Saturday, May 23, 2009
Special Assembly on 26th MayDear band members, pls note that there will be a special assembly to acknowledge the achievements of all Sports and Performing Arts.
Pls report at
7.10am at the center block of the gallery (where the flag poles are) in your
Saints on Stage tee shirt
on 26th May, Tuesday.
Thanks! :)
at 9:56 PM
Friday, May 15, 2009
Band Dinner 2009Date: 24th July, 2009Time: 7.30pmVenue: Orchard Hotel (442 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238879)Cost per pax: $55 nett$$ collection will start next week (18th May 2009)
at 11:20 AM
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Hi pple, Band Dinner will be held on 24th July, Friday. Venue: TBC Price per pax: $55 nett (will be confirmed by tmr) $$ collection will start next week :)
at 10:48 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
hey guys, this is Kelly Tang's reply when I sent him our recording for overture 2 when he asked for it (:
"I listened a few times. It is very very good, every detail is precisely executed as it should and there is a very nice refined flow to it all. I really like it. Thanks so much! It makes it worth the hard work when a band like SAJC plays the music so beautifully.
Hope you can thank your band members for me.
Thanks so much!"
-Kelly Tang
at 10:17 PM
Sunday, May 10, 2009
jellyfish cats
apparently I don't know blogger that well after all *facepalm* this took around 2 hours to debug and suchlike.
but hay, the layout works!
someone will have to go change the tagboard's colour scheme, though, and I'm going to poke the list of links now. hope no one minds me deleting the broken links (I saved a copy of everything anyway) and er- why does Jeremy's link lead to google? >_>
hearts, spades, clubs and diamonds
m!sh
.. yes,
that one.
edit: scratch that, I'm too lazy.
at 8:43 PM
Saturday, May 9, 2009
PROUD!
CLRS- bryan! idris! teng2! crosby! heling!
FLS- yenn! jas! masterbay! me!
DB. RDS- jia hao! grace!
SAX- jia ying! eunice! eve!
F.HORN- joel! belinda! yi ling!
COR- sheldon! mellissa! mark! si ying!
EUPH- aloy! hayati! samantha! emi!
T-BONE- john! hanis! adilah! laujinger!
TUBA- ERIC =) (solo!!!)
PERC- phyllis! rita! zhan hong! uly! mishelle!
from where we started! twins, WEST SIDE STORY, flower power, atlantic avenue, MONONOKE, Pasadena, abba gold.... and now EL CAMINO REAL!
at 2:22 AM
Friday, May 8, 2009
Pride
This post is specially dedicated to my batch. Only after the damn SYF do i realise how much i miss every single one of you (yes even you). I miss playing pieces with you guys and making chen lin angry or upset. I miss performing Westside Story (OUR song) in perth, in Singapore, in practically wherever we go. I miss shouting in the band room, i miss having just us, the "easy way out" batch in the band room, fighting for recognition, improvement, fighting for respect.
Although it is all over now, almost in a blink of an eye, it has been recorded for eternity in my heart. I guess we will always be remembered? Watching how Mr. G describes his previous batches extensively, i am sure we will be mentioned to the future generations of the band. Maybe he will say, we are the batch that cannot perform, we are the batch that deals with things the easy way out, we are the batch that puts in no effort, has no discipline and no sense of urgency. We are the underperforming batch of SAJC. These words were once true, don't we all agree? We started off the journey as a batch on a rough stony road, people were expecting to see great things coming from us, but all they got were mere disappointment. They hoped that in months to come then we'd have put up something to show them the miracle; yet on the 8th March it did not happen, still.
Many have pointed their fingers, scratched their heads and thought, what had went wrong with this batch? and some of us, even some of ourselves were affected, dejected, and almost gave up on each other. But, we manage to cling on to our passion for music, our passion to make IT work.
We try and we try, again and again. We don't care how much others may criticise us, how much disappointment they may reveal, we do our best and we keep trying. For more than a year we push and push, slowly but surely we told ourselves we are going to climb to the top.
We did it. Astounding chord, jaw-dropping performance, brilliant band, fantastic spirit. What can i say? I am proud to be a member of SAJCCB; not just because of its reputation as one of the best band, but also because of the sweat and tears the J2s have planted into their lives in band. We have come a long, and definitely, a harder way.
For days and nights i thought to myself why am i in band and why the hell am i still playing cornet haven't i promised myself never to touch the trumpet/cornet ever again in my life? Several times i thought of leaving, cos the whole thing appears to me as pointless and energy-sapping. I wanted to quit on you guys, i wanted to quit on cornet, i wanted to quit on music, i wanted to quit on myself. But somehow life twisted itself and i stayed. And never regretted.
The fact that we have successfully climbed from the bottom to finally, the peak of our own mountains, makes me feel proud and contented that everything has been fulfilled. Our dreams and desires ever since we started out, are fulfilled. To finally prove ourselves, and to put up a musical performance to touch the hearts of the people. We did it, we did it :)
And thanks to the j1s, it'd have been impossible without you guys. I am excited for what is instored for all of you in the upcoming year, and i am absolutely anticipating greater performances from all of you. Up and on j1s, don't miss us too much! :)
and once again, thank you (to my batch), all of you for enduring the race altogether. though we may not be the most brilliant and talented/"shen" batch.
to Eric and Phyllis, double thumbs up for the good job you guys have did in leading us. It definitely was harder for you people, but being the leaders you had to finish the race, and i must say you have done an awesome job in leading and taking care of all of us. Thank you!
to Miss ho, the band'd not have survived without your immense support and help and everything you poured into making things work for us. When people lost hope in us, you continue to believe. Thank you for everything :D
to Mr. G, everything, the chord, the performance, would have been shit if not for you. Thank you for not giving up or walking out on us. Thank you for your guidance, patience, and motivation. YAY SAINTS FCK IT. and because of you, on the 7th May i played, for the first time,with joy and serenity in my heart knowing that i am going to enjoy myself. And for the first time, i felt the band's spirit, i saw every single one of us moving together as ONE, and for once, i did not freak out. Thank you for you, and the musical blast that happened for everyone.
to my batch, it is over now, and it's time for all of us to move on. It is hard to let go, and it will take some time to forget the pain of missing being in the band room, of being the one that owns the band room. Though the pressure of BT2 and A levels is building up, let us all excel in our academics like how we have in our music :)
to the j1s, thank you for joining this band. and never for a moment should you doubt your existence or contribution to the band, because everyone of you counts. And i am sure, your batch will carry SAJCCB to a higher level. Up and On!
p.s to Joanne, Linda, Lynn, and Sean Quek, i love you people nobody can replace you guys in my heart, ROCK ON AND JIA YOU!
lastly to all Alumni, esp Mr. Sim and Mr. Yeo, a million thanks for running the race with us. And you guys did an excellent job in helping our band. :)
9 months of buzzing/singing off stage
20 minutes of performance on stage
months of metronome work behind our stands
20 minutes of a common heartbeat as a band
tears of fear and anxiety before The Day
but jubilation and euphoria took over our heart and soul
together we made it happen
together, a musical miracle
P.S I MISS THE SAJC 2004 BLOG ITS NICER, CAN WE CHANGE THE LAYOUT HERE ITS TOO DARK AND SMALL D:
at 11:29 PM
dear juniors,
it would either be denial or a lie if we completely dismiss the fact that we are disheartened after your performance was given an unjustified award.
but we saints,
we have and always are distinctly different than any other band. our chord.. musical chord that lasts for 5 seconds on stage, and emotional chord that strikes between us, the pride, brilliance, and soul in our music that lasts permanently offstage, is undisputabe, unarguable, untouchable, unbeatable. that was why you cried after your performance. and those tears of joy should surpass any disappointment the results have brought upon you.
saints have and always dilligently played with more heart and more voice than any band and knowing that is enough. defeat is temporary, knowing you have tried your best is everlasting. NO ONE can take that away from you.
up and on for now, the stage is ours in 2011.
heads up guys, you have done us proud.
love, farah.
at 8:53 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2009
How come like that?
If only we practiced harder
If only we didn’t have that many political problems
If only we put in more effort preparing for our concert
If only we didn’t pitch that wrong note, crash the cymbal too loud, end tuning note longer than everyone else, sleep so late the night before, snore the night before (causing fellow band members to lose sleep), drink so little water after that hyperstickyandsweet mars bar, etc.
Why speculate? I might as well say "If only I bought a bigger cake for my section" :(
My jaw was one of the many that dropped open when the results were announced, and it stayed in that position well after the end of that darned announcement.
And seeing our juniors look so sad, especially those who were with the previous SAS syf batch, I’m sure all of us laoniaos felt pretty bad inside.
If only we came down and helped out more?
If only some members of the alumni had more respect for others?
I can only guess what you alumni guys were thinking, because most of your faces were blank.
One of the members asked, ‘do you think we could have done better?’
Of course you could have. Even if you gave your 101% or 201% on stage, you could still have done better. ‘Perfect’ is relative. That’s why infinity is unquantifiable. That’s why extreme perfectionists commit suicide. That’s why MM is still working. That's why... ok enough.
So whether or not they performed well or didn’t (by the way I personally thought today was cock), what matters is how everyone felt immediately after your performance. That security, seeing no need to compare us with any other band. That sense of pride, knowing how much effort the members put in to achieve this level of music excellence.
When the tuning chord was played, the eyes of people in front behind to the side of me, young and old myopic or perfect, all those eyes went wide I tell you. No other band had that effect on them. So hello, don't doubt yourselves okay?
From that chord alone, there was absolutely no reason to question the band’s quality.
They(you) seemed to have regrets. Seemed to be disappointed about not doing things certain ways to achieve something different. But deep down, I believe they(you?) were more disappointed that what you believed in was not recognized appropriately. Whose loss is that?
I see gain.
I see the new batch taking this disappointment, and transforming it into an unwavering determination, to do everything they can to prove their worth to themselves.
Because nobody has been through the SAJC Band experience, and been under Mr G's direction and guidance, and Ms Ho's and the seniors' mentorship, and not grown into a stronger and more resilient person. At least none I know. If you do know of anyone, you're probably an idiot.
Have faith, stay calm, and let this work for good!
Sajc band, no other band bends it like we do.
So don’t harbour any regrets, but look forward and believe in yourselves.
Because your alumni believes in you. Mrs. Lee stands up for you. Your teachers in charge are the most dedicated ones around. With such awesome support behind you, you have no reason to doubt your potential. So don’t.
Foes aplenty we shall meet
Hearts courageous scorn defeat
So, we press with eager feet
Up and On :)
Jiayou.
♥
Pam
(alumnus)
p.s. what happened to sajcband2004!!
at 5:15 PM
