2nd november, first day NCO : excited =) haha. fadly and i went to CCAB by fadly's dad's van. thx uncle ! =) . reached there around 7:40am. knew nobody. and suddenly i found my primary school friend, ashley ( usually people will noe him by a show " i not stupid 2 " he plays the role of jerry, tom's younger brother) haha. and chatted happily =) met some new faces and i got to noe darren ( DM from Fuhua sec. ) unlucky he is not in the same team as us. i happen to be in team 1 together with ashley. we were then split into 2 smaller groups and went to our location for " ice breaking " . and i got to noe Tzung Ern ( DM from catholic high ) but!! he happens to be a BM. because his DM is not here. and also i got to noe Damien ( DM from st. andrews high ) he is also our group leader =) very sociable people i knew. had fun together and went for tea break. and we started our drills. although it was strict and tiring. alot of us had fun and we enjoyed it. after lunch was lecture by a senior music director from SAF Band. quite boring though. but it reminds me of some basic aspects of a leader which i have forgotten =X haha. after that was MACE TRAINING !! i was so looking forward to that. but it was very awkward. everyone's mace was black but mine is white. haha. alot of people had eyes on my mace as it was the nicest among all =) haha . learn alot of the instructors from SAF band. they are really nice people, real friendly. and after that debrief and went home dead tired but fun. fell asleep very soon after that =)
3rd november, 2nd day NCO : excited to go for the camp again. although i have not enough sleep. the first thing in the morning was drills again. bloody hell. the trainers was very fierce. unlike the first day. they scream at us for no good reason. hate tat part. as usually tea break. and i got to noe Zoe ( DM from first Toapayoh sec ) and also charlene ( BM from pierce sec ) nice people also. unfortunately it rain !! so we had our mace training in the MPH instead. haha had fun as well =) people starting to drop their maces due to the difficult actions they had to do. with the weight of the mace, some tricks are tough to do =) we all perserved and all of us can do it at the end of the day. haha. it was lunch time and after that was a lecture AGAIN by prof HO. from NIE. he is very exprienced in music and is now teaching at NIE. he talked to us about the history of band music and instrumentations. another boring speech. after that was mace training all the way till debrief and went home dead tired again.
4th November, 3rd day NCO: tired , went to mrt station meet fadly there and took bus 154 to CCAB. another long day ahead of us. reached there and it was drizzling lightly. rushed to our locations and we did drills till tea break. and here is when i met Samuel( DM from st joseph's institution) also another Samuel ( DM from chua chu kang sec ) and clement ( DM from chong boon sec ) they are a bunch of funny people. haha =) had mace training and lunch and after that was formations !! haha. it is very fun. we learn our formations in a day omfg ... according to our instructors. it is a impossible thing to do. looks like we are purely gods ! =) muahahaha. after tat debrief and went home. sleep like a dead pig.
5th November, 4th day NCO : very tired, went to MRT station and took bus 154 to CCAB again. and it was raining hard. so our drills was canceled half way . many DMs including me was worried because if it is raining on our POP day, then DMs wont have performance and marches. sad case. 4th day we pray and practice hard for our formations and we perfected everything. the trainers were very very proud of us and he says that usually formations took months to do. and we did it in 4 days !! haha . we had so much time that we sit down and talked to the trainers about crap stuff. went home excited for POP. cant sleep well, too excited.
6th November , last day of NCO, POP DAY : dam dam excited. went to CCAB again. and see alot of my friends there. and it was the last day !!! sad sad sad.. parting for good. dun worry miss u guys alot ! =) DM forever ! and it was finally the parade that all of us are waiting for. and i was thinking i am actually there. 5 days is like so fast ... marched in, and stood there for prize presentations and inspection by BG. Marched out. did my display!! confidently haha =) it felt so good over there. when i marched pass, i heard my brother junjie and some seniors shouting my name ! ( keeyan ! ) haha. so happy. i was also the first contingent's right marker ! =) important role =) haha. thanks to you guys . after that went to see all my friends and i was so happy to see them here for me and fadly =) haha. all my seniors was so proud of me and fadly. a job well done! =) and thats about all =)
picture time !! haha. =)
This is my March in, the first contingent of drum majors =) i am at the first role the extreme left.
My good friend, Zoe and i =) we borrowed trumpets and took picture both of us are trumpeters =)
this is james =) and me ! =) drum majors !! we are the only ones with white maces=)
this is joshua( DM of maris stella high) Samuel , and me =)
and this is my good friend tzung ern ( BM from catholic high ) DM in disguise =) haha.
And also a short video of my performance haha =) dm's display 2 but unfortunately i cant upload it because it is like some sort of hanged .. so haha next time folks =)
bye =)
happy day.
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