Days we had together
We miss.
6:29 AM Sunday, May 13, 2007
Hi, Im whamp. (Huisi)
It has been 25 days since we had our guitar SYF on 19th april. Nevertheless, I shall blog this as it might have a great significance for our SYF 2007. Like for example, when we get our Gold in 2009, we shall look at the archives and say," Yay. We have achieved our goal we had in 2007! :D ".
On 19th april, we had our long-awaited guitar SYF. We came to school, nervous but happy at the same time. We changed to our costumes and waited for the bus to fetch us to the Singapore Conference Hall where they held our SYF. We headed for the Tuning Room as it was our turn soon. We left the Tuning Room and went in to the hall. We walked in and bowed to Mr Ong. We played our both SYF songs - Sway & I write the songs. It was amazing. I really felt that everyone of us were really swaying to the rhythm of the songs. As in literally, not physically. Everyone had their heart in the song, enjoying the song, not bothering the judges who were sitting up there. We smiled at Mr Ong as he was smiling at us and we know that he really did enjoy conducting us.
Both songs ended, we stood up, bowed and walked out of the hall. We exchanged conversations immediately like:
1) "We played flawlessly, right?"
2) "Both songs were great! We played perfectly!"
Yah. We played flawlessly, Im sure. Many of us felt like crying as we walked outside. We didnt let our seniors down as we knew that we did our best and all our hard effort didnt go down the drain.
Then after all the 20 schools had played their songs, it's time for the results. When we heard "GT005 Hougang Secondary - Silver"... We were shocked as we unexpected that we would get a Silver. We broke down. There were calls from seniors but I only remember Nee Huai called when we were waiting for the buses to come. I can only hear her saying that we did our best and we didnt let the seniors down. Cause many girls were crowding around Wan Er who was holding the phone putting on loudspeaker. Broke down AGAIN (emphasize on AGAIN).
We went up the bus, the atmosphere was definitely different from that morning when we came to SCH. Sniffing sounds and no one was talking at all. When we arrived back at school, there were many students crowding our bus.. Expecting to hear from us. We took our guitars and walked briskly to the guitar room, not wanting to let the students see our red and swollen eyes.
And then in the guitar room, Mrs Cheng, Mdm Tan & Mr Ong briefed us. Mr Ong's words made all of us tear. We were really touched and grateful to him. After all, he had put in a lot of effort and time into us, HS Guitar Club.
And I felt that Chantel's post about SYF expressed what we felt deep down in our heart. This was what she said,
So what if we had a Gold?
We would only be rejoicing and be proud of our achievement.
Getting a Silver has made me realised that the results are not that important.
It's all about this Guitar Club.
The road to SYF was more significant.
It was the bonding between us, that led us to be united and closer to one another.
Going through difficulties and helping one another out.
We'll cry and laugh together.
We spurred one another on, to practise guitar regularly.
Mr Ong, he's like a father to us.
He's always pleasing us, like his own children.
He's so understanding whenever we had reasons not to attend guitar lessons.
He's patient, he'll make sure that we got everything that he taught us.
I'll just find enlightenment in his smiles.
He's a one-in-a-million instructor. (:
I remembered the first time Mr Ong gave out the "SWAY" scores.
Most of us thought we couldn't do it, as the introduction was a challenge to the melodists that time.
They had to play it fast and clear.
However, with much practise & with the help of our seniors.
We have overcome it!
I was a chordist and I didn't know how to mute the parts when I played the verse and chorus.
With Ziyang and Wangda's help, I could, and I was so glad! (:
Ngeesong, a BIG thank you for teaching me how to play the Flamenco style!
It was great to learn a new technioque! (:
When Mr Ong gave out the scores of the second song, " I Write The Songs",
we (chordists) saw that there were so so many chords that were stranger to us.
Like 20 over chords!
Then Kok Wee said, Mr Ong will surely change song, so difficult!
We took a long time to learn the chords and memorise the whole song.
It was really a big obstacle.
Another challenge for the chordists was to learn the "B key".
I didn't want to play that part when Mr Ong asked for our opinion.
I almost gave up on the "B key" chords.
With Kokwee and Ziyang's help, I did it!
With all these difficulties and obstacles, we overcome it with one another's help.
We needed one another.
Through all theses, we have found out how important we are to one another.
We have held on together, pressed on and have come this far.
We're all in this together!
END
Yup, she is right. We're all in this together, never seperated! We had our roles and parts when we're playing both songs, like having acted out in a play. But we're doing in a form of music. Chordists, Melodists and Basists each play an important role. Imagine a guitar ensemble without each of them, it's just awful the sound is, isn't it? And remember Ignatius's sardine story forever! :D
HS Guitar club is more than a CCA to us. It's like one big family together! We shall never give up and continue to reach out for our goal - Getting a Gold in SYF 2009! I know the seniors dont have a chance anymore but remember this, WE WONT LET YOU DOWN AND WE WILL GET A GOLD!
Together, we shall rock to the same beat! :D
And I promise you all, the date for the guitar camp will be out soon! So stay tuned and visit this blog oftenly. We'll keep this blog lively. :D CAMP CAMP CAMP.
