Tuesday, March 24, 2009
381 psa
hey guys. pray for my grandfather. his cancer just got a lot worse and now he's wheelchair-bound.
basically, he's on the verge of death.
SL2009.
SL2009.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
the last masterclass
haha. it rhymed.
anyways. i'm just here to say that we all just got to push ourselves for these last 11 days to SYF. so let's do it. let's work to make ourselves better than we already are.haha. it rhymed.
comparing to 2 years ago, you guys, have improved so drastically. i'm really, very proud of you guys. and i'm glad i had the honour to be your section leader thus far. so i'm not gonna care about what we get at the end of SYF. i'm just glad that i had the chance to go through this journey with you guys. this will definitely be my third and last SYF. and it has never meant so much to me before. i know, i might not be the best horn player there is. i know, i might not be the smartest person around and i know i might not be the best leader there is for this section. but, i don't know, what else can i say?
right about now, i think it would be proper to tell you guys that i've been on the verge of a total psychotic breakdown for a while now. you guys were the only drive i had to keep me going for band constantly. so thanks. and you probably will never hear me say this is real life so you'd better keep this blog. haha.
keep on going. i know you guys are gonna be great.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
No matter how far we've gone so far, we still have a long way to go. As we've been reminded countless times of various suggestions to improve ourselves for the competition to come, none of us have ever noticed the true key to success. All this time, we've been looking at how we have to handle our equipment, how we have to behave during parades and what materialistic things we have to prepare as keys to success, yet we've never noticed the truth beneath it all.There is a time for sorrow, and a time for joy. There is a time for tears, and a time for laughter. There is a time for play, and there is a time for work. And in all the countless endeavours we have in our...eventful lives at school, we must find the courage to do our best in all of them: To work hard and to play hard. And how do we do just that?
I've had many friends who've come up to me and asked the path to success, I'm sure many have gone to you as well. I've never really answered them, as I've never really found out the true answer to their question. At a time of peril and a time of need, I've found the answer.
The key to our success is not charging each other for not putting pencils on our stands. The key to our success does not lie with bringing home our files day by day, hoping it looks convincing enough to prove self-practice. The key to success does not even lie on coming down to the bandroom every day, or practicing every day, or living the band every day. The path to success lies in one thing and one thing only: Discipline.
Discipline makes you attend the sectionals your heart tells you you can afford to miss. Discipline makes you practice when you have only just enough time to play your computer games. Discipline makes you put your pencils on your stands without being told, makes you look at Mr Tan when you must, makes you what you are--A Bandsman.
Want to get that gold at the end of the rainbow? Get the discipline to run there first.
USL
Friday, March 6, 2009
Sorry thadadeus..I know there alot of photos of you...and sorry SL...didnt have any photos of you....
Samuel hey guys. i updated the the blog layout.
one of my old layouts. yeah.
anyways.please update this more often. and please check this more often too.
i'll be typing here my debriefs after every parade. so you guys don't have to keep staying back yeah.
glen.