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Let's show them our high spirit. Let's celebrate for all our efforts.
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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Monday, 4 May 2009
From Khangleng, with love (:
Dearest TJCO,
Its just one or two days before the 66 of you step up on stage, representing TJCO in SYF 2009.
Two years ago, we were just like you guys, staying back in school almost every single day, till we hear the "gate closing" bell, and we'll never leave till the school is all quiet and the sky is all dark. We didnt have time to finish our tutorials, only slept so few hours a day, and ended up dozing off uncontrollably during lectures.
10May2007 was one of the most terrifying day of my entire life.. I never felt so much like dying during a performance before. Err no, it wasnt even a performance, it was a COMPETITION. The whole world knows that I screwed up the start of the set piece and dragged the whole orchestra into a total disaster for the first few bars of the song. I was totally stunned and was thinking, "&%$E#^!&!# Is this even TJCO?" I had this stupid idea to stand up halfway through the song and say "STOP! Can we start again, please?" (HAHAHAHAHA, luckily I didnt!).
While waiting for results, many of us were already feeling very discouraged, and somehow we were quite sure that GWH has sort of flown away (because of me D: ). When the person was announcing the results, it seemed like she's saying it in super slow motioned- slow motion. "G..o...l...d..................................wit....&*%$#!@)(*@*!", just like how Harry mentioned it was like. OH MY TIANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. We REALLY got GWH! And so many of us were screaming, crying, jumping around like nobody's business.
Im sure that no one, in this entire world, will be able to fully express how it really feels like hear "Gold with Honours" for your school. But now when I think back, I still can imagine the excitement, the joy so vividly, that no words can put across. We know, and we know that all the months of tiring practices didnt go to waste. We walked out of SCH, feeling proud that we were wearing the green blazer, with the TJC logo on it.
Dearest juniors, two years ago, when we almost lost hope and thought we couldnt make it anymore, there came a miracle, and we achieved what we really really wanted. I dont know how you confident you all are about wednesday, but just want to let you all know that, if there could be a miracle 2 years ago, it can definitely happen, on 6 May 2009, as long as all of you give in your best. We didnt win the Gold with Honours once, so that we can have the fame and glory for the next 2 years, but we want to keep name of TJCO high and above, as always, and pass this on batch after batch, year after year.
Hundreds of CO alumni might have graduated from TJC, but then again, we were in the orchestra for a similar purpose. We may not have been in the same batch together, but still, we're always ONE TJCO.
Because you belong to TJCO, because youre wearing the green blazer and uniform with TJC logo and TJCO badge, you deserve to walk up the stage with confidence on the 6th of May. No matter what the outcome is, you guys can be sure that all the seniors will be there to support you all and to tell you guys that you people have made all of us proud of you.
Just do your best. And may you guys walk out of Singapore Conference Hall on Wednesday, cheering, shouting, crying, happily taking photos, and most importantly,
proud to say that you are from TJCO.
Dearest TJCO,
Its just one or two days before the 66 of you step up on stage, representing TJCO in SYF 2009.
Two years ago, we were just like you guys, staying back in school almost every single day, till we hear the "gate closing" bell, and we'll never leave till the school is all quiet and the sky is all dark. We didnt have time to finish our tutorials, only slept so few hours a day, and ended up dozing off uncontrollably during lectures.
10May2007 was one of the most terrifying day of my entire life.. I never felt so much like dying during a performance before. Err no, it wasnt even a performance, it was a COMPETITION. The whole world knows that I screwed up the start of the set piece and dragged the whole orchestra into a total disaster for the first few bars of the song. I was totally stunned and was thinking, "&%$E#^!&!# Is this even TJCO?" I had this stupid idea to stand up halfway through the song and say "STOP! Can we start again, please?" (HAHAHAHAHA, luckily I didnt!).
While waiting for results, many of us were already feeling very discouraged, and somehow we were quite sure that GWH has sort of flown away (because of me D: ). When the person was announcing the results, it seemed like she's saying it in super slow motioned- slow motion. "G..o...l...d..................................wit....&*%$#!@)(*@*!", just like how Harry mentioned it was like. OH MY TIANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. We REALLY got GWH! And so many of us were screaming, crying, jumping around like nobody's business.
Im sure that no one, in this entire world, will be able to fully express how it really feels like hear "Gold with Honours" for your school. But now when I think back, I still can imagine the excitement, the joy so vividly, that no words can put across. We know, and we know that all the months of tiring practices didnt go to waste. We walked out of SCH, feeling proud that we were wearing the green blazer, with the TJC logo on it.
Dearest juniors, two years ago, when we almost lost hope and thought we couldnt make it anymore, there came a miracle, and we achieved what we really really wanted. I dont know how you confident you all are about wednesday, but just want to let you all know that, if there could be a miracle 2 years ago, it can definitely happen, on 6 May 2009, as long as all of you give in your best. We didnt win the Gold with Honours once, so that we can have the fame and glory for the next 2 years, but we want to keep name of TJCO high and above, as always, and pass this on batch after batch, year after year.
Hundreds of CO alumni might have graduated from TJC, but then again, we were in the orchestra for a similar purpose. We may not have been in the same batch together, but still, we're always ONE TJCO.
Because you belong to TJCO, because youre wearing the green blazer and uniform with TJC logo and TJCO badge, you deserve to walk up the stage with confidence on the 6th of May. No matter what the outcome is, you guys can be sure that all the seniors will be there to support you all and to tell you guys that you people have made all of us proud of you.
Just do your best. And may you guys walk out of Singapore Conference Hall on Wednesday, cheering, shouting, crying, happily taking photos, and most importantly,
proud to say that you are from TJCO.
Sunday, 3 May 2009
Mr. WHY
To my dear juniors in TJCO:
It's only 3 days to SYF. Why am i reminding u all...haha...i reckon all (or MOST) of u must be so nervous. I remember how i was like the day before syf '07...after the practice, i told everyone that if tjco gets gwh, i'm so gonna cry...those were the good old days indeed...but after the results were announced, i didn't shed a single drop of tear...sigh...now when i recall the tough and discouraging times we had then...really cried. it meant so little to some of us.
"wahse, how u all get gwh de?!"
"dunno leh. just anyhow hantam one choice piece. go for a few practices. then play on stage and get lor. it's nothing lah, really."
the truth is always so unbearable. the coldness and the cruelty. so much to be said, so little is spoken. after we played the 2 pieces on stage, i walked towards the exit, following everyone else. in my mind, there was nothing but "nevermind nevermind." that was how i tried to encourage myself. why nevermind? because if we get gold, also nevermind; at least standard didn't drop. that was wat we kept thinking.
"sigh sigh sigh. why like that?"
"like wat?!"
"like that lor. sigh."
how curious it is. we are humans. we want perfection. especially so much time and effort is being put into something. u know wat? i see the gwh, i can feel it. it's only this tiny little bit of some undefineable 'thing' that separates the gold from the gwh. I often wonder that it is. luck, some ppl say. I was seated down beside junhong in the horribly tensed concert hall. everyone was talking and running around. gossips and predictments. how little they meant. at least to me. wat others think of us.
"hcjc confirm get de. tj i dunno. maybe."
"that's all? how abt rj, vj and nj? I heard they are not bad also..."
silence. how ironic. it was SO noisy. my head could have just exploded. why can't they just announce the results immediately after we performed. save us from all this waiting shit and agony. then again, history repeats itself so often (with the help of technology) - Temasek Junior College, Gold with Honours. I am very proud to say...to say something stupid. I, harry pan, was the first to react to that statement. meaning to say, at the 'with' i already rose to my feet, hands in the air (very much like a disturbed chimp) and yelling "YE..." the rest was drowned by my fellow mates that were spread all over, resulting in an excellent stereo effect.
earlier in the day. morning. i was so tired. couldn't sleep lah!! what else. dun tell me u won't, because u WILL. hahahaha~~ our dear conductor was nowhere to be found. late!! ("erm can give us a bit more time? our conductor still on his way here...") 5th school on stage. can imagine how early we had to be there. now is 3rd. good luck man. when he came...i expected it. we merely played a few important exerpts...then suddenly, i was staring at the screen...tpjc...but i couldn't hear anything much. i sighed again, dunno for wat.
"is my qin tuned?"
"is my hair messy?"
"aiyo, now still care abt your hair?!!"
"just tell me!!"
"no lah! very nice lah, okay?"
"shit! it SHOULD be messy!!"
several MAJOR mistakes were made by me. i followed the cellos!! must be bixia and grace...lured me into following their footsteps when i ought to have made a left turn and followed the huqins. SHIT was the only word i uttered. i turned around. behind me: xianhui. her eyes were huge. i kept walking. nevermind again. just give a vacant expression. act cool. act professional. tjco is here to scare everyone. seated. xuefang in front of me. ok, everything in order. announcement. blah blah...i knew he couldn't read TA KE LA MA GAN properly.
"gold...*clap clap*...silver...gold...$*&^%(*&^$W(*...gold with hon- *$#&%$()&W$...blah blah" like i care.
"laoshi, wo men na gold with honours."
"eh, ask everyone to gather at level one. huang sheng wants to talk to us."
"say T! SAY T! say TJ!! SAY TJ!!" etc etc etc...i was the one who started the cheers...hehehe...
wth!! i was angry. why are they looking at us?! wat's wrong. acjc, vjc...hmm...the judges yes, of course...lucky can get to watch many schools later...so many things to think abt. yawn...so tired...hair messy, shoes must be damn bright. my first and only gold with honours. concert coming. i want a good end. oh yeah, huang sheng spent $500 on us. Xin Wang!! maybe it's just me. why am i so concerned. wait, am i concerned? dunno...it's my school, my pdp, my life. aiya. crap the passion. i have a life other than co.
"wat school is this?"
"temasek jc."
"what's the orchestra strength?"
"58. plus conductor 59."
"ok. come, this way in..."
the singapore flyer. the whining. WHY WHY WHY. why need so much explanation. my memory is cleaned. hahaha...hey, i think...i think!! wat i wanna hear on wednesday is...
"Temasek Junior College, RONG --- *(Q#&%()*^W$*(%$&)(W$*&%($)*%&W$()!!!!!!!!" ok this is gonna take like...half a minute at least. but please do try to make it longer. more importantly, MAKE it happen. my voice is there...desiring to yell and cheer. ppl out there are waiting, watching, talking. but we can't care more. Personally, as a senior, I believe we dun have to be the best, but i wanna see YOUR BEST.
Tahan all the way!! Can or not??!!
I'm not here. Don't look. Seniors will be there to support YOU!!
pipa. scores. handphone. packet drink. sleep. typical co practice.
It's only 3 days to SYF. Why am i reminding u all...haha...i reckon all (or MOST) of u must be so nervous. I remember how i was like the day before syf '07...after the practice, i told everyone that if tjco gets gwh, i'm so gonna cry...those were the good old days indeed...but after the results were announced, i didn't shed a single drop of tear...sigh...now when i recall the tough and discouraging times we had then...really cried. it meant so little to some of us.
"wahse, how u all get gwh de?!"
"dunno leh. just anyhow hantam one choice piece. go for a few practices. then play on stage and get lor. it's nothing lah, really."
the truth is always so unbearable. the coldness and the cruelty. so much to be said, so little is spoken. after we played the 2 pieces on stage, i walked towards the exit, following everyone else. in my mind, there was nothing but "nevermind nevermind." that was how i tried to encourage myself. why nevermind? because if we get gold, also nevermind; at least standard didn't drop. that was wat we kept thinking.
"sigh sigh sigh. why like that?"
"like wat?!"
"like that lor. sigh."
how curious it is. we are humans. we want perfection. especially so much time and effort is being put into something. u know wat? i see the gwh, i can feel it. it's only this tiny little bit of some undefineable 'thing' that separates the gold from the gwh. I often wonder that it is. luck, some ppl say. I was seated down beside junhong in the horribly tensed concert hall. everyone was talking and running around. gossips and predictments. how little they meant. at least to me. wat others think of us.
"hcjc confirm get de. tj i dunno. maybe."
"that's all? how abt rj, vj and nj? I heard they are not bad also..."
silence. how ironic. it was SO noisy. my head could have just exploded. why can't they just announce the results immediately after we performed. save us from all this waiting shit and agony. then again, history repeats itself so often (with the help of technology) - Temasek Junior College, Gold with Honours. I am very proud to say...to say something stupid. I, harry pan, was the first to react to that statement. meaning to say, at the 'with' i already rose to my feet, hands in the air (very much like a disturbed chimp) and yelling "YE..." the rest was drowned by my fellow mates that were spread all over, resulting in an excellent stereo effect.
earlier in the day. morning. i was so tired. couldn't sleep lah!! what else. dun tell me u won't, because u WILL. hahahaha~~ our dear conductor was nowhere to be found. late!! ("erm can give us a bit more time? our conductor still on his way here...") 5th school on stage. can imagine how early we had to be there. now is 3rd. good luck man. when he came...i expected it. we merely played a few important exerpts...then suddenly, i was staring at the screen...tpjc...but i couldn't hear anything much. i sighed again, dunno for wat.
"is my qin tuned?"
"is my hair messy?"
"aiyo, now still care abt your hair?!!"
"just tell me!!"
"no lah! very nice lah, okay?"
"shit! it SHOULD be messy!!"
several MAJOR mistakes were made by me. i followed the cellos!! must be bixia and grace...lured me into following their footsteps when i ought to have made a left turn and followed the huqins. SHIT was the only word i uttered. i turned around. behind me: xianhui. her eyes were huge. i kept walking. nevermind again. just give a vacant expression. act cool. act professional. tjco is here to scare everyone. seated. xuefang in front of me. ok, everything in order. announcement. blah blah...i knew he couldn't read TA KE LA MA GAN properly.
"gold...*clap clap*...silver...gold...$*&^%(*&^$W(*...gold with hon- *$#&%$()&W$...blah blah" like i care.
"laoshi, wo men na gold with honours."
"eh, ask everyone to gather at level one. huang sheng wants to talk to us."
"say T! SAY T! say TJ!! SAY TJ!!" etc etc etc...i was the one who started the cheers...hehehe...
wth!! i was angry. why are they looking at us?! wat's wrong. acjc, vjc...hmm...the judges yes, of course...lucky can get to watch many schools later...so many things to think abt. yawn...so tired...hair messy, shoes must be damn bright. my first and only gold with honours. concert coming. i want a good end. oh yeah, huang sheng spent $500 on us. Xin Wang!! maybe it's just me. why am i so concerned. wait, am i concerned? dunno...it's my school, my pdp, my life. aiya. crap the passion. i have a life other than co.
"wat school is this?"
"temasek jc."
"what's the orchestra strength?"
"58. plus conductor 59."
"ok. come, this way in..."
the singapore flyer. the whining. WHY WHY WHY. why need so much explanation. my memory is cleaned. hahaha...hey, i think...i think!! wat i wanna hear on wednesday is...
"Temasek Junior College, RONG --- *(Q#&%()*^W$*(%$&)(W$*&%($)*%&W$()!!!!!!!!" ok this is gonna take like...half a minute at least. but please do try to make it longer. more importantly, MAKE it happen. my voice is there...desiring to yell and cheer. ppl out there are waiting, watching, talking. but we can't care more. Personally, as a senior, I believe we dun have to be the best, but i wanna see YOUR BEST.
Tahan all the way!! Can or not??!!
I'm not here. Don't look. Seniors will be there to support YOU!!
pipa. scores. handphone. packet drink. sleep. typical co practice.
The Team. The never forgotten one.
66 of us (inclusive of huangsheng) has walked through all the sufferings & funny moments together. We, have finally reach the last lap of our race. It doesn't matter if at this point, we're ahead of others, or lagging behind, because anything can change in the final lap. I believe we have the potential to emerge, to emerge as the top orchestra, to emerge as the orchestra with the highest spirit. So let us do it again, let the dream come through. Let us remember this moment of pride and joy.When I say,
Will we rock the stage on Wednesday,
When I say,
Will we be the most impressive orchestra on Wednesday,
When I say,
Will we bring back Gold with Honours award on Wednesday,
You'll say...
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