went to help out PAYCO for their beautiful sunday concert!
Met up with many of my chungcheng friends whom i lost contact after secondary school.. eg pinyan, abelyn, junhong, chingkee, weisheng etc... and it was a blast

I had more fun than i expected.. i was half expecting some cold treatment cos i am from GECO... but they were very friendly and i had much fun

ALthough i got abit of flak for smoking through one of their rehearsals... (i spent christmas practicing abit though).. the end result was quite good haha

time flies when you have fun... 3 pracs and 1 concert just totally flew by...

but yeah this was an eye opener for me since I have never joined another external orchestra other than GECO..

HAHA that said.. hope i can guest perform for them again soon... =)


PAYCO PEEPS PLS COME WATCH GECO CONCERT ON JUNE 10th 2010!!!!
STILL EARLY BUT HAHAHA PLS COME SUPPORT!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
I just turned 19.. older but not old haha if you get wad i mean

Hmm day was spent almost like any other sunday, just that there were more sms-es received and i went out for lunch with my mother and sister...

I din see a need to celebrate my birthday with cakes or presents or anything, rather do that when something more significant happens.. for Eg MAKING MY FIRST MILLION BUCKS!

Everyday's a brand new day.. everyday you get a chance of being someone you weren't the previous day, everyday you get the chance to do something you din do the previous day, something new and exciting all the time...

Hope this day NOV 8 will signal a new chapter in my life, a chapter full of happening stuff, and a chapter where i can make more friends and have more fun, be a better person and do something useful...

THAT SAID

THANK YOU TO ALL MY FRENS , REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU REMEMBERED OR FORGOT MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Asian Dream Song By Joe Hishaishi
Theme Song for 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Japan





9 CELLOS AND ONE GRAND PIANO!!!!!!!

A Copy and Paste of a Conversation with someone on My Thoughts of this song...


""ok winter is usually a very emo season

cos everything in nature is like dead...

not say dead.. but the whole atmosphere is so quiet and not lively

all the animals are gone

trees have no leaves

and these are disabled athletes

less fortunate than us

perhaps to them their lives at first could have been like winter

very emo.. very dead... like no meaning

but then after winter always comes spring

so there is a sense of hope in the air that life will return soon

these disabled athletes have every reason to keep on living

and enjoy life as well

they shook off their disability

and now they are able to do sports despite the setbacks

the amount of hope... the amount of dreams... the amount of determination

sometimes you feel how spring happens after winter

so contrasting

it feels as though... the sheer determination of all the living things to keep living.... makes winter turn into spring

thats why in the song... the recurring parts... its like the hopes and dreams that we all have

then the fast part is like the difficulties we face

but in the end wad happens? the recurring part comes back again

in the end all the hopes and dreams and determination put together... overcomes adversity

nothing is impossible if you still have hope, nothing is impossible if u have dreams.. and nothing is impossible if you have the will to carry on

this song is a tribute to all the athletes who managed to live on... manage to overcome all odds.. managed to succeed in life

ok maybe they havent got the best life in the world

but all of them are happy

you imagine a person with one arm or one leg... or totally blind...

makes you think who are you to feel sad right?

I also let you listen to this music and let you know wad it means... or rather my interpretation... cos I hope you can be stronger, be happier... and be more optimistic in life

i wonder.. how can winter.. something so lifeless... something so lonely.. something so quiet... yet be so beautiful""




EVERYONE DON BE EMO LE OK????? MUST BE HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!

This week has been damn tiring so far, with lots and lots of saigang for me to do!

Training Schedules, Cleaning up of the CIE Room, and performances too..
WIth IC not around and 2 IC on "off and leave clearing" , I have added responsibilities to guide our ensemble, at least for this week...

Relishing the experience, i really think i learnt alot although it has been tedious.. one of the few times i felt i did something meaningful... I hope i get to be an IC next time.. to atone for my past slack-ness and also to prove to myself i can be a good leader if i try hard.. And cos i wanna learn so much more..

Hope i can be given a chance to shine.

John Chen's rendition of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 with the Orchestra of the Music Makers Rocked!
Although there were some parts that were lacking feeling, i think John Chen was superb for a 23 year old..
OMM also did well, and the feeling towards the ending was really very good, haha i wished they could do that for the entire song but oh well I'm not complaining XD

Mother says she will sponsor me a ticket to watch New York Phil but I cant seem to find people to go with.. and which of the two days should i choose? Obviously cant go for both haha it will cost a bomb..

Busy september (and more off days gained) to look forward to in MDC

Time Flies.....

Ok so i went to watch Li Yundi's concert..

BIG DEAL...

in fact i consider myself unlucky to even get to watch him play live together with SSO...

Bought $103 ticket, was counting down everyday... then on the day itself this happens..

First Half : Rustic Wedding Symphony by Goldmark.

IT was SO BORING that i dozed off 5 times.. and let me tell you people it wasnt just me.. even Lixian and Qinkai dozed off a number of times.. so yeah that pretty much summarizes the first half of the concert..

Second Half : Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1

EPIC FAIL!! ... OH MY GOD!!!
Flautists and Horns were out of tune, Strings sounded as though their bows were lacking rosin, SSO was dragging the music and holding Li Yundi back.. and Li Yundi in turn was attitude-ing..
And in the end..there was no standing ovation... i think this must be the first time in many many years for Li Yundi that he hasn't gotten a standing ovation.. but oh well...

All i can say is that SSO needs to buck up.. and if Singapore really wants to have superstars like Li Yundi performing here ever again first they have to set up a decent orchestra to accompany them!

Gah still can't believe this happened....

Would rather have paid $103 to go for a GECO rehearsal LOL!!

Lim wei just sent me our guhuai recording today for "critical assesment" cos i'm an audiophile.. LOL and found some recording screw ups that he managed to rectify..
At the end of it all.. THE RECORDING IS FANTASTIC!!! When you listen to it alone at night you kinda can get goosebumps cos the music is simply amazing.. Compared to HKCO's version i can safely say ours is much better!!

Which kinda makes me wonder.. I really really feel that GECO should showcase its music to the rest of the world, especially China. Our humble amatuer student orchestra which is of professional standard.. imagine the people's reaction...

But most of all.. is not the people's reaction nor the fame i am after.. i just feel that we should share our music with the world.. Because i feel that our music can touch the hearts of many.. Thats the same why i chose to the route to become a professional erhu player in the future.. I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THE MUSIC WE FEEL.. TO BE TOUCHED BY THE MUSIC WE PLAY.. AND FOR OUR MUSIC TO ECHO THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

I am going to be 19 this year, and spend my 7th year in GECO. Time flies.. i still remember when i was a little kid like Darren ( the little boy in erhu 2), albeit a bit more toot.. Always been fascinated by GECO's musicality.. The way Zhang Lao Shi manages to bring out the musicality in all of us.. That man is a genius.

I probably will have around 5 years left in Singapore, after which if all conditions are right, I will leave our tiny island to try and make it big in Japan.. 5 years is a short time considering how fast my 7 years in GECO just flew past.. By that time i would have been 24, and spent half my life (12 years) in GECO!

Wonder wad GECO would be like in 5 years.. New faces.. new personalities, new problems and hopefully we can sustain our high level of music.

Wonder wad will happen when the day that i leave GECO comes.. I will probably feel a huge sense of emptiness in my heart..

Wonder if i can ever re-create another GECO-type of orchestra in the future whether overseas or in Singapore..

GAH...too many wad ifs...

I LOVE GECO