shall post a very long one here today, since there's no distractions (:P SOMEone ah!) anyway yes, i know that my avid readers are patiently waiting for me to post something here, so i shall not disappoint them and really type something here. (even though Thomas and Pat actually came and haunt me quite a few days ago, ha!)
RE: Majestia XXIII
actually i've nothing much to say about Majestia now, since it's over pretty long long ago (2 weeks?) and yeah, i've forgotten a large part of what has happened already. (ya right, what an excuse) so, that was my very first and very last concert with the seniors in VJCSB, as i was one of the NNSSN (non-NSSN) people. Majestia was one of the times when i've received a culture shock in VJ, as i come to know that we'll be having a lot of good-luck/good-job gifts-and-cards exchange before/after the concert. yes, i mean, just which boys' school will do such things? i never had any form of gifts exchange in CHSSB after than during POP luh. so people, if you didn't receive any present/didn't receive any cards/received some chui present/received some chui cards i'm really really sorry but i only knew about the culture thing 2 days before concert! -.-
i guess i really have to thank God once again for how He has lead me through the concert. with unexpected problems cropping up here and there DURING the concert, one couldn't help but just feel downright depressed and perform like er, crap. that pretty much happened to me, after the E-flat-key on my flute got stuck halfway playing Machu Picchu, just before the interval. later, the problem got even bigger as i swapped the foot joint of my instrument with Dafril, who was not playing his flute for 2nd half. (being aware of the fact that the 2-bar Star Wars solo i had in the second half has many Ds and E-flats) it got stuck halfway in just as i went up on stage!
but through the hiccups, i've once again seen what God can do, when He sent the many people to realise that i was moody and down during the interval and console me. was also surprisingly calm and composed when i realised the foot joint was stuck, solved the problem (by force though) on stage immediately, managed to tune my flute (an alumni took it and pushed the instrument all the way in) before starting 2nd half. so yeah, some of you may be wondering "oh yes, if God is really blessing you then why does He give you these hiccups in the first place?" yeah, all that i can say is, He uses this chance to remind me of His presence and His blessing and yes, to depend on His strength and not mine.
so yes, although i screwed my 2-bar Star Wars solo towards the end, i'm still looking at it very positively because that solo isn't the only factor contributing to the success of the whole concert. also knowing that the problem could have been worse, i really thank Him for His works.
anyway, here's a photo that Pin Rui has kindly sent me. no idea how he got it (should be from the Photosoc people)
(yes, ignore Jialing's and Charissa's and Dafril's faces, that's me!)
[and yes, anyone of you out there, if you happened to have any photo of me just send it to me! i really need photos of my photos (yeah right) and my portable hard disk crashed!]
so right, i couldn't say that i enjoyed playing in the concert that much, even though it's in Esplanade and everything. the feeling is just not that right this time round, not really feeling very high after the concert. perhaps not playing my personal best was the main reason to that. but yes, cheered up as soon as i received the good-job-nice-concert! SMS and comments from my many friends! like those in CHSSB, YJ, Clone and others. i'm especially sorry to the 08S64 people that i couldn't meet you guys after concert because i got lost and when i found my way i only saw that CHSSB people -.- thanks for slippers anyway! haha!
oh yesyesyes, one last thing. Mr. Chan Poh Meng, if you ever got to see this (as if you will), you must thank me for your Majestia present because I'M the one who chionged to PP that day (ponned Physics tutorial to do so, WOOOPS!) to buy it! ^^
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RE: Church Family Camp
i’ve come back from church family camp, if you didn’t realize. heh, it’s really nice living in a real five-star hotel, having big beds and sofa and even a living room to sleep in. :) even though the lunch and dinner there sucks, i guess all of us had a great time down there yeah? didn’t have chance to fully utilize the facilities though, as most of the time we’d activities and sermons planned by the planning committee and i spent 80% of my free time in the afternoon sleeping in the hotel or accompanying my mum. guaikia right? yeah you bet :D
photos of the very nice hotel room!
i really didn't regret rooming with my mum throughout the family camp. some great bonding time with her ever since dunno when, especially when she went China for holiday before that and i had Majestia as my top priority. yea and more importantly (oops) i had someone to be so efficient in packing my stuffs and helping my wash my clothes with shampoo when there isn't enough to wear. *gasps* thankyou Mum!
a photo of the youths in the legendary 青峰侠 group before we proceed to our "treasure hunt" game! heh, in case you guys wonder why 青峰侠，it's simply because we couldn't think of a better name for the team and the team's green in colour!
anyway, one of the most memorable moments during camp was er, (as Moyi shared with everyone in the closing ceremony of the camp), during the last "festive" dinner before coming back. yes, Ziyu and i were approached by Wen Jiao GS to come up with a performance item during the dinner, as the original programme was cancelled that day and she needed fillers and items to keep everyone occupied. so we went up and performed and sang our "classic", 主的喜樂是我力量 (the joy of the Lord is our strength), him on keyboard me on guitar. (uh duh?)
more and more of our TQ people came up to join us singing as the song goes on, so in the end practically the whole TQ was there and honestly, i could really feel the joy of praising and worshipping him through music. so we continued singing 耶和華祝福滿滿 (Jehovah's blessing is full? haha?), a Hokkien song that TQ had to present some days ago. okay in the end we got really high and started 讚美之泉 (stream of praise), which is another of our classics -.- yes! and it's really touching to see people of different ages (it's a family camp, remember?) coming together to worship Him, getting so "high" and stuffs.
yesyes, not many photos unless i get some from Qixin Uncle who was the "official photographer" for the whole event!
had a long talk with YJ and Chuan on bus 136 home on the previous Sunday. once again we were amazed what God can to make a change in our lives and how he has a perfect plan for everyone. like how we said for many times since last year, if he were not to leave, we would not have changed, and we would not be what we are today. and he would not have seen the change in us and come back. yes this may make totally no sense to people who don't know what's going on, but i guess for us brothers, it's something really important. now we just hope for the last one to come back too, then we're together as a whole once again.
please don't doubt him, like how you've doubted us a year ago.
okay i'm done with this two. next post please! ~
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