all!!!


Happy or Sad...

Yesterday, we went for the SYF Competition. And we got silver. Should I be happy or sad?
Many people think that we should get GOLD. So what is the reason of why we get silver instead of gold?
Reasons:
1) Someone's Erhu made "noise" when we sit down
2) Alcalvie's Yang Qin made "noise" after we sit down
3) Soloman played wrongly
4) Some people played wrong notes
5) We take too long to settle down
6) We did not "move" enough
7) Not loud enough
8) The solo not loud enough
9) The solo never lun man
10) Conductor's phone rang in the middle of the competition when we are playing
11) Conductor's hand shaking
12) Too less people
13) The school in front of us is too strong
14) Set piece, Meng Cai, not very good

Most likely, we are just a few points away from getting gold. Seriously, I think we had played better than our normal practice. And the last part of the choice piece, Yue Yun Chu Zheng is so good. Maybe not loud enough.

I am disappointed. Yes. Disappointed. For not getting gold but silver. How I wish we can retake the SYF. I am sure that we can do much much more better. Maybe we can get honours. Maybe only gold.

But, I guess, after SYF, we do not need to go for CO. Hmm... I will miss it for sure. Maybe we shall go every alternate weeks, or every friday or thursday. Maybe its the time to train our juniors... Hope next next year, the juniors can get gold and the seniors will get honours.