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Daniel Yee ;)
Victoria School
Victoria School Concert Band
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The Complaint Letters
Saturday, August 28, 2010,10:44 PM
To: My Life
From: Daniel
Strange
A strange day indeed. The direction the day took from the very beginning diverted from the norm.To: My Life
From: Daniel
Strange
Firstly, band practice started with Mr Tan speaking to us about, how times change. VSCB is most definitely changing in ways more than one, and this has adversely affected the objective of the band in the first place. We had a good one hour reminiscing about the band's past achievements, but most importantly, about our greatest blunders, and how the problem accumulated into the one which we have in our hands at the current moment. Invoking as it was, it revealed the flaws I had in me and I really want to change, but the solution isn't just going to drop from the tree, I am by no means Newton. However, I want to start taking measures now, and we have to start from the smallest problems first.
We were supposed to have drills in the afternoon, but for some funny reason, the parade square had a few....speakers set up, dashing our chances. We changed the program to soccer, which I unexpectedly took part in, and made a fool of myself. A few moments later, we had a mini-exco meeting, making clear about the flaws of the band. Problems from the band are indeed many now, from discipline to playing skills, IT'S ALL NOT WORKING OUT, and a root of this is probably the exco, or part of it, for that matter. We have to set the example, but we are really hesitating too much. We need to be more decisive, exco! Including me as well, and start putting theories into practice.
An eye-opening day for me today. Learn to lead, and lead to learn, all part and parcel of the Victorian package. We make mistakes, we learn from it. We reach a dead end in a maze, we learn to turn back and continue to trudge through to find the hidden goal at the core of it all. Every little thing we do, right or wrong, will lead us to our ultimate goal, and it will not come without a fight.
Whatever the future lies we must take the chance.
On a side note, did you know that Melodie Tan, the one who sung the duet with whatever Golmez his name was during the YOG closing ceremony at around the 1h20min mark, was our very own conductor's daughter. Shocking, I know. I was seriously taken aback. He did say his daughter was in the choir, but not this good. He must be a really proud father, congratulations, Mr Tan. I just hope the VSCB under our leadership will make him proud too and it depends on all our efforts to get it done.
'If you fear to lead, you have failed to lead.' - Tan Beng Wee
Daniel
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