Guitar Lesson 2

Today we continued with various kinds tapping. I learned how to tap by ascending and descending on the scale. I also continued with some exercised that i learned last week and made them a little more difficult by adding in some interesting stuffs like slides and string skipping. I wish that I can absorb everything that I've been learning now and actually use them in my playing.

Musical 3

We now have musical practice on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday lunch time.
Today we learned another new song again. But most or the member did not know that there was a practice today so we could not have a full band to practice.
We have 30 songs to learn in total. I hope that we can finish learning all the songs as soon as possible and able to practice with the actors.

Musical 3

The musical practices on 22nd and 23rd.

22nd:
We started a new song "All You Need Is Love". This song is a little challenging because the meter is uncommon. but we managed to play the whole piece on the day so I think it will be okay. What we have to do is just to make sure that we take the counts carefully and listen to others.

23rd:
We started another 2 new songs today. "Cinderella Fairy Godmother" and "Clean Up Clean Up". "Clean Up Clean Up" was easy, but the "Cinderella Fairy Godmother" was quite difficult for me because I have to use my finger and play the guitar which I usually don't really do. I hope that I can improve my finger picking for this song.

UES 1

Today the teacher talked to us about where all the rubbish that are thrown to the sea will go. And the beach cleaning that we did last week actually affect this (in a good way) because we can actually motivate people by showing our works on the web page.
We also had a meeting about what we are going to do on the week after when we come back from our mid term break. We are going to have newspaper day again on the Tuesday after the holiday or the week after. I suggested that we should inform everyone at least a week before the day so that everyone can keep their newspapers at least for a week to bring on the newspaper day.

Chamber Orchestra 2

Today, we started to prepare for our Christmas songs which we are going to perform in the middle of December. We have 8 pieces and we practiced 3 today, "Silent Night", "Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer" and "Rock Around the Christmas Tree". I am playing the guitar for "Silent Night" and playing the drums for "Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer".
We also practiced "I Will Follow You". We are almost done with this piece.

Rock Band 3

Today we still continued practicing "I Can Wait Forever". I think we are making progress. It actually sounded much better compared to the first time we played. The total sound balance is better now, the two guitars are getting settled. We can actually hear both of the solos. The tempo was just nice and what we have to work on now is to try to make the vocal line harmonized properly.
We are having a week off next week, so I hope that everyone will practice their own parts and will be able to have another progress on the week after.

Guitar Lesson 1(18th October)

I learned few variations of tapping on the guitar lesson. Some based on the minor scale, some on pentatonic scale. I also learned some exercises that I can do to improve my finger strength and help to get the feeling of tapping.

Musical 2

The musical practice on 15th, 16th and 17th (extra practice).

15th:
We recorded our fist song for the actors to have a practice. The drummer was not there so i had to replace his place. The recording went quite well, but it would be better if the ACTUAL drummer was there and i play the guitar.

16th:
We started with our new song "I'm a believer". It is a relatively fast pop song. So i enjoy playing guitar for this song. I am playing the chords for this song. The drummer was not there again.

17th(extra practice):
We practiced "I'm a believer" in the beginning and then started a new song again. My guitar part for "I'm a believer changed. Now I have to play the main tune. The new song is called "Teddy Bear's Picnic". It was an easy piece so it won't be a problem for us.

Beach Cleaning(UES)

The UES member went to the beach nearby the school and cleaned up by picking up rubbish. We went there by the school van and we walked around the beach and picking up rubbish for an hour. I hope that everyone would pick up the rubbish whenever they see it so that it will clean everywhere.

Chamber Orchestra 1(14/10)

We practiced two songs, which are "Oh Maria" and "I Will Follow Him". I still need to work on my guitar for "Oh Maria", and me and Joanna, the drummer swap instruments for "I Will Follow Him". This will be my first ever drum piece. I have to work really hard on it since it is my first challenge. I forgot to bring my scores on that day so I will be careful from next week onwards.

Rock Band 2

Today we had a new singer, Michelle. But the song that we are going to play for the prom is a man's voice song so it'll be difficult for her to sing. We may ask her to do the harmonizing for several parts. And then we can ask her to choose some songs that fit her voice.
We practiced "I Can Wait Forever" by Simple Plan today and we actually managed to finish the whole song. But there were still some parts that we could improve so we will work on that next week.

SCIPS FOBISSEA

(This activity was done on 17th and 18th of June 2008)

Few students from Uplands helped out the Primary FOBISSEA Games held by the SCIPS.

1st day(17th):
I helped out the swimming competition in the morning and the T-ball games in the afternoon. What I did in the swimming was to organize the medals, supervise the competitor by leading them to the right lanes and to help the medal presentations.
For the T-ball games, I was assisting the field umpire and recorded all scores and results for the game and handed into the umpire.

2nd day(18th):
The second day was the athletics competition. My roles were to supervise the competitors by leading them to their own lanes on the track and to judge and record the push pass event. I also helped out the T-ball throwing after my roles by measuring the distance.

Overall, I learned how to take leadership and responsibility on my action and behavior. FOBISSEA is an important event so I have to be very careful and responsible about all my works. By leading and supervising the competitors, I leaned how to treat primary students and also take leadership.

Musical 1

The musical practice today and yesterday(8th and 9th Oct) was mostly one the first four songs.

8th:
We got a week off so most of us forgot about the practice and our own parts. We have to practice continuously at home as well. We practiced the first song "Bring Me Sunshine", the second song "It's The Hard-Up Life" and the third song "Dance pf Little Swans". And we also learned the first bit of the forth song "Time Warp".

9th:
We practiced the 4th song "Time Warp" for the whole practice today. And today, Tett the new member came to join the musical so I am no longer a drummer but switched to a guitarist. I hope i can improve my new skills for guitar, which is to listen to the others and control myself since I have to accompany the actors.

Rock Band 1

Today we practiced our songs for the school prom. We are planning to play either "I Can Wait Forever" by Simple Plan or "Hotel California" by The Eagles.
It was a sudden decision to practice these songs today so some of our band members did not really know their own parts. I hope all of us are sure about our own parts by the practice next week so we can have more effective practice.