[WARNING]: This is a huge post, so grease your eyes before reading it in one shot.
Whoa! the first time I finished school at 2.
Reached home at 3.45, so it doesn't frigging make a difference. Bus 2 was so longggg.
During school, a particular boy who goes by two nicknames: b_ _n, where both of his nicknames start with 'b' and end with 'n', said something that hurt. During geog elect class. I seriously have no idea why. I have to say it was random, but I didn't like it at all. Why should he poke into my life and say something that hurt so much I feel like not being friends with him? I mean, what is his problem? Maybe he could have just said it accidentally, but I didn't like the notion of him saying something so indirect and just dismissing the topic as soon as you say it, and let me figure the rest. B_ _n, I choose to forgive you. But this wound will last. Long. And it still hurts, even when I'm typing this message. Because I don't forget easily.
Anyway, about talking about forgetting, I took off my shoe sometime during class (some random act) and I saw more black dirt from MJC's synthetic field. Then it came so quickly: the fun I had, the music we played, the... everything. Now it's so... unforgettable. Our rise from nothing, our fall from the comp, our rise after the fall..... It has TK Band written all over it. Yes, and there was a day (I forgot when) during recess when I heard screaming coming from the canteen, but almost no one was in the canteen. Moving closer to the canteen, I just saw a glimpse of the Deyi drum major marching up to take the Best Display Band trophy.
Now... rewind.
This monday, during recess, I just happened to look at the television and I saw our performance. TK Band's performance. The 8-minute performance which we worked so hard for. I bought my food, but didn't eat it till the video on the television replayed.
Rewind more...
During the day itself, it seemed like just a normal rehearsal, just because the stadium was less than a quarter-filled, i think. We performed. We waited for our results. That's all I remembered. I forgot the rest.
At present moment....
Now, when I saw the video, I heard 'Deyi' and there was cheering, although it did not come from the upper secondary levels who were all watching the video. No. It came from the television, and only the television. I even heard some jeering from the students. We saw TK's spirit in the video, all that happened during the day itself, only from a different angle. I really liked the way the video was presented to the TK crowd. Then came the black screen.
'Someone please tell Deyi it's on loan. We want our trophy back!'
I felt that sense of déjà senti.
Rewind again...
After Mr. Azlan talked to us, we went in front of where our school watched our performance, and did one last 'static' show. Something I really did not expect happened. The whole school was cheering. Madly. Whistleswere blown, the School song was sung, and I felt that TK Band spirit in the whole school that was there. It was unbelievable, and as quoted by a particular person in the HSH forum, " 'alfglsdf teoiksrkj; wkjkjgs. bsdaskbr owehohgf a.' OR 'Words now cannot convey the feelings in my head to you all,' ". It seemed unreal. On normal occasions the school would not even support the band or even talk about it. Now, it was a different story altogether. Cheers. Whistles. Hugging. Crying and sobbing. Comforting. All done by the school.
NOW, at present moment....
'Someone please tell Deyi it's on loan, we want our trophy back!"
The same unbelievable thing occured again. The whole canteen was cheering. There was a lot of noise after the video, but the school had something common to talk about.
TK Band.
We Define Excellence.
Talking about excellence, Yesterday my piano teacher made me play some sonatine by Maurice Ravel. I have to say the first movement was EXCELLENT. I liked the way the notes blended together, and although it was a bit difficult, I liked it. Now I have to choose between 'Aufshwung and Des Abends', which comes as a pair, and the Sonatine. I have really no idea what to choose. I'll let my skill decide.
Finally!
~BenjaminTAN
