Welcome to NJC Angklung Ensemble's blog! :)

We are a group of carefree students who have gathered together,
regardless of bawahs, normals, atas, kulintang and percussions
to create music like none other with our conductor, Mr Dzul. :D
Teacher i/cs: Mr Tan Chor Yean, Ms Sun

Haha hello! This post is specially dedicated to everyone, the juniors, j2s, teachers and mr dzul :) Aiya, i forgot tt according to tradition, the pres must give a speech on farewell la, then didnt prepare at all and i gave a super short one just now haha. (eh i know all of u mux be glad tt I didnt prepare right, haha. if not i say super long then u all will doze off =Pp)

kk, firstly.. to the j2s :)
yar yar i know I've said many times- thanks for ur support for the exco over the past one year.. but but but. it's true wat!! haha. and in fact, it's not jux about ur support. it's the friendship that I truly treasure. We've gone through so much together.. I believe when u guys updated the caal portfolio and did the reflections, u all would have recalled the fun times we had together.

Syf- we had intensive practices till very late, we were all tired, not fully used to jc life yet, hectic schedule, tons of hw, two complicated scores to memorise etc etc. But we all pulled through. GOLD. We did not achieve Gold with Honours. but who cares? jux get it nxt year! we took part in the competition not to win awards, but to test how far we can go. On that day, when I was standing on the stage. I knew we had reached our peak. The audience applauded for us like siao. haha. serious. we were great. well done j2s.

Racial Harmony Day performance- our first performance without the seniors. some j2s were updating their caal and they asked me, "what was that?" haha. and my reply was, "aiyo, the disastrous performance at LT5 la!" haha. and then they remembered. this was what i meant. we have the same memories together, the same set of feelings and the same kind of experience. all these pull us together and make us united. our performance that day was really not very fantastic haha. we played reverie and there were OBVIOUS missing notes for part of the song. looking back at it now, i believe all of us would laugh at our performance rather than blame ourselves for not putting in more effort that time. this is because we know we have done our best.

IRIR night 2007- the ten or dunno how many course dinner!! haha there were really many dishes lor, im sure everyone can rmb haha. The most memorable thing tt i remembered (unless i was dreaming)was about this particular dish which I wanted to eat but I think Nabil or Ivan said that it looked like mucus =.= (did i spell it correctly? haha aiya u all understand can already). yar. and obviously i had no appetite after tt.

There were really so so so many performances and fun time tt we had together tt I really cant state out one by one in this post, if not many of u will scold me for spamming the blog haha. all i want to say is tt, to all j2s, memories are not to be taken for granted. think about it, if you have not joined angklung, would you have all these memories? would you have known all those good friends tt you've made in angklung for the past one year plus? would you have met mr dzul? would you have shaken President S.R Nathan's hands for IRIR? (haha kk i know this example somehow ruins the impact of my lines). i know i wouldnt have loved the cca if not for each and everyone of u.

thanks to u guys who have made a difference to 2007-2008 nj angklung ensemble.

FINALLY... =) study hard for ur prelims and A's!! i know u guys can do it!!
(er-hem. except that mr I*A* who always do super well for exams huh, no need study so hard since you confirm can get 4As haha. nope, dont be so sensitive, i am NOT talking about ivan. lol. )

-The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary-

Next, to the juniors..
(I'll keep my msg shorter la haha. i know im naggy but i really want say a lot to u ppl!!)
It's freedom time!! haha. yepps. the seniors wont be 'watching' u guys anymore, so u all should treasure such good days yeah? lol. nxt year, when UR juniors come, it'll be ur turn to be role models and cannot play as much le ar haha.

I know u all are very busy now, having to learn new songs for upcoming performances. u guys may be tired and may start feeling stressed out. My advice to all of u is this- understand the purpose of the perfomances. the only way for one to be motivated is to make one realise the rationale for doing tt particular thing.
why am i having intensive practices?- because i need it. why do i need to practise?-because i have an upcoming performance. why is there a performance?-because the ensemble has been invited. why am i involved?- because I am part of the ensemble. why am i part of the ensemble?-because I HAVE A PASSION FOR ANGKLUNG AND THAT IS WHY I JOINED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Only when u understand why u are coming for practices/gg for performances will u find wat u have been doing worthwhile.
In my opinion, all practices are meaningful and useful in their own way only if one decides to make it so. The success of each practice isnt determined by the excos or mr dzul. It is determined by the response tt u guys give. Music or noise, it's up to each and everyone of u.

Lastly.. jux want to say.. enjoy the practices and do ur best alrite? we seniors will miss ya :)

To the teachers (Mr Fuad, Mr Tan, Ms Rahaa)...

Haha. ok i dunno if the teachers managed to survive reading thru my above messages, but anw, this message is specially for u all, on behalf of the seniors:)

Thanks for being there to support us for the past year..

Dear Mr Fuad, thanks for giving us motivating speeches last year when we were j1s, nope they didnt freak us out haha. instead, your encouragement spurred us to do our best in balancing both schoowork and cca.

Dear Mr Tan, thanks for putting in so so much effort in managing the cca, especially during the concert period. thanks for replying to all my queries and pestering regarding cca matters during weekends, when u are supposed to be happily out on a date or having a good rest haha. thanks.

Dear Ms Rahaa, thanks for guiding us and giving us encouragement when we need it. We really appreciate that :)

Last but not least..
Dear Mr Dzul (the most charismatic conductor ever), thanks for making all our practices so enjoyable and fun. ur jokes are REALLY lame. but funny. haha. thanks for teaching us values tt are impt in life. u are not jux our conductor. U are an educator, a motivator and of cos, not forgetting, Transformer!! hahaha.

Okay, this is really the last thing I want to say lol..
ANGKLUNG OI!!!! :)

I know I may not be the best pres ever but I have,
to the best of my ability,
tried to make Angklung Ensemble the best cca,
for each and everyone of u,
so that you all can have the best memories in NJ.

Once an Angklungnite, always an Angklungnite.
-Michell -

posted by Michell Soh at 10:34 PM

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Mr Dzul

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