Because of music, there's me! Becos of me, there's music in my students!

2010-06-27T23:39:00.002+08:00

Back from my badminton session!! Super tired....Da bao-ed dinner....watched F1....and guess what...Sebestian Vettel won the race...which means...Germany will win the match against England later....after the F1 race...i tuned in to the World cup channel....and...England deserve to lose...they played so poorly....and i thought they were good against Slovenia....in the end....now left another 10 more mins...and i dun wana watch already...haha~ Cos the score is Germany 4 England 1....the score will stay that way! School's re-opening tml! And everything's back to normal! Ahhh....

2010-06-27T01:13:00.003+08:00

Just changed my layout and i added more fotos into my slide show!!! I haven't been blogging for almost......8 months!! haha~ Well, busy person will not update so often!! Anyway, the world cup fever is here! And going to end....been watching all the matches so far!! Hectic life...watch den go to work....lol..sleep for how many hrs only!! Just to round it off, I think since St. Gab got a silver for their SYF this year, i guess my luck's just gona get better and better!! haha~ Tata...later got USA vs Ghana match! And Uruguay got into the quarter finals!

2009-10-12T23:18:00.002+08:00

hoho...i am at Changi Airport Terminal 3 now!! Woo... 1 more hour and i will need to go to the boarding gate! Took a few fotos already! Later can sleep on the plane...heh heh....aniwae...adios everybody!!! I will try to come online when i'm at shanghai! Take care folks!!

2009-09-26T13:48:00.000+08:00

Been quite a while since i last blogged...well...next week is the last week of practise for my pri sch kids~ They have to stop for their final year exams....my sec schs all stopped already...After next week i'll be free! WooZ!
Anyway...will be going over to Shanghai for some business & leisure trip...

Next Thursday is Children's day! Wishing all my pri sch students a happy Children's Day in advanced!

I fell in love with 徐佳莹 (Xu Jia Ying) who sang 身骑白马. Woo...sing so nice! Heh heh! Love her song! Rocks man!

Shall post up her song here! Enjoy!!

2009-06-20T14:31:00.002+08:00

hmmm....let me see...start posting from Wednesday! As i blogged now, i can feel the roller coaster....lol...now currently at KL, Times Square~

17th June:

Morning went to pick those gals and boys at hougang mall, afterwhich we went to the wet market at Geylang Serai. Woo, power sia, that place, it's actually my 2nd time going to wet market, haha.

Reached there ard 10, bought loads of things, chicken wings, stingray, sotong, ice, blah blah blah. Afterwhich, went to sheng shiong and buy the stuffs for BBq. Not all items have, so went to NTUC to buy the remaining stuffs, bought macs and all went to Atikah's hse to marinate. Around 2, went to pick up the Bee-hoon, reached back Atikah's place ard 3? Den we headed to Wilfrid's place~ BBQ pit not ready, so went into function room, played games, and stuffs. BBQ, and other stuffs. Left his condo ard 11.30? After sending some home, i went home ard 12, packed my bag, and settle some stuffs, den already 1 plus am!! Went to sleep. Sleep for 3 hrs only.

18th June:

Woke up around 4 plus am! Soooooo tired, drove and met up with kenneth and co. Drove in to Malaysia! (Malaysia, truly asia~) haha. We stopped only thrice, once for toilet, another one for breakfast, another for petrol. Drove for around 4 hrs, and we reached Genting. Reached there ard 10 plus am. Traffic was smooth, not so much of jam, except in KL. Our speedometer was like, between 160 - 200! LOL. Slacked in Genting, den had lunch, chinese lunch~ Wee. Den slacked, and had dinner at the mushroom farm, which is located jus half the hill below genting. Nice dinner, after dinner, slacked, den sleep.

19th June:

Woke up around 11 plus, checked out, den went to carpark to start engine, den got malaysian pple, their car cannot start, need to borrow jump start cable, lol....so lent them, buden....some problem...so took quite a while, afterwhich we left, and headed to KL! Reached the hotel, the carpark sooooo fulll, dunoe y, managed to find a lot to park, den checked in, after a while, we went to Times Square, check out some stuffs, had a real late lunch, like 4 plus? Ate at some hk rest. After eating, we went to try the doughnuts, Crispy Creme. Nice~ Afterwhich, went to eat ice-cream at Basket Robins, lol....i think will put on weight sia~ We went back to hotel to rest aftertt, sooo fulll, all din wana eat dinner, so around 8 plus, we headed to Chinatown, as usual, so hot and so squeezy, loads of pple. We went back hotel ard 9 plus, some of us decided to eat dinner, so walked to subway, dabao back to hotel room and eat. Niceeeeee~ Subway~~~~
Den slept.

20th June:

Woke up ard 8 plus, den went for breakfast ard 9 plus, ate tilll so full, cos Buffet Breakfast~ heh heh~ After eating, went back to hotel room and slacked. Around 1, Kenneth, Elise, Keith went to watch netball match~ While me, Adrian and his gf and my bro decided to go shopping!!!!!!!! LOL
I bought some stuffs! Shopping~~~ And now, i'm at Times Square, Old Town White Coffee surfing net and blogging! Wee. Pics to be uploaded asap.

2009-05-25T22:16:00.002+08:00

Ahh...quite some time no blog...been bz recently..preparing my schools for junior band festivals...primary schools for their school events....open hse...assembly perf...and of cos...SYF in 2010! Loads of stuffs to do...will be free during June 2nd and 3rd week! Will be going overseas...Genting and KL...aniway...band pracs at nie is horroR! Practices are friday and sunday! Kills my sunday time! Worse...this friday there is prac frm 7.30 to 11.30pm...Sat...1 to 4pm...Sun..10am rehearsal...concert at 3.30pm! Zzz...practically kills my whole weekends with this concert! Anyway...concert details are as follows:


Orient Express	Philip Sparke
Hymn to the Infinite Sky	Satoshi Yagisawa
Florentiner March Italian Grand March	Julius Fučik ed. John R. Bourgeois
Fantasy Variations On a Theme by Niccolo Paganini	James Barnes
Intermission
Cavalleria Rusticana Fantasy	Mascagni arr. Ernest O. Caneva
Fourth Symphony (Yellowstone Portraits) I. Dawn on the Yellowstone River II. Pronghorn Scherzo III. Inspiration Point (Tower Falls)	James Barnes, Op. 103b
Classic Cantabile	arr. Masamicz Amano
Hymn to the Sun	Satoshi Yagisawa

Do come yea! Support nie band concert! It's at Singapore conference hall..this sunday...31st May...3.30pm. Tics at $10 each.

I'll be performing! So come come!

2009-03-08T22:35:00.005+08:00

On Sat...woke up sooo early..like 6 plus...den went down to serangoon to teach...finished band prac ard 12 plus...went for lunch wif a few students at Hougang mall...met winston and montfort students there! After lunch, went to Queensway to find out the price of the t-shirt they making. Afterwhich, we went to watch MArley and me! Nice movie~ Touching movie i would say! After movie session, sent some of dem home. After that, i went to East Coast park to meet Elise, Ken n Keith. We cycled! From east coast parkall the way to Changi Beach! Took us like 2 hrs to cycle there! Distance from ECP to Changi Beach is around 17.5km! Woo! Really tired, after we finished, went for Supper/Breakfast at Simpang Bedok! My legs were wobbly aftertt. Reached home around 4 plus, slept around 5~
Sun, i woke up at 3 pluspm! LOL So late la....went for badminton session with the usual gang! Really shaq man! After badminton session, we went for dinner at Bedok 85! Reached home, bathed, and here i am blogging! IT's getting real fast, 22 more days to SYF! Jiayou! I know you people can do it! We have to chiong all the way, as one band, one heart, one sound! After next week, it is the school holidays! Tml back to teaching! Tata~

2009-03-05T22:09:00.005+08:00

Syf's comming! 25 more days to go! Band No 30! Serangoon SEc! 2nd day, 2nd band, 2nd session. I might go crazy~ Sec sch syf is kinda like more stress den pri sch syf...i dunoe y...lol.

Credits to my primary sch conductor, MR GOH!

Thanks Mr Goh. Seriously. I missed those days where June/Shelle and I would laugh like crazy until we tear whenever Mr Goh has a new haircut. And he changes his handphone thrice a month. haha. Okay, I exaggerated. But those times were priceless.

This was taken from one of my student's blog, I change my hp 3 times a mth...i mus be mad~ Aha...aniwae..i miss you girls~ You all were like in P4/5 yesterday...now Sec 2 already...oh no...i mus be growing old...haha~ Glad to know that you all still continuing band...that's good~ Keep it going all the way till you finish university~ All the best to the 3 of you, participating in SYF for your different sec schs~
Well, loads of stuffs to settle, after SYF, there's my preparations for my pri sch's concert in July, plus the Junior Band festival in July, I really need a break after SYF! See how ba...mabee straight after SYF, book a flight to go overseas to relax~ Relaxation from all that stress encurred all the way from Jan till now. As the time approaches nearer to SYF, my stress level becomes higher~

I have to relax, relax, next fri evening is their sch's concert! Jiayou~
Anybody has ways to relieve stress?
Sooner or later, i'll become as crazy as one of my student~ She is sooooo crazee that she just cannot stop luffing.....

Shall end off here~ Wee!

2009-02-17T21:47:00.000+08:00

Woo...quite some time since i've blogged! Last Saturday was V day! I spent it with a group of boys! haha...Taught at Montfort in the morning! After teaching...i went for lunch, then home! In the evening, had dinner then went to watch movie....the Curious case of Benjamin Buttons! Nice movie! And i din know flowers cost a bomb on V day! haha...next time must pre-order...den mabee cheaper? hee~

It's so fast! Left around 41 more days to syf~ Are you people practising? Thou it is common test week, but remember, practise 15 mins every day, or when u feel stress over your common test, want to let out some steam, practise your instruments! Hopefully when we resume prac, you all still maintain your standards~ Cuz when we resume practice, it is just one day before your exchange prog! Anyway, work hard kids! I have total faith in you people! Lets break records! Continue to strive hard and work hard~

One of my old friend, Melvin Lee, wrote this poem, and i found it nice.

Creativity in Music

I treat it to be a weapon,
something like a powerful staff.
Charged with some magical powers,
as strong as that one wielded by Ganfalf.

Or if I belief myself to be a peewee Hobbit,
then this object will be my walking stick.
Aiding my short but fast footsteps,
with its every plick and glick.

I sweep this thing around,
like how a good fencer may do.
Poised, with mmy imaginary face mask,
I jab, prod and thrust in my confident view.

Of if I put myself into a battlefield scenario,
then this object will be my trusted gun.
Holding it at high alert every time,
all ready to shoot at any one.

And if I am playing pool,
this is surely my snooker cue.
Stylishly snug between my fingers,
just to proclaim my professional debut.

So you see, this pole can be so much more
than just a recorder for my music class.
In fact, I can twirl it like a baton,
just to impress a cute lass!

I suppose any music instruments, you have to give your heart and soul into the instrument, treat the instrument like part of you, and the creativity will just naturally come out~

Adios! 41 more days to SYF!

2009-02-07T23:45:00.000+08:00

Woke up early~ Reached serangoon ard 7.3o...tuned...warmed up...den we left school for Conference Hall....reached there around 9.30...waited till around 10.15...den our turn to rehearse in the hall. Sounded not too bad, a little here and there to work/polish up on. Finished rehearsing ard 11.15...packed up, went back to school. Aftertt, went to have lunch, then most of the students went to winston's hse~ CNY~ Played Wii~ All left ard 7, den we went for company dinner~

2008-12-29T00:06:00.003+08:00

Last post was 8th Dec...lets see... 9 - 20th Dec was banner making for serangoon sec members~

13th Dec
Had rosyth alumni band BBq at Clare's hse~ Pior to that, the day before, Cass, Bryan, Eugenia, came to Hougang Pt, we went to buy food and marinate for the BBq....

17th Dec
Montfort Band Xmas BBq/PArty...not many pple thou, but it was okay~

18th Dec
Had dinner at Coca Restaurant, Taka with Ms Chan, Ms Tan, Kat n winston~ Fun filled dinner, chatted abt the old days, many things~ And i got xmas present frm Ms Chan, Sorry, i din prepare one for you~ Hee~ We practically can eat! LOL Ate the buffet dinner for like 2 hrs plus? After that, we walked ard, then proceed to Swensens for Ice-Cream! Chatted till ard 1 plus? Den we all went home...Wooo..din noe we can really chat for soooooo long~ But it was enjoyable!

22nd Dec
Schs all started, morning went to Serangoon sec, had exchange programe. Left serangoon ard 8.45, reached montfort ard 9. Total of 4 schs for the exchange~ Students got split up for sectionals n Honour band~ 9-11.30, lunch, 1.30-300. After 3, all schs played one song, montfort was Eiger, Serangoon was Blue ridge Saga. Not up to my expectations thou, maybe, they have not played together as a section for 2 weeks, that's y likett....but, nvm, i have faith in you ppez~

23rd Dec
St gab's prac frm 9 to 4. Aftertt, went to pick up Jinting n Co, went to collect the food, and the worse ting, the otah stall at AMK closed, so went to Hougang~ Aftertt, went to Defulane to buy satay, 12 lanes, I kinda forgot which one, went to lane 12, searched, can't find, in the end, it was lane 2~ Haha~ The BBq was a success~ I got a strawberry present~ While somebody took my present~ $8 present! LOL

24th Dec
Slept till like 3pm plus...prepared, went down to Yi Ler's Chalet ard 6 plus, organised by her parents~ Bought a bottle of Red Wine~ It was raining~ Slight drizzle, rain stopped, rain stopped, i left ard 10 plus, went to meet ken n Gab. Went home ard 4am.

25th Dec
MERRY CHRISTMAS~
As usual, i slept like a pigggg, woke up ard 3 plus....prepared, went down to Ken's place, picked up elise n her sis, den we went down to ken's uncle place for dinner~ Left ard 11 plus~

26th Dec
Kong hwa started prac, i din see them for 1 mth already~~ 9 to 4. After prac, i went down to Suntec~ Bought xmas presents for a few pple~ lala~ I tink ah...1st time i buy xmas presents for pple~ Aniwae....the choc is Expensive!!! Spent ard $100 plus on the few presents~ LOL...expenseive chocs~ ROYCE~ Aftertt, went down for NIE band prac, and i gave the presents~ hee~ and i tink for the very 1st time i was early~ Started rehearsal frm 7.30 till 11.30...My lips like gona rot~ After prac, went for supper with the usual gang. I reached home ard 1.30am~

27th Dec
NIE Band concert~ I reached NIE ard 1 plus, prepared, then we had our rehearsal~ Frm 1 till 3 plus, Carrie n co were late for the concert! Late commers~ hai...after the concert, went with my students to Chomp Chomp for dinner~ Ate....den fetched dem to hoyugang mall ard 10.30. Aftertt, i went to meet my friends to watch YES MAN at PS! Nice n hilarious movie! Thou i almost fell asleep cos i was tired, but i din la...hee~ Aftertt, reached home ard 2 plus~

28th Dec
Slept till 2 plus, woke up, ate lunch, den picked up Jolyn n Co frm hougang pt to VCH~ Jolyn wear skirt! haha...i think it's the first time she wears skirt? Besides school uniform la~ aha~ But well, Jolyn, keep it up, dress more like a girl~ dun always dress like a boy, u'll end up a boy~ aha~ The concert was nice! Saw Lianne~ Took pic with her n clare~ Nakamura Gauken Girl's High School! All girls school~ All japanese, strong sound projection! 4 tpts onli! The sound they produced, CD quality~ Well, hope my students learnt and remembered the sounds produced by the band~ Den go back, apply~ Listen to the tone n intonation n balance~ Aftertt, i went to Pasir Ris park, BBQ by poi ching alumni band~ Chatted, and left ard 11 plus. N now i'm blogging~ Tml's teaching day! 2 more days to 2009!!!

2008-12-08T17:43:00.002+08:00

Oh my gawd...it's been mths since i last blogged....

i shall track back to all my camps....

14th Nov 2008

Ai tong camp! Well, i had graduation day concert at St.Gabriel's Pri...finished ard 11...den chiong all the way to Ai tong....had their band camp...Had lunch, prac, prac, prac. REhearsed for the Parents night. Camp ended at 4pm. Seniors went to prepare, juniors went home. PArents night started ard 7pm. By the time everything ended, it was already 8 plus,9. Did i go for nie band prac after that? I forgot. haha...

15th Nov 2008

Ai Tong camp! Students reported at 8.15am. Had prac, footdrills, etc. Lunched ard 12pm. All prepared to go out for excursion! Science Ctr! Reached back school ard 5pm. Juniors were dismissed, while seniors prepared to bathe. Had dinner, watched movie, the kids even had supper! Prepared by one of the parent volunteers! Wee! Nice food. Ard 10 plus, i went out to chomp chomp, got food for the alumnis! Slept ard 1?

16th Nov 2008

Ai Tong Camp! Woke up in the morning! Alumnis did morning PT for the kids. P2's came ard 8am, then we all had breakfast! Macdonalds! Sponsored by one of the parents! So good life right, the kids! As usual, prac, prac. Lunched ard 12pm, after lunch, prepared the hall, rehearsal, till ard 4 at the hall, had dinner, concert! Finished ard 7 plus, break camp, went home to ZZZ...

17th Nov 2008

Kong Hwa Camp! Went there around 8am! Some students were early! As usual, practice, footdrills, skit rehearsal. Lunched ard 12pm. After lunch, continued prac, etc. All went home ard 5pm.

18th Nov 2008

Kong Hwa camp! Reached school around 8am. Prac, footdrills,etc. Lunched ard 12pm. All went out for excursion! Qian Hu Fish Farm! Seeing the kids enjoying themselves make me enjoy myself! They simply had so much fun! Haha~ Reached back school around 5pm. All went home! No overnight!

19th Nov 2008

Kong Hwa Camp! Reached school at 8am. As usual, prac, footdrills, skit rehearsal! Lunched at 12pm. After lunch, rehearsal at the hall, Till 5pm. Kids had dinner, changed, prepared. Concert started at 7pm! Concert was a success! Finished ard 8pm! Pack up, go home!

20th Nov 2008

St. Gabriel's Pri Camp! WEnt there ard 8! Usual stuffs, prac,footdrills. Lunched at 12pm. Then all went home at 5pm.

21st Nov 2008

Poi ching camp! Reached ard 8am, usual routine, prac, footdrills, skit rehearsal. Lunched at 12pm. After lunch, excursion! Organised by the alumnis, Amazing Raze at Pasir Ris Park! I wanted to rent a Bicycle, in the end, i followed a group, we were the last group to leave the start point, and we were 2nd to reach the end point! WEee! I run with them like mad.....they really can run man....after we finished, i treated my group ice-cream! Macdonalds! U noe wad....start point is pasir ris park Carpark C...end point is downtown east! How far sia......but it was fun! Reached back sch ard 5 plus. Juniors went home, seniors prepared, bathed, dinner. After dinner, watch movie, sleep! Bought food for the alumnis! Den Zzzz...

22nd Nov 2008

Poi Ching Camp! Woke up ard 6 plus....Alumnis did PT! Breakfast, then the P2 came ard 8.30....as usual, prac, rehearsal. Lunched at 12pm, afterwhich, afternoon rehearsal for evening concert. Dinner ard 5pm, changed, prepare, concert at 6pm! By the time everything ended, 8pm!

24th - 26th Nov 2008

Serangoon Sec Band Camp!

Camp camp camp, i think i'm lazee to update everything, usual routine for camp! 1st day afternoon went out to Pasir Ris Park for Amazing Raze! 2nd day evening, had concert! Sforzando Evening 2008! After concert, packed up, night games, sleep! 3rd day morning, leaders did PT, prepared, clean up everything, clean bunks, bandrm, bandstore, etc. Break camp ard 1pm. Went down to Rosyth after that!

26th - 28th Nov 2008

Rosyth Band Camp!

2nd day of camp, reached there ard 8am, prac, footdrills, reh,etc. Lunched ard 12pm. After that, went to Singapore Museum! Nice place, after they had renovated, everything seems so new. Haha~ After the visit, went back to sch ard 5pm, P2's went home, seniors, dinner, bathed. At night, watched movie, slp! As usual, bought supper for alumnis! Chomp Chomp again! aha...then, we watched ghost movies inside the bandrm! Lianne and -i forgot who- got freaked out! Lianne cried...lol...all cos of joseph! haha...who tried to scare her...

3rd day, woke up ard 6 plus, alumnis did morning PT! breakfast, then rehearsal. Lunched ard 12pm, then had rehearsal at the hall. Finished ard 5, had dinner, concert started ard 7pm! Everything finished ard 8 plus. Concert was a success! Well done Rosyth kids!

1 - 3rd Dec 2008

Montfort Band Camp! 3D2N

Reached there in the morning, ard 8 plus, started practising, usual routine, lunched ard 12pm. After lunch, prac again. dinner ard 6pm. After dinner, games, watch movie, slp! Morning, woke up ard 6 plus, Leaders did PT! Breakfast, after that, prac again. Lunched at 12pm. After lunch, they had amazing raze! At Orchard! Fun! I followed a group, darn, i din bring my EZ-Link card, so had to buy Cards to take MRT...haha~ Aniwae it was fun, with the running and chasing and dunoe whatever. Reached back sch ard 5 plus, prepared for BBQ! After cleaning up, was already ard 9 plus, bathed, etc. Sleep.....
3rd day, woke up a little late...hee~ As usual, prac, rehearsal. Lunched at 12pm. After lunch, continued rehearsal at school hall, prepare for concert! Dinner at 5pm, then prepare, concert started at 7pm! Appassionato Evening 2008! 3 pieces by main band, 1 piece by brass ensemble, 2 pieces by saxophone ensemble, 2 pieces by alumni band! Encore piece was school song! haha~ Dismissed everybody ard 9 plus! Home sweet home! I can finally sleep!!!!!! All camps over!

4th Dec & 5th Dec 2008

Serangoon Sec own self prac, cum banner making session! Well, its getting better, at least they are starting to have self-practicse with leaders ard, must cultivate this type of habbit in the band, then band will improve. I belief you guys can do it! Jia you for syf 2009! They have learnt finished the set piece! Some tidy up of the songs to do! Thou next yr's syf is earlier, but i belief you people can do it! Remember, One Band, One Heart, One sound!

2008-11-09T01:31:00.003+08:00

Long long time never blogged! Fri went to support my students for their NCO camp passing out parade! By the time i finished...was ard 9.30...went to Kovan to meet my students~
Went home ard 11+ Saw loads of my pri sch students at the NCO camp passing out parade~ Wooo...time flies...loads of them are already leaders in their sec sch! Fotos will be uploaded soon~

2008-09-22T23:06:00.004+08:00

Yakitori....yum yum

Mocha!

Ken n Elaine! Both admiring ken's IFONE!

Me and Zanxuan...and she wanted to look sad...but not sad...lol

Assorted Sashimi! Got..err..tuna...Octopus..salmon..and one more..dunoe wad fish.. Guess how much? $16!!!! LOL...ex...

Softshell crab!! It costs ard $6.80

Mushroom & cheese Omelett! Cost ard $5.80

Grilled Chicken Omu rice...cost ard $7.80
Squid! Hee~ Cost ard $5.80
Seafood cheese pizza! Cost ard $9.80

Power right...the food at Shokudo....mus eat there...nice food!

2008-08-30T01:10:00.010+08:00

heh...so fast...it's sat morning! Jus home frm nie band prac. Friday morning went to teach...aft slept at home...These 2 daes i got a few presents! Teachers dae present!

Lets see....

Had a whole cake...but ate most of it alreadi...it's a tiramisu Ice cream cake! Thx Ler Hao!

This is from Zacherie!

This is from Yi Er!

This is from one of my Pri 1 student~ Forgot his name...lol

This is from Corliss!

This is also from Corliss

Inside is a fruit cake i tink?

This is from Rochelle! Home made Cookies!

This is from Athson!

This is from Jonathan!

This is from Yann Ning!

This is from Reiko!

Many more presents...but din manage to upload all!! Cos din take fotos for all!

Once again....many thanks to all my students and all ur presents! Study hard! Exams are comming round the corner! And teachers dae is comming! 1st Sept! Next monday! Happy holidays to all the teachers in singapore!!