Luck or Skill?

When i went for CO (Chinese Orchestra) today, was kinda scared because i heard that our conductor was going to test us (to decide if we are up to the standards to perform in our school's Chinese New Year celebration) and i was thinking: Is he going to test us one by one and play solo? As i was thinking, I was getting more and more anxious because i was not so used to playing my instrument, erhu, in front of more than 60 people in the room, but like some people say: "How would you know the result if you don't go for it?" So i went in to attend my CCA. I went in and was surprised to find that Ms Chen Qiuru became one of our CCA teachers. Boy, i was relieved to see her, when our conductor told us that we were going to have a 4th CCA teacher but he forgot her name, i was quite scared because he said that her name was in chinese, so i thought it was some China teacher. (Not that i'm prejudiced towards China people.) I do not understand why the erhu section is always the last... He went to test the Chello and Base section first, the YangQing section second, went to the Ruan section, back to the YangQing section, where he made them do solo, third was DiZi section, 4th was the Sheng section, finally it reached us. Wa, getting even more worried. I was asking me this few questions while waiting for the conductor to ask me to play: What if i don't play properly? What if i play the wrong note? What if i can't hold my bow properly because my hands will shake if i'm nervous? What if my strings are not tuned? Would everyone be looking at me? Then our co0nductor asked the 2 Secondary 4 students to play 1st. i was a bit relieved because he was going to test us 2 by 2. I whispered to my friend, Glendon, sitting beside me: "Later when the conductor ask us to play, we must play properly so that he won't ask us to play solo." Sure enough, we played weel enough so that we did not have to play solo. So was that called Luck or Skill? You decide then, i'm just to "lazy" to decide... :p


Here's an old photo that was taken a few years back with my seniors, whom might have gone to Junier College or NS. I'm not inside the photo so don't bother looking.



Here it is on the right side of the page. I only know some od the seniors in the photo...

By the way, for those who are reading the blog and looking for a CCA, join CO! It'll help you greatly in getting CCA points. I know a lot of students like to join NPCC or NCC because they look cool with the guns, but i tell you the truth, its not that easy to gain CCA points in those CCAs. Our CO has already gained 3 consecutives Gold Awards in SYF (Singapore Youth Festival) for 6 years (SYF is held every 2 years) and was awarded the Sustained Award. I already got 22 CCA points for joining CO. There is a friend of mine who joined 2 CCAs: Scouts and Chess, but managed only to get 15 CCA points.

Usually, if you join CO, you'll get to go to other countries for competitions. This June, we will be going to Australia for a competition. We are the only Chinese Orchestra in the compettion, so there is a higher chance for us to get an award. Next year will be our next SYF and we are aiming to get a Gold with Honors (A higher award then Gold but is only a difference of 1 point between Gold and Gold with Honors, so i think we must play perfectly). If you want to learn more about ACS (Barker Road)'s Chinese Orchestra, you can go to http://acsbr.net/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&funct=view&rid=11052

Oops... I'm getting out of the point... Well then, its up to you to choose whether is Luck or Skill. Have a good day! :p

P.S. You don't have to answer it and you don't have to tell it to me! :p