Now that SYF is over and we all know the results, I feel that there is a need for me to post something here.
Let me start with a quote from a HCISO member, "Last year, whenever ther was practice, we would go, 'Practice? sian....' But after SYF, everyone is like, 'no practice? sian....'" From this simple words, we can see that many of us have actually poured our heart and souls into this SYF and into orch.
While i'm sitting here posting this, i'm also listening to our SYF recording. I must say that, even from a more objective view, our performance was the greatest that we ever managed. And this is despite the fact that normally orchestras only play up to around 80% of the real ability on stage.
Our A. Williams was great, we managed to make a seemingly boring piece into a what i can say is an almost perfect piece of music. I personally think that our Britten owned that of SNSO, no offense, we showed more details and possibly more spirit (?), well mr chan probably said it all...
But as the teachers and alwyn have said, we must move on from this, and show the world that the judges were wrong.
We will show everyone that we not only can play the music but also can enjoy it. We will take this setback as a motivation to work even harder.
BECAUSE, in our hearts, we know we are Gold with Honours, and we know what HCISO is made of! I know we have the ability, we have the spirit, we have the commitment
COS WE DO HAVE THE PASSION!!!

wenqi

HCISO Violists22:21<3

wad does a silver means to u?
something to get niao'd?
something that make u proud?
something to disappoint u?

to me...
it's juz a medal,
a paper with words in fact...

we got a silver,
not because we couldn't make it
not because we werent good enough
not because we deserve it
it's juz because we did not get the recognition,
of an experienced judge, an aussy, a canadian guitarist, and another angmor,
who judge us based on a set of rubrics,
gave us shitty results
a says you've played very well...

MUSIC
it's a form of art that should not,
could not
and must not
be judged based on a fixed set of guidelines,
i am not questioning the legitimacy of the judges,
but i seriously feel that they should judge based on their own feelings...

according to the MC,
we got the highest % of *supposedly* GWH ppl in the whole SYF,
but coz too high,
we kenna downgrade...
juz like last time...
they change the standards and expectations as they like...
clearly they do not noe how does this medal portrays us,
and how much effort we hav put into this...
in S'pore... everything is based on results....

but we,
HCISO,
know that we had played well,
and we deserve a GWH
in all our hearts,
we are GWH!!!

i dun believe in the Machiavellian views,
coz this end did not justify the process...
the process itself have prove us to be GWH medalist...

for all those suckers who thinks we are noob...
u havent heard us play,
u havent seen us practice,
u havent enjoyed our music,
u havent feel our hearts...

HCISO!
we know that we may not have the recognition of the 5 judges,
but we hav the recognition of everyone else who heard us play...
we know we improved!
and we will continue to strive on!

we hav the passion...
and we know we rock...
we will continue to strive...
we dun want anyone to sympathise us,
we muz stand up ourselves
2moro is a new day,
HCISO will shine!

HCISO Violists22:08<3

Hi guys,

As you can see, SYF is less than a week away. So far, the other performing arts had been doing relatively well (with the exception of EDC and CDC). I bet none of us wants to lose to CO and band rite?

I think all of us should noe wat is it like if we fail to get GWH. Like Chairman Loy said, we want to make the judge so impressed that, even if we kena 'lucky draw' and can onli get gold, the judges will still give up GWH. we dun wan wad happen in 2007 to happen again...

So what can we do?
cooperate more with the Exco,
play with enthusiasm,
do wad Mr Chan say
VIBRATO!!!
listen and look at each other...

oh yea... and we seriously need to LOOK like GWH players,
dun go up stage on stage with sian looks...
especially those outer players...

i m none of u wants to let all our practices go to waste...
so let's endure these last few days!!!
prove to everyone that HCISO is good!!!

Do you have the passion?

zy
aiya juz some random crap coz chaychoong ask us update blog

HCISO Violists21:57<3