missing band suddenly...

maybe i laughed too much during dinner just now and my brain got de-oxygenated. my brain was totally in its nothing box even with my journal papers plastered in front of my face. without realising a thing, i typed 'persis overture youtube' on google chrome and played the very first video on the search result.

the first note made my heart skip a beat. suddenly i imagined myself in the old band room, having a full band practice. the running notes sent chills down my spine because any mistake would mean addition 1 hour of practice. i anticipated the basses for their upbeats and felt a sense of relieve when they entered at the correct timing. my attention was turned towards shihua the minute the pace slowed for the oboe solo. we were transported to the benches outside our classroom. i remembered tears and her shaking while learning the solo during sectionals. and i asked her if she can play the solo for my wedding (i have no idea why! its not exactly that romantic.)

at about 7:20 into the song, the entire scene changed to a concert hall. uncontrollable emotions overwhelmed me. maybe because our band performances always reached climax at this point, or maybe because we had played this song for our seniors farewell, as well as our own farewell, or maybe because we were just glad that we made it through the entire song (or performance) without any glitches. and guess what, it was so intense that i held my breathe during the momentary pause before the last few notes. 

persis overture was written with a very beautiful story behind it (go google!). but to me (and hopefully the band), it summarises the entire bittlesweet memories of four torturous yet happy years in band. even blue shades doesn't have the impact! gosh. i miss band soooooo much.

ex-bandmates aka current buddies, take some time off your tiring and stressful work/study to listen to it! feel the magic of persis as it brings you back to our innocent swiss winds time. this is a privilege only for band members! =)

ps: i miss our version of amazing grace with saxophone solo. melvyn, can you give me a little hint on the keywords to google for that version?

buddies for life, without fine prints

i'm so sorry buddies, i just have to post this epic fail photo of us 42368413 years ago...

at least this shows that we are true friends; we accepted each other regardless of how we looked like! and did stupid things together! *grins*

thankfully, things become a little better 42368413 years after... we had set off for different adventures after secondary four and finally, we realise our individual dream and celebrated it at a very memorable place, VCH, the place we achieved our gold medal 42368413 years ago.

we were like power rangers, kelly was pink, shihua was blue, i was yellow and weng was orange. somehow, over the years, weng's orange had became RED. 

ie, look below =)

anyway, congratulations buddies! from this point, we will step out onto our new adventures, knowing that no matter what happens, our buddies for life will be there for us. 

*bang bang chest point at you!*

ps: melvyn, if you are reading this, do you think its time u resurface to earth again?

melvyn tay, im putting you in charge of this!

when i die, i want my funeral band to at least play in tune. no auld lang syne and random marches. i hope the playlist includes amazing grace with saxophone solo and persis. and it should be played like how we did it during band tour. ok?

i know i miss band when i still get nightmares about it. haha