Sunday, May 27, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Let's talk again
Hey dudes,
1) Anyone interested in the camp committee? Contact your friendly local committee member.
2) I see that this blog is usually kept alive by 1 or 2 imba people that spam posts. I neither have the time nor the inspiration to do that, so please POST!
3) I'm too pissed and tired to really discuss CCTs. Contact me personally. :)
4) Good luck to all prospective Sec3 committee members! All the best, and never lose yourself in the dizzying maze of leadership. God knows its tiring enough.
Have fun,
Di Wei / omega21
1) Anyone interested in the camp committee? Contact your friendly local committee member.
2) I see that this blog is usually kept alive by 1 or 2 imba people that spam posts. I neither have the time nor the inspiration to do that, so please POST!
3) I'm too pissed and tired to really discuss CCTs. Contact me personally. :)
4) Good luck to all prospective Sec3 committee members! All the best, and never lose yourself in the dizzying maze of leadership. God knows its tiring enough.
Have fun,
Di Wei / omega21
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Statement from the Lee DW School of International Policy Studies
Saturday practice is back again. Do you know what that means for us?
It means waking up at 8+ to travel to school(depending on where you stay), then practice for around 3 hours. Then another one hour trip back home or wherever.
It means the convenient ignoring of a letter given to our parents before SYF stating that the school was sorry, we need to add Saturday CCA for your son, once SYF is over we'll stop it.
It does mean no Friday practice. But the time spent in the run-up to the 3.30 Friday practice and the run-up to the Saturday practice are two different things altogether.
On Friday, we are already in school. Now, you are either in a merit CCA that is held after school (that's why CO starts at 3.30) or you, like me, slack around in the Bishan area before that. The library is overrun by CO people before 3.30. People either rest or mug.
On Saturday, we have to actually go to school again, just like weekdays. Honestly, what do you like better: staying back for a bit to go for CO, possibly using that tme for something good, or having to specially come to school on Saturday?
Now, you may be dismissing me for a lazy conservative person. But you want to be politically correct? So can I.
The Government has implemented a 5 day work week as standard throughout its departments. The MOE has also strongly supported this action. (http://www.moe.gov.sg/parliamentary_replies/2004/pq19102004.htm)
When the current batch of Sec 4s were Sec 1s, we had a Saturday xiaozu. Because of the 5 Day Work Week that was cancelled.
Have you considered family time? Does your family actually like you running to school to Saturday? The first day of the weekend?
Now, many people say it is 'necessary' to hold practice then. That is ambiguous.
Firstly, is holding xiaozu on Monday and dazu on Friday wise? That's a 4 day gap between the two of them, people.
Oh wait, there's a solution. Anyone feel like Wednesday practice? Hmmm?
Another reason given is that Mr Lim can't make it on Friday. I shall conveniently ignore the fact that he actually came on Friday before, not once, but twice. But I shall not speculate on his schedule.
What is more important, the orchestra or the conductor? I am not in any way disrespecting Mr Lim. He is a very, very good musician. (http://www.sco.com.sg/about_orch_musicians.asp , scroll down to the bottom, see arranger-in-residence) But everything is give and take. If we sacrifice too much...well, there's no end to it, is there?
Weekends are there for a reason. Rest. Homework. Family time. So on and so forth.
Choose carefully. Unfortunately, if you're not on one side you're on the other. You can't pon and not not mean to pon at the same time.
“Every board member should have the right to stand up and vote the way they believe in. Just because the board is not voting 5-0 doesn't mean it's dysfunctional.” Christopher Myers
P.S : Good luck for CCTs. I'll talk about them next time if I haven't already been arrested. O.O
Di Wei
Secetary
RICO
It means waking up at 8+ to travel to school(depending on where you stay), then practice for around 3 hours. Then another one hour trip back home or wherever.
It means the convenient ignoring of a letter given to our parents before SYF stating that the school was sorry, we need to add Saturday CCA for your son, once SYF is over we'll stop it.
It does mean no Friday practice. But the time spent in the run-up to the 3.30 Friday practice and the run-up to the Saturday practice are two different things altogether.
On Friday, we are already in school. Now, you are either in a merit CCA that is held after school (that's why CO starts at 3.30) or you, like me, slack around in the Bishan area before that. The library is overrun by CO people before 3.30. People either rest or mug.
On Saturday, we have to actually go to school again, just like weekdays. Honestly, what do you like better: staying back for a bit to go for CO, possibly using that tme for something good, or having to specially come to school on Saturday?
Now, you may be dismissing me for a lazy conservative person. But you want to be politically correct? So can I.
The Government has implemented a 5 day work week as standard throughout its departments. The MOE has also strongly supported this action. (http://www.moe.gov.sg/parliamentary_replies/2004/pq19102004.htm)
When the current batch of Sec 4s were Sec 1s, we had a Saturday xiaozu. Because of the 5 Day Work Week that was cancelled.
Have you considered family time? Does your family actually like you running to school to Saturday? The first day of the weekend?
Now, many people say it is 'necessary' to hold practice then. That is ambiguous.
Firstly, is holding xiaozu on Monday and dazu on Friday wise? That's a 4 day gap between the two of them, people.
Oh wait, there's a solution. Anyone feel like Wednesday practice? Hmmm?
Another reason given is that Mr Lim can't make it on Friday. I shall conveniently ignore the fact that he actually came on Friday before, not once, but twice. But I shall not speculate on his schedule.
What is more important, the orchestra or the conductor? I am not in any way disrespecting Mr Lim. He is a very, very good musician. (http://www.sco.com.sg/about_orch_musicians.asp , scroll down to the bottom, see arranger-in-residence) But everything is give and take. If we sacrifice too much...well, there's no end to it, is there?
Weekends are there for a reason. Rest. Homework. Family time. So on and so forth.
Choose carefully. Unfortunately, if you're not on one side you're on the other. You can't pon and not not mean to pon at the same time.
“Every board member should have the right to stand up and vote the way they believe in. Just because the board is not voting 5-0 doesn't mean it's dysfunctional.” Christopher Myers
P.S : Good luck for CCTs. I'll talk about them next time if I haven't already been arrested. O.O
Di Wei
Secetary
RICO
Saturday, May 5, 2007
An Open Letter
Dear Wen Qiang,
I don't know if you're reading this, but I hope you are.
I take back everything that I criticized you for. I take back all my comments about you taking over the tanbo blog.
I see it now, that you are immensely hurt.
I and most of tanbo have seen you blame yourself for everything that tanbo and the CO does.
I for one have seen you go into despair at comments directed at section members.
And I apologize for not doing the same. I as the so-called 'de facto' SL apologize for calling myself that. I should stand up and bear tanbo's misery as well.
How did that feel? Fun? Sadistic? Satisfying? Did you like reading what you write?
Wen Qiang, we recognize your limitations. We know where we have gone wrong. It's just that we, to put it in a suitably 'sensitive' way, have not attained the emotional maturity needed to see the pain and stupidity with which we act.
Wen Qiang, we are not dumb. And you are not dumb either.
Taking the heat for everything that we do is not noble. It is not glorious, it is not inspiring. You are our Sectional Leader. Leader. Have you ever thought about that?
'A leader is a dealer in hope.'
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pray tell, how are you going to lead by committing hara-kiri and backing down every time something happens? You are indeed concerned for us. That I know. But as a classmate, CCA mate and friend, I order you to stand up and fight. Not break down into emotional anguish every
time something attacks.
Yes, I order you.
I know that you are concerned for us. PT, the speeches and so on. I saw the labours that you took to prepare your speech. So, for our sake and yours, stop tearing yourself apart. If you really care for us, I have one piece of advice: go out there and show the flag. Stop putting on a show
of emotions.
I am sorry to have to bring this up in such a way, but I really see no choice.
Tanbo, I have not forgotten you. We must rally behind Wen Qiang. He is, after all, our SL. I shall not further attempt to fuck around with tanbo and his name. For, from today onwards, we are one again.
We shall help each other to overcome.
“The strongest have their moments of fatigue” --- Friedrich Nietzsche
“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity” --- Herman Melville
Di Wei
I don't know if you're reading this, but I hope you are.
I take back everything that I criticized you for. I take back all my comments about you taking over the tanbo blog.
I see it now, that you are immensely hurt.
I and most of tanbo have seen you blame yourself for everything that tanbo and the CO does.
I for one have seen you go into despair at comments directed at section members.
And I apologize for not doing the same. I as the so-called 'de facto' SL apologize for calling myself that. I should stand up and bear tanbo's misery as well.
How did that feel? Fun? Sadistic? Satisfying? Did you like reading what you write?
Wen Qiang, we recognize your limitations. We know where we have gone wrong. It's just that we, to put it in a suitably 'sensitive' way, have not attained the emotional maturity needed to see the pain and stupidity with which we act.
Wen Qiang, we are not dumb. And you are not dumb either.
Taking the heat for everything that we do is not noble. It is not glorious, it is not inspiring. You are our Sectional Leader. Leader. Have you ever thought about that?
'A leader is a dealer in hope.'
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pray tell, how are you going to lead by committing hara-kiri and backing down every time something happens? You are indeed concerned for us. That I know. But as a classmate, CCA mate and friend, I order you to stand up and fight. Not break down into emotional anguish every
time something attacks.
Yes, I order you.
I know that you are concerned for us. PT, the speeches and so on. I saw the labours that you took to prepare your speech. So, for our sake and yours, stop tearing yourself apart. If you really care for us, I have one piece of advice: go out there and show the flag. Stop putting on a show
of emotions.
I am sorry to have to bring this up in such a way, but I really see no choice.
Tanbo, I have not forgotten you. We must rally behind Wen Qiang. He is, after all, our SL. I shall not further attempt to fuck around with tanbo and his name. For, from today onwards, we are one again.
We shall help each other to overcome.
“The strongest have their moments of fatigue” --- Friedrich Nietzsche
“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity” --- Herman Melville
Di Wei
Honestly speaking
Upon reading what Wenqiang wrote as his parting words for Tanbo, I think we all know it hasn't been the first time that he has put himself down so severely. I quote from his last post:
Is that woefully inadequate? I seriously think not.
Jun Sean
A SL who does check attendance regularly, A SL who has to delegate his tasks to others, A SL who always critizes tanbo's standard when his own skills are woefully inadequate.Indeed, he might have been estranged from the rest of Tanbo because of the different practice venues. There were definitely inconveniences caused by this, but I'm convinced that what he has been doing for Tanbo so far has been nothing but great - being one "who does check attendance regularly", "delegate[s] his tasks to others", and "always criticizes Tanbo's standard". The pumping and all sorts of unprecedented initiatives he came up with, though time-wasting, was actually quite all right, in retrospect. Of course, he may think that he has not put in his greatest effort; but really, who can safely say that they can do so for everything? With the outrageously busy RP schedule we all have to endure with? Most importantly, however, is the fact that he has dutifully carried out all his responsibilities and have had the courage to criticize himself before others, is honestly something commendable.
Is that woefully inadequate? I seriously think not.
Jun Sean
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
タッキー＆翼 (Sotsugyou ~ Sayonara wa Ashita no Tameni (Graduation Farewell is for Tomorrow))
Yo. This is Valance, signing in for perhaps the last time in this blog. Therefore, my post may be longer than usual, cause its highly unlikely that I will ever post again...
Firstly, the reasons are many. However, this decision is reached solely by myself and has nothing to do with anybody. Blogs is gradually becoming more and more of a hassle for me, due to a heavy workload this year. As a rule, I always like to make my posts long and meaningful, something which I have been failing to do all the day. Thus, I cannot no longer ensure the quality of my posts, due to my hectic schedule. And posting in chinese is even more troublesome, as I type very slowly; so thats one of the reasons why I decided to stop as well.
Secondly, I have been accused (and rightly so) that I have been abusing this site, painstakingly created by others for the tanbo, and using it as my personal blog. I can find no defence against their accusations, and I feel extreme shame for I have been violating the sacred unspoken rules set down when this blog was created. This is called a "tanbo blog", and not a personal one. I should not be abusing it and flaunting this site as my own, posting nonsensical emotional topics that have nothing to do with RICO and tanbo. (something that I should never have done) In the words of a certain individual, if I wanted to post about my personal life, then I should have gotten a blog of my own. (something that I agree with) Thus, I feel that I have no right to post anymore.
Thirdly, if I were to post timing and schedule of practice times and dates, I can just call people directly. This ensures that the flow of information is continued. Posting on a blog, a blog which many people never bothers to check daily, would be fatal if someone never receives the information. In so doing, it reflects a laziness on the part of the SL, and blame should be solely laid on him.
Theres no doubt that this year's Exco and leaders are inept, as compared to previous years. And I am clearly one of the worst SLs tanbo has ever had the misfortune to have. A SL who does check attendance regularly, A SL who has to delegate his tasks to others, A SL who always critizes tanbo's standard when his own skills are woefully inadequate. Really, I'm serious, a grave mistake was made when I was chosen as SL. Being from the yangqin section, I cannot ensure that practice is carried out properly with discipline. However, since the task was laid on me, I can find no excuse to explain my negligence of tanbo. I have no right to point out faults in others, when I can inspire no confidence in them.
Looking back at this year and the last, I think I have truly found my place with RICO. I feel a sense of belonging. And I am also pride of tanbo. Tanbo has consistently been more disciplined and passionate than the other sections (I know I'm going get flamed, but since its my last post, who cares). In the current batch of sec 2s and 3s, I can really feel hope for the years to come. In them, I see people who can redeem and exceed the current batch of leaders. We have the pro people in our group like Kwang Yi, Chun Yin, Eugene, Chang Cheng, Jia Huang... They have the passion and skills of which most can never match. My only regret is that my way of running of tanbo has stunted their growth, and prevented them from realizing their true potential.
Another example of the sec 3s pwning is how they take the initative to come up with new ideas and concepts. In fact, this very blog was their product. One which I feel unworthy to take part in. I just wanted you guys to know... all of tanbo, that I am very proud to have you in my section. And grateful that you guys tolerated me and my nosense ideas. Like pumping, and writing essays..
Next moving on to CO in general, guys realize that since we changed a conductor, times are going to change. We can never go back to the days where we slacked during dazu under Mr Yeo. Like they always say, "New head, new times" We can no longer expect Mr Lim to tolerate us coming late, talking and playing a fool. We already saw the limit of his patience during Last Friday's dazu. After the session, I felt sad. Our first dazu after SYF, and we had to be scolded and adominished. Please, unless you have a valid reason, try to be fully prepared and in your seat 15 min before practice officially starts. Missing scores should also be found before dazu, another reason why Mr Lim was so mad.
I know alot of people skipped practice. To some of them, they might have felt that after SYF, there was no meaning in CO practice. To some, they might have felt that their trust was betrayed as they assumed we would be having a 1 month holiday. Well, the teachers may have been wrong to resume practice just 2 weeks after SYF, but you are also in the wrong if you do not come to practice after being reminded about it. After all, two wrongs dun make a right.
I implore everybody to be discplined during practice, regardless of xiaozu or dazu. Its okay for you to laugh at a joke told by the conductor, but keep quiet when he wants your attention. You guys have the power of technology: MSN, SMS, handphones, homephones, blogs. Is it so hard to talk about other stuff at a later time?
I address this to the entire CO, though I can say that tanbo's discpline while okay, still leaves much to be desired. We have Cheng Xiang and Jowie chatting during dazu, and Diwei occasionally trying to stop them... We have Jiayu being a comedian and his seniors playing along with him when things are serious. I know its natural for young kids to be active, but please respect the conductor when hes around.
Now, I will end off by commenting on each section...
Cello section: the cello people like Edmund and Vincent are perhaps the most discplined people in CO. They never talked unnessarily. Edmund is famous for his non-veral persuasion speech for last year's leaders allocation. Lol
Chuiguan section: a generally talented bunch, cause under the guidance of a strict and fierce teacher. Renyan shows extreme potential. jing hua is just plain weird. even though I borrowed his tuner and plug for 6 months, does not mean he has the right to kick me out of the dizi practice classroom together with the entire section just because I asked to borrow again. And Kah Khang? You are doing very well already. Keep it up! You can do it!
Huqin section: a mixed bag, has many talented people, yet some are average (not saying who). Unfortunately, their discpline is quite bad, when Yu Chen's not around.
Percussion: Home to the most talented people CO has witnessed. We had Bing Liang, Thomas, Ying Kwan, Cake (Tze en), Ai Di (Darren), and Patrick. Still hoping their discpline will improve...
Tanbo Section: Strictly personal, but you guys are the best. We have passion and skills. Really glad that I am in this section... Yeah...thats it...
Well thats it. Perhaps the last you're see of me. Its been good while it lasted.
Sayonara...
Firstly, the reasons are many. However, this decision is reached solely by myself and has nothing to do with anybody. Blogs is gradually becoming more and more of a hassle for me, due to a heavy workload this year. As a rule, I always like to make my posts long and meaningful, something which I have been failing to do all the day. Thus, I cannot no longer ensure the quality of my posts, due to my hectic schedule. And posting in chinese is even more troublesome, as I type very slowly; so thats one of the reasons why I decided to stop as well.
Secondly, I have been accused (and rightly so) that I have been abusing this site, painstakingly created by others for the tanbo, and using it as my personal blog. I can find no defence against their accusations, and I feel extreme shame for I have been violating the sacred unspoken rules set down when this blog was created. This is called a "tanbo blog", and not a personal one. I should not be abusing it and flaunting this site as my own, posting nonsensical emotional topics that have nothing to do with RICO and tanbo. (something that I should never have done) In the words of a certain individual, if I wanted to post about my personal life, then I should have gotten a blog of my own. (something that I agree with) Thus, I feel that I have no right to post anymore.
Thirdly, if I were to post timing and schedule of practice times and dates, I can just call people directly. This ensures that the flow of information is continued. Posting on a blog, a blog which many people never bothers to check daily, would be fatal if someone never receives the information. In so doing, it reflects a laziness on the part of the SL, and blame should be solely laid on him.
Theres no doubt that this year's Exco and leaders are inept, as compared to previous years. And I am clearly one of the worst SLs tanbo has ever had the misfortune to have. A SL who does check attendance regularly, A SL who has to delegate his tasks to others, A SL who always critizes tanbo's standard when his own skills are woefully inadequate. Really, I'm serious, a grave mistake was made when I was chosen as SL. Being from the yangqin section, I cannot ensure that practice is carried out properly with discipline. However, since the task was laid on me, I can find no excuse to explain my negligence of tanbo. I have no right to point out faults in others, when I can inspire no confidence in them.
Looking back at this year and the last, I think I have truly found my place with RICO. I feel a sense of belonging. And I am also pride of tanbo. Tanbo has consistently been more disciplined and passionate than the other sections (I know I'm going get flamed, but since its my last post, who cares). In the current batch of sec 2s and 3s, I can really feel hope for the years to come. In them, I see people who can redeem and exceed the current batch of leaders. We have the pro people in our group like Kwang Yi, Chun Yin, Eugene, Chang Cheng, Jia Huang... They have the passion and skills of which most can never match. My only regret is that my way of running of tanbo has stunted their growth, and prevented them from realizing their true potential.
Another example of the sec 3s pwning is how they take the initative to come up with new ideas and concepts. In fact, this very blog was their product. One which I feel unworthy to take part in. I just wanted you guys to know... all of tanbo, that I am very proud to have you in my section. And grateful that you guys tolerated me and my nosense ideas. Like pumping, and writing essays..
Next moving on to CO in general, guys realize that since we changed a conductor, times are going to change. We can never go back to the days where we slacked during dazu under Mr Yeo. Like they always say, "New head, new times" We can no longer expect Mr Lim to tolerate us coming late, talking and playing a fool. We already saw the limit of his patience during Last Friday's dazu. After the session, I felt sad. Our first dazu after SYF, and we had to be scolded and adominished. Please, unless you have a valid reason, try to be fully prepared and in your seat 15 min before practice officially starts. Missing scores should also be found before dazu, another reason why Mr Lim was so mad.
I know alot of people skipped practice. To some of them, they might have felt that after SYF, there was no meaning in CO practice. To some, they might have felt that their trust was betrayed as they assumed we would be having a 1 month holiday. Well, the teachers may have been wrong to resume practice just 2 weeks after SYF, but you are also in the wrong if you do not come to practice after being reminded about it. After all, two wrongs dun make a right.
I implore everybody to be discplined during practice, regardless of xiaozu or dazu. Its okay for you to laugh at a joke told by the conductor, but keep quiet when he wants your attention. You guys have the power of technology: MSN, SMS, handphones, homephones, blogs. Is it so hard to talk about other stuff at a later time?
I address this to the entire CO, though I can say that tanbo's discpline while okay, still leaves much to be desired. We have Cheng Xiang and Jowie chatting during dazu, and Diwei occasionally trying to stop them... We have Jiayu being a comedian and his seniors playing along with him when things are serious. I know its natural for young kids to be active, but please respect the conductor when hes around.
Now, I will end off by commenting on each section...
Cello section: the cello people like Edmund and Vincent are perhaps the most discplined people in CO. They never talked unnessarily. Edmund is famous for his non-veral persuasion speech for last year's leaders allocation. Lol
Chuiguan section: a generally talented bunch, cause under the guidance of a strict and fierce teacher. Renyan shows extreme potential. jing hua is just plain weird. even though I borrowed his tuner and plug for 6 months, does not mean he has the right to kick me out of the dizi practice classroom together with the entire section just because I asked to borrow again. And Kah Khang? You are doing very well already. Keep it up! You can do it!
Huqin section: a mixed bag, has many talented people, yet some are average (not saying who). Unfortunately, their discpline is quite bad, when Yu Chen's not around.
Percussion: Home to the most talented people CO has witnessed. We had Bing Liang, Thomas, Ying Kwan, Cake (Tze en), Ai Di (Darren), and Patrick. Still hoping their discpline will improve...
Tanbo Section: Strictly personal, but you guys are the best. We have passion and skills. Really glad that I am in this section... Yeah...thats it...
Well thats it. Perhaps the last you're see of me. Its been good while it lasted.
Sayonara...
There I changed the blogskin
Forgot to save the previous stuff >__> so I dont know the pic addr
edit: k put the image... now go put the links and stuff
edit: k put the image... now go put the links and stuff
Today.
Today's lesson. Was. Rather. Maybe very. Weird. His house is like so hard to find. Its not even on the map. Talk about being alone. Its like in the middle of some jungle or something. Not in the middle, but its so isolated and deserted that its rather "与世隔绝" you know. But his house is cool. Being a teacher must rock. I mean, you get to do what you like everyday, and then you can stay at home and enjoy life while your students come to your doorstep. Even if its so in-the-middle-of-nowhere type. As for the lesson, I think he pointed out so many mistakes in my basics that I felt like Mr lhl (I won't use full name, it would only make it easier for him to find this blog) didn't exist la. But maybe I really suck. He's quite a nice guy, not as scary as I thought. I really should practice more so that he can move on to more advanced stuff, perhaps. Any teacher would lose interest in teaching if his students don't improve.
Thats all, I guess.
Thats all, I guess.
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