Spring Cleaning

Well well... the first intensive ensemble practice for the upcoming concert seems to be quite of a success ! It was held last Saturday and Sunday at Block C which lightens the percussionist's burden to carry all the heavy drums to Block H. (Eh hem...) Other than the current batch of ensemble members, we're all pleased and happy to meet our friends who came for the practice while having their interns far far away AND our alumni COU mates ! We appreciate their effort by joining this practice with us. 

At the end of the day of our practice, the long waited time has arrived: who will be the one staying back and cleaning our music room ?

"我们到时就来看看热心、热血、热情又愿意的来帮忙的团员们一共有多少个~~~真的是一场人性的大考验啊~~~~哈哈哈哈哈~~~~" 

Here's how we cleaned the music room:

Firstly, we moved out every single instrument and items that could be found in the room. And guess what we found ourselves ? Tons of rubbish and surprisingly some snacks treats that help to replenish our stamina ! 

#Eeleen Shan was lifting the giant double bass !#

#All the instruments were taken out from the tiny room.#

#Yang qin, gu zheng and all sort of decorative rubbishes.#

#Bunch of small pieces of papers and dust. Since we didnt managed to borrow any brooms, our creative member came out with an idea by using the dried lemongrass leaves found at the lakeside as a cleaning tool !#

The most stunning item that we discovered in the room was this !!!

#It's an elephant... no, it's a fossil... no, it's a dinosaur... NO, it's a freaking skeleton of a dead mice hiding behind the piano stand !#

After all the cleaning and sweeping, the instruments were all arranged back to the room in a proper position. 

#Ta da !!! I sense freshness and tidiness here !!! Thanks to all those who helped the cleaning and arranging !!!#

#This is the "treat" that I mentioned earlier ! These bunch of people managed to found themselves a can of longan in sugar syrup in the middle of the cleaning and they even utilizes the resource that they found (paper cups) to share the reward ! I wonder how they opened that can though... #

#Lets welcome our newest member in the music room ! *Clap clap clap*#

Personally, I think that we should made this "spring cleaning" into an annual event just before or after the AGM. It seemed to be a very meaningful activity for the members to have an adventure in discovering whats inside the music room. Lastly, a million thanks to those who helped out that day. Your hard work will never be forget as it was already recorded down here !!! 

Ciao~ Photos credited to their respective owners "Spiky" Wong PF and Chin Tsin. =)