IBM Camp.
Ok..I'm a pig. Came back frm IBM camp yesterday and I slept for 18hrs.. Our camp is kinda tiring and sians..aiYa..anyway I'll sum it up below.
3rd September (Friday)
Basically, it was quite a horrible day. I couldn't concentrate in lessons AT ALL cos' I was too excited for camp. And all my friends were commenting on the big backpack I was carrying. (Actually my bag is not really huge. THink it's because I'm tOo small. =x) After my last lesson, I hurried all the way to the band room which is just below FC 5. Very tiring and my shoulders were so painful cos' my bag was really heavy. Then I took all my jap txtbks and pencil box and walked all the way back to Business school again.. SO far.. Kinda shocked to reach FC 6 earlier than vOn. Lol. THen both of us went to sit for our Jap test together. THe theory was super duper easy. But the oral..awww. I was too nervous until I said the wrong thing. Grrrr.. Nvm..After the Jap test I went to FC 3 to loOk for Joanne and Candice. They were eating their dinNer..hmM..Then we went to the auditorium together. *The percussion ensemble concert was part of our schedule in the camp. Hmm...zhen and I were wondering whether Ms Tan was coming cos' she bought a ticket from me. I guess not. Hmm..the concert was damn fUNnY!! LOl! Joanne and I were like laughing throughouT the waY! Haha! The skiT was very very cute!!! And throughout the percussion ensemble, that Rafaee like entertainer liddat. Lolx. Nvm. THose of u who are going to the IBM concert, u'll know. Lol! After the concert, we helped to clear up then went for the AGM (Annual General Meeting). Hmm..the meeting was very long. Near 2 hrs. THroughout the meeting, the committee and the members were like always talking about the loss of the piccolo. Hmm.. It became err...like a debating session. I find Karl (our president) really poor thing. Cos' he got to answer the same qns over and over again. Hmm..after this, we went for our bath. Hmm..sad thing. 2 cubicles only. LoL! But not many girls were bathing. Weird. Lolx! Then Joanne, Candice, Alicia, and I went tO bed. Hmm..Joanne was in her own sleeping bag while Candice, Alicia and I slept in my sleeping bag. Was kinda cold that nite..luckily we used Alicia's sleeping bag as a blanket. Lolx! Didn't sleep well I don't know why. Kept waking up..
4th September (Saturday)
We woke up at around 7am..Then the same group of us walked to MacDonald's to eat our breakfast. Alicia didn't come with us cos' she said the food was too oily.. We rushed back to the band room for sectionals after that. My tone was still ok. LOL! After this we had our lunch. Ahh..lots of ppl were complaining about it. But it beats having nothing to eat at all? Lolx! After a bland lunch, we went to clean up our instruments. WooTs! It's a different feeling altogether when ur instrument is clean. ^^ And I put a mouthpiece pad. God....it's like kinda difficult to play but nvm. I just have to get used to it. We had our full band rehearsal after this. Mr Tan concentrated on October, Merry Widow and Riverdance. Hmm..October we had to concentrate alot on our tone and tuning..Merry wIdow is kinda fast..and Riverdance..tHe fastest of all. Lol! Aiya..it's all about techniques. Lolx! After our full band rehearsal, our lips were all really tired. Luckily it was dinnertime! Dinner was much better compared to luncH. Hees..and I played with a golden brown cat.. Cute! It loves playing with me until it scratched my hand accidentally. Lolx! We had our sectionals for Moon River after dinner. Hmm. Moon river was super duper messy.. It's a sectional ensemble piece and everyone was playing their own part without listening to each other. Eeks. And there are 4 sharps for that piece..so lots of us were playing wrong notes. zZ. Nvm about this. We went to bathe after sectionals and it was bedtime again. Peirong sleep together with us todaY. Hmm..While all of them were asleep, Joanne and I chatted for like 1.5 hrs about almost everything under the moon. Lol! But kinda sad..cos' it reminded both of us about our sec sch days. Though I have lots of unpleasant memories about sec sch because of relationships and also the stress that band members were causing me, but nevertheless, I grew up from it.. I enjoyed time with band members alot and also from the heartbroken experiences, it taught me that friendships are more important! Wee. Lolx. That's y I'm missing my sec sch days sO much. Anyway, we chatted until both of us fell asleep graduallY.
5th September (Sunday)
Was really sad. We had sectionals at around 9am on Moon River again and I found out that my tone was flaT. Grrrr.. So irritated and disappointed with myself. Then I was tuning and tuning and tuning. Still flat. Guess my lips are tired. I can't even hit high C. Then we had ensemble rehearsal with Mr Tan at 1pm. He told us to take our mouthpiece and barrel ouT. Eeks. I'm flat again.. zZZzzz. Very sad. Then I had no mOod to eat my lunch. Began playing with the golden brown cat again. Ok..slightly happier. Lolx. Then we had sectionals on American Graphity, Miss Saigon, and Pirates of Carribean after lunch. Alright...tired. Lolx. Dinner time. Then sectionals again. That's how a day pass during the camp. Sectionals, then full band rehearsals, then lunch or dinner, then bathtime. That's it~ Lolx. Anyways, during our free time, we offered help to do the IBM banner. But someone told us they don't need any help le. Hmm..so Joanne and I went to bed again. Peirong joined us. And 3 of us began chatting and chatting until 1am I guess.
6th September (Monday)
Woke up at 7am. WoOTs! FreSH! We had full band rehearsal for the 3 pieces we practised during sectionals on friday. Not bad. And IBM quiz!!! Awwwwww..there wre 20qns.. 1 mark for each qn answered correctly. HumPH!!! I failed!!! Hahaz! 9/20 Awwwwww!! Meng worst. 7/20. LOL! People like us are gonna pull down the average marks. Lolx. Then Mr Tan told the sectional leaders to get the average marks of the section. Awww..clarinet section's average marks was 10.3/20...awW!!!! LOL! We were having a sectional ensemble competition during the late evening..And if there's a tie, the position will be based on the average marks of the IBM quiz. Lolx. We were done foR. Anyway, after lunch we can play our games! YaY!!! It's free time again. Joanne, Edmund, Meng and I were playing cluedo. Quite fun at first. Then no idea why we couldn't figure out who's the murderer. Then Meng tOok out the murder cards. WAHAHAHAHA!!! I gave out the cards wrongly cos' there were 2 sets!! LOL! We wasted 30mins playing a game without any ending. LOL! *gOt scolded by 3 of them as a result* Then Joanne and I went to the sports hall cos' we wanna play badminton. We played a few rounds only. Awww..then more people came and they began grabbing rackets. Nvm. Edmund and I went to play table tennis. Wah...both of us played against Ah bEng at first. He prO leh..then later Ah bEng quite bored. Lolx! So left Edmund and I playing. Hmm...I think we picked up more of the balls than enjoying the game. Lolx~ Kor kor was in SP while I was playing table tennis. Lolx. Actually wanna ask him to play badminton with me..But I think he was having that talK so I didn't call him. Hmm..then duRing bathtime, we didn't have much time to bathe. So we just changed into our jeans and shoes. Prepared for our section ensemble competition for that night. Hmmm..After our dinner, we had abit of sectional practice. Quite horrible. I don't know whY they told Wilson to cOme to 3rd clarinet. Grrrr..We had soLos and he kept playing wrong notes and everything. Argh...Anyway, during the competition, it was sO cooL. I like saxophones. Their ensemble piece was nice..But percussion ensemble was the funniest! LOlx! They were really natural. Didn't show any signs of nervousness at all. We thought they'll win the competition for sure. But nO! 1st went to French hOrns! 2nd fLutes..and 3rd saxophoNes. HahaZ. During clarinets section ensemble, it was very super horrible. We didn't play together, sOooOOooo many wrong notes..And worst...tuning was OUT. Zzz. Nvm. Karl told us that we could eat together as a section outside schoOl. So we went to Clementi. Hmmm..most of us only drank some drinks cos' we didn't have much money with us..Then we went tO Mac cos' some ppL wanna eat. And that Ah beng began snatching my wallet. Wanting to see the contents insidE. Awwww..Humph. Then he pulled all the clarinetists to play poOl..><>7th September (Tuesday)
Woke up at 6.30am. Envied the guys cos' they had one sofa to themselves. Zz. Lolx. Went to school feeling really stony. The others went to bathe..but I ended up sleeping until 8am. =x Went to the band roOm for band rehearsal after I woke up. Took all my things with me toO. Lolx! We were released at 12pm! Weeee!! FinallY! Lol! Then Meng, Edmund, Weiliang, Jia li, Alicia and I went to West Mall foR lunch. Weee! Clarinet section rOx! Lolx! And I really bth Edmund's laughter. Super fuNny de lOR!! Lol! Hmm..and after I reached home, I prepared for piano lessons. BUt I was toO tired. I played until it was like getting softer and softer..Cos' I was falling asleep. Lolx! When my piano teacher asked why was it softer...then I woke up~ LOL! So funnY! Then I began sleeping frm 5pm..Woke up at 7pm to eat my dinner and went back to sleep after that. Was sleeping at my living room's sofa until 6.30am. Woke up and went to my bedroom to sleeP until 11.30pm. Wahahahaha..
8th September (Wednesday)
11.30pm..woke up..Went tO Fuhua with Meng for band. Ayer...We wanted to play together with the clarinetists de. But Mr Neo was teaching thEm.. Muahahaha. I knew it was a disaster for the clarinetists. *Evil grin* But it's for their own gooD toO. Lolx! Then went tO Jp with Mabel after band..Meng went home and do report I guess. Wanted to buy my courts shoes. But no stock. Awwww..In the end no choice, I ordered another one. Gonna collect it tmr. Then Mabel and I shared laksa for dinner. YaY!! Not hot anymore. Lolx! After dinner we went to coffeebean..sat on the super big sofa and began drinking our pure chocolate.. Chatted foR 1hr+..Weee...now back homE. Lolx..have tO write my script le. Tata!
*This entry was written yesterday and posted only today because something was wrong with the blog. The contents here are the same as those in my open diary. =x* ^Open diary more free music. Muahahaha^
We can work things out -10:29 PM
Thursday, September 09, 2004