Thursday, December 29, 2005
60th SMURDEPIP: My Bagpipe. Our Band @ 7:42 PM
LOOK!!! wahaha! i finally took fotos of the 3rd prize we won for the Pipes and Drums festival!! woot! i always feel a sense of satisfaction and assurance whenever i see it larh. i guess its a sort of recognition to the efforts our band put in to achieve this. training everyday, even when they went overseas, putting in all they could. i could see us improve day by day, week by week. it took EVERY ONE of our contributions to make this happen, and we DID IT!!! i mean, when i saw this again today at the cupboard, i was so touched! dunno how to explain larh. a band that's been osthrosized (or however u spell it) by a lot of ppl in e sch (even when we were training, i had many ppl asking us to shut up rudely. had to "utilise the gorilla in me" to help fend them off), a band that HQ tot was hopeless, a band that sometimes was disputed whether to close down due to its need for money, came in 3rd, beating bowen and presbytarian high. i nearly cried. i realli nearly did, when the announcement was made... i dunno but i feel this trophy has become our shield against a lot of the above. its like a ward God gave to us. A tool to help the band improve even further in the coming years. i wanna come back to visit 60th 10years later and see our band as one that's world-class. one that's highly reputed and highly sought after. The road hasnt been easy. Terence had to start it up, Shawn had to push to get the fundamentals straight. This has been it man. Guys, Mr. Jimmy Koh, bagpipers, 60th, RI, Mdm Yvonne, Mr Wallace: We have made you proud. Whenever I hold bagpipe 4 in my hand, i feel the sense of warmth. the sense of joy. the feeling that i just wanna play a tune and dance to it. Jimmy Findlater, Itchy Fingers, Rebel Piper, wateva. i love e feeling manz. i simply love it. If everyone feels the same, feel the passion, feel the spirit, feel the love and feel the joy, we can do it. we can overcome anything that comes into our way. any challenge. any obstacle. any shortcoming. We can do it. Let's do it. Just did it.
60th Smurdepip: My Bagpipe, our Band