向左向右向前看#爱要拐几个弯才来

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

went back to support the juniors today.. and although they didn't get GWH, i must say i still feel really proud of them from maturing from little sec ones whom we used to scold and nag at, into responsible sec fours who are leading the band. and when yanjin, jas guo, yinrui, and I went back to rgs to talk to them after the results were announced, it really really did feel like that scene from [waterboys 2], where their school band was late and missed the competition, but still went on stage to play their piece for the last time, and everybody cried cos it was like, they were living for that moment on stage, and it had finally come. i guess that's the kind of conviction one gets from being in band. You live for the music; for that one moment that you go up on stage to perform that music you've been practicing for so long.

i almost cried along with the juniors. cos afterall, nobody really understands the feeling of how important a gold with honours is, unless you are/were a bandgirl. so many ppl were saying stuff like "congrats" and "isn't gold really good?" which i guess makes it hurt more. but truly, i can tell that during their choice piece, they were really letting the music take charge, and being part of the music itself. and i know they must have worked very hard. so for us i think that's enough.

i still feel super super nostalgic. i never realised i missed RG so much. I miss the place and the atmosphere, and how cozy and homely it felt. And of course, I miss the bandroom, and bandpracs, and mr oura's conducting. I miss the sec 3 Japan band trip and I miss our SYF pieces. I miss the discipline and the respect, which is sadly lacking in so many places right now.

Sigh.. I do miss band alot. i guess it's true: once a bandgirl, always a bandgirl. (: i love rgssbee. come to think of it, i miss my sb. haha. so many memories shared with them. heh (: i feel kind of teary-eyed again... :b

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