SPF BAND: siLvEr w/ HONOURS [we deserve it.]
Yesterday was a solemn, somewhat disappointing day for SPF Titans, especially the graduating seniors (and myself). 1pm, the announcement of the results for the AM session on the second day of SYF Central Judging of Concert Bands...the most intense moment since last outdoor. Everyone had pinned high hopes on the results; some with hands clasped, hoping and praying that our wish (and the final wish for the seniors) would come true. Truth be told, the only 2 things on my mind were: SPF SS, Gold or...Gold with Honours, then everybody would be jumping and screaming, shaking hands, congratulating each other. But it wasn't like that...not at all!
"Band 42: Springfield Secondary School... Silver"
*hush*. The whole band remained silent...everything seemed to shatter before our own eyes. Everything we worked for, and this is the highest recognition we deserve? Is this the colour of metal that will determine and remain the SPF Titans' musical standard for the next two years till 2007? Is all the effort we put in really gone down the drain? How do we face our peers, our fans, our principal, our teachers, our friends, our parents, and ourselves... Everything seemed oblivious to me at that moment, and soon after I heard that the seniors cried their hearts out...I blamed myself...I let my seniors down...I made my seniors cry! That is the worst sin I can think of...and that's to make someone cry. Torn apart over and over again...even the little bits and pieces of me...slashed and burned. Nothing mattered anymore. The Titans were defeated, or at least, for the moment...
Mr. Poh came along and consoled us as best he could...to me, failure is only the beginning of success, and no successful person had achieved anything without failing before. Is this the time to fall down and stay down, or is this the time to stand up and fight with a zealous fervor like never before? The latter is not impossible, because, NOTHING is impossible. Yes, the taste of defeat is bitter. ok, it SUCKS. But this is a valuable lesson for all of us: what comes up will come down, but it won't stay down if you have the will to start climbing the mountain of success and achievement all over again. Achievement is truly more important than recognition. Although we didn't get that yellow metal we longed for in the past 6-8 months, we made people feel music...as it should be. The true meaning of music is to convey emotions, and we brought out that very fact on that day.
"We really enjoyed the music. Your band was feeling the music so well, I could feel it too. You deserve the Gold."
And this is a real achievement. Never before have we made other people feel music the same way as we did. The Titans have not faltered in their quest for musicality. This is a mere stepping stone on the stairway to victory, a landmark in its own way, although receiving no recognition. But we are a band to be respected and feared, because in 2006 and 2007, we will be back...with a vengeance...
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, AND IT'S ALL IN THE MIND!
*SILVER WITH HONOURS* Silver: Musicality Honours: Musicality with expression of emotion.
"Band 42: Springfield Secondary School... Silver"
*hush*. The whole band remained silent...everything seemed to shatter before our own eyes. Everything we worked for, and this is the highest recognition we deserve? Is this the colour of metal that will determine and remain the SPF Titans' musical standard for the next two years till 2007? Is all the effort we put in really gone down the drain? How do we face our peers, our fans, our principal, our teachers, our friends, our parents, and ourselves... Everything seemed oblivious to me at that moment, and soon after I heard that the seniors cried their hearts out...I blamed myself...I let my seniors down...I made my seniors cry! That is the worst sin I can think of...and that's to make someone cry. Torn apart over and over again...even the little bits and pieces of me...slashed and burned. Nothing mattered anymore. The Titans were defeated, or at least, for the moment...
Mr. Poh came along and consoled us as best he could...to me, failure is only the beginning of success, and no successful person had achieved anything without failing before. Is this the time to fall down and stay down, or is this the time to stand up and fight with a zealous fervor like never before? The latter is not impossible, because, NOTHING is impossible. Yes, the taste of defeat is bitter. ok, it SUCKS. But this is a valuable lesson for all of us: what comes up will come down, but it won't stay down if you have the will to start climbing the mountain of success and achievement all over again. Achievement is truly more important than recognition. Although we didn't get that yellow metal we longed for in the past 6-8 months, we made people feel music...as it should be. The true meaning of music is to convey emotions, and we brought out that very fact on that day.
"We really enjoyed the music. Your band was feeling the music so well, I could feel it too. You deserve the Gold."
And this is a real achievement. Never before have we made other people feel music the same way as we did. The Titans have not faltered in their quest for musicality. This is a mere stepping stone on the stairway to victory, a landmark in its own way, although receiving no recognition. But we are a band to be respected and feared, because in 2006 and 2007, we will be back...with a vengeance...
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, AND IT'S ALL IN THE MIND!
*SILVER WITH HONOURS* Silver: Musicality Honours: Musicality with expression of emotion.
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