SYF 2007: Silver. Again. Not that I'm not grateful that we got a silver instead of bronze or even c.o.p. But... this is like the third time I got silver for syf. Primary 5, Sec 2 and now... it's like I have some sort of fate with silver. But we have come this far, and I am glad to have shared this experience with everyone, though I might not know many of them, especially those not in my section. I would like to thank everyone for their hard work, because even though a gold was not reached, we learned many things on this journey.

[1] reached school at around 10, and was immediately ushered into the makeshift girls' changing room. So, I changed as swiftly as I could, trying not to feel self-conscious. Then we moved on to do our makeup... which made me think of those chinese erm... demoness from the archaic martial arts tv dramas. Do I make sense? Haha, anyway, the blush was heavily applied, and it clashed with the turquoise eyeshadow which was supposed to match with our gowns.

[2] started practice at like about 11:40? Anyway, we did the usual; warm-ups, then went through the songs etc. Details I can't really remember... too tired.

[3] lunch... was free, so I shall not complain. Yeah, it was free. Note that and make your own inferences, I'm sure there are clever people out there.

[4] the bus ride to VCH was uneventful as I dozed fitfully against the window. I didn't really want to sleep, but was pretty tired, besides, no one was talking to me... I was awake by the time we reached. So no harm done.

[5] I wasn't really nervous when I went up on stage, for VCH had became somewhere familiar to me, having performed there before, and being to concerts here. Besides, the lighting was comfortable and cosy, unlike our previous venue for syf. I did what I could, trying to recall what we learnt, and putting the expressions into our faces. My cheeks actually hurt... not used to long periods of extended use, since I'm not a very 'smiley' person.

[6] after the performance, we stay to hear the results, since we were the second last choir for the day. Miss Ong led us all outside for a talk. She seemed pleased with us, and commented greatly on our improvement. I was glad, but a doubt nagged inside me; what if she was consoling us in this manner? Anyway, we cheered a bit, and then went back and waited. Waiting sucks; I don't really wait and today, I was especially impatient.

[7] Few schools had gold, and there wasn't any which achieved a gold with honors, there were a few c.o.p and bronze, and then silver. Jia Xuan of BP High too received a silver, and she was like really disappointed, like us. Unity Sec erupted into cheers when they heard they got a silver, we met our own silver with stony silence, and frowns. Some even cried. I was sorely disappointed, even though I know gold was not something that we have reached, but I hoped, and was disappointed.

[8] Unknown to many, yes, I did cry. But not a lot, just merely over active tear glands. I had actually promised myself not to cry, even if I did, I'd do it at home, alone. But the others who burst into tears affected me, and I found my own eyes tearing up. I kind of cried on the bus silently, tears which I refused to acknowledge, and stared resolutely out of the window. Luckily the bus ride was long, due to traffic and I got myself grounded with some meditation techniques.

[9] Long speeches from everyone who tried to wax eloquent about the whole process and everything. And I cried a bit. And everyone sang Oh Magnum Mysterium for the last time together, but it sucked since most of the girls were like teary and all, and we went off badly. But no one cared.

[10] thank you to everyone in the choir, thank you to all the teachers, especially the teachers-in-charge. thank you.

Since this is like the last time I will have a syf with this choir, I think I'll just do something here; write my opinions on all the sec 4s in the choir, present company excluded, of course.

[Kimberley] My dear dear sectional leader. Kimmi, thank you most of all. 'Cos you worked the hardest, out of all of us in the soprano section. And you worry so much about us, and blamed our mistakes as your own, which is a trait I wish you would change... I'm sorry we could get a gold, but don't take it too much on yourself, cos we did our best, and you know that.

[Wei En] ... if you read this, please don't be offended. She acts cute a lot. Trust me. But she is a good friend, though she has her faults too. Yah, overly insecure and dependent, but can be reliable.

[Joey] ... nothing much lah, but she was part of the reason why I joined choir in the first place. We were classmates in sec 1, so since we were selected by choir, we decided to go in together. Haha, we also skipped choir a lot in sec 1 together. And we were forced to go to practices due to the then scary Mr Liew.

[Yan Ting] a pity she wasn't performing with us for syf. Usually very lame, but still dependable most of the time, when she isn't annoying others or seeking attention. I'm not overly worried that she will be offended, since we say this to her face most of the time.

[Cheryl] she works too hard. She has put in a lot, a lot, a lot for this choir, and I feel that sometimes, she is underappreciated. Since last year, she has been stressed out over choir issues, and her grades slipped drastically because of that. Hopefully, with syf over, she'll have time for herself. A very very reliable person, who is also very positive.

[Yeah Jun, Wen Ting, Feng Ru, Hui Qi] don't really know them all very well, but they are pretty close to each other. Usually, if one skips, the others will follow, until syf came around the corner, and they became serious and came regularly. They're really humorous people, very fun to be with.

[Chong Ren] he is like the comic relief in the choir. And usually his actions are always funny, even though he doesn't mean it to be funny. Blur and a little exaggerating, but I feel that he is sincere in what he's doing, and that's the most important thing.

[Victor, Tze Yang, Joshua, James] don't really know them too, since they only joined like last year, but they're alright, I guess. Victor's a bit blur, Tze Yang... kind of sings in a funny manner, as if he's having a difficult time, cos he usually sticks his neck forward, something like that. Joshua... not too sure. James... attention seeker or something. But I think he's quite chummy with Chee How and Chong Ren...

[Chee How] well... my opinion of him is like a rollercoaster. There are times when he says something that actually makes sense and raises my opinion of him, then he spoils the image by saying something ridiculous. So my opinion then plummets. But overall, he's still alright, and quite nice actually when he's not being lame. Yeah...

[Tian Jun] finally, to our president, then I can go to sleep. He sometimes rub me the wrong way, so I get frustrated at him, but he's quite alright if you ignore his faults. Heh, I really really really hated the military style of discipline, since one of the main reasons I joined choir was to avoid this kind of thing. Heck, I even turned down the offer to join band because I didn't want to do the 'fall-in', 'fall-out' thing. But... he's pretty decent, so kudos for effort trying to be a good president. Maybe someday I'll remember him favorably... nah, probably not possible.

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