FFI

Today I went to collect my A level cert, and in the process, did some crashing/raiding/advertising on behalf of Rwinds. I always love visiting RJ and RI, and seeing Mr Oura today was nice. Quite good response from the RI Sec 4s, let's hope they show up and make Rwinds the best it can be for the RI concert and for Coda V.

I don't know quite how to describe the feeling of being around the RJ juniors, especially the J1s. On the one hand a little awkward since I'm not really in their batches, or for that matter in the band. On the other hand, it's a good feeling to be around them, since they're so welcoming and so energetic that it feels almost like being back there.

I guess when you're feeling stressed or down, sometimes solace and help can be found in the most unexpected places. In my case I've found it in my juniors, particularly one of them, who've been really a great help recently, providing either free entertainment (eg Samuel and Ryan) or more importantly, a listening ear for some troubles I've been having, and if you're reading this, thanks, I have no idea how I'm gonna repay you.

If only I could drop by Bishan more on the way from Murai to Siglap...

A Tempo XIX + 1

One year on since what I believe has to be the biggest concert of my life. I'm sad to say however, that it was not what it could have been for me as compared to concerts such as Prometheum XI and Coda IV. Why this is the case, though, shall for now remain in Japanese somewhere below. Despite this it was a good concert, and one that I enjoyed playing in, as it was both technically good and musically entertaining and engaging, and I think the audience loved it too. We had a mix of the emotional (Saga Maligna), majestic (Monument), classical (St Anthony), romantic (Romanza), marches, pop, and of course, Titanic Medley. What did others think of it?

"It's a feeling hard to describe. If you take RJCSB, remove all the girls and the newcomers, and slot our Sec 4 batch in, we'd have RIMB '06. And surely, no one will be able to forget aobut the times we had, the songs we sang together?

RIMB '06 occupies a special, inerasable part of my heart.

Of course, A Tempo was filled with many solos, especially by Jeremy, Chester, and Matthew. However their standard was humbling. It definitely made our band, especially us Sec 4s, the graduating batch of this year, think. It was a clear reminder that there is so much more we can achieve, so much more that we can do. "-わたし

"IT WAS SO DAMN PRO!

True, there was no ultra-flashy stuff like that which we had at Prometheum XII


But musically speaking, everything was brilliant. There may not be such a thing as a perfect performance, but this is was as close to it as you could get. Tuning, tone, rhythm, technicality, everything was very, very PRO." ショ-ティ アン

"a tempo xix it was a really cool concert, after all it's by our seniors ^^. it was technically impressive but that didn't mean it wasn't entertaining, it was totally totally worth the buck." - アラスタ

"it has been a honor" -ベン

"In the end I feel as a whole that the concert was a rousing success. The audience thought we played brilliantly, and everyone left the concert happy. I guess no matter how divided our band has been, we, for a brief moment of time, felt as one." ショ-ティ アン

"Don't worry, all our mistakes will be recorded in HD (high-definition)" ジャラル ド

Circle Line Viewing

После длиннего дня работы…

Я желаю что было кто-нибудь которое смогло научить мне как помочь им от становления как мы были назад вовремя. К им оно значит много, и я могу увидеть то. К мне также, I' ve всегда чувствовал близко к им. Я надеюсь оно doesn' t приходит пройти что они последуют за нашим руководством… Я даже делая правильную вещь?

100th Anniversary

This is the 100th post on my blog! All the way from Sec 4 till now, although I haven't been updating it all too regularly. It's captured a few scenes of my life, but mostly, my concerts as well as those significant ones I've watched, and I think those have been the key posts in my blog, covering:

myRIad - 28th May 2006
Prometheum XI - 21st July 2006
Coda II - 28th December 2006
A Tempo XVIII - 9th/10th March 2007
Singapore Youth Festival - 11th May 2007
Con Brio - 6th July 2007
Junior College Band Festival - 16th December 2007
Coda III - 26th December 2007
Prometheum XII - 15th May 2008
A Tempo XIX - 26th May 2008
The whole Japan trip, represented by concert day 9th-16th June 2008, concert on the 14th
Singapore International Band Festival 2008 - 24th July 2008
Coda IV - 30th December 2008
Coda V - 30th December 2009

More such posts will come as more milestones are hit I guess. Thanks to my blog for recording the significant events in my life.

5 years ago..

My first performance on stage at Victoria Concert Hall, now the site of many fond memories of Prometheums and Codas past. My first major concert as part of my band life, my first Prometheum. It's been a long time, and I've come far, but I haven't forgotten what it was like to be on that stage for the first time.

And an update to my earlier post

I' ve는 지금 막 나의 심혼에 귀중한 누군가와 가진 대화가 있고, 나는 그를 위해 걱정되고 그가 안으로 믿는 무슨을을 위해. 나는 그 he'를 희망한다; 도로 I'의 아래 저를 따르기 위하여 가지 않는 s; 가지고 가는 ve, 때문에 it' s 아주 즐거운 것 아닙니다. 나는 나가 2007 aren'에서 그 당시에는 직면한 문제 희망한다; 나가 더 이른 포스트에서 언급했다시피, 재포장하기 위하여 가는 t는 거기 I' 몇몇 것이다; d 오히려 잃지 않기 위하여, 그리고 이것은 그들중 하나이다. 특히 나는 나가 할 수 있는 것처럼 나가 좋다는 것을 친구 희망한다, 그리고 아무것이, 필요의 그의 시간에서 그를 지원하는 경우에, 그리고 그 문제에 관해서는 이 대본에서 포함되는 누군가. 나는 또한 아무도가 그것을 이해할 수 있을 때문에 Babelfish가 이것을 이렇게 잘 위로 난도질한ㄴ다는 것을 희망한다.

Raffles Bands

And so, RJCSB has gotten a decent gold for SYF. It's not the gold with honours they deserved, considering the amount of effort the band put in, but I think they played really well. It's true that it may have been a little better, but I think that from the recording, you can tell it's top class. If you can't, perhaps this should be good enough for you.

takehiro says: anyway, you guys moust be proud of your performance of today
takehiro says: to tell people of the world singapore school band is able to play Ravel's music so well
takehiro says: matured manners, musicality,
takehiro says: it is different level of the gold you got that the gold acjc got (I can only compare with acjc, cos only listened to them today)
takehiro says: (11:26:22 PM)i was happy and enjoyed the time spend time with you last 3weeks
takehiro says: (11:27:04 PM)every practice improved

On another note, there are some other things I'd like to talk about, but since they may be sensitive, they have been translated in a very inaccurate manner, so if you want the original, ask me.

私はthere'を実現する; まれのs時I' 私の過去、バンドとラッフルの学校の私の生命について考えないmように 全体。 このisn' 必ずしもt悪い事、しかしit' やや消費しているようになり始めるs。 私は量をの仮定する フリータイム私は128 hasn'で持っている; 助けられるtしかしそれはある興味深い反射をもたらした。 主に、I' 現在のJ1バッチを長い間見ているveおよびI don' tは十分になぜ理解する。 多分it' s 私のバッチがだったかもしれないならないまたは多分it'もの私がそれらで見るので; 先輩としてsのでの 2年、I' それらが秒1の始めから今まで育ち、私が助けたことを望むのを見られるve この成長。 私はこれが私達の下に私達のバッチおよびバッチの1つの達成、育てるために彼らのバッチをであることを仮定する それがであるものに、しかし私達can' それのためのtの取得信用。 彼らのバッチを構成する人々は特別な何かがある それは示す。 実用的な標準はRIMBでしばらく見られないレベルしかしit'にある; sちょうどそれ。 RJでは、私のバッチはよく、すべてだったが、私が家に呼ぶことができる私は少なくとも少数を知っていることそれは決して実際に場所ではなかったし 私のバッチ分け前の他感情。 実際に人々としてバッチでき事のように、感じられたバッチ夕食は決して通常なかった 、私に出場できなくされて、私は決して私がバッチに実際に属したことを感じなかったし。 但し、J1sと、I' 多くを感じるために作られるm 歓迎および私の自身のバッチより誘われて。 例えば" Nahはのこれあなたのhome"である; または引用されるこの効果への何か ベン著私がバッチ夕食を衝突するために謝った場合の。 It' sの小さい事は挨拶のようなこれを、との好む 私が最後の水曜日そして話すことバレーゼに私のすばらしい後輩に入ったときに完全にのあたりで、Jerald、ベン、デイヴィッドは微笑する、 サミュエル、Alastair等It' s私が私に少しを悲しくそのI'余りにさせる、私の自身のバッチと決して実際に感じなかったちょうど何か; mない それらの友情を造るバッチおよび機会で限られていなさいありなさい。 私のjuniors'を読むこと; ブログは私によってが行った同じ旅行によってまたかなり興味深く、基本的にそれらを行く見る 私の6年中の自分自身を通して、ちょっと第3人の見通し。 当然it' s完全に同じ、しかしI ある平行を見ることができる。 但し、私はそれらが大いによくすること確信しているより私持っている感じる。

Ok the above post is a demonstration of why an air force signaller has too much time on his hands. Shall not elaborate too much more. Looking forward to A Tempo XX, the big 20.