May 23, 2005

caution: veryveryvery long entry. (yu won't wanna read it, i'm sure.)

"for the last time, band dismissed."
i can't believe i went to the toilet at that point of time. i actually missed the last time joel announced, "band dismissed". sigh, it's probably a blessing in disguise. haa, or i would have burst into tears or something. these last few words really made a powerful impact on us all. sigh.

it's hard to imagine band without the presence of the j2s.
imagine band without geraldine - there wouldn't be a president for refined ladies association. there wouldn't be anyone going home with me after band during the first three months. there wouldn't be so much laughter and joy and fun in the section. there wouldn't be anyone wearing the same gay green socks and gay rubber bands with me. there wouldn't be anyone coming up with weird terms like "roBUSTly". there wouldn't be anyone who's willing to speak to me in a low (and really low) voice. there wouldn't anyone using terms like "luscious hair/luscious clarinet sound". there wouldn't be anyone holding my hand just before they announced, "band number four. meridian junior college. GOLD!" there wouldn't be anyone screaming at the top of their voices with me (other than paulina, tsz yan and fabian)! there wouldn't be any satisfaction for mrs fields. there wouldn't be any female FLABBYs in band. there wouldn't be so much laughter in the cinema when we watched howl's moving castle. and without geri, i wouldn't have been able to survive the first few pracs in mjcsb. i wouldn't have been able to bring out the craziness in me during band. and i wouldn't be who i am today.

without yanqing, we wouldn't have an asl. i wouldn't have a stand partner. there wouldn't be anyone keeping or holding the stand and file for me. i wouldn't have anyone to talk cock to during practices. there wouldn't be anyone caressing/molesting geri during band. we wouldn't have anyone saying invictus - the unchallenged, instead of the unconquered. geri and i would had to do the TK cheer all by ourselves during the band dinner. there wouldn't be anyone to tease when ms sia banters with naoto during combine. there wouldn't be anyone making a dynamically perfect combination with geri. there wouldn't be neh neh!

if weekiat wasn't there, there wouldn't be any chio bu-s in the section. there wouldn't be anyone wearing purple specs. there wouldn't be anyone with a veryveryvery LOUD and charsiewbao sound. there wouldn't be any guys in the section willing to go crazy with geri and i, taking the weirdest photos, neoprints AND videos. there wouldn't be anyone calling me the ite student posing as a meridian. there wouldn't be anyone eating mashed potato from 7eleven after lunch. there wouldn't be anyone to laugh at for snapping the "hope" wristband! there wouldn't be anyone calling me an eccentric person. there wouldn't be any photo therapy for the dinner at pizza hut AND band dinner. i would be the only person in the section who's perpetually late for band. ms ng would have killed me if he didn't print out my second draft of PI. sarah and i wouldn't have running partners because yanqing and geri don't have much perseverance and determination to finish at least seven rounds. our group wouldn't have so much bizarre ideas for dial M for murder during the camp. our group probably wouldn't get the "talk cock sing song we are the best" group title without weekiat and mengyang too.

if vincent wasn't there, there wouldn't be anyone conducting sectionals with a drumstick to hit the beats. there wouldn't be anyone playing the solo for invictus! we wouldn't have anyone in the section sacrificing their sleep just for the band during band camp. there wouldn't be anyone reminding us constantly that we shouldn't make too much noise during combine.

if eunice wasn't there, i wouldn't have a stand partner for juxtapose. there wouldn't be anyone having a look which is actually blur enough to rival judy's.

without:
+ yingning - there wouldn't be anyone in the section selling vegetables. (cai soh)
+ judy - there wouldn't be S87XXXXXY and ah-lum-nee.
+ tsz kwan - there wouldn't be any j2s in the section wearing the phobos red tee during band.
+ clarissa - there wouldn't be mosquitoes! (wen zi)
+ hui qi - there wouldn't be anyone in the section taking any S-papers at all. (smart ass)
+ fuquan - we wouldn't have reeds given to us personally whenever we ask for them. we wouldn't have tuo diao tuo diao tuo diao. we wouldn't have anyone to bathe for weekiat with jojoba beads and bubbles.
+ justin - sarah and i would have died lugging the bags of apples from cold storage all the way out to pp's exit. there wouldn't be anyone breaking his specs during sports day and ended up looking lost and blind. and there would be one less topic for ATP to gossip about. heh.
+ benny - we wouldn't have such a bubbly and lively welfare officer. we wouldn't have understood so much about jc life and how much it sucks and everything. we wouldn't have seen how wong mei lin can actually dance! we wouldn't have anyone telling the rest of the physics and chem students that bio students are actually the cream of the crop (which i personally do not agree). there wouldn't be anyone conducting the band with his pinkies sticking out.
+ dawn and siok wei - there wouldn't be AGA in mj band.
+ baolun - there wouldn't be any girls in the exco.
+ zheng hong - there wouldn't be any megaman playing the horn solo for invictus!
+ jun yang and wen qi - we wouldn't have disco kings and queens in band.
+ weejuay - there wouldn't be anyone with refractive specs.
+ christine - i wouldn't have gotten most of the syf and section photos.
+ cheeri - xuan wei would have been the only trumpeter left if the two other girls didn't join band.
+ eugene - we would have starved to death during the camp.
+ joel - there wouldn't be , "for the last time, band dismissed."


gosh, this can never come to an end. but i'll end it anyway. it's.. almost the break of dawn. and i'm sorry, i know it's getting annoying cause my entries are damn long and they reflect nothing but my nostalgia for the times i've spent with the band seniors. i'll gear my mind into the study mood like NOW. haa, it's not the end of the world. and yes, i'll move on with life and work hard. but i'll always hold on tight to my memories. =) goodnight.

Thoughts Aloud at 3:18:00 am