CELLO & BASS

2009-04-23T04:00:00.000-07:00

HEYY MY BELOVED SECTION (:

wonder what happened to the blog, so blank?

sighs, now its time for the MYEs are you ready?! i'm not , haha

SYF is over!
now even EMDD is over!

how i wish we could turn back time, we'll miss you a lot, joanne, gerrie and of course, mengyin.

we fought, we laughed, we had fun. i'll miss the good times and the bad times.

EMDD was a huge success, to me at least, the senior's last performance...sighs

luckily Victoria Theathre wasn't flooded by all our tears, the performance also wasnt ruined by all the noise we made.

i had a great time yesterday which i think most of us did.

the videos of everyone on the fourth floor, seriously FUNNY!

lol... LZ couldn't stop...in front of the camera.

we weren't so enthusiastic during the rehearsals but suprisingly, the gala night's curtain call was so...SO HIGH..

the finale song is still ringing in my ears...especially during class today.

"SO WE SAY
thank you for the music, the dance and drama,
thanks for all the joy you're bringing.
who can live without you, we ask in all honesty,
what would KC be?
without Miss Rosemary Soo what are we?
so we say thank you for the music,
the dance and dramaaaaaaa....!!"

i hope everyone wasn't too tired today... cos i was..LOL!
i was half asleep throughout the day, even during recess i was sleeping.

Although we didn't get a GOLD for SYF, we now know that some people actually DO care about us. (:

we did it!!!
after EMDD, some people actually started saying that we deserved a GOLD more than the SILVER, haha.
thats good right?

at least dance got a gold with hons, even our KC choir got a gold. thats something to be happy about right?
since we're all a part of KC.

hope practice resumes soon enough (:
i cant wait to have all of us practicing together again!

-natasha

2009-04-09T10:21:00.000-07:00

ONE WEEK AND 2 MORE DAYS TO GO TILL SYF.

2009-03-31T02:57:00.000-07:00

heyy,

3 and a half more weeks to go.
hope we can all settle our differences soon.

don't let mr goh worry for us.
we can do it!

extra practice on thurday ? this coming thurs.
maybe we'll ask mdm foo first.

maybe we can add another practice saturday !!

no more tears. stay strong.

-natasha

p.s. do it for old times' sake
p.s.s. one last thing, CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS

2009-03-26T07:46:00.000-07:00

HEY!!

we are really nearing SYF very soon.

i'm really so glad to see you guys changing, haha.
from complaining about practice to actually going earlier to practice yourself first and initiating extra practice.
i'm so happy haha and proud of you! (:

we may not get a gold but just seeing the effort is enough i guess.

remember, its no point crying, so just try and stay focused and happy.

one problem right now, which may affect our whole section and ultimately, the whole co, is some of our mood swings.

let me ask you, is it so hard? is it SO HARD to just take a step back?
just give in for once, and all will be fine.
throwing temper tantrums are really childish. dont you think?

please! SYF is coming.
don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
don't make those around you unhappy.

you say " ......." SO WHAT? is it THAT serious.
hopefully you know what i'm talking about.

will it kill you to just let it go?

come on!
you are all matured enough to think for others.
think of the bigger picture!

i mean, we all harbour selfish thoughts, its human nature, but just this once, there are two choices, the right and the wrong.
its pretty obvious what the right choice is.

CAN'T YOU JUST MAKE AN EXEPTION this time?

ITS SO HARD TO CONTINUE LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS OUR GOAL TOGETHER
OKAY?

just do all of us a favour

really, i don't mean anything, we're not as complicated as you think.
away with the formalities for now.
cos what really matters is SYF.

all of us have different opinions, its good to give others a chance to speak.
if you're wrong, just bravely accept your mistake, apologise maybe.
but don't always assume that you're right.
cos one thing is for sure, NOBODY IS PERFECT, NOONE IS ALWAYS RIGHT

so really, i thank you if you're willing to cooperate, no one will laugh.

-natasha

p.s. just do me this favour, LET IT GO and don't be so temperamental.
THANK YOU!

2009-03-23T05:28:00.000-07:00

heyy !
today was rather unpleasant right....

anyways, just work hard luh, i'll watch my words from now on.

i've already planned something for tomorrow's extra practice.
hopefully planning beforehand helps.
and that we can all follow the plan or add more things.

just in case...

TUESDAY, 24TH MARCH 2009
BEHIND CO ROOM
2.45PM TO 5.00PM

i'll try adding all the possible practice dates at the side.
now we only have 1 month
we can do it!

saturday was a wake up call for most of us, i guess today was too.

WORK HARD !!! FOR A LITTLE WHILE MORE.
I'LL TRY MY BEST FOR SURE.
EVEN IF IT MEANS NOT DOING MY HOMEWORK.

-natasha

2009-03-21T07:34:00.000-07:00

today's exchange was so screwed up, but one thing was good, our taifeng!
we're not as bad as we sounded today, so don't lose hope!
continue to work hard.

2 hours of practice everyday? until SYF.
as suggested by simun.

try to make it for the saturday practice. mdm foo will open the school gate for us.

just a little more....WE CAN MAKE IT!

-natasha

2009-03-15T09:22:00.001-07:00

YO i'm back.

to this still rather dead blog....

must find some time to tell the sec ones about this blog haha.

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everyone is feeling the heat now huh. haha

don't give up just yet, try and hang in there.
i'm gonna try too!
hang in there.
think of a rainbow. or something.

now is not a very appropriate time to say anything discouraing so just work hard.
don't wanna affect your mood.
summer colours (:
very pretty
and warm
thats how we'll always be okay?
a warm section!
all for one and one for all! YEA!

am i making any sense? LOL

don't give up!
come back to the blog
keep it alive
talk here
whenever you feel stressed

so even if we don't get a gold, nobody can blame you,
since you've already put your best foot forward.
just a LITTLE while more.
and it'll be over

soon enough

take care(: and i'll see ya'll on wednesday!
haha

just feeling a little bored so i thought i'd add some colour to this blog

-natasha

2009-03-07T07:47:00.000-08:00

wellwellwellwell hello (:

hopefully someone is actually reading this or this post is sosososo wasted .

ok. a-hem

CONTENT
1-today & yesterday
2-late-coming & toilet issues
3-taifeng
4-SYF problems
5-classroom table and chair arrangement
6-sec one juniors
7-co room
8-motivation

NUMBER 1-today & yesterday

OK, TODAY WAS RELATIVELY OK. (:
WE DID OK TO ME.
LIANGZI AND MENGYIN WERE LATE, AGAIN! those two should try and make an effort to come early.
when you(liangzi and mengyin) were told to turn to face the "audience", you didn't listen, i had to ask over and over again, i think i asked 3 or 4 times before u moved, this is seriously no joke, SYF is coming so please co operate, its not funny. keep your buttocks to yourselves not for the judges.
please try not to use your handphones during practice, be it combined or sectionals, if fls catches you using your handphone, not only you will get into trouble, the whole section, especially joanne, simun, and i will be implicated.
maybe break time would be more appropriate for you to use ur phones but still, NOT IN front of FLS.
ok moving on....

NUMBER 2-late-coming and toilet issues.

like above, liangzi and mengyin are often late, being late is a huge no.
mr goh has to wait for EVERY SINGLE member of the orchestra to settle down and be ready before he can begin the practice, we already have not enough practices so we should make full use of those 3 hours given to us. coming in late will disrupt the entire orchestra, think again. are you that selfish? if you're not that selfish and inconsiderate, come early! coming at 3 o'clock is not on time, u're suppose to be there by 2.45 pm or even earlier.
next, the toilet.
please try and make your visits to the toilet less frequent, unless you have some ISSUES, such as, your period or you're sick and need some air or if you have some kind of bladder problem...
and please go to the toilet by yourself, if you go alone, you'll find yourself back real quick.
everyone needs practice so if you are gone, you lack practice, and in the long run, you'll affect the whole orchestra's standard so please try and understand that this SYF is really very important, i'll talk about that later.

NUMBER 3-taifeng

our section's taifeng is pretty strong i guess (:
we're all very willing to do taifeng.
thats great!
but theres just one thing, we need to be sync. okay?
i think practicing our taifeng together would help
like the pizz. or the way we hold our bows and when do we do vibrato, all these are really important, from what i heard, all those good schools such as ... ..., yea, they all just wanna show how good they themselves are, it really reflects on the relationship they have with each other.
do you wanna show the judges how disorganised and un-united we are?
i think thats quite a turn-off and an eye-sore to see so many different, bizarre actions on stage.
so THINK SYNC. (:
OK, the bassists, please try and do some taifeng, or at least LOOK like you actually enjoy playing. please co operate.

NUMBER 4-SYF problems

this coming syf is rather crucial for us, and i never thought of it this way until today that this is the only syf simun and i are gonna take part in, its our first and could very well be our last, so i really hope that you all can help us make it a very memorable SYF-09 OK? (:
we'd really appreciate that.
and not only that, you'll make CO stand out in school, you know how much most people in the school hate CO, we're finally seeing a light, a way out, ok.... haha
getting a gold could make them change their views towards CO and chinese orchestrial ? music LOL!
so make yourselves proud, PUT KCCO ON TOP! WE'RE ALL THAT yea!
OK(:
and as iris and joanne have mentioned today,

our SYF date is fixed:

day: 20th APRIL 2009
when: 4th school performing
before us: rivervalley high school (gold with hons. SYF-O7)
after us: chung cheng yishun...sth...lol (gold SYF-07)
KCCO: SILVER SYF-O7 (just in case your really so....)

so do you see what i'm getting at?

just stressing on the fact that two super super good schools are before and after us, we are now being put through a test, this could be our final breakthrough!
please don't disappoint urselves with horrible results.

from what i also heard....
last year, although many, like you guys now, have that "its-not-really-a-big-deal" kind of attitude towards SYF, many came out of the concert hall CRYING, IN TEARS, SALTWATER was WELLING IN THEIR EYES!!!
so please, if you dont want that to be you, THIS IS THE TIME TO WAKE UP!
work hard!
okay?
ok
they made mistakes, they weren't confident enough, they screwed up, horrible.
i don't wanna feel this way, i wanna laugh after it, hopefully, you feel the same way too (:

don't embarrass the co, dont tarnish kcco's good name.
we don't have any name but we have a clean rep.

moving on..

NUMBER 5-classroom table and chair arrangement

yes, every week, on wednesdays, we have sectionals in the classroom, class 305 to be specific, my class.
when i returned to school on thurs this week, many of my classmates complained!
COMPLAINS:
-books everywhere
-missing items
-other's stuffs under their table or in their boxes
-their boxes being shifted elsewhere
-tables and chairs not in order
-a girl without a chair in the morning

LINK TO THE NEXT TOPIC

NUMBER SIX-SEC ONE JUNIORS

WHAT IS THIS?
the sec ones were the ones that packed the class after practice recently right?
so ENLIGHTEN them
ok?
ok
i think we should find some time, earlier before practice to tell them our rules( a.k.a common sense).
OUR RULES:
-seniors cellos on floor
-juniors cellos in the slot
-we split our jobs evenly, fair and square
1) the chairs during combine, take turns to carry chairs, help each other
2) class room tables and chairs. all should help shift it for practice AND after practice!
3) give each other a helping hand to look after their belongings or pack their cello or stand when their not free, to save time.
so on and so forth
let the sec ones feel welcomed.
feel the warmth of our section (:

SOME OF THEM ARE KINDA....REBELLIOUS, TALKATIVE ETC..
thats unacceptable right?
we need to help shape them!
guide them ok?
we're not much older but yea....haha

next!

NUMBER SEVEN- CO ROOM

the co room....

1) please close the doors and switch off the lights and the fan when you leave.
2) keep our drawer neat and tidy!
3) after the recent practices, we have not enough space to place our cellos, the plucking section is taking up some excess space so shift their instruments, towards the right (if you're facing the shelfs) to make space for us.
4) remember to teach the sec ones how to arrange the cellos neatly.

NUMBER EIGHT-MOTIVATION

MOTIVATION IS VERY IMPORTANT NOW.

encourage each other to do taifeng and to play during combine. have fun. help each other focus during combine.

i think if we stare at mr goh really hard and count the beat in our heads for SOC, we can do the first part of the song very well (:

keep up the hard work!

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accoring to iris, SYF is the time when most people get sick.
besides me, i could also heard many others coughing in the gym or see people rubbing their itchy noses during combined.
so look after urselves ok?
drink more water at least 5 glasses a day...i cant drink 8 so 5 is good enough (:

bring your water bottles during combined, and dirnk it! haha

i'm gonna put the dates of all our scheduled practices on the right>>
that column there
>>>>>>>
so look out for it, check back often to see if any changes are made.

we need to add somemore practices, for our section. it'll be great if all of us can make it, SYF is just about a month away, grit your teeth and bear with it for awhile more, getting a gold is its own reward, i'll bet that we'll smile for DAYS!!! if we get a gold!

the satisfaction, think of that and the happiness that gold will bring you and work towards that. whenever you think of giving up, think of that and anyyone in CO that matter to u.

OH AND ONE LAST THING

from FLS, IRIS & JOANNE

SYF is NOT, NOPE, N-O no, not a competition, do not think of it as a competition, we are not competing with other schools, its a judge, theres only ONE player for the SYF judging, which is ourselves, we are only competing with ourselves okay? ok

we are doing this for the sake of upgrading KCCO'S STANDARD and making the school proud .
do not , dont ever treat this as a competition for there is no winner, competing with others will only hurt us.
do not demoralise urselves by comparing urselves to better orchestras, we should only compare ourselves with OURSELVES.

ok thats all.

take care,
natasha & simun

(:

2009-02-09T07:48:00.000-08:00

HEYYY!!!

C-E-L-L-O-CELLO!!!! (:

AND

BASS.

i don't think we're progressing or making any major improvements to FNJ and SOC. talking about our section, not others.

try not to play a fool during sectionals or combined practice.
make sure that u have already memorised both songs ok?!
especially liangzi and mengyin, maybe you too BECCA! lol
u have to be sure of the song to be able to play confidently!
and start training your arm muscles, especially the right hand, haha
do push ups or something, so that you'll have strength and stamina to play loud or super soft.

just stop all your nonsense, if you wanna be a nuisance u can, but only after SYF kay? haha
at least we enjoy each others company during practice(most of the time), it makes everything easier for us. in terms of UNITY at least. makes learning a lot easier as well!

when do you all want extra practice?
do you want to separate into 2 groups to fit the super "tight and busy" schedules of some of you? or what....

-natasha

to this super dead blog. lol

2009-01-24T02:42:00.000-08:00

hey

remember what mdm foo said after our chinese new year performance yesterday?

if don't, she said that she would rather bring less people to get a gold rather than more people and get a silver or....worse for SYF'09

there WILL BE auditions, i think ALL of the instructors will be there plus mdm foo.

and if u don't memorise feng nian ji and song of cicada by the end of the chinese new year holidays, u won't get to go for the music exchange, even worse, SYF.

you all HAVE TO start giving yourself pressure right now, practice at home, practice with ur hands or fingers, hum the tune in your head or something!!

we all have to shut our mouths up during practice sessions too, its not the time to play anymore, i talk too so i'll try to shut up as well.

practice your weak spots!!!!!!

please co operate.

>:() we should encourage each other to do better, not encourage each other to play!

-natasha

2009-01-13T08:03:00.001-08:00

I'M SO GLAD THAT THE SEC ONES ARE JOINING US!!!!
TOMORROW!!

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEIR NAMES ON OUR LIST OVER THERE>>>>TO THE RIGHT

hope you CELLISTS and BASSISTS aren't choking on your homework!!

i LOVE our SECTION for always being BRILLIANT!
always giving our best during combined practice and sectionals..
although there is always the occasional "fight" or "arguement" between us,
we'll always stick together! argree? or not?...:(
SYF is coming so soon, plus the MUSIC exchange with sooo many prestigious schools!
we really have to buck up, mr.P says that we're still hovering around the silver, FLY HIGHER!
i feel so honoured to be surrounded by a group of musicians! haha
so be proud of yourself and your instrument, do the orchestra some good, don't complain about the extra practices, we all have to go no matter how tight our schedules are, its really only your loss if you don't feel like turning up or participating, you lose out in the end.
we'll all be closer and we'll play better, keeping our good reputation!

WORK HARD!
no matter what other sections say or what your family says
this is a choice that YOU have to make, if the other sections slack, why should you do the same?
your family doesn't support you? we do! we'll support one another yea?

sooo....if you have any difficulties in playing for example, doing the vibrato or using longer bows or focusing or counting or tuning or .........etc........ you can approach joanne, denise or myself or gerrie or rebecca if you play the bass!
ALWAYS READY TO HELP A FELLOW CELLIST/BASSIST!

sorry for taking up any space or writing what you may feel is "useless" i just can't sleep...

-natasha (:

IMPORTANT
regarding the CNY performance, fls would like us to wear our uniforms instead as we have to attend all the lessons that day and it'll be a little too tiring and time-connsuming if we change beffore we perform. just letting you all know, there MAY be forms issued later or announcements made but yea, i can't sleep.

2009-01-13T05:16:00.000-08:00

CELLO BASS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

(:

10 A1s , almost impossible???

congratz eugenia!

2009-01-07T07:45:00.000-08:00

.this week:

-there is no combined practice this coming friday, 9/jan/2009.

-the practice will be postponed to SATURDAY, 10/jan/2009 instead, details are stated in the form given out today.

-there will be 2 new cello juniors and 1 new bass junior joining us, 3 in total, as usual. (:

-there will be public peformance coming up soon, we only need 4 cellists and 1 bassist.

getting used to the new school year yet?
i haven't....sighs, good luck coping with school work.

-natasha

2009-01-01T03:35:00.000-08:00

about our upcoming events
well, since simun has already text-ed everyone about the upcoming events, i'll just post it up here, once more, IN CASE.

FOR THIS SATURDAY 3/JAN/2009:

1) all performers are to meet outside the CO room at 9.30am, don't be late!

2) wear your CO shirt outside and your pinafore inside.

FOR TOMORROW 2/JAN/2009:

NO CO PRACTICE

for the CNY performance**, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A RED SHIRT WITH A COLLAR WITH YOUR BLACK PANTS, THE CO UNIFORM BLACK PANTS, NONE OF US WEAR THE SKIRT SO YEA, PANTS!

if there is still anything that you're unsure of, feel free to ask me, simun, joanne or any comm member at anytime! preferably us (:

have a nice first day at school!

natasha

2008-12-31T08:19:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ILOVE OUR SECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SRY IF I DIDNT TEXT YOU COS MY PHONE LAGGED!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

SCHOOL IS REOPENING, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING U ALL AGAIN, DURING SCHOOL.

P.S. WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SIMUN(:
although she didn't ask....shes at some "noisy" place.

LOVE
NATASHA!!!!!!!!

2008-12-29T04:07:00.000-08:00

HELLO!

the cca fair is not on friday, its on saturday, 3rd of january(:

we'll be playing BRAZIL BRAZIL and HUAN LE de HUAI BEI

cca on friday is cancelled due to the first day of the cca fair, there's no space for us to practice.

from now onwards, an extra day of sectional practice will be added to the usual two on wed and fri. don't complain, we really need the extra practice if we wanna get a gold!

the practice is based on everyone's schedule, mdm foo says if u want practice on saturday, its possible, she will come back to school to open the gates for us. we have to look for a day where everyone is free.

there will be an audition before SYF and all incompetent players will be kicked out of SYF.

u will be kicked out if u are often absent regardless of your reason, mr goh doesn't want the bad players and influences to affect the others in the orchestra and our sound quality.

so BUCK UP! especially the bass!

u all need to really UP your volume, u're too soft and often out of tune, without even realising.

if u're not sure please try and open ur mouths to ask mr poh or us....we can help

if u want somemore practice feel free to ask.

its quite a tight schedule for us with the cca, CNY performance, public performances, EMDD, syf rehearsals and SYF.

memorise your SYF pieces as soon as possible.

its best to get it in your head by mid-january.

we have to be more serious during practice, "co time is co time, no using of handphones or joking around" <--according to mdm foo.

she'll catch u !

so please take note of these changes (:

natasha

PS whatever i say here may not be confirmed, but just to let u know! just in case! please don't blame me if i got the wrong message!

2008-12-28T08:43:00.000-08:00

DEAR C&B:
SCH REOPENING IN JUST FOUR DAYS TIME!!
r u prepared ? I'm not, haizz
ALL THE BEST FOR ALL!

have lots of fun during the last few days of holidays!!!

START WITH THIS!

i'll kick ur ass

+ BELATED MERRY X'MAS TO ALL C&B!

btw, more videos will be upload soon...(cute babies videos)
HAHAHAHA

simun

2008-12-28T06:32:00.000-08:00

i'm so bored now...

the cca fair is on friday and hopefully (: people will join CO!

our section! HAHA

i hope everyone can finish their homework on time......hope i can too

natasha

2008-12-25T07:19:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS is almost over........

but merry christmas everyone (:

LET'S ALL HAVE A ROCKING DAY TOMORROW, SIX HOURS......NO KIDDING YAR? ITS LONG, BUT NO COMPLAINTS HERE....HAHA

our C&B bookmarks rock!!!!!

its so pretty, proffessional and smart!!!!

we rock! the cello and double bass are both such beautiful instruments.. LIKE REALLY!!!!

my christmas dinner was boring.......zzZZzz

sighs....

i hope everyone can finish their homework in time!!!

merry christmas everyone, HOHOHO

xoxo
natasha

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2008-12-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

Hey, here comes the slack one.

To my dearest celliests,

Listen to nat and things will never go wrong.LOL! not kidding yar..

Just received a few random photos that Queenie took during the bbq.

BBQ food: lastly, my beautiful bbq marshmallow(its really crispy)...

BUT most of all, we all had FUN!

Simun(im still in pain)

2008-12-22T03:57:00.000-08:00

HERE'S WHAT I THINK OF FNJ AND SOC!!!
don't blame me for posting the obvious, treat this as a reference.

SOC..

we hate the first part of this song, its really boring but we should try our best to count.

FOCUS and CONCENTRATION is very important for this song.
another thing we have to work on is our stamina, we're all practically half dead after playing the

song which not good, we need strength and control and ........ to make it sound good.

remember this,
"pear, pear, pear, pear,
apple,apple,apple,apple,banana,papaya,banana,papaya"

people are starting to feel that our taifeng is not enough, we have to keep doing the taifeng, exaggerate it. the sec ones are coming, if they see that we are very slack and that we don't do taifeng, they will follow suit. make them feel that it is "supposedly normal" to do taifeng.
cos they are new, they are like sheep, sheep that follow...........
i'm not insulting them cos i was one too!!!

FNJ

there has been a slight change to bar 68.
we have to FEEL the song, feel it!!!!
and we have to watch our tempo, our beat, our rythm.
if we can't look at mr goh conducting, listening to other sections is another alternative.

recently, the part from bar 27 onwards is a mess, we can play but we're not playing together!!!! this is not just our fault, its the whole orchestra's problem.
that's sth to work on...

bar 6 to 7 is horrible too. its hard combined, but put an effort to follow mr goh's instructions and advice.

bar 12 is very nice haha, gerrie does an exceptionally fantastic job with the loud and rough parts like bar 12 and bar 59 to 64.

for bar 59 to 64, we're rushing...so we could try to slow down a bit, and use more strength, cos we don't sound tough enough.

our melody is not smooth enough, we could work on our sliding and vibrato, taifeng and expression. feel it, feel the song, pretend u're the wind or a swaying tree, get the mood going, the dramatic feeling that gives people goosebumps. make sure that others know that we are playing the melody

another thing is when we enter bar 42, u can imagine that u just died or u feel rather lethargic after all the "dancing" before and start to get louder at bar 50 cause u just regained all your energy or u were enlightened.....we're kinda out of tune for this part so work on it with the tuner.

for bar 20, think of yourself as a jellyfish bobbing in the ocean or sea.

blobblob...knock..knockknock....
blobblob.....knock..knockknock...........jellyfish(:

and then the double notes, that is a very serious problem, all we can do is practice...practice and practice.

for the man ban, bar 72 onwards, try not to let the sound waver, press the fingerbox harder and control ur bow, try not to add any accent when u're changing notes, make it sound tranquil, like the sea on a calm day.

bar 83 is kinda important too! think of it as sth that has risen again, sth that slowly rose from the dead, not suddenly but gradually.

bar 88 is like a skeleton shaking its bones, or hiccups...

for those that didnt attend the last practice, mr P said that bar 92's tremelo should be slightly longer.

moving on to the end, its all about POWER!!!! show how tough we are, play near the bridge, this is a good time to do taifeng, move with ur bow. BE FIERCE!!!

the very last note, its all about stamina again, hold that note, sustain that volume.

this is the end of my super draggy observation....hope u understand some things or wanna add anything or have some questions.

NEXT, we really need to practice, the SYF rehearsal is on the FIRST OF FEB!!!!!!!!!!

WE NEED TO PULL UP OUR SOCKS AND GET READY FOR A TOUGH BATTLE WITH THE JUDGES. PRACTICE IS DEFINETLY A MUST, SO DON'T COMPLAIN COS WE HAVE NO TIME LEFT, THE CNY PERFORMANCE IS COMING SOON, WE HAVE TO PRACTICE FOR THAT TOO, BUT DON'T FORGET THAT OUR MAIN FOCUS IS STILL SYF, I HOPE WE CAN CLINCH A GOLD NEXT YEAR!!!!

okay thanks for reading my draggy post.

love,

natasha

2008-12-21T03:13:00.000-08:00

regarding the corn that i bbqed.
It was 3/4 burned, due to the big flame in the end.

i shall show u the burned corn
look! how horrible it is!

nudge will show u the process of me barbecuing the corn, its dame retarded.

my arms is hurt, due to the vigorous fanning of the left over charcoal( it think i need a check-up).OUCHHHH...

BTW, im the one who kept calling nudge last night(lol!)

simun

2008-12-20T21:38:00.000-08:00

yesterday's bbq was fun....
although some ppl didn't turn up.

the fire was really hard to start, the food was delicious!!!
i ate too much and didn't help haha...
we all just kept stuffing ourselves with food.

there was like half a dispenser filled with orange sqush, fruit punch and 7-up all mixed up left after the bbq so queenie decided to bring it home. HOWS SHE GONNA DRINK ALL THAT!!!

in the end only me aNd simun were left, cleaning up the place, she was so bored she decided to cook corn...

kept fanning the left over charcoal that covered the corn, simun actually made a fire but too bad for her, the corn was half burnt. lol
there's a video and some pictures of this, will post it later.

i don't really remember what happened but i think everyone was really tired, cos i was too, i fell asleep the moment i got home after i showered...

someone kept calling me!!!!!! but i didnt wanna pick up....too sleepy.

the end
it was a great day :D

thank you simun, yiting, jieying and huiyi for coming together to make this bbq a success, there were many bad times but still, i enjoyed working with all of u.
thanks to everyone who could make it to the bbq, we really appreciated ur presence.
thanks queenie for helping start the fire, look after the fire and cook....

smiles,
natasha

2008-12-20T07:31:00.000-08:00

WOW!
today bbq wat great!Had a lots of fun!
more than 10 people came. We all finished 80 hotdogs!

simun.

Nudge should continue the post!really sleeping now...

2008-12-19T07:03:00.000-08:00

TMR we are having BBQ,more than 20 ppl going.
seniors coming back.but sad for our sect. because there is only 3 of us going.

tonight i am sleeping over at nudge's house with yiting and cjy.
our plan of sleeping over is actually making sushi, but in the end we made none.
because we went to yiting's house, 'like 4 bus-stop away'.

end up nudge's mother making the sushi for us(thx you auntie!)

see u ppl tmr!

simun

2008-12-17T09:08:00.000-08:00

C & B yo!

reminder to all CELLIST:
practice this friday is from 9am to 1pm.

requested by nat:

OUR Generations..+ our "great........grandfather"(mr poh)

Btw, heard the concert recordings today.Not bad..

watch this!Canon ROCK!

NICE rite!

simun.

2008-12-17T04:47:00.000-08:00

OUR BLOG IS OUT!!!!

for the first time ever!!!!

after so many years blah blah blah......

CUT THE CRAP.

so lets start with some cello music videos and some BRI-OWN(brown) baby videos.

....the url's not working...maybe some other time....D:

how about our "family" photo? with the extended "family"

funny yea? dun blow up okay? our beloved seniors :P

....couldn't find it, so posted this instead.....
everything goes mmissing when you want it.

smiles,
simun and natasha