09' Band Concert

My band is having their 3rd concert this Saturday (1/8/09) and I have been going back to help out a bit.

I have only one word to describe

DISAPPOINTING!!!

Seriously, from the leadership and management skills to their performance, it was utterly down right very saddening.

I ask them the most basic question - "How many members are there in the band" and all the answer I got was "I don't know".

I ask the president anything and all I get was, "wait, I'll go ask the teacher". Shouldn't the President be a know-it-all when it come to band stuff??

Disappointed. Very Disappointed.

Their playing was ok. If I can criticize, the post would be LOOOOONG but heck it, even my band tutor who got so mad threw the conductor book on the floor and shouted at them. Honestly, this is my 1st time seeing him as mad as this.

Apparently, this is not really a concert but just a performance to show the parents and school on their accomplishment, on how's their progression and standard. Hence it's not really a real concert. Besides, the retirement ceremony will be held after the performance.

Trumpet section. It's my year all over again. Only one loud while the others are so soft that when that loud one is not around, no trumpet sound can be heard. Mind you, during my year there was only about 5 trumpeters and now there's almost 10!!! DOUBLE yet their sound...haih

The songs they are playing are songs that have climax, anticlimax and a story behind it such as Free World Fantasy, written by Jacob De Haan about the world without war (it was written during the German war) and Phantom of the Opera. I have been listening to the Phantom of the Opera songs (I have the CD) so I know where and when and how I should feel but they just can't give me that feeling. All thanks to the trumpet section because everytime they join, they should be loud to bring out that climax but everytime they play, they are just so soft that the feeling build by the other section just evaporated. WASTED EFFORT!!!! Not forgetting clarinet section that are just too loud and noisy in Loch Lomond. Ish!!

Gah, I just hope that they will be no other school band members watching and I just hope that they won't embarrass themselves. I guess this would be my last year going back helping the band since my juniors are now form 5 and leaving the band. Boohoo!!! (Ig I still go back, I'll be a stranger to the whole band and they might question me being there.)

I envy this retiring batch because they have juniors to perform for them. The juniors will be singing a song dedicated to the seniors and honestly if I were the seniors sitting in front of them, I will definitely cry because it's just so touching. It's like your hardwork is appreciated and you can really leave the band.

My retirement ceremony was a very simple one. Yes, there was a concert held but this concert was our 1st concert and we did not have that "goodbye band, I am retiring" kinda feeling. AH HA!! Now I know why I always go back band, because I don't have the feeling of retired!!! Hahaha, crap!! LOL

Ok, enough boring you guys.

Anyway, if you have the time please do come and join me in critisizing them. The ticket is just RM5, 1/8/09 at 8pm at my school hall. =)

PS: Jo Ann, I've asked them to contact all the seniors and already emphasized your name so if they didn't contact you, then you'll know what I mean when I say disappointed with their leadership and management skills.

Busy...

So far what have I been up to?

--Teach ballet classes
--Teach tuition
--Ballet rehearsal for Saturday's performance
--Ballet classes (extra 2 classes per week)
--Finish Kekkaishi manga
--Reading some Jodi Piccoult's book
--(Sat) Danced
--(Sun) Helped out with the concert

AND

I am tired...

If there's any pictures on my dance, I'll try to upload here.
Meanwhile, I want to get my rest back....

jeez!!

I was so happy to find back Piano no mori but end up so disappointed because the translator only uploaded the manga til Chapter 43 hence I googled other websites and the most was chapter 44 where the finals begins.

Gah, they did not even bother to upload to the part where the winner is announced!!!

I remember I read til kai was a grown up and he dressed up as a women (he is VERY pretty) and plays the piano as a living.

Haih, guess I'll give Mr.Chong a ring and get the manga instead.

HELP!! I think I'm turning into a manga freak!!! AAAAhhhhh!!!

I FOUND IT!!!!!

I am so happy!! Cloud nine actually!!!

I FOUND IT!!!!

Piano no Mori

It's the first set of comic book I've ever read.

When I found it, I can recall how I manage to get it -It was a Saturday and Mr.Chong (my band instructor) fetched me home after I accompanied him during lunch. He passed me that whole set of comic book and I finished everything within that day because it was awesome!!!

It's about a boy named Ichinose Kai who has the talent in music. He is the only person who can play the piano that was left in the forest by a famous talented piano player who met with an accident and hurt his left arm and Kai has the perfect pitch. When you chew, he can even tell you which tooth of yours is rotten!!! Hahaha!! The best thing is he can play any piece after listening to it once!! His 1st obstacle was playing Chopin's pieces, can you believe it??!! So cool!!!

Sypnosis from Wikipedia
Piano no Mori (ピアノの森 -The perfect world of KAI, lit. "Piano Forest") is an ongoing manga by Makoto Isshiki, about Amamiya Shu, who transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition about his new life. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest, leading to his meeting an enigmatic child that goes by the name of Ichinose Kai, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano. His ability earns him the respect of Shu and his music teacher, former master pianist Ajino Sousuke. At first Ichinose is resistant to refining his art but after hearing Sousuke sensei play Chopin, a song he just can't seem to play by himself, he relents.

I don't know why but I am so happy =)

The manga I'm currently finishing are Kekkaishi and Piano no Mori. I've finished Eyeshield 21, Kaikan Phrase and catched up the latest Bleach.

PS: Apparently Mr.Chong only fetched my batch of members around in his car to so many places and always treat us lunch hehe. After our batch, no members were treated like us. Mr.Chong joked less and was stricter now, maybe because he just love my batch cause we rock!!! =)

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Today, I went to ACTS and instead of helping out at the receptionist area (which was my duty) I was asked to sit in with the doctor and observe how they treat the patients. At first I was confident but when he asked me to check the blood pressure, he kinda offended me. After reporting the blood pressure, he wanted to double check which I totally understand but he said "sometimes I just can't trust you students because some of you guys are rubbish". I was shocked by the word "rubbish" and after that I was intimidated and lost my confidence.

But anyhow, I did get to practice my BP taking skills and got to use the auroscope (tool to look into the ear) and I even corrected him LOL because I remembered for adults we pull the pinna up and back but for children we pull it down and back but he pulled the pinna up and back for a kid and I corrected him (this happened before the checking BP incident).

Haih, I wonder if I will ever manage to graduate confidently...

I Seriously Hate Endings

I seriously hate hate hate endings!!!!

Be it manga, anime or books!!!!

Sorry, a little emotional here.
I just finished the whole collection of Harry Potter and I really don't like that feeling of "the story ends here". I want to know what happened to the other professors in Hogwarts such as Prof Mcgonagall, what happened to the other DA members like Luna Lovegood or other characters like Aberforth or Dursley or Hagrid or the Weasley family or Neville's Grandma (she disappeared after meeting HP and said she wants to aid her grandson) and what happened after Voldemort died and also to the 3 deathly hallows (What did he use the Resurrection stone for?)?? I want to know more about Dumbledore, Severus Snape, James and Lily Potter!!! And I wonder if Dumbledore's portrait can talk and think and instruct, why can't Harry just talked to him??!! Jeez... And I hate how characters that I grow fondly of get killed in the end!!!

Oh, I went and googled and found out about this and this. OMG!!!
I know I should be excited with the new HP movie but somehow, I am not LOL.

Eyeshield 21 and Kaikan Phrase too!!! I really wanted more and I really hate how the authors finish their hard work. It's like "oh, this is the last episode or chapter, let's just finish it."

Ya, I know...use your imagination!! But I want to know JK Rowling's imagination. OK, I admit. I am too into the stories.

Let's move on..

So what have I been up to lately??

Besides trying to read as much fiction books as I can, I am trying to get as much $$ as I can, hoping to get my own laptop or a new phone. I don't know anything about laptops hence I am clueless!!! Gah..I want to sleep after so many early mornings and late nights trying to finish the books.

PS: Hon Way emailed me...WOW!!!