SINFONIQUE
ok.. as promised.
updates on NYP's concert.
bare with it.
it'll be fun reading.
trust me. WAHAHA!
well.
i must say that i'm EXTREMELY relieved that my solo turn out to be not a bad one.
to me at least.
ok..
its over!
woohooo!
i keep reminiscing EVERY SINGLE moment from the start of the concert till the end of it.
ok..
lets do it in a more systematic way.chronologically.
so..
in the morning..
report at BN feeling worried.
about?
about?
MY SOLO of course!
cos i was seriously not prepared for it.
grabbed our stuffs and brought it down to the foyer and waited for the bus.
cos i was seriously not prepared for it.
grabbed our stuffs and brought it down to the foyer and waited for the bus.
on our way to NYP, on the bus... i keep asking myself..
"khai.. today's the day. am i gonna be able to execute my solo well?"
someone actually tot i was emo-ing.
LOL.. not at such a day man.
reached there at around 3:20pm.
and did warm-ups.
15mins later pre-tuned.
and did warm-ups.
15mins later pre-tuned.
during that 15mins i did some last min playing.
for Figure F onwards sth just struck me to play the main melody line for my solo.
and that i shud add running notes instead of holding one pathetic notes.
and TA'DAH!
aaron says it sounds nice.
so... i stuck with it.
then it was rehearsal.for Figure F onwards sth just struck me to play the main melody line for my solo.
and that i shud add running notes instead of holding one pathetic notes.
and TA'DAH!
aaron says it sounds nice.
so... i stuck with it.
had rehearsal with Mr Luk on Pirates of the Caribbean 1st.
then Mr Lim took over and did Disco Kid.
did the run thru of the whole concert thing.
and it was 6:45pm!
then Mr Lim took over and did Disco Kid.
did the run thru of the whole concert thing.
and it was 6:45pm!
i keep telling myself..
"oh-my.. khai.. thats it.. i'm left with less than an hour to perform my solo."
we did one last run thru of that Justice song (fyi, its that song that had 18 bars of sax solo; with a little touch of hell)
with Mr Kenneth Lun.
the trumpet guest player.
whoa..
i totally got booted out man.
i keep saying this to myself.
"thats it khai!
GUEST DRUM PLAYER.
GUEST TRUMPET PLAYER.
MEDIOCRE SAXOPHONE PLAYER."
it dampen my spirit for a moment.
its feels like i'm being pulverized into mere dusts!
its feels like i'm being pulverized into mere dusts!
but sth hit me real bad that i shud not be so pessimistic.
i made myself happy by staying positive.
so...
ended the whole thing at 7:05pm to have our dinner.
we had to rush.
on my way out.
met chinhong to pass him the tix.
HE CAME!ended the whole thing at 7:05pm to have our dinner.
we had to rush.
on my way out.
met chinhong to pass him the tix.
haha! met the FTP-ians... Regenites..
they came too..
whoa!
HOLD UP.. there's too many familiar faces for me to list them all down.
went over to the toilet to get changed.
and then had dinner.
man was dinner spicy.
are they trying to dehydrate us or sth?
haha!
drank barley (its was cold.. thank goodness)
hmm....
by then it was 7:25pm.
we assembled in our rows and wanted for our cue to enter the audi as our performance starts 2 songs after NYP's.
so typical of us,
we camwhored, in an attempt to try to calm ourselves.
well for ME at least.
here's some of it we took.
-formal pic [alumni]-
-candid no. 1-[we swapped instruments]
random pic no.1
random pic no.2 [observe ogy (1st guy in specs)] 
random pic no.3 [*winks*]
and the next thing we know.. we hafto make our way to the back of the stage to get ourselves ready.
everybody couldnt keep still.
they were making so much noise by "ssshh"-ing here and there.
i mean.. its so lame la..
haha!
in an attempt to keep quiet, it just adds on to the noise.
so typical of us BN peeps.
from the youngest to the olderst.. no doubt.. haha!
Rhapsody for Flute was NYP's 2nd piece.
and it ended before i could bring myself together to calm myself.
and then the announcer announced.
"next up is the guest performance by Bedok North Secondary School Symphonic Band."
i went..
"NO!!!"
haha!
ok.. without anything left to do other than to slap myself right on my cheeks.. we began walking in.
haha!
i got so enthu while walking.
i was crossing my fingers and saying this out loud.
"I CAN DO IT!
I MUST DO IT!
I WILL DO IT!"
i repeated that a couple of times and before my face could actually pop out, i acted as if i was super calm.
the band STOOD up when MrLim walked in.
then Justice starts!
i went..
"THATS IT AH KHAI! all the BEST!"
bar by bar it moves...
phrase by phrase it ends.
and the next thing i know.
its FIGURE D!
thats where i'm suppose to stnad up from my seat and walk to the front for my solo.
haha!
haha!
while walking.. i switched on the microphone attached.
once i was on my spot.
i keep moving.
OK.. ITS NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO BE LIKE SOME BIG SHOT..
but moving about keeps me calm.
and yup.. there's TWO spotlight shining on my nervous body.
that helped pretty much so.
cos i was somehow blinded.
i could only see the ppl in the 1st few rows.
yeah.. good sign.. means i'm able to concentrate more on my solo.
and then it was a bar before FIGURE E!
my solo went on.
thats me during the solo...
ok....
IT TURN OUT QUITE GOOD I MUST SAY.
although i did not do any thorough preparations.
there's one part of i almost broke down as i did not have any clue what to play.
although i did not do any thorough preparations.
there's one part of i almost broke down as i did not have any clue what to play.
i just rant it all out paying all sorts of stuffs.
am i born to do all this?
ok lets not get carried away khai! haha!
anyhoos..
once i landed on figure E second time i FELT VERY RELIEVED!
yessah!!!
oh ya.. Mr Lun's solo was superb!
went back to my seat feeling relieved.
gosh!
at that moment on..
i couldnt believe i've DONE IT!
next up was
I NEED TO BE IN LOVE.
idham did a good job on that song.
so many cheered on him.
idham can form up his own fan club. haha!
and next was SORANBUSHI.
whoa....
i had another solo.
well.. this solo i was much more confident as i've played it hundreds of times.
i walked out from my seat and turned on my mic again.
whoa.. i enjoyed myself during that solo bit.
switched off my mic and went back to my seat.
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW.
i was not at the seat that i'm suppose to be seating.
LMAO!
how stupid can i be..
tulah.. excited sgt.. lmao!
song ended and i told myself this.
*phew!*
walked back to the holding room.
whoa.. man am i relieved.
AFTER that, subsequently, alot ppl say my solo was nice.
WEEEEE... haha!
at least it was nice to them.....
had 15mins interval.
managed to linger in the audi with some ppl.
met with ChinHong.
he passed me sth.
(i'll show u ppl what i got after the whole concert ended at the end of this entry)
whoa!~
many ppl i met liked my solo.
seriously.. i felt like i've achieved sth.
Raiswan [is that his name?] (one of the honeybunches) was one of the reactions i was totally shocked by.
i do not know him in person and he was like..
"HEY.. NICE SOLO MAN! *in an exciting voice showing his thumbs up*"
whoa.. a total stranger coming up to me to tell me that..
ULTIMATE SATISFACTION!
OH YA.. i saw yuri eddy.
and i also saw kamarul.
:)
somebody got excited when SHE saw yuri eddy.. *winks*
15mins later interval ended.
back to our holding room and i went all crazy.
cos i was pretty much excited over the fact that i'm done with my solo.
i'm still not over it now though.
still got the excitement in me.
still got the excitement in me.
well.. i guess its a sense of accomplishment?
i guessed so.
after Procession of Sardar, it was the Combine Band performance.
played Disco Kid conducted by Mr Lim.
then Pirates of the Caribbean and Praise Jerusalem conducted by Mr Luk.
AND THAT WAS IT!
concert was over!
not really....
ended the whole concert by playing an encore piece.
El Cumbanchero.
a great way to end it all.
i went
"THAT'S IT?!
CONCERT'S OVER?!"
haha!
did some thanking amongst one another.
then thanked NYP and Mr Luk.
went back to out holding room to pack.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LINGER as the bus was already in position to pick us up.
-________-"
board the bus.
while i was on the bus..
i was like..
"CONCERT'S OVER? WHAT? I MEAN FOR REAL?! ITS OVER!"
got high for a moment.
ok..
i'm gonna leave with some pics
Poiful from Chinhong.
Toblerones from Pauline.
Rocher from Trumpet Section.
Hershey's from Rebecca.
a Rose from Noel.
Pastilles Chocs from Syaherah.
me and joey. (i need a haircut man!)
me and nina. (after concert)
US :))
i learnt alot of things during this whole event.
from the solo to satisfaction. and to almost anything that u can think of.
well..
this kind of experience can only be obtained ONLY if u'r a band member.
no other cca can experience all this.
the experience is just priceless.
thanks to all who have made this experience a memorable one for me.
alrighty.. i think i've wrote enuf.
lol..
sorry for being lengthy.
and if you think is not relevant enuf, then i'm sorry.
haha!
all of this comes out from my mind as i type.
so if i did leave out on anything then its either
1. too bad.
2. TOO bad.
3. JUST TOO BAD FOR YOU!
lmao!
till then..
CONCERT'S OVER!
I DID IT!
someone called my solo a sexy one.
mai calls it a hot solo, not sexy. haha!
keep taggin'
`khai.INC