oh my, what a comeback.

it's close to 9, my eyes are still crusty and there's good on tv. so i blog hopped from one blog to another to another to another, and so on so forth.

i landed on a blog. it was by a schoolmate, a close acquaintance .. so to put to use. my habit of going to blogs is that i just read the posts and don't bother about the tagboard. BUT, as i said, 9am .. crusty eyes .. yadda yadda.

and heeeyy, what is this i see. an argument at the tagboard? ok first of all, this argument tag whachhozzhow didn't what initiate me writing this post, no siree. then i moved on to the posts.
a very long one. i read it. retaliation, hmmm.

the mindless errors didn't triggered me to do this. it was several others.

" If you wanna thank, why not go to the church, or maybe temple, or moss, or pray to the dead since its the 7th month now."

Moss? bwahahahahahahahahhaahahhahHAhahahHa (this was just for fun)

"First of all, personally for band, i feel that its a waste of time. Why do we waste our time blowing these instruments and get yourself so commited to the extend that band is like your god or something? At the end of the day after o levels , WOW CCA POINT A1!! SO DAMN FUCKING HAPPY!!!! But.. look at your o level results... 24,25 points. Minus off maybe get 23. How far can you go? Do you expect yourself to blow that damn instrument for life?"

Waste of time? don't you think chess is also a waste of time? a waste of time is when you do something and nothing productive comes through in the end. let's see what i've learnt and some others.
-i've learn to play the saxophone.
-i've learnt to read music.
-i've learnt some italian words.
-i've learnt to transposed Eb to Bb.
-i've learnt that a Bb bass clef score is similar to a Eb treble clef score (slightly)
-i've played in a concert, twice. and various performances. which deals with the performance phobia and nervousness.
-the seniors are great.
-the teachers are great (Mr Tan, Miss Ong, Mrs Vivian Tan, Mrs Cassandra Tan)

and i'm not even completing a second year in band.
let's see, in chess ..

-i've learnt to sit through a chess game with a straight face
-i've learnt that it takes very little energy to move a chesspiece.
-errr ..

that's how i feel y'know. because it's MY OWN OPINION.

Band isn't 'god'. it's the enjoyment of playing music with friends, and mastering the instruments. duh.

the good thing about band is the cca points. most of us have a lot already. it's also the perks.

24,25 points? you mean L1R4? or L1R5. the point is to you. you take JC as the next step of secondary school. even to other people. you know the thing is not many members go to JC. yes it's true. well, that's what i account for in MSSMB. BUT SOME, are in 3E1, bright & intelligent people. Joseph Lee Yi Hao, 3E1'06, Euphonium, Deputy Drum Major/Chief Section Leader, had 6A1s for his sec 2 EOY's.
if he did ok in o lvls, saaay 12. thats -2 off and that's 10. and that's JC for him, and another SYF.
an alumni, Timothy Misso. from what i heard from shermann, he got to SAJC by his prelim scores. yea, and he took CLB. Band is like another subject to excel in.

"Do you expect yourself to blow that damn instrument for life?" - Someone who doesn't know much.

that's how the world produces notable COMPOSERS, CONDUCTORS,SOLOISTS and add more off those who "expect to blow that damn instrument for life" and you'll get a bloody good band like TKWO, BOSTON POPS/SYMPHONY, PHILWINDS.

after secondary school, if i'm lucky, it's JC, it's the band there. i'm playing the trump card. i know something, i'll use it to my advantage. SAF central band then maybe i'll have a hiatus there. most people don't stop there. they'' eventually have a master's degree in music or instrument performance. my conductor, Mr Sukit. he has been playing the tuba for 14 years. he has a master's degree in music and tuba performance. he was in philwinds in the euphonium section.
there's Mr Leng, former conductor. he's in the philwinds, CM some more. my friend says he has a 5digit salary FROM 1 SCHOOL. he has 6 schools if i'm not wrong. then there's also Mr Oura & Mr Glosz.

the fact is, knowing to play an instrument, is similar is to knowing how to take a perfect photograph or knowing how to fix a computer.
it starts as a hobby or a know-how, but it can get you somewhere in life. it's similar to social security. if you're bankrupt from a business, and you realize .. "i played the oboe"
join a band.

if you realized, my retaliation was from that one paragraph. i'm not angry you made a comment about the National Day performance (but since you're gonna hear us everyday from 2 weeks onwards) BECAUSE i know we played badly. the fact you putting down the CCA is bad enough.

and ps i think i know who anonymous is. and the fact he's from another school, just makes you an even bigger a-hole. and if you were ever thinking i was the anonymous because you know i enjoy being in the band, HAR DE HAR HAR. check the ip addresses.

i don't think you'll stumble upon my new blog. so i'll leave a tag. it'll also help you compare.

Alif out.