Thursday, August 31, 2006
moe teachers' day perf :)
hey everyone.. i'm sorry i've been mia for very very very long. it has been abt 2 mths since i've blogged. too busy to sit dwn and type la.
during these two months, so many things happened:
- njwd elections & handover (12th and 14th july)
- helping mr gn for syf closing ceremony at kallang theatre (27th and 28th july)
- ndp preview. was msging mr gn and sam and kwa half e time before e sky turned dark (29th july)
- lost my phone!! :( was really upset abt it. had so many dear msges and photos inside (31st july)
- lunch wif mr gn and some other dancers at nydc wheelock (8th aug)
- national day (9th aug)
- i baked choc cake! i loved e cream. fattening la, but i ate alot. nice mah :P (9th aug)
- chem spa skill b and c (17th aug)
- moe teachers' day perf at moe head office! (31st aug)
it's actually because of the perf tt i wanted to blog.
these 2 whole months had just been dance pracs and fatigue tt comes along with them. i hardly had e time to mug. i prob had e time to complete my work, but revise, i had no energy anymore. i hardly had the strength to mug.
yet today, it certainly seemed tt all our efforts had paid off.
i was on the verge of crying ystday. i messed up eastern sunrise, and had messed up on mon's prac as well. i honestly felt like a failure la. couldnt bring myself to face mr gn.
but today, everyth went well. okay, at least everyth tt mattered went well.
i woke up late today. oops. it was 4 55am when my dad knocked on my door and announced tt i was gg to be late. i was supposed to leave home at 5am to reach nj by 5 30am. i couldnt be late cos all e makeup was wif me. yar i CHIONGED and managed to leave home at 5 15am, with my own makeup done. my mind was whirling la.
reached school, started doing the silver glitter tail for the dancers. time flew, really, and we left nj at about 6 40. couch picked us up at e parade square.
reached moe head office. it was POURING. called mr gn to ask where to go. he told us to wait at the right of e first floor stage, but mrs ng told us to go up to e editorium on the 4th floor. don try to correct my spelling; it doesnt start wif an a. ya continued e tail thing, plus touched up my own makeup. oh btw, glitter eyeliners HURT alot when they get into ur eye. sigh. i had to redo e eyeliner so many times.
mr gn came backstage wif many peelfresh 330ml juice cartons. for all of us la. then warmed up. my muscles go cold very quickly. as in, i could warm up until my muscles are nice and warm, but if i pause for awhile to take photos with say 5 people, they go cold again. then i panic because i know if my muscles are cold i wont dance well. and then i warm up again.
i must have warmed up [again] more than 5 times.
e perf kicked off at abt 9 25. the emcees got the audience to do some adult version of aces, followed by the arrival of guest of honour. then eastern sunrise music started.
i thank God for His grace and mercy, tt allowed this run to be one of my best runs, in terms of techinque and emotions. tt my muscles were sufficiently warmed, tt i didnt trip, tt i maintained balance 99% of e time. tt i didnt blank out, despite being the only one on stage.
after exiting e stage, mr gn hurried me to the changing rooms to change for 'another me, another us'. caught my breath in the toilet la. then changed, coco, sharon, reg and queenie helped me wif my hair and makeup. thank you girls. i really really appreciate it. :)
we were done v quickly. so i had time to pack my stuff, fold my eastern sunrise costume, and wait at the holding area. i found out tt rachel has a v v gd voice. gosh. she should go record an album or smth. :)
another me, another us. it was just gone in a twinkling. i saw e footage after e perf, pretty well coordinated. but i think we could have done better.
aft everyth, mr gn spoke to us in the changing room. he thanked mrs ng for coming dwn as e teacher i/c, he thanked eesha zhu and en qin for coming dwn to video, and he thanked all of us for putting in all e effort. he gave us each a card, wif our names on it, basically to thank us for our effort la. then i presented our bouquet, card, and framed-up photo. and we took group pic again on stage. haha. then mr gn was like celebrity, everyone wanted to take a photo wif him :)
hmmm we were invited for e reception too, e food was pretty gd. e eclaires were nice! :) haha u cld see dancers gourging themselves. perf over le ma :P
but honestly i always have this tinge of sadness after every perf. like.. it's over so quickly.
i'm gg to miss seeing mr gn so often. i'm gg to miss gg dwn to ccab wif e dancers. i'm gg to miss running on the track wif e dancers. i'm gg to miss the great time we all had dancing together.
i'm gg to miss eastern sunrise. really. feel honoured to be e last person doing it, yet.. i wish i could never stop doing it. tt dance had been so ingrained in me. i mean, gosh i've been doing it since nov 2005. it's like 10 mths.
okay it's alrdy a super long post, shall end here. mr gn said he's happy wif me today! yay :) ya some photos below, to relieve ur eyes aft reading so much text :)
wu duo and char having breakfast :P
char rachel huiting jo :)
jo sharon queenie coco
tasya jo alethea
group pic!
mr gn :)
xiao jo
@ 2:39 PM
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