Everything has finally come to an end; dusk came and the dream ended. Although the J1s just joined HCCO for barely 2-3 months, strong bonds were forged and wonderful memories were created. Mrs Ee once said, "This is going to be your last SYF. Don't bother about the result, just enjoy the process as much as you can!" I'm sure all of us have done that. In these few months, practices were hectic, especially when we all have to reach school super early for morning prac and end prac late at night, when the moon's out. But everything's worthwhile--- we truly deserve the GWH title not just for our music, but also for our spirit. Among all the SYFs that I've participated, SYF '09 is the most special and memorable one to me, mainly because I played a new instrument. Im also very proud of the three of us, Ester, Laiweng and I, cos we made it, despite learning suona for less than 3 months.
The Journey...
Months ago, Laiweng came to ask Ester and me if we wanted to learn suona to help out with the section as we didn't have enough suona players that time. Initially we agreed to try, somehow, we gradually formed a new suona section for SYF.
On the week that Jin Lao Shi's coming to teach us, the three of us were so paranoid that we got Songsim to give us an 'intro course'. All thanks to Songsim who gave us a feel of how it's like to 'blow a sound' out of the suona. Apparently, our first lesson with Jin Lao Shi was fast and productive. (Oh btw, we spent our V'day with Jls this yr! AHHA! cos it was our first xiaozu!) I think we really rocked! We could play 5 bars of Shu Qing on our first lesson with Jls! After a few weeks, Willie came to crash our xiaozu (cos he wanted to learn suona for fun). I wasn't there cos I had fac cip. But in the end, he also became part of us, joining us for SYF.
Our newly formed SUONA section was real fun! It consisted of ME, Laiweng, Ester, Jasmine, Tammy and Willie. We're hardworking, but naughty and crazy greenhorns. Lol!
HCCO SUONA!
Let's confess how naughty and crazy we were...
- ran all the way to coro during our 15min break to get kitkat chunky (our section food, cos we eat that almost every xiaozu) - went out of mph for a walk during dazu (cos wls was praccing jiang nan hao's front part which didnt have suona at all), but ended up playing 10min of frisbee - blew bubbles during dazu (ok, to think of it again, i think we were quite disruptive)
suona section blowing bubbles during dazu
- ate apple struddle at the back of mph during dazu (to celebrate willie's b'day) - SKIPPED our way to coro to buy snacks (lol!)
suona section eating apple strudle during dazu
- did the 'walk down the stairs' action outside the smtp classroom
The Escalator
- have our very own way of practising chan4 yin1 (A-A-A-A-AH~!) - attempted to blow a b'day song for Randy but failed. well, at least we succeeded for Zhuoda's. haha! - gave Chinsian a new nick name, Chin SAM! (Strong And Muscular) - jasmine created a way to call my name using suona!
HAHA! We're really a crazy bunch right? Haha! As SYF drew closer and we realised that we're really not up to standard, we started to have morning pracs. Sadly, Willie left us about a month before SYF. During that time, Jls was busy with sec sch's syf as well as SCO performances, so he couldnt come for a period of time. We were all very scared that he wouldn't come back anymore cos we only have 5 lessons with him then.
Apart from suona, I also enjoyed my time with XIANYUE!
The Xianyue WHOOSH!
- I always couldnt enter correctly at bar 53, cos bar 52 sound like an entry point. in other words, i always came in 1 bar early n everyone would laugh at me. Stupid Hanyang always pretended to come in at bar 52, made me thought we're really supposed to enter there! - It's always fun to watch how Yonghui's being bullied by the other seniors. HAHA! - how we always pass/snatch food around - the unforgettable chapteh session during a Friday's xiaozu, when Limyang's chapteh got stuck and Willie tried very hard to retrieve it - how we tried to sabotage Randy/Yonghui by leaving him/her to play alone (but our plan foiled cos Wls ended prac before we got to play haha!) - made new FRIEND (lol!) - Hanyang invented a way to pull out our bows silently - Hanqing, Willie and Limyang always played 'tap tap' during dazu - Poor Limqing always had to turn the aircon on and off for us. - Weekian who always takes unglam photos of ppl - Given a new nickname called SHE 拉二胡. ................. ......... .... (haha paiseh, no photos of xianyue, cos they're all in layting's phone/or with other ppl! do tag me on fb! lol!)
Not forgetting my beloved HCCO WOODLANDS GANG!!!
HCCO WOODLANDS GANG FTW!
- we always have fun gossiping/mass sleep on bus - had dinner tgt occasionally - went to school tgt early in the morning for morning pracs - most imptly, i'll not forget the memorable night (before SYF day) we've spent tgt!
night before SYF (look at the sign that says '961'! this is where we always take our bus to sch!)
etc etc etc....
Oh! I realised smth. I think im very honoured to be part of this gang cos we have FAC PRINCESS, FAC BABE and FAT PRINCE in our gang!!! HAHA! ps: WE SHOULD HAVE A HCCO WOODLANDS GANG OUTING!!!
On top of all these, I'll never forget Randy's inspirational talks, seniors' support and encouragement, as well as the night when we played in the dark. (:
HCCO playing in the dark
THE BIG DAY!
The day that I dreaded the most, because I didnt want everything to come to an end. Oh well, fortunately everything went on very smoothly that day. Was really happy to meet many of my friends from other schools, seniors who have graduated, as well as instructors whom I've met in my life.
It was really funny when wls said he wanna 'complain' SCH for giving us very little time to warm up. LOL! When we were waiting for our turn, I'm sure many of us were very nervous, esp Yuli, Ester, Jasmine, Gerald, Chinsian, Maureen, Louis.... etc. Know what? YOU GUYS DID A FABULOUS JOB!!! :D For some reasons, I could feel my tears swarming around my eyes when we played the bar 200 part of Shu Qing (perhaps it's becos it was touching? but i think it's mainly becos i knew it's ending soon...)
On the same morning, wls's daughter gave birth! What an eventful day isnt it! We also got GWH! hahah! DOUBLE HAPPINESS! We all went crazy after the results were out. Took LOTS of photos and did three cheers for almost everything/everyone! HAHA! Had CO dinner at lao pa sar after the results. Poor Yonghui sat in the middle of 4 tables, surrounding her. AHHA! And yay, cos the xyz seniors treated the juniors to desserts! Lucky me got 2 treats! After that, the shengsuo seniors (Chris Seah and Qiquan) treated us to Ben and Jerry's!
Back to reality....
Sadly everything is over and we gotta get back to the harsh reality--- SCHOOL WORK. Everything seems empty. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays are no longer filled with pracs... I think it's a pity that JC life is so short and we can only spend very little time with our seniors. I really hope HCCO will be invited to perform for SYF showcase, cos I WANT TO PLAY SHU QING WITH MY BATCHMATES AND SENIORS AGAIN!!! Thinking of which school to pick? LOOK HERE! CHOOSE HCCO! I REALLY WANT IT BADLY!!!
Haha! Sorry to torture u guys to read such a long post. You know lah, it's rare for me to post, so I gotta type more! HAHA! But I've lost my motivation to blog now. I shall type my 'THANK YOU LIST' in my next post! Trust me, it'll come soon! AHHA!
HCCO playing in the dark 