Of Trick or Tricked
Happy Halloween everybody.Its weird to be wishing everyone a Happy Halloween when this day is not very much celebrated and known in Singapore.Not a lot of people knows that its actually on the 31st of October.Oh,and its Peter Jackson's birthday as well.So happy birthday big man.Like i said,its weird to celebrate a day without the rest of Singapore knowing the existence of this day in the first place.Its like celebrating St Patrick's Day in Singapore.I dont think that makes much sense.

As per normal,this year we had a Halloween party in school.Well,"Party" really is an awful word to describe this celebration.Of course,there's no harm in celebrating a fun occasion.Halloween is when people(Especially the kids)dress up in monster costumes and goes around the neighbourhood to collect candies.If the neighbour does not comply to the kids' wishes,he or she would be in for a real treat.Which is how the phrase "Trick or Treat" came about.Oh,and the so called "Custom" during Halloween.A water tank would be filled with water,and above the water floats loads of apples.Kids will try to sink their teeth into the apple without using anything but their mouths.Well,there was an urban legend a while back that somebody buried a razoe blade in the apples.Anyway,that "custom" was not practised here in NanYang JC today.In fact,the organising committee decided to turn it into something a little more fancy,or perhaps cheesy?Well,they tried.

The usual Halloween transformed into a semi-clubbing experience,with loud music and dance floors.Oh,and also a haunted house and some band performances.Instead of candies,they had cold soggy french fries and food which looked awfully bad(Which explained the leftovers).Ben Tan,Krishna,Samuel and myself arrived in school as usual to do some papers and practises.They reached a little earlier than myself,since i talked on the phone with Dellia till almost 5am yesterday morning.Oh well,that was well worth it i guess.She's fun to talk to definitely.Though she kept apologising for keeping me up,i felt bad that i was pouring her with cold jokes in the middle of the night.But anyway,i woke up a little later and reached school at 1pm.Apparently,Krishna and gang only reached at 11am,and they hadnt finished their Chemistry Paper 3 practise yet.Oh well,so i waited.While waiting Ahmad arrived to study as well.We did a little bit of study,and went upstairs to check out the commotion.Apparently,there's supposed to be a Halloween party that we almost forgot.The crew were settling up their equipment,and the councel people were shouting their heads off without apparent reasons.Fine,they were playing some game.But i really didnt understand why they did it anyway.There was a band there practising,and i noticed this girl from Guitar Club.Her name is Melissa,and she's pretty short and petite.The Fender guitar(Yes,Fender)looked awfully big when hung over her shoulders.But anyway,they practised their pieces a little bit and i thought there were gonna do fine.Well,that's of course,in the absence of the lead singer.The drummer was pretty decent i guess,and Melissa was good on guitar.Nobody sang yet,so i thought i was in for a treat.

We did the RJC Prelim paper,and i must say that it was managable.Yes,RJC paper being managable is a bloody big deal for me.Oh well,i didnt do all that well anyway.55 marks,but i guess that's pretty good compared to Krishna.I guess he's the type who needs an air tight environment with no sound whatsoever to do well.Samuel on the other hand,scored an A.An A.But then again,we marked ourselves.You never know what the Cambridge people are capable of.Anyway,after we did the papers it was already 630pm.The show starts at 7,and the lot of us went down to check out the band.They had their makeup done,and it reminded me of KISS.Well,without the white makeup and the chest hair revealing costumes(Which is really disgusting).Melissa was in a white blouse and a short skirt,while the rest of the gang wore casual.That same guy who gave the irritating speech was in the band,and i didnt notice that earlier in the afternoon.Yes,that same guy who dissed the J2s on our graduation.Well,he doesnt talk very well.Perhaps he sings well?Haha.Was i wrong or what?

They started with "That Thing you Do",a very common song for bands to play in schools.I hear it all the time.If im not wrong somebody played that during Woodstock?Im not too sure.But anyway,MeiJian made a cameo in her Cleopatra costume.That was hot girl.Haha.With that eyeliner stretching over the edge of your eyes made you look real wicked.But for some reason the amplifiers were crazy,and the sound of the bass was awfully loud and earpiercing.Ahmad was using his bag straps to cover his ears(There's something called the fingers Ahmad).The drummer was cool,at least i dont hear any thing being messed up.But then again,what do i know?I dont play percussion.The bassist who was using an ordinary guitar as a bass was alright.It was the amplifiers that made his plucking irritating.Melissa was cool,doing her thing.Now comes the lead.I think his name is Edmund.But im not too sure.He was enjoying himself there obviously,shaking his head once in a while and stamping his feet.With an audience as little as that i wonder how the rest of the band felt.I know how it feels i guess,to have so little audience.Despite that fact,he happily sang his song without actually following the beats.Im telling you,the number of people who attended was really pretty bad.WeiJie,Ahmad and I were on the wooden bridge right in front of where they were playing,and we became the backup vocals for the band.The "Bassist's" voice was SO low man.The songs he was supposed to lead sank to rock bottom in terms of the key.Couldnt make out his words,and we had to sing it for him."Flavour of the Week" was practically sang by WeiJie,Ahmad and myself.As Edmund continued on his horrible spree of killer music with "Here Without You",Krishna got pissed off because that's one of his all time favourite songs.Melissa on the other hand who was playing the guitar was spotted by myself to be rolling her eyes at the singing.Ahmad and I wanted to take over the performance,and were really tempted.But oh well,its not very nice is it?

The performances wore on,and the crowd did not significantly increase.But the three of us were really high and sang backup for every single song.The band were actually smiling at us because we kinda warmed the place up.With WeiJie,Ahmad and I together you dont expect a place to be as cold as that!Anyway,the performance ended and we went ahead to congratulate Melissa and her band(Though i dont think she is the leader,she couldve been one.She was good enough).I didnt say much,since i had my eyes on her Fender guitar.Holy mama.Haha.Ahmad and I kept playing scissors paper stone to see who gets Krishna's handphone for some phototaking of Melissa.Because there werent a crowd,a guy standing in front of the band taking photo will be really obvious and really awkward.Ahmad lost the first time,and he went up to take her picture.Me on the other hand,did not actually chicken out when i lost the second round.Fine,i really didnt want to take her picture or whatever.I was almost there when she turned around to talk to the lead.

For some reason,they were playing Looney Tunes in the canteen while dinner was served.The gothic maids at the counter looked threatening yet weird at the same time.There was this girl in white,who came to Ahmad to ask what he wanted for dinner.I think she was the "Waitress",and she was really nice.Oh well,at least that was my impression of her.Haha.She was dressed as an Angel i think,but i dont see no wings though.She came up to us to ask if we wanted free food as well,because there were a lot of leftovers.Haha.I think she was really nice,unlike the gothic witch who sat at the counter and munched on her dinner.

The dance at the hall was pretty pathetic.I mean,body is there in the first place.Yeah,the clubbers in school perhaps.A couple of dancers came as well,im guessing that they are friends of people from our school.Anyway,they danced to the song and i thought they were awesome.And as for the others who tried to turn the hall into a club failed i guess.I mean,they were pretty high of course.Ahmad in particular,was drooling over certain individual.Haha.Dont blame yourself Ahmad,you are a red blooded male as well.And i do understand why you were drooling,i was on the verge of spilling blood as well.Anyway,not being a big fan of hip hop music i left the place earlier.The haunted house was excited at first thought,but i was turned off after i saw the line.It was really long,and gave up after queueing for two minutes or so.

The way home was quiet i guess.The streets are awfully quiet,for a 9pm night.The silence between tracks on my discman was for once not interrupted by cars zooming by or construction workers' voices.It was just,silence.The cat scrambled across my path as i strolled home alone on the field.Well,it wasnt black.No worries.

Well,trick or treat.I felt tricked somehow.Haha.Well,perhaps not as bad.I mean,a part is supposed to be a party isnt it.The attempt to make it happening was bad,especially when only about 40 to 50 arrived.WoodStock rocked so much more in my opinion.Like WeiJie said,the publicity wasnt that good.Anyway,its "Trick or Tricked" for me today.This Halloween night in school was spent amongst loud music and bad singing,though i do sympathize the organisers and Melissa the guitarist.

Song of the Moment---The Way You Look Tonight by Rod Stewart