Very disappointed..

Oxford dictionary, 'disappointed': sad or displeasure because one's hopes or expectations have not been fulfilled.
Well, we made it pass the division level round and now we're going to go to Bintulu for the state level secondary school choir competition that is coming up in around a little more than two weeks. For the seniors who have went through this same path before, I'm sure that our competitors are at their best yet. So the Batu Lintang choir army is marching on.. even without Pn Luk.
It's not an impossible task, and I believe in the potential of our school choir. Today morning we actually had a sectional practice just for the guys that started at 10.30 and ended at 12.00pm. (It started at 10.30 because we had a compulsory 'gotong-royong' for all the morning sessions before that) And when I walked in about 2 minutes after 10.30 and opened the bilik kuliah door, guess what? There was not one person present!
A few came later, but more than half of them were not present. A few were busy with the Genesis Quest thingy that also took place on this Saturday morning. And there were others.. with other reasons.
Needless to say, I am very, very disappointed.
To all the present choir members, I want to say this: wake up. Remember that we're competing against a choir that has a record about as impressive as ours in the choir competition. We're up against the best. Wake up! In the following two weeks, we can either make it or not. We have to decide whether we want to do this or not!
I'm simply wasting my time working so hard if all of you are going to keep finding thousands of excuses to keep yourselves away from practices.
Have I been too lenient to you all? Have any of you realized that we are going to face our toughest competition yet in Bintulu in about two weeks time, and that we're going to be performing on July 14 alongside some of the best choirs in Kuching?
Wake up people! You guys either give your all or not do anything at all!
I'm very disappointed and this kind of things will never be tolerated again. When there are practices, find ways to come, not escape!
The following two weeks will be crucially important. I hope you all wake up and start being a responsible choir member. I'm already doing my best and giving my all.
Please, no more nonsense from now on.
Do it for each other. Do it for the choir. Do it for the school. Do it for Pn Luk! Do it for the seniors who have worked hard to earn the SMK Batu Lintang choir a good name!

Me to choir members: I BELIEVE in you..

Remember, all that you have done and sacrificed for the choir will not be forgotten.

It's time to make history, guys.

Into The West

Hi ya all,

One of the songs we are singing on July 14 is 'Into the West'. Check out the original version of the song by Annie Lennox at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nVVWDSFFhc

Hope you guys enjoy it and understand and appreciate the song better after watching the video. : )

Ryner

Happy moments together...

Today is the 1st week anniversary of our choir winning the inter-school choir competition. I felt so proud of everyone because we had done our BEST!!! But...we still have a long long way to go...that is going to participate the state level choir competition...I agreed what Ryner had said that the BIGGEST opponent in the competition is ourselves...it is true...but we must also try to work hard to be better than not only ourselves but also those who are better than us...I think we should learn from them, not always competing with ourselves. Choir had given me lots of fun and happiness. I hope this won't be the last month of our crucial bonding...especially "mommy". She had left me...and went to become a soprano...sob...Actually I dunno what decision should I make now. On the 14th July, our choir is gonna perform somewhere in Kuching but I have a very important event goin on...I think I juz needa sacrifice the it for choir...I had made so much commitment to choir, I will feel guilty if I left choir and go to the 10th (grandest) Sarawak Rainforest Festival in Damai...hmm...since choir had brought so much sweet memories, I guess I needa be with the choir that day...By the way, we had pass our division level but we must always remember to improve ourselves because you will reap for what you have sow...I believe that we can do it if we are willing to put ourselves into it!

Behind The Scenes

When it all started....

Sectional Practises---> Block C

Had to move the keyboard and wires here and there as usual. But people were... and still are obsessed with toying the tuner and all fancy sounds makable.

"Sing loud but soft...Huh?"
Hah! That guy in white left us! (Seb) but its ok cause the brothers in. jk

"tenors! leave up your notes!"
Hmmmm, can't remember when was this. But the face tells a lot about the date though.haha

New location!----> Top floor of Block D

Remember guys, Colin wasn't with us yet and who's the one carrying the elephunk speaker up and down 4 stories MAN?????? haha

Was kinda fun singing at the highest point of school.

"haha, check him out"--------------------------------

Temporally Hideout----> Library

* We even practice at the library but i didn't took much photos of it. But it was the turning point for the choir as Ryner sort of let out whatever that clot in him (and of course the "bitchy" incident), the choir found new hope as we suddenly sounded remarkably nice.

Home Sweet Home---->Bilik Kuliah

Traditionally the most familiar place for all choir members. The smell of the unfancied air-freshener, the shaky benches, the "not in good condition" main doors, the banging on the piano... so much la.haha

"AAaahhh! ada nyamuk..."

cam pasar aje...




A better feeling of competition--> Dewan

Please don't be mislead by the following picture, it was really fun singing in an empty dewan.

Sleepy headszzZZZ

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***Group HUGS***

I guess this is where our chemical bonds come from. Van der Waals forces has no fight against the magnetic force between us.haha.no idea what i'm talking about.Just wanna say that a more united choir will produce a more united voice. And we sorta acheived that..sort of. lol

ONE VOICE , ONE SONG, ONE TEAM!-Xiaman motto(if not mistaken)

All the best!!!!

credits : w850i walkman phone

We won!!

Yay! Competition day finally came and our school choir has managed to win the division level choir competition yet again. Phew! That means that our choir's history of always being the champion in the district level competition has not been broken.. What a relief. We're going to go to Bintulu for the state level choir competition where we'll meet up with SMK Methodist again, after so many years..
Best conductor award went to Greenroad. Third place also went to Greenroad, and the second place went to St. Theresa. First place went to.. us. Well, when the winner was announced, a lot of the members were on their feet screaming and cheering.. Guess all the months of hard work finally paid off..
I'm not going to blog much, because I don't have any pictures with me now. To the St. Theresa choir members, I've got to say you girls were much better than the last time I met your choir back in 2004.. Your choir sounded quite nice and you girls were our biggest competitors in the competition.. Congratulations!
To all the other choir members.. Yalah, happy-happy... but not for long ar! I didn't want to tell you this, but now since division level is all over now, let me just say this: we have A LOT of room for improvement and polishing, so don't get all overconfident and stuff.. Use the very short break to catch up with your studies.. I know we have fun in practices but we all know studies is still the most important thing for us as students..
Well, congratulations to all the choir members!! Seniors, I hope we made you guys proud.. The road to this outcome was not an easy one.. And we promise to do our very best to get ready for the battle ahead for us at Bintulu..
So proud of you all!
*Group hug again*

Ryner

Preparations Made for the Competition

Hi everyone,

Hah.. competition coming up so soon and I really have to admit that it has really been tiring and pressuring at times. Especially the fact that people are getting SICK.. even when I told everyone plainly, "Don't get sick." A few are even so sick that they cannot even make it to practice, and that really puts unnecessary pressure on me... *pressure.. pressure...*
Not to mention that some STILL have excuses to skip practices, though only a few.. Even on Saturday when I strictly told them that whoever does not come on that day will no longer be in the team, some STILL had the bravery to go back early from practice.. For those who have been in the choir in the early years, you can probably understand my frustration at this obvious lack of commitment that leads to more pressure on my part.. *pressure.. pressure..*
The school hall was also used by PBSM for some blood donation activity from 9am to 12pm, so because of that we couldn't use it for practice. And furthermore, we are going to have four microphones on the day of the competition and I thought of using four microphones just to test how it sounds in a hall, but teacher said something about the amplifier not enough and that we could only use two microphones. For that reason, we couldn't use microphones to hear how it sounds in a hall. Even though that's a minor issue, it is after all still a problem.. *pressure.. presure..*
A few people still come late for practice.. *pressure.. pressure..*
The fatigue that comes from spending more than 9 hours in school a day.. *pressure.. pressure..*
The team morale that is not exactly high right now.. The not-so-convicing expressions on the members' faces when they sing.. The changes still made in the songs.. *Pressure!!*
But cut all that emo-ness.. This is what it means to be a conductor anyways, so what am I complaining for? Besides, it's a good experience and Cg Susie says something like she believes all this is teaching me to patient on how to work and deal with people in the future.
We're having a rest on Sunday, and on Monday it's going to be all-out.. Actually we don't sound as bad as many of the members think right now.. It's just that I have big expectations for the choir and I keep pushing them..
(By the way, the look on my face on Saturday had nothing to do with my contempt with Pn Luk.. I in fact really appreciate her coming over to teach us.. It was actually someone in the choir that I felt put a lot of pressure on me and made me the scapegoat for every mistake the choir made.. but we're ok right now.. a misunderstanding I guess..)
I know we can do our best.. Just need to polish some here and theres, and get the team's spirit up and I think we'll be ok.. I'm also sort of relieved that people have gotten sick for the past few days, because then they will probably recover by tomorrow and that's a good thing..
To all the members, I BELIEVE in you all and know we can do our best.. Some of you might not think so, but I also agree that the choir is not about winning competitions, it's about having fun singing. So the main thing about choir is producing a good voice quality that we can be proud of achieving, not necessarily being better than the other choirs. That's why I hope that after the competition is over, we can just have fun singing some other songs as well...
To the sick, you're probably getting better and better. And to the others, section leaders please remind them to have a good rest and do some exercies like jogging to sweat because it'll be good for them. Get yourselves excited for the Monday rehearsal and be confident.. We should be ok if you all follow what you have been told..
We can do it!
*Group hug*

Ryner

A million thanx to u

i would like to say thank u to Madam Luk for coming on sat morning although she's not feeling well, she stil turn up to hear us sing.. Really appreciate it!
LOVE U SO MUCH! <3