Camp, Concert and Flights

Writing this on the morning of what could well be the longest day of my life. But first, to the past.

The GE camp was recently concluded. Better than I expected, I must say. Day 1 consisted of many lectures, although we did get dismissed a lot earlier than previously announced.

Day 2 was cycling at Pulau Ubin. That was interesting. Learned lots of stuff regarding biology and geog, about things like prawn farming and nature conservation. Also learned lots of stuff on other unrelated things, like how not to drink coke that has frozen into large chunks. Now, call me crazy, but for me, the highlight of the day was watching a "Japan Airlines Old Colours" 747-400 glide into Changi Airport, then checking it up later and finding out that it was actually V8-ALI, a VIP jet from Brunei. The afternoon was boring though.

Day 3 found us walking around Sungei Buloh, admiring the wildlife such as monitor lizards, various mangrove plants and large groups of primary school children. Seriously, those kids were acting like, as Yuankang eloquently put it, "a bunch of under-evolved primates". In the afternoon, we attended a dinosaur exhibit at the science center. I used to be quite interested in that sort of thing, so I found the exhibit quite enjoyable.

Day 4. Presentations in the morning were boring. However, the afternoon was, well, fun. Inter-class bowling. Originally, I decided not to enter the competition round. However, I found that my bowling score, as well as Bernard's, were actually rather good. So I subbed Chester, and eventually ended up a team captain. Although we didn't win, the game was certainly interesting. The lane we ended up in was... screwed to say the least. For instance, Kean Yung, directly before me, had hit down some pins. The bar came down, but one pin was left outside. That pin rolled into the gutter. Then I took a shot. I was disappointed to see it roll towards the gutter. As expected, it entered the gutter. However, what I, as well as everyone else, did not expect was that the ball bounced off that pin and back into the lane, hitting down 8 pins! Had a nice dinner with the class after that though.

Today's combined rehearsal actually sounded alright. Tomorrow will be a long day. Report to school at 7am, then move to Esplanade. Rehearse, lunch, then the performance until 6. Following which, I will rush to Changi Airport for a flight on a Thai Airways A330-321 to Bangkok, then an A340-642 to Zurich. WSSS-VTBD-LSZH, total time is estimated to be about 15 hours. This should be interesting.

Ah well, may the band play well for myRIad. I have high hopes for us, especially the saxophone/lower woodwind section. We've come this far, we sound good, let's bring that to the stage.