To friend:

Life is always filled with regrets
But just learn how to forgive and forget.
Whatever has gone it's gone so long
Just put down the past and we'll go on.

It's ok to cry, it's ok to sigh,
but after that you must fly high
for this is more than life could bring,
and this is all that grief should give.

Not by words by actions by gifts,
but your spirit will show all it can give
Just pick up yourself and simply stay strong
your uncle's spirit will stay for long.


Life really is short man. Yesterday marks the end of my 4 years in band. I finally graduated. I am an ex-member. woohoo~

I remember those glorious band days where we sweated and bled and cried in band. It was really a ride of a lifetime for me man. The first time i entered the band room and Mrs Chee shocked my life. The first time i saw Danial and the other DMB seniors, the first time Ee earn became the SL, the first time i broke my hand 3 times in band, the first time i carried the 32" timpani from the hall to the band room myself, etc.. So many first times, so many experiences.

This is the place where i met one of my best friends Christopher Sern, and other crazy people like zixuan ee earn and angeline, all of them, i love percussion man. We are like the most united section forever. Though we always make Ee earn go crazy, but we seriously been through so much together, all the band camps, drills, music, everything. We even followed Christ together. Hallelujah, The band times.

The times when Ee earn will shout "happy boobs day!" at 10pm in the band room, where Mrs Chee will scold our band and our music, and then scold ee earn because of the instruments and blah, when Mrs Chee called me Damien(lols) and where we always get pumped by yongzhi(joke la pls). Where we always make fun of Brandon, where we always disturb all the rest. Where we prayed together, played together,eat together(we finally have our own cheer), slept together, rested together, we did everything together. 4 years.


I remember the first time i held the drum sticks. Vic Firth Custom. I never felt so happy. I finally learnt how to play an instrument. I was euphoric. Even though i get all my doubles and triplets and sixteenths wrong, i was still happy. I know how to play something, and i am never ever going to forget it.

And i only got to where i am in worshipmin because i first learnt how to play the drums in band.

I really thank God for putting me in the band, to go through all these hardships, so that i will be refined in the future. All the things i've learnt in band, now i apply it everywhere. The School Values, the Biblical Values, blah..

Those SYF moments, bronze to silver, how so many of us pioneers cried when we got the silver and it's almost a gold.

We are the pioneers, the first batch of Deyi Symphonic Band.

We been through the ups and downs of band, we never quited, we never gave up.

We are where we are today. Even though other people say that our cca sucks, but we don't care, we love our band.

And well, the story doesn't end here, because i am still going back next year to help whenever i can so that ee earn won't suffocate and die when all the sec 1s come. But hey Percussion, i really love you guys. We really rock. the best. And the juniors: Don't give up now, because you will only enjoy it even more later. It's only the beginning.

And right now, my journey as a DSB band member stops here.

bye band. i love my band.