i was from the band.

i played the percussion since i was 9. 

i was from a brass band, and somehow it didn't seemed right. i told my mommy how much better 'titanic' would sound with the flute instead. 

then i joined the band in STC. 

there were the flutes the clarinets, the missing oboes, and the saxophones.

and we even played a piece that included a piano solo. 

and throughout my secondary school, i was proud of music. 

then my passion grew. 

lessons at ACS was what changed my perspective of music. 

i wanted more than just what i was playing, so i started pushing myself in terms of both percussion, and piano. 

at the peak, i completed 10 O level music papers within 3 days, practiced piano like i never did before. 

when O level was done and over, so was my grade 8 exams, i felt i wanted something more, but what? 

then i joined the wind symphony as i moved on to republic poly. 

i realized there, that i do not crave for those sounds anymore. something was missing. 

the strings, i think, was what the gap was.

i wasn't interested in the sound of the band anymore. i felt it died off in me. so i gave up the sound of the band for strings. 

it was amazing, how beautiful the mellow sound of the cello blended with the violas and violins.

then i learnt that without the band, the strings weren't as beautiful. 

today, viva la symphonie reminded me where i came from.

this very familiar sounds.. so vibrant. 

the sound of hard work blended with passion and laughter. 

this music, is of such a different level from it first started. 

and its beautiful.