in a lullaby, i will follow you when the skies are blue

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 @7:34 PM

AJ choir....be strong..

Dear fellow choir members,

As xiamen dawns upon us in a matter of days i would like to take this opportunity to speak to you all. Before i start i would like to get a few things striaght first... i am really honoured, happy and thankful to be able to lead you all through this amazing journey to the choir olympics..you have all taught me valuable lessons on life and of course on music. Some of you i have only known this year others since last year but that is inconsequencial..

It has come to my attention that on a number of your blogs you have all been expressing a certain amount of "sianess" so to speak. I would like to take this chance to encourage you to press on. Rmb the time you first stepped into AJ choir room..remember the stench of the seniors' feet..remember the nervous faces as they were abt to go for audition and hopefully you rmb me...hehe..the noisy and silly SC..hehe..jking lah...what i am trying to say is to remember the freshness and the enthusiasm that you all experienced when you all stepped into the choir room..the anticipation of what the future brings and more importantly the hope of a better tml..i know that practicing the same 4 songs over and over again can get boring and can cause you to lose your feelings..but i pray that you will press on..because you all have a purpose, maybe our purposes in life are different, maybe god will take us down different paths but for now we are here together and we meet along the same road towards success in music...

I dont know abt you, but the concert felt so long ago, haha...i guess time flies when you are having fun, but pls remember all the experiences that we have shared as aj choir 2006..the pain, joy, laughter and tears....dont let your head go down because you all did not come so far just to give up. Just like when the germans bombarded british soil, the brits nvr gave up...even when they were tired, they nvr did give up and it is imperative that every single one of you must have that same "nvr say die" attitude..

As for your music, i ask just one thing of all of you...dont think abt the scores...but think abt the meaning of the songs..why were they composed and what is the msg that it is trying to say..this is something only you can do and it is essential if you want to touch lives...i know that for most of you(correct me if i am wrong) Shi ma e is no longer as good as it was because it is hard to feel sad all the time..but let me tell you something...we will only be sad for 2 to 3 more times b4 the competition so try...maybe this will help...imagine someone really close to you...your friends or your family, leaves you and treats you like dirt, ignoring you and all..and every single day you are trying to search for that love that was once there but you just cant seem to replicate it no matter how hard you try...this is, i think, the kind of emotion that has to be depicted whenever you sing Shi ma e...

Pls also take care of yourselves...you are all losing your voices and there is only 1 truly useful remedy...SLP WELL!!!...pls do that...if not all your effort will amount to nought...which is really silly if you think abt it..

Lastly, i'll just like to say that whatever happens, you all are winners..so behave like one..go up to the stage and sing your hearts out(with the correct stuff and all) AJ choir has come a long way but the journey is not over...so reach for the stars...and most importantly always enjoy the music...

your friend and fellow choir member

shaun lee

un dieu benissent toujours
may god bless you always...