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Saturday, April 18, 2009
SUPER LONG AND DRAGGY ENTRY ALERT!!!
Sorry..something's been bothering me the whole of today..I just had to let it out..
Last night was TP Band's Year 3 Farewell Party..some of us were called to give a speech..aside from Raz's memorable 4-word speech of "Thank you. Thank you.", Shirlene called out my name too but I just said no.
Coz I'm still the same old me who don't like to stand in front of a group of people staring right at you and paying attention to you..unless they are people I'm comfortable with.
So now I'm gonna say what I have in mind..you can refer to it as my speech if you want to. I have to warn you that what I'm gonna type below may be rather negative.
This 3 years has been a great experience for me. What motivated me to come band was the fact that I wanna keep blowing my sax and also the great friends I have made via band.
It all started back in 2006. It started from my section. I had an amazing section back in 2006. With just one senior named Conan, the freshies practically conquered the section.
Back in those days, saxophone, bassoon and horn was 1 section under Sax SL Conan. Only coz there was only one hornist named Jerome and one bassoonist named Matthew.
As for the saxes, we had the whiner Nicholas Soh Qian Hao..he always whines but we still love him..
Then we have the pretty J-Rock inspired Judith Tan Wenying who is able to play sax in a jazzy way.
Then we have the ever bubbly, cute and funny Jolene Tan who has the power to play the sax even when the instrument is actually spoilt o.O
Olivia Tan was one very quiet girl..atleast at first she was quiet..Jolene successfully influenced her till she turned as crazy as Jolene =x
Tan Nur Hanna Bte Farid was the bookworm..you'll always see her with books..there was one time she walked in the band room with a whole stack of books she just borrowed from TP Library I'm like WHAAA??? O.O
Eden Wee Guan Pu was a guy with a unique personality..very helpful and encouraging..TP Sax 06 had a really tight bond..prove? During sectionals, we always had our very own Ice Cream break where we'll just walk up to the Ice Cream machine outside band room, sit or stand together and eat..during sectionals..
But aside from all the wonderful memories, the one that totally owns was during Lantern Festival.
The band prac planned for the day was sectionals..so as per normal the saxes was with Hornist Jerome and Bassoonist Matthew. At about 8pm or so we self-declared that Band is over for the day.
Took out our lanterns and sparkles and played around at our sectionals area. And then Jade came out..saw us playing..caught someone running across the road with a horn..someone else chasing after the person and she started screaming at us.
During debrief she told the band about us (I think..this part I'm not so sure) and through all these, Conan defended us..this is what I call true SL! :D
After that prac we went opposite school to have some candles and lantern fun..formed a heart shape with the candles, took pics and then named ourselves "Emo Rebelllion Hearts"2007.
Conan graduated and Eden took over as Section Leader. Judith was our ASL. The 'ice cream break during sectionals' tradition was still carried on..one day Eden smsed us something that was band-related and he called us poots. Then on we changed our name to "Emo Rebellion Poots".
A guy called Qi Zheng joined the section to complete our sound by playing Baritone sax. Jonathan Eng and Tang Lin were our freshies.
So 07 was our poot year..we've got
Nick as Nickpoot.
Judith as Judpoot.
Jonathan as Jonpoot.
Tang Lin as Tangpoot.
Jolene as Jopoot.
Olivia as Olipoot.
Hanna as Napoot.
Eden as Pupoot.
Hariani as Nipoot.
Qi Zheng as Qipoot.
By the end of the acad year, some of them had already left the section.2008
Was another year..our freshies were
Elaine Pang
Dalston Yong
Kazaf
Weelyn Oh
Liu Meng Hua
Tan Wenjie
Shi Yun
Mark Lim.
By the time these freshies came in, only Judith, Nick and I were the seniors left. Judith left after TP Band's Concert on 14th November 2008 Nick left earlier.
I was close to Dalston and Wenjie as I knew them even before they joined band..via AuditionSEA =x I knew Dalston and Doreen thanks to Weiyang aka toismir and I knew Wenjie thanks to Jian Quan aka bladeterror.2009.
By this time TPSax was only left with Meng Hua, Weelyn, Mark and Shiyun..and me ofcourse. I'm not sure about Dalston and Elaine but Kazaf and Wenjie had officially left.
I tried to have some bond with the freshies but sometimes I just dont feel it and I totally blame myself for that so don't worry. TP Open House Performance this year..they went to get balloons and milo while waiting for our time to perform. I saw them leaving but I just watched and didn't follow coz I'm a paranoid person.
So eversince Judith, Wenjie and Dalston left, I felt like a loner for every band prac. I had no motivation to go band at all but I still went coz I couldn't give up blowing and I couldn't give up my Tan Family.Tan Family consists of
Zhe Xing
Razanah
Seehua
Isaac Jie-si Prakash
Jerome
Nina Karmiza
Aqidah
Jaclyn
Aaron
Wang Min.
These people are very lovely people..unique in their very own way..special in my heart. They're inseparable to me.
Uncle Zhe Xing was always full of philosophies and theories..he is very smart..if you need help in coding, go find him =x
Razanah like Joel says, is a floodgate..she is the one and only person in my life who cries each time she laughs o.o
Seehua is a very disciplined person..sometimes lame but lameness runs in the tp trombone blood =x
Isaac Jie-si Prakash is a hilarious, multi talented joker =x
Jerome is Isaac's "gay partner" but combining the two of them, you'll laugh you ass off till your stomach burst coz when he's with Isaac, be it when they sing, dance or crack jokes, they are just super hilarious.
Nina Karmiza is one unique, funny, bubbly, noisy girl =x
Aqidah is my long bus ride home partner. She majors in paparazzi and has a Bachelor in Stalking people =x
Jaclyn is super lame and a super FAST talker.
Aaron is an annoying..heh! Kidding =x He always act blur with his "huh? what happen?" phrase but he's one u can count on most of the time..unless he's sleeping.
Wang Min is crazy! =x Also known as newspaper girl..and zebra coz of her bag o.oSo since yesterday was TP Band's year 3 Farewell party, I guess it all ends here..although most of the time in my life I love people who dont love me, sometimes I dont really care. I love people not coz I want to be loved. I love people coz of who they are.
So I'm gonna end this off by saying, to the TP Saxophonists..
Baldwin - thanx for you guidance and encouragement even when you were at Manchester..our one and only Alumni who came back frequently back then..I still remember the first time I saw you, you were this cool looking guy wearing helmet and were on roller blades and when you reached the door of tpband room you had this cool pose on but you were just "braking" your blades.. I don't know what it's called =x Basically stop yourself from moving further.
Conan - where you MIA le?? Still busy with Fraquiline like you used to?
Nick - thanx for helping me out with sight reading and stuff :D
Judith - thanx for staying with me till year 3..J Rock all the way! =x
Jonathan - miss you la dude..now the band room less vulgar =/
Jolene - I miss you!! When can I get a hug?? Everytime I go sengkang I think of you..the times I used to go home with you..take 27 then you walk me to 161 busstop..there was one time it was raining, you still sent me to the busstop.. *touched*
Olivia - I MISS YOU VERY BADLY!!! Very long time no see le T_T
Hanna - wow! When was the last time I saw you? I hope you're doing fine :D
Eden - Guan Pu I MISS YOU!!! Thanx for buying me the sax clothes last time..and being patient while I slowly collected money to pay you back =x Sorry arh =x
Qi Zheng - wow! The last time I saw you was during NBC! Miss you dude..hope you're doing fine :DTo the current saxophonists, I'm sorry if I'm not a good senior to you..I know I'm useless sometimes la..really sorry..anyway I love you guys k..I'm just being honest but I was kind of upset that you guys didn't stay on for the farewell party..
I mean what's a farewell party when the section isn't even there? But I think we didn't have that bond to begin with so I guess it's okay..besides, maybe you guys had to rush home ma so it's okay :D I kept thinking about the fact that you guys weren't there the whole of last night and even the whole of today..
Even when I was at the chalet watching tv all by myself I keep thinking about it but I gotta move on right so I decided to write EVERYTHING (which explains the super long entry) so now I can move on :D
Comparing to the time when I was a tenor saxophonist @ wgssband, I had no one to guide me through sight reading coz I was the only tenor saxophonist for the 4 years coz Ridzwan and Nafiqa got transferred to Baritone Sax while my other juniors all quitted.
In Tpband I've got Eden, Jonathan and Mark so I wanna thank you guys for being my guide. Like when I get lost in a score, by listening to your playing, I can get back on track so thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Wanna thank Qinghui and Desmond for being part of the emo playground gang :D
Wanna thank TP Band for giving me opportunities I NEVER had such as performing at the Prison School..WOWZA!! Going for National Band Competition is another WOWZA!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Last and most definitely not the least, to my beloved Tan Family..
You know when the sun forgets to shine
I'll be there to hold you through the night
We'll be running so fast we could fly tonight
AND EVEN WHEN WE'RE MILES AND MILES APART
YOU'RE STILL HOLDING ALL OF MY HEART
I promise it will never be dark
I KNOW WE'RE INSEPARABLE
Saranghae Minnie Mal
@11:59 PM
