Post prelim pandemonium (includes 2008 Malaysia Trip beta testing phase)

Pictures will be added later today.

The prelim exams, which I will not elaborate on because I'm sure everyone is sick of them already, have finally ended. After Friday's last paper, I still didn't feel a sense that the whole experience was over. The past 48 hours, however, have completely remedied that. Possible one of the most eventful set of hours in my life. I shall divide the days into a few segments.

Saturday morning - Warm-up:

Supposedly we wanted a batch outing. This never materialised, and I found myself heading for Rwinds quite early.. This part of the last 48 mad hours is actually not mad at all, rather quite featureless.

Saturday afternoon - Rwinds practice:

At Rwinds we actually had a good attendance in all sections... except mine. I wonder where everyone went. Besides The Seventh Night of July and Armenian Dances, we tried a new piece, In the Mood. This piece, suffice to say, rocks, especially my part. Also, I'm finally not the only member of my batch. After prac, I stoned around for a while before heading home to prepare for...

Saturday night - Pre-race pageantry:

Jinjun and I were set to embark on one of the longest and most pointless tests, a 2x40km shuttle run to eat breakfast in Senai Airport

I suppose I should elaborate on what exactly Jinjun and I are up to in the grand scheme of things. On the 21st of December, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing the Lord of the Rings Symphony (by Howard Shore) in Kuala Lumpur. Jinjun is a fan of the orchestra and I am a fan of the music, so we decided to go to Kuala Lumpur. After deliberating many options including the KTM train overnight, we settled on the following. We would fly from Sultan Ismail Internation Airport in Senai, Johor to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport in Subang, Kuala Lumpur. The flight from Senai would leave at 8:15, check-in would close at 7:45. We were worried by the tight schedule, so we decided to test it out.

The plan was to do a full dress rehearsal, aiming to make it to Senai by 7:45 on a selected Sunday morning, to accurately represent the conditions faced on the actual day. We selected this particular one to give us more time to adjust.

Jinjun came over at 9pm on Saturday night, last night rather, to spend the time until then, as this would be our plan for the actual event. We spent the whole time playing various computer games, Empire Earth, Renegade, Battle for Middle Earth II and Star Wars Battlefront II. We also did some research on the route, and found that, in essence, to make it to Johor in the time alloted using SBS buses was impossible, as the SBS buses mostly start running at 5:30 or 5:45am. We decided to try to use a bus from my house to get to Queen Street bus terminal to take the Causeway Link bus.

Sunday midnight-early morning - Final preparations

The gaming continued into the wee hours of the morning. I fell asleep at 2am, when Jinjun was still in the Stone Age in his EE game. He woke me up at 5am, after being thrashed by an enemy 2 ages below him with inferior technology and switching games to SWBF2. We then made our preparations, grabbed a quick breafast and left the house for the bus stop, travelling light, me with nothing but my usual gadgets, a camera and a passport.

Sunday Morning - The Amazing Race

Well, it was time for the big race against time. The clock stood at 5:50 when we left, and the bus was predicted to arrive in 5 minutes. The aim was to reach Malaysia by 7:00, and the airport by 7:45.

At 5:53 we were just outside my condo when we saw a bus whizzing past. We assumed this was 48, the bus we needed and the only bus that used that bus stop at the time, besides 135 which was scheduled to arrive later. We deliberated for a while, before boarding a taxi at 6:00. As the taxi headed down the road, a vehicle caught up behind the taxi. The vehicle turned out to be a bus of SBS service 48.


Outside my house


The cab, however, was fast and cheap at $7.00 (we did not pay midnight surcharge, which would have been $3.50. We reached Queen Street bus terminal at 6:20 or so, and rushed to get on board a departing Causeway Link bus, avoiding the touts offering taxi services. The bus would cost $2.40 and departed at 6:25.


Just after boarding the Causeway Link 2

Dawn broke over Singapore as we reached the Woodlands Checkpoint at 6:55 or so. After being held up in line behind a lagger at the departure queue, I shifted queue and promptly went through. We boarded another bus, and were the only ones on board. This bus would take us across the Causeway to the Malaysian immigration checkpoint.


Dawn over the Straits of Johor


Me and Jinjun on Causeway Link 1

We passed through immigration after a while, exiting at 7:10 or so. We were immediately set upon by taxi touts. We had intended to take the bus, but given the time we decided on the taxi. After I withdrew some ringgit for usage, we took a local taxi, and paid a fraction of what the taxi touts charged, 35 ringgit as opposed to 60

The taxi took us to Senai Airport via the North-South Expressway, and the feel of the expressway and the surrounding signs and countryside was reminiscent of the rural stretches of the magnificent American interstates.


Malaysia


On the road

We reached Senai Airport at almost exactly 7:45. This was not a good sign, as the main airport was quite far from the temporary arrival and departure taxi stands/bus stands/car park due to refurbishing works. As such we decided to fork out the midnight surcharge on the Singapore side to get to the bus earlier on the day itself.


Sign outside Senai Airport


Sunrise over Senai

Sunday Late Morning - Senai Airport and the road home

Senai Airport is small, but it is decent and clean, and some of the facilities, especially the rest rooms, which are as good as the ones in Terminal 3 in Changi Airport. We took a break for breakfast at MarryBrowns, a fast food restaurant you can't find in Singapore. The only aircraft I spotted were a 4-engined propellor plane and the tail of a Boeing 727. The TV there was playing a documentary I was interested in, about the Japanese World War II battleship Yamato.


Sinks in the airport, reminiscent of The Cathay


The two main (and probably only, until Firefly launches their flights) players here


Uniquely Singapore in a JB airport... seems Senai is trying to promote itself as an alternate gateway to Singapore... It's not working though


A quad propellor and a 727 in the distance


The garden outside the airport


Me ordering breakfast


Marrybrowns restaurant


Swing chairs


Not a very conventional breakfast


The tiling on the floor


Advertisements on the new airport


Likewise


Jinjun at Senai


Jinjun loves Senai


A picture of the new terminal at Senai


The taxi/bus stop

After breakfast we headed out and back for Singapore. We missed the shuttle bus that would take us there, and rather than wait an hour for the next one, we bought a taxi ticket for the ride back, at 40 ringgit. The taxi ride back took slightly longer, probably a result of using local highways and roads instead of the NSE, but overall it was still ok.

Various pictures of Malaysia which I am too lazy to caption will follow






Jinjun


Reminds me of the USA


Life is a Highway scene from Cars. Also, this is a rural area so the benefits of power cables overground are?














Colonial architecture is a hallmark of KTM's Johor Bahru and Singapore railway stations

We were dropped off, however, at the wrong bus terminal, which served local buses instead of Singapore-Johor Bahru services. We took a walk to a shopping mall to get some extra ringgit from an ATM as well as ask directions to the terminal. Outside the shopping mall we saw an interesting moth.


A temple


Jinjun outside Plaza Kotaraya


The 2 of us outside the plaza


Reminds me of Centerpoint in Orchard


The giant Atlas moth


And again


Jinjun in JB


The grand prize in some random competition


MBJB lamp post


A KFC in Johor Bahru Convention Centre


JBCC


Random shops


Thought this was an airline


A random carpark


The flag of Johor


Jinjun staring down the road


To Singapore


Read it back to front, it makes more sense

We reached the terminal, intending to take the direct Causeway Link bus. However, the bus never showed up, and after 10 minutes decided to use the SBS bus 160. At immigration, we again attempted to board the direct Causeway Link bus to Queen Street, but we had no small change (the fare for the two of us was RM5 while all i had were 10s). So we had no choice but to take the dear SBS bus 170 back to Woodlands, and subsequently to Bukit Timah, where we switched to 48 near Nanyang Primary School to return home, passing the bus terminal where we started on the way.


Is this Singapore or Malaysia?


Malaysia uses yellow, Singapore uses blue


Jinjun stoning


Another SBS bus


Jinjun on the bus, which we had to ourselves


Again


I realise I haven't seen BP in Singapore in a while


On the other hand I have seen a lot of Shell


KTMB


We took this photo as proof we went to Malaysia


Outside the checkpoint


Singapore's lifeline, the pipes, across the causeway


Futuristic Woodlands Checkpoint, which the new Johor checkpoint looks like


Back home


Some parts of Singapore look like Malaysia


The Railway Mall in Bukit Timah


And again, near the famous Iron Bridge


Jinjun


Preparations for next Sunday's race and the other events are coming up to completion


The Singapore Flyer


The bus stop looks like a millipede, Jinjun says


Sunday Afternoon - A brief respite.

After returning home, we just decided to unwind, playing games, going over pictures and talking on MSN. Lunch was at the Eurasian Association's buffet, which was good as usual. My gym session in the afternoon was light enough that I didn't completely die out. Earlier, Jinjun got the idea to go cycling, and Paul decided to come too, and he appeared soon after my gym session ended. We slacked around for a while after that before leaving for East Coast Park.

Sunday Evening - Unforseen circumstance.

The events that transpired show the importance of hindsight to some extent.

Now, Paul doesn't know how to cycle, and previously shied away from learning. Today we managed to persuade him to come along, and took the underpass route past the chalets to grab the bikes. We selected a tandem bike, a rather high one with green colouring, and a blue standard bike.

Prior to today, I hadn't cycled in more than a year, maybe even two years. It was really refreshing to hit the road again and feel the wind in my face, although I was initially unstable with the tandem bike. We passed by all my favourite sections of the track, and some new stuff that never existed the last time I passed through. There was a sandcastle fest going on too, including some fantastic castles and a gargantuan complex. Feeling confident, me and Jinjun exchanged a high five. On hindsight this was stupid, but for now, it went fine.

We reached Changi Airport around 45 minutes in. After failing to spot more than a bunch of random A320s like Silkair and Jetstar, a Cathay Pacific 747-467(not sure F or BCF or pax), an Emirates 777-3DHER and a couple of Singapore Airlines 777-212ERs, I turned my attention to the coast, where we took some pictures.

The ocean during sunset was quite nice, and I heightened my own experience by listening to And Then The Ocean Glows. That piece has the nice effect of compounding any ocean vista, even if the vista is punctuated by supertankers, and accentuating it to completion.

On the way back, we let Paul cycle on his own, after helping him to balance. He was unsteady at first, but learnt fast and soon could hold his own. We let him take the single bike, with Jinjun riding behind me on the tandem. On hindsight this was a very good thing to do.

After paying a visit to Bedok Jetty, Paul switched to the tandem seat of the tandem, as we needed to return the bikes and Paul didn't feel up to it, while Jinjun wanted to ride. We set off for the bike shop at full speed. Feeling confident again, we decided to give each other another set of high 5s. On hindsight, this was a bad mistake.

Jinjun, in the process of the high 5, hit a groove, lost control and crashed. The tubes supplying air to the front brakes broke off, causing pneumatic pressure to drop and the brakes to fail. In worse shape was Jinjun, who came out with some minor injuries, injuries that, at the time, prevented him from cycling. I stayed behind as Jinjun and Paul went to the restrooms to wash off his wounds, and tried unsuccessfully to fix the brakes.

Jinjun's original plan was to jog back, since he was unable to cycle. However we decided that (thankfully) since Paul knew how to cycle now, he would take the single bike back, which would be no mean feat given its lack of brakes and the conditions of the track (dark, winding, crowded). I went on ahead with Jinjun on the tandem bike. We were worried about Paul but we couldn't see him, eventually losing him in the mix of people in the park.

Fortunately, all's well that ends well. We managed to return both bikes safely (Paul only crashed three times into bushes with no consequences), and Jinjun managed to dress his wounds with antiseptic. We eventually parted after dinner and a good laugh at various videos, like Darth Vader: The Musical, They're Taking The Hobbits to Isengard and How Is Babby Formed. Also talkingcock.com proved to be greatly humourous with their article on the Malaysian Political Oscars.

Today, and yesterday by extension, was great, the minor cycling incident aside. I found it a good way to relieve the pent up examination feelings from the prelims. Having my own batch at Rwinds is always good, and it's great to see the band take shape. As for my little escapade with Jinjun over the border, mission was a partial success in that we did not make it in time, but we did find means to compensate and bring us there with time to spare. Aside from that, the past two days have given me good opportinities to bond with Jinjun, and Paul to some extent, and I appreciate their friendship greatly.

I doubt I can survive another couple of days like this in the near future, but then again, I'd love to do it again.

Investiture 2008

It's the end of an era in two senses.

2 years and a day after our investiture, it rolls around once more. This time it's the turn of the batch that was Sec 2 when we left.

The investiture was unusually a split one, not entirely sure why. The core elements were present, of course, but the section dinners would wait. I personally don't agree with this, and I can imagine it took a lot of significance away from the Sec 4s.

The Sec 1s went first with Centuria. The standard wasn't too bad for a Sec 1 batch, but overall of course, the greatest room is the room for improvement.

The Sec 2s played Crystal City Overture first, and I was struck by the fact that this is the third batch to play this piece, though somehow I didn't feel this way for Centuria. They also played John Williams in Concert, which was a medley of various pieces such as the Imperial March, the Cantina Band and Jaws. Slightly mangled, as is usually the case.

The Sec 3s played a medley including Careless Whisper and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. I was reminded somewhat of our Orientation. They also played their batch piece, Circle of Life. I wish Jurassic Park was still around, although Circle of Life has some poetic meaning. Finally they played Army of the Nile, something I don't consider to be a good idea given Mr Oura's history with the song.

The Sec 4s played Highlights from Ragtime, and played it well for an Investiture piece. Besides the obvious problems of having only one clarinetist and one trumpeter, they managed to sound good, and brought tears to my eyes as I was reminded of Prometheum XI. They next played a different arrangement of First Love as compared to our Utada Hikaru Vocal Selections. I didn't like the arrangement that much. Finally they played Centuria, which I think was the best batch piece ever played in an investiture since I joined the band.

The ceremony followed, and formal mixed with informal. Notable moments include Mr Oura's speech, as usual, the various exco posts being announced, and Jeremy Wong (alto saxophonist) presenting a certificate to Jeremy Wong (alto saxophonist).

After Investiture, I followed the Sec 4s to S11 because I promised Samuel a lift. They talked for a while, I joined in once in a while, then I left, with Samuel in tow.

I think this Investiture is pretty significant for me, because firstly, the band has now come another full cycle since the Prometheum XI band. Secondly, it meant that the batch of 2008 left, and well, I've always held them dear to my heart, almost as much as my own batch. I'm kind of grateful, even, that the Japan trip was with RI, so I could enjoy it with them. Of course, I'm not a member of their batch, so at the most I'm an outside observer. But the individuals that make up their batch are people who I've grown quite close to. It's people like Samuel, Bryan, Benni, Jerald, Alastair, David... who really made me feel welcome everytime I stopped by the band room, and who helped me keep up my spirits and sanity in RJ, knowing that RI band at least remained the warm, friendly, mad and spirited place that I remembered it. I hope their batch makes it through, somehow I know they'll do better than us, and I really hope so.

It's also the end of an era of waiting for one Pixar film and the start of waiting for the next. After the Teachers' Day Celebrations in school (I loved the quiz show, especially *cough1atmcough *), I went down with some people to watch Disney/Pixar's "Wall-E". It was really heartwarming and touching, and I loved it. I won't spoil any, but I'd love to watch it again.

2 years ago...

Investiture in 2003 had little significance for me at the time. Ditto 2004 and 2005, although they grew in significance over the years. Investiture 2006... At the time it felt a little insignificant because of Lillies on the River one week later, but still, it's a day that will forever be etched in my mind.

On that day, our batch was separated from the band we held so dear, and we've never gotten that back. There's a part of me that remains with RIMB forever, and the separation has left a wound, that time can cover up but not heal.

RIMB was really my home at the time, and I cherish the memories of the four years I spent there, especially those of my batch. Listening to our Investiture recordings, as technically bad as they are, still evokes feelings in me that I can't describe. Because all the music, and all the screwups.. they were ours, not anyone else.

While the batch as it was in 2006 is nothing more than a memory now, I'm thankful at least some small parts of the old ties remain. However, I still long (probably unhealthily) for what we were in 2006, a band of brothers.

Tomorrow is the Investiture 2008, where the batch of juniors (can I call them juniors? Friends, more like) I cherish the most will face the same thing we did. I think they'll come through better though, just a gut feeling.

While most in my batch may have forgotten, I'm afraid that I probably never will.

43rd batch of the Raffles Institution Military Band
Chen Shuotian
Jeremy Wong
Brian Cheung
Lu Yiding
Chester Gan
Jiang Lingzhang
Liu Wentao
Justin Ong
Aaron Theseira
Bernard Toh
Eng Zi Guang
Paul Ng
Michael Lim
Eugene Seow

Jinjun's quiz episode 2

got tagged by jinjun

1.What disappoints you the most?
Friends abandoning me, or losing touch with said friends.

2.Where would you go if someone sponsors u a air ticket?
Anywhere, really, I'm not fussed. But my prime choice would be the United States, and Japan after. Specifically I'd like to go back to Arizona, maybe Colorado. Also Pyongyang.

3.Whats your favorite things to do?
Play music, fly, listen to music, fly some more, spend time with friends.

4.Do you think money can buy you happiness?
"No, but it can buy you a private yacht" - Richie Rich commercial

5.If you had one dream to come true,what will it be?
That I remain close to my friends.

6.Do you believe in love at first sight?
Doubt so, unless the other party is a 747

7.What are u afraid to lose?
My friends

8.If you win one million,what would you do?
Let it collect interest until it becomes about $2 million, then i'd buy a small private jet.

9.What do you dream of doing in future?
2 main goals - short term SAF band, long term to become a pilot and play for a full-time band.

10.What do you want most right now?
For my current problem to vanish

11.Do you believe in fate?
I doubt so

12.What do you think it is the most important in your life?
That my friends are happy, safe and enjoy their life, and that my friendship means as much to them as theirs has to me.

13.Who are the ones that can make you very happy when you're super upset no matter when?
The person who gave me this quiz, and the people I tag.

14.If you have a chance to choose, would you like to come back in time?
I'd like to rewind, to re-experience, but not to change.

15.What kind of music turns you on?
Powerful stuff, think flowing high notes on roaring lower brass and horns sort of thing, or anything nice really.

16.What is the stupidest thing you have done?
Hmm hard to say... too many things to choose from.

17.How do you feel when someone important ignores you?
Quite upset, actually very upset.

18.What you like most about earth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_x7LEJCvL4&feature=related

Seriously, the scenery. The mountains mostly.

19.What's the worst injury you ever had?
Physical? I've been quite lucky, worst is a twisted ankle. Emotionally, 2007 beginning has to be a low.

20. Do you think long relationships are good or bad?
Good, for sure. But that could be just me? I know I prefer a few long ones to many short ones.

instructions:Remove 1 question from above and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions then tag 8 people to do this in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them through their tagbox:Paul, Shuotian, Chester, Zi Guang, Bertrand, Jerald, Shuyi, Ben

Jinjun's quiz

1. The person who last tag you is:
Jinjun
2. Your relationship with him/her is:
Friends.
3. Your five impression of him/her:
He's musical, lame, funny, carefree (in a good sense) and nice
4. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you:
Lots of stuff I guess
5. The most memorable thing he/she had said to you:
"Thanks, you're a really great friend"
6.If he/she become your lover, you will:
Jump off Tojinbo
7. If he/she become your lover, thing he/she has to improve on will be:
His taste
8. If he/she become your enemy, you will:
Probably not likely
9. If he/she become your enemy, the reason will be:
I defect to North Korea
10. The most desired thing you want to do for him/her now is:
erm... finish typing the scores I was supposed to
11. Your overall impression of him/her is:
nice
12. How you think people around you will feel about you?
I'd love to know myself, you know?
13. The characters you love of yourself are:
erm characters? you mean characteristics right?
14. On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself are:
see above
15. The most ideal person you want to be is:
the best friend to others I can be
16. For people that care and like you, say something to them:
ありがと ございます
17. Pass this quiz to 10 persons that you wished to know how they feel about you:

1. Paul
2. Chester
3. Zi Guang
4. Shuyi
5. Shuotian
6. Shuhui
7. Bertrand
8. Jerald
9. Samuel
10. Meiyi

18.Who is no.6 having relationship with?
no. 9
19. Is no.9 a male or female?
male, but questionable
20. If no.7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
Hardly likely
22. What is no.2 studying about?
BCMEGP
23. When was the last time you had a chat with no.3?
Last night
24. What kind of music band does no.8 like?
RIMB
25. Does no.1 have any siblings?
2 brothers
26. Will you woo no.3?
Why would I want to do that??
27. How about no.7?
Eh I'm straight, please.
28. Is no.4 single?
Hmm, dunno
29. What is the surname of no.5?
Chen
30. What 's the hobby of no.4?
listening to random disney songs
31. Does no.5 and 9 get along well?
Quite, yeah
32. Where is no.2 studying at?
RJC
33. Talk something casually about no.1:
He's a cute best friend for me
34. Have you tried developing feelings for no.8?
Yeah... feelings of friendship, what were you thinking?
35. Where does no.9 live at?
Eunos, in Karen's estate
36. What colour does no.4 like?
Purple
37. Are no.5 and 1 best friend?
Hmm, possible
38. Does no.1 have any pets?
Many many plushies
39. Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?
*vomits*
40. What is no. 10 doing now?
Online MSN

SIBF 2008

Well, SIBF was my last performance under Mr Oura (unless I come back as a guest player), it's not a nice feeling. We left school later while waiting for a PW teacher and came to the hall.

After a period of waiting we made our way to the tuning room, and began warming up and touching up some pieces. We then made our way up on stage to deliver the opening pieces of the Open division.

Now, I had been warned, but I still didn't expect it. The hall makes the SCH's acoustics look like the combined quality of VCH, the Esplanade and Fukui Harmony Hall. I couldn't hear anything except the echoey percs, and various problems kept cropping up. It sounded like there was another timpanist playing at the back of the audience. The lighting conditions were sucky as well, I had to strain to see the conductor and the scores. I can't comment on the pieces because, well, I couldn't hear them.

We went back to RJ after that, had dinner, and went back. On the way, Jinjun said that if both RJC and ACJC didn't get into the finals, we would go for a sushi buffet on Saturday. Then we laughed at the thought that neither band would get in. We weren't confident ourselves of getting into the finals, but the thought of ACJC not getting in was unthinkable.

Surprise surprise... ACJC and RJC didn't get in. We did quite well though, given the circumstances. An 86%, silver, but an SYF gold with honours.

I'm not unhappy with the result. I think we all did our best under the circumstances. What I'm disappointed with is that the school won't recognise our contributions as anything significant.. as usual.

Also, for my last concert, I was hoping to soak in the music, enjoy it, and let my emotions run, especially during Monument, with it's soaring melodies and music. Instead... I had to struggle to barely hear anything.

I' m very proud of RIMB though, and I envy the Sec 4s. A joint third with RGSSB, which is no mean feat considering the competition. Their batch was so happy, and I'm happy that I could bring them such good news, and by reading their blogs, I sort of wish I could have that batch spirit among us.

I really hope to wear the uniform of RJCSB/RIMB again, to play under the baton of the best conductor a band could possibly have. Thank you.

We interrupt the Japan report to bring you...

SIBF. It's tomorrow. I'm not overly nervous. My heart isn't pounding away like an enraged timpani. It's a bass drum. Slow, soft, but foreboding. A sensation of ominous feelings. Will we play well tomorrow? Yes, we will. I'm confident. Am I overconfident?

RJCSB is sounding good, we should be able to do well enough to get into the finals unless something bad happens, and if that does happen... well it's unavoidable I guess. Uncontrollable stuff happens. So let's not let stuff that can be avoided happen.

Ultimately, the only reason I want to get into the finals is to extend my time under Mr Oura's baton for just a while longer. I can't describe my feelings for him. He's been a conductor, of course but more than that. He's taught me music, teamwork, respect, discipline and so much more, acted as a teacher and a friend, as much as a conductor. I can tell how much he loves our bands, sacrificing a dinner meet to make sure we got the practice. I remember having chats with him in Japan, at Prometheum. But most of all I remember playing under him during Prometheum X and XI, A Tempo XVIII and XIX, and so much more.

UNISONO concert

I am 43 now. how long, how many years, how many times I will conduct the bands?
10years? 5more SYF? 30 major concert? Or more?

UNISONO was one of the best concert, I have ever conducted. Technically, it was not the best performance but the way students put their effort, shining eye balls!! moved audience's heart. When conducting "It's a small world" my tear almost dropped Trumpet played bright fanfare, horn screamed, band suppoce to play much softer for the song but everybody just play from their heart, and saw juniors singing out loud with happy face, saw rgs alumni singing joyfully and etc
almost tear dropped.
I was the happiest man in the world.

I'm going to share this joyful life with my students for another ten years or more.


at the SYF, let's send our message to the people with love.
music without message is really boring and it is not music , just a sound (or noise)
if the message doesn't have any love in it. something awful.

only the message with full of love makes people happy.

i believe our music will give them the best message ever.


Do I really have to say anything more than how much I will miss this guiding light, this inspiration to all of us?

RIMB, I have the utmost confidence in all of you to do your best tomorrow. It's not the award that matters, as long as you can play your hearts out. RJCSB, likewise.

We Should, We Must, We Can, We Will!!

RAFFLES BANDS