I guess everyone was having that... I popped by Rene's office and met the musical peeps. They were like, "4.30pm dinner will arrive", "It's already 3pm, why is your hair and make up not done?!", "6pm standby Footloose!" Hahaha. Those were the days :) Rene called it the Post-Musical Syndrome (PMS)...
And I had to meet Mr lizard in the kitchen just now! Grrrr! I should have brushed my teeth earlier on just now! Thankfully I have not seen any lizard for a few months in my room already :) It proves that my room is clean!! Haha. Oppsy, which reminds me that I need to change my bedsheet. CNY is coming, better make my room presentable.
Okay, I should not be even blogging or using the computer! Could not help it lah. So many people were posting the musical photos and I needed to do project stuff! Yup, it's back to serious work already! I've been reading through and trying to recall what ever the lecturer had taught us! I THINK I'm ok. Just that I need to be more focused and prepared :( Which is equals to NOT ok. Ahahahaha.
Having project presentations on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!!! Wish me luck! ;)
Sunday, February 7 @ 01:51
Finally, it's over!
This dream started about 1 year ago, when Rene told the few of us SoundCard members to do up musical songs for club crawl. She wanted to attract the freshies to sign up for the audition. Of course, we were all encouraged to sign up as well! And after a year of waiting, it finally happened! :)
Though it may not be exactly what I dreamt of, at least I got to perform on that very auditorium stage! Before entering NYP, I was worried that being in a bigger insitution, I won't have a chance to perform like what I did for Metamorphosis in BBSS. Little did I know I "advanced" into the next level! I mean, I'm Maria right. It is SO not me to just go through school without getting involved in other non-academic thingys! I am very, very sure that THIS would be an event I would NEVER forget :) Thank you, NYP and in particular, Rene for giving me the chance to achieve my dream!
Other than just performing, I have made really good friends from the various dance groups and SU!! From the bottom of my heart, I hope that we will all mantain the friendship! I expect to wave at more people from Monday onwards! LOL!
Moving on, I just want to thank the people who came all the way down so support me! First on the list, Theresa and Marcus!! Urgh, my fringe is so flat!!
The lovely tutorial mates! Now you guys know why I had to always stay back and all. Hahaha. Oh, Amelia came in as a surprise!!!
My 2nd family :P I was a must to invite my shi fu down. I hope I did improve some way!! Haha.
The closest people to me, my parents :) They have given me so much support and patience especially when I had to go home so late every night after rehearsals.
Someone who is also close to me, my best friend JingWei :) Thanks dear for your never ending support!
Not forgetting my cellgroup w325 and thanks for the lovely roses :)
Lastly, peeps from my secondary school!!! Oh, I just feel so happy that Carlos, ShaoYu and ShengJie were involved in it! As if it's like a small world! Hehe. Sishi, I think if you came to NYP, you would be part of this too! Wahahaha. probably my dresser? HAHAHA!
The musical singers! A talented bunch indeed! :D Glad to know new people for know some people more! I believe some of us will go far some way for some how!! Roxanne, Farhanah, Bernice, Fadzly, Joshua, Angel, Shikin, Pris and Azri!! Woohoo! Singers rock!!
My Mr Fadzly Suhaimi!! It was great working out that song together with you!! Also the often train rides home together! Hahaha. I'm sure you will go far!! We MUST go for graduation audition together! :P
And lastly, Rene!!! I think if not for her, SoundCard would not exist and I would not be so exposed to such things! And I believe that she was the one who did the most effort for this performance!! Cheers to Rene! Hooray! And oh, yay! So glad that she's staying in NYP for another year!! WOOHOO!
Yeah, I'm just so overwhelmed by everything!! And I believe this desire to perform for a musical just would not stop here! The next level would be being in a real musical cast ensemble and who knows, supporting cast and then, lead? Haha. Well, I am not sure what lies ahead of me but I know God has a better plan installed for me!
A Night On Broadway. Also, A Night To Remember...
Saturday, February 6 @ 10:02
I can do it!
Yesterday was AWESOME. But today will be 10x better compared to yesterday!!!!!!! I really have to thank God for such a supernatural substance. Most of the time, I was distracted by the mic as it had technical difficulties. But today, I promise that I will concentrate hard for today! Thankfully there are 2 shows! Hehehe.
I would like to thank the 29 people who will be coming down today. It's the first time performing in a concert in front of so many people I know!
I just can't wait to have my fingers on those McWings and durians! Wahahaha!
God will guide me through today!!! All glory goes to Him!! :)
Wednesday, February 3 @ 21:56
Insanity (though, it's the kind of insainty I like)
At least, today all the performers were given a break! :D And you can see me blogging relatively early. Urgh, need to touch up on my project stuff and revise my lecture later!! Thank God I have the chance to at least do some academic stuff later. Whee.
Yesterday, was really a JOKE!!!!! Clara up-combed my hair and Ivy (i like to call her that even though that's not the real thing :P) was going to help me finish up but she had to do her own make up... By the time Clara was done with my hair, it was already 5pm. Just nice for the Adult Nursing lecture!! But the moment I stepped into the function room where all the performers had their dinner, everyone gave me the same face. And Azri HAD to give stupid comments and shout so loud. HAHA. There were the few nick names given to me during that short 10 minutes. Electricuted, explosion, monkey, lion, crazy etc..............
Ok, maybe it doesnt look THAT big in this photo but trust me, it was! And that was the joke of that day. I could not attend lecture because I am sure that would distract everyone :/ But still, thanks dears for doing my hair! Heehee. I of course looked great eventually lah! Wahahaha.
2 more days to the musical. And yesterday was quite a dramatic moment for me... You know, before the performance where we get cheered on. Our vocal instructor Shing Min told us to just visualise that we were putting on a really, really awesome performance! (She also told us that it was ok to eat bananas as it would calm us down. And we singers spammed bananas like monkeys) Like wow! Yeah, I'm gonna visualise what ever positive things! XinYe reminded me of what Miss Yee (our previous choral instructor) told us during performance periods...
Once you reach the peak, you can never go back there again...
And she made sure we didnt have rehearsals the day before the performance. But anyway, with all the adrenline pumping in my body, I'm sure something extraordinary will happen! Ok, for those who are watching, it may just be a few moments for you. But for sure its not easy! So many things to remember on stage! Of course, that's how a theatrical performer would feel. I'm preparing for my future! xD
I am pretty sure I will cry after Sat's performance :( Got to know many great friends! Like the singer alumini people like Farhanah and Pris! Also, the SA dancers! Those girls (and a few guys) are really awesome people with full of discipline! Ok, enough of being sedimental. I still have the whole of tomorrow, Friday and Saturday to be with them!! Heehee!
Ok enough said. I shall study now!!!
Thursday, January 28 @ 18:38
I feel pretty, oh so pretty!
I do see myself dancing like that during the waiting time in rehearsals! With the dresses and the shoes. Hahaha! It's so me lah! Erm, just that I'm not that graceful. Heh heh...
Thank God that there isn't rehearsals today and tomorrow. I guess all of us needs the well deserved break :) Also, I managed to study abit more! Whee! Gosh! Less than a month to the exams! :/ Hopefully I won't see any drastic drop due to the musical (i'm sure its not the musical's fault anyway. look at the amount of time i spend sitting here!)
As what I have mentioned in every blog entry recently, I really want the actual day to be extraordinary! I MUST improve every rehearsal! I hope Saturday will be good :) For those who are actually interested, I'm really sorry. Every performer is given limited tickets. So, if I never mentioned to you ANYTHING about the tickets, I'm sorry. For those I approached, no promises as well.
8 more days!! 5 more rehearsal days to improve! :S
Wednesday, January 27 @ 09:48
I can do better!
Before anything, something to tickle your funny bone :D
Ahhh, so I've been having intensive rehearsals. Well, not really intensive. Just that it happens every evening. Next week will be worse! Almost the whole day! :S Thankfully for me, I'm having a one week holiday! But urgh, I should really make good use of the time to study for the exams :/ Well, it's never too late to start. Besides, it's only the midweek! Go go Maria!
The problem with rehearsals is that I have so many things to remember on stage. And always, I would forget to do certain things and all. I just wonder why is it so difficult to perfect my song :/ I hope today will be better. It would be great if something extraordinary would happen on the actual day. Believeing for it to happen! :D
Omg single digit! 9 more days!!!
Saturday, January 23 @ 11:55
Finally it's over!
And I almost cried when I had to say goodbye to the patients I've looked after for a week. I wished all of them a Happy Chinese New Year and to have better health (shen ti jian kang)!!! They really need it. I hope they will recover as soon as possible! :)
On the last day of attachment, the work wasn't that busy. So I had time to just observe certain things. What I saw touched my heart. It was love. True love. I got to see a 70-year-old couple being so loving after being together for so long. The husband comes everyday to visit his wife and does everything he can to make her comfortable. He wipes her face, puts water on her lips, massages her limbs so that they don't feel numb and always asks her if she is feeling alright. The best thing is that he does that everyday! Every morning, the wife askes me if it's 9am because that is the time her husband would usually come.
Another is a new mother with a 5-month-old son. She was very unfortunate when she had to encounter this incident. She lost her ability to talk and her right limbs are severely weak. When I was NG feeding her, I passed her the photograph of her mother holding on to her son. She took it with her left hand and stared at it for as long as she could. I guess this was what she was thinking... "Son, Mommy will recover soon and I promise to take care of you!"
It's just these simple things we normal people would not treasure. But for one thing I know, I will try my best to really love the people I love :)
Just when I thought I wanted attachment to end, I didn't really wanna leave. Nevermind, I will be a working nurse in about 1 and a half years' time! I guess quitting nursing would be a very hard thing for me to do =X
After the last shift of attachment, I went to school for yet another musical rehearsal! :D I must say that I'm getting more and more excited as the days are getting closer! Thus, the pressure to do really well. I must say that it has not been really good on my part. I just hope that on the actual days, it'll be something extraordinary. In the meantime, I need more practices!
One thing good about performances with big groups is that you get to know people more! :D Not only just the singers but the other dance groups as well!
And when the musical ends, I'll be thinking, "Man! Why did the rehearsals finished so fast?!" And bam! Exam time! :(
