Heyz heyz!
Wow... I've been extremely lazy for the past few days. Eat, sleep, read, watch TV. My holiday assignments are still nicely placed in my file, waiting for me to touch them and finish them. Sigh... I am just so lazy to start doing my homework.
Have been re-reading Harry Potter lately. It is just so exciting even though I have read it before.
Happy Fish (Kuai Le Yu).
For those who watch Xi Ling Men 2 (that 7pm show on Channel 8), you might understand what I am referring to. Hmmmmz... I find the situation the Montfort Chorale is facing, similar to Kuai Le Yu (The restaurant which sells the very famous fish and chips in the show).
Before da ma died, the restaurant is still prospering, doing quite well in fact. This is so similar to my batch of seniors whom I truly respect. Although we were only a 20 strong choir when i was in sec 1, the choir was actually doing very well. At that time, Mrs Paula Lee(The most feared conductress) was the choir mistress and my seniors knows how to handle her screamings and sarcasm quite well. So our relationship with our conductress then, was good too! We also had bonding sessions everytime after choir practice and we really had a choir room which we can truly own it. I guess, a good relationship between conductor and choir and a choir with its members bonded together like a family is important helping a choir to do well in whatever they want to do. And that's why, i guess at that time, we were doing quite well. I was one out of the 4 miserable new sec 1 members then.
When I was in Sec 2, my seniors left. Those sec 3s who were in choir quit because they did not like Mrs Lee. So, its left with the four sec 2 members and big bunch of sec 1 members who were conscripted into choir. This phase is similar to that when Jiaxi (That b***** daughter of da ma) took over the restaurant for the first time after Da Ma's death. The choir was extremely disorientated. We can't harmonise properly and we ended up singing songs with one part. Our first SYF took place that year and we achieved a COP. It was so expected. Most of the people (maybe everyone) dislike Mrs Lee because she is always screaming and never admits that she is wrong. But i guess she is a nice lady outside choir time. Knowing that the sec 1 members did not like choir very much, attendance was bad. I shan't elaborate... it was a total disaster.
Near the end of 2001, my sec 2 year, Mr Yong entered the choir. With him taking over the choir, we see light and a bright future a head. This third phase is similar to that when Yaxi and Meili (daughter-in-laws of the Luo family) helped out and take charge in the restaurant. The choir learnt new stuff and started from scratch. I was extremely happy and was always looking forward to choir practices. It's like the only thing that can make me feel happy even though i am suffering from a bad day. I totally enjoyed myself through choir practice and Mr Yong became not just our conductor, but also, our friend. He was very friendly, kind and is always smiling. He hardly scolds us (Okay... maybe once because we made him extremely angry. But that's not the point). Also, he has many plans for the choir and I can see his passion to teach us. The relationship between choir and conductor was there... a good friendship. At that time, the committee had tried their best to create a bond between each choir member. We would always have a sing along session in the bus as we were on our way home. Everyone would just sing along and harmonise together on the bus. The teachers were happy. The members were happy. The committee were happy. And indeed, we did show improvements in our standard. However, at the end of that year, Mr Ng came in and took over.
This marks the fourth phase... Jiaxi with support from Gao Zhi An (That disgusting psycho who goes around abusing women) took over the restaurant again. I am not saying that Mr Ng is not good in anyway. No! Mr Ng is indeed a man with knowlege and he knows what he is doing and all. But when he took over, I guess the choir did not accept him fully... and until now... the present... the choir seems to be in a pathetic state... What was once a 40 strong choir has been reduced to a 20 ++ strong choir (Supposedly to be 35, however, some souls choose to absent themselves for God knows what reasons). They are now strugglins with the Set piece and at the rate that they are going... I don't know. Sigh...
This leaves me to a sad conclusion that... If an organisation is not united, if they are not willing to accept changes and hope for the better... then, don't expect any good outcome at the end of it. Anyway, I guess I am thinking alot. But, such things just dawn on me when i am just staring blankly into space. Time flies. Things change. We can't live in a world of yesterday to expect great things in future. Sigh... Although i love and enjoyed myself in Meridian, I still wish I could go back to the past, where all my happy memories resides...
The 3 Musketeers and 1 Extra! notice that our position is the direct opposite from the picture above... haha
Montfort Chorale 2002 (After Founder's Day)
