Friday, November 03, 2006
xmsb~believe;

3:52 PM


your dearest bl Yiyong is here to rock down the lively blog!

well when i checked the blog yesterday, I was really shocked to see so many new posts since my previous post!

Obviously germaine and shitling , since they are newcomers to the blogging world, must had find it super addictive to blog.

Im really glad that the blog is super active now, with germaine's pure boring ramblings about how her life had intertwined with the band world, and NSL's plain dead announcements with the absence of anything that can send the reader into hyper mode.

So your very well bl here has decided to show them what a true crapper can do to an alive but boring blog.

Well you see an alive but boring blog resembles a human vegetable,
although alive, this human vegeatable is nothing more that consuming but not producing humour at all.

So you see we need posts that entranced the reader and make him/her laugh.

Okay la,
the posts aint that bad.
I strongly encourage the rest of bls to update frequently still.
I know many of you want to blog too,
but we cannot afford to give you guys the passwords as after the case whereby someone abused our noticeboard ( by pasting a false notice),
we really had to take measures.

And the saddening thing is,
the trust we have on the band was defintely bruised.

Okay so you know, whenever mr ass ( i jsut found out i have a new nickname! but please dont use it on me on real life!) comes online to blog, his post will always be super uuper long.

Well this time, i wont dissapoint you guys at all.


Yesterday, we had band practice.
It was tiring as usual,
and we went through Ivanhoe, Burst of Brass and Joy
Of course we didnt do well again but thats seriously not the point.

I know most of the band practices were always depressing for many band mates.
And i personally find yesterday was tough.

Of course , i have to admit i was really mad when mr tan praised terence in front of the whole band .
I was mad because
1. i couldnt believe that he was embarassing the saxy seniors in front of everyone.
2. it just makes the atmosphere in the band even more tense.

Point one is just a humane reaction, and point 2 is the one that everyone should take note.
Sidetrack from this , All those who know terence should know that he easily gets proud of himself,
and mr tan doing so,
just makes things even worse.
I mean if mr tan embarasses your seniors in front of your face, and you as the junior, would you still want to listen to them?
Yes and maybe no.

Of course, i was also happy for terence for being praised,
but i believe that its never about the indivual in a particular section,
but the section itself.

I have to pin point this,
as i dont want any ego freaks to think that they can walk alone in the band society.
Mr Tan was very wrong to praise only an indivual,
because as a section,
this can bring lots of hatred amongst each other,
and the aftereffects are really hard to tide over.

In a band,
all of you must understand,
its never about the me but its about the us .

Its a very stupid thing for a conductor to praise only one person in the section.
Yes i may agree to the point that if the person deserve praising for his excellent performance, he should be praise.
But in a place called band,
unity is the key to sucess.
And by praising an indivual,
Mr tan is poking a hole in a big boat.


Lets imagine this now,
IF our band was to be a big wooden ship floating in the middle of some ocean.
And mr tan was to poke only one hole in this ship,
will the ship sink?

OF COURSE THE SHIP WILL SINK!

Thats why,
its never advisable for any section leaders nor bls nor band teachers nor even the conductor,
to praise one indivual in a cohort of so many bandmates.

I enforce, i strongly enforce,
that the band should remain as one and always as one.
THERES NEVER ANY MOMENT THAT A CERTAIN PERSON SHOULD HAVE A LARGER LIMELIGHT IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE ONE BIG FAMILY.

Im sorry to break the bubbles of people who think that shining brighter than the rest in the xinmin band is a fact to be uphold - because its not.

No matter what the hell - a soloist or a 1st instrumental player,
everyone has equal limelight,
and everyone should contribute as they should contribute.

In a section, a bond must exist.
In a band, a family must exist .

The similar thing happened to the trombones, whereby Sherilyn was given more limelight than the rest of the trombones.
Yes, sherilyn played very well, she'd improve tremendously,
but are we building a band,
or a soloist?

Of course, im not pulling sherilyn out to blame her for her good performance,
but instead im showing you guys what happened wrongly.

i know its quite puzzling to understand because a person who had put extra effort should be more commendable than the rest.
But again i draw up the main point of my message :
We are building a band.
If we are going to get gold next year, its not only about one marvellous player, but its about every band mate in the band.

Everyone in the band matters,
and its dampening when your own conductor prefers to praise individuals.

You can continue to work hard on your own ( if you are doing it )
but let me warn you,
you are just gonna destroy your entire section,
and destroy moments where you feel united as one family with the rest of the band.


A band can grow an inch if there is an outstanding player,
but a band can take leaps if there is an entire cohort of outstanding and confident players.

And i strongly enfore the word confidence too.
Please dont let your confidence hit rock bottom because of anyone else's harsh comments towards your playing.
My band members,
always have your head high up,
and always believe in yourself,
our band motto is not for nothing ,you know.
Believe in yourself and believe in others.
If mr tan says your section or you are not good,
think first whether did you put in an effort to prove yourself worthy,
if you did, than mr tan is wrong to say that your section sounds rotten.
IF you didnt, you are just forcing your entire section down the pit bottom of Mr Tan's list.


What i want to infuse into all of your minds is that indivuals arent relevant at all to the word " unity"

Family, friends, mates and a happy united band,
all comes under one roof,
and that roof will resemble heaven's richest clouds,
and will help all of us tide over our worst troubles.

What makes us who we are today , are not naturally because of our own decisions,
but its affected mainly because of other people's decisions.

Since we are so reliant upon other people's perspectives ,
can we try to be reliant on each other during band practices and performance,
and listen to each other,
and try to build harmony?

I know we can do it.
We believed already,
dont we?

your dearest bl,
yiyong.


P.S : As the syf is drawing nearer, i think i will decrease the amount of crap in my future posts.
I hope we will be a happy band after the syf.
After reading germaine's Wednesday, October 18, 2006 post,
im deeply dishearten that we may have a dejavu if we continue to go on like this.
I strongly advise everyone to take on the reins now,
and start to GID DY UP!
i believe in the band.
and so do the rest of the bls.
Please dont dissapoint us.
remember,
have faith,
trust each other,
harmony,
unity,
and naturally everything will come into place.
And of course the rythmns as well.