FLUBOES!

i love you

2011-07-17T16:26:00.001+08:00

Fluboes

thank you for yesterday
thank you for
Flight and Flyer
When you believe,

I really believe
There can be miracles, when You Believe.
♥

On top of everything
I Love You

band outing 2011

2011-06-18T23:52:00.008+08:00

HEY WANLIN WANGHUA HEXU XINYU!!

thank you for band outing 2011 it was really well planned and then everything was so organised plus the games were so fun i am very impressed and proud of all of you :D

and we had so much fun!!

OUR SECTION PICNIC with the company of birds and ants and flies and ALOT OF FOOD yayy we havent had a picnic in a long timeee :)

i love you fluboes!

♥

SECTION OUTING 070611 (:

2011-06-07T22:27:00.001+08:00

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN MERI! (:

2011-05-18T21:59:00.003+08:00

OHOHO wheee lets have section outing WHOOHOO yay hmmm lets go to some faraway islandand bring along our flutes and blast all our high notes out eh. okay kidding hmm but it is quite cool lol x)
EH BUT YESHYESHYESH SECTION OUTING FTWWWW <3
withlotsoflove,
NATALIEEEE

2011-05-16T19:20:00.002+08:00

SHALL WE HAVE A SECTION OUTING TO SOMEWHERE COOL?? :D

Post SYF

2011-04-13T23:28:00.002+08:00

HEY FLUBOES

The emotions dont run so much anymore i am learning.

i think we have all learnt to get over the results

and move on.

i think its really important to learn to move on so we shall all move on together okay and it'll all be fine, we'll have our section outings/breakfasts again we would still go for practices its all the same right :D

its fine i know we still love each other a lot! :D its what matters the most at the end of the day right (:

when i look at our section photos i am reminded of all that we have gone through together and then it would seem like everything else doesnt matter anymore sometimes i tear because i am touched by the extent of our closeness we are like family! <3

thank you all for the encouraging texts and the seniors for coming back it was so nice and warm and comforting to have you guys around :D it made everything okay like you guys were supporting us all the way.

and kayyun and rachel who kept reminding me to be strong regardless of whatever happened, lien and qiuluan who were around the whole time who were always around to give us support, meiqi who rushed back for results and comforted us. (:

I feel really lucky now for ALL OF YOU. <3

Serene!

SYF 2011

2011-04-13T19:10:00.002+08:00

Hey Fluboes!

How have you all been these days? Hope you guys are walking around in smiles!!! Was sick yesterday [what a coincidence:)] and thus did not manage to come to school- did go today though and yes i'm feeling a little better already:)

today, when my friends asked me how was SYF, i told them straight in the face that "we got silver". some of their reactions were shocked, upset for me. but there was this girl who upon hearing me say that we got silver, she said "Oh! Congratulations!" and my other friend said "eh why are you being so sarcastic." but then she said "Really. Congratulations."

upon hearing this i felt incredibly comforted, that no matter what happened, my friends still stood by me, and congratulated our success.

i guess what i really want to say, is that no matter what guys, it really doesn't matter what we get:) what we get only reflects upon our peformance. it does not reflect on what we had put into this SYF 2011- the countless frustrations, lunch practices, going home late. We really have to ask ourselves, if we have put in enough for his SYF 2011, if yes, then you have really done the band proud, putting your 300% best into this SYF. So actually what medal the judges gave us doesn't really matter! So what if can't see this? what's most important is that WE know what we have done, what we have strived for, and what we have achieved, which is not the Silver Award, but the Gold with Honours spirit in everyone of our souls. please this is not that easy to get can:) and knowing that not only we ourselves know, but our friends, the school knows, it really heartens me:)

tomorrow will be the MOZAC exchange, i believe we will be playing SYF songs again. i hope to feel, once again, the spirit that i felt on stage that fateful 11.04.11

i love you all very much,

hua xian

2011-04-11T23:17:00.002+08:00

HEY EVERYONE! Firstly I'll like to congratulate everyone on making this day a success! Yes! Today was a success cause we put in our 300%, we showed to everyone that we have infinite potential! The results are really secondary to me. I wouldn't really think about the medal we get at this point of time because I know everyone has put in their best effort to make this day even possible. We've always been working hard as an individual, working hard as a section, working hard as a band. We were in this all together, and that's what makes me really happy.

We were on stage today just not long ago. I can still feel my heart beating really fast, just like how it was on stage. I can feel the music flowing through me, just like how it was on stage.

I know we may feel disappointed, and we may feel that we could have done better to get a better medal. BUT NO! We cannot turn back the clock right now. We have to stay strong and keep walking forward, keep improving ourselves so that we can do much better in other occasions, right? =D Let's be proud of what we've got, because we have really done our best and we do not have any regrets.

If the clock really does turn back, I want to make everything the same, so I can have another once-in-a-lifetime journey with each and everyone of you here. I'll really treasure and cherish every single wonderful memory of this whole SYF journey, so I hope that everyone will too. =D

The reward I got back from this whole experience: memories, fun, laughter, love. (and well tears of joy too! XD)

Less than 3 [<3],
Wanlin

2011-04-10T16:44:00.003+08:00

FLUBOES FLUBOES.

SYF`2011 IS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS.

are you guys nervous are you guys worried! :/

all the best kayy we have worked so hard on our runs and intonation and tone and meri had been packing lunch everyday to listen to us. the sacrifices we make ah. THANK YOU MERI. (:

anyway everything will be worth it, we will touch the hearts of our audience tmr because we are NYCB! :D

rest well for the rest of today and make sure you're mentally prepared for tmr!

see you guys tmr,

I LOVE ALL OF YOU. <3

Serene!

4 more days

2011-04-06T23:03:00.005+08:00

HELLO EVERYONE! =DDDD now that blocks are over, i guess we can all concentrate on band! =D It's the last lap to chiong, so let's do it together!!! We're almost there! ^^

Anyway, I've got some stuff that the badminton coach said that day. ^.^

Peak Performance --> Be at your very best.
HAVE LOTS OF SELF-CONFIDENCE! Be proud that we are part of NYCB =D
FOCUS, GIVE YOUR VERY BEST! We need to always focus and give your very best everytime we play, and this includes band practices too!
STAY HEALTHY! Before you can go to peak performance, we must must must be healthy. So take care of yourself and look after yourself! Act responsibly! Rest well, and take loads of Vitamin C! XDXD

Mental Skills Training:
Learn, Acquire & Practice
Under the pressures of competitions/preformances, we will notice our most dominant and automatic response. We have to practice until the reaction becomes really automatic, we do what we have to do without our realisation. [oh my gosh i'm suddenly reminded of that instant when he wanted to hit me... >.<]
Multitask. This is really really important! We need to play our notes correctly, be in tune, and watch Ms Chong at the same time! It's as though our whole body is working. Eyes, ears, fingers, mouth, lungs, body.
POSTIVE THOUGHTSWe need to think positively! Usually people know what they need to do, they are just doubting themselves. POSITIVE THINKING IS THE KEY TO THE HOLE TO SUCCESS! =D Deep personal beliefs in your ability is extrememly important, at the same time realistic expectations is necessary. But i think, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO IT! =D
Create positive affirmation. Usethe statement I: I will give MY best today. ~~Do your best.~~
Psychological barriers to success. The fear of failing and falling short of other people's (sometimes your own) epectations is what hinders us to success. These are self-limiting beliefs. This CANNOT. CANNOT. CANNOT. CANNOT. happen! Believe in yourself and everyone around you. [Refer to the point above. =D]

The difficult we do first, the impossible takes time. Even though we may not feel 100% today, it's okay. We will still give it our all and see what happens.
DARE TO TRY, DARE TO FAIL, DARE TO ACHIEVE. I think this is really really really important. There is nothing wrong with trying, and even more so in making mistakes. Everyone knows what will happen if we don't try, Nothing. But who knows what will happen when we try? The possibilities are infinite.
Don't be afraid to try and fail, be only afraid of failing to try. I like this sentence a lot! =D What's wrong with failing? We just have to adopt a 'dare to try' and 'dare to fail' attitude. Think: I can accept failure -- Everybody fails at something at sometimes. (No one is perfect.) But I cannot accept not trying.
I think trying and making a mistake is not failing. It's more of not trying, that's the real failure.
SO! WE JUST NEED TO TRY AND GIVE IT ALL WE GOT! =D

Hard work, commitment, perseverance is the key. =D

WOOTS~ WE CAN DO THIS! =DD LET'S CONTINUE OUR FIGHT AND FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT ALL THE WAY! Can we achieve GWH? YES OF COURSE! ^^

JIAYOU!

Love,
Wanlin

2011-04-03T01:02:00.000+08:00

HEY FLUBOESSS <3

JIAYOU FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS

i know we can

i have faith

we will do awesome alrighttt :D

Take good care of yourselves

be at your best on 11th April

2011-03-27T01:47:00.002+08:00

15 more days.

This is madness.

it takes a lot for me to hold back the tears.

i understand i know its really really stressful for all of us now

since we're having block tests now

i am having a very tough time

revising through all my work

and making up for all the random lessons when i have stupidly decided to sleep/zone out/do weird and random things

okay basically not listening.

i hope all of you are doing well now

i hope you guys are revising and working hard for tests

im sure we can all do this

we are a smart section with smart people ;)

and hey

if you think about it,

after blocks

you say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

it'll be the eleventh.

it'll be the day that we have been waiting for/dreading whatever you have been feeling

yes it'll be the day.

ah i refuse to think about it so much now

i get all emotional and stuff.

anyway the point of this post really was to encourage all of you

i think we've all been trying reallyreally hard to be in tune

yes we still have this problem

but we are already trying

i see our efforts.

working on our runs and our tone

i know its not easy right

okay meri would say otherwise

whatever it is

at the end of the day

just make sure we all play properly

KAY EVERYONE ADD A LOT OF OIL

FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

Love,

Serene! <3

Sectionals with Meri!

2011-03-25T21:29:00.003+08:00

I would like to say that today's sectionals with Meri was nice :D Maybe we should do this all the time. Our tutor also go through with us the running notes, but different style from Meri (and much lower expectations lol) I hope to play my running notes as well as her! :D I hope it's not too late to improve...we've been hiding in the background for too long.

I HOPE TO BREAK OUT OF THE BOX WITH MY PASSION! And bring the band to greater heights.

Btw, go to the saxes blog here, they have the recordings of us at SCH, professionally recorded by Mr Matthew Lim. I think we sound quite okay, quite grand and all. And yes, lack of passion. But passion is easy to put in, I think. What's so hard about putting feelings into music? Very hard, as you can see, but I personally find it nonsensical to put in so much time into building passion when it can be done so easily. We people just to need to sing out the song more. That's all. Very easy.

Furthermore, intonation problem... Oh well, we can't really prevent it totally, every band has intonation problem, and we must have some slight variation to the actual tune or else it will sound robotic. But of course varying too much isn't good. What am I talking about? Just make sure you're in tune.

And you don't stand out. Yes. All my sec one and two life when I had been really sucky at oboe was spent on trying to not stand out because I don't want people to hear my sucky sound. :) Hehe blending in is important!

AHHH I'M LISTENING TO OUR RECORDING NOW AND OUR INTONATION SUCKS AHHH!

AND I SOUND SO SOFT DURING MY *&^#!$#%&^%* SOLO!!!

Okay adieus! Good luck studying for blk tests! :D

2011-03-21T21:49:00.002+08:00

HEY FLUBOESSS :D

we're having our soundcheck tmr, at SCH!

its going to be our one and only chance before SYF to be at the place itself to listen to ourselves and possibly change the way we play certain parts to suit the acoustics over there.

If you actually think about it, the only chances we ever get to play at SCH are soundchecks and SYF itself. So please treasure the time spent there, we are only going to be there for slightly more than one hour which is VERY short so every single second matters a lot.

Think of what you wrote in your cranes, think of what NYCB means to you and think of SYF as an event on its own.

Focus I REALLY MEAN FOCUS! in order to make full use of the time at SCH or any prac now, you really need to focus. when you focus, you dont talk you dont play around with people around you cause if you talk then you wont be conscious of your surroundings and what other people are playing.

We need to LISTEN to ourselves and people around us, how the different parts sound so different yet they sound like layers on top of each other and together its this huge big sound which impacts so many, evokes so much emotions within.

i think we just need PASSION, OUR EYES TO WATCH, OUR EARS TO LISTEN, AND TO FOCUS. Think of yourselves as individuals who can make a difference, yet we can only be powerful as a group, as a band :D

SEE YOU TMR okay actually you might not read this in time HEH

but it applies to all practices (:

PENCIL, FULL BAND U tmr.

Lots of love,

Serene! (:

20 more days.

Fluboes HUGA!

2011-02-18T22:53:00.003+08:00

YOZ PPL

yes yes its me WANG HUA XIAN here to post for the first time HAHAHS. aww man recording today sucked for me because i found out from ANNE that i was too sharp so please don't be shocked when you hear the recording with an out of tune instrument- yeah that's me:(:(:(

i think the band is... KIND OF improving la but super slow:( the trumpets can't really hit high notes and when i asked the Horns right, they say they can't exactly tell whether they're in tune as they can't hear themselves. BUT I REALLY THINK WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE our BRASSES are becoming awesomer by the DAY MANZ.

i just hope it'll be faster you know, i get really sad whenever I see ms chong who looks like she's about to cry:( LIKE TODAY OH MANZ. and i really need to practice MORE!

everyone JIAYOUS for SYF alrightos we're good but we can be BETTER!

LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!

<3 HUAXIAN!!

2011-02-17T23:02:00.000+08:00

JIAYOU FOR SYF,

6 MORE WEEKS

In response to Li Wei's posts

2011-02-05T11:43:00.006+08:00

Hi all, I guess that while ya'll may be listening to the different versions of flight and getting a vague idea of what we can improve on, here's some suggestions that we can consider:

For the 1st (top) video:
Basically this is the best version of the three, coordination is not too bad, although the tempo is a little unsteady at places. The running notes in the woodwinds are very clear, every note has equal note length and is very well-coordinated within the different sections. This is what we must be okay! =) Also, we must listen to the intonation of yourself, the section, other sections and the band! While this may seem difficult, you just need to hear yourself and everyone else. If you feel comfortable, you're okay, if you feel like you're a little out-of-sync with the rest, adjust! Simple as that. :) This is really important because it shows the different between an excellent band, a good band, an okay band and a lousy band. It's really significant because that affects how the listener responds to the music whether in relaxation and awe or in shock and cringes everytime the music blares. yup, so basically this band is in tune, in coordination and sounds majestic and cultured that's why it is the best! (Note that we should NOT follow the tempo here as it is slightly unsteady and distracts the listener from the music!)

For the 2nd video:
Okay, the tempo fluctuations here are even worse, I'm sure you can all hear it as well... Basically, just keep thinking about the pulse. It's like the heartbeat of the music, you must keep it steady else you'll get heartattack! Also, the tuning was quite bad, making the music quite jarring. In addition to what I mentioned earlier about the tuning within yourself and band right, you must make sure that when you enter with the same note as the other person playing it before right, make sure that you do NOT play a different pitch!!! This was like so extremely obvious when the saxophone entered after the flutes and it was like omg that's nearly a semitone off... >.<

For the 3rd video:
It's basically quite similar to the 2nd video... oh! erm 1 more thing, please try to emphasize the first three beats of the first section the semiquavers part. Because the last beat is very projective and in the 2nd and 3rd videos it was the only thing that I could hear. So, make sure that you bring out the first three beats to make this section more consistent and smooth. Also, when holding long notes, please do NOT go flat!!! :( Esp when the trumpet played the solo, the last note went horribly flat and was extremely D= yup so please watch out for the tuning! (if you run out of breath, please - either take another breath or just stop playing esp when it's the last ntoe of a quiet phrase) Here, the main problem is tuning and so it is the 2nd best video - the 2nd video was out of tune AND the tempo very obviously fluctuating so it's the worst of the three.

In conclusion, just make sure that you have
- Tuning! (yourself, section, other sections around you, the band)
- Coordination! (esp when the tempo is changing, please please please look at Ms Chong)
- Balance! (we're often not the melody instruments so please just hover in the background, our part is not really meant to make the listener stressed up so just add a LITTLE excitement to the music...) (This also includes bringing out the lower notes and controlling the high register)
- Clear and even running notes! (the 1st video sounded very controlled and articulate in the running notes, be like them!)

Okay, i think that's all for now. Just take note of what I wrote in the conclusion it's to sum everything I wrote above. :) Happy chinese new year!

- Meri

Flight of the piasa

2011-01-23T15:43:00.002+08:00

Hey FLUBOES! Yay I shall post here since it's fluboes haha. Lalalala I love blogging. Now I officially have like five blogs. My own blog, batch blog, class blog, a combined blog with my friends and this blog! Yay! But most of them are dead anyway. But I shant let this blog get dead haha!

Okay since we have finalised our SYF piece, we should totally work on it right now! Yay! So let's hear different versions of flight and comment on it, and take all their good points into considerations! Yay! (I can't find Singapore flyer -.-)

This is a version of flight. It's nice, the brasses and basses are great, oh my god I love how the horns sound like, so brassy and strong! But I don't really think the woodwinds are that great. They're so soft and so gentle. But of course we (fluboes) will sound better than this right? xD Haha and I can't stand how slow the slow part is. Hmm. Different conductors got different interpretations :)

This another version of flight. I like the fast tempo! It's so exciting :D The sound quality isn't as good (it's videod, can't help it...) But towards the end, the fast tempo sounded a bit rushed... And when they slowed down, it seems so unnatural... Oh well, but it was exciting... when the oboe solo came, IT'S NOT THE OBOE! I was so upset, I thought they didn't have oboe, but later on, I heard the oboe. God the oboe must have been so lousy the conductor didn't let him play or sth. Damn it lah. And the saxophone solo sucks too... And their intonation sucks too. -.- But in our last recording, I think we sounded worse than this, so we can't really scold them till we get better. (And the trumpet sound so horrible when playing the high notes! Argh!)

Oh well, the first video was so much better right? Let us all learn from the first video :) The third video, so much better than the second:

Though I think the trombones sound awful...Haha our Tay is so much better lol. The flutes aren't really good either. The oboe a bit too loud too (and I can't stand how the video focus on the bassoon when the solo is played...argh!) but it's nice i think. (I believe I can do better than that humph!) The saxophone solo and euphonium solo were great too! But the band's intonation sucks. But we aren't much better...so can't complain...

But it's still kinda nice sooooo...

Okay hope you guys know what it is like to sound great/horrible. If you want to know, I think currently we sound worse than all of them. But I believe we can/will improve! :D Just listen to other bands, and critique them, then we will improve :)

yay!

liwei

2011-01-23T14:31:00.003+08:00

hellohello!(:
lol this is my first time posting on this blog! first time posting on a blog, in fact. Hahaha i am not into blogging (heh like Meri).
Anyway, i am also quite relieved that we have finalised our syf pieces. Woohoo now we know which pieces to work and concentrate on (:
Hehheh in my opinion, i like flight alot(: And i personally feel that it is a better choice piece than choreography (: since we have been playing it for a long timee(:
GAHH ohmygosh SYF is coming soon and i feel that i should be practising harder, especially since i am not up to par with all of you D:
hehh anyway yay jiayous! 71 days to SYF! ( i think (: )
love,
Natalieee (:

heyy section :D

2011-01-23T11:04:00.005+08:00

haha oops I think I'm like the most inactive SL here ever heehee (I'm not that rly into blogging) =/ Anyways, since we've already (finally) chosen our pieces we can now put all our attention on these two pieces! :) I kinda know that all of us now have much more homework and lessons to prepare for and stuff now that the school year has officially begun. But we must all work hard tgt k? :) When you hear the music, feel it with the section & band and we'll all sound as one nice big family! :D
I guess lately our brasses have really sounded much better with the brasses, woodwinds sectionals. So we must also jiayou and work hard with our intonation (Prac with a tuner so you know when to turn in/ out esp if you don't trust your ears)! :) Basically that's the most important aspect we must work on now because being high-pitched instruments bad intonation is one of the worse things that could happen. The others being tone and coordination. haha I sound like i'm giving internet sectionals xD but seriously, I think we must all work on improving our tone and intonation k! (And when you're playing please LOOK UP AT MS CHONG and keep a consistent pulse - like your heartbeat, mustn't go erratic/ rush/ slow down else you'll get heart-attack! xD)
Oh, and just a reminder, please bring $10 section fund on Tues! :) Thanks

Cheerios,
Meri :)

2011-01-22T23:32:00.003+08:00

For a while i freaked out a lot a lot,
and i could die
and kill myself.

because suddenly everyone around forgot the username and password to section blog.
D:
luckily luckily meiqi remembered ah,
I FEEL SO RELIEVED NOW.
(:

EVERYONE KEEP POSTING KEEP POSTING! :D

Serene! (:

2011-01-22T23:18:00.002+08:00

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!

I shall do my part to relive this blog! We shan't let it die! =D *Performs CPR*

Anyway! In reply to serene's "crying while playing the music", i sometimes feel that too!!! =D And i think so long as we willingly work hard and do our best, we will definitely achieve what we want!! JIAYOUS EVERYONE!!! LET'S DO ALL THIS TOGETHER AS A SECTION! =DD

300% of infinite potential! (That's alot alot alot alot alot of unknown potential! So we can do this right? ^^)

<3,
Wanlin =DDDDD

2011-01-22T00:31:00.002+08:00

FLUBOES ! :D

this post is just to RELIVE OUR BLOG HAHA. :D

okay anyway,

i would like to get everyone to work really really really hard for SYF, because i know it means everything to all of us right? (:

I AM SURE ALL OF US WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR SYF, INCLUDING OBOES all of us must must play for SYF together as a SECTION alright!

i know that lunch practices and after school practices(optional) and band itself

is very tiring and stressful for all of us.

we have 9 weeks left,

we will go through this together

and become stronger at the end of it! :D

we will be playing Flight of the Piasa and Singapore Flyer,

and they are exactly what st margs will be playing!

ah i was really feeling very stressed because ms chong couldnt confirm our pieces.

They were only confirmed yesterday,

i feel like there isnt enough time. :/

and personally i prefer choreography cause i think it feels more

SYF-ish!

i just dont feel the same for flight alrd, after playing it for so many times.

I AM TRYING TO GET BACK THE FEELING,

but our basses are improving alrd,

i feel it i feel it. (:

sometimes when i play during band

i will have this sudden urge to cry and then my eyes would tear.

im not sure if you guys feel this way,

because if you do then its good! :D

YOU ARE FEELING FOR NYCB, SYF AND THE MUSIC.

but then i would suck the tears back in HAHA

because now is really not the time to cry -.-

Thank you entire section for helping me clean my flute ALL THE TIME

i am serious,

and waiting for anne and i after band every single practice to walk to the busstop together.

YOU GUYS ARE REALLY SWEET

i love all of you! <3

Serene!

2010-12-01T22:56:00.001+08:00

FLUBOES FLUBOES!

ANNE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS,
AND WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD GET A SECTION TEEE HAHA . :D

ISNT IT COOOL? (:
shall we design a section tee?? :D

SERENE THE COOL.

2010-11-26T23:51:00.002+08:00

HEY FLUBOES!!

I just thought that we should have a SECTION OUTING AGAIN THIS DECEMBER BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS! (:
What do yall think!! :D

love,
serene!

2010-11-13T16:44:00.003+08:00

HEY FLUBOES!

I 'bumped' into this amazing guy who does beatbox flute! Don't ask me the amount of saliva he actually spits out... But he is really amazing! here's his most viewed videos. =D Presenting Greg Pattillo!!! XDXD ENJOY ENJOY!!!!!!!! =DDDD

LESS THAN 3 (<3),
Wanlin^^

2010-07-18T22:56:00.001+08:00

I AM DOING MY PART TO UPDATE FLUBOESHUGAHUGA :D

5 MORE DAYS ,

JIAYOU SECTION,

ALL THE WAYYY! :DD

WE CAN DO THIS TOGETHER!

serene!

2010-05-18T21:28:00.004+08:00

APPASSIONATA XII was awesomeeee last night! :D

I just wanted to thank everyone for EVERYTHING from concert preparation to the day of concert itself! (:
i'll remember how every single person in fluboess worked very hard for appa, and last night, i'm glad our concert turned out very well, and i enjoyed myself very much!
rushing out letters and bananas(?) before concert, chicken rice together in canteen and confusing the aunties with our order of 11 plates of chicken rice then 10 plates then 9 plates then 8 plates HAHA. Camwhoring, DANCING TO PIECES BY JAZZ BAND AND ALUMNI BAND'S FIRST SUITE BACKSTAGE, laughing like we were crazy and freezing together inside the warehouse(!) HAHA. i think i'll always remember how all of us sat together in a row and played music togethaaaa, and eating together as a section(all 13 of us!) and realising how slowly rachel eats, oops!
hehe, and understanding the goodness of bananas, thanks to anne's fact sheet(i've not eaten the bananas yet! xD)! (:

rachel's solo was AWESOMEE, and the kids who went up to give flowers were sooo cutee haha! :D

Loads of Love,
Serene boohoooo! (:

p.s. I got into cheerleading for sabbats HAHA. and anne too! i cant imagine myself holding onto some hot pink pompom and doing somersaults in mini skirt HOHO. :D

Reviving the fluboes blog;

2010-04-18T21:44:00.002+08:00

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZAP!
is the blog alive yet?
--------------------------------
LALALALALALALA
I still cant play the oboe~
not very nicely anyway.
So most likely I wont be able to play in the concert thingy.
Oh well~
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Nth left to say lerhh.
byeeeeees
-Jaimelynne

2009-06-13T00:15:00.002+08:00

another add-on to the upcoming concerts.

National Youth Winds in Concert

Date: 20th June 2009
Time: 7.30pm (Door open 7pm)
Venue: Singapore Conference Hall

Conductor: Mr Jan Van der Roost

Ticket price: S$20
Concession for Students, NSF & Senior Citizens: S$15

Repertoire

Olympica
Jan Van der Roost

Second Suite in F
G. Holst

Spartacus
Jan Van der Roost

Gaillarde
Pierre Attaignant / arr. M. Mellaerts

Rubicon
Bert Appermont

Domus
Jan Van der Roost

Danse Diabolique
Joseph Hellmesberger/transcr. Tohru Takahashi

Algona Overture
Jan Van der Roost

JINGYI, VALERIE, LORRAINE PERFORMING!

hey! this is Hua Xian:D

2009-06-12T13:11:00.003+08:00

hahas:D

due to the courtesy of meiqi, i've decided to blog!!! sighs. so sorry, have been away for awhile! will be coming for band next thurs:D i know i knw. you guys were expecting me only from 23rd onwards right? hahas. but there were family matters i had to attend to so we rushed back on the 6th. then i had smth on the tues so i couldn't come. and next thing i know there is band break from wed to wed!!! sighs... hope i didn't miss out too much. i have to buck up on the songs. The Power of Dreams didn't seem too difficult. but the tempo might be super fast and Hymn. my sukiest playing in the whole wide world. hahas. kkaes thats all:D see you guys on thurs!!

p.s. i'm so FURIOUS that i missed the rgps exchange. How were my juniors Meiqi??? Zehui say she likes you and meri very much. and chloe ask me why Serene always so emo one and ANNE!! you are such a disappointment!!! they say you didn't talk much and is very quiet!!! aiyo. but they said that they enjoyed the exchange very much:D good job rachel!!!

hahas, loveys!!!
Hua Xian:DDD

concert promotions

2009-06-10T23:00:00.004+08:00

hey section,
here's the list of upcoming concerts.
reminder: 5 concert reflections will be collected and read (:

those who want to order tickets, email tabby (email her the names collectively if you want to sit together, in case not free-seating)

**section: we go for Band presentation tgt okay? :D sms me if you want/can go by tmr night!
if you want to go for other concerts tgt as a section, can suggest to us also okay!

Upcoming Concerts

1) "Singapore Youth Festival 2009 Concert Band Presentation"
8 July 2009, Wed,
7:30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
$4 (Excludes $1 SISTIC Booking Fee)

Performing Bands:
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Tanjong Katong Girls’ School
Xinmin Secondary School
Anderson Junior College
National Junior College

Combined Band:
Two Overtures for Wind Band, composed by Dr Kelly Tang

2) ACSI
15 Aug, sat.
$10
@ acsi

3) AudioImage Wind Orchestra
Bonbons@ siglap: new sound in brass collections
14th JUNE 2009, sunday
Siglap South Community Club Auditorium, 3.00pm

FREE ADMISSION

CONDUCTORS
Mr Clarence Tan

PROGRAMME
African Symphony
Imagine
Japanese Graffiti VI
Mozart Pop Symphony
I Need To Be In Love
Sing
American Graffiti XIX
West Side Story

4) HCI Band and Kasetsart University Wind symphony concert
4 July, Saturday
7pm, $5
HCJC Audi

5) Victoria school concert band
MUSICAL WORLD XXIII
12th JUNE 2009 – FRIDAY
Victoria Concert Hall, 7.30pm
Standard: $10 (Stalls), $12 (Circle)

CONDUCTORS
Mr Tan Beng Wee

PROGRAMME
Symphonic Movement (Vaclav Nelhybel)
The Merry Widow Selections
The Inn of Sixth Happiness

6) ACJC Concert band
MUSE- A night to remember20th June, Saturday7.30pmVictoria Concert HallTickets are priced at $12, $15 Highlights include 'Spaceship Yamato' by Hiroshi Miyagawa, 'Ghost Train' by Eric Whitacre and various ensemble performances by members of the Band.The Anglo-Chinese School Wind Orchestra, the Alumni wing of the Band, will be the guest performers for the evening!

7) Mus’art Wind Orchestra
19th July 2009 Sunday5:00pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets: $15 (Concessions for all Students, NSFs & Senior Citizens @ $12).

Conductors: Mdm Tan Soh Hwa, Mr. Wilson Ong Chok Yen
Tickets available at all SISTIC authorised agents.Schools will be able to use Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise 60% (excluding GST) of the ticket price.

REPERTOIRE
IRELAND: OF LEGEND & LORE
Robert W. Smith

OCEAN DEEP & MEMORIES
Arrange by Maj. Tonni Wei
Performer: Miss Lisa Fong

TITANIC MEDLEY
James HornerArranged by Takashi Hoshide

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MUSICAL: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Arranged by Johan De Meij

"GR" SELECTIONS FOR CONCERT BAND
Masamicz Amano

ATMOSHPERES
John Golland

THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS: FOR ERHU & WIND BAND
Hardy Merten
Erhu Soloist: Miss Khoo Hui Ling

8) Singapore Wind Symphony
SAX IN THE CITY featuring :

Guest Performers from Germany - Tubinger Saxophone Ensemble
Singapore Wind Symphony Big Band - City Swing
Singapore Wind Symphony

Singapore Conference Hall
27 June 2009 , 7.30pm

The night repertoire will be include a mix of Swing, Symphony and Classics.

Ticket Prices : $25, $35 and $100
Partial proceeds will be donated to the following Charities:Lions Home for the EldersSingapore/ Association of the Visually Handicapped

9) Raffles Junior College Symphonic Band
15 JUL 2009, WED, 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets: $20
Concessions for students, NSF and senior citizens: $15

Programme
The Third Man Theme - Anton Karas, arr. Toshio Mashima
Polovtsian Dances - Aleksandr Portir'evich Borodin, arr. Masamicz Amano
March Willing and Able - Satoshi Yagisawa
Disco Party - arr. Toru Kanayama
Poppo Poppo - arr. Kunihiro Sugiura
Shichi-Go-San - Itaru Sakai
Suite from Hymn of the Highlands - Philip Sparke
Daphnis et Chloe 2eme Suite - Maurice Ravel, arr. Masato Sato
Monterosi - Jacob de Haan

10) Limelight - Commonwealth Secondary Military Band
An Evening of your Favourite Broadway Musical and Movie Theme Songs

20 Jul 2009
Mon, 07:30PM
Esplanade Concert Hall
TICKET PRICE (Exclude Booking Fee)
Standard - S$20

Please add to above price $3 Booking Fee per ticket for tickets above $20 and $1 Booking Fee per ticket for tickets $20 and below. Charges include GST where applicable.

11) Heartbeat charity concert (dance)
12/ 13 June
7.30pm, $8
HC Audi

12) swsy in concert IV
27 June, Saturday
3pm
$4.80
Highlights include: spirited away, les miserables, AHMA PERFORMING;)

13) snyo concert
13 July
7.30pm, Eplanade Concert Hall
$5
Highlights include: summer rhapsody, brahms symphony no. 4, violin concerto, RACHEL PERFORMING ;)

2009-06-08T23:05:00.002+08:00

HELLO!
like what i said on the tagboard, my reputation is *CRIESSSSS* after seeing all the photos HAHA but it's okay we only do it ONCE AWHILE ahem ahem x)

anyways i'm here today to promote CONCERTS! :DD

SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL 2009 CONCERT BAND PRESENTATION
8 JULY 2009, Wednesday.
7.30pm @ Esplanade Concert Hall.
Duration: 2 hrs (20mins interval)
ticket price: $4
The Singapore Youth Festival (SYF) 2009 Concert Band Presentation will showcase five local school bands who had achieved excellent results at the SYF 2009 Central Judging of Concert Bands in April and May. The bands performing are from: Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Tanjong Katong Girls’ School, Xinmin Secondary School, Anderson Junior College and National Junior College. The concert will present a repertoire of familiar classics including Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino, Strauss II’s Die Fledemaus, Puccini’s Turandot, and Gillingham’s With Heart and Voice. There will also be a combined band presenting the SYF 2009 set pieces, Two Overtures for Wind Band, composed by Dr Kelly Tang.

Singapore Youth Festival SNYO Concert
13 July 2009, Monday
7.30pm @ Esplanade concert hall
ticket price: $5
Will be playing Summer Rhapsody, composed by local composer, Phoon Yew Tien, Violin Concerto by SNYO concert master, Davin Ang. Lastly, Brahms Symphony No.4.
THIS CONCERT WON"T BE BORING COS YOUR BELOVED SENIOR AHEM AHEM WILL BE PERFORMING HAHAHA.

Okay that's about all i want to say HAHA actually there are more concerts but not sure if tickets have been sold out already heh.

Cya tmr for band! (:
RACHEL!

2009-06-05T13:49:00.017+08:00

haha, it took me ages to upload the pics but its worth it(:
here are only some featuring the classic unglam-ness(: n fun(:(:

ok lets start the story(:

the story starts in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(:(:

on a fine day rachel ho decided to show off her beauty...

sadly it attracted some crocodiles -.-

and it tried to eat meiqi 0.o

Apparently rachel got very very very very scared and started scream(: :O

FLUTES being a VERY brave section decided to chase the crocodile away by performing so weird superhero actions:

rachel used her super-vision

and serene tried being batman while anne just flaps away, hoping she can get away from all these insanes.
the rest attempted to be the spiderman(:

after a LOOOONG while, they decided to push the blame to meiqi, because she is the SL (muhaha)

but being kind-hearted we changed the criminal to rachel
and anne kindly volunteered to kill her(:(:

after much killing, everyone got so tired that they just went back to sleeping ZZzzzz

the end(:
-qiuluann-

section picnic

2009-05-09T18:45:00.002+08:00

hey section!
i just want to comment that our section picnic was of such success and fun today :D It was almost full attendance except for liwei :/ (nvm there'll always be another one alright!)

HA i felt like a mummy bringing the kids out. ( I feel old XD)
Not to forget qiuluan our babysitter! Taking care of the juniors while some of us went hunting for drinks (and couldnt resist phototaking on the way, opps!) HAHA I'm laughing at the image of qiuluan pumping air into the football for the juniors to play!
And when we returned...
"wah why all of you so sweaty?"
"cause play with meri ma!"
HAHAHA. I see how committed you're to your job! XD

Aww it was such a family picnic! Now we know who are the potential models and babysitters, domestic housemakers and scandalous women, sportchicks and dainty girls... HA.

PLEASE UPLOAD THE PHOTOS ASAP! *ahem*

have a good rest this weekend!

And of course...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL!
you're 15! :D

With lots of love,
your SL (:

2009-04-30T22:20:00.000+08:00

hey section!

look at this for details on the flute festival:

opps, why is it so blur D: ehh you can go www.flute.com.sg to find out more!

ANYWAY HERE'S SECTION OUTING UPDATES:
9th may sat
Picnic @ botanic + bowling? :D

everyone contribute a little for the picnic okay! time to show off your culinary skills! hoho.

if there's any more ideas, please suggest!

FLUBOES! our pretty section photo (:

2009-04-19T20:25:00.001+08:00

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY HUAXIAN!

see! yours isnt belated. :D

-lien

2009-04-18T12:23:00.001+08:00

HAPPY belated 14th BIRTHDAY SERENE!

HAPPY belated 13th BIRTHDAY XINYU!

-lien!

2009-04-14T22:08:00.002+08:00

HAPPY BELATED 14TH BIRTHDAY ANNE! (6 April)

HAPPY BELATED SWEET 16TH MEIQI! (13 April!)

section loves you!

lien:D

Just for laughs

2009-04-06T20:31:00.002+08:00

The first photo is very nice, everyone else is blur ^^
LOL.

I have some others in he SCH itself, but I haven't uploaded them yet :/

AND:

Muahaha I found these :D
UNGLAM LAH!

bandfusion.sg

2009-04-05T22:48:00.002+08:00

Wow!! Gd job to the schs tat took part in syf todae! Somehow i still cant believe nan yang got silver? Shock

I'm kinda shocked too. But well. Anything can happen during SYF. Drama rmb?

I'm really shocked. nanyang girls? What happened? ):

I'm shocked too... Wow. What happened huh? Yeah and I didn't hear them play so I don't really know. But yup, I'm sure those are their best performances that they have put up!

Yeah, I always thought they would get at least a gold. Hmm, lets wait and hear what they say ._.
Yea. Anything can happen. Look at AMK. Look at RGS.
That's life, unpredictable as always...

our school had an exchange with nanyang and they were fantastic! But they should have done their best, and if the judges gave them a silver, so be it. After all, the colour of the medal does not mark the quality of the band.

Does anyone know how did nanyang girls and dunman high get silver???Both bands are of high standards and i expected at least a gold from them if not a gold with honours..

i watched the entire afternoon session...

I'm really shocked that nygh didn't even manage to get a gold. i was really expecting at the very least, a gold. their choice piece was excellent, and the solos (especially the two flute solos - excellent!) were really good. im really surprised that they only got silver. its a you-have-to-be-there moment - the hall was really quiet and filled with nothing but disbelief when it was announced that they got silver instead. a pity, really. perhaps they were a little too loud at certain portions of the choice piece and the set piece? that was the comment i overheard from people sitting ard me. i do agree they were a little too loud and intense at certain portions, but imho, they managed to handle the dynamics of the two songs pretty well. maybe the loudness was a bit over the top, but there was evident volume control. the quieter parts were done nicely, and the "sfpp---sffz" at the end of hymn to the infinite sky was really well-executed.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!!??!

and.. i thought cedar girls' played rather well too. hmm.. but i dun really get zhonghua's choice piece - i would have thought that they would have chose something that showcases the band somewhat. the whole song felt a little flat to me. but the fundamentals of the band are clearly there - the articulation and the likes.

yeah. erm. pls dun flame me. just my humble opinion. =)

NYGH deserves better! but nonetheless, i respect the judges' decision(s).

i was shocked wif cedar gals n nyg..my frens n i HUH-ED vv loudly.i expect a gold n gwh respectively.

haha. awesome! thanks for all the great comments. but i still think that NY should have gotten so much more than a silver. they are good. really good.

I think Nanyang Girls was really good. I don't know why they got silver.

but seriously shoudlnt nygh and dunman high get more than a silver???

Mhm! The fact that people feel some bands deserve more, it's sort of like, they've won the people over already and that's something they should proud of!

hahas you all were awesome! (i'm from kranji lol) just a bit too overwhelming at the climax parts..hahas

i went. and im very shocked with the results!
i enjoyed nygh alot. good job guys!
dun be disheartened with the results as long as you did your best!

I'm surprised that Nanyang did not get gold. :/

i was there for the entire day.
i thought that nygh did really good, maybe too loud at times, but they could at least manage a gold (with honours).
other schools, some did pretty well. i thought some sounded better den those from the morning session, so im actually quite curious as to why they didnt get gold.

To NYGHS : you gals played really well ... i was personally touched by your v. musical playing (got goosebumps while listening) ... perharps SCH is too small to contain your band's nice big warm tone but if you gals play the same piece in Esplanade, it'll be perfect ... so stay positive ! i personally think you gals sounded better than some honours band .... WAY to GO !

yeah. i was in the centre block, and i think the drums were too loud, even though i think the impact was really good.
i agree that if nygh had played that in esplanade or sth, it'll be perfect.
i tihnk your band's sound is a little too loud for what the hall can take.
anyway, i really enjoyed your band alot!
(and i still haven figured out why your band got a silver. sobs)

syf rec 2009

2009-04-04T21:10:00.003+08:00

HEY SECTION!

here's our SYF 2009 rec - Overture No.2 and Hymn to the Infinite Sky. it's of good quality (:

Go to this website to download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e8fc65ca12519f64111096d429abd3608347ad8cea1327535be6ba49b5870170

LiEn and I teared while hearing, even overture...
I'm proud of our section too!

Go hear okay! :D

<3 NYCBFLUBOES

2009-04-04T20:00:00.001+08:00

HELLO SECTION!!!!
So long since I've posted here.

When I woke up this morning, I was still thinking about nycb and syf.
I seriosly don't understand
I dont think many people do

Whatever the judges' decisions were.
I was touched by the music you guys made.
I've never cried so much when listening to music.
All the seniors were really moved by your performance.
And I honestly felt that it has been quite some time since i heard such a nice sound from a band.
We all thought your playing was BEAUTIFUL:)

Come to think about it, I think NYCB improved a lot
I dont think the band has reached this realm before.
maybe without this syf, you guys wouldn't have improved much
so this is an achievement that is meant to be celebrated:)

So dont be too disheartened
(seeing you guys so sad make us feel very sad tooD: )
(all the seniors and)I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH!!!!
SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!!! <3
*do the hugahuga cheer*

Spending time with you guys is really really fun!
MISS YOU ALL D:

truckloads of love,
peisan

2009-04-04T15:44:00.001+08:00

congrats to everybody who did their best for syf. (:
at least we got PLATINUM right? :D

oh, and seriously somebody should teach me how to sing the fluboes cheer! :DD

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANNE IN ADVANCE. (:

2009-04-04T14:18:00.002+08:00

Yes, I agree with the previous post, which i assume was written by meiqi, was it?

Even though we were given a silver, we KNOW we are worthy of more than that. People may now think we are a silver band, the judges may not have liked what we presented to them, so be it. We played well on stage, and MANY MANY PPL were touched by our music. The passion we have in band was evident in our playing. I could really feel the bonds within the band, keeping us together.

On 030409, we played our very best. It was the most beautiful hymn to the infinite sky ever. We played, we soared to the sky, and we clinched...no not a gwh, but MUCH MUCH MORE. A PLATINUM. yes that's what we are, a platinum band! or even more. We cannot be defined by any colour, by a gold, silver, bronze whatever. We are MUCH MUCH MORE than any medal and award a band can achieve. We are a band with passion, with love, with spirit.

and for that, we are all proud to be part of NYCB, right?

Let us treasure this experience, and move onwards!

(:

<3 fluboes.
<3 NYCB.
<3 seniors! for all the support and love.

syf

2009-04-04T12:57:00.001+08:00

syf 030409
nanyang concert band - silver.

I guess many of us were stunned when the result was announced. We thought we could have achieved better.

But whatever it is section, I just want to say I'm really proud of all of you (: We've given our best on that stage. We've played with our hearts, our passion. We've enjoyed that every moment of performing.

To others, it may just seem as a silver, but to us, it means more than that of a medal, for our music has touched our own hearts, our conductor's heart, and the audience's hearts. The tears, from us, Ms Chong, our seniors, at the end of our performance truly shows that - tears of pride.

Perhaps we've gained more than what we've lost. We've become more bonded than before. We've grown even more passion than before. And I believe, it is this passion and unity in us that will soar us even higher. Our passion lives on... So be strong. NYCB - nothing you can beat.

2009-03-29T15:01:00.003+08:00

HELLO SECTION. lien here! eh, remember the schedule thing that our dear SL meiqi assigned to us to keep the blog alive?? how come nobody follow! supposed to be sec ones start posting first right? WHERE ARE THEY! ah nvm, anyway i shall be extra and post something. the following is koped from yunxin's blog! if u wanna see the original can go to her blog and see: chiammyx.blogspot.com! anyway, this is a little something for syf:

The road we've walked.
The things we talked
The songs we've played.
The music we made
The joys we've shared.
The laughter we had
The lamments we've sighed.
The tears we cried.

The time we had.
Every single moment we shared-
and it all comes down to these few minutes.

The big day.
Its our chance to shine.
Believe in yourself, believe in us altogether.
Feel like a band, our hearts pulsing as one.
Play together, soar together.

and dedicate the hymn
To our mighty, magnificent, grandeous, infinitesky.

play good music - music that melts the hearts,
makes tears flow through their ducts.
and everything else will fall into place.

(:in NYCB we believe

okay and here's another one, from yunxin's blog too:

“I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient.”
yes indeed, we shall use this few days and practice as hard as we can. and with each day, we aim to perfect that scenery in the sky and indeed, its only a matter of hours before the sky changes. so let us learn to treasure all the remaining time we have. it's just like taking a picture. we need to do all we can and on syf day, take a perfect picture and for the next two years, look at it with great pride that we did our best alr.then while we're playing on stage, this should ring in our minds:

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”l
love refers the passion. nycb. the passion lives on. our favourite phrase right? so let us soar high up towards that secret sky. let that happiness and passion be our secret as nycb. let us learn to let go of all our troubles and take a great leap at the dream, that goal and soar towards it.

“A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...It feels an impulsion...this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.”
perhaps many of us at times when the going was tough questioned why we practice so hard. and and we wondered why we aim so high. but then in these few months, we learnt to play as a band and learnt to have the same vision, we realised all that we've been working for.

“Don't tell me the sky is the limit, there are footprints on the moon!”
yep.. as what we've all been saying, dont aim for the gold with honours. aim for playing the platinum that ur band can play. if we play to our best, we'll be proud, whatever our results are.

“Only from the heart Can you touch the sky."
WE CAN AND WE WILL. NYCB APPASIONATA (:and a random quote i found that i like:“If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.”

okay, anyway again this is from yunxin's blog!:D

2009-03-20T14:41:00.001+08:00

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY PEISAN!<3

-lien.

2009-03-09T23:41:00.003+08:00

hello! being random :) anyways, camp juz over and I hope everyone had FUN! :) Was the sec 3s camp fun? looking forward to it! was graces difficult? like the wearing heels part... or was just xian? :S hehe :) i'm officially crapping :) happy belated b'dae sunran!!! :))) and so few pracs before syf :(((

SYF

2009-03-09T16:30:00.003+08:00

SYF IS ON 3RD APRIL 2009!

here's the schedule:

10 March-normal band prac
12 March-normal band prac
13 March-WORKSHOP
16 March-EXCHANGE 1
17 March-normal band prac
19 March-normal band prac
20 March-normal band prac
21 March-EXCHANGE 2
24 March-normal band prac
26 March-normal band prac
27 March-normal band prac
31 March-normal band prac
2 April-LAST BAND PRAC B4 SYF
3 April-SYF

IF YOU COUNT....
IT IS ONLY 13 PRACS TO........

SYF

WE'RE THE 95TH BAND TO PERFORM!

(credits to trumpets w permission (:)

JIAYOU SECTION. buck up buck up buck up. SYF's is in less than a month time (OMG!)

I urge everyone to be present for all the bold events + really try to be present for usual band practices.

it's time to be serious! We can do it fluboes alright!

meiqi.

2009-03-08T17:57:00.003+08:00

Hello! haha. im supposed to post.. but dont know what to post! aiyaaa!! T_T why bully the sec 1's?... T_T. haha JKJK... okay okay... err... firstly... if im going to continue to type... many of '...' will appear so forgive... =DD

Camp was over 2 days ago... and i had fun (thankfully) XD... hope everyone else had fun too! =DD =DD =DD

Wanlin ^^

2009-03-07T16:34:00.004+08:00

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY SUNRAN!:D:D

-lien!
+ fluboes!

2009-03-06T21:03:00.002+08:00

heyy fluboes! :D

whad did the sec fours do for lifeskills camp? :D
must be super fun right???
like its the slackest camp out of the four years. -.-
and whad did the sec threes do?
i bet it was super tiring right?
i hope i stay in sec two forever. -.-
did you guys get to bathe? o.o
hah!
and i bet the sec ones enjoyed themselves too! :D
i remember the safra thingy was quite fun! :D
and talentime too!!

-serene!

2009-03-02T16:06:00.004+08:00

Since our LOVELY SL says that we can blog anywhere, anytime,
i hereby proclaim that
i'm blogging at obs together with wild bears and monkeys!
HAHAHA
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nah, i didn't go to obs, they said 'YOU ARE PROBLEMATIC' ): how sad! they actually said i's problematic! D: haha cos i got alot of problems with my body (mainly bones) hahaha so ill be staying with the sec2s for their lsc camp on wed! (:

Hmm okay since meqi wants photos of her, here it is!

HAHAHA so pretty right! XD
everyone aspires to be as pretty as you haha! :DD
okay then i shall stop my nonsence,
bye bye!
RACHEL :D

roster

2009-03-01T18:45:00.002+08:00

hey section :D

We shall take turns to update our dearest section blog every week okay!
Hoho we shall first start with sec1s.

WanLin
HuaXian
Anne
Meri
Serene
ShiYu
QiuLuan
Rachel
MeiQi
LiEn

+oboes can update too! :DD

Can post photos/videos of us (or me XD nah jk) or blog about any section events/band happenings :D
anyone can still continue posting if you want anytime at anywhere!

WE SHALL KEEP OUR SECTION BLOG ALIVE!
yes we can!

P.S link your blog if you have

With much much love,
your lovely SL :D

Meanwhile, have fun in your camps and good luck to sec3s for OBS! May you survive and improve your stamina and have more power when you return! XD

2009-02-28T12:42:00.003+08:00

HELLO LIEN HERE HAHAHXD

let us wish happy birthday to:

ROS! (28 FEB!)

and

happy belated birthday to:

SHIYU! (26 FEB!)

and happy belated belated belated birthday to:

QIULUAN! (17 JAN!)

YAY!:D:D

shall we post birthday wishes on this blog from this year onwards? then it will be kept alive! HAHAXD

Meiqi's Story & Rachel's Story

2009-02-26T17:57:00.004+08:00

As requested (muahahaha) this is the story of 08/09 SL Meiqi, for the benefit of future generations. (oops I forgot to upload the video of her =/)

And yes of Rachel Ho too, but she isn't that significant. (Rachel: ahem ahem) (jk jk ^^)

So this is about our section outing at Settlers Cafe on 19th Nov 2008 I think.

We played board games! Board games really really really bond people and it's really fun! Monopoly pwns, but we didn't play that.

We were playing some Cranium brain game and there was this word "impasto" and Rachel and Meiqi don't know what it means == That's why this story is on them! :D

What does impasto mean?!!

And the beauty queen is here! Everyone was like taking picture of her...

I really like my photos being taken.

Such a joy xD I'm so pretty lalala~~~

Rachel take more take more....

This is the mad queen! She is always shaking and moving badly and doing weird actions. (Game mah)

See I can shake very well!!!

Okay okay I do a new action.

Eh wait I read, see what to do...

4 words 4 words!! (or 4 letters?)

I touch my pants!

Hot arh hot arh!

I do more! Meiqi watch! (Meiqi is thinking deeply?)

Ahh why no one guess correct?
The answer is ants in my pants!

Everyone else is amused ==

LOL

Haha section photo :)

:)

Sun Ran here, desperate attempt to revive the blog. Heh you can request for any post/pictures of previous section outings that I have promised but not done ._.

(:

2009-02-25T19:20:00.001+08:00

our section blog is so dead...
ha let's make it a duty for us to take turns to post an entry a week from now onwards ya! XD

And let's welcome our new addition to our section - ShiYu, HuaXian, Wanlin :D

JIAYOU FOR SYF, SECTION!
It's really really nearing so let's buck up!

meiqi.

2009-02-13T22:35:00.003+08:00

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
hahaha a first post in the year 2009 YAY! :DD
here to revive the blog, CPR, like whee i'm a certified doctor LOL xD
okay this post makes no sense, but anyways,
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! <3
rachel :D

DD:

2008-12-27T11:45:00.000+08:00

AHHHH BAD NEWS: OUR SLEEPOVER ~~MAY BE~~most probably be CANCELLED D:

our attendance (so far):
-ros
-sunran
-me

omg. 3 of us only!!! so pathetic right! how to have sleepover like tt... D:

I guess if the attendance turn out a disappointment in the end, our section sleepover would be cancelled.

Here's the alternative plan since most of us're free in the afternoon instead:
our long-awaited...
BAKING at ROS HOUSE!

meet at 1pm (after lunch) at potong pasir mrt. Buy groceries $$$ and then baking at ros hse till evening (before dinner)

REPLY ASAP!
if attendance is still D: ...
our section outing would be cancelled!

it's OUR section outing, so it'll need everyone's effort to make it alright (:

section sleepover!

2008-12-24T11:30:00.004+08:00

HOHO.

SECTION SLEEPOVER!
we're going to spend the last ~~sleeping~~ night of 2008 together!
omg sounds wrong.

Okay anyway ROS says we can go her house for sleepover on the 30th! :DD
I guess it would perhaps be just sleepover at her house, or you guys can still have activity in the afternoon if you want before heading her house for the night (Lien and I won't be able to join in the aft though D:) sorry!

Packing:
tent (optional)
soft toy (optional)
movies dvd/vcd (optional)
extra set of PJs/clothes (optional)
toiletries
SNACKS!
(to be continued...)

Ha basically everything is optional except toiletries and snacks la.

We'll be having movie marathon, chit-chatting, snacking, etc. Oh! We'll be sleeping in tents too? HOHO. I've no idea myself too since it's ros' house (: But anything can happen on the day itself la!

So ya, please RSVP by leaving comments to this post, so i'll know who's coming!

I'll sms you guys the details (meeting time, meals) when it's more cfm!

Merry xmas :D

fluboes <3>

whee

2008-12-06T19:20:00.002+08:00

NOEL photos!

I'm proud of our section! (:

FLUBOES! (heart)

hm... can someone teach me how to insert heart shape? HAHAHA.

2008-12-04T10:55:00.001+08:00

ahaha i know this is kinda late, but

THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY PRETTY AND LOVELY PRESENT! :DD

Section Outing

2008-11-19T21:57:00.001+08:00

CLICK HERE

Okay haha sorry to put the link there, anyway all the photos are there plus some crafted stories based on the photos :) You can ignore the rest :) YAY we must play board games more often (am I efficient o.o)

2008-11-19T20:28:00.012+08:00

haha(: im here to upload the pics of the latest section outing(: sry for not adding captions:P

:)

2008-11-13T21:13:00.001+08:00

Heyy I heard Meiqi is back tomorrow, but Ros/PeiSan/Annabelle are going to take a long time to be back! I saw Anne's cookies pictures (they inflate!) and I want to bake quite badly! When is section outing? :D

And JY for HYMN dont get sick of it so soon :)

SunRan :D

2008-11-05T20:43:00.003+08:00

HELLO! (:
i wonder how is meiqi doing in china hahaha xD

Here are the choral and drama night dates! (just for fun hahaha)

Thursday (6/11) : 101, 102, 103, 209 (Rachel), 210
Friday (7/11) (rachel emcee-ing HAHA): 105, 113, 207, 208, 211 (Qiuluan)
Monday (10/11): 107, 108, 109 (Meri, Li Wei), 206, 212, 213
Tuesday (11/11): 110 (Serene), 111, 112, 202, 204
Wednesday (12/11): 104 (Anne), 106, 201, 203, 205

section outing!

2008-10-11T11:05:00.003+08:00

HELLO!

Haha don't know if anyone of you would see this in the midst of EOYs but anyway, here's the tentative plan for... SECTION OUTING! *screams*

'5 Ws'
When? ~~18 oct~~ 25 oct (sat)
Where? Ros cosy and big house (: (with permission)
What? Baking!
Who? FLUBOES ;D

(Eh... which 'W' did I miss out?)

Haha anyway the above details are all still tentative! (depends on everyone's schedule)

I'm thinking of perhaps:
AM- buy groceries
PM- makan, BAKING
Eve- ??? (Out - KBOX, movie, ice-skating, etc OR In- DVDs, mahjong? you decide!)

OR (opposite)

AM- ??? (Out - KBOX, movie, ice-skating, etc OR In- DVDs, mahjong? you decide!)
PM- makan, buy groceries
Eve- BAKING

This is my suggestion only, of course it's up to you guys! Since we won't be meeting until then, please tag at tagboard or use any advanced communication technology to voice your opinions! HAHA XD

Haiyo, I will sms all of you once everything is confirmed and then we will see how! :DD

Everything is still TBA (to be announced) at a later date! We've to make sure we don't da rao ros' family, so we must gain their permission first! ;D

Till then, BYEE!

P.S oh I realise we need a recipe before we can bake right?
Ahh... WHO KNOWS HOW TO BAKE? :X

Photos

2008-09-19T18:33:00.000+08:00

All overdued... long long long time. I am too lazy to upload the LimeLight ones D:

:D

2008-09-11T16:36:00.004+08:00

This post is so fei too, but good luck studying, mugging :/

I heard the concert CD is out :D Hope its nice, although I haven't heard constructive comments yet.

And yay, we should bake/cook (like pizza) after eoys :D Want marking day?

I feel weird blogging here now...

Oh you can update on your partial section outing.

Sun Ran :D

2008-08-31T21:20:00.001+08:00

HAPPY BELATED BRITHDAY KAY YUN :D

Rachel uploaded the photos alr! :D

Anyway, I've some updates!
1. band room will be open on tues/thurs (those who haven't bring home instru tsk tsk, you can collect your flute/oboe on these days)

2. rmb to keep a journal, so please still have regular practices on your instru

3. Reminder: ~~section outing~~ (just Lien, Rachel, QiuLuan and me D:) SWSY concert on sat 6/9! I'm thinking of dinner together somewhere at 5pm or so? Suggestions on tagboard/sms me please! :D Btw, who knows how to go temesek poly? :x

WE MUST HAVE FULL ATTENDANCE SECTION OUTING ONE DAY OKAY! (sec1s!!! Must join ah!) Let's have a cooking/baking session after EOYs? (: Who has a big ktichen to sponsor? XD Sec4s must be invited also! :D We'll discuss about it after EOYs ya?

OKAY STUDY AND PLAY HARD ;D
JIAYOU FLUBOES!

LOVE,
meiqi (:

2008-08-28T22:33:00.004+08:00

HIGHLIGHTS OF KAY YUN"S BIRTHDAY! [28/08/08]

haha bought the chocolate musse cake from polar cakes and puffs yesterday at great world city, then brought it to school today in the morning and put it at the fridge behind the bake delight stall (:

so after band,

meiqi was like 'kay yun i got something need to discuss...'

then outside, qiuluan, sheena, anne, liwei, serene, meri and i were lighting the candles on the birthday cake (:

but being blur, i burnt myself with the matchstick heheh. i forgot that it was wood so yeah, burnt my fingers hahaha but it wasn't that bad lah, not as bad as cutting my finger while chopping chicken during the home ec sabbatical last year hahaha ;D

yup!
so here are the pictures of the day! xD

kay yun blowing the candle

kay yun posing.

section with kay yun! (:

okay then, shall go and sleep now!

they say from 11-1 is the time where your bones grows! xD

RACHEL! :D

2008-08-18T00:02:00.003+08:00

aah WE WILL MISS YOU SEC4s ):

eh this is like super long time ago, but we all will never forget that moment. yay for limelight! :D
some comments (taken from trombones blog with permission heheh. thank you jo!)

"the main thing today.went for nanyang girls’ high concert band concert. at the esplanade.huge band, 10 trombones, and like, 9 flutes?the double bass girls were cool, they look tiny but they sure can play!well, considering the fact that they hire SSO tutors, i think its understandable.oh yeah, they’re like, ready steady. the gimmicks and all, they’re not afraid, just do.wow, more schools should be like that instead of hiding in one corner and thinking you’ll just die of the embarrassment if your crush or parents saw you, yeah.
gimmicks were rather cute at the last few pieces.oh yeah, did i mention, they were FAST.like when they stand for a solo or even as a section, its like -bam-, all stand.talk about discipline and pride for the band man.last time i saw it was like, what, catholic high 2 years ago?hmm (:"

"LOL the concert was GREAT!!!!!!woo~ flower power :DDyeah. the oboe soloist was COOL waaaaaay COOL xDaahhh, the concert was super nicei love ' Hymn of the Infinite Night' or smth like thatso nice :))got alot of jap songs heh((:"

"OHHH. the brass for nanyang girls high concert band (NYCB) was FABULOUS! they were AMAZING. i loved the alumni band piccolo player! gah. she is sooooo good. !! <3">"haha today i had a ex and current MD outing with yunsong to watch nanyang band concert..it was really good and it's good to see young talents playing their hearts out on stage..their music really moved me and i was really touched by their hymn to the infinite sky..."

[edit]

Above it posted by Lien? I add on below...

An email forwarded by cheryl to all sec4s (I didn't receive it) from ms chong a few days ago after limelight.

-----

Hi all!
Thanks for all your dedication, hardwork, commitment, passion,
leadership....the list goes all.... Great job and I'm very proud of you all!
I had a good time last night and was able to sleep a little better. :)
I hope you guys enjoyed yourselves thoroughly and indeed, NYCB was in the Limelight! Compliments are continuing to pour in and they are all very good...
At the same time, it's time of the year to pass down.
This year has been many firsts for the band and it just makes it harder...
I'll miss you all and do come back to play, visit etc...
I'm sure your juniors would love to see you all.
Ok, all the best and God bless!
Cheers!
Ms Chong

PS Please thank the sec 4s for me. You guys are all AWESOME!

[/edit]

Passing down..

2008-08-16T23:19:00.002+08:00

Sec 4s reign of terror is gone! Now for the sec 3s to show their true faces!! Of horror!!!

But still, we didn't update about section outing yet... but I guess I've said what I wanted to say in the letters, hopefully, and they aren't budgeted!

Jiayou juniors, all the best Meiqi and Lien as the new terrifying leaders, please terror your juniors and scold them like mad, and coporal punishment is allowed. Starve them, slash them, force them, kill them if they are beyond hope. And of course Kay Yun, already a very good SL, on your BM journey...

And all the juniors, submit to your terrifying seniors? Or should you learn to be tough like PeiSan?

Fluboes, best section ever. I've read PeiSan post on her blog and I really agree with her :D

And yeah, change all the terrifying to nice, horrifying to lovely,
打是疼,骂是爱

Okay this post is so rubbish <3

2008-08-10T21:24:00.002+08:00

HAHAHA YAY!
SECTION OUTING TMR!

ive gotten the mahjong set and the mahjong table ready! :D
plus i bought chips, but only 3 packets (hope it's enough), and pandan cake! haha! xD

plus plus,
i don't really have horror movies, (unless war ones are counted XD)
so if you really want horror movies i can go rent! (: (there's a video ezy outside my house)
i have
-She's the Man
-The Pink panther (the one with the stupid detective in it XD)
-RV
-Harry Potter 1-5 (but the quality of the 4 and 5th one not that good heh)
-Madagascar
-The SIMPSONS movie!
-Hairspray
etc.
haha that's all i can think of (:
yup yup but so sorry i don't have any spirited away ones ):

YAY!
lookind forward for tmr! :D
rachel! xD

Just a Gentle Reminder:D

2008-08-10T20:45:00.000+08:00

HELLO! :D

For the benefit for those who still dont know,
There is section outing in Rachel's house tomorrow!!!:D :D :D :D

Yay! I can't wait since (I believe) almost everyone is able to make it:D

Some gentle reminders:
Please remember to be punctual tomorrow at 9.50a.m.
I can already foresee that someone will be late. *smirk*
Please bring along some snacks and CDs/DVDs if you have any:D :D
Anyone have spirited away/other miyazaki film?
It would be really nice if any of us have it:D

Erm. What else?
I think thats more or less everything:)

SEE YOU TMR!!!! :D :D :D

Love,
PeiSan

2008-08-02T22:14:00.002+08:00

2 MORE DAYS TO CONCERT!

NYCB FLUBOES <33

-meiqi (:

Our calendar

2008-07-29T22:00:00.001+08:00

Hello!

I am too bored and cannot be bothered to study for aep test =x

But oh yeah, Meiqi should complete the birthday, because I am not very sure (:

And and, I did a calendar (I told you I have no mood to study) but some things are missing; like the partial section sleepover at Ros's house. Or some other things. And dates might be wrong O: And some stuff there are quite crap, like Vesak Day ==

We can keep track of what's happening now XD

Sun Ran :D

2008-07-28T18:02:00.002+08:00

SEVENTY SIX TROMBONES AAH

http://www.imeem.com/people/Ceb-qq/music/-uUEUbJP/matthew_brodderick_seventy_six_trombones/

the lyrics are so cute heheh.
the first part is some guy narrating the story i think hahaha (:

then here's jalan-jalan:
http://www.imeem.com/people/TPf22R/music/Oy5ceU4H/shinya_takahashi_jalanjalan_vision_of_the_isle_of_the_god/

and hymn to the infinite sky:
http://www.imeem.com/people/1NkDIF/music/J9-IwVUb/the_royal_netherlands_army_band_johan_willem_friso_hymn_to/

rachel! :D

(:

2008-07-26T01:02:00.001+08:00

I should be saying this here, I was very high just now!
(Even though on the other side I was very low, but never mind)

Meiqi had a breakthrough today!

You know, maybe she grew taller XD

Lots of love to every eskimo,
Sun Ran

cup noodles:D

2008-07-25T20:15:00.006+08:00

hey section!

lien, meiqi, qiuluan, rachel and i stayed back after band and went to koped left over food from the ptm. since there were no more plates, we ate our beehoon in cups! so its like cup noodles:D

Just look at their glowing faces:D

-peisan:D

Our best section photo

2008-07-24T22:11:00.004+08:00

Meiqi said we should colour up our blog. I am too lazy to upload those photos in my phone, for band fiesta, concert and whatever else =x

Never mind, we have a nice section photo here haha.

How about this lao pok ones (: Look at Rosalind's specs!

So lame ._. I think I shall make myself a bit more hardworking and well, upload photos. Need to take around 543 images before I do so though =x Can wait?

YAY, I cannot wait for section outing, do I have to wait till my neck grows long long?

Sun Ran :D

:D

2008-07-24T19:20:00.003+08:00

HAHAH I love our section blog so I'm posting here again!

BTs are over! :DD

We finally see one another today!
Oh since BTs are over, can we have section outing! :DD I know! SLEEPOVER again! WAHAHA ~~TRUTH OR DARE~~ :x

I'm quite high now because block tests are really over! Heh. Oh! Thank you Peisan for the sweets today :DD My first time eating yogurt sweet!

Btw, my sister asks me to help her sell tickets! Can I publicise here? x)

South Norfolk Youth Symphonic Band, Hwa Chong Symphonic Band and Hwa Chong Interact Club presents...

LUCE
-20 Aug (wed) 6.30pm @ Hwa Chong Institution Auditorium

I need to find someone to go with me! XD

Okay bye! I shall watch my Jap drama now! Seigi no Mikata :D I shall try to find section photos in my this computer and upload so that this post will be colourful! Hahaha.

MeiQi !

2008-07-23T16:55:00.003+08:00

HELLO! (:
yay! it's down to one more day and the battle will finish! :D

tmr's hmp and m lim's not here.
hmm, i think he'll like record his voice down on some cd and ask the teacher to play it back.
he sounds weird and funny on the player.
HAHA xD

i just realised this post is so lame!! heh x:

rachel! (:

:D
(taken at last year's band outing i think. meiqi and qiuluan's shadows)

We have a new blogskin!

2008-07-21T19:42:00.003+08:00

Block Tests D:

I thought that old boring default skin was a bit boring, so I went blogskins.com and just found this one, at least it says play my favourite song. Although I don't see much revalance to fluboes or anything. Okay, okay, add change anything you want!

I didn't really know if I should add in the batch thing, it just came to me as a shock that our juniors are graduating in year 2011! That's foreign! O:

Oh and we can start advertising for our blog :D Yay, and everyone can see it (: I shall post some more section photos soon, after the tests. Hey I should be studying now.

Yay, there's Chinese tomorrow. Chinese blocks. 2+2= 4 hours D: Chinese. Inci-Vincy Chinese, we are all good at Chinese right? Right. Yeah right.

Sun Ran :D

yeah

2008-07-20T11:49:00.001+08:00

the url for the blog is so cuteXD
haha, jia you for block test bahXD
randomXP<3333
<3 qiuluan

whee

2008-07-20T00:23:00.002+08:00

haha I suddenly feel like posting too!

omg. I realise BTs is tomorrow! : O

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE! :DD

MeiQi (:

2008-07-19T23:31:00.002+08:00

O:

we have a blog! haha

this post is so fei but oh well,
everyone jiayou for blocks :D

♥
annabelle

:D

2008-07-19T21:25:00.001+08:00

Hello section!
Decided to put up more section photos (that i koped from ros)
Haha! All the best for block test:D
Hope that the concert was good for those who went:D

Love,
PeiSan

p.s. we need a tagboard!

WHEE

2008-07-19T20:59:00.002+08:00

OOPS! haha u know it's my first time coming to this blog:/ OOPS!

haha okay lalala. i really dont know what to post. shall go study for blocks now! haha

lien.

We should get a new blogskin(:

2008-07-19T19:07:00.000+08:00

I think all those Meiqi put are quite nice, I've seen all of them before (:

Meiqi's style is cute I think, yay, we should change blogskin after blocks.

Sun Ran(:

blogskin!

2008-06-29T13:30:00.001+08:00

HELLO HELLO!

hee I was browsing blogskin and I saw a few blogskins that are cute! :D

1. http://www.blogskins.com/apply.php?sid=180389&action=Preview
HEE THIS BLOGSKIN IS CUTE!

2. http://www.blogskins.com/apply.php?sid=199986&action=Preview
THIS IS RATHER SIMPLE BUT CUTE ALSO!

3. http://blogskins-temporary.blogspot.com/
ehhh this is more pretty than cute! hahha

aiyo. all these are just my taste la. (you can't really trust mine!) HAHA XD

byebye!

Mei Qi (:

2008-06-20T22:29:00.005+08:00

HELLO! (:

hahaha this shall be the second post! :D
eh i think ill just put the section picture up here HAHA.

yay section! :D

okay that's about all i think!
p/s: i still think i look weird in the section photo /: HAHA

RACHEL! :D

The first post!

2008-06-17T19:29:00.001+08:00

(:

Oh yeah, I think the template is not really customisable... so, maybe we want to remake this from an old blog?

Sun Ran