Okay!! On the week of my concert day, I was damn freaking busy rehearsing and didn't have much time to spend with my family and friends. On the 25th of June, I had a rehearsal with the Youth band and on that day, I just gotten a drum set piece, Naruto Main Theme, almost to the end of the rehearsal!!! To tell you, its damn hard as usually when I play the drum set, the snare part, I am used to coming in on the second and fourth beat!! But this piece, it comes in only on the third beat!!! Its not easy to change of beat just within a few minutes!!! And also, its my first time playing it!!! And to tell you guys, on the concert day, my drum solo for Naruto was a last minute improvision!!! Some of you may think I am too proud after I said this sentence, but its true!!! And I only have like three days to practice it!! Worst is, I do not have a drum set!!! So its so different when practicing air-drumming and playing on the actual set itself!!! On the 26th of June, had another rehearsal with the main band, Singapore Wind Symphony Orchestra, and I was really got carried away with the City Swing drummer with his amazing drum set rhythms on the piece Concerto Grosso and September!!! And on top of that, the German guest conductor, saxaphonist and percussionists came down as well!! They came all the way from their hometown to Ulu Pandan Community Centre to rehears with us and perform with us on the 27th of June during the night performance!!! To tell you guys, they are really amazing and talented!!! Those who went for the afternoon concert, I think you got to hear on of the saxaphonist playing his saxaphone solo on the piece, Ibu!!! Amazing right???!! When its time to rehears Die Druiden, I was scared and extremely nervous as the German Guest Conductor conducted the piece and I heard that he is damn serious about the piece!! So I tried to play my very best and it went pretty well!!! After that, all of us just gotten the piece, Heal the World, to tribute the Legend and King of Pop, Michael Jackson!!! When I gotten the drum set piece, I was damn nervous until I didn't really follow the German Conductor. Until when he stopped, he asked me whether am I playing the drum set on the concert day, after hearing that, I was speechless!!! Then there is one trumpter from the main band told him that he will call the City Swing drummer to play. However, the German Conductor gave me a chance to prove myself that I can play the piece. So I didn't follow the score and kept on looking at his tempo and I just played with just feels!!! After that, I was relieved and I got to play the drum set with the main band for the first time of my live!!!

On the actual day, went to Ulu Pandan Community Centre around 8 in the morning to help out to move the instruments to the truck then to Singapore Conference Hall!!! Luckily I didn't wear my performing attire yet!!! Because I was perspiring like shit!!! After loading everything, took a cab with my percussion member to the performing venue!!! And sadly, I forgotten to reclaim back my cab fare from the Treasure as I kept on forgetting about it!!! LOL!!! Around 9am, was rushing every where to rearrange the instruments as at 9am, we are suppose to start the Youth band sound check!!! Was freaking tired after every was done!!! After Youth Sound Check, I have to stay, including some Youth Band members, for main band sound check, while the rest go for their lunch/break! After rehearsal, around 12 plus 1, it's time for our lunch!! And our lunch is McDonald's!!! Inside is just either cheeseburger or McChicken with a Hashbrown and an apple pie!! Drink is not provided!! Haiz...After that, the percussionist went to one changing/VIP room. However, the size of the room is equavalant to one toilet cubical and there are like 7 of us percussionists!!! Damn freaking small okay!!! Then we went to change as the afternoon is going to start!!! The only thing that I don't understand is why the interval of the afternoon performance is so short!! Like only 5 minutes!! Really pathetic man!!! After the afternoon performance, went for a quick brief about the arrangements for tonight's concert!!! After that, rush out of the hall to meet my closest friends and my parents!!! When I met a few of my closest friends, they gave me a Teddy Bear!!! I was shocked that they got me that because thats what I get only from them!!! I was so touched!!! After that, I met with my parents, however, I wanted to ask them to stay for awhile because I wanted to take a few photographs but my Godsis(a.k.a Xiao Zhu Jia Yi) need to rush back home as her grandparents are going back to Malaysia!! After that, I was all alone as some of my percussion mates went home as they do not need to perform for the night performance!!! So I just slack around backstage and hear the City Swing band rehears and also their performance!!!

About the night performance, there are nothing much to say but just that I did a great job with Heal The World and while performing other pieces, I saw a few audience closing their eyes and sway with the music!!! After the performance, a standing ovation occured!!! After the performance, took a few photos with the german musicians and also with the conductor himself personally!!!

Here are some pictures that we taken!!! Enjoy!!!

(The Smallest Dressing Room)