Finally... FJSBeez were back frm genting... Went there for band competition... It was indeed a very memorable trip...
On monday, we took off very early frm sch. Its was a very long journey on bus frm Sg to genting... When we reached there, it was already in the afternoon. Tat nite, there was a Opening Ceremony for all the band competition participants. Our band was so honoured to b chosen to play the fanfare for the opening ceremony. So we the trumpeters and trombonists went to our hotel room to gt changed into our band uniform. Wif our instruments, we stand outside of the ballroom to wait for the arrival of the guest of honour. While standing there, many ppl came to take sum photo of us... l0lx... our fellow band members oso came to cheer for us and giv us thier support. After we had played the fanfare for the guest of honour, we quickly went back to our hotel room, leave our instruments down, gt changed and went back to the ballroom for the ceremony. After the ceremony, my friends and i went to shop around. den we went back to our hotel room to sleep.
Second day morning, it was really difficult to gt ourselves out of our bed. Its was real cold tat mi and rachel really dun felt like removing off the blanket...brr... After we had our breakfast, we went for the workshop. Evryone were seperated into different workshop. The workshop im in was the conducting workshop, which majors and most of the seniors and alumni were in. Its was a real interesting workshop... the guy hu conducted the workshop was one of the judge. In the afternoon, we had our acoustics check for the competion. Den after dinner, it was our free & easy time. We gt to play in the indoor theme park. While playing the indoor roller coaster, all of us scream real loud even though it was not thrilling at all... haha... juz trying to attract attention?? lolx... Den we went for the bumper car... hmm... it was a real biosterous one whereby all of us really tried to bang each other as hard as possible... After tat, I went to a chocolate shop, bought a chocolate which hav a bear tied wif a cute bear for jiejie and brought sum chocolate for kor kor, mummy tey all. Den rachel and i went back to our hotel room le...
Finally, it was the day for our competition. I was real excited. Morning after our breakfast, we went to watch those morning section adjudication. In the afternoon, we had our tuning in the tuning room, we went in for the adjudication. After every band had played, its time for us to noe our result. When it announced tat, band no. 15, Fajar Secondary, SILVER.... all of us kept total silence. We cried... In order to gt gold, we supposed to gt 85% of the overall mark. but we gt 82%. 3 more % to gold. All the teachers told us not to b sad... but it onli made all of us felt more like crying. Mr Maran told us tat, he was quite disappointed when tey announced we gt silver, no one reacted to the result. Even those band hu gt bronze, tey cheered for themselves... Haiz... yup.. i tink all the teachers were right... as long as we had did our best, in our heart, we are already a gold band. During dinner time, most of us did not hav the appetite to eat. Sum even lay thier head on the table and cried. But to mi, no point crying at tat moment of time anymore... Life still hav to go on... even if we cry, wat done was done, nth can change the fact. At nite, there was a Friendship Concert. All the performing band were great. They made all of us really enjoyed ourselves.
Today was the 4th day, which oso mean its the last day we can enjoy ourselves at genting. Whole day was Free & Easy. We went to outdoor theme park to hav sum fun at around 8+. The 1st ride we took was the smaller version of rollar coaster whereby 4 person will gt to go at a time. It was not very thrilling... so we decided to go for the larger roller coaster which 12 ppl will b going 2gther at a time. Its was real exciting. The roller coaster turned round and round, which made us went unside down...haha...fun!! Hope tat it could go more round but too bad, it onli went two rounds la. After tat, we the four majors and mr maran, had to go for the feedback section conducted by the adjudicators. Its was kind of bored, but i could still managed to stay awake....haha... unlike mr maran and the others, tey fell asleep... lolx. After the feedback section, mr maran treat us lunch...haha...so gd. Den we went back to the theme park to look for the rest. We went to take another roller coaster which we would hav to lie prone instead of sitting down. Its was the most thrilling one compared to the other two...cool man... i really wished to take tat again, but unfortunately, it started to rain... But when we walked further into the theme park, the rain stop again. Mr maran den said tat he wanted to go for the bumper boat. after tat, we went for the swing swing thingy... i 4gt the name. Its very cooling up there, when it goes round and round, making us felt like we were flying in the sky.... Jolee and i even took out our jacket, grab it tight at one end, and let it fly behind us like a wing...haha... guess ppl hu saw tat would tink we were mad... or trying to attract attention again?? haha... After tat, we went for the spaceshot. we waited for real long time till we gt to play.. around 1 and a half hour or so? hmm... but it really worth us waiting... coz so far i tink its the most thrilling ride la... especially at the 1st drop, where mi jolee and mr maran wanted to scream, but the voice juz couldnt escape from our mouth... haha. After the spaceshot, it was already evening. We went to 1st world cafe(where we always had our breakfast, lunch and dinner for the pass few days), had our dinner, and were ready for the closing ceremony. We the fanfare group, once again, had to b ready outside the ballroom, waiting to welcome the guest of honour. When we gt ourselves changed and were back outside the ballroom waiting to go into the award/closing ceremony, we suddenly heard ppl screaming!!! Den we wonder, how come gt ppl screaming at tat point of time. Den afizan said tat, ppl r playing roller coaster in the ballroom?? haha... crap... Den nazra ran out of the ballroom, looking very excited and happy, and told us tat the adjudicators had did sum moderation to the result. Those band hu score 85% and above will b getting gold wif distinction and those hu gt 80% and above will b getting.... GOLD!!! OH GOSH!!! We screamed!!! mayb those ppl inside the ballroom would tot tat ppl r playing roller coaster outside the ballroom?? haha... Hmm... after the award presentation and sum performance put up by the top 3 bands, it was the cocktail farewell party... Mr lim, bee yan, rachel and i decided to went for a walk since its the last night in genting. We wanted to go for the haunted adventure, but the queue was too long... if we were to wait, will b waiting for around 1 hr. Den we decided to go and catch a movie... but its either the timing for the movie was not right or the show was full house.... sian... den we decided to go and play pool... but... when we enter the pool centre, mr lim az we all to go out... he tink tat we shouldnt play there coz its not safe.... haha... reason was tat, when we enter the pool centre, lots of ppl inside suddenly turned and look at us... kind of scary at tat moment... den we oso realised tat no much gals were inside... So we wanted to go for the snow world.... once again, it disappoint us... counter closed... hmm... guess it hint to us tat we shld go back to our hotel room le... haha... but before tat we went to shop shop around 1st. Den suddenly we heard gt ppl singing lao shu ai da mi..... so we were curious and went to take a look. After we had watched for a while, Mr Lim told us tat we shld go back to our room le.. Inside the lift, he told us tat, while watching the performance, two guys actually went behind us to take a look at us... den when tey saw mr lim looking at them, tey decided to turn away. Hm... guess it wasnt safe to b out there when there is no guys cuming along bah...haha.
We woke up at 5 in the morning on the last day, had our breakfast and were ready to set off at around 8+. On the bus, i had many thoughts in mind. Time really flies, we were already on our way back to sg... We reached at around 4+. There was a welcome back note ouside the general office, which oso congrats us for getting gold. Inside the band room, we had our debrief. Mr toh den wrote sumthing on the board, ' Success is a journey, Not a destination'... In fact all of us agree wif tat... we would hav to work harder and make our band stay like a big family... FJSBEEZ ROCKZ!!!
The ppl hu make my trip @ genting a real memorable one:
Mr Maran - i really wan to thx him for being such a caring and helpful teacher. During the trip, i felt tat he is not my teacher, but a real gd friend. On the 4th day, we had lots of fun 2gther at the theme park. I really enjoyed myself lots.
Mr Lim - He had always been our bodyguard, lolx. He even accompany mi and rachel back to our hotel room the night where we went for a walk 2gther. We even went to coffee bean and ate cheesecakes 2gther... we tried each other cheesecake... hmm... hei! i still tink my tiramisu tasted better....haha. Yeah.. indeed another gd teacher to b wif... juz like a friend. Though he is not our band teacher in charge, but he willingly to take gd care of the band, and b part of our big family.
Ms Kum - A cute little teacher. We played the ferry wheel 2gther and had a great chat 2gther. She is really sumone hu u can trust telling ur secret to.
Mrs Steven and Her Daughter Vanessa - During tis trip, i didnt really tok much wif mrs steven. But i noe without her, tis trip wont had happened. As for Vanessa, during the trip, i played alot wif her. I treat her like a younger sister of mine, and she would stick to mi whenever i go. Sum of the band members even said tat, 'hei, ur daughter ar??' lolx... Rmb when all of us cried for the result tat we gt a silver, she cried too. wah... she cried for us ar?? lolx... but when I went up to her and asked her y she cried, she told mi tat she was hungry.... DIAO -_-!!!
Mr Toh - Thx for helping us to gt our gold. Without him, we wont had gt it. Right before the competition, we can really c tat he was trying his best to make us not to feel scare and nervous. He tried to make us laugh and indeed, it helps. Thank you, our beloved conductor, Mr Toh Yang Yang...
Rachel - Hmm.. tis gal ar, jump on mi on the 1st morning, trying to wake mi up... grr... 2nd morning wanted to use the pillow to cover my head to wake mi up, but wasnt successful as before she could did tat, i woke up and look at her. Haha... she was my room-mate. A real playful one. She was my most important partner during the trip. We had lots of great time being 2gther, slept well 2gther, gossip 2gther, sat beside each other during the long journey on bus, etc. I really wanna thx her for being there for mi when i need her. Best Buddy, muackz!!!
Jolee - Yoz sexy babe... i always love to look at her...b****t...lolx. We always love to laugh 2gther at watever thing we tink its funny. Had fun screaming wif ya at the theme park.. we really scream our lungs out. And thx for being superwoman wif mi during the swing swing ride... haha. Den i always az her to come over to rachel and my room to chit chat wif us and even slp wif us. PS: Hei, i still can breath when im doing tat while sleeping k... pro hor?? lolx. Anyway, do find time to hang out 2gther again k?? love ya.... MUACKZ!!!
Nurul - tis was dunno the 3rd or 4th time we had took part in the same band competition 2gther le. We used to b in the same Pri sch and CCA. Hmm... during tis trip, i really gt to noe her better and realise tat she can actually b as MAD as i can b... lolx. Er... though before tat i noe she can b real mad already la but didnt noe she can b TIS mad...lolx. I always enjoyed being wif such fun loving ppl like her....
Fadilah - Hei... stop letting the gas to escape from ur intestines la... haha... wah.. cannot stand it man... lolx. Hmm...juz like nurul, she can b real mad at time... but i still tink mi and nurul more pro at being mad la... lolx. hmm... fun being wif her... smile~~~
Hui Ru - Haha... i love telling her jokes coz regardless of whether its funny anot, she will still laugh la.. Hmm... she slp wif mi and rachel for 2 nights. hmm... she really gt a very gd sense urgency... guess without her, mi and rachel will always b late for the assemble time. Den she really love to shower la... mi and rachel the most onli shower 2 times a day, but she shower whenever there was time to. wah seh... there so cold... still can stand it.... brr....
Kai Yih - wah... her solo for songs of sailor and sea was great man!!! The best trumpeter in our band... but tis competition would b the last time she's sitting beside mi, playing as a FJSBee le... the next time when she's back, would b as a alumni member le... haiz... sob sob...
All the alumni members - i really respect them man... its really hard for ppl to still come back after tey had pass out of fajar. Though tey didnt gt to take part in the competition but the spirit of wanting to gt gold was wif us... Tey gave us their full supports and guide us through all the tough hardship we had. thx for being there wif us...
FJSBees - Fajar Secondary Sch, GOLD!!! YES!!! WE DID IT!!! We r proud of ourselves... during the genting trip, i can really c all band members bonded well 2gther like a big big family. Hope all os us will continue to work and strive hard 2gther!!! Not 4getting wat Mr Toh had told us, 'Success Is A Jouney, Not A Destination' ....FJSBEES... GOOD GOOD!!!
GG@G!!! GOT GOLD @ GENTING!!!
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