Saturday, May 7, 2011

ZHENG CHALET WHOO

ITS BEEN CONFIRMED!:D

zheng chalet:
21-23 june
aloha loyang garden bungalow

YAY:D sry it ended up in the last wk cos the 3rd wk units were all fully booked>< nvm we can chiong hw before going to chalet right!:D (or after that if you could) btw u all want bbq or sth on the 2nd night?details will be confimed haha:D okay maybe for now lets concentrate on the concert first hehe.go accept that fb invite if u havent HAHA 8D

debbie



/edit:

hey people also uhm make sure your parents know about this and allow you to go okay!since its student initiated so the school cant be responsible for anything lol.__.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Heyhey!

Passing down was quite fun running around right?:)
I thought the most epic thing was that the first group to leave was the last group to be back from the race whereas the last group to leave was the first. WOW.

Anyway,
The new committee members are:

团长: Jerald Ho
副团长: Chua Yuru
指导: Ng Murong & Loke Zhenyang
财政/秘书: Lee Ruixian
总务/乐器管理: Serene Lim

Please cooperate with them and feel free to speak to any of them if you have suggestions or anything as I am sure that they are very willing to lend a listening ear:D

I really have to thank the old comm as well as the other year 4s for putting in so much effort. I really enjoy leading you all because you all are such a fun and crazy batch!:D Will really miss you all!

- Yanlei:)

Monday, April 25, 2011

hi ppl! so as said in the mail..(unless u came here before mail.dhs LOL)

zheng chalet YAY
aloha loyang
someday during june hols..
the rest TBC!:D

so go tag nowww -------->
if the response is good we'll go book immediately:D

byeeee!haha

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

To JH & SH

SYF may be/can be/is overrated. (I have this odd feeling that I will get whacked for saying this.)

Sometimes, we don't have to benchmark ourselves against others to prove that we are good. You guys did a great job!! And I believe that I am not the first to say this right. Haha..

Anyway, since I have this odd feeling that I will get whacked, can I not put my name here?

*grant permission to myself*

By the way. I forgot to smack Darryl's butt for calling me short today! Zzz. (Sometimes, we don't have to benchmark ourselves against others to prove that we are not short.)

And if there is one thing that I really took away from this year's SYF... the strong bond you guys (by that I mean the entire 筝团) share is really touching. :)
Today was like a rollercoaster ride!
Excitement for the senior high’s syf, nervousness for them, proud of their awesomeness, anticipation with whole zheng while listening to the syf results in republic poly, linking arms with each other.
Heartbreak when JH zheng got gold. Heart shatter when SH zheng got gold..
Everyone cried ):
But in my freaking opinion, we did the best we could and we got gold.
Thats more than enough as we were there for each other, we hugged each other, we cried and laughed with each other, we did our zheng WHOOSH, we cheered,for ourselves!
Great job done to other schools too though!
Looking at the other schools who cheered and screamed their heads off when their school got gold, and looking at ourselves, i couldn’t help but wonder why were our reactions so different?
Maybe its because of our high expectations and the confidence our dear teachers had in us…
Just can’t help feeling emo and depressed, FOR NOW.
but its not bad, from this whole process of SYF i felt strong strong zheng love.

Miss teo and Miss Lau’s zheng photocard for us
Miss teo: that freaking touching email for us,all the things thats she has done!

Darryl:good job 人们! don’t care what other ppl think, but we were definitely the best 2 teams there! damn happy to have been through this with you guys! saying that he’s sad seeing that we’re sad

Jerald: People laughed, when we said “it was tough”,


They jeered and mocked, and through it we sulked.
No one believed in us, all because of a curse,
the curse that hurt, that upset, that pierced,
our delicate hearts.
So we start. We start working hard, making our way to the top.
But we stop, is this what its all about?
Giving our best just for the results?
Practice is all but without,
The love for our music, and it makes us sick.
So what if you are able to play with a stick?
So what if you can play it doubly quick! I don’t give a ****!
Because this is not what we came for, not what we saw,
the change of the law, the music without withdraw.
Its the music that left us in awe. And though should we crawl,
we wont brawl, but we will make it past that wall.
That’s all that matters, as we go about destroying our haters.
ALL HAIL GUZHENG TUAN! :)


Yanlei: during the past one to two years, we have being working so hard. We cry, we overcome obstacles, we work hard, we laugh, we sing, we play, we support each other and WE are having so fun together! Tomorrow is the big day where we show our bond, our spirit, our passion and OUR love for one another through music. Let’s do our best tomorrow and achieve excellence because it is what we deserve after all those that we had gone through. Towards the same goal, we make our final sprint!

Shuqi: TO ALL MY BELOVED JUNIORS: ALL THE VERY BEST TOMORROW.
We have come this far and I have faith in every one of yall. Be confident! Put a smile on each other’s face yeah (: The most important is to enjoy this journey together - it’s really all that matter!


Arthur: 4hours to the great battle:
Together we had worked hard, shed blood and tears, sacrificed countless amounts of time to perfect our techniques. Tomorrow we will reap what we had sowed so meticulously. The seeds of our efforts will blossom into sturdy and proud flowers, the very seeds which survived the strong winds, rain and thunder, which so desired to pull us down. Tomorrow, with immeasurable fortitude we will march into the battlefield. We will exhibit what our masters had so painstakingly taught us, as with our sharpened swords we penetrate through enemy defenses, sweeping across this dark, fearful battlefield with our radiance, igniting the enemy forces, before finishing them with a Coup de grâce; a blade through their hearts, the very hearts which held on to the belief of our failures. Now they knew they had all thought wrong. Tomorrow we will emerge triumphant and victorious. Tomorrow we ShowDown.



boonxuan:okok..the old fart's here to give a 'speech'..ANW! i heard about the results and it might not (is not) the one that you guys have been expected and everything and i know that you guys have been really upset about it.

my thoughts are that, for JH, i SERIOUSLY think you guys should be awarded GWH..you guys totally pwned the 2 groups before you and you guys sounded very good..:) whatever the results are, it's ok..gold is good also. Also, ttk also mentioned, what's the point of a competition? it's not about winning it. it's about having fun, participating. when you leave dhs, you no longer would be practicing with this group anymore, and you're gonna miss it. so, when u are here, just enjoy it and have fun with your friends. results are not important.:P

to SH, i thought u guys were awesome..some mistakes but not obvious..and i think we lost cuz our size of the group is too small..since its about qishi, we lost at that, but gold is the next highest which you have attained.AND, it's the first time SH actually joined SYF, and already got gold. so imagine the next few batches going for SYF, GWH is not far away.


and also! last piece of something..HAHA..:/ its seriously not about winning. it's the fun and all that you get to spend with your friends. you guys are lovely people and just enjoy the years you have in DHS.


<3



Debbie:I AM PROUD TO SAY WE GOT GOLD x2 COS DHSGUZHENG IS JUST THE MOST AWESOME CCA EVER AND I LOVE YOU ALL♥♥♥♥♥DHSZHENG FTW,JIAYOU SH GUZHENG!♥JIAYOU GUZHENG I LOVE YOU♥

Rachel lim:lets claim the first 2 gold with honours for dunman high! :DDD jiayous sh guzheng! :DD WE GOT GOLD. and i think im super lucky to have such an awesome cca with an awesome teacher Ms teo and awesome seniors and awesome friends

Ruixian: I LOVE ZHENG TTM OMG IM SO PROUD OF ZHENG ♥ IM DONT CARE IF I SPAM OMG IM JUST SO FREAKING PROUD OF ZHENG!!~ DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE GET FOR SYF COS WE ARE FOREVER PLATIMUM TITANIUM ALUMINIUM WITH HONOURS DEGREES PHD WTV LAH. Like which other sch gets such great people in zheng and which other sch has such nice guzhengs lololol, but seriously, GUZHENG ♥ !!!

Yuru: WE GOT GOLD. I LOVE ZHENG ♥I’m so freaking touched by the zheng love ♥

Murong: Goodjob today people. ♥Goodluck to sh people hehhehe!!!!

And all the people liking all the statuses (:

and many more with their actions (:
senior high giving nutella bread to junior high before syf, cui laoshi encouraging us even though we screwed up our rehearsal, just being there!
Now, i really wanna thank my sister for telling me to appeal in dhs using guzheng. and now i know so many amazing people from the diamond ensemble DHS ZHENG <3
Darryl is right. we were definitely the best two teams there. or rather one team (: in terms of our everything! <333333333333333333

okay bye dears, rest well and terrific job done(:

-youmibert (xiaomin)

Monday, April 18, 2011

Hey!

Here are some posts on facebook for me to share here:)

24hours to the great battle:
Together we had worked hard, shed blood and tears, sacrificed countless amounts of time to perfect our techniques. Tomorrow we will reap what we had sowed so meticulously. The seeds of our efforts will blossom into sturdy and proud flowers, the very seeds which survived the strong winds, rain and thunder, which so desired to pull us down. Tomorrow, with immeasurable fortitude we will march into the battlefield. We will exhibit what our masters had so painstakingly taught us, as with our sharpened swords we penetrate through enemy defenses, sweeping across this dark, fearful battlefield with our radiance, igniting the enemy forces, before finishing them with a Coup de grâce; a blade through their hearts, the very hearts which held on to the belief of our failures. Now they knew they had all thought wrong. Tomorrow we will emerge triumphant and victorious. Tomorrow we ShowDown.
[Arthur]

During the past one to two years, we have being working so hard. We cry, we overcome obstacles, we work hard, we laugh, we sing, we play, we support each other and WE are having so fun together! Tomorrow is the big day where we show our bond, our spirit, our passion and OUR love for one another through music. Let's do our best tomorrow and achieve excellence because it is what we deserve after all those that we had gone through. Towards the same goal, we make our final sprint! [♥ To my beloved Guzheng mates who are busy practising now:D]
[ME:)]

People laughed, when we said "it was tough",
They jeered and mocked, and through it we sulked.
No one believed in us, all because of a curse,
the curse that hurt, that upset, that pierced,
our delicate hearts.
So we start. We start working hard, making our way to the top.
But we stop, is this what its all about?
Giving our best just for the results?
Practice is all but without,
The love for our music, and it makes us sick.
So what if you are able to play with a stick?
So what if you can play it doubly quick! I don't give a ****!
Because this is not what we came for, not what we saw,
the change of the law, the music without withdraw.
Its the music that left us in awe. And though should we crawl,
we wont brawl, but we will make it past that wall.
That's all that matters, as we go about destroying our haters.

ALL HAIL GUZHENG TUAN! :)
[Jerald]


WE ROCK!:) GUZHENG TUAN FTW:)

- Yanlei:D

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Here's a not-very-motivational speech

Greetings, comrades.
Please practice well for the Singapore Youth Festival tomorrow. Remember everything Comrade Yanlei has told us, and apply it to the instrument in hand. We have come a long way since last year when we started learning these two songs; please do your best, and live up to YOUR OWN expectations, because I am sure they are quite high, no?
The key to success is a positive attitude, a.k.a the "excellence mindset". I understand that I am repeating what others have said, but repetition is necessary to get ideas across.
So, play well, and peace off ☮.

--Hanzhang

P.S.
HELLO PEOPLE!

tmr is the big day :O so im here to write a hopefully motivaitonal speech,HAHA. but anyways,as much as we want to get a gold with honours,i think its more important as long as we put in our best,enjoy the process and have fun:D of course if can get GWH would be good lah:) but still,i think guzheng has improved a lot compared to last time in terms of bonding(:D) ,and music standards(i suppose) :D


but no matter what, so long as we put in our best,we'll have no regrets:D i always comfort myself by saying 'i put in my best already so this is the best i can go for now so i'll try better next time^^ ' (esp when i'm like 1 mark to A or something,yeah i use this to comfort myself LOL) don't let cls/ms teo down!!although yeah we really want gwh... :/ but IF and i say IF the judges are blind this year(touch wood touch wood!!),if we did put in our best then its okay:D so long as we do our best!haha yeah.


(i know i'm like a bit the contradictory cos erm.i wish for gwh?:/ so...nvm .___.)

quote arthur: 'excellence mindset:we pwn all.'

yeah excellence mindset yeah!:D LETS JIAYOUS AS ONE GUZHENG!whoo!:D love you all!<3

debbie

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Huibao

YO MY DEARS! <3
Since yanlei has already posted the rehearsal playing stuffs,
I shall post about our huibao!

(sorry for not being in chronological order hahahahahaha)

I think that a lot of people improved! like emily, lin lin, ETC. :)
so JIAYOU and practise at home okay(JUST TRY LA) :)
Take note of the qi fus all those and do your best!!!!

and yeah i know this period have like super duper alot of tests and projects but thanks for being so cooperative and awesome with all our 加排s and sudden huibao(teehee) and late rehearsals :)
Its only one more week and we can have a break and have fun!!!!:D

practise or i will.......

do this! ahhahahaha.
JUST JOKING. I SAID THAT FOR THE SAKE OF POSTING A GIF OF EDNA MODE. HAHA.

if you pon practise i will...

do this.
ok its another JUST FOR THE SAKE OF GIF. muahahahaha.

*for fun n laughter*

yeah JUNIOR HIGH N SENIOR HIGH ZHENG GOGOGO!!!!
LOVE U GUYS LIKE CRAZY WOMAN.

good bye!

p.s. i really think the sh costume quite nice what


-youmibert: *thanks aiyi you rock too HAHAHAHA*

Monday, April 11, 2011

HELLO!


SYF rehearsal was great!


Even though we will not be playing as loudly, Mr Tay had helped us refined our sound projection and it sounded much clearer and not so za (as according to my recordings).


It is a great relief that we don't have to play until our (my) strings break or mas drop. PHEW. [My strings always break!]


But this gives us a problem with our da xiao sheng (loudness) We must really work very very hard on our movement and da xiao sheng (loudness). Since we are playing softer, the soft parts will be almost soundless! The places where we are suppose to be soft, please only touch the strings/notes and make minimal sound, i.e. not being able to hear yourselves playing, which is CORRECT! The places where we are suppose to be loud is good enough, KEEP IT UP!:D


This are the two main things that we have to take note in order to achieve excellence. JIAYOU! WORK HARD! COOPERATE!


And I can't believe that Murong and Yuru both broke their strings. Next time Murong should give eye contact to signal someone else, like Guyao to play if that really happen again, though it is not very possible as we are playing soft right? [However, do take note of this for future performances:D]


SH guzheng was soooo zai. I heard that Mr Tay asked you all to go home early right! - Meaning that he is satisfied. WOW. Juniors must look up on seniors kays! And learn from them!


JIAYOU FOR SYF EVERYONE!:D:D:D


Guzheng rocks and we love guzheng! <3



-Posted by Yanlei:)