ok so maybe quite a number of you already tagged before I posted this, but yay! We got gold with honours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmm...ok this is NOT to stress those who wil be having their SYF these few weeks, but I am really really relieved and grateful for this :) And, as I shared with SSS this morning (I led worship today), the whole thing turned out to be something very spiritual...

A week before the SYF, we were far from the gold standard. A bronze was more likely the case. However, amidst all the crying from the sec 4s, we pushed very hard in that one week...and on the day before the competition, I don't know why...most of the sec 4s stayed back, sat down, and then my Christian friend in choir suggested that we pray. Honestly, in my mind, I thought "Huh? The rest sure won't agree to it one". Okay, I was wrong. In the end, she sabo-ed me to pray, and obviously, I was caught totally unaware! But when I started, "Dear God...", somehow, everything seemed to flow. It wasn't like how I usually pray when I'm alone. I seemed to chart the whole journey of our batch and just committing everything to God. I thought it was very special, because it brought out the true essence of prayer: talking to God. I felt it was a very special moment :)

The next day, we went on stage and showed others who we really were: "nu qiang ren"! haha...that's what my conductor always calls us, because the other girl choirs normally very demure and sweet. As for us...quite a different story...haha...but that's also what gave us our CHARACTER and STAGE PRESENCE...the X-factor :) so for everyone else, just go up on stage and for that 15 minutes, show off the talents and character that you have. Impress and wow the judges, because everyone has the potential of getting the results you desire:)

choirs that got Gold with Honours:
1. Fairfield*
2. Victoria*
3. Holy Innocence High
4. Raffles Institution
5. Commonwealth
6. River Valley
7. Tanjong Katong Sec
8. Catholic High
9. Nanyang
10. Cedar*

* schools performing for the Singapore Youth Festival (chosen not by ranking)

Anyway, all the best once more to those competing soon...
NANYANG
Chinese Dance (Su Wan)
Band (Margaret, Jacklyn)
Modern Dance (Regina, Liu Qian)
Theatre (Helen, Wan Ting)
CO (Stella, Yan Ting, Yong Xian, Xiao Meng, Yin Shan, Jasline)
String (Xiang Jun, Yi Hang, Xiao Jun)

OUTSIDE
modern dance (Cheri)
CO (Hong zhou)
Band (Stephanie)

Jia You!!!!!!!!!! God bless and take care :)