THANK YOU MARILYN! (: i'm so touched. SMILES.

to eunice and alison: let's JIAYOU for perth okay!! we can do it!

had individuals again today! this time eunice wasn't around, so it was down to alison and me. didn't self-prac yesterday. so my sax must have missed me truckloads cos it started going way sharper than usual. too high to see me already.

anyway i'm so proud of myself. i managed to play "hot cross buns" with alison's oboe! don't laugh. it's an..erm.. achievement okay! my very first oboe piece. hahaha. i'm starting to LOVE the oboe sound. it sounds so much like the soprano sax. (which is so lovely) and the oboe embouchure doesn't give me ulcers, unlike the sax..

BUT

i still love my alto sax to bits and pieces. (despite all the painful ulcers it has bestowed unto me) in fact, i'm harbouring a dream to buy a pretty silver saxophone sometime in the future so i can play whenever i want to. LOADS OF CASH NEEDED. that's why it's called a dream.

anyway, so alison and i were practising away. animation medley, gulliver's travels, amazing grace, random notes, more hot cross buns? eugene came up to us and said he could hear us from the toilet. he said we were sounding good! and thanks eef for the advice! symphonic band techniques huh. -grateful-

and speaking of gratitude, i must really thank the SAXTION people who has helped me in one way or another ever since i joined band. especially my SL! i still remember 4 months ago i couldn't even produce a sound with the mouthpiece. and i still remember that day when he told me to consider switching to double bass.. i felt so down then. but i didn't give up. my SL didn't give up on me too. and my section-mates were really nice and encouraging, helping me again and again. especially esther! always explaining stuff to me during full band or sectionals despite having to play herself. then after 1st 2months i got to know the rest of my seniors and they helped me too.. reassuring me, giving me confidence and making me feel part of the saxtion. those things may seem trivial, but they mean alot to me.

thank God for these people.

last but not least,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ESTELLA AND RACHLEE! (:
aiyah shall also take this opportunity to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all OG13 and OG19 saints! <3


there she goes
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