back from hawaii. felt elated and great to see my grandma, mum and dad at the airport waiting for my grand arrival. hahaha. i really missed my family. but now, i am starting to miss hawaii. ahhhh. everything about hawaii was great and enriching.
when we were arrive in singapore, everyone tried to console themselves by saying that they must be dreaming, it was a dream and when they woke up, they will still be in hawaii. and that we must have taken the wrong plane. hahahaha.
it was certainly an eye-opener. great experience. i was totally blown away. by the beach, the atmosphere, the people etc.
got so many to share. but first, this is it! the time when reality sets in. hawaii aftermath. from the start, i knew that if i dun enjoy myself in hawaii, i am going to regret. therefore, i tried to make the best out of it. however, despite knowing the fact, i can't help but regret. i did not feel the sand and water. stupid me did not bring my slippers along and i was way too lazy to take off my shoes. it seemed like only yesterday that we board the plane to hawaii.
meet a few other baritone saxophone player. coolness. they were great player. all their saxes were ilke gold. hahahaha. mine too. it been 32 days since i got my instrument. during the exchange rehearsal with A.J Dimond high school , i learn to make a note lower than A. put your feet into the bell. hahahhaa. anwyay, it was fun getting to know other people from other bands. it was pretty enriching and hilarious. moreover, i saw someone using a trolley to push his bari sax, wonder who is that smart guy. wanted to like borrow the trolley to push my bari to the pacific beach hotel. hahahahha. machines makes people's life much much easier.
sat with weelyn for the DINNER. there's like 2 other bari saxes player at our table. guess wad, we were the ONLY asians. like wow. forced myself to eat the salad. EW. it was quite okay, actually. the meal was stomach filling. got a blister, thanks to the shoes from pedalworks. painful.
we had to walk from ohana west hotel to pacfic beach hotel, for everything. at first, it seemed like a pretty long distance. but as we continue to walk, lugging my 12.35kg bari sax, almost everyday, it seemed shorter and shorter. i developed muscles. coolness. hahahaha.
i realised weelyn can fall asleep anywhere and everywhere. in the plane, while doing her work, after eating breakfast. you name it, you got it.
1st day. we had to report to the airport at 3.30am in the wee hours. everyone looked sleepy and unexcited. the united airlines made us feel so welcome, annoucing that they have with them, the st. anthony canossian secondary school who are going to hawaii for a festival, good luck and all the best. at that moment, i felt good. sat next to weelyn, in the window seat! weelyn fall asleep again. we arrive too early and we could only checked in at 3pm, so, we went sight seeing and shopping. the beach totally perks me up. the constant breeze was refeshing. and i found the sweets i love, only found in USA. hawaii's climate totally rocks. although it was sunny, it was still pretty windy. in anyway, it's still breezy and i dun remember perspiring at all. we walked around until night, where we totally missed study time. HAHA.
2nd day. breakfast was within walking distance. at Perry's Smorgy Restaurant. yummy. buffet style. love the hash browns and sausages. study time, used this time for personal stuff. oops. the KE people came and invade 864, cassandra, sascha, weelyn and my room. 4's a crowd, imagine having about 6 more. hahah. then our chaperone group B, consisting of Mrs Tan, weelyn, cassandra, carrisa, sascha, ben and sherri, meredith, jaslynn and me. went to ala moana shopping center. coolness. i wanted to get lots of stuff but realised i dun have my wallet with me, was so afraid, thought i lost my wallet. in fact, it was like on the bed. argh. false alarm. had warms ups in the Ahi room, wow, we could hear ourselves SO MUCH better. like, all the mistakes we made. once again, we had to walk back, lugging my bari sax, the people on the streets seemed to be enjoying our presence, the percussion section was like playing their insturments. and the rest of us were suffering behind.
3rd day. breakfast at Perry's Smorgy restaurant again. depart for pearl harbour and USS Arizona Memorial. unbelievable. so can't belive i was there. we had one hour to rehearse in the Marlin room. back to hotel, it's was study time aka prepare for dinner time. hahahha. the welcome dinner and dance. table 45.
4th day. busy day. breakfast at perry's. depart to ala moana shopping center to perform. wore our unifrom w/o the blue blazer. blue bra can be so obvious. wore sockings too, feel like i did not wear my skirt. hahahah. after sound check, we were slacking in the ballroom. intermediate band perform first, before that, tears were flowing freely. everyone was crying. so emotional. the senior band went to watched the first few bands perform. namely, our intermediate band, west ranch high school and concord high school. we left to get ready before A.J Dimond high school. i must say, i make lots of stupid mistakes during the adjudicated performance. ahhhhh. i guess we very much deserved a silver. although mr de said that he expected us to get a silver, i still dun feel really good about it.
5th day. exchange rehearsals and workshops at the pacific beach hotel. pretty educational and interesting. hahaha. everyone was excited for the exchange rehearsal with Epping Boys' High School from Australia, hahaha. you should know why. met another bari sax player. exchange rehearsal with A.J Dimond High School from Alaska, met two other bari saxes player, their low notes were wow. coolness. they entertain me alot that day. it was fun.
6th day. luau. big picture taken. hot hot sun. got sun tanned. pretty interesting hula dancing by our very own maxine and natalie. caught them on video. hahahaha.
went to ala moana again, had to shop really fast. sighs. no time to enjoy. but i love to shop quickly. the command perforance was perform by Epping Boys, everyone was excited once again. hahahhaha. and there was this thing about ben and sherri's. hahahha. one quote" would you fancy a cup of tea?" AHHAHAHHAHAHAHA. super hilarious. alright, i should stop teasing sherri about it, i have been done so for the past few days and i think she loves it. went back to hotel to pack my luggage and bubble pack my bari.
7th day. reluctantly depart for the airport. time passed really fast. missing everything about hawaii already. my mum told me to hard work now and save up, so i can go hawaii in the future. hope that this might motivate me to study hard.
i was slapped real hard back into reality. my life is in a mess now. incomplete assignments, new topics to learn. i am worried. but still missing hawaii.
at least i have been there.