xianyue rocks

hey guys,

2011-04-28T18:43:00.002+08:00

GOOD JOB FOR SYF!

i know some of us may have wanted more, but we've really improved alot and i feel very proud of xianyue'11 <3

okay dunno what to write liao hahaha sorry for this late post LOL

14 days

2011-04-07T21:37:00.001+08:00

i think no one will ever see this until like 10 years later, but yeah,

we have 14 days left zomg D:

ALOHA

2010-11-20T11:28:00.002+08:00

the blog is dead (but thanks dengyue for the chalet post hahaha)

anyway hello whoever reads this! :D
let's start counting down to syf 2011 (:

151 as of today, 20th November 2010

<3

2010-11-09T16:09:00.002+08:00

hi friends! haha i doubt anyone will see this but anyway

CHALET

15-17 NOV (next mon-wed)

pasir ris costa sands

bring dvds + cards (poker, uno, taboo?) + boardgames + junk food

BE THERE OR BE A CARE BEAR!

yay.

2010-06-28T23:22:00.003+08:00

WE MADE IT! ;D

Xianyue '10! <3<3<3

Concert was awesome we rocked ACSB on sat!! Hope everyone enjoyed themselves!

lots and lots of love,
haha i dont wanna leave my name kay :D :D

2010-06-10T16:21:00.001+08:00

WE HAVE EXACTLY 16 MORE DAYS TO CONCERT 2010.

JIAYOU MY DEAREST SECTION,
WITH DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE.

(filiae melioris aevi?)
Love,
you-know-who

2010-06-03T23:04:00.001+08:00

HEY GUYS

HERE'S AN INSPIRING QUOTE! :D

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle

YAY EVERYONE JIAYOU! 23 DAYS LEFT!

(oh and decide on xianyue outing! :D)

2010-05-08T16:14:00.002+08:00

Hey guys,

found this cute video haha ok maybe some of you'll know ^^

2010-04-20T18:13:00.000+08:00

2010-04-19T18:16:00.000+08:00

hi guys, just wanna share i song i'm addicted to lately <:

2010-03-31T16:05:00.001+08:00

haha see yall at prac tmr! everyone jiayou :D

HAHA xD

2010-03-29T17:15:00.003+08:00

HAHA SO COOL :D

LOL I DON'T SEE THE LINK BETWEEN THE PICS AND THE WORDS xD

anw hope yall had a good SA day haha xD i totally died for maths.

ahwell. see yall in school! :D

<3>

2010-03-29T17:12:00.002+08:00

CONCERT IS 89 DAYS AWAY!
the sec4s have 89 days left :O

jiayou jiayou :D

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Apples are covered with a thin layer of xianyue!
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All the moons of the Solar System are named after characters from Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after xianyue.
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2010-03-28T21:03:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone :D

Ok so this is the first post since the start of the year i think. Tmr's SA and i know i totally shouldn't be here -.- (jiayou btw)

anw just wanna say this: everyone lets all go home and prac huamulan (and others) and then when the next prac comes we'll show wls and the others that we can do it alright :) yay i know we can if we put in the effort! :D

so everyone don't feel upset if we can't play the songs right during dazu because we all know that practice makes perfect ah i sound cliched. -.-

ok byebye gotta go mug now (:
oh and btw lets make this blog alive haha :D

<3 deng yue

2009-04-21T20:15:00.005+08:00

WELL DONE JUNIORS!! ♥
It is such an honour to be your senior and I/we felt really really proud of each and everyone of you! :D To see all of you moving together on stage, to see all the good luck notes that went around, to listen to molou and change after all those ups and downs along the way... It just felt amazing! <3

And and darlings! You all performed so well on stage under all that stress <3 Usually on the stage due to all the emotions etc, standards will actually dip a bit la but you all performed to your fullest potential ((: you all pwn us lor! :P

I LOVE YOU, RGCO(HUUZ)'09! :D
claudia, yingxin, koshae, chenxi, wenyi, zhengxi, izabel, yuqing, chenjie, yifei, shiyun, leevoon, danna, qianru, weiting, junnan, wangjun, fangda, tiffany, zhengjia, zhangjie, xueke, candy, liuxu, tangxiao! ♥♥♥

2009-04-19T08:28:00.001+08:00

2 days to SYF! <3
JIAYOU! (:

lame pun incoming:
"toMOLOU will be a day of CHANGE" :D

(geddit? geddit??? :D)

love, me(:

2009-03-21T06:08:00.004+08:00

HUGE BIG REMINDER: 31 DAYS TO SYF! like, omg, 1 month.

okay i will go into the details.

molou
-do not come in with 音头 (soft first)
-bar 5 渐强
-take note of changed 弓法 (bars 3-7, 12-15)
-收弓要安静 (we were extremely noisy during rehearsal)
-take note of 颤弓音准 (esp erhu)
-bar 23 渐弱->轻
-bar 23-24, NO 揉弦
-慢板don't 偏高 #remember the changes -> gaohu+zhonghu play erhu 旋律
-remember the changes in 弓法 (343#2 连弓 etc.)
-the lower D调 part has been cancelled
-音准, esp 3 (F#)
-换气at each phrase
-bar 154 激动, move弓faster
-8/5拍, please please count your拍子properly
-音头at the 6666 part (remember to come in after 定音鼓)

chan ge
-front part 音准 (zhonghu 6 1--, erhu 2 3--/ 5 6--/ 3 5--)
-must be clear, avoid 杂音
-when playing the second note, must place the second finger right next to the first finger so that the滑音 can be 连贯
-bar 43-44/ bar 47-50: 1) remember the changes in 弓法
2) 3 56 play soft, then gradually move弓 faster
3) bar 43, 1235 渐强
4) bar 49-50 DO NOT 揉弦
-快板: please please look at LLS for cues and listen to 铝板琴 (listen to daji in general)
-bar 66-80: FULL 弓, LOUD. -> we weren't loud enough during rehearsal, so the rhythm loses its "piercing" effect
-the 旋律 part: not 优美enough, we have to MOVE and keep our 弓steady
-bar 81: move your 弓faster, we tend to 拖拍
-bar 82 onwards (16 fen) DO NOT 赶拍, PLEASE LISTEN TO 吹管
-last 3 bars (颤弓), slow down with 定音鼓

general
-more expression is needed (i.e. 效果, 味道)
1) quoting ZLS: 要模仿，想象
-> we have to make a conscious effort to try and interpret the pieces, esp molou
(translated from ZLS)
molou: not exactly expressing sadness, more like about how a person triumphs over the desert, bravery in face of adversity. (e.g. tanbo 拨弦parts resemble the creatures of the desert..)
chan ge: we have to basically make our music sound like cicadas.
parts that are supposed to be soft and light (e.g. bar 18 etc) should have a great contrast with the loud and heavy parts (e.g. bar 66 etc)
2) dynamics contrast not clear
-> there are many parts within chan ge and molou that loud and soft cannot be distinguished, 对比 is important
-> please take note of the 渐强 and 渐弱 parts, they really contribute to the effect
OTHERWISE OUR MUSIC 比白开水还白(quoting LLS)
3) MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE MOVE and please don't stone when you play
and listen to other 声部s

-posture
1) SIT UP STRAIGHT. and look at LLS.
-> during rehearsal everybody slouched and it looked very very ugly: will leave the judges with a bad impression
2) stop tapping your foot with the beat
-> it looks very obvious. try and count in your heart (:
3) right foot in front of left foot
-> this should have been the case from day1 praccing
4) holding your hu
-> THUMB UP
-> make sure your 一把 isn't too low
5) holding your 弓
-> DO NOT STIFFEN YOUR WRIST: it will be extremely tough to play, esp the 16fens in chan ge

okay i know it's been very tough, extra prac, intensive xiaozus dazus and all, but still cannot stress enough how short of time we are, 31 days is very little time!
please put in extra efffort esp for this period of time, i'm sure everyone wants to see their efforts pay off. but remember, you're not alone cos there are 25 more people in xianyue chionging with you (:

JIAYOU!

love, me(:

2009-03-10T17:39:00.000+08:00

42 MORE DAYS TO SYF! <3

2009-02-03T18:29:00.003+08:00

40 DAYS or
6 WEEKS or
1.5 MONTHS or
0.125 YEARS
more to SYF rehearsal!

aren't you excited? !!!! : DD
Everyone remember to keep this absolutely sacred day FREE : D
Prac hard, but also keep the spirit there,
BECAUSE WE'RE AN AWESOME SECTION RIGHT! ♥

love, me.

2008-12-05T13:41:00.000+08:00

100 days to SYF rehearsal! (:

jiayoujiayou<3

2008-11-24T15:18:00.000+08:00

hello!
trying to spam XD
haha happy holidays and prac-ing!
<3weiting

132

2008-11-24T14:34:00.003+08:00

haha hello this is post number 132! (which is the bus willette/shiyun/wenyi/candy/weiting and i take!)

sorry that was random! anyway, posting just to say that i erm created a new tagboard cos the old one was filled with random greek and romanian and uh google nonsense.

yay tag people! : D and everyone jiayou for jixun on 27 to 28nov! (:

love,
leevoon(:

2008-10-25T21:56:00.002+08:00

Why like that!

D:

Esther

2008-10-25T10:21:00.000+08:00

haha esther! have!! but its in the middle of your As! )): 10 - 12th Nov haha

JUNIORS!! go organize another one after As haha xD then i can go too haha

2008-10-25T09:47:00.001+08:00

Hi juniors!

I wonder if anyone still visits here, but I'm just curious if there's a chalet this year? The J2s would love to crash after As if there's one! 8D

Esther

2008-07-26T20:27:00.006+08:00

-agrees with post below!-

adding on...
LOVE YOU TOOO JUNIORS!! <33 :DD

love,
seniors! ((:

2008-07-25T19:14:00.002+08:00

this is rather late, but-
WELL DONE EVERYONE FOR CONCERT08! (: WE ROCKED DOWN VCH :D
we love you seniors <3 (:

Love,
LeeVoon(:

2008-07-11T00:32:00.003+08:00

Think some of the sec2s may not know me.. but anyway,
JIAYOU FOR CONCERT! 8D
I haven't gone down to visit (sorry! D:) so I don't know how you guys are doing, but I hope you all are doing fine! Don't get too stressed up because there is still a week to go! Rgco's last minute cheonging spirits! XD It might be tiring now, but all these will become wonderful memories of concert which you will remember for a long time so continue to prac hard! 8D

Esther

2008-07-07T17:06:00.002+08:00

XIANYUE<333:

ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.ADD OIL.
love,
leevoon(:

2008-06-27T00:38:00.006+08:00

Hellooo my dears!! ((:

Hahaha zheng lao shi very nicee right! ((: Yayy so thats why i told you all to prac more so that you could enjoy the experience! ((: In other words to grab every opportunity to listen to him, watch him instead of worrying about your yinzhun and staring at your pu3 xP

Very glad that you all managed to keep quieter than usual today! ((: Hahaha hope that this would continue for all the other dazus, including wls dazus kay! ((:

Anyway just posting to tell you all that actually we should learn to pay attention to everything he says! ((: Cos even though he might be directing them to a certain section or instrument, the things he say can be applied to our own playing, not just in molou but also the other pieces! ((: He is teaching and exposing us to the basics of an orchestra when he talks about how we need to learn to listen to other sections, when he explain the 层次感 etc. He is helping us to understand the piece when he describe what each instrument is playing/trying to express! ((: Hmmm certain things we can try to ti3 hui4 ourselves, dont really have to wait for him to tell us every single thing! Need to learn how to listen and apply ((:

So hope that from now on, please put in more thought into every note you play, if you havent already been doing so. Music and sounds are very different things! Hope that for the rest of the dazus you can learn to pick things up from him, instead of stoning, falling asleep, doing other things. Besides, it is essential in an orchestra that you understand what other sections are playing too. We are ONE orchestra afterall ((:

Haha so everyone JIAYOUS!! For those who are still struggling to follow please continue to practise hard! ((: so that it would be easier for you to feel the music when you are more familiarized with the scores ((:

Kaykay see you all tmr! ((:

Love, Ahma ((:

2008-06-22T17:14:00.005+08:00

Heyheys!! ((:

HOHO hahaha fret not its not another long long post!
ITS THE LONG LONG LONG LONG AWAITED...

TAJIKE RECORDING!! <33
http://www.mediafire.com/?my42rdsj1wm

Yepps its from Concert05 ((: Go listen kay! ((: Joyce helped to record at 2am last night one so please treasure it! <33 ((:

OH and new updates to prac timings:

TUES
2.30 - 6.30 - xiaozu at normal classroom

THURS
3.30 - 4.30 - xiaozu pieces at j blk for zheng lao shi
4.30 - 5.30 - dazu pieces at j blk conducted by zheng lao shi

FRI
2.30 - 4.00 - xiaozu at normal classroom
4.30 - 6.30 - dazu at ks cheee

SAT
9.00 - 10.30 - xiaozu at normal classroom
10.30 - 12.30 - dazu at ks chee conducted by zheng lao shi

REMINDER: Please be on time for all pracs and do come down earlier to help set up for dazu!! ((:

THANK YOU DARLINGS! <33

Love, Ahma ((:

2008-06-22T17:11:00.002+08:00

hey everyone! (:
yup concert's in 28 days which is not far away ._. so we all have to chiong and prac hard! (: right now our standard not very good, but then we must all believe that we can do it alright! cos we're rgco and we work miracles (: everyone don't get too stressed cos its not good for health but at the same time we must all jiayou!! keep the faith there, we can do it (: love you guys loads!

<3 leevoon!

2008-06-21T11:40:00.007+08:00

Heyheys!! ((:

Was trying to note down what to take note/prac for each song so decided i should just post here so that everyone can refer too since they are mostly what WLS has repeated many many times already.

(in the order that we would be playing in on concert day)

塔吉克

Bar 21 - 68 [弓法]: Erhu2s please clarify with me where to dao4 gong1, where to lian2 gong1
Bar 69 - 72 [音准]: For everyone who wasnt at yesterday's dazu, wls did ygygl for the 5566 4455 3344 2233 1122 7711 part. Please take note of that for wai4 xian2 its the 1st and 2nd fingers together (3344) while for nei4 xian2 its the 2nd and 3rd fingers (7711) together
Bar 89 - 96 [clarity, 音准，指法]: Please use the fingerings stated, if not we cant be qi2. Start slow first. Play this part at least 10 times in a row when you are prac-ing it.
Bar 105 - 136 [长弓发音，厚度]: Use full gongs, try to join up the notes and make your huan gongs smoother, everytime you prac this part play the whole thing, DO NOT keep stopping. Make sure that every note that you play is very shi2 and not piao1. Do rouxian too if you know how to.
Bar 137 - 144 [音头]: There is an accent on the third note. The whole piece doesnt have any accents anywhere else, so please please note the emphasis placed on those notes.
GENERAL: Like what WLS said, try to feel the 节奏 when playing this piece. Listen to the other sections and daji (shou3 gu3, ling2 gu3) esp.

秦王破阵乐

Bar 19 - 22 [音准，换弓]: Take note of your yinzhun esp when you jump to the 3rd ba3 wei4. practice yi1 zhi3 huanbas first before you prac this part. This part also requires you to huan4 gong1 (nei, wai; wai, nei) so you can practice using kong1 xian2 first. prac using one xian2 one gong1, then after that nei, wai one gong, wai nei one gong. Then after that apply it to your playing. Your changing of xians when you play shouldnt be very abrupt and obvious.
Bar 48 - 63 [音准，节奏]: Take note of the change in diao4. Also the jie2 zou4 for the 4 - - - 4 - - 43 1 6 70 (bar 55 - 57)
Bar 65 - 67 [音头]: It starts loud and gets louder. Use full force (: Dont worry, your xian wont break. Also please memorise this part and look at Wls, because we start to jian4 man4 (while we jian4 qiang2) towards end of bar 66.
Bar 68 - 76 [16 fens]: There is a BIG qi4 kou3 at the ending of bar 67 and beginning of bar 68. LOOK AT WLS. Then quickly dao4 gong1. Start only when she cues us. Accent on the first note of every four 16fens. All the notes should be of the same length and you should be able to hear every single note. Again, start slow first when prac-ing.
Bar 90 - 91 [timing, clarity]: Come in ON the beat, not too early or too late. LOOK AT WLS. Take note of clarity of the last few notes, do not eat them up.
Bar 93 - 110 [顿弓]: Use very little gong and use the strength of your fingers to produce short, detached sounds. We are banzou-ing so listen to the melody (dizi) and play softer. And also, take note of where (which part of the melody) we change note.
Bar 112 - 114 [节奏]: Yepps so take note of the jie zou so that you can sound confident when you play.
Bar 115 - 145 [弓的长度、力度、速度；节奏]: Take note of how much gong to use. E.g. for Bar 130 use very little gong, Bar 133 use more gong etc. If you are not sure please ask. For jiezou, take note of the qian2 16s, hou4 16s, fu2 dian3s, and also the kongs4 (esp. bar 115, 138, 140, 142, 144) .
Bar 146 - 149 [节奏]: Generally the jie zou for this part is much better but for those who are still unable to play on the beat please practice this part and listen to the recording to be familiar with how it sounds like (3.51 - 3.56min). First note more gong, the next two notes less gong.
Bar 150 - 155 [clarity，节奏]: Should be able to hear every single note of the 16 fens despite the speed.
Bar 172 - 179 [音准，音量，音头]: Take note of your huanba yinzhun for Bar 174. Just keep practicing 2 to 6, 6 to 2. Once you get used to the distance it would be natural and xianyue wont have to experience a sudden decrease in volume every time we get there. The whole part is LOUD and remember you are GOING TO WAR. Besides making every single note loud, the yintou for Bar 172 and 176 is very important as well. Use full force as well (:
Bar 180 - 184 [LOOK AT WLS]: Yepps i think that sums it up.
Bar 185 - 188 [节奏]: Go listen to recording if you cannot get the rhythm. 4.53 - 4.56 min. Have to turn up the volume though.
Bar 189 - 219 [弓的长度、力度、速度；节奏]: Refer to Bar 115 - 145. Identical. Only difference is Bar 213 and 217 where there is an extra note. use 1st finger for both 4# and 5.
Bar 232 - 235 [音准，节奏]: Use the kong1 xians to check your yinzhun. Also dont slow down when you get to bar 234 just because it requires you to keep huan xian-ing.
GENERAL: The whole piece is about war and is loud. Be familiar with the piece and have confidence when playing. You will lose the war when you are unsure of what to do! (:

红楼梦

长弓: Your changgong is VERY IMPORTANT. Practise your changgongs first, try to play them as slow as possible yet at the same time maintain the sound and steadiness. The only way to make your changgongs sound nice is to keep practising. Use your full gong and try to minimize the zayins by ensuring your gongs are smooth and nice. The amount of force you need to use is something you have to figure out yourself. So even though the notes of this song is the easiest, it is actually one of the hardest to sound nice in.
音准: It is a very slow and relatively quiet piece. Every single note is very very obvious. Besides like what WLS said, the notes are very few so all the more you should be able to get every single note. Practise your scales.
换把: Also another reason why your yins are not zhun3 is probably due to the huan4 ba3. The 6 to 3 huan4 ba3 is very very important. We need to have PERFECT yinzhun esp when we are the only instrument playing it in Bar 45 - 46. Practise 6 to 3, 3 to 6. Also, the hua2 yin1 is not all the way. You start to touch the xian somewhere around 2. Please dont hua2 all the way from 6 down to 3.
弓法: Check the standardized gong1 fa3 with jass/me for erhu1/erhu2 respectively.
揉弦: For the starting all the way until the change in diao4, do NOT rouxian. In other words you only start to rou2 from bar 20 onwards. Rouxian is essential for this song but please get your yinzhun first before you concentrate on rouxian.
GENERAL: This piece requires patience when you practise. It is meant to be slow. Please do not think that you are saving time by practising it fast. After you are able to do the above, listen to the recording to get into the mood. Please play with emotions, if not we will STILL sound very very nan2 ting1 heh.

漠楼

Bar 3 - 106 [音准，弓法，整齐]: Take note of your yinzhun, though we are very soft but if everyone's yin is different then we will really sound like "gui3 jiao4" to quote WLS. Please clarify which way each trill should be done (fingerings, notes to trill etc). Learn to control the length of your gliss. Take note of how much gong1 you need, try not to run out before you reach the note you are supposed to gliss to. Also, take note to start and end on the same beat with the rest esp during Bar 20 - 22 and 95 - 106. Clarify your gongfas if you havent been coming in the holidays. We have made quite a few changes. *Erhu2s, please ask me if i havent tell you whether you are Erhu2 (I) or Erhu 2 (II).
Bar 112 - 149 [音准，节奏，弓的控制、发音]: MANBAN. This is the only melody of the whole piece and we are the only section playing for the first part so please get the yinzhun and jiezou correct. Practise your huan3 ba3s. Esp Bar 112 - 116. Take note of your 3rd finger's yinzhun, and your 6 to 3 hua2 yin1's yinzhun. For jie zou, take note of the fu2 dian3s. Keep in mind too what yifei/me have said during xiaozu on Friday. PLEASE PLEASE la1 kai1. Use full gong when you should. Join up the notes. Feel the music. Sing or listen or anything. THIS PART IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Bar 154 - 156 [音头]: Please use full force. Must have bao4 fa1 li4!!
Bar 164 - 210 [音准，timing, 齐ness]: Take note of your yinzhun especially for the scales (Bar 164 - 167 and 198 - 200). Erhu2s, we are playing one octave lower than Erhu1s for certain parts, we need to be zhun3 so that we dont mislead the Erhu1s since san1 ba3 yinzhun is much harder to achieve. Erhu1s, try to la1 kai1 more, right now cannot really hear you all when we play together. The sound doesnt come out. Timing and togetherness. Everyone please count because if you only start when another person starts, you are at least one second slower already (: Take note too that for Bar 185 - 194 DO NOT FOLLOW SUONA. Yepps (:
Bar 215 [change of note]: Erhu2s please take note. We have to change note from Bb to B, while Erhu1s are still playing the same note. Dont get confused.
Bar 217 - 221 [节奏]: Take note of the kong4s of every bar. They are all TWO beats.
Bar 228 - 233 [顫弓]: There is slight pause before you chan4 again for every bar. Look at Jass but count the beats/listen to the music yourself. Note change of note in Bar 233.
Bar 239 - 258 [节奏，整齐]: Please please count. Especially for Bar 244 - 245, 254 - 256*(6/8 beat), cos right now all of us come in at very different timing.
GENERAL: This piece (1) Requires 100% attention to the jiezou，because any section that misses one beat will affect the whole orchestra drastically since we are listening for each section that is before us etc. Also, please note down the bars where certain instruments comes in if you cannot sustain counting for very long. Feel free to copy from my pu3 haha (: (2) MANBAN.

天山盛会

Bar 9 - 51 [节奏]: Erhu2s, we are playing the same rhythm as Zhonghus. So listen out for each other and the melody, dont rush. Take note there is a dao4 gong1 for the first note in Bar 33.
Bar 67 - 82 [音准，发音]: The first manban for this piece. The notes for this section is generally higher so please work on the fa1 yin1, we need to be heard clearly. I am not sure for Erhu1s, but for Erhu2s, work on the huan4 ba3 in Bar 73. Once your 5 is zhun3, the rest shouldnt be too off already. So that 5 is very very crucial. Make it zhun3. Also, for Bar 73, it is a Bb while for bar 76 it is a B. Do not play the same note.
Bar 83 - 99 [节奏]: Take note of the jie zou because right now our banzou's rhythm doesnt match the melody's. Listen for the melody.
Bar 121 - 136, 145 - 150 [音准，长弓发音，节奏]: Yes our second manban, when we are the only section playing (again)! So la1 kai1!! Use your whole gong1. Take note of your san1 zhi3 and si4 zhi3's yinzhun. Stretch more but dont over-stretch, esp for the 5 - - 5 71 and the 5 45 43 parts. Jiezou, hold the changgongs for the whole note, and take special note of the 1245 part. We need to play the four notes together with clarity and accuracy.
Bar 159 - 175 [节奏感，音头, clarity]: Use short gongs, feel the beat, accent on the first note. Remember to play every single note. esp for the 16fens.
Bar 176 - 179 [音准，渐强]: These three bars are fast, hence there wont be time for you to think about where to jump to. Practise your huan4 ba3s and get used to the distance between the notes so that you can get your yinzhun naturally. The jian4 qiang2 is a continuation to the buildup from zhonghu. Start soft but not too soft!
Bar 204 - 218 [音准，节奏，clarity]: It is a kuaiban but the yinzhun and clarity is as important as the speed. So please practise from slow. Take note of the sharps (#), stretch more. For bar 210, remember to move your 1st finger up to 5#, then move down to 2. Similar to 16fens, accent on the first note (of every 6 notes).
219 - 230 [节奏，clarity]: For both diao4s, make sure the 5432 and the 3217 are clear. Dont eat up any of them esp the middle ones!
GENERAL: This is perhaps the piece that we are most familiar with but this doesnt mean that we dont need to prac it! ((: Continue to practise this kay! Especially the manban and kuaiban parts!

菊花台

弓法: Take note of changes to gong1 fa3!
伴奏: Listen to the melody, esp for Bar 2 - 5, listen to cello
Repeats: Take note of where to repeat! Clarify with Jass if you are unsure (:

GENERAL NOTES

Take note of qi1kou3s, remember to look at conductor
Use full gong, and make sure the gong1 tie1 xian2! Xianyue is too soft at the moment
Practise your YINZHUN(scales, huan4 ba3s), JIEZOU(metronome), GONG CONTROL(chang gongs, 16fens, yintous, huan4 xian2s)
Achieve CLARITY before you attempt to pick up speed. Dont eat up the notes no matter how hungry you are ._.
Listen to the recordings, be very familiar with the songs.
Listen to yourself too when prac-ing. Dont ignore the mistakes you make.
Have patience when you prac, everything needs time. Repeat if you dont get it the first time. After you get it, repeat it at least 3 times.

Oops haha this is extremely long ><

I did it bars by bars for clarity and easy reference, but realised that at the same time im cutting up the pieces to short parts! So if you want, you can practise the pieces, part by part! ((: Also, it is from an Erhu2's point of view, so gaohu/zhonghu/erhu1 people you might want to do something similar if it helps ((:

As you can probably see, the things that I have written are just merely technical things. Please work on them because they are the BASICS. We cannot proceed if we do not get them right first. There is only 29 more days to concert. So please take time out to practise by yourself. Like what I have mentioned previously, you dont need to spend 3 hours everyday. Just grab any 15mins you have, pick up your hu and play a certain part 10 times. It will really make a GREAT DIFFERENCE. Xiaozus are for fine-tuning and building on chemistry so please do not rely on them for learning of notes/copying of zhifas

Okay now onto xiaozus.
(1) TUNE and SONGXIANG your instruments before xiaozu.
(2) Please be on time for xiaozu unless you have valid reasons
(3) Attendance is expected from all performers. Like what WLS said, we would be cutting everyone who pon pracs/choose not to come for pracs due to "valid reasons"

*Also for everyone (gillian, qianru, danna, zhangjie, zhengjia, zhangyue, tiffany) who turned up for Friday's xiaozu, be ready to play the molou manban, and hongloumeng huan4ba3 part ygygl. There is a lot more we need to do (speed, yinse, ganjue, taifeng etc). Friday's xiaozu was only concentrating on yinzhun so please get your yinzhuns by the next time we meet.

Next week's prac would be on thurs, fri and sat. Thursday would be dazu in J Block. Zheng lao shi would be coming. He is the conductor of City Chinese Orchestra, so in order to enjoy the experience please practise!! ((: Please go down asap after school ends to help set up the place for dazu! ((:

The list above can seem very daunting but actually i keep repeating my points. Once you get the yinzhun of the 6 to 3 huan4 ba3, you can apply it to qinwang, hongloumeng and molou at the same time. So dont despair!! ((: I havent achieved everything above either :/ but its okayy we will chiong together!! ((:

JIAYOUS JIAYOUS!!
we can do it! ((:

Love, Ahma ((:

P.S. Thank you darlings of reading until here! love love! ((:

2008-06-18T00:35:00.002+08:00

Heyheys! ((:

Hahaha here is the link to our qizou - Gu Su Chun Xiao!
http://www.mediafire.com/?mm3ztxzwjra

All the people who are playing for qizou should already have the recording for it, but juniors if you want to know how our qizou sound like then you can download and listen! ((: And people who are banzou-ing in for us, hopefully this would help you in familiarizing yourself with the change of speeds etc! ((: We would not be playing so fast haha so dont worry! ((: just listen for the places where the speed changes cos it should be the same ((:

Yepps thats all.

33 days to concert!!
lets CHIONGGG!!

<33 Ahma! ((:

2008-05-27T10:59:00.005+08:00

Hellos my dears! ((:

Since there are lots of people requesting for the concert piece recordings, I shall post the links here! ((:

Tian Shan Sheng Hui: http://www.mediafire.com/?yrximtxgmwm
Qin Wang Po Zhen Yue: http://www.mediafire.com/?amjjds1vsy4
Mo Lou: http://www.mediafire.com/?hddxd74ern3
Hong Lou Meng Xu Qu: http://www.mediafire.com/?e5vbdlwxby3

Yepps will upload tajike once i find it ((:

Hahaha holidays are here AT LAST!! Have fun, relax and enjoy sleeping long long hours, but at the same time please please take some time out to prac! ((:

While prac-ing...

(1)Keep in mind what bobo/jass/yifei/wls/anyone else, have said. Where to have yin1 tou1s, where to rou1 xian2, where to use less gong1 etcetc

(2)Choose something to focus on, be it the yinzhun, jiezou, clarity, speed etc. Dont just play the same piece/part over and over again

(3) Break down the song to prac. Manban, Kuaiban etc. If you still cannot get a certain of a kuaiban, then break the whole kuaiban down further into bars or even notes. Then after you get each bar, string them up together again.

(4) Find out why you cannot play a certain part properly, if possible yourself, if not seniors (:D). Most of the time (besides not being familiar with the score) it could be due to a certain technique. E.g. your huan4 ba3s

(5)Take note of places where you are not sure of the gongfa, zhifa or any kind of fa, and clarify with your seniors ((: Please please dont just skip that part!

54 more days to concert!! :D
22 more days to ZOUTAI!!!!

WE CAN DO IT ONE!! JIAYOUS JIAYOUS JIAYOUS!! <333

Oh and btw, gentle reminder to self and all: memorise dazu songs (excluding molou) and qizou by 5th Jun!! ((:

Kaykay tata! :D

Love,
Ahma ((:

2008-02-08T16:23:00.000+08:00

Hello y'all (: I bet you don't expect to see me posting, but I was forced to {somehow} by rambutan no. 2 :D aka shiyun (: so haha yeah this is retarded and all and I'm not making any sense here ><

Anyway, yay for everyone who played during CNY concert, although it was a bit messed up, especially the first one for the upper sec! SORRY SENIORS >< but dont worry! We did our best, and that's what's most important yeah? (:

WHEE, ok i finished spamming, someone else post? :D

XIANYUE ROCKS :D

Tiffany Gui (:

some thoughts

2007-08-30T21:45:00.001+08:00

Hello. Why is this blog so dead? Juniors please post. You all cannot depend on your seniors to update this blog forever. So...feel free to blog here.

It's been 1 month without the sec 4s going for practices now. How well are you all coping now? To the sec 3s: Now that you all are taking the role of seniors in CO, play your role well, train yourselves and your juniors hard and make next year's concert a success. Make use of the skills that the seniors have taught you to fulfil the role of mentors to your juniors. Pass down your skills to your juniors and empower them with the necessary tools to lead CO to greater success when you too leave next year. I know I am in no position to say all this, but ah well. Just my thoughts. ><

To the sec 2s: So...now that you all have been raised to the status of "seniors" - more senior than the sec 1s but still junior compared to the sec 3s - learn how to improve your skills, balance between work and other commitments and, if possible, help your juniors when they are in need of assistance. Soon, in two years' time, you all will be leading your juniors for SYF'09, so start learning the necessary skills now.

To the sec 1s: How was your first 大组? (= Don't fret if you can't catch up yet. After more 大组 practices you will be able to catch up. And, learn from your seniors as much as you can. It will enable you to make great improvements. Most importantly, try to take out some time to practise. Not just practise more, but practise smart. Don't waste too much time practising and making little progress. You need time for work too. If the seniors are not around, maybe you can ask Ying Xin for help? (= Lol...

Ah well the sec 4s are free of most exams for now...but we still have Maths exams and Higher Chinese 'O' levels to worry about. >< Ah well.

Just updating an entry here to make the blog seem revived. >< Haha.

This is Chin Hwee, signing off.

2007-07-06T21:31:00.000+08:00

Hello dears!

Mel the walking mp3 is here again with xisong! For you blur poks out there, we changed xiangyun to xisong (: But that doesnt mean we wont be cutting people ah, so yeah jiayou and prac hard okay!
http://www.yousendit.com/download/OGhmV28rYSt0QTAwTVE9PQ

By the way, it wont be this speed. It wont even get close to this speed. So yeah relax (:

And hope everyone can go for the coming Sat pracs yeah, we will be sorting out stuff that Wls hasnt done during xz, i.e. duofengshou :D

Heh for guai people that are going for the prac tomorrow, see you there <3

Love, Mel!

2007-06-24T17:18:00.000+08:00

Hello dears :D

http://www.yousendit.com/download/bWJvek9vWlRtUUUwTVE9PQ

Uploaded chaxiang by CCO for you people! Thanks to Joyce yah :D The erhu that you hear is Wls by the way(: So listen carefully, prac hard and see you guys next Thursday!

EDIT: Here is duofengshou, thanks to ahma for finding the recording (:
http://www.yousendit.com/download/bWJwcHBEQ0NTSUEwTVE9PQ

Love, Mel :D

2007-05-26T13:00:00.001+08:00

HEYYY!!!

why isnt anyone coming here even though the MYAs are over. :( so sad la. nvm i shall start the ball rolling! (like they say in debates haha! xD)

open house!!!
haha thanks to all the ppl who are at the booth right now when im typing this... >< uh the performance was not bad la right?! : D yay and the co booth is nicely decorated!!! thanks also to jasselyn and yifei!!!

camp!!!
yay camp is nice! haha sleeping over is cool!!! yay hopefully the games are nice! ahma you better gurantee that there are going to be no forfeits!! xD

concert!!
haha we shall all jiayou for the uh. cha2 xiang1 fei1 lian2 or whatever it is called. >< it sounds nice!!! xD although it sounds very um unique. like like tajike and molihua!! xP haha and xiangyun has many ornaments and hua yins. >< so difficult!! but is sounds nice too!! xD haha everything sounds nice!! so we shall all jiayou for concert!!! yay and we shall make it a smashing success!!!! : DD

yay and we shall all make it an attempt to come here more often yes? yes!! ok haha whatever. you get the point. xD

<333333333, shiyun!!!!! : D

revival (again)

2007-05-20T15:30:00.000+08:00

Hi xianyue people. I know this place has been abandoned for quite a long time due to the mid-year assessments, but please update this place when you are free ok? Don't abandon the forums too.

Well, for those who do not know, I won't be going for Thursday practices due to Physics Olympiad training at RJC. However, I am most probably going for the Thursday practice on the 24th of May. I bet no one missed me. >< Ah never mind.

So, concert is in 70 days. And we haven't gotten our concert pieces, except for 乡韵, the 二胡齐奏 which we are performing for concert this year. So, for now, everyone go find ways to improve personal performance standards. Yesterday's Chinese Cultural Nite performance would have been better with better 音准. Seriously.

I may sound harsh, but we all should at least try to aim for better quality in the music we perform. We all should also learn to enjoy the music we perform, because if we enjoy, others will enjoy too. It's that chain effect that we want to spread in our performances.

Post something here people. I won't be posting here for a long time after this post.

This is Chin Hwee, signing off.

Survey!

2007-04-24T22:30:00.000+08:00

Hi xianyue people!

Please do survey for my maths project! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=414923698713

Thanks!

Regards
Chin Hwee

2007-04-07T12:32:00.000+08:00

Hello my dears! :D

Hahah came to add Vianne's link (: Anyway for those who wants to prac next Thursday, lets make it usual time usual place okay! I KNOW YOU ALL MISSED ME CO PRACS, so come down if you are free yeah purely for entertainment purposes only no attendance taken hahah! Then maybe we can listen to our SYF recordings together! And Kweky's SYF dialogue notes, pretty helpful for the SYF 09 people :D

Heard the juniors has a surprise for us at the CO board (: Cant wait to see it<3

Okay I have tons of work to do, so see you people around!

♥ MEL (:

2007-04-04T20:56:00.001+08:00

HEY EVERYONE!!!

SYF is finally over. haha. hope everyone has gotten over it alr. yep, we tried our best!!! so there's nothing to be sad about right!!! yes!! haha like talking to myself like that. xD

anyway, that's the main point in me posting here. =) smile everyone!! haha seniors don't feel disappointed if you are!! and our batch still has a long way to go so we must all jiayou together!! yay!!! haha everyone shall smile when they read this!! yay!! =) (and thanks mel! you rock!! xD)

RGCOHUUZ ROCKS!!!!!! and RGCO ROCKS TOO!!! haha. xD

<33333 SHIYUN

2007-04-02T18:17:00.000+08:00

hey everyone!!!

haha few more hours to SYF!!! jiayou everyone!!!

haha a few things to rmb!!!

1. look at wls!!!
2. rmb to tilt your chair and tilt it back at the end of everything!!
3. rmb to close your legs and dun tap your feet to the rhythm or wdvr it was!!!
4. and dun gan3 pai1!! move to the music but dun exaggerate it! and dun stone also!! rmb posture and zhuang4 tai4!!! and smile and breathe in at the right time!!!
5. and pls rmb the changes in the pu3!!
6. and even if you aren't playing at a certain part, must not fidget!!
7. and like ahma said, blend in with the music!!!
8. enjoy yourself!! relax and dun be so tense!!
9. when the song ends dun immediately put down your gong and everything!!! wait for wls!!!

haha basically rmb everything that wls, mel, jiahui, yubo and suchin said!!! we can do it!!!

haha hope everyone isn't becoming too stressed by this haha oops sry!! but ya. all this must rmb hor!! and and must rmb to sleep early today!!! dun be too stressed over SYF!!! relax!! (haha ok i am obviously not if not this post won't be here) but anyway, jiayou!!!!

<33333, shiyun

from Esther !

2007-04-01T19:26:00.000+08:00

HEY ALL MY DEAR JUNIORS XD

JIAYOU FOR SYF OK! GET THE GWH AND DO YOUR SENIORS PROUD~ : D

I haven't posted here for years, and I miss this place. D: I remember how active this place was during the last syf and how everyone posted super touching entries. XD Now it's time for you all to post all those things after you get your gold on Tuesday ok!

Anyway, don't be too enthu during sports fest tmr ok must be in your best zhuang4 tai4 for syf! XD (sorry, Esther's just not very enthu about house-related things.)

Hm, we should have section dinner! I volunteer my batch to help look for a place and do the reservation. But then it'll depend on whether you guys want a dinner? XD I heard people have SAs and PTs due on wed and thur? If you really think celebration by mugging is cool, then fine. D:

Have fun at prac tmr and sleep early while I die at my night prac. T_T All the best on Tuesday!

the most wonderful senior around,
Esther

2007-03-31T05:49:00.000+08:00

heyyys ((:

yayy haha shiyun dont end every post with im bored la aiyos haha -.-""

good la shows that you are paying attention during dazus ((: heee so proud of you lalala ((: you can be our official dazu summarizer! ^^

yepps 3 more days to SYF ((: haha basically think of what you really want to achieve la... if you dont really care much from the start then no matter what we say now is also useless rite! ((: heez but if you DO care pls pls JIAYOUUS and DONT GIVE UP! this is the last last bit alr ((: so lets just all put pracs as first priorty and pay attention to wls! ((:

lalala ohh shiyun my dear you forgot one point haha ((: lols try to BLEND in with the rest kaykay ((: to quote "must follow the flow of the melodyy!" hahaha aiyos if everyone stands out then how to have xianyue to sound as one ((: so everyone play soft/loud when you need to (not soft or loud all the time) ((: ; move a lot/a little when you neeed to (not to have too much passion or stone all the time) (((: ; play fast/slow when you need to (not gan-ing or tuo-ing all the time) ((: YAYY good haha ((:

heeee ((: drink water, dont be in the sun for too long, take good care of yourself hahaha ((: dont fall sick hahaha ((: unless you are _____ hahahaha xDD -resisting to nag on-

okies LOVE LOVE LOVE ((:

<3! ahma ((:

2007-03-30T20:23:00.000+08:00

eeyer i know tmr's prac will not be good. i can feel it with *** teacher's prescence. she scares me.

ANYWAY, jiayou everyone!!! 3 more days to SYF!! rmb to look at wls and mel/suchin!! and dun slouch!! and and must move with gan3 qing2!!! rmb must have zhuang4 tai4!!! and must prac at least 10 mins before or something!! otherwise the full potential won't be unleashed!! haha actually i'm trying to remember everything myself. i don't even get what i'm saying. >< oh wells.

haha actually, being lame and random and bored, i decided to post something. =)

<3, SHIYUN

2007-03-29T21:21:00.000+08:00

haiz everyone is spamming on our blog now. see my batch helps to liven co up!!! xP

haha 4 MORE DAYS TO SYF!!! jiayou everyone. we can do it!!!! remember to look at wls!!! and and remember the parts that she changed hor!! haha just a reminder basically i'm just crapping!! =)

wah the method implemented a bit the weird hor?!?! haha nvm i shall continue to use the old method. =)

4 MORE DAYS... 4 MORE DAYS...

<3 SHIYUN

p.s. happy, MELISSA?!?! happy?!?!?!

2007-03-28T22:05:00.000+08:00

Ok I have just posted on this blog with my own Blogger account. Anyone who wants to post in the rgcohuuz blog can invite themselves.

Jiayou for SYF! We can do it!

new system and chin hwee's birthday

2007-03-28T21:06:00.000+08:00

Hi section mates. As I have mentioned in the tagboard, I would like to implement a new system of posting to make posting easier and more convenient.

Basically, I would like to make this blog a group blog, where all its members can post from their accounts without logging into the rgcohuuz account. This way, the members of the group blog can post entries at the same time, if such a scenario does occur. I have seen some fantastic group blogs, and I hope we can transform this originally single-member blog into a group blog for convenience's sake.

The implementation of the system means that everyone who wants to post in this blog must have a Blogger account. So, anyone who does not have a Blogger account, sign up for one now!

Hope this blog becomes active for long.

5 days 10 hours to SYF. Jiayou everyone. We can do it! Get a Gold (with Honours) for my birthday and I'll thank you all lots for that.

Sectional lunch on Tuesday? There's still school, by the way.

Yeah Melissa I'm sure we all will strangle our tablemates in anticipation of the results. We all would like to see the results of our hard work, right? Of course we miss our seniors a lot, since we went through a lot with them. 3 Sec 1 Orientations, 2 Sec 4 Farewells, 1 SYF...and much more.

Yes. Listen to your seniors. Move! And move you shall.

I'm sure I even have the authority to say that.

In 9 days' time (6/4/07) it will be my birthday. I'm sure you all will remember. Of course I don't expect anyone in xianyue to remember, because...who in xianyue ever remembers my birthday? Moreover, my birthday is in Good Friday, so no celebrations for me. And I don't expect any birthday celebrations for me during lunch, because 6th April is 3 days away from 3rd April (far too early). Don't need to give me any presents. Just get a Gold for SYF, at least.

This is Chin Hwee, signing off.

2007-03-27T23:26:00.000+08:00

Came to add some stuff to the links and people :D So I thought might as well drop a note here!

Oh no I havent done SYF notes >< Okay you didnt see that!

SIX MORE DAYS! :D/D: ? :D/D: ? AIYA whatever lah I also dont know what to feel xD

Are we having sectional uh lunch after SYF? Our SYF'05 sectional dinner was so fun lah :D Heh batchmates remember Huimin's shit cake! And how we made so much noise at Spagheddies xD Oh man I miss the seniors! ):

Oh and just thought to tell you all, cos results will only be announced before lunch, and we are the 3rd team, so all of us will have to go back to school for lessons. Only a few seniors will stay there for results if I am not wrong! Oh man I really want to stay lah if not I think I will probably end up strangling my tablemates in horrifying anticipation for results >< But all sec4s may be having Maths test ($%($*@?!) on that day though, sigh so everything is yet to be confirmed!

SIGH.

Oh well xiaozu tomorrow be prepared to MOVE my dears :D See you all soon!

♥ MEL (:

2007-03-26T20:39:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone!!

ok actually this is just a lame and boliao post, i only posted it cos i'm bored... instead of mugging for bio. anyway, this is just basically to tell everyone that there are only 8 DAYS to SYF left!!!! ahh!!! haha sry. anyway, prac hard ppl!!! and and don't let our nice nice rj seniors down!!! we can do it!!! yay!!

incidentally, is extra xiaozu prac this wed in the 211 classroom like normal xiaozus?? and what time is it??

<3 Shiyun

2007-03-23T22:08:00.000+08:00

wheeee so shinyyy hahaha xDD

lalala i still have glitter on me -.-"" lols and shiyun, melmel and joyjoy still have LOADS of glitter on them xP hoho so do ks chee and our storeroom ((: heeez i lurvyyy the cranes ((: haha our motivation! :D <3

THANK YOUU! ((: -tiptoes and hugggs!-

hahaha yeshyesh esther we miss you loads and loads and loads ((: heee so come backk more often! ((: its so nice to see you'll ((: hahaha and im already missing you'll though we've just met lols ((: ahhh i suppose we wouldnt get to see your batch so often anymore... since syf will be over soon...

yayy okies 10 more days ((: jiayouus! ((: heeee believe! ((: ~~lols joyjoy post your speech here la xP~~

[edit] just realised this is actually the 100th post! xD [/edit]

2007-03-18T18:02:00.000+08:00

Hey Shiyun. Just to tell you that it doesn't matter if your standard is lousy. As long as you work hard I'm sure you'll improve a lot. And no, everyone has the rights to say such encouraging words. So don't say that you have no rights to say those words given your so-called "lousy standard". No, you are obviously not lousy. You are taking part in SYF, so that shows that you meet a certain standard already.

Oh well, I think I don't deserve to say such things too, since I personally think that my standard currently only deserves 3 out of 10, although I passed Grade 6 for erhu with a reasonably ok score and my fellow batchmates think otherwise. Ok, forget about what I just said. Yes. SYF is approaching closer, so shall we work towards getting a GwH?

Jiayou everyone! We can do it!

This is Chin Hwee, signing off.

2007-03-18T17:35:00.000+08:00

hey! =)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDYAY TO JOY JOY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! yay!! =)

happy birthday to joyce!!! oh i had to write joy joy cause the tune for happy birthday was meant for two syllables. =) oh and also cause i feel i should write that cos mel's happy birthday might get pushed down if some1 tagged on the board again. oops.

15 days more to syf!!! or so ahma's msn nic says =)jiayou to everyone!! dun give up hor! and we should continue to work hard and prac more!! ok sorry i know at my lousy standard i have no right to say such things, but i really can't think of other stuff to post, since syf is really so near. and then if i dun write more stuff, then this post like very short liddat. xP

special thanks to ahma, who forced me to post; if you read the tags, you'll find out. ><

<3, Shiyun

p.s. yay i just realised i'm the first to post for my batch. =)

switch to new blogger

2007-03-16T22:44:00.000+08:00

Finally, after some time, I have moved rgcohuuz.blogspot.com to the new Blogger.

So, now, for those who wish to post entries in this blog, log in using (remove this)rgcohuuz(remove this)@gmail.com . The pw is unchanged.

We might be using our new Gmail account as an avenue for communications and file-sharing. Any more suggestions on how to use our new Gmail account? Suggestions are welcome.

If you want the pw, ask your xianyue seniors for it. Then you can start posting on this blog.

Keep this blog active, eh? Just like how we keep our proboards active.

Goodbye for now. Work hard for SYF'07 ok? Give me a GwH for my birthday and I'll be grateful to you all. It's not just for me (I'm not that significant), it's for RGCO as a whole.

I'm sure you all will, right?

This is Chin Hwee, signing off.

2007-03-12T19:21:00.000+08:00

HEYYYZ! (:

lalala i wonder how many people still visit this place haha ((: and will get to read this -.-

heeez but i lurvyy this blog so i shall attempt to revive it ((:

hmms just read through all the archives... i really really miss all those times when the spirit for rgco(huuz) was so high and passion was so strong... even though there werent many posts but from the limited words one can already feel how attached all the seniors are (were?)... hahaha i suppose the spirit has fallen asleeep somehow but my dears can all of us please wake it uppp? ((: lalala i really really hope that we can try our best and not be regretful 23 days later ((: this would be the last syf for the us and the sec fours and the first for the sec twos ((: so it will be a meaningful and rewarding one rite! <3

"anyhow. i must commend the xianyue zu!! omg, u all were moving man. who managed to do this? tell me how leh. *amazed* *kowtows* haha. and u all looked good. it was wonderful to see the whole group moving. =) u all really thrash ur seniors at that. the visual effect is really amazing. keep moving man. and keep future xianyue moving too. =)" -huiling, Apr 05

heez i havent been trying hard enough to move and get over that mental barrier but we will try hard together rite! ((: cos only when we move then our music can move others xDD ~~hahaha and hopefully we dont need the gym to get it right~~ hohoho lets surprise our '06 seniors too when they come backk heyy! : D

hahaha prac-ing the same two songs might be getting on our nerves but when you need motivation just go read the april 2005 posts (not just here, including the senior's blogs, links updated xP)! heez they are really inspirational ((: we can do it yeahh! ((: huuuz will rock on and on and on! ((:

add oil add oil! stayy positive and LETS CHIONGG!! ((:

<3 ahma ((:

(:

2006-07-16T23:20:00.000+08:00

Hey EVERYONE!

IT'S JASMINE AND JIAHUI AGAIN! or you can say, IT'S JIAHUI AND JASMINE AGAIN!!!! :D

seeing how dead the blog is dying without us posting, maybe its time we liven up the blog with our presence!

ed: xyz [identity kept safe by us -____-] copy-cated us! i bet she knew we were gonna write a post tts why she posted before us, but wtr! (:

concert was not bad, don't your think? but we could do away with lots of screw ups!
erm its time to take a rest! its a 2 weeks break and we have already packed our luggage to go sip lemonade from glasses with little umbrellas by the beach. aloha!

AND WE HATE TO ADMIT IT BUT WE WILL MISS THE SEC 4s! AWWWWWWW. *weeps bitterly*

thats the way i we like it
uh huh uh huh

2006-07-16T22:56:00.000+08:00

HELLLO! in case if you have been sleeping in a well for the past yr or sth,

CONCERT'S OVER!

yep! well done everyone! we worked hard prac-ing selling tickets and wht nots and im really glad concert turned out to be a blast! even tho xy was abit bu zhun at sm parts =X but we really played qte well lah! so yay everyone be happy!

but concert being over also means tht the sec4s are leaving soon! everyone pls MOURN! ok fine not like we're dying or wht, but i know xiaozus wld be really different without us sec4s (not being ego but really its true!) so jnrs you guys have to continue working hard to bring rgco to greater heights man! clinch tht gold with honours! ok shit its not even farewell yet why am i saying all this!

ok but anw! im probably not gna touch my erhu for the next... 5 months! whoops shit but yah xianyue rocks ok keep the spirit burning and may everyone become as pro as joyce hahaha!

2006-06-23T19:06:00.000+08:00

HI EVERYONE! :D

(This is for people who do not check the forum or do not know the existence of the forum -.-)

A friendly reminder to all those who have placed their orders for concert tickets with me during the past week and have yet to pay me, PAY BY MONDAY! And if your class has yet to hand in your CLASS ORDER FORMS or have yet to pay or something, pls remind them! We only have THREE more weeks left to collate everything and give out tickets, so please help okay!

Also, pls dont forget, and this is also for those who were not at the rehearsal today, there will be a rehearsal on MONDAY, the first day of school, at 210pm at kschee.You will be excused from EVERYTHING, so pls look for Joyce or Sherry if you need excuse letters. Everyone MUST be there, especially for those of you who rarely came for pracs this holiday. We have changed quite a number of things in the scores and you need to be familiar with the order of the songs, where to go, your sitting positions, stage dynamics and movements all that kind of stuff. They are VERY important, we dont want to panic on the day itself yeah x)

We only have three weeks left after school reopens, so please make good use of the remaining time we have and CHIONG AH! We cant have a proper rehearsal with more than half the CO absent. Everyone pls buck up! Wls has confidence in us, so it is our duty not to make her disappointed, and not to disappoint ourselves too I believe. Jiayou people, its just a few more weeks and it will be all over. We can do it okay!

(Just dont miss pracs too much after concert ends xD)

<3, Mel!

(Yay, I just revived the blog xD!)

2006-03-31T21:46:00.000+08:00

HELLO HELLO! ARE YOU OK?!

-no response-

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
-blowws-

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
-blowws-

*coughcoughspluttersplutter*

OK. i've revived it.

2006-03-01T20:42:00.000+08:00

LOST AND FOUND!

co photos and syf photos 2005.
and contact list and uhh.. shangyin kaoji info sheets.

can the owner please come to claim thm frm me?
they're like rotting away on my desk and taking up my precious desk space!(x

<3 serene!
rgcohuuz06

2006-01-14T15:42:00.000+08:00

HELLO EVERYONE!

We are Jasmine and JIAHUI AND WE WANTED TO BRIGHTEN EVERYONE'S DAY WITH A POST! =D

~~Jasmine thinks~~ We think xiong ya li is happy and mysterious! we think chang di is emotional and angry! we think yu zhou kai ge is going to be romantic! cos its about being in a fisherman's boat!
and we think yao zu wu qu is going to be so dance-ful!

OH do your know that now THE BOTH of us look ALIKE. cos we have the same bobbish hair and short fringes! Rather Unfortunately [for jiahui]! CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF LOOK ALIKES IN BATCH '07!

Although Jasmine's hair is more like a seawave fringe, but nvm that!

I DUN HV SEAWEED FRINGE ANYMORE

SEAWAVE I mean!

WHATEVER!

***

CO IS FUN. let's smile everytime we start playing! Or you can try bobbing ur head along to the melodious music!

Chemistry 101!
The Leishmania Protozoa parasite is transmitted to humans by sand flies. -and so Jasmine says

Wish us luck at OBS! Dont Miss us too much! [we know tts HIGHLY IMPOSSIBLE (; ]

NEW LAYOUT (:

2005-11-13T22:25:00.000+08:00

YOYOYO!

haha if you havent noticed yet, NEW LAYOUT! (:(: hope everyone likes it haha cos the last purple layout was getting kind of disgusting and boring and blahh. and thn seeing tht no one wld change the layout, i took the initiative to do so! hmm yeah is tht pro or wht.

anw if you prefer the last layout, too bad lor T.T i can change it back if you want, but really, its gross.

ANW co resumes nxt wk! i have prac-ed abt 3 times since eoys were over! shit im not being a good role model but ok fine, i shall go prac now. yah rite, its 10.30pm and we shld be responsible and active citizens and be considerate to our neighbours.

haha joyce, is chalet postponed? or is it still 19-21 dec?

and to bibibaba, you type in such perfect english so you cant be all tht bad, so WHO THE HELL ARE YOU.

am i making sense! haha whatever GOOD BYEEEEEEEEE.

xianyue chalet!

2005-11-10T21:09:00.000+08:00

HEY,

the xianyue chalet will be in dec, so that we can do proper planning and have a really pro chalet, not like the sit-around-and-be-bored kind.

in the meantime, we'll be planning the chalet so we can have lots of activities and lots of fun! if you have any ideas, please post/email/sms/call/whatever me/joyce!

okay, so we'll keep you guys updated, and have a good hols!

love, sherry

farewell

2005-11-03T13:16:00.000+08:00

hi everyone! this is the lyrics for our finale song, so EVERYBODY please learn it and memorise by tomorrow okay! you can download the guardian angel song HERE. (JUNYANG<3! its super nice! SQUEEEAL. okay sorry.) AND for those who did not come for the rehearsal at sherry's house today, for sec ones and twos, you will NOT be performing in the rap cos there is no time to teach all of you.

弦乐angel

你曾是我
命中的守护天使
在这些艰苦的日子里
不再是一个人的旅途

或许从此就见不到你的脸
我会把你保存在心里
永远不让你轻易离去

如果今天我们只剩
最后一点时间
我会珍惜它
你也要记得
我们彼此的回忆

相信你也已经看到弦乐angel降临
那是我和你完美的故事结局
你们也一定能够感应

如果今天我们只剩
最后一点时间
我会珍惜它
你也要记得
我们彼此的回忆

相信你也已经看到弦乐angel降临
那是我和你完美的故事结局
你们也一定能够感应
(change the encoding to unicode if you cant see.)

TATA.
look for your name! and remember who is standing next to you okay!

DRESS CODE:black or white shirt with jeans or pants, as simple as that (: REMEMBER TO MEMORISE THE LYRICS! :D

love,mel!

farewell stuff!

2005-10-23T13:20:00.000+08:00

yo SPUDDIES! (meaning this post is meant for sec twos only xD)

okay me and jas are here to update you about items for farewell which is next next friday 4 nov! basically we are splitting you all into two groups: perf comm and food comm. perf comm will be in charge of DUH the performances (which you should have known what they are by now) and food comm will bring all the food which comprises of, ahem, the sausages and fishballs! xP

perf comm: me jas ling val sam yixin yihui
food comm: shiting jiahui yinfei chinhwee zhimin chunyue

for more info about what you are supposed to do, especially for the perf comm since the food comm can organise the food stuff yourselves x), please find me or jas online okay!

yay. prac everyone!(:

<3mel!

JUNYANG CANDYCE ROCKS. xD

kao3 ji2 songs blah

2005-09-19T17:34:00.000+08:00

heys ppl (: ok for ppl [sec2s / sec3s] who dnoe why im posting this please go check your mail XD. ok anyway here are the kaoji songs, and additional "a li shan de gu niang" to help you hear for yourself the general feng1 ge2 of "a mei zu". yepps happy listening and praccing (:

p.s. can someone tell me yinfei's email? (: thanks.

A1 Mei3 Zu2 Wu3 Qu3
note: the ornaments and stuff are abit different from wls', so just try to get the gan3 jue2 from this recording. Kuai4 ban3 please do not try to go so fast. yet. Man4 ban3 can slow down abit as well (:

Zhu2 Ying3 Yao2 Hong2
note: the gongfas used in this recording are very different, listen for the yinzhun and gan3 jue2 mainly.

Sai4 Ma3
note: This is not exactly a very good recording, so please try to follow wls' style instead. Listen for yin1 zhun3 and yin1 liang4

A1 Li3 Shan1 De4 Gu1 Niang2
note: This song is not an erhu piece, mainly dizi, but listen for the style of the ornaments and feng1 ge2. It's quite similar to a mei zu [according to wls XD]

yepps (: that's it happy praccing ppl ((: jiayou for eoys btw haha. byeee(:

<33 joyce(:

junma + mangchun pu3s!

2005-09-03T22:05:00.000+08:00

boo! haha. i'm being nice and uploading stuff! =D here are the junma + mangchun pu3s. instructions are exactly the same as minggy's cuz i just koped the uploading website thingy from her. =P

(right click save as)

mangchun:
[1] [2] [3]

junma:
[1] [2] [3] [4]

lala. happy prac-ing everyone! (=

lurve,
~*pris*~

because good things are for sharing

2005-08-22T18:12:00.000+08:00

lingg requested for me to scan the following pu3. and she's no longer online so i'll just put them here first. i have san1 ji2 pu3 scanned too from last time i scanned for shuli but i don't think anyone would want since the sec2s are apparently taking grade 5. they should be quite high quality i think. you should be ashamed of depriving me of my mugging bio time. but it's okay as long as you actually prac them after you print them. or else i will bonk you on the head with your erhu the next time i see you.

(right-click save as)
xiangyun: [1] [2] [3] [4]
muyangqu: [1] [2] [3]

sec1s can print them to prac too if you think you're good enough =) haha.

<33 minggy.

pretty syf photos!

2005-08-14T13:31:00.000+08:00

alright. besides admiring the pretty (because i'm inside!) syf photos, you have to decide on which sizes you want and stuff. go to this website for the details:

http://www.class-pictures.com/docs/syf0501orderform.pdf

it's pretty complicated (even i the genius dont quite get it), so umm, when you've decided on what you want, call me at 67678478 or 97402012 yepp.

i need the orders and money by 26th of august, so decide and give me the money quickly alright! can give them to me any time from now till 26th.

yepp okay thanks!
<3 sherry

syf photos

2005-08-13T22:14:00.000+08:00

booo!! haha ok sherry hasnt been here, so i shall just post the link for syf photos here just in case the minggy post gets squished down the tag board lol (:

syf photos ((:

yay (: cya

<3 joyce (:

boo.

2005-07-25T23:28:00.000+08:00

hmm i haven't blogged much here at all. so i should probably blog more while i'm still in rgco.

too bad i can't do an lj-cut here therefore i shall paste the long list of links to dld the clips for concert items on 230705 here.

[hong lou meng dazu] || [liyu's erhu solo] || [dizi qizou] || [wuchongzou] || [long teng] || [shandandan] || [pipa solo] || [yazibanzui] || [tanbo qizou] || [tajike] || [mjh] || [encore junma]

best viewed with quicktime.

before i go on, sorry ray for pushing your post down. everyone go read the previous entry! okay that should do. all the thankews have been said. i'm in the mood to write long farewell letters now actually. heh. anyway, hopefully you people will jiayou for upcoming concert [and maybe syf]. i'm sure you people will still do well even after the sec4s leave, since such a large proportion of rgco is made up of sec1-3s (: i would like to thank each and everyone for you for all the memories and do always remember that you'll never walk alone (: shall not say anymore. this is sounding like farewell already ><

<3, minggy.

it's over

2005-07-24T21:52:00.000+08:00

Oh well. After 3 months of praccing or so, concert has come...and gone by.

I guess as I've mentioned in my email (depending on whether Sherry or Esther forward it to you all) that it was one concert that the Sec 4s will truly remember by because of the dedication each and every one of you put in to make it possible. Concert seemed like a goner when we were all so tired after SYF...but you all worked hard with junma, hongloumeng, tajike and shandandan...esp the last one! We took like 6-7 months to prac xiangyun last year, but you all pulled it off in less than 3 months. I'm so proud of all of you, really. And to handle junma that went at a speed that was really not far off from the original speed played in 2002. The Sec 2s especially! We thought it was already a feat to manage SYF at your level, but you went a step further to make concert a success, and thank you so much for everything. It really made all our efforts to ensure we had a concert, seem so worthwhile.

I'm also suffering from concert withdrawal (like mel puts it in her nick) but I felt that I really enjoyed every single minute of it :)

So jiayou for everything else yeah? (Incl academics haha! -crashes back to reality-) And tuesday's lunch rhapsody concert. Mm.

<3 you all lots!
Rachel

yo

2005-07-21T21:35:00.000+08:00

hi! its less thn 24 hrs away from concert.

jiayou everyone! all the best! to all the committee members, xing ku ni men le! (: haha my sis is still calling up sec1s now and its 9.30pm o.O

haha happy racial harmony day to everyone even though we're like all chinese? haha ok nvr mind! sleep early!

oh btw, derrick rocks!

- wanyan yannie whatever

shan dan dan

2005-06-17T23:01:00.000+08:00

i thought u all might be interested in this. =D

click HERE

-huiling

yo!

2005-06-15T17:17:00.000+08:00

HI EVERYONE! haha does anyone ever come here! anyway, there's xy outing soon! to sentosa! hahaha i think its on the last wk of june holidays (: and oh we're gna book a day for chalet during the dec holidays! haha must book early or else no space alr.

blahh concert coming soon! i think shan dan dan hong yan yan is like super funny haha. oh btw, is the concert still at ks chee or is it smwhere else? blahh im like unupdated.

everyone shld blog more often! its like uhh. gd for health! ohoho. ok byebye. see u at xz tmr!

- guess who! i bet u cant guess lor! (:(:(:

hol pracs!

2005-05-29T21:11:00.001+08:00

heyy here's the list of hol pracs:

2/6 (thu) 4.15-6.15 (wgy coming!)
3/6 (fri) no prac
9/6 (thu) 3.30-5.30
10/6 (fri) 9-4
16/6 (thu) 3.30-5.30
17/6 (fri) 9-4
23/6 (thu) 3.30-5.30
24/6 (fri) 2.30-6.30

ok bye! `sherry!

<3

2005-04-25T02:17:00.000+08:00

this chapter of our beautiful dream may have ended... but our juniors will continue writing the next chapter of this dream, the dream of each and every one of us putting our energies and souls together to create beautiful endings.

seniors: the wonderful batch (which consists of 2 ppl!) you guys have been so much fun to tease, and i think you guys have been extremely good role models for all of us here. love you guys for being so dedicated to the co!

batchmates: thankyou so much you guys. you guys have made life in rgco so much more fun. i think our batch rocks the most. we've ATTEMPTED to write farewell notes, we've been late for every single thing, we've been SO subtle in planning birthday "surprises", we've spent hours trying to decide on presents, we've all held hands in anticipation of the results, we've cried on each other's shoulders... we've done so many things together. and i will NEVER forget you guys. ever. love all of you so much. more than i can express here.

juniors: i love you guys so so much. all of you have achieved so much in such a little time. i am so proud of each and every one of you. you guys have been lively, fun, and just amazing. strive hard for syf'07 and do us proud once again yeah?

batches come and go, but this love will never end.

sherry

baaaz

2005-04-24T18:26:00.000+08:00

hey peeps!!! yay i am the third spuddy to blog here!!! -applause- on esther's command. =D

syf is over!!! i don't know whether to feel relieved or what. but well, i don't think i've done my best up on stage. *guilty* even then...GOLD!!! something worth to be proud of. i guess.

thankeew to all seniors -the potaHtoes, minggy and rachel- who have provided us with invaluable help and guidance!!! -clap clap- u rawkkkk!!!

and thankeew to all spuddies!!! <333 ya. -maucks- yay we ruleee!!! thankeew for being so understanding and supportive!!! -huggies-

and to zhonghuUzian!!! esther and serene...both of u are great!!! =] so proo and super nicee...val and jiahui!!! dearrr fellow zhonghuUz '07ers. -hugs- <333

ok i guess that's it. byeeeez!!!

~* jiahui -cough cough- and oneheart da GREAT lol. ~

2005-04-24T00:23:00.000+08:00

hi! this is jas and ling. yay! we are the first sec2s to post an entry!

we would like to thank the snrs for helping us for syf. and we WILL clinch a gold with honours for 2007 syf!

thankyou every much. we had an awesome day and experience!

we rock! byeeeeeeeeeee.

JIAYOU FOR SYF!

2005-04-21T22:26:00.000+08:00

Hey! It's less than 18 hours to syf! Or rather, exactly 17hours 49min to syf!

Time passes so fast. Syf is finally here, after working so hard for the past 1++year. Everyone must jiayou k! Like what Rachel said, it's not just about getting gold with honours. It's about doing your best!

To the sec4s:
Your last syf in rgco! Hope it would be a good one! Also, thanks for all the guidance during the past few years. =D

To the sec3s:
My dearest batchmates! It's our first and last syf together! (except Huimin and Sherry) Must do our best kks. Potahtoes rock! Love you guys <3

To the sec2s:
My darling juniors! Although you all have only learnt for less than 2 years, you all are already playing quite well! Believe in yourself, you can do it!

To the sec1:
YUBO! Um I'm not sure if you even know the existent of this blog but nvm. Being able to join syf in sec1 means you're zai ok. Jiayouus!

Kk, so tomorrow is our big day.
Just want to remind you all some stuff though don't think many people still reads this.

1. Diedie also must look at wang laoshi ok! Don't be too obessessed with your fingerings. When she wants you to play soft, you MUST play soft k.
2. Please follow her paizi closely. Don't gan and don't tuo.
3. Be careful of your gong. Don't make too much noise.
4. MOVE! =D

It's just that 14 minutes on stage. Put in your all for that few minutes and everything will be over soon! ^^

Oh remember to bring your ties. And extra clothing and pullover for section dinner! Shan't be luo suo anymore. Drinks lots water (don't get cough like me) and sleep early!

一起加油吧！

<3 Esther

er. another visit?

2005-04-15T21:54:00.000+08:00

lol. i keep updating the blog with visits to rgco. but oh well, it keeps the blog alive. =)

oh dear, seeing the posts on the pullover, i realize i shld have asked to see the rgcohuuz pullover. =( i'm sure a few of u all brought it. haha. ah.

anyway. hee. i think we seniors go down and zuo bo. o_0 haha... hopefully we served as some sort of er... inspiration? actually, i think we were more of distractions. hahaha.

anyhow. i must commend the xianyue zu!! omg, u all were moving man. who managed to do this? tell me how leh. *amazed* *kowtows* haha. and u all looked good. it was wonderful to see the whole group moving. =) u all really thrash ur seniors at that. the visual effect is really amazing. keep moving man. and keep future xianyue moving too. =)

ni3 men2 shi4 ke2 yi3 de4. jiayou wor!! =)

-huiling

YO

2005-03-25T17:00:00.000+08:00

WANYAN

hey everyone! this place is NOT DEAD at all okay. im updating! anw, JUNIORS! u can get the password to post in this blog from esther or me or some other snr who have posted here before!

bahh syf coming. im quite surprised tt we only have one dazu this wk. i mean syf is like less than a month away? but nvm! maybe we could have longer dazu ^^

anw i realise it's my batch's last syf! >< happen ="DD" happen ="D">optimism and perserverance is the key to success! - UNKNOWN! hahaha.

Hey

2005-02-26T19:34:00.000+08:00

Hey. Sorry to say but this place is kind of stagnant. Do you ppl still post at the rgco board? Anyway...hows things going along back at rg? Went back on the 14th together with huiling and a bunch of other people but didn't hear you guys play. Tell me when your syf is k? I'll try to make it down, even if it means i have to pon my ccas!! Prac hard k? Hope things are going well there.

May

PULLOVER!

2005-02-06T15:48:00.000+08:00

YO! EVERYONE. hahahha im here to revive the blog.

anw bout the pullover u guys are talking about in the tagboard, the design's done alr. me and serene are gg to novena to check the price first, then confirm with everyone whether they think it's alrite, and then order it! hahaha yeahh i think the design's quite nice actually. i think we shud be able to get the pullover before syf. i hope! =DD it's gonna cost quite alot tho cos it's so full of colors xD

umm yeh i can't wait for cny. i think longteng rox k! altho abit buzhun sometimes but then it's very gd alr lor! the suona's good ^^ it's damn loud. we could hear it all the way from the ks chee [we were having dz] when they were playing at the amphi for rehearsal!

and i think the new zaii-ed sec1 called yubuo? yunbuo? yubao? HAHAHA i 4got her name. sth like dat. anw i think she looks like shiting! esp the hairstyle. except tt shiting's smaller size xD

mindy! we're not scared of u lar. mb it's because u're a snr mah. when u went back last wk i said HI! to u then u din reply! u just gave me tt weird scary look xD hahaha so i din dare to say hi ever again ><

haha yeahh almost the whole xianyue is taking lessons now. out of the sec ~~ones~~ twos, only zhimin and yinfei are not taking lessons i think. yayy.

ok i shall go do my obs compo now. BYEBYE. [btw OBS TOTALLY ROCKS OKAYYY!!]

-wanyan

visit =)

2005-01-29T18:30:00.000+08:00

eh huiling u went back? why u nv ask me to go! anyway ytd i popped by fer a visit too =) i know i scared all of u lahhhh. see e sec 2s faces i dont wanna go back already. so unwelcoming. =( talked to wgy fer a while. and she asked if i want to perform w u all fer concert. now i dont think i want to anymore. =( wish i cld have stayed longer to hear xing kong and mjh but had to go back to school. and wgy also asked me to come back more often help teach u all but i dont think im in a v good position to do so now tt i cant play anymore, and moreover i'd just scare e hell out of everyone so no i dont think i will.

anyway i agree w/ huiling - e gaohu pple have to be louder. and e rest of u yinzhun needs improvement. i dint get to hear dazu so i dont really know how gd u all are.

heard u all have rehearsal fer syf on 24 feb? are we allowed to go hear.

--mindy

visit to RGCO

2005-01-14T22:08:00.000+08:00

hm. how come like i come here more than u all.

blog leh. so dead. o_0

anyway, i'm here to talk abt my trip back to rgco today!

we went back today because this week rj only have lectures, then more or less end quite early. next week we have tutorials and stuff, didn't know whether still can find time to go back or not, so we decided on today. =)

i hope u all weren't sad to see us. hee.

there were 3 cellists, 2 liuqin-ists, 1 dizi-an and 1 xianyue-ian. no fair! i was complaining. =( xianyue is supposed to be the most enthu! ooh, not "supposed". we ARE the most enthu. er. rite?) hahaha... oh well. may came later. ^_^ but only for a while. o_0 like... 2 minutes?! *raises eyebrow*

happy to see u all going for erhu lessons. =) it really helps. u learn lots more. more insight. hee.

dazu was great.

xingkong not as great as ppl make it out to be leh. haha, maybe everybody makes it out to be so wonderful, i went with very high expectations. it's ok lah. the modern-pop co music kinda thing. different huh. completely different style and all. need to adapt my ears to it. haha.
it was quite good. some timing problems but that's not a problem. more orchestral practices will solve that. yinzhun and all wasn't too bad. like the qns-and-answer part. i've a very weak spot for that kinda stuff, love those things. haha.

manjianghong was great! u all cut lots eh. felt a bit lost. but still enjoyed it very much. think i can't play the kuai4 ban3, lol, so fast! haha. suona was quite zhun3 too. nicee. qi4 shi4 seemed to be quite there too i think. lol. can't really remember. just know i enjoyed it very much.
haha, poor shengnan was playing a luo-less yunluo. so farnie! lol.

think u all are doing very well! xianyue's improved lots. ^_^ pleased with gaohu! could hear u all clearly! quite anyway. of cuz, think u all can still be louder. =)

move more! can tell ppl are trying to move, esp the mingyan, sec2s and gaohu ppl. but can move lots more. must show ppl that rgco doesn't stone, but that rgco rocks! (pun, pun!)

yay, rgco wan4 sui4. haha. keep it up ppl. XD

ooh. i like ur collar badges! nice! and it's cheap loh. (cheaper than i thought collar badges would cost anyway. urs are quite big too. maybe i've a very poor sense of market price. >.<) dunno about the quality. looks quite good... for now anyway. haha. take good care of them. =)

-huiling

updates

2004-12-29T23:03:00.000+08:00

Hey all!

I think I haven't blogged for a while. Ok anyway Mindy wants updates on interaction right. Haha basically I think the planning was rather -messy- and we weren't exactly absolutely clear of what to do on that day itself, in particular me because I didn't attend the meeting the day before (which was rather disastrous) and they confirmed a lot of things there which I didn't really get a chance to know of totally 'cos I think when people told me things they kind of missed out certain details >< According to some participants they thought it was quite fun (yes thank Jing Xuan for advocating games throughout our planning, if not it would have been a dead boring interaction with only practice) so I hope overall it seemed like a success (seemed, I emphasise, 'cos to the committee it didn't turn out exactly the way we hoped it to be - smoothly)...

Yah I have pics too *grins* http://community.webshots.com/user/angelic_ray under VSCO-RGCO interaction. I know a lot of you must be wondering why we chose VS. Well Chinese High and St.Nicks already had MAF together, it wasn't wise to do NYGH 'cos I was a little wary about little rivalries - just in case, though my friend actually put that suggestion to me after we chose VS haha...we wanted skills interaction so just narrowed to the gold-winning schools of Chung Cheng, River Valley and VS. RV didn't respond to Jiayan's repeated SMSes, Chung Cheng liaised a while before the guy decided that November they would have no time to do planning with us 'cos they are busy with camp so yah. VS responded positively. Yah. That's it.

CCA Orientation is such a mess. I think my planning skills suck. But thanks a billion for the posters Mindy they were brilliant. Thanks Huiling for coming down *lol* - hope you all can come tomorrow to help! Aha. Thank you.

Prac today was quite bad. Noisy. Yin bu zhun. Tsk! Holiday mood eh.

Love,
Rachel
(What a weird way to end the entry)

visit to rgs

2004-12-29T13:50:00.000+08:00

hahaha ok so i visited u all today.

actually it wasn't meant as a visit. i merely had to pass something.

i didn't know u all had prac else i might have come earlier to listen. =(

then again, i'm still hiding from wgy. i saw her just as i was walking to the co room, and i ran to hide. =X

if u were wondering what i was doing in school uniform it's because i was already wearing my tarbet shirt at home, and i figured it'd be easier to infiltrate in school uniform. =)

but the security guard asked me to sign in. o_0 so i did. and i din want to write the purpose as "pass something" so i wrote cca. was just copying whatever the person before me wrote.

so i went to school for 20minutes worth of cca. o_0

it was fun seeing rachel and zhao meng announcing stuff to no avail.

it was even more amusing to hear about the debate over what to wear for tml's performance cuz it is what mindy and i used to do with lu lao shi. but somehow we never could convince him, as u all couldn't, apparently. =)

zhao meng asking who doesn't have blazers sounded extremely familiar as well. hahaha.

poor rachel and zhao meng. =)

-huiling

=D

2004-12-28T21:55:00.000+08:00

blog abt interaction! hahaha even tho it was qt some time ago.

or blog abt cca orientation! even tho its nt over yet. tell us how many pple u all get k!

how did u all find e bbq? =) to quote my classmates.. we were as fragmented as china during the warlord period. -_____- yes tts lame but its true. ohwell i sppse it'll take time.

--mindy

HIIIIIIIIIIII

2004-12-18T18:37:00.000+08:00

HI EVERYONE! hahaha don't worry huiling, u're not the only one here lar. i come here too! ^^ anw the rgcohuuz proboards there is more re4 nao4! hahaha.

btw did anyone know that u can actually click on the photo beside the erhu below to go to a photo album. which contains ALOT of photos. hahaha. umm interaction next tues! at vs =( we're playing liangxiao and mjh and xingkong i think. then cca orientation comes along then cny then SYF! booooo. im sure the sec4s must be having fun slacking away while we slog away at our erhus.

hahah kk gtg byeeeeeeeeee!

-wanyan

link for photos

2004-12-14T23:36:00.000+08:00

erm. sorry for hogging this blog. *paiseh*

here to post a link to farewell 2004 photos. feel free to have a look. =) if u don't come here, then it's not my problem.

http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeAsW7ds2at3Kg

-huiling

tis dying...

2004-12-11T07:35:00.000+08:00

this blog is... in a rather sad state.

anyway. i'm back in Singapore! came to the blog and err... i think i saw the last post before i left? o_0 that says something huh...

ok, so maybe everybody is too preoccupied practising their erhus or having fun (only applicable to sec4s). HAHAHA.

it's a saturday and i think u are all heading to school. hahaha.

uhhhh. have fun practising and keep adding oil for syf. hahahahah. i havent touched my erhu since concert. o_0 please, dun tell wgy that. =X

uh. hello and happy holidays. uhh. just being wuliao yay. if anybody reads this at all...

-huiling

hey

2004-11-24T18:09:00.000+08:00

Ok I haven't blogged in ages. And I shall blog in proper caps and punctuation and language. No particular reason. Anyway, yes xing1 kong1 (not really proper language but oh well) is much easier than shi1 cheng2 - orchestral it actually sounds nice. Section by section sounds horrible. Tomorrow is FAM. Fun. Ok now I have to go now. Bye! (That was short!)

boo!

2004-11-20T17:56:00.000+08:00

HI. im here to breathe some air into this place too. hahah hi huiling!

to huiling: bleh co nowadays are quite "as-usual". yeah u know all the chang2 gong1 and blahblah. the syf set piece is quite nice actually! hehe c diao and quite easy lar. according to rachel it's much easier than the 2003 set piece. mjh is still quite lan4 XP btw i think esther spent all her money on sly. she owes me up to $50 i think. lost count alr ><

anw! chalet coming up. we wanted to book for end of november, but i think it's abit the late now rite XD shuli is gonna ask her parents to book safra i think. section outing on tuesday! but this section outing is so expensive sia. but nvm it's all in the name of fun! ^^ hahahah sg idol later. sly rocks but taufik shud win. byebyeee!

<3333wanyan

hii!!

2004-11-19T22:51:00.000+08:00

hello! nobody blogs nowadays. =(

anyhow, exams are over so i thought i'd drop by and say "HI!" *waves animatedly*

how's co now? type more type more! is the syf song out yet? what's it like? how's man jiang hong? are u all having concert next year? (at least, any plans to?)

hee. and how are u all? i only know esther's obsessed with her sly. (it's... quite obvious) cant believe he got olinda out. what's singapore coming to. o_0 how much does esther spend on him per week anyway? haha...

are you all going for hc interaction? *bad memories* don't try to get out of the performance. o_0 really not advisable. trust me, i'd know. and have fun! is huimin going? i rmb last year she demonstrated extreme lameness at her genius stunt during hc interaction. we all died. esp rachel. poor rachel. enjoy the performance and the games!!

oh well. just came here to say hi. and to breathe some life into this blog. it's truly quite sad.

oosh, maybe i should go check out the forum now. haha. maybe there very noisy. >.<

-huiling

HII

2004-11-03T22:09:00.000+08:00

heyy! woah so long nobody post anything. anyways exams are over and i flunked it badly. >< co resuming this saturday ! i heard from my ri friend that the set piece for syf is called xing1 kong1. as in star sky o.O wonder how it sounds like. and the pullover! huimin let's go order it ^^ the design is confirmed right? maybe discuss this sat. and CHALET! i miss chalet last year and im definitely not missing chalet again this yr.

Bahh i got backpain because i fell down from ice skating and i can't even sit up straight. ok so that's out of point. btw SLY AND DAPHNE ROCKS! actually daphne rocks but assther influenced me into thinking that sly rocks too. come to think of it he IS quite cute okay. sorry out of point again -zaps myself-

actually i don't think much pple even come here nowadays. sec4s are having olevels. all the best! tag the board if u come k! ^^ byebyee.

=wanyan

goodluck!

2004-10-11T22:15:00.000+08:00

boo!
Nobody's blogging here anymore, so I shall write something here. =)
Just want to wish everyone out there have fun mugging for eoys. And sec4s, enjoy mugging for O's. XD
Good luck for the exams!
Hehh sly rocks. <3

-esther