Hello :)
I feel like dying.
So I wouldn't feel the pain when I step down.
And I wouldn't feel the pain when I officially leave this choir.
Kill me now.
SOV'08 was seriously like no other. I feel like vomitting out this entire long post about SOV but when I woke up this morning I felt like it never even happened. It seriously seemed so long ago that we just sang through 19 songs on the Esplanade Concert Hall stage. It just passed in a snap, especially the first half. Second half felt longer cos well, the song durations probably added up to be longer, but whatever.
I smiled like hell onstage last night, after every song, something I hardly ever did. Because I knew that it would be my last chance performing at such a huge event with my beloved choir. Performing at Our Event. And the smile just came naturally you know, impressing the audience with the music, enjoying ourselves onstage. And even though I looked up at times (especially since so many of our choreographed movements made us look up) and saw the empty circle three seats it doesn't really matter because what mattered more was letting those people who bought tickets listen to what VJ Choir is made of :)
I couldn't help but cry during the 6.45pm warmups when we stood onstage with Victoria Chorale. And my makeup smudged like crazy. But it was uncontrollable. Couldn't feel anything after the entire thing though, cos it was like a rush-through of all the songs we spent so much time going through. It was just.. numb. Like my emotions were contained in this 50ml bottle, and it would slowly diminish during the performance after each song.
There's just so many things about this choir that I'm going to miss. Encouraging everyone to strive on, Not To Give Up, the people, bursting into song wherever we go, the Legendary Choir Room, the No Man Is An Islands. And when I see how much we've all grown, how our voices have blended into each other and how we managed to keep the chords of Ill Married Women together even though we went like a tone sharp but still persevered on (love you, Sops), I think to myself, that VJ Choir, you're the reason I go to school for.
Year 1s, Year 2s, IP2s, Exco, Senior&Junior Musico, 10 noms, Altos, PPG, Power, McMuggers, Sherwin Teo Novabelle Ng Quek Lixuan.
Wish I had arms long enough to scoop all of you up into one big hug.
Chorale people! It was really great singing with you guys and I'm so darn glad that we got to know you all better during this period of time :) Thank you so much for everything and all the encouragement you've given us, especially when we first went onstage and all of you were just there, helping us take photos and wishing us the best. I will really miss the times when you guys walk into Siglap at 3pm to join us for Leonardo. And I realised that you guys are the ones who probably have the strongest passion for singing&music all this while and I salute you for that. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
There's still Wales.
But like Sophia and Elizabeth said, it's just different.
And this-is-so-damn-bloody-irritating-and-happens-all-the-time-after-big-events-are-over, but it's back to Complex Numbers and all other complex things we're forced to memorise. Give them to me compiled in scores and I'll do it willingly for you.
I'm going to miss being a performer. And I feel so lucky to be a performer cos the sense of satisfaction is just sooooo unattainable for the normal individual. And it's even more magical when you're a singing performer. And the feeling is best, when you have 77 other people singing with you. And when these people are from Victoria Junior College Choir.
I feel like dying.
So I wouldn't feel the pain when I step down.
And I wouldn't feel the pain when I officially leave this choir.
Kill me now.
SOV'08 was seriously like no other. I feel like vomitting out this entire long post about SOV but when I woke up this morning I felt like it never even happened. It seriously seemed so long ago that we just sang through 19 songs on the Esplanade Concert Hall stage. It just passed in a snap, especially the first half. Second half felt longer cos well, the song durations probably added up to be longer, but whatever.
I smiled like hell onstage last night, after every song, something I hardly ever did. Because I knew that it would be my last chance performing at such a huge event with my beloved choir. Performing at Our Event. And the smile just came naturally you know, impressing the audience with the music, enjoying ourselves onstage. And even though I looked up at times (especially since so many of our choreographed movements made us look up) and saw the empty circle three seats it doesn't really matter because what mattered more was letting those people who bought tickets listen to what VJ Choir is made of :)
I couldn't help but cry during the 6.45pm warmups when we stood onstage with Victoria Chorale. And my makeup smudged like crazy. But it was uncontrollable. Couldn't feel anything after the entire thing though, cos it was like a rush-through of all the songs we spent so much time going through. It was just.. numb. Like my emotions were contained in this 50ml bottle, and it would slowly diminish during the performance after each song.
There's just so many things about this choir that I'm going to miss. Encouraging everyone to strive on, Not To Give Up, the people, bursting into song wherever we go, the Legendary Choir Room, the No Man Is An Islands. And when I see how much we've all grown, how our voices have blended into each other and how we managed to keep the chords of Ill Married Women together even though we went like a tone sharp but still persevered on (love you, Sops), I think to myself, that VJ Choir, you're the reason I go to school for.
Year 1s, Year 2s, IP2s, Exco, Senior&Junior Musico, 10 noms, Altos, PPG, Power, McMuggers, Sherwin Teo Novabelle Ng Quek Lixuan.
Wish I had arms long enough to scoop all of you up into one big hug.
Chorale people! It was really great singing with you guys and I'm so darn glad that we got to know you all better during this period of time :) Thank you so much for everything and all the encouragement you've given us, especially when we first went onstage and all of you were just there, helping us take photos and wishing us the best. I will really miss the times when you guys walk into Siglap at 3pm to join us for Leonardo. And I realised that you guys are the ones who probably have the strongest passion for singing&music all this while and I salute you for that. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
There's still Wales.
But like Sophia and Elizabeth said, it's just different.
And this-is-so-damn-bloody-irritating-and-happens-all-the-time-after-big-events-are-over, but it's back to Complex Numbers and all other complex things we're forced to memorise. Give them to me compiled in scores and I'll do it willingly for you.
I'm going to miss being a performer. And I feel so lucky to be a performer cos the sense of satisfaction is just sooooo unattainable for the normal individual. And it's even more magical when you're a singing performer. And the feeling is best, when you have 77 other people singing with you. And when these people are from Victoria Junior College Choir.
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