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untitledthe recent week has been a hectic one. first was the getting back of results. we saw ear to ear grinnings, some depressed faces and even tears. then it was the open house. great ideas but lotsa rushing. nevertheless it was all good. followed by our first band prac where we tried out totally new pieces. which was enriching and fun at the same time. and finally the alleged but now confirmed departures of 2 of our family members. experienced lotsa ups and downs this week. but i've noticed smth common in all these events. the liveliness and enthusiasm has vanished. "the band room has became a graveyard" ( Eugene, 2005). the leaders have had a couple of meetings but we jus could not think of the reasons for this sudden change in the band. in fact we found it quite hard to accept this whole truth that the band is no longer the same anymore, and it is a negative change. practices have become so draggy and it is apparent that people are doing things for the sake of doing, cos they feel obliged to do so. btw before i continue, this is a generalisation. i'm thankful to those who really put in their heart and soul for the band. actually, i felt the change immediately after presentation night. i feel the commitment level dropped continuously ever since, and could this be due to the fact that nth as important, as major as the syf is ahead of us? i'm not sure. if it is really because of that, then i feel sorry for those who continued to slog for this band. however, there is one thing that i'm very certain of. and that is WE lack professionalism. since i'm in charge of music, i shall touch on the music aspect first. i admit that i'm no longer as enthu as i was in my sec school days. yes i do make lotsa noise during full band, laughing and cracking jokes. but i dare to say i nvr fail to want to make the best out of whatever is placed in front of me. yes all of us came from different backgrounds, but jus take a look at the effort we put in. till now we still dunno how to play quavers. notice the times we have to start warm up patterns in quavers again. during tuning, the noise level is always so high. and for sight reading, some jus cant be bothered to look at the score and look out for simple things like key and time signatures. we got the top 2 spots, but are we living up to it? if you think we are, think twice, or even thrice. or has this led to complacency that even simple instructions such as "don't blast" cant be followed? honestly has it struck anyone that the standard of our batch has remained stagnant? i wonder why we are not aware of that, or perhaps we jus cant be bothered to do smth abt it. i'd like to apologise on behalf of the 3 leaders for not leading well. but please please give us some feedback abt the way we do things. take more initiative. whack us whatever. don let this band die ok? ok next, i'd like to mention some of the disappointing things i saw which got me so damn frustrated. first of all was somebody coming late for band prac, an hour+ late, started laughing and induced many to laugh as well. all these as our poor moses koi was conducting. i stress again, WHERE IS THE PROFESSIONALISM? even if you lack it, i'm sure you do have a conscience which tells you that you shud quickly get settled and join the practice. nxt was someone playing his instrument in the band room while the rest (including girls) helped to carry heavy stuff to the cafe for openhouse rehearsal. i seriously dunno what to say abt this, but it's jus really disappointing and frustrating. of course there was also the inefficiency part and the skipping band to play dota incident, which i won't elaborate on. i know even without naming those ppl, it's kinda obvious who they are. yes some may say i'm mean, but i'm sorry i'm NOT sorry for doing this cos thus far nobody has brought this up to them and i'm jus so afraid that the same things may happen again. hope you all understand. i'm willing to forget abt these matters, but please realise our mistakes and not repeat them. well finally, i hope we all can work together AS ONE and not as many different parts. the name at the back of our band tee is more important than your section's or the individual's. i'm sure we can all go through this and emerge as a stronger batch in terms of everything. everybody has to play a part in this. the potential is there, it is now up to us to maximise it. don give up. never ever.. -nic. at 8:07 PM 0 comments 
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