SBP Wind Orchestra Competition 2010 (Part 1)

hey hey hey... lama dah tak update blog. tetiba hari ni tangan terasa gatal nak update. let me see.... the last time i updated the blog was in dec 2008. skarang sudah july 2010. huhuhuhu.... patut la itu captain zed suda bising. okeh okeh... i'm back in business. this time nak citer sket experience pegi tengok sbp wind orchestra competition 2010 kat putrajaya convention centre (PICC) on the 4th of july last weekend.

it all started lepas dapat tau SDAR layak ke final after the prelim in seremban in late june. i immediately contacted my partner in crime back in SDAR, nazer a.k.a madon untuk merachuni pikiran dia to temankan me to the final in putrajaya. madon memang mudah diperdaya.... hahaha... kebetulan weekend berlangsungnya competition tuh mmg dah plan nak balik KL. just nice la. sekali baru perasan, menda alah tuh derang buat on sunday... crap! kena amik cuti la pulak. okeh... takper... cuti kita pikir kemudian, yg penting buat plan dulu. then teringat kat another friend from SDAR, mr piah, yang seangkatan join band dulu... (partner madon main euphonium). kitorang dah lama sangat tak jumpa piah, so we thought it might be a good idea to ajak him. apparently, piah seems to be very elusive these days. payah btol la nak contact. last2 minute dia bagitau ada training pulak.... wow... biar betul... training on weekend?

anyway, piah or no piah... the plan must go on. so, selepas merayu ngan boss, cuti pon diapprove... (naseb baik kilang dah startup molek), so hari yang ditunggu2 pon tiba... hoh very excited... 3 kali tukar baju, perfume plak abes setengah botol kasi sembur (mana la tau kot2 sangkut ngan ex-TKC or ex-SSP student yg datang situ nanti... hukhuk...). madon supposed to pick me up around 12. sekali masa nak kuar umah tuh ujan lebat pulak... aiyoh... jalan depan umah tu pulak traffic dah crawling. so tukar plan... madon kena pick me up kat tempat lain... nak suh dia masuk ke hulu langat, takut terperangkap dlm jam... plus, i have a feeling dia akan tersesat. so i drove to batu 9 and tunggu madon kat bus stop kat situ. setengah jam jugak la dok melangot kat bus stop... dah la sejuk sbb hujan, tempat duduk dia basah lagi. bila call madon, dia tak angkat. agak dah... madon sesat... masa tanya memula tuh cam agak confident... konon2 tau tempat tu.. ceh... anyway, madon finally made it to batu 9 and kitorang bertolak ke putrajaya.

according to my gps, the journey to picc should take about 1/2 hour from batu 9, tapi cam tak berapa confident. sambil2 tgk gps, perati2 jugak signboard putrajaya tuh, mana la tau kot2 gps tuh menipu. (the day before i was in one utama and the gps showed that i was in shah alam... wtf?) lam keta kitorang pon borak2 sambil bajet2 skola mana menang tahun nih. humm... susah nak bajet sbb most of the powerhouses made it to the final - alam shah, tkc, ssp and sdar. stf, mc, star and smsah tak masuk final pulak.. pelik jugak. mungkin sekolah2 sains yg masuk final tu hebat2 jugak la kot. anyway, sedar tak sedar, kitorang pon sampai PICC.

waa... 1st time sampai sini, very impressive. memang grand lah tempat nih. kitorang sampai lam kul 1.30. sampai2 tuh cam dah ramai gak orang. student supporters, parents, alumni... ish berdebar pulak. bukannya kitorang yg nak bertanding. tapi rasa berkobar untuk menyokong sekolah.... mungkinkah sdar bakal merampas takhta dari tkc... last year jadik runner up jer behind tkc. so, mana bleh kalah lagi this year dgn musuh tradisi tu... hoho.... bersambung in part 2....