Kang Le 07

hahas, blogging about kang le now. kangle rocked hahas. and oh i was offered ttk's cake and turns out had extra lunch boxes, but i bought my own hahahas.

anyway skip till games part. we played volley ball against dyb and tby. boon xuan, fiona, jie yi, shu ting, me and someone i forgot (oops) were the players. we lost both matches by a bit. and the court is not properly built, one side normal and the other shorter. den when u stand at the shorter side, its easier to serve but if the ball hits the wall behind u its hard to hit that. there was some discrepancy in guzheng for this. then it was captain's ball against djy again. we lost hahas, but there was this guy who was more rough and the girls were complaining, in the ended he got fouled out, ouch.i really dun think there should be nhappiness for such activites.

why was there no laughter and cheering? something was wrong! during the vball match there was cheering, hhaas good! but yeah referring to complains and such, come on its just entertainment, so be entertained! its kang le! healthy and happy~

oh next captain's ball match was guzheng against tby. brother against brother. referring to me and bro. i was defender, then i was standing in front of amanda hahas, managed to block most of the shots. she got quite pissed off lols. aiyah is like that one mah! luckily wu zhen wei wasn't there! otherwise my side also no need to score le. we won 23-12 i think. we got into finals btw! by a game of scissors paper stone hahas. then we were up against percussion for cball again. 5 alumni and 5 juniors against us 1 alumni and 9 juniors. wah guzheng juniors were chao demoralised, i tried to raised our morale a bit. we ooshed! and den we cheered and i did a bit of coach talk hahas ^^ oh and then we tried out our loop ball too, kinda worked. in the end with ourteamwork (not caring if djy gave us chance), we got 10-4. not bad, considering many of us thought it would be nil. we emerged 2nd! woohoo~ great job people!

and its good to see my juniors so united!oh and midway through, shi yiun, michelle and me went to play piano. ouch my fingers hurt from the vball, anyway it was cooling hahas. dun slap the vball! dun learn from xi zi hahas.

after co, i went out with boon xuan, fiona, jie yi, dionne and zhen ting. we went TM food court to eat.after i bought me ban mian, they suddenly stood up and shouted ji fan! (chicken rice) i was shocked, turns out i had a suddenly craving for ban mian and did that jus now. and the french fry from zhen ting lay at the bottom of the soup, soggy...eeew. and zhen ting's fren said hi to me, oh man i tink many ppl saw me run for sports day, i din do that well ahhas, hope not very malu. den i went christmas shopping and bought a present.

okays last part was only semi-related to guzheng =D anyway, everyone stay happy and united okays! jiayous for the music and rmb to have fun!


-ming quan-

hey my DARLINGS!
this is the first time i m posting here
and i guess its my last time posting here as one of you too.

i would just like to dedicate this poem to all of you here.
coz i realli do not know how to express my feelings in words.


The Encore of Memories By Lee Hai Yun Fiona

Everything ceased,
And came to a halt,
When that train of farewell kisses.
Painfully slammed its doors.

It signified farewell for eternity
and you gave me your goodbye kiss
the space i sat would now be filled with hollow spirits
zheng 65 being passed down, forgotten and wearied

with many thanks i proclaim
that you were my support and my gain
Never once pushing me away
not even when i was childish and untamed

you were my cushion when i fell hard on my head
my buffer you were during my white waters escape
you were the primary reason that held me back
while i made that decision that made me crack

off to VJC i leaped and bounded
as fast as the wind could bring me further
to ease the the angst i was suffering beneath
with that chilly wind blowing on my tear-streaked cheeks

flames to dust, lovers to friends
why must all good things come to an end.
seemingly this quote is but a fraud
for a miracle happened during the eleventh hour

A magnetic pull occurred mysteriously
Pulling my heart away from my soul and body
It snatched past the door halfway closing
Secured itself amongst the air you are breathing.

It will be there to warm you juniors
it will be there to keep safe the seniors
it will be there to embrace the same-levellers
There and after in the core of my darlings zheng-ers

Residing in those twenty-one strings ,
my heart calls for an encore when the final applause rings.
Playing back all the memories, I
listen to the sweet and heartfelt melodies.

thank you so much for the care and concern you all showed to me despite me giving you many troubles.
I m also very grateful for the fact that you gave me so much exposure, experiences, and memories.

THANKYOU! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!

I LOVE DHSCOZZ! <3
U RAWK!


Fiona<3>

yoyo, long time no see.. haha looks like the blog is going to extinct soon ><

how's the pracs lately? as usual?

haha, actually i wanna thank u all personally de, but i was busy, yeah i know, i m always busy la haha.. thank LI YING for the video u made for our retire and all the messages from the rest of u =)

shuting: haha, dun nid 5 years la, i think everyone will forget how to play the songs within 5 months time..

ophilia: yeah, definitely we will miss the gay gay cutie pie OPHILIA, and all of u all of cos =D

charlene: we will miss you lots too!! hurhurhurhur

wye inn: erm.. i dun really forsee stella wearing mini skirt in the near future though, mayb u can try ur magic power n turn her into a super feminine chio bu shuai ge.. hehehe, yeah..

melissa: haa, maybe we will find a date n come back visit u all, all depends though hahahahah!

boon xuan: aiyo.. we will miss ya loads too! =) jia you in watever u do hor!!

rebecca: STELLA, rmb to visit REBECCA hor!!! see i so nice, help u convey msg to stella, muz treat me drink hor =D

shu qi: future generation depends on ur batch le, jia you girlS..

zhen ting:

Xinyu has generously agreed to let me post these pictures publicly to blackmail them!

So if you get funny emails saying "I am a black", it's not my fault ok. Go look for her. (:

She can be found in any fish tank. (If case you don't know who Xinyu is, she's the kuku who appears in every picture heh heh :D)

Victim #01: Shi Min!
Victim #02: Random guy 1
Victim #03: Random guy 2
Victim #04: Random mei tui (sexy legs) -.-
Victim #05: Random figure in the background



Victim #06: Krystal
Victim #07: Mingquan



Victim #08: Esther
Victim #09: ShuTing
Victim #10: Michelle
Victim #11: Huishan


(Heehee I know all of you are saving this picture now because I'm inside!)

Victim #12: Krystal
Victim #13: Jiayin



If you guys want to receive mails that say "I'm black", feel free to post your chio and macho pictures here (: Okay that's all.



-I'm not Esther-

cui lao shi's bday!

hello!
zhenting here
CUILAOSHI'S BDAY! :DD


all of us! ;DDD


the self timer pic. ;D


cui lao shi on the phone.


sec ones the baobei. :P
zhenting and jolene (:



sec twos!
fiona boonxuan (:
liying charlene (:




sec threes!
esther and xizi (:






hahas. shuting posing at the back. ;D


fiona and boonxuan :P

yeah. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CUI LAO SHI! :DDD

Kang1 Le4!

Hey people! haha. Everyone played hard at captain's ball today yeah? WE FINALLY WON A MATCH! Oh yeah oh yeah! (: I guess we owe it to the very nice xiao4you3s eh? Haha. (: Oh well, thanks xiao4you3s for letting us finally win a match. (: Personally, I couldn't be happier.

hihi, long time din blog liao.. the blog is quite dead, but the tagboard stil relatively alive haha. gd job! =)

do u all feel relief after SYF? haha.. no more fenzu until the end of term 2!!!! haha guess u all wont see bobo anymore le.. he's officially retired!

regarding SYF, results are not so impt. mayb u all got the idea that i see the honour as very impt cos i cry like crazy after the result was announced. aiya, wrong idea, ppl. i cry because i feel very guilty and sorry towards Mr Tay n Cui Lao shi, and of cos the hope and faith that CO placed on us.. its so so so so so rare that we get to use the CO room firstly, and more rare that Mr Tay spent so much time fening us. those who din show respect to him deserve to be shot! anyway i think wat he said is very true la, 精益还求精, 何况还没精. its okay we still have 2009! by then we will have a stronger team, all with better skills. haha. jia you juniors!

and also mus add, bobo said mayb we din do our best but we tried our best! no regret le. okay this is for those who really have put in the effort. if not, feel guilty ba..

THANK YOU SENIORS AND COMM MEMBERS FOR HELPING AT THE REHEARSAL AND SYF! AND OF COS THE WAITING FOR THE RESULT, which suppose to take place at 4pm, but end up only announced at 540pm hehex.. UR SUPPORTS AND GIFTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!! A MILLION THANK YOU =)







fan di

syf gold

hi people. ming quan here, and you guessed it, i am going to blog about syf. anyway, just some thoughts and feelings i have, which u may or may not agree.we got gold for syf, not the gold with honours we were all hoping to get.

when the results were announced, there was silence, guess everyone was stunned. but personally, i was about to cheer, but then i realised the atmosphere wasn't right.my spirits dropped. it took wei cheng to let us give a half-hearted cheer. why is this the case? even though we did not managed to get gwh, we acheieved gold as a team! isn't that something worth celebrating for?

perhaps some of you might remember mr tay and cui lao shi saying, the main purpose of syf is not the award, its the music. ask yourself, do you think you have done your best? no matter how good your best is, its still your best. if you put in your utmost effort, there should be no reason to be that sad and disappointed, and i know many or all of us did so. otherwise, it high-time you start reflecting on why you did NOT try you best. and if some of you think i did not put in enough effort, all i can say is that i tried my best for the past 4 years.i dare to say that i put my heart and soul into guzheng, although i feel that i could have practiced in a better manner to achieve better results.

one year of practicing the two songs, think of all the work that you have put in. what have u gained? what have u learnt? or is this something you were forced to do? the main aim of dhsco is NOT to achieve gold with honours, although thats our short term goal, what dhsco and mr tay and all the other music instructors want is for us to develop a passion for the chinese music in the process of learning it. have you achieved that? congratulations if you have, and i hope you find your way soon if you don't. and dhsco is not just about music, it builds up your character too. it teaches you to teamwork, perseverence, responsibiltity and many others. how much have you grown spirtually since you joined co?

i wonder what are your friends reactions upon learning guzheng got gold? do they ask why u did not achieve gwh? or did they congratulate you? i believe most are of the latter, and sincerely hope so.you can go ask any of our seniors, i'm sure they are all very proud of you in their hearts. and in case u didn't know, only 3 sec schs were awarded gold today, and no sec schs had gwh. even though we did not get gwh, we maintained our standard of gold!

there is no end to knowledge and skills, you can always improve. so for those whom are still disappointed and sad, get a grip on yourself! why not buck up now and prac to achieve a good quality! its the quality of practice that counts, not the quantity, and i'm sure you all have seen that in some way or another. so when do NOT miss fen zu for not valid reasons! and put ur heart into the music when you are there! we can all finish up on time then. and if you all are feeling very tired and in need of a break, why not let your seniors know? its better to break and come back rejuvenated than to play while half dead. and take care of you instruments too!

and special note to the year 1s and 2s, jiayous for 2009 syf!

i have got many other stuff to say, but maybe next time, i shall end here. Be happy that we achieved gold together as a team!

大家好！
今天我用华文写POST，都是因为TAGBOARD (留言板) 上的 MTCHOU! 这个人非常神秘，有谁要猜这个神秘人物是谁？猜中了有奖品！奖品就是.......


....就是吃八个猪脑！郑老师说猪脑很好吃的哦！~

MTCHOU 就是......

hello my fellow zhengs...
its 9more days.

practice hard. and smart.

play and MAKE the miracle.

dont prepare to play and HOPE that there will be a miracle.

if you put your 100% hearts to it. im sure you all can.

take some time, sit down and think about all that have gone through a yr ago since you get the scores.

it is never too late to practice effectively and efficiently now.

everyone is waiting to see the miracle you all are going to make.

be responsible to the ensemble, the orchestra, the school. most importantly, yourself. if you know you did your very best. it's enough.

you all can do it. make the miracle.

do the best, beyond your limits.

play music with your heart.

connect with it.

let it bond all of you tgt.

work tgt to achieve the one common goal.

you all can. really...

-xianghong

Guess who.

等久就有.

等久就有?

If you interpret it in the Hokkien way: dan ku ku..

Means wait long long... (also dont have)

So cannot wait already! Must take action.

Ok this is lame but the point is...




























Here --> .

Attendance...

well since people have already commented a lot music-wise.. i shall spent more time commenting on attendance. as all of you can see, our attendance list is not very promising. it's so difficult even to spot a full attendance once. hopfully everybody is doing their best to at least ensure it happens at least from now till SYF, cause seniors are not really satisfied with our performance attendance wise.
well, it isnt easy. it had never been. but i hope all of you will treasure this time together as a whole zheng. treat every fenzu like an important process, cast all the troubles you have at the back of your mind and really try hard to focus.
i hope all of you will understand the importance of this syf, cause... its really an important experience. haha. its through this that we really see our hard work paying off. so many months of practising, what's that for? its just a one-chance thing. dont live to regret anyhing.
so JIA YOU guys. cause i really believe we can do it. together.



Candis

LOL


paiseh did i left out our dear sec 1s? haha i think i did. i think wye inn and hui wen has really put in a lot of effort, keep it up, i noe u can do better than tt though haha. jiayou!



fan di

wake up


18 days to SYF. haiz.. the count down really frightened me. we have less than 10 practices le, and that is including all the thursdays. haiz.. still not everyone is present today.. candis' hope for perfect attendance is dashed.. lol

when u can count the no of practices with your fingers but yet the expected standard is not there, its frightening. if u haven feel the pressure, pls wake up.

sec 4s: you all are seniors, pls set a good example for the juniors. its obvious that many of you have improved alot, in fact most of you have. but compare yourselves to OUR seniors. do you think its enough? ask yourself. this is the time to show your sense of responsibility and set the right tone for all the rest in zheng. rmb YOU ARE SENIOR!

sec3s: u all may not be the leading batch and thus dun feel as much pressure as the sec4s, but i can see that many of you are serious and putting in effort about the competition. BUT everyone's effort is needed. wat's the use if only some is doing the job while the rest are not? we are on the same boat, sink or float depends on everyone's effort. this is ur one and ONLY SYF le. do your best! we wil achieve our common goal!!!

sec2s: some of you told me that you do not think SYF is a big thing, its jus another competition or performance, what's the big deal about it? hahaha maybe that's because you stil have another chance to participate in SYF two years later. let me tell you, it is a big thing. look at the way dhsco celebrates their gwh. why would ppl be so extremely happy/excited/exhilarated/elated/overwhelmed/frantic if SYF is nothing important. all the chun zhi yun, gong yan and even malaysia trip are preparation for SYF. those performance are already very important yet they are nothing as compared to SYF. look at how other cca treats SYF. it the BIGGEST event in ur cca career. if u flop SYF, its equivalent to you wasted all the time and energy u spent in ur cca, playing some monotone songs. dun let urself regret after the competition.


zhengs: dun waste ur time during fz, practise the areas that you are weak in, the parts that haven reach perfect. dun have the mentality that you can play den good enough liao. stop live in self denial. NONE of us is really good enough for anything YET. put in ur best, gwh wil be ours. be attentive during fz.


for the rest of the practices, EVERYONE's presence is required.


co room is such a nice place haha =)


dun disappoint anyone le.. wake up! dun think u stil have plenty time left le. 18 days is really..... yeah jiayou!





fan di

blah

hey just wanna say that sorry for being so late today for fenzu..sorry.
i promise to try to be earlier next time.lol

oh btw i dont really trust kiwei to cut my beloved hair..

stella-

i was outside the CO room almost every morning this week, and i've witnessed this enthuness.



date: Wednesday 28 March 2007
time: 7:51 AM
look at the time man. then look at the number of shoes outside CO room. it's only in the morning, where people come to school, sleep-walking to their respective classes. but our enthu CO people chose to come to the CO room to practise. so 感动 can!

for the rest of the days in this week, there were about the same number of shoes outside CO room, if not more. there were enough people to initiate a mini dazu!
this also motivated me to work doubly doubly hard for our SYF. the problem is, a lot of people still haven't realised the anxiety and urgency. 拜托! 火都已经烧到屁股了! 你们还在想什么?!?! i'm not requiring you zhengzu people to go and prac everyday in the morning like them because by the time we carry the qin and stuff out , flag raising will start -.- i'm just talking about that positive attitude.

i know alot of zhengzu people have started to buck up and improve, but still, quoting our dear zuzhang: "it's not a solo competiton." a few people playing well, having positive attitude will not suffice. it's a group thing. what those people can do is only influencing others to adopt such a attitude. and saying this, i would really want to commend the year ones. they only have sucha short period of time to learn these 2 songs; plus, they also hafta cope with the difference between primary school and secondary school life. and yet they're showing us such good results. those who play worse than the year ones, i dont know what to say except cui lao shi's famous quote: 好好练吧…

i distinctly remember somebody saying this: "we may not be professionals in our instruments, but the bondedness we have can be heard from our music." positive attitude can be spread, it's just whether you are willing to open your heart and accept it.

please people, gold with honours is not what a mere few people can achieve. everybody is important. ZHENGZU NEEDS YOU. YES YOU. STOP HIDING IN THAT CORNER ANYMORE. WE ARE A GROUP. A FAMILY. A FAMILY WHEREBY NOBODY IS LEFT BEHIND. THINK ABOUT THAT.

!shuting

disappointed.

22 more days to SYF, and this is the kind of attendance..

its time for u all to reflect on ur attitude.

ask yourself, what you wanted for SYF? COP? or GOLD WITH HONOUR? or just GOLD?

Mere words are not enough, actions are most important.





haiz...
fan di

take care, and jia you

many zheng ppl are falling sick recently.. haiz.. maybe due to the fact that we din have a proper break since november ba.. take care everyone! we will have our due rest in 23 days.. okay that is if we get good result for SYF..

SYF is only 23 days away, i dun noe whether u all have realise the importance of this competition.. but i hope u all can do as wat u said, if everyone do their part, nothing is impossible..

no free meal in this world, if u wan to achieve something, work hard for it, put in effort, you wil get what you deserve. what you put in is what you wil get. i dun wish anyone to regret after SYF. its too late. we only have one chance. our one and only chance.

whether we will smile or cry wil depend on that 10 min we spend on the stage. how we present ourselve in that 10 min wil totally depend on how well we practised.

this is not a solo competition. if one person is not willin to put in the effort, you will pull everyone back. make all the effort go down the drain. i can see many ppl are changing and improving (keep it up, all is appreciated)but i not sure about some.. pls only 23 days le.. everything lies with your own attitude. if anyone think i m targeting you, i can tell you NO. its for everyone. but if u ever thought tt way this shows that its time for u to put in more effort le.


hope for the best for zheng

you will only feel the music when you put your heart into it.. 音乐要发自内心!

CO jia you! gold with honour!

fan di

茉莉芬芳!


"so..." at the start is the gentle morning breeze blowing across the garden. Then the solo: "mi do la do... blah blah" are dewdrops falling from the leaves, and the gua zou's the breeze getting stronger (:

Beginning of 2/4, zheng 2's "so so la so" or smth is the gentle fragrance of the flowers slowly ebbing outwards as dewdrops continue to fall (zheng 3's "do so do mi re"). Then as zheng 1 comes in, we start to zan4 mei3 the flowers. Think: gentle fragrance, panoramic view of a garden, soft breeze, blue skies... then the gua zou part with "so.... la do... " etc. is the flowers opening, as you all should know by now. Then near the end of man ban, the camera (don't ask me why suddenly got camera) zooms out to show the peaceful garden. "mi so la do la fa mi re do, la so mi so la do"

all of the above was quoted from the previous post by mich. photos were added by shuting. please relate to the photos, feel the feeling. [okay what's with feel the feeling? aiya nvm]thankyouverymuch.

hello!

This is weird, this is very weird. It seems like we don't need to upgrade our account after all. User and PW remain the same!

Anyway. I just wanted to say: JIAYOU FOR SYF!

SYF's only less than a month away... 28 days to be exact! So jiayou jiayou everyone and please put in your best effort! I'm sure we can do it if only everyone puts in their best! To our nice juniors, even though you all will have another chance to represent DHSCO Zhengzu in SYF, for us seniors it's our one and only chance to do so. Therefore, everyone really needs to put in our best in order to succeed at this SYF!

Please put in your best GAN JUE into the songs... you can even try to make up a story about the song if you want... anything that will add meaning to your playing. (: JIAYOU HOR!

If you can't think of a story... maybe this will help you. You can read it, then laugh, but please rmb it and hopefully it will add some meaning to the music. (Sorry if this is lame or corny. I think I've been studying too much Lang Arts.)

First song... "so..." at the start is the gentle morning breeze blowing across the garden. Then the solo: "mi do la do... blah blah" are dewdrops falling from the leaves etc.... and the gua zou's the breeze getting stronger. (:

Beginning of 2/4, zheng 2's "so so la so" or smth is the gentle fragrance of the flowers slowly ebbing outwards as dewdrops continue to fall (zheng 3's "do so do mi re"). Then as zheng 1 comes in, we start to zan4 mei3 the flowers. Think: gentle fragrance, panoramic view of a garden, soft breeze, blue skies... then the gua zou part with "so.... la do... " etc. is the flowers opening, as you all shd know by now. Then near the end of man ban, the camera (don't ask me why suddenly got camera) zooms out to show the peaceful garden. "mi so la do la fa mi re...."sorry I not sure of the notes cos I rmb it by tune..... then kuai ban. "So do do so do la so mi" signals the garden gate being kicked open by some AHEM dancers, then as the song progresses, who frolick in and start prancing around, picking flowers, sniffing their fragrance and dancing like siao kia. Then, the yao zhi part, "mi...so la so do la so mi so.... " you know, the melodious part where zheng 3 is in danger of gan3-ing... is actually the dancers running around the garden with flowers everywhere. (The reason why I included dancers is cos according to the programme booklet, the song's also about passion for life among young ppl or smth. go read it.) Okay then "mi re mi do re" is the dancers whispering to each other, then at the next part where we jian qiang is them giggling. And the remaining part of kuai ban is them dancing out of the garden... zheng 3's "so re so" is the gate closing.

OMG THIS IS SO CORNY.

Man ban starts again... now, the garden is serene and quiet. With the boisterous dancers gone, the flowers can exude their gentle fragrance in peace. Etc. refer to beginning. Then the last three notes with fan yin and our yao zhi is the gentle breeze blowing across the garden, bringing with is flower petals and, for some reason, sparkly thingys. (Think jap anime style.)

Phew! Now 2nd song.

The loud and lively beginning (kuai ban) is the village (among the mountains) celebrating some festival. Villagers dance around, banging gongs, kids playing, lion dance, ah peks and grannies laughing with their grandchildren etc. That loud seh part "re re re so" is actually the gongs and drums etc like WLS said last time. Then the man ban or what do you call it? Erm... The part where zheng 3 starts with "SO" and zheng 2 plays the high high notes and zheng 1 plays the melody... is more dancing and jumping around. Then the part where we enter into shuting's solo (so do do re do la so....) is all the villagers congregating in the centre of some square to listen to the AHEM wise village woman say smth.

Solo part is actually the wise woman singing a tale of the village's rich and glorious history. The ban zous ("so do re fa so SO" by zheng 2 and 3) are like the village ppl murmuring in awe as they discover their AHEM rich heritage. Then "re do re fa so so " as zheng 1 joins in is the ppl getting more excited. Then finally, start of yao zhi... "la so fa mi re..." is the villagers starting to sing along with the wise woman, filled with love and pride for their hometown. Think: very deep de FEELING and touching moments. Okay. Then sing sing sing... and then ophillia's part "re fa so so" is a villager announcing the arrival of some visitors! And as the other sheng1 bu4s join in, it's the villagers slowly "waking up" and getting into the mood... then enter kuai ban again, it's them beating drums and resuming their festivities to welcome the visitors, and also to celebrate their rich history! Yay! Then end! (:


Ohhh what a long post... hoped it helped in some way or other..... sorry for the er, lame and corny parts inside.

Oh wells. JIAYOUS! Bye! (:

happy CNY

Happy Chinese New Year! Jiayou for SYF! We can do it!

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