GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phew!! wat a day...
yes!! we've once again done ourselves proud...
GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!! woots!! yeahman!!!!! oolala!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*screams* *screams* *screams*
GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha... man, i'm ecstatic...
did i spell correctly?... i dunno.. who cares?
haha....
dis is gonna be a super long post...
and i'm gonna start frm de very beginning of de day:)

so... yes, we got to skip de whole day of sch..(woots!!)
did our make-up & hair.... which was rather painful..
lols..
when mr toh came in @ arnd 11am, we felt comforted...
cuz he said we sounded good... he said we were ready...
yep... & there were seniors & juniors who pon sch 2 support us @ VCH...
& there were seniors who sms 2 wish us all de best & stuff...
yeah... was really touched by all tat...
ya noe, its lyk.. though they've graduated, they still came back..
and wish us all de best, support us all de way and stuff....
yeah...

actually, when we were @ VCH, i personally felt zero nervousness...
seriously.. though a little scared... but i wasn't nervous..
maybe it was mr toh or mr tan's words tat actually managed to calm me down...
i dunno... but mr toh's words did stay in my head...
stuff like.." focus on me"... & " enjoy de process of music making"
" de music is ours... let de music speak 4 itself"...
" look @ me...i'll take away all ur anxiety"
haha....
it was when we lined up outside de hall, waiting to go in tat de anxiety started to kick in...
it was really lyk... i dunno.. i suddenly feel butterflies in my stomach..
as if i couldn't breathe or sth... i swear i was trembling & shaking lyk mad...
but i tried really hard to stay calm...
yeah... i took in lotsa deep breath, "jia you-ing" ppl to keep calm...
haha...

i was actually quite happy wiz myself cuz i did everything mr toh said...
i was pretty surprised tat i felt minimal or maybe near zero anxiety on stage...
i jus smiled and focused...
all tat was on my mind was "give it ur best shot.. we're here to show wat we've got"
yeah... and i admit tat 2day was de best i've ever sung..
personally i mean... cuz i was really into de song...
and really trying to express de emotions and stuff...
some of de ppl frm first row said tat mr toh was @ de brink of tears during Ave Maria..
i wasn't wearing glasses so i can't really see his eyes tat clearly...
haha... i was so happy!!!! i personally cld feel goosebumps....
i tink some of them did too..lol

rite.. aft de performance & all...
mr toh said tat he was happy cuz he cld feel de emotions we were trying to express..
& he enjoyed conducting us...
but he said tat we were not technically there...
yeah.. we were sharp and off @ certain parts...
so he told us not to keep our hopes up...
we shld be happy wiz a gold...
but he was proud of us anyway...

ya noe, when he said that, half my spirit was killed...
i mean like.. we all noe tat we'll not be contented wiz a gold...
i noe tat de award isn't de most important... but still...
it'll mean our standard had dropped or sth rite?...
so i was having mixed feelings aft tat...
i was feeling happy tat we managed to deliver de emotions of de song..
but wasn't too happy aft wat mr toh said...so yeah..
i decided not to think abt de awards until de results are out...

yes... aft many hrs, its finally time 4 de most exciting part...
de RESULTS!!!!!
haha.. i managed to grab a seat..lol
anyways, we waited VERY VERY LONG 4 de results to be out..
yeah..& we all agree tat de M.C.'s english suck..
haha...
be4 us, we heard quite a no. of choirs getting golds..
& some gold wiz honours...
so i was thinking... i'm gonna be quite surprise if we get GWH...
esp. when there were alr quite a no. of golds & GWH being given out...
actually, i was kinda like.. " i think we're so dead..."
and it goes sth lyk dis...
"choir no.21..." & we're like... its coming!!!!
"choir no.22..." oh man... *panting like hell*
"choir no.23..." ok...*pants even more*
"choir no.24..." we're like at de edge of our seats...
"choir no.25, Anglican High School.... Gold..."
stupid M.C. paused for 3 sec... & we're like..
omg... are u serious?..we're really getting gold?..
i was like omg.. gold?.. oh no.. its fated..
& all those tots runnin through our minds within de 3 sec pause..
it was dead silence cuz none of us cheered... at all...
aft 3 sec, " With Honours!!!!!!" & then..
omg.. omg.. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
*screams* *screams* *screams*
"jumps" "jumps" "jumps"
all de way until choir no. 28...haha
i tink i was one of de first to cry...
i was like.. omg..omg..
*SCREEEEAAAMMMSSSSSSSS*
& de next thing i new.. i was crying...
LIKE HELL....
yeah.. & everyone was cursing de M.C. like mad... for de 3 sec..
haha

when we went out, we continued screaming, hugging, more crying...
and i cldn't stop crying.. i dunno why...lol
i was laughing, screaming, hugging and crying at de same time...
haha.. didn't noe how i managed to do tat...
i seriously lost control... my eyeliner smudged my whole eye..
& i tink i looked like a panda...lol.. but i cldn't stop!!!!!!
i was so overwhelmed wiz emotions..
& accor. to mr lee, mr toh cried...
he really did...& left some evidence on mr lee's sleeve..lol
there was some "drama" lyk zhengsheng being thrown into de fountain...
cornelius got "tau pok"...
& we formed a circle arnd mr toh and sang "ubi caritas"...
haha... it was so cool...
i really wished i cld relive tat moment...
it was so so cool....

so aft all tat craziness & crying, i felt comforted & really proud of choir..
but i felt sth i've never felt for a long time...
i felt BLESSED & VERY GRATEFUL..
becuz we can achieve wat we did 2day was not all de member's effort..
i mean, we all contributed alot...
but it wldn't have been possible without mr toh...
i'm really grateful tat we actually have mr toh as our conductor...
cuz it is becuz of him being a perfectionist...
him being a real pro..
and his "chiong all de way" attitude...
and his strong will to bring us to greater heights tat we are where we are...
i dunno why.. but aft calming down & stuff...
and replaying 2day's event.. it jus kinda struck me..
like.. :"wow.. yeah... we're really blessed wiz a great conductor"
so i really really wanna thank him 4 everything...
i'm sure de choir wld too...
so,
THANK YOU, MR TOH!!!!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

and also,
THANK YOU, MR TAN!!!!
yeah... for all de motivation and stuff...
for pulling us back when we're "floating somewhere"
& constantly reminding us of our purpose, passion & stuff..

yeah....
ok.. i think i'm very overwhelmed by emotions..
i'm so gonna miss choir...
i dun like de exam break...
its gonna feel so weird not going 4 prac 4 such a long time...
i think i'm not in de mood to study at all..
oh no.. i'm in deep shit.. MYE is coming...
SO GONNA MISS CHOIR....
anyways,

GOLD WITH HONOURS!!!!!!!!
we've made it!!!!!!!!
"NO REGRETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"