Before the trip:
-All of us were very excited as this is the 1st time choir go oversea for a learning trip.

Day 1 : (Alto Loves Chicken Rice)
-We cleared the custom smoothly, nobody was held on by the custom people saying "No, stop
there."
-Suaku me(Blessing) used the machine for the 1st time so I was stuck in the middle of the 2
barrier where I was supposed to put my thumb at the sensor. After clearing it, I was so happy
as it was such a wonderful experience. (Y) Me.

Reached Yong Peng :
-Jia liang brought her own bread instead of buying the food there as she didn't dare to eat the food there as
she vomited the 1st time she went to eat there.
-Sadly, the "Fly Dance" was not invented yet and everyone was harassed by the houseflies.

Reached Tiara Beach Hotel :
-Almost everyone Jinny was looking at the boys at there. Jinny was like haiyo why all sec1
and sce2 only?-Jia Liang :P

Checked into Hotel :
-When we entered the room, the light was yellow and it look quite creepy. Esp-3rd floor rooms were not even
clean at all and Mr. Lim's room still hace a smell coming out.

Preparing for Friendship Concert :
- We were given kemang something to practice.
-While we were waiting outsid the kemang we heard VJC singing and it was very beautiful
-Ms Angel rushed her dinner for us and we were very gratefuleven though something happened later.
-Mr. Lim wore the mask toe us to see. He looks more handsome then his usual way.
-Dinner was awesome as houseflies were accompanying us when we were eating.

Performance :
-The pianist got lost in the middle of the music and started playing something we couldn't recognise BUT we
continue singing even though it was weird. After the concert the audience didn't even know what went wrong
except for the conductors,
-Mr. Lim wore the reindeer deadband for us during the performance, so touched by him!! Even though he
looked funny.

Sectional at night :
-We went to Lin Ye room-D1-11. We went through Psallite and Sanctus and did some sharing about our
reflection of the day.

Reflection of day 1:
- We learnt from VJC that during practices, we must also be serious and treat it like a performance.
-*Practice dosen't make perfect. Perfect practice then make perfect* - by someone
-We learnt from VJC what's the real mature tone that Mr. Lim want from us. Its very hard to explain as you
must be there to witness it yourself.
-We felt that we must really recuit boys as they will really sound nice if they know how to sing.

Day 2 : (Musis is Entertainment)
-A lot of flies accompanying us again. X_X
-We played the monster game and it was not bad. *Thank You Li Shan*
-Then we went to kemang 11 to practice our 2 songs.
-Li Xin was hurt during the trip so Li Xin, get well soon! :D

Workshop with Mr. Reuben Lai ! XD
-He find out from us what we want to improve ourselves like physical part, more mature, elastic recoil all this >.<

Standing posture:

• Legs apart, one feet slightly in front of the other.
• Make a T-shape with your arms and slowly put it down to your body, holding your chest in the same position.
• Head lower, feel the stretch in your neck.

Mouth/ Stable Acoustic Space :

• Cheekbone up-just like what Mr.Lim always does. Or smile to make the tone brighter.
• Drop your jaw.
• Send your voice forward and focus.
• Not much jaw movement for low notes, more space inside your mouth for higher notes.
• Do not change your mouth shape too much for your vowels

Elastic Recoil

• Breathe out and let the air RUSH in.
• Try to hold your notes longer to use up the air inside so air will rush in. *Air that rushed in enough for you to sing your part* ^^

Overall

• Keep the sound moving for long notes.

THANK YOU MR. LAI :)

After the Master class:
-We ate our lunch and went back to rest for about 2 hours.
-After resting we had another master class in another kemang room.

Workshop with Mr. Arwin Tan

Shape of the music

• Must sing in phases.
• After the intense, we must go back to the point where you start.

Renaissance

• The shape of different section is different so you have to feel the music.
• Long notes in beginning, we must let the notes flow.
• Let your notes grow.

Face Movement

• Open your face as in lift up your eyebrows and smile when you sing high notes. :D

Dynamic

• Play with dynamic.

Air

• Have enough air, more air for higher notes.
• Yawn and lift so that you have enough rooms for growing.
• Allow space for growing.

Overall

• Must stagato.

THANK YOU MR. TAN :)

Dinner :
-Fly dance era XD
-Uncle Tim so sweet !><

After dinner :
-Play games "Chop Chillie Chop Chillie Chop Chop" & Mingmin was doing some ridiculous stuff which no one can understand. Hahas ! :D

SYF Presentation (as audience) :
-During the performance only we were taking down notes while the other schools were enjoying the performances. (Y) We're so guai !XP

Notes by us

• Woodgrove sec
• About 25 ppl
• Eyes of girls not focus on the conductor.
• Didn't notice much mistake.
• Deyi Sec
• No conductor still can sing
• neat
• Join together nicely in the 2ne song
• Better when there's conductor
• Christ church sec
• Smile :)
• Not very strong S1
• Commonwealth Sec
• Big choir:D
• Blend wonderfully (Y)
• They project their voices loudly.
• Nice dynamics.
• Awesome
• The second song if we are not wrong its" lightning", it sound really good! :D
• East Sprong sec
• About 30 ppls.
• Good tenor & Base.
• Good blending
• Mature tone
• Confident
• Cute guys(some of them)-Jinny
• Sound good
• MJC
• About 23 ppls. Half guys , half girls
• Nice Blending

After the performance :
-Debrief by Mr. Lim then went to sleep (Y) Blessing :P

Reflection for the day:
-We learnt a lot from the master classes and we must remember and apply it.

What it takes to be a gold choir and what can we learn from them?
-We think that everyone in the gold choir must be dare to sing and be confident, not complacent.
Everyone must be committed so they must come for every practice unless they are sick. They must be ready to learn and remember and apply what they have learnt.Everyone must also be punctual for every practice. Everyone must practice at home too. During the performance or rehearsal. they must engaging with the conductors. Lastly, every details matter and everyone matters.

Day 3: (We Love Mr. Lim and Our Teachers ^.^

Workshop with Mr. Ranaldo Raz! :D

Overall

• Enjoy the music- *SMILE*
• When you laugh your tummy must move if not its called a fake laugh! XP

THANK YOU MR. RAZ! :D

Exchange programme with christ church, unity & catholic high(KL) :
-It was awesome(Y) the conductor from catholic conduct like a pro & he is only 16yrs old, named Tarzan~ :D
-After that we went to eat our lunch.
-Then we had rehearsal at the stage where we tried out our position and sing^_^
-After that we went back to our rooms and sleep. ^_^-*Sleep* I loves the most! :P

Mass Singing with Mr. Arwin Tan :
-We cannot hear the other choirs singing.

Dinner:
-We cannot eat the nice food (fried) cause we were ferpormaning later. Uncle Tim packed cracker for us ( SoSweet (Y) ) !:D

After Dinner:
-We play games.
-Teachers talk to us and tell us that this is our last chance to prove that our choir can sing as we made a blunder for our 1st performance.
-They even THREATHEN us with the crackers they kept for us! :P

Performance :
-2nd to perform.
-We massage our face and hums before and during the 1st performance.
-Did well for Psallite but Sanctus abit off tor the last note.
-We were very TOUCHED by Mr. Lim for taking the blame for our ahem !>< -We listened to other choirs and some of us went to take photos with our MASTERS and Uncle Tim the awesome tour guide. -The performance ended with VJC singing Jingle Bells. :D

Post Performance:
-Mr.Lim TREAT us ice-cream. (one each) So nice of him ecen thouth we didn't do very well, still reward (Y)
-ALTOS really ADMIRE him and filled with gratitude!
-Mr. lim - alto hug you, *HUGE* ! XD
-Mdm Sharifah and Mrs Teo treat us chocolate, so sweet fo them! ^^
-Our teachers and conductor LOVES us , so we should LOVE them TOO! Let's do that with our voices and do our best for everything! :D

Reflection for the day:
-Mr. Lim is such an awesome person & conductor. He helped us a lot and he treat us very nicely. Even if we say a hundred thank you, it's still insufficient to convey our gratitude.

Post Trip:
-We missed the MASTER classes, Ahem Philo Ahem. As it was very fun. (Y)
-Learnt a lot of things about singing or other things from everyone that are there.

Went to roam about the resort:
-We saw 2 rooms opposite each other. One filled with boys and another filled with girls. the girls were doing jumping jacks to attract attention and the boys were writing their phone numbers. So hilarious, sadly there are no boys opposite us ~><

Last day:
-Bye bye Jubilate & Masters! >< -Brought our bags down , it was raining. -Ate breakfast. -Talk abit & do fly dance. -Went onto bus & went back to Singapore. -Debrief. -Sang for Mdm Tay in her office and earned a BIG chocolate bar, which taste really very nice. Thank you Mdm Tay for your Big Nice chocolate! ^^

People to thank:
-Mr. Lim - You are the reason why we went there! :D
-Mdm Tay, Mrs Loong & Mr. Lim- For your support ! :D
-Our Beloved teachers, Mdm Sharifah & Mrs Teo- For taking care of us and the encouragement! :D
-Uncle Tim- For your meticulous Action. ^>^
-3Masters- For your guidance and your words! ^_^
-And EVERYONE that went with us to this learning trip for being such as a great companies.

Finally signing off- Altos
Write & Typer: Bkessubg. ^_^
Authors : Jia liang, blessing, Philomena, Yuan Ling & Lin Ye. ^^