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Sweat Stung and Out

Saturday, November 17, 2007

First of all, I want to apologise to my readers that I've not been updating my blog. Sorry, people because these few days have been tiring for me as I've been attending NCO Camp since Monday til now. Today was the Passing-Out Parade, so you could say I have a little bit of chance that I could blog.

We had lectures from different amazing people. The first lecture had the lecturer how to become a good leader in different mediums. From this lecture I've learnt more than being responsible and having confidence. It's all very complex stuff so asking me to describe all of them is like asking Wolfmother coming to Singapore to perform. Err...random..LOL I learnt this from Melissa, a nice friend of mine.

2nd lecture was about the Band Movement in Singapore. Now I kinda understand the significance of having marching bands in Singapore...I was pretty much sleeping through the video presentation. Yeah so when I snored, that's when I woke up.

3rd was Mr Jaffa, the blind singer talking about his journey of being a musician. He sang a Bon Jovi song and a song that was used in the movie Notting Hill. Wow, he is one hell of a great singer. The way he played his guitar was so awesome. I bet this sparked a lot of enthusiasm in a lot of students, but for me, it was okay because my passion isn't really in playing music. I love music, but not as much as movies.

4th was about Rehearsal Technique and Elements of a Good Performance. I slept through the lecture until the whole mass of students started saying some rhythm and I woke up feeling a little confused. Then I realised, "Shit! Missed out on a good lecture". There's a whole lot of things I haven't learn about my instruments.

The display band technique is the most energy-eating, sweatiest, bloodiest, PAINFUL activity I've been through at this camp. 2nd day was terrible, and luckily the days got better. Now my legs' muscles are in sore pain and my shoulders hurt from carrying the cymbals. Thank god the other girl exchanged her lighter ones for my heavier ones. Display band technique may seem complex, but once you get the hang of it, it's actually quite easy to learn. I sweated so much more than the other people. The beads of perspiration kept flowing down my head and it went into my eyes a couple of times. Oh my God, I hate it because it ALWAYS sting my eyes and I can never open them again.

Today, Gabriel and Wei Jie came to our(me and Farhan) POP, and we took a lot of pictures. Sadly, I didn't got all the e-mail addresses of all the people I met and knew. Ashley, Jess, the saxophone players behind me during the parade block formation, and other people too. LOL I know what you guys are thinking, all of them are girls' names because I was too DAMN SHY to ask them so directly you know? I'm not really that thick skin. But luckily I asked one of the hot girls' contacts. LOL(I'm not that horny)

NCO Camp was a really great life-changing experience for me. I learnt a lot of things. I met a lot of new people, such as Changkat Changi's Faizul and Hafiz, and some oldies like Jeremy, the Band Major for Monfort Secondary School. I had a lot of fun too. This Camp wasn't very serious at all times. Mr Siao, the conductor for the band majors, is a funny person but once he want to get things done, he'll get it done. I like making people laugh, that's probably one of the best things I've done at this camp. I guess my social skills have improved, but I still prefer talking to people whom I know...

OKAY OKAY, I got to go now so bye..please don't die at the end of this post, I know it's long enough to make you gag...