Wednesday, April 15, 2009
And so,
Yesterday was our dance SYF. Time flies indeed.
We got to miss classes the whole of yesterday and I know it's kinda a loss for me but somehow I feel rather happy about it because I can finally get all the books off my head and relax for a day. We headed to the dance studio after flag-raising, did warm ups, changed into our costumes, did make-up, camwhored, hugged, talked to seniors (Sophia, Roseline, Tzelin, Yihui, June, Vanessa), R-I-N-A-ed to Aunty Rina, gossiped, and danced.
And then the bus came. We went down with our make up and costumes and many people couldnt recognise me. Those who did wished me luck so thank you people.
When we reached UCC and settled down, Mrs Kumaran gave us all mentos to share; Mr Yeo helped us to take group photos; Vanessa gathered us to wish us luck, calm us down, encourage us and inspire us.
And after a longggg time, it was our turn.
As the group before us were performing, hugs and blessings were lavished all over among ourselves. It was sucha sight you really ought to be there to see.
When the music started, out we went. To perform and showcase what we've been doing for the past 6 months. The smile appeared naturally on my face and I didnt even force it unlike during prac. I was totally enjoying myself, trying to do the dance justice, just like Vanessa has said. The dance turned out fabulous I thought. Everyone did better than usual. Some seniors cried tears of joy after the dance and it was so touching I almost felt like crying as well.
6 months of hard work, just for that 6 minutes on stage. Everyone put in so much effort just for this dance, just for the 14th April. We have gone through so much just to prepare for this item. We had fun times, but then again, there were times when things were rough. Seniors cried because of all the stress; Bevan got angry and frustrated; Everyone were so drained after practices and yet still had to hang in there. On the contrary, fun times were present as well. I bonded really well with Xinwei and Hweechian after this dance; We did push-ups, sit-ups etc together and always complaining to Bevan; We go to Macdonalds for breakfast before dance prac on Saturdays; We go for lunch at Macdonalds after dance prac on Saturdays.
Looking back now, I really think it's been a very long and tiring journey but at the same time, it has been awesomely fun too. I remember how dance would drain me out but I still gotta pull myself together and do my homework after dance and stay up late every night. Pimples are (till now) appearing on my face because of the lack of sleep. Having said that, I always look forward to dance practices because I get to talk to my girlfriends and my beloved seniors. Throughout this journey, I really bonded with a lot of people and Im glad I did because all of them are so wonderfully fabulous.
Now, SYF is over. Results will be released tomorrow and I really am praying for it to be a good one. I hope we can get our targeted gold so as to do Bevan, EDS, DHS, our ex-seniors and most importantly, ourselves proud. We've been practising so hard and I really want the results to be awesome. I want to impress the school and show them that EDS is good, too. I want the Year Four seniors to leave EDS happily and not regretfully. I want people to wow when they hear the results. I want to do justice to the expensive costumes and the gorgeous choreography by Bevan. The gold, with hope.
Whatever the outcome is, I LOVE YOU DANCERS. All of you are pure Godsend and Im really thankful I got to know all of you. All my love, hugs and kisses!
