Saturday, December 04, 2004 @12/04/2004 05:01:00 PM
Dear Little Princess
The session today with vj choir was truly enjoyable! yupps. We had sectional, learnt some carols before combining with the altos. It was a little stressful though to measure up to their standard. The sops' voices are like so crisp and clear. I wasn't born with a voice like theirs. haha. Honestly, they are blessed, and they can reach the high notes effortlessly. ^-^ I couldn't make it for the prac next wed. = ( That's the problem of overseas trip. I am going to miss my yoga lesson, organ lesson and now, the carolling practice. Of course, I have to learn the other songs at home and brush up the descant lines especially in "O' come all ye faithful". yeah yeah. Must tighten the notes. I don't wanna make a boo-boo. I simply adore the feeling of singing in choir... today the girls combined could already make me feel so hmmm... happy? haha. I can't wait for the whole choir combined session... tada.
Tommorow I am leaving for Malaysia. oh mans. Now I am dreading it. I shall just stash a few tops and two bottoms. Must learn how to be economical in packing. hehee. should have seen my luggage for the mere 5-day stay at Genting last year. Tmr shall do last min packing.. haha. pack in the evening. I never understand why people actually have to pack their stuff for overseas trip days ago. Even when I went to Japan and Korea(longer period of stay), I packed my stuff at the eleventh hour. oookays. I think I am just trying to glam up my bad habit. haha.
I am supposed to keep a short entry. yeah cos' I am getting tired. oooh. suddenly though of what to do... I shall bring my writing book along and complete the song fiction "Wind beneath My Wings". It has been hung with the sign "Under Construction" for ages. In fact, I have a lot of half-complete works. It's time to put the finishing touches to them. hmmm.
I wrote this like when I was preparing for O levels. the language was a bit rubbishy. It's the thought that counts k... hehe.
I just thought four years in dunman high is just like a staged show. Just that everything is impromptu. We can choose to liven up our chars or move away from the crowd, and dwell in solitude, in our own perfect little world. We at different times, play different roles, sometimes u are the leader, while other ocassions, u are the listener, the follower... There can't always be one leader. A leader must know when to step down and listen to what others have to say. anyway. that's sidetrack.
Along this journey of putting up the show, u learn, u fall, u cry, u laugh. Every sheath of humanity was being draped over your tender and igonorant body, one by one. One by one. Then at times, you will recall. You will be willing to be drenched in your memories, the images unfolding... You become your own audience of this drama. Every character, every person u come across is significant in how the the plot will turn out. Then towards the end of the show... on graduation day... u look at your friends and teachers... how is it possible to tell them how u feel, to express your gratitude, to regale the tales in four years, to compact everything you have experienced with them into such little space? Have you even done so? say thank you to everyone u know in the school? No, you didn't. You couldn't. It was part of the show. No one said thank-you. But we all know. We do. In other little ways... The cuddles. The hugs. The jokes. The laughter. No one said thank-you. No. It was too cruel. Imagine: Thank you for these few years of friendship. It was like drawing a full-stop. A GIANT one. But deep in our hearts, we all know. We do. It is not mine, hers, his or yours. It is OUR SHOW. We are all involved, all in it together. Four years of stage-mates, it is suffice to understand that the definition of gratitude runs deep, that
Thank-yous do not have to be pronounced or written, but can be felt with that pulsating amber muscle that is keeping u alive this very second as you are reading till u reach the end of the sentence. =)
Our Show
Little did we know
when we first stepped in here
we will come this far
as a crew, as a cast
scene one, you might be the supporting role
The next, you get all focused and serious,
the director of our show.
We take turns to play
and share the moments of glory and shame
We fight. We quarrel. We argue.
But you and I know
we are all here to grow
to learn to build and construct
so that when we leave,
we might not be the Big Glam Star
but definitely people
with hearts to embrace the world.
Chorus:
This is our show.
Tears and laughter are part of the drama.
We are our own audience
relishing the bits and shreds
we have pieced along the way
This is our show.
A little pat on the shoulder,
A song in the midst to cheer,
sealed in our minds,
the times we had together.
Music has stopped.
Spotlight's on,
We stare at each other,
so much to say
and yet nothing to say
We all have been monsters and angels
at some point of time
but now we've come together
for one last time
to sing:
,br>This is our show, our show.
As we move on, we'll remember
sealed in our minds,
you, I, he, she
This is our show
We couldn't bear to leave
but the curtain got to be closed
somehow.
Just remember
It's our show.
our show.
Say goodbye
to our show.