Sec4 Year: O'level & SYF

Hi guys, really long time nvr post liao...this is probably the last post I'm gonna make this year

but anyway as usual the answer to my last question, which Gibson my junior has managed to answer correctly, it is:

It Ends Tonight - The All American Rejects

Now I have to find a gift for him... anyway, here's your next challenge:

Song Rec Test 5.mp3 - this one should be easy..all you have to do is:

1. Listen
2. Guess the Song name and Artist
3. Find out the answer on my next Posts

anyway, I juz receive news that my SYF will be on the 22 April 2009, 4.30pm come and support us in our mission to clinch the GOLD WITH HONOURS Award.

Only:

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okay, anyway, the sec4 year hasn't been too well as I didn't do too well for my first prelim.

• English: D7
• Chinese: C5
• Elementary Mathematics: D7
• Additional Mathematics: B4
• Physics: C5
• Chemistry: C6
• Music: A2
• Combine Humanities: F9

yes, indeed embarrassing but it is best to '示弱' at times, from this I can see which subjects I have to work on and which subjects I can improve on. Hopefully I can retire from CO as soon as the SYF is over so that I can work on my combine humanities, English and E math, B4 it's TOO LATE.

it is undeniable that the O' levels, the major exams in Sec4 and the examination that gives me my first job qualification, is round the corner. Like what Mr.Tan said: "Time Flies", b4 you know it, you are in the examination hall sitting for your Os. And it's only:

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so that's basically the entire O' level excluding SPA, Practicals, Orals. indeed time is running. Especially chinese which I am most worried about...

guess I should be going back to work now..hopefully I will have the time to revive this blog again.

till then, all the best to the Sec4s out there for the Ordinary Level Examinations

Message From Australia...

well, now in Australia blogging..for the first time..and maybe the last..

Oh yes, b4 I forget..the ans the my last game..it shall be a video this time

Hard to believe it right...the part I played in the previous game actually came from the phrase in between the first chorus and the second verse...

So for your next challenge..

Song Rec Test 4.mp3 -

• As usual..

1. Listen
2. Guess the Song name and Artist
3. Find out the Answer on my next Posts

well, just some reminders for my CO members while I'm away...

The practice schedule for sectionals and combine practice are below, scroll down to see . I 've added the English text for those members whose computer cannot load Chinese text.

As for Shawn...I apologize for not informing you about Wednesday's practice being canceled. As it will be extremely expensive to SMS you the schedule, I will appreciate that you can check the blog regularly for the schedules.

The same goes to the rest of the tan bo members..I will NOT be entertaining any message about CO when I'm Australia as you know Auto-roaming services isn't very cheap.

If you know of any tan bo members who does not know the blog URL. Please tell them for me for I will NOT be entertaining SMSs about my blog either. However, that doesn't mean you can skip CO practices. Yes, I understand that practices are getting more intense and sometimes can be a waste of time when the conductor comes late, but just bear with it more a few more practices and you get your 2 weeks break b4 16/12/2008 where you have your next sectionals and 19/12/08 where you have the next combine practice after the break.

Until you retire for CO as Sec4s, stay devoted and committed to CO, I trust that if everyone commits their time and effort to the CO, I believe that you guys will be able to uphold the "GOLD WITH HONORS" standard of CHSCO. Though tickets for participating in the SYF are limited, I believe that all of you will be participating in the SYF as performers in CHSCO if you strive hard to earn the seat in SYF.

To cut it short, enjoy your holiday, spend your time wisely and bear with the CO for a few more months till our SYF is finally over.

once again...for those who dunno the link

Note: this schedule will not be updated from the 4-13 Dec

Sectional

弹拨组假期练习时间表

Date	Time	Instrument
28/10/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴(ruans, liuqing)
29/10/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝(pipa & gu zheng)
3/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	弹拨(All of Tan Bo)
10/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	弹拨(All of Tan Bo)
14/11/08	10.00am - 12.00pm 12.00pm – 2.00pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴ruans, liuqing) 琵琶 ，古筝(pipa & gu zheng)
24/11/08	4.30pm – 6.30pm	弹拨(All of Tan Bo)
1/12/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴ruans, liuqing)
11/12/08	1.00-5.00	弹拨(All of Tan Bo)
16/12/08	1.00pm - 3.00pm 3.00pm – 5.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝(pipa & gu zheng) 中/大阮 ，柳琴ruans, liuqing)
18/12/08	9.30am – 11.30am	琵琶 ，古筝(pipa & gu zheng)

大组时间表

Combined

Date	Time
12/11/2008	1:00pm - 4:00pm
19/11/2008	3:00pm - 6:00pm
21/11/2008	3:00pm - 6:00pm
28/11/2008	10.00am - 2.00pm
27/11/2008	3.00pm - 6.00pm
4/12/2008	10.00am - 1.00pm
5/12/2008	10.00am - 1.00pm
19/12/2008	10.00am - 1.00pm
2/01/2009	3:00pm - 7:00pm

Updated as of 1st December 2008

Verve Music "School Extravagenza"

I'm back!! The performance is over!! Well, I must say I 've been blessed by God! Oh and b4 i continue, here is the ans for the previous game I mentioned:

• So for the next trick up my game..it would be even simpler...cuz all you have to to is

1. Listen
2. Guess The Song Name and Artist
3. Wait for the answer on my next posts to see if you got it right.

So for your first test/challenge:

So which song does this melody belong to..stay tuned to find out..

well, anyway I really think that I was blessed becuz the performance was totally perfect. Not that I played the perfectly, but rather I managed to finish the song with less than 2 minor mistakes. And these 2 minor mistakes were actually drowned out by the applause from the audience that day. So everything was pretty much perfect to the ear.

Well, as you know that my bro and I are doing PA for this concert so i had to continue to work if after my performance was over. I was mainly the person who setup and the pass the mics to the 2 MCs and setting up the cables for the guitars and so on...so i guess I was not really a PA personnel but rather the stage crew which is cool but I didn't really do a good job there. First, things were missing, like for example the table for the percussion, when like the table used to place the bongo was still inside the guitar room when it was suppose to be backstage...

The place was indeed very crowded on that day, we had a hard time trying the move about from our practice rooms to the waiting room which was our dance room. Especially for the percussion students, they had lessons till 7pm and the event starts at 6.30pm. So we had to interrupt their lesson to bring a low tom, a pair bongo, crash, hi-hat and a snare drum out the room and through the crowds into the props room.

Overall, the event went through quite smoothly with the help of some of our crews and my bro too.. we had performances of songs ranging from genres like:

• Rock

• Pop

• R & B

Before i begin writing..let's start with a game..

• Rules:

1. Draw lines to connect the boxes indicated with the same number labeled(eg. draw a line from box 1 to another box1)
2. These lines drawn cannot overlap/cross/touch each other and must be within the boundaries set.

And that's all, but easier said than done...have fun!!

(Answer will be given out in the next posts so stay tuned)

So anyway, that's the game my mom introduced to me, quite challenging but it possible to solve it..

yea.. this week was indeed a challenging week for me as my concert is this Sunday on the 23 Nov and becuz of my "extra" nature, I volunteered to do PA for the concert..though it's just a simple set up..I'm like part-time sound man and part-time performer...

This performance I will be performing the Disney Song: 'Beauty and the Beast":

yup, hard to believe it do ya..well, the good thing is that I'm not singing the male part becuz I am a official pianists..well, this concert was purposed to showcase my music school's, Verve Music School, talents and skills that our music students and teachers posses..it's a good way of advertising I guess..

So now, I am well prepared for my performance item no. 8 but not so as a stage crew so I will have to be mentally prepared of what to do after I finished performing..but thank God, my bro is here to help do the sound for that day too so I will have one huge burden gone..so over here i wish to say to my bro:

Thank you for volunteering your help!!

Really grateful!!!

guess I will thank him again after the performance..but oh well just in case I forget...so right now it's only:

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erm..yea the theme for my concert School Extravaganza so if you're coming, dun be shock to see me in school uniform..

oh yea..the time and address is here:

• Date: 23 Nov 2008
• Time: 6.30pm to 9.30pm
• Venue: Verve Music School (Ang Mo Kio Branch)
• Address: Blk 713, Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, #01-4040, Singapore 560713. (take the staircase beside Banquet Food Court)
• Have queries? Contact my school:
• Email: enquiry@vervemusic.com.sg
• Phone: 6554 4097
• Fax: 6553 3941

The Litle Quiz

1. My friends . . .- are my comrades in life

2. I am listening to . . .- Man Who Can’t be Moved - The Script…still trying to play the drums for this song

3. Maybe I should learn . . . how to do things at the right time

4. I love . . .those who love me

5. My plan . . .is my goal

6. I don’t understand . . .complicated things

7. I lost . . .what I have gained

8. People say . . . lots about me

9. I am missing . . .something that I’m looking for

10. Love means . . .1 Corinthians 13: 4 - 8

11. Somewhere, someone is ...experiencing life

12. I am always searching for . . .the purpose in life?

13. Forever seems . . .like forever

14. I never want to . . .Sin again.

15. My mobile phone ...is the best way for people to contact me

16. When I wake up in the morning ...I know I won’t remember a thing (quoted from Razorlight – In The Morning)

17. I get annoyed when . . . I am annoyed

18. Parties are . . . Another way of having fun

19. Hugs or kisses...Both

20. 20. Today I . . .did something

21. Tmr I will be . . .doing something different

22. I really want . . .what I desire

23. I . . .am Leon

24. What is your phone brand?

· Sony Ericson?

25. What are the last three digit of your phone number ?

· 897

26. What does the second message says in ur inbox ?

· Quite Good

27. Who was the last person u rang ?

· Verve Music School

28. Who was the last missed call from ?

· My Bro?

29. What does the oldest message from ur inbox says ?

· Yes. Perfect. No need changes. Thanks.

30. Who comes up after " J " ?

· Kevin

31. Go to ur send message - wat does the tenth message says ?

· Hi guys, Sectional Practice on Friday 14/11 would be as followed:

· 10am to 12pm for liu qings and ruans

• 12pm to 2pm for pipa and gu zheng

· Combined practice is not confirmed yet.

32. Who is ur network provider?

· SingTel

33. How many messages are there in ur inbox ?

· 500+? Forgot to delete them

34. Who do u have on speed dial three?

· Nobody. I didn’t activate speed dialing

35. If you are on prepaid card, how much credit do you have?

· None?

36. Who's the first person who comes up after "C”?

· Dao Jin

37. What do you have as ur main ring tone?

· I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

38. Pass this quiz to ten ppl ...

· who are interested in doing it

adapted from http://chronicles-of-westcoastanthem.blogspot.com/

Doing PA In Anderson Primary

Hi guys, long time no posts, it’s been quite a while since I last posted..

Indeed it has been, after so many busy days, I dun think I can call this a holiday…it’s tiring to have lots of commitments during the holidays but I’m glad today I have managed to tackle one project assignment down.

Well, in case some of my juniors are wondering why I didn’t turn up from the sectionals today (14/11/08)..it is becuz…

I AM DOING SOUND FOR ANDERSON PRIMARY!

I hope that would be the last time I said it…

Yeap…like always, it’s their annually prize giving ceremony today, so they decided to come up with some performance to make this ceremony more interesting/ less dry for the parents and Primary 1 to 6 prize winners, and also to probably showcase their talents to the VIP guest of today, Mrs Esther Mok. (If interested, go find out who she is).

Well, all I can say about today’s programme, 一帆风顺. Indeed it was very smooth flowing today as everyone was well rehearsed for today’s program, so setting up the microphones and props were all efficiently done before we knew it. In fact we actually ended earlier today, since everything was ready way before the intervallic prizes were given out…so the performance could start immediately the moment curtains were drawn opened…

Well, you guys wonder what I mean my “intervallic” prize giving session. To put it simply, we actually classified our prizes into different categories and split them to be given out at different parts if the ceremony instead of giving them all out one shot…

Because we had like hundreds if prizes winners, so this event would be EXTREMELY DRY if they had not given the prizes during different parts of the show. We had each aesthetic performances, made up of mainly a Brass Band, Gymnastics, Chinese Dance, Guitar Ensemble and Gu Zheng Ensemble, from the school in between each category of prize of be given out so to make it less boring.. Even then, it was very boring during the prize presentation as we had 50 over students to present the prize to, so my bro and I were like either dozing off or visiting the toilets while we still can before the next performance start.

My bro and I were exhausted during the prize giving ceremony too, partly becuz we woke up at 6.30am today and we were like rushing to have our own breakfast while doing PA. In addition to the boring prize giving ceremony, we could hardly keep our eyes open.

Still, we had to be alert, for any hiccups on the way, like feedback on the condenser microphones and playing selected background music tracks for selected important prizes. Well, not all things are flawless which was during the Gu Zheng ensemble performance. That was that we did not have any sound for half of their performance…it was actually because the switch on the condenser microphone was left off! So my bro was helplessly trying to get the stage crew to switch the condensers on. In the nick of time before their next piece, our very efficient sound crews sprung into action and switched the mics on!! So, we were live again…

Another was actually during the Anklong performance, we all I can say is that they went a little out of timing. The melody didn’t managed to catch with the beat of the bass instrument, so it sounded quite uncomfortable. Still, they managed to end together as an ensemble; after all they are Primary 1 & 2 only!! Which I would say it’s a lot of hard work for them as juniors of this school

So, for the rest of the concert, everything else went smooth, including the finale item, which was singing our theme song for the ceremony, Westlife – I Have A Dream..

Other than that, we heaved a sigh of relieve as the event was finally over. OVER FOR GOOD!!! Well, we met many grateful ppl on our way and they were mesmerized by our mixing skills saying this school system could never have sound better without us there…

All in all, thanks be to God to make this such a successful, memorable event for every guest today, especially our guest of honor as she can have a early dismissal to her next school performance.

Well, I guess that’s all for now, maybe I will post again maybe I won’t..

Stayed tuned!

Reflections of the first week of the holiday

okay..first week of the holidays was the start of a busy holiday...

1. CO

• what more to expect other than holiday practice schedules

• honestly i must say it is not really the many holiday practices that kills

• but rather it is the rapid changes that have to be made to sectional practices
• Combined practice schedules are only confirm after one combine practice
• So as usual sectional practices will have to give way to the combined one
• Now the problem is...CLASH!!!
• Combine practice clashes with the sectional practice
• our fixed practice schedule for the sectional practice will have to be change..
• what a waste of effort for our trainer..

• So learning point to my ex-cos is
• plan ahead of every practice so to make sure none clashes with the timing of sectional practices

• one good point i must say is..
• that luckily Jason informed me in advance so that I can make the changes in schedule...
• and discuss the changes with my trainer..
• so currently the schedule is:

弹拨组假期练习时间表

Date	Time	Instrument
28/10/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
29/10/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝
Postponed & Not Confirmed	10.00am - 12.00pm 12.00pm – 2.00pm	琵琶 ，古筝 中/大阮 ，柳琴
3/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
10/11/08	3.30pm – 6.30pm	全体（弹拨）
14/11/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝
28/11/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	全体（弹拨）
1/12/08	1.30pm - 5.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
3/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝
5/12/08	9.00am – 1.00pm	全体（弹拨）
9/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	中/大阮 ，柳琴
11/12/08	9.30am – 1.30pm	琵琶 ，古筝

2. Upcoming Music School Performance

• For this there's not much of a problem since I more or less got the hang of it..
• yea..for those who dun know, i'm performing on the 23/11
• it will be held at verve music school AMK branch
• so those who wants to come can see me for more details
• admission is free!!

• anyway I'm just worried about whether I can find time to rehearse with my singers
• I'll be playing the song 'Beauty And The Beast'
• So, I 'll have to find time for rehearsal through this hectic schedule
• and find time to perfect it..
• wish me luck for the performance as I face the music

3. Qualifying for Physics

• well, most of my Sec3 friends would know i flunked physics
• so i hope that i will be able to take physics next year
• in order to do so...i will need to pass the qualifying test as mentioned in my last post
• so i will have to study HARD for physics and cope with my other subjects in Sec4..
• So, i'll have to start now b4 it's too late

4. Holiday Homework

• okay, this is actually nothing to worry much about
• I have like 2 months to complete them
• i'm just worried that I might take advantage of the 2 months and neglect my task
• So, I will make it a point to do homework everyday when i'm free

so, for now..i guess that ends my posts for today..hopefully i will be able to fulfill my holiday task and be ready for Sec4 for next year...

THE Os ARE COMING....

School Ends, Holiday Starts

Well, it's like..

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So, I'm sure everyone is looking forward to the holidays...

Well, my class still have a Chemistry Remedial on Friday at 9.30, so after that we can all relax for a while b4 starting to prepare for the Sec4 year.

Well, I'm receiving my report book tmr..so..yea..do pray hard that i can be promoted to sec4 especially physics, I was 'coordinately invited' to a physics remedial on the note stated:

• Bring your 5-year Series
• 3-6: Thursday, 30 October, 10am to 12pm
• Consultation Hours: Monday, 3 November, 2pm to 4pm
• Mock Qualifying Test Tuesday, 11 November, 10am to 12pm
• Physics Qualifying Test : 1st week of term 1 in 2009
• Those who fail will have to drop Physics or Convert to Combined Science

So..

Possibilities Next Year	Probability
Expelled	1%
Going Combined Science	19%
Drop Physics	20%
Stay on as Double Science	60%

So yea..I hope to continue as a double science student so that it won't be too troublesome to adapt to a new class totally..or adapt to a new system..

after all it's the same wether you drop Physics or get in to combined...you study one Science

well, heard that we'll be going to Science Center I think tmr...yea...after we get our report books.

It is also the last day of school so must clear lockers & desk, clean classroom as usual and of course arrange the tables and chairs which we would have already done so..

Someday during the holiday I will blog again, may not be in this style of writing, and may not be the same blogskin as you see: Bass Addiction. Planning to source for a new one..or otherwise improve on the same blogskin

Till then, I wish all my readers a fruitful and enjoyable holiday