chan SYF is drawing closer, only 19 days to go. Day by day i get even more stress, i have this feeling that if we don't maintain this gold standard we're letting down the alumni and the previous batches of seniors who worked so hard to get it. Especially since guo wei keeps stressing on getting a gold. I read from somewhere that SYF is meant for aesthetic groups to showcase their talent but seriously i think it's just a torture chamber....

We work so hard for 1 year ++, practice for almost 200+ hours, and the judges hear the two songs which combined is about 15mins. After spending 15 mins hearing it, they grade us on how good/bad we are, and their mood probably affects our score. To them its just another school, but to us performers its the event that everyone has been working so hard for.

I try to maintain this positive attitude that we will get gold but i know the chances of that is moderately low... SYF is not about how well we play occasionally but how well we play on stage, which is a different environment. We may play very well usually for concerts and such but if anxiety overcomes us on stage, doesn't that mean we've lost half the battle?

An alumni said that performing on stage is about your passion for music and a gold for SYF is just a bonus. Since its a bonus, why do the comm members keep revolving around the goal of getting at least a gold? Self contradictory... Every CO member is so stressed as SYF is just round the corner, in addition, our exams are just a week after SYF which probably doubles our stress levels.

In primary school when i took part in SYF when i was P4 or P3, i didn't find SYF stressful at all! The teacher never once stressed about getting this standard, whatsoever. She just said try your best! And she really meant it from the tone of her voice. When i set foot on the Singapore Conference Hall stage as a souna-ist, i felt completely liberated in a way as i knew my best would be good enough.

True enough, my primary school attained a high gold, we didn't get the gold with honours because while the previous school was performing, our instructor asked us to tune, thus the judges overheard and deducted points... Which led to a high gold.

Though this time i come on stage as a timpanist not a souna-ist, which could explain the great difference in stress level. I keep telling myself i can do it! But i keep getting reprimanded by certain people and it just doesn't help. Why can't they play the timpani and see how stress it is... Totally regretted joining CO, but since i'm in it already. We must strive for the best and attain a gold!

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dislikes: punks
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Laptop Cooler
Ipod Touch
PSP
4GB Thumdrive
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Adidas shoes(new)
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Name: Nicholas
Sch: EPPS, TMS
Affiliations: VFC; TMSCO
Age: 14
Birthday: 9 march 1995

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SYF is drawing closer, only 19 days to go. Day by day i get even more stress, i have this feeling that if we don't maintain this gold standard we're letting down the alumni and the previous batches of seniors who worked so hard to get it. Especially since guo wei keeps stressing on getting a gold. I read from somewhere that SYF is meant for aesthetic groups to showcase their talent but seriously i think it's just a torture chamber....

We work so hard for 1 year ++, practice for almost 200+ hours, and the judges hear the two songs which combined is about 15mins. After spending 15 mins hearing it, they grade us on how good/bad we are, and their mood probably affects our score. To them its just another school, but to us performers its the event that everyone has been working so hard for.

I try to maintain this positive attitude that we will get gold but i know the chances of that is moderately low... SYF is not about how well we play occasionally but how well we play on stage, which is a different environment. We may play very well usually for concerts and such but if anxiety overcomes us on stage, doesn't that mean we've lost half the battle?

An alumni said that performing on stage is about your passion for music and a gold for SYF is just a bonus. Since its a bonus, why do the comm members keep revolving around the goal of getting at least a gold? Self contradictory... Every CO member is so stressed as SYF is just round the corner, in addition, our exams are just a week after SYF which probably doubles our stress levels.

In primary school when i took part in SYF when i was P4 or P3, i didn't find SYF stressful at all! The teacher never once stressed about getting this standard, whatsoever. She just said try your best! And she really meant it from the tone of her voice. When i set foot on the Singapore Conference Hall stage as a souna-ist, i felt completely liberated in a way as i knew my best would be good enough.

True enough, my primary school attained a high gold, we didn't get the gold with honours because while the previous school was performing, our instructor asked us to tune, thus the judges overheard and deducted points... Which led to a high gold.

Though this time i come on stage as a timpanist not a souna-ist, which could explain the great difference in stress level. I keep telling myself i can do it! But i keep getting reprimanded by certain people and it just doesn't help. Why can't they play the timpani and see how stress it is... Totally regretted joining CO, but since i'm in it already. We must strive for the best and attain a gold!