The Beginning by Adelyn

Now I'm just following up on Jia Rong's post. It's been one whole year since we've all become members of MPYO.


We all know that things started off with auditions. Auditions for Northern Region were held in P. Ramlee building. Upon arrival I saw many familiar faces - Kit Leong, Ying Qi, Ying Jie, Ying Tian, Yunni(from Pessoc camp many years ago), Andrew. Didn't get a chance to meet up with some of my schoolmates(Shu Yong, Debra, Yvonne) that were auditioning though. Anyway everyone seemed pretty eager. Everyone busy warming up.

And then one by one we went into the room filled with mirrors(must have been a dance hall that room).

I kind of forgot about auditioning for MPYO because I got a very nice surprise sometime in August. It was a Thursday afternoon when I received the news.

"... I am delighted to inform you that you have been selected to become a member of (MPYO)..."


Unlike most of you guys, I did not get the chance of getting the news first hand. My mom, more excited than I was, immediately opened the envelope of green, purple and white when it first came in the post. (I was kinda pissed when my mom told me she had opened the letter before I did, with the excuse of "needing to know dates of rehearsal")

So when I came back from school that day my sister broke the news to me.

"JIE!! You got into MPYO you know"

When she said that I stood there, stunned. To verify her statement she showed me the envelope(with the flap already torn) with the letter of acceptance.

I told my teacher and she was thrilled. A few of her students, too, got accepted.




Then we got our scores and our seating position. I took a good look at the name of my stand partner: PHILBERT TIKI YONG, 14, KL.

In my head I thought what a name? Chinese ah this guy?

But my question got answered only during the first rehearsal in September.

A short boy made his way to the stage in DFP and sat next to me.

"Hi. I'm Philbert," he began before I had a chance to say anything.

So this is HE.

And that was it. During sectionals we probably were the only stand partners that were so engrossed in conversation, poking fun at a certain someone.

I kind of enjoyed myself during the first rehearsal, partly because it was a different atmosphere and the flutes really got me hooked(they're good, relatively of course) to their solos. They got me listening to them throughout the whole rehearsal. Haha! Stephanie agrees with me on this one. Haha!

I got to know people from various parts of the orchestra: Chin Ning(so unbelievable that we've never actually talked when we were back in Penang), Asyraff, Aldrich and Eben(they were like stuck together) and not to mention the pioneers of Tribal!!

Oh wow.

It's been one heck of a year. I've made some great friends along the way. I've grown a little too(a little more mature I hope). Gotten closer to people I already know prior to this. I've been exposed to different kinds of music and people... and that's what this is all about isn't it?