OLOMOUC

OK guys..im back from Olomouc, Czech ..Vienna,Austria
i ll jus give a brief description of wat heppened there..den go into details later..
Tampines Junior College Choir got back 3 GOLD medals,
topped 2 catergories along the way, in
Mixed Youth Superior..YES!!..its superior!!..(96/100)
Equal Voices( 95/100)
and got GOld in Mixed Youth too..(95/100)
* i may not get the marks correct.tell me if there are mistakes..but in anycase..they r near to perfect!..haha..

The Vocal Consrt got 2 golds in Folklore and Open MIxed Superior
They got full marks (100/100) in both catergories..!
Hence, the vocal consort and TPJC male chorus got into the grand Finals!!..which is telecast live on some czech website..
In the end, a czech boys choir got the grand prize..with duno how many boxes( the votes)..
(they are owning)

im continuing the rest in the following..haha..some ppl may find it interesting but some may find it boring la..but in anycase..it will be quite long..so it is advisible to stop here n continue reading other parts the next time u come..haha..=)

ok guys...i will start day by day..

Day1-
Reach the airport at 5+ pm with the other 3 to study at delifrance..lol..
den a few joined came after 7++..n slacked at delifrance with our luggage until 11+ den we go up to Emirates counter. ppl were discussing what they have brought over there..n Luke said he brought PS1..but only got 1 controller..lol..den he suddenly knew tat he forgot his black shoes..den he rushed home n take..
12am, everyone assembled at the emirates counter..parents relatives of the choir pps all gathered around the counter..haha..hugging their children..asking them to take care of themselves..all tat la..ha..dint ask my mom to come..cos im old enuff le..n also dunwan her to cry..cos she did when i left with my pri sch to taiwan in pri 6. hehe
den we wasted abt 1 hr to gather the ppl to check in..cos its jus too unorganised..ppl were wandering everywhere..
den we checked in n proceed to the waiting area lo..the plane departs at 330 am ..
Emirates Airlines..
3.30am..
we board the plane n i was wondering whether Emirates is better or lousier than SQ, whether they have in-flight entertainment like Krisworld of SQ..so when i went in..1st thing i look out for is a small screen in front of every seat..if there is one..den there will be games n movies!..YEA!..
n yes..every seat has a small screen in front , n in fact, the controllers, the screen are exactly the same ones as SQ planes..wow..but the things inside are not the same..haizz...
the interesting games tat i came across are jus Scrambledash, tetris, poker ..tats all ba..haha..
but at least they got multiplayer games..wheeee..
we were served 3 breakfast n 2 lunch during this 2 long flights...some are good..some are OK..
3 breakfast 2 lunch in this abt 16 hrs of flight..cos the time kept pushing back..
so we set of at 3.30am 7/6/2006 in S'pore n arrived in Vienna at 4++ 7/6/2006 ...
b4 this , we got to transit at Dubai..it looks modern..vibrant..crowded...
when we reached Vienna, we took a 3++ hr bus ride to the city of Olomouc, a town in Czech Republic..checked in hotel, live with ks, n dinner at the hotel restaurant..went to hotel aftertat..
A live match of China n France..friendly..went to friends' room n watch..den go back to room n sleep..
a day has passed..

Day2-
woke up at 6++ in the morning..still felt tired cos of the long flight..den we have warmup with nelson..den sing with consort in the friendly concert..sang pok pok, noyosa, dieu,yee vue..think so..den sing with TPjc choir..in mixed chorus n male chorus..i think its jus a warm up for us..as we need to get used to singing in cold climates, and we also dint sing for sometime le..abt 2 days?...hehe..den went to St. Maurice Church Tower..to learn abt the organ..we went into the church..but the space is too small for everyone to get a seat..so some stand..so me jul jil val ks george sit all the way back..n take pics lo..haha..cos we cant hear the person speaking..
den later went down to the church..sing ave verum with tpjcchoir n ave maria with consort to test the acoustic of the church..whaha..den after singing..a judge of the comp heard us sing ..n i heard him say 'bravo' to nelson after tat..wahah!!..
after tat we went back to hotel to get ready for our evening opening concert..its the same place as our competition ..so we use this as an acoustic check for our songs..after tat, get back to hotel..
another day passed..2 more days to competition..

Day3-
woke up again..n today we have a full day of sectionals n combined practices..n since im singing in consort n tpjcchoir..there is no rest for me..sing the whole day..but i find them all quite effective..at least for the consort small grps..duno anything from tpjchoir tat side..
every meal is provided in the hotel..so after tat..sleep again..resting our voices..
something happened today which canot be elaborated
another day passed..competition next day..

Day4-
Competition Day!..but duno y some ppl wan to action or wan to show his hard work in choir..he called everyone to assemble at 630 to start warm up..limbei jus got into toilet after ks jus finished bathing..den bathe 1/2 way heard ks say warm up at 630..den we like wtf?..y were we only informed now..n somemore tat time im bathing..so i need to rush la!!..zz..so i change to black clothes n went to meet the ppl...den 1st thing i saw is him doing pam(1) pam(2)..den im like $%^&* !!??..early in the morning sing so high.. den .i jus tell the basses not to sing tat much..cos its hurting our voices...den after tat ms quck come in say abt breathing in breathin out..duno she really crazy or wat..the place is filled with smoke from the cafeteria downstairs?..haizz.
after tat we get to our competition places..
i need to rush between 2 halls to compete..1 for consort folklore n 1 for consort mixed superior, male chorus n tpjc mixed chorus..
all the competition ended at 3.30..with consort singing as the last choir for open mixed superior.. 4 pm, results are announced at the big square..n everyone jumped for joy..huggin each other to celebrate..n when we heard consort 100 pts..im like..WAaaa..full marks.haha..den i keep saying where is RJC..where is RJ chorale..lol..
after tat we took photos around the square..n ppl were enjoying themselves..cos consort n tpmale chorus got into grand finals later on..
so we have our dinner..n get back to serious work after tat to concentrate on the grand finals..
den we do slight warmup to jus warm up our voice n relax..
7+..grandfinals!..ppl in singpore were watching us online ..
male chorus went in 1st n consort went in 4th..
male chorus- fisherman's song, celtic blessing, kishuno
consort- yee veu, pok pok, nyoyosa, meplelian
In the end, a boys choir of czech emerged as grand winners of Festival of Songs Olomouc 2006.
Consort came in 3rd, Tpjc male chorus came in 6th..

We were a bit sad not winning the grand prize..but i told them to get back to the mood we had jus now in the square!..celebrating wildly everywhere..
den we got back to hotel..n i bathed liao n went to luke/terry's room..to play!...haha..
den george me luke terry ssk hk richard daryl prem n the 2 came in too..
luke kept cooking maggi mee for the ppl..den i help along the way..n cook too much..in the end ..he helped to finish the noodles..den slack in the room...
den suddenly george too tired until he slept at terry's bed..den next the 2 fell..den i fell..
den i sleep n sleep..den i duno y i suddenly wake up n walk into my own room..lol..i walk in n fall alseep immediately on my bed...next day i woke up..terry ask me where i go yest nite..lol..
quite a happy day i must say..

Day5-
woke up very early n board the bus back to vienna.. we miss hotel sigma ..
we reached vienna 4 hrs later..passing the beautiful fields n grasses of czech..
den later go to some crystal shop in vienna..ha..jus a waste of time...
den got into some shopping area..den ppl start grabbing for mozart chocolates..n i also bought some ..
den after tat go some sight seeing at some buildings..statues..den take lots of statues..
den check into the hotel..a nice hotel..with bathtubs..with drinkable mineral water..with balcony..with big towels..with soccer channels..with ..'adult channels'?..haha!..tat one need to pay for the next 2 min u watch..1st 2 min free..lol..btw..i dun wan to watch..lol..!!
den tat nite go frens room play play..den sleep at frens room also..dint sleep well..as no one wanted to sleep ..cos its last nite in europe le..
-something happened which i duno,u duno..lol.

day6-
we packed our bags..n did some last minute shopping b4 we head to the airport for the flight back to s'pore..we went to the so-called 'largest shopping mall in Europe''..duno its true or false..
the area of the mall is big..n the walking space is also very big lo..this means..not enuff shops to make the mall crowded..haizz...in the end jus buy a few chocolates..biscuits..cos things r jus too ex. to buy..or i duno wat to buy..hehe
next..we headed to the airport to take the flight to Dubai again!!..i wanted to buy lots of things there...or at least use up some of my money..3 hrs to shop in dubai..buy some clothes..nice keychains la..
den we 4 n prem walk ard in dubai..watch soccer on the big screen..den slacked outside a shop examining dubai money..lol..i got confused by their no. i took their $1 as $0.10..den as a result..i donate the coins away..cos i thought they're jus a few cents or dollars..haha..but when i found out their real value..i duno i donated how much liao..haha..
den dubai water is also quite tasty..she almost drank 4 bottles of it..haha..
den went to dunkin donuts to use up my euro coins..
N i noe Hk will be there..cos he loves tat place!.haha..
we slacked ard there until its time to enter the gate..

day7-
its midnight b4 we board the plane from dubai to s'pore..passing colombo along the way..
quite like my seating on that plane..cos got frens all ard my seats...whee..i wont feel bored..lol..play scrambledash, tetris , battleship again..haha..sleep n eat again...
den reach singapore at 4+ pm..n saw lots of family members waitng for their kids..haha..i went home myself..cos i told my mum i wld return the next day..haha..but got into jil's mothers car..thx anyway..also abit paiseh..asking ur mom drive here drive there..lol..
after tat went home change n went out with frens again..to eat to slack..wheeee....



anway..i missed some matches of the WC due to competition..the time i watch WC there is
3pm,6pm,9pm..in spore..its 9am 12 am 3 am..whee...
there are channels tat show the matches there..but i dun have it in spore..haizz..haha..

Ok..ive returned from the czech trip..next up is panorama thingy..jus pissed me off after wat happened yest n today..haizz...blog abt tat another day..
err...pics of Czech will be coming up!!!...
-to be continued!!-
TPJC CHOIR ALL THE WAY!>jus hate to leave<