Monday, March 8, 2010 8:30 PM
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HELLO EVERYONE HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK AT CAMP/OBS!
See you all during holiday rehearsals. (:
Saturday, March 6, 2010 2:55 PM
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Hey everyone!
(Ohmytian our blog is so deadddddddddddd.)
It's 70 days to our concert, the final concert we seniors will be playing together with the rest of you ): It's sad, but it's true, and day by day it's getting closer and honestly, I really don't know what to feel - happy? sad? I guess I'm happy having almost reached our destination, watching the ensemble grow, watching all of you mature in your playing, as well as in your character, happy that I've contributed to the ensemble in my own way, whether big or small, and that I've managed to come so far. Sadness of course, to be leaving all of you in around 4 months, sadness to be leaving the comfort of M4-04 where I've been going every Tuesday and Thursday for the past for years to be rehearsing with everyone else.
For me, time has really flown by these past years since the first time I joined, up till now, where I'm already in Sec 4. 3 years ago, I was still under the shelter of the protective wings of our seniors, now, in 2010, we are the ones sheltering the rest of you. I recently talked to one of my seniors (she was in Sec 4 when our batch was in Sec 1, so you can imagine), and even she said time really has flown by and all of us are grown up birds ready to fly over the bridge now. Sometimes I really feel like stopping time so that I can remain in NYSE forever (haha), but sadly that isn't possible, and sooner or later, we all have to go in order to let you step up and lead the ensemble.
In these 3 years, the ensemble has grown from strength to strength, becoming more bonded year after year, from the first SYF I've played in in 2007, Carnegie in 2008, and SYF 2009. I'm really glad to have been around when the ensemble has gone through all the changes, and we really are lucky, because compared to the time when I was in Sec 1, there isn't as huge a generation gap as there was before, and over time, I've learnt that friendship has no boundaries, no matter what the age gap is.
On May 15 2010, we'll be making our final stage appearance with all of you. Let's make every moment up till then count, to grow as an ensemble, to flow with the music, to give our best and work together and create memories that we'll be happy remembering, and to let you let us go and to let us leave with no regrets, I know it's a little early to say this but I've always been, and always will be proud to have come from Nanyang Girls' High School's
STRING ENSEMBLE (:
NYSE FTW!
Friday, December 25, 2009 8:19 AM
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
And have a great new year ahead :D
Love,
Elissa (:
Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:50 PM
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Have an awesome Christmas and see you all at the chalet! (:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 7:48 PM
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Hi everyone.
This is mainly for the sec 1 juniors, as a follow up of what was said during overtime just now.
As you know, Mr Sze has been really disappointed in us lately, due to lack of practice, as well as the attendance. We have a really important concert coming up in January, and frankly speaking, we are under-performing.
Yes, Mr Sze has been really nice to us, most of you have not seen the full potential of his rages, or how angry he can get. When I was in Sec 1, I feared him.
A hell lot, and for good reason.
When he screamed during rehearsals, he really screamed. He's walked out on us a few times, and he's even thrown furniture around, torn scores in the middle of recordings and told us to go home.
He's being nice to us, because he knows that if he is too strict and fierce towards us, a majority will fear him, and possibly hate him as well. That is not what he wants. He has feelings too, yes, he's made people cry before, I have cried as a result of his scoldings, but he has been doing this for our sake. Now, what I see, is that people are taking for granted his niceness, taking for granted his respect towards us.
He's given us the respect we wanted from him, but the real question is, are we giving him the respect he
deserves? Each time he walks into rehearsal, he ends up waiting for us to practice and figure out our notes, and some don't even bother with that. What happened to the spirit we felt during the SYF period?
Being in NYSE, is not about accumulating as many CCA points as possible - it is about discovering yourself, maturing, growing with your peers and batchmates under the care of your seniors and teachers, as well as developing a passion for music.
Yes, the sec 4s have just stepped down, all the more reason we must put in treble the effort we've been putting in thus far, to keep NYSE going, all of you have to take the initiative to simply pick up your instruments and practice.
Also, there have been many recent cases of people talking back to seniors, and scolding us because we try to correct your mistakes, it is really rude and disrespectful, especially if you treat whatever we say as crap, or roll your eyes at us when we speak.
We do not like to give pep talks, or talk to all of you in this manner, we are here to guide you along your journey in NYSE, as well as to help you. But please, if you haven't gotten the idea, this is your wake up call, you cannot depend on us to cover up for your every mistake or let them go by, because eventually, you are the ones who will be leading the ensemble.
Don't give Mr Sze a hard time, give your exco a hard time trying to get you to practice, your section leaders, seniors. Because every person matters in NYSE, if you don't do your part, it affects your section and eventually the ensemble as well.
Please don't make us seniors turn into naggy grannies, and take the initiative to
do your part.
It will make a huge difference (:
5:53 PM
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hey nyse!
i'm weiyu here, i just want to add on on what i said just now (: This post is mainly for the
sec ones though..
i have been neglecting strings practice for many weeks to prepare for exams. As you all know, i havent been a really good student during Sec 1, and this year is streaming year, that's why i wanted to put more effort into my academic this time.
I really hope that the juniors can learn to trust whatever the seniors say about Mr Sze, even though i havent been through the period of time when he was extremely fierce & mean, i believe them, cause why in the world will the seniors lie about such stuff?
I hope no one thinks that what i said just now is a joke, (although someone actually rolled her eyes after i spoke, you know who you are.)I hope that you all can use my experience so that you all wont have to go through what i went through.
Anw, the bottom line is: we all should not depend on "wake up calls" to "wake us up".
Strings can really make you become a better person, it can really make you mature, make you grow up. Strings can also give you countless of valuable lessons, but whether or not you become a better person, or whether or not these lessons help you grow, it all depends on if you want to heed the advices, it all depends on YOU.
Monday, August 3, 2009 8:53 PM
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Hello (:
I'm posting to keep the blog alive, but anyway:
Congrats to the new exco!
P: Eugenia
VP/CM: Tingwei
T: Jing Ting
L: Kailin
QM: Xu Yue
All the best for blocks!