okaaay finally.
since my project is over,
i have no excuse but to give my take on voyaje o8.

well,
honestly i never thought that i would join the esplanade stage together with ajchoir again.
not joining the choir in italy seemed like the end of my singing on stage.
until the option of singing with the alumni came along.

at the beginning i was kind of skeptical,
cos i'm not sure about singing in another group of which i know nobody.
actually some, but you get my drift.
and singing in such a small group and not professionally trained,
i was kind of worried.

but over tea and kayatoast at yakun.
i managed to convince bel to go with me.
i still wasnt sure about the whole idea of performing with the alumni but i just decided to go for one practice and see how it went.

over a cold rainy day,
i was introduced to redredrose and doubledouble.
at the beginning, i didnt think much of redredrose.
considering that its actually quite a simple song but i couldnt get the notes.
but doubledouble certainly appealed to me much more.
i guess its just years of being in a nelsonkwei choir.
its these awkward and strange songs that hit the difficulty mark and make me want to learn and perfect it.

anyways,
from the beginning i thought that alumni was something to pass the time whilst the italy people were away.
being starkly honest, that was how i felt.

but making the effort to come down on sats,
it grew to something different.

unknowingly, the only thing i looked forward to in the week was sat mornings.
cos i got to sing my heart out.
with the people i'm gradually getting to know more and love.

week after week,
the tacit joy when we get the songs right,
the unspoken irritation and determination to get the songs back into shape when it goes topsyturvy.
it these kind of things that we never notice,
but its the things that helps us bond together.

and yet, just knowing that the same faces would be there next saturday,
it keeps me going for the rest of the week in school.

concert day was a blast.
and it seemed to pass by all too quickly.
but as they say, ten years of practice leading to ten minutes on stage.
i told myself once before that i might never experience that magic on the esplanade stage again,
after last year's no importa.

but this year,
i felt something different.
its a different kind of magic.
a satisfaction that we made magic,
slowly, one sparkle at a time.

i really felt that the applause and the screams,
well we deserved it.

we've worked so hard as a bunch of singers.
it never seemed possible but we proved ourselves wrong,
that we're capable of so much more that we thought we could do.

it made me realise that 'no importa la distancia' isnt just a moment.
its a journey of song.
its a journey of people,
its a journey of passion.

no matter how little or many people.
its still there, as long as you plan to find it.

i remember thinking straight after our two pieces,
that 'you mean that's all?'
it seems that all the practices seemed like they're all accounted for
but it seems that suddenly, everything's over.

if you're lost,
i'm with you.
cos i never want that mid-summer's night dream to end.

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well,
i havent had time to get into the full drama on it being over cos of my project.
but trust me, with the hols coming, i'll have plenty of time.

peektures:



suddenly i see why the hell it means so much to me.
(:

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