Maybe if i had been serious in my dreams to get in SNYO earlier in the year, perhaps i will be the one celebrating with Austin today that we had gotten into SNYO...perhaps then i will not be regretting the fact that Jamie will have a good advantage over me in the playing of our instruments...perhaps in the future, RIMB can truly be better than RGSSB...all perhaps and maybes, but still, the fact remains that we will never ever be better than our sister band when our batch is taking control of RIMB...rewind into last year's NBC...RGSSB defeated us by a pretty narrow margin of 3.0+ percentage points, but also by a wide margin of 4 rankings...rewind into the SYF of this year...both of us achieved the Gold Award, but perhaps we are the happier ones with the Gold, not RGS...their piece was probably the hardest among all of the bands and they have played it well, really well...yet, they share the same award as us...have we improved?certainly not in quality as we changed piece after piece, going down the difficulty ladder, but certainly in luck...Looking at today, as Kenneth and I were discussing about the standards of RGSSB, i suddenly came to realize that with the prize accuqistion of the SNYO spots by two RGSSB players, perhaps the dreaded truth has come...our batch will never be better than them. In terms of numbers, we can say that we are just a drop in the ocean compared to them being a river...in terms of committment, we can say that it will only take us to practise our instruments for one whole month, without stopping, to be close to what they have done so far...and now, with the bar rising higher still, our standards are slowly but surely getting out of reach from them...Jerald may say that competition is definitely not in his mind when he faces RGSSB, but will he say that if we fail at NBC nxt year?To be the best, which is what RIMB has been striving to be for the past 50 odd years, surely we must defeat our closest rivals, both spiritually and mentally, before we can ascend to the top?While i may not make such a big difference if i join the SNYO, a difference is always a difference...perhaps then the RIMB tbonez can truly claim to be better than our counterparts from RGS??If one section manages to do it, then the pressure can be off the other sections...and then, we can at least be on the same standards as RGS...will this be my misdoing in failing to lead my band to the fore?Next year is NBC and prometheum year, as well as the school's 185th anniversary...we see our pictures on the RI wall of fame(or sth like that lah)...will it still be there the year after the next?will we walk away from NBC with our heads held high, or will we only be cheering for RGS, and not ourselves?who will be listening to during the presentation ceremony of NBC?hopely, all the raffles bands will be there...if not, wonder how it will feel like if RJC and RGS is there, but RIMB, the band proclaimed to be the best in Singapore is missing...As for prometheum, its held on a Thursday...this will be our last dress rehearsal for NBC...on that night in Victoria Concert Hall, will the audience be shouting encore! because of our great performance?or will it be simply because there are friends performing?What songs would we play?would it be the beautiful harmonies and charming music of great songs that will continue to enhance the reputation of RIMB?or will we simply be playing old songs over and over again??if the latters happen, then perhaps we shld add a new phrase behind the old saying that procrastination is a thief of time...it shld be procrastination is a thief of time and glory...i may not be receiving the best teachings that i can get anytime soon, but be assured, i will do my utmost best to turn the tables arnd and turn it to our advantage...we are the best, and it is time that we show it...
