band fest 2004 - LISZT :)

One more time...

2006-02-26T23:55:00.000+08:00

Beautiful Sunday on the 5th of March at Esplanade concert hall, The Philharmonic Winds will be playing.

It's free and starts at 2.30 pm...

-out-

The Liszt Christmas Edition

2005-12-26T12:52:00.000+08:00

Here's sth for you all to read and erm... be touched... :D

The story goes that some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." The father was embarrassed by his earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full."

The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remembered the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

Merry Christmas :)

Holiday moods

2005-11-21T23:29:00.000+08:00

Right... As the A levels are abt to come to an end here's a wee bit of info for your viewing(and hearing) pleasure. Ticket information is in the brackets.

4th Dec -- The Philharmonic Winds concert at Esplanade. (SISTIC)
12th Dec -- 6th annual JC Band Fest concert at Esplanade. (see Nizam's blog)
28th Dec -- Raffles Winds concert with RJC as guest band. (see Nizam's blog again. :P)
30th Dec -- Yuhua/RV alumni band concert at VCH. (ask any RV/Yuhua alumnus or me if you can't find any.)

If you happen to know more concerts/events, just tell me and I'll post it up.

Okie dokie... I hope I've cleared off enough cobwebs. Hope to see you guys around somewhere, somehow, somewhen.

Bye!

--Ethan

P.S. Have fun celebrating the end of the A levels!!!! :PPP

Exam time

2005-06-26T19:35:00.000+08:00

Howdy y'all! How were your holidays? Good I expect. Anyway they're over now so there's not much we can do about it. Sigh, we only have a few more months to go in our JC education so let's make the most of it yeah?

This isn't a social call, or rather, not a truly social call. Common tests are coming up for the most of us so All The Best! As the Chinese say, "add oil, add oil, (or else your valve, key or slide will get stuck)." But this is for percussionists TOO!!!

Haha... Cheers ppl!

-Ethan

P.S. All the best, ACJC ppl, for your prelims in August :)

"One day there was a fire in the Dean's office and a physicist, a chemist and a statistician rushed in to handle it. The physicist immmediately starts to work on how much energy would have to be removed to stop the combustion. The chemist works on which reagent would have to be added to the fire to prevent oxidation. But the statistician starts to create MORE fires. "What are you doing?" The other two thundered. The statistician turned around and replied, "well, to solve a problem, obviously you need a large sample size."

ah hee hee hee

2005-05-11T20:58:00.000+08:00

So here are the top ten excuses...

#10. Galileo didn't know calculus; what do I need it for?

#9. "A math addict stole my homework. When they arrested him, they discovered Mr Pleacher had been his teacher."

#8. I'm taking Physics and the homework in there seemed to involve maths, so I thought I could just do that instead.

#7. I have the proof, there just isn't enough space to write it in the margin.

#6. I have a solar-powered calculator and it was cloudy.

#5. I was watching the World Series and got tied up trying to prove that it converged.

#4. I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook.
I couldn't actually reach it.
(I reached half-way, then half of that, and then...)

#3. I couldn't figure out whether i am the square root of negative one or i is the square root of negative one.

#2. It was Einstein's birthday and pi day and we had this BIG celebration!
(this only works for March 14)

#1. I accidentally divided my textbook/tutorial by zero and it burst into flames.

Muahahaha. Call me lame. :P

-Ethan-

Schedule

2005-05-01T20:16:00.000+08:00

Right. No more lame jokes. This is the schedule for the SYF on thursday. Yes it's a bit slow, but better late than never. And don't forget to read the entry below this one. :P

MORNING SESSION

ACJC
HCI
NYJC
MJC
JJC
PJC (That's us. Muahahaha)
NJC
VJC

AFTERNOON SESSION

TPJC
RJC
SRJC
SAJC
YJC
CJC
TJC
AJC

Right. So there you have it. The order of appearance. So all the best to all. Don't worry too much abt the competition. Just go ahead and do your best. Whether you meet your expectations for yourself or not YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. It's a festival! SYF! A showcase of talent! If the policy makers at MOE want it to be so competitive then that's their problem. Keep in mind that CCAs were never designed to allow for entrance into a University through the back door, but for you to learn sth outside the classroom. Ya? So what have you learnt in all your years in band, or in school for that matter? Terry Pratchett says in one of his books that learning academic stuff in school is easy, it's getting an EDUCATION that is the hard part. Think abt it, for the answer you give will be subject to you and you alone.

All the best!

Cheers! : D

-Ethan, PJC trumpeter-

Destroying the cobwebs!!!!

2005-04-29T23:20:00.000+08:00

Hello all!!!! It's been 5 months and 24 days ever since the end of Band Fest. So what are ya'all Doin'?? Yes I know it's been a tumulus period of time since that wonderful day when we realised how much we missed each other and how close we'd got over just 4 short days... But all good things must come to an end, so here we are practising our lips, fingers and arms off for the dear old SYF...

But so much for reminiscing the old times. We all know that we're going to make it, and so much more, for the SYF, so no real point worrying SO hard abt it... Operative word being so...

Well there you are. No matter whether our schools get what they desired, our lives as musicians will live on... It has been observed that one can start a musical education but can never end it in his/her lifetime. One of the classrooms of this education is of course the concert hall, any one, where lessons are taught not through word of mouth but through words of song.

Which brings us (finally) to the real point of this entry. So Liszten up (haha), Yuhua and RV alumni are staging a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall on the 12th of June. That's a Sunday FYI so you don't have to run to find a calendar. Hehe. The time of the concert is at the good time of 1730(5.30 pm) hrs. Tickets are selling for $12 and $15, for the stalls and circles respectively. Highlights include...

Riverdance
Ride
With Heart and Voice
Do Enka Express II and
Japanese Graffiti IX

Righto... A few of the Liszt ppl will be playing, plus a few of your bandmates no doubt... Sanjay being one of them.. 'Twill be an exciting concert, no doubt...

In any case, please get your tickets from any Yuhua/RV alumnus or if none exist in thy band, then contact me through my hp or email, both of which can be found on the Liszt contact liszt. Haha, sorry couldn't help it with all the bad puns.

And a point of Information... the concert will likely to end by 8 pm max, and the next day is part of the holidays, so please shout "ENCORE!!!!" for the performers at the end of the concert if you desire and not funny slogans like, "I live in the West!!!" Haha.

Hope to see you all there... Cheers!!! : P

-Ethan, PJC trumpeter.

2005-04-03T22:37:00.000+08:00

hm. nothing's been happening on this blog. boring!! let me add some spice :p haha! lemme see ... wads up, everyone?!! how's j2 life coming along? - mine isn't doing too well, heh!

and *tadah* i really dunno wad to blog about as well ... seriously - i think tts the problem with this kinda group blog thingy - no one really knows what to blog. not everyone will be interested in my daily life - and i have my own blog for that ... so what goes here? announcements? publicity for concerts?

i think this blog has to move away from purely band stuff to survive! come on guys, we gotta discuss other kinds o stuff ... not only band stuff!! i mean, sure - band rocks! bt there's only so much one can blog about band - we're not gonna come here and update everyone on the band practices we have each day and how long sectionals was ...

hais. what nonsense am i spouting.

A simple word

2005-02-20T18:05:00.000+08:00

For those who are down, I hope this brings a smile to your face, it being school and SYF year and what not. :)

He almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road. But even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His 20-year-old Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her?

He didn't look safe, he looked poor and hungry. He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was chill which only fear can put in you. He said, "I'm here to help you ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan."

Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough.

Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and he hurt his hands. As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him she was from St. Louis and was only passing through.

She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid. Bryan just smiled as he closed the trunk. She asked him how much she owed him. Any amount would have been alright with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened, had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about the money. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act in any other way.

He told her if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, "...and think of me." He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight. A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home.

It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The cash register was like the telephone of an out-of-work actor - it didn't ring much. Her waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger.

Then she remembered Bryan. After the lady finished her meal, and the waitress went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, the lady slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be, then she noticed something written on the napkin, under which were four hundred dollar bills. There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady had written, "You don't owe me anything, I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do : Do not let this chain of love end with you."

Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another working day. That night as she arrived home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed that money? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard on both of them. She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything's going to be alright; I love you, Bryan."

There is an old saying "What goes around comes around." So never stop giving your all in all that you do. Never give up!

"It doesnt mean when someone doesnt love you the way you want them to they are not loving you with all they have." No link? Yes there is, with respect to materialism and desire. :)

-Ethan; PJC trumpeter :P

Discovery.

2005-02-07T22:01:00.000+08:00

Oh. Hi. just found out about this blog? yepp. acjc band concert, $21, esplanade. please write entries if you'd like to place orders or text me if you've got my mobile number thanks. Bye.

Cheam, acjc bari sax.

considerations.

2005-02-05T22:10:00.000+08:00

hm - let's talk about something other than music :)! how about something exciting like ... gossip? hah - more like the source o gossips ... i'm sure everyone has been the subject of rumors or gossip before? haha - u must have an incredibly clean rep to stay free o rumors - and if u are ... CONGRATS :)! cos u're really lucky ..

everyone loves a good piece of gossip - bt how far can you go before you hurt a person's feelings or their reputation? i think a little gossip or speculation is fine ... bt going to the extent of teasing a person mercilessly is BAD. no matter how much we think rumors are bad when they're about us - we can't deny that we like to hear news about others ... so while we cannot condemn rumor-mongers (cos we're them) ... i think we should have a little bit of control - try not to hurt the person...

-something to think about-

-val-
njc trumpeter

nie band concert :) yays!

2005-01-23T21:18:00.000+08:00

hmm ... went to the nie band concert the other day - wowie! it was really worth the six bucks? did u all go? too bad if u missed it - it was great! kudos to all our chaperones!! yay - u guys did a great job :)! hehe ... too bad we didn't really get to see u guys on stage - cos most o you were blocked? (*with the exception o rasull - whose final fantasy arrangement rocked!!)

haha ... we (liszt trumpeters) had loads o fun ... too bad raudhah and nina couldn't make it :(! rushed around at 3.45pm trying to buy inexpensive flowers for all the chaperones and the liszt people playing - haha! very funny ... den had to walk from city hall to vch for the concert :)! hehe - when we reached the place, i called nizam to come downstairs to meet us to pass me the tickets (cos i booked 5 tix beforehand) ... den he didn't pick up the fone - bt he called back ltr .. changing actually. haha! damn funny ... den he promised to be down in 2 minutes - bt he took WAY longer than that ... his excuse being that he lost his fone ... :) it's ok nizam!! we can wait u noe ... *smileyy*

anyways - we sat through the first half of the concert happily ... the lady vocalist was superb :)! and i really like "as time goes by" ... haha! then it was time for the interval - had to run around looking for the chaperones as well as the liszt people! walked one round around the backstage without really finding anyone - den we concluded they must all be outside so we went outside ... found nizam at the front of the stage - and i whacked him with my bag - cos he was supposed to look for us during the interval bt he didn't ... sorry!! didn't really mean to hit u so hard :(! anyways - the rest o the concert rocked :)! it was really fun and enjoyable ... haha!

come to my concert soon :)! most prob 27 may 2005 at vch - bt i'll update when the details are confirmed :)! *smileyy*

-val-
-njc trumpeter-

rEuNiOn?

2004-12-28T21:03:00.000+08:00

hey peeps :)! was just thinking that it would be a good idea to have like a reunion or something? cos (as i tell my section) if we don't meet up frequently, we'll just forget about this band - and that wouldn't be good right? :p

so yeps - putting 1 dec 2004 as the day our band was formed, we should have a reunion party of some kind on 1 january! then it will be like a reunion-cum-new year party ... useful eh? bt i wanna see wad u all have to say larhh - it will take quite a lot o effort cos will include loads o people ... so we need like a place as well as food and all that kinda stuff ... any offers :D?

-val-
trumpets
njc

Oops.

2004-12-26T22:36:00.000+08:00

okay, i think i did something wrong with the template. can anyone help? i seem to have done something to the archive part. oops.

erm, found this blogskin on blogskins.com. is it alright?

HELP! i'm so sorry!

-michelle

xmas

2004-12-25T23:35:00.000+08:00

wheeeyheyhey.
merry christmas.
can someone who's better at html and stuff add the links and the tagboard or somethingg. then i think this whole bloggy thingy will be more alive too. :D
brabapapa says hi. and it's not an egg. i shall upload the picture of it soon.
take care peeps.
-tzehui clarr.

happy holidays!

2004-12-25T01:43:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas, everyone!!!!

Tuba & Stringbass section

2004-12-23T13:53:00.000+08:00

-"NO MERCY"(yes i think i'm officially obsessed with that phrase)

uploading pictures

2004-12-23T01:45:00.000+08:00

haha! michelle[tpjc] again.

well, to upload photos, you must first host your photos on a website, like photobucket.com. get an account there. it's free. then upload your photos. after that, you copy the html thingy with and paste it into your post. then just publish!

=D

wooha!

2004-12-22T23:19:00.000+08:00

Hey ppl! i miss u guys like mad.. esp my ever-rockin'TUBA section! oh and the lieutenant(is that how u spell it?) too. anw can some one PLEASE tell me how to upload pictures here?

-giff(pjc)

yo trumpets ~

2004-12-22T13:16:00.000+08:00

hey hey! just wanted to say hi to all the trumpets :p

-val-

my turn!

2004-12-20T22:58:00.000+08:00

my turn!
yay i'm here for my post finally! hehs. are there going to be any recording on our one and only performance?
merry christmas everyone... the links should be up soon!
-tzehui

YAY!

2004-12-20T22:53:00.000+08:00

whee!!! michelle here! tpjc, clarinets.

we have our own blog!!!

i miss bandfest!!!

people. blog more!

here's our picture!

first blog!!

2004-12-20T22:35:00.000+08:00

hey people ... hope u dun mind tt i started the blog first :)