Monday, June 27, 2005
memorable time at GEM chalet...
let mi juz start w the msg that i gave to some1 abt the magical n memorable nite of guitar chalet... it includes my deepest feelings for GEM... as well as the heart felt emotion of the time spent over there... esp the last part where i noe mr ng muz have spend lots of time preparing for it...
"i need to jot down every single detail that happened 2dae... u might tink i'm being too emotional... but realli... with all these good ppl around mi in guitar... it's simply impossible not to feel anything for them... n such feelings needed to be rmbed... ... listening to our veri own masterpieces... it's hard not to be touched..."6th june 2005
this is the veri last official meeting of the pioneer batch of GEM... the farewell chalet... b4 all of us j2s will start racing against time to prepare for yet another crucial exam in our life...
the farewell chalet was held at pasir ris coasta sands... mr ng booked n paid for it... spend quite sometime decorating the huge card that shuyan made for mr liauw...trying to tink of wat to write.. then ppl come n there's food... the usual...
oo... shuyan cycled here... so xw borrowed her bike n went cycling... haha... n i tagged along... taking the back seat... (haha.. the front actually..=)) it was fun... i've nv taken a ride w another person cycling... haha... xw is veri skilled... though i still cannot stop myself from screaming every now n then.. haha.. =)
aft bbq n stuff... comes the best part of the nite... performance by mr liauw... played 'memory'... a song that i used to sing in my pri n sec sch choir... indeed... it brought back lots of memories... ...
then mr liauw showed us how to make use of a 10 dollar note to play... put it through the strings alternately... then he played a light hearted song... sounds nice indeed... =P
it's the 1st time i've seen mr liauw perform... he's indeed a pro... when he was playing... i kept my gaze at his fingers as they fly all over the frets... incredible...
okie... this is the best part... though we dun noe the juniors veri well... (had been busy practising 4 syf)... they came up w a few surprises for us... realli sweet of them... ^__^
firstly they sang bridge over troubled waters for us... our syf song... then came the certificate presentation... each of us junior have a cert... certifying our graduation GEM...
[ This is to certify that ______ has graduated
from the
"ROYAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE of MERIDIAN"
and has proven himself/herself worthy
to be the exclusive pioneer batch of the
ROYAL GEM ]
besides that... all of us were given a hand-made black wooden block with our name on it... together with a short personalised msg behind written in silver... i wonder who wrote them... cos there r oni 3 j1s who participated in syf w us... i'm so touched that they actually noe mi well enough to write sth for mi... (i'm quite an introvert u c...) they r veri observant... that's all that i can say...
SpilLeD by b|uE at 3:15:00 pm
Monday, June 06, 2005
Royal GEM…
Today is the 6th june 2005… it’s been 1 year n 3 mths since I’ve joined guitar ensemble of merdian… initially… I have put down my name on the name list of guitar for simply the hope of learning an instrument… I have never tot that I would get so much more than wat I’ve bargained for… throughout this 1 year plus… I’ve gained knowledge abt guitar… an instrument that was once kept in the storage room of my hse… forbidden to me… except the occasional creeping into the room to strum the rusty strings…a female world renowned guitarist once said that guitar is the most friendly instrument, as you can hug it as close to you as possible… indeed… the more I hug it… the more I can feel that it has become a part of me… juz as how I’ve became part of the GEM family… Participating in the activities that mr ng organized… I’ve became bonded to the ppl here… not to any1 in particular… but at the same time… to every1… every1 who has the same sense of commitment as I have for GEM… as it’s always the same ppl participating in the lunch treats by mr ng… as well as outings organized internally… there seem to be a special bonding to each of us… as well as to mr ng… especially to him… he’s desire n high hopes for the pioneer batch of GEM to be bonded has been passed on to us… Our dear mr ng… he is certainly worth mentioning… as he plays a big part in this huge droplet of memory… he is such a compassionate person… thoughtful n kind… always wanting to capture every moment of us (w his camera)… but dun really want to be in it… queer as he maybe… the every1 of us simply lurves him… he had done so much for us… looking into every minor details of everything… without him… bonding like glue… we would most probably be juz another guitar cca that no 1 takes notice… n definitely not 1 that has gotten GOLD at their 1st try in the SYF competition…here… I would like to thank him for all the sacrifices that he made for us… also… because of his willingness to accept ppl without any guitar background… I’m in it… he gave me that chance to change from a nothing to a something in guitar… to that I’m utmost grateful…
N of cos… there is another veri veri veri impt person that had made all this miracles possible… n that is none other than Mr Thomas Liauw… my 1st impression of him was that he is 1 weird fellow w veri veri high expectations… ya... that's true... i used to be veri afraid of him... rmb during the dec hols 2004... i faithfully attend every single guitar practices... n the one other person who is always there as well was ciyuan... the section leader (no choice rite... haha) but he's already a veri good player... so everytime mr liauw comes... i'll try to play softer n let cy take the lead... gosh... everytime mr liauw comes... it's like yet another torment... i'll get veri nervous n make all kinds of stupid mistakes... press the wrong note... miss 1 whole bar even... then he will make us play 1 by 1... well there's oni the 2 of us... n u can imagine the rest... the shaky fingers... sweaty palms... blurry minds... yep... that's how i learn that veri tough song... concerto grosso by antonio vivaldi...
though guitar 6 is not the most challenging part... it's still a great challenge for a beginner w poor (or no) coordination... (aka mi)... haha... i'd say the most fruitful times in GEM were those times during the dec hols... under the watchful eyes of mr liauw... w his supervision n high expectations... i've progressed into the current mi... 1 who can side read (a bit)... 1 who can hug a guitar n not feel foreign to it...
all in all... i love GEM... the sense of attachment i have to it 是非笔墨所能形容的... wat else can i say... such sense of belonging... the feeling of being in a family... 一切的情感... 都尽在不言中... mr ng once said that being in GEM is juz another chapter of our lives... he had said it w such sadness... as if to say that we'll forget abt it as soon as we leave jc... but i have to tell him... this chapter is one of the happiest... most exciting... most significant chapter in the book that records my life story... it'll take mi a veri long time to forget abt this chapter... if i ever do forget... my bonding to it is juz too strong... n i tink we realli haveb to thank mr ng properly... for being such a sentimental guy... (get married soon k?? n dun forget us in ur guest list wor... all of us will wanna noe who's the 1 who manages to capture his heart... hehe...)
SpilLeD by b|uE at 4:54:00 am
