Ah... It's over.
Sends in the withdrawal symptoms once more.
Always happens to me...
Think I'm a bit crazy lah...Cos I get so involved and committed in this kind of thing, then I get hit really hard once it's finished.

Anyway, for those of you who don't know, Varolari's the title of my school's guitar concert this year, and as I like to term it, revolutionary concert:) Because we took 10 out of 19 items and infused them in a musical with acting, some singing and all. Was...FANTASTIC! Yay!

I was doing some interesting things during the concert last night... All of which, I realised weren't supposed to be done by me. Our original emcee couldn't do the job at the last minute, so I came up with a pretty spontaneous script and then Sean and I did sort of like a radio show (so that we wouldn't have to appear...and since we were already involved in tonnes of other things for the concert) It turned out much much harder than expected, though, because of the lack of mikes and the fact that we had to run from one side of the stage to another while saying the lines at the same time and pretending that we were all calm and collected...LOL! It was pretty funny...and crazy!

Prog Comm.. Cherlyn, Jane and Sean


Another thing I never intended to do was...act. About 1 month before the concert, I spoke to some EXCO people about doing a musical instead of the normal, formal concert. Somehow I got involved in working on the programme (with Jane and Sean...very nice people:P) and writing the script (which is expected) but no...I didn't want to act... Then the J1s didn't want to audition for the lead actress' role and after auditioning sme J2s, Sean was mean (okay maybe not) nd he said that I should do the role instead. Guess what? That was exactly 2 weeks before the concert (hahahahaha...sorry for that hysteria:P) Yup...and that started a very tough and intensive 2 weeks with Alvin ("Spike"), Ruocheng ("Jamie"), Weng Woh ("Gang Leader"), Sean and Evonne ("Gang members"). As for me, I was "Harriet"...this nerdy girl turned love-shy after meeting Spike. Then, of course there's some drama when Spike is actually making use of Harriet to fulfill his side of the deal with the gang leader... But yup, happy ending for the 2 of them. I like the ending of the script, actually, (even though Weng Woh didn't exactly do it the way I initially planned), cos it doesn't end with the lead characters, but with the gang leader, who's betrayed by his gang members (they decide that Spike is more cool to follow:P)

Alvin: It's been very tough on both of us to make everything look real, but...we did it! More importantly, through this concert, I think I've made a really good friend (gasp! It's you!) haha... Anyway, Spike and Harriet will definitely be fondly remembered! Thank you for doing all the dramatic and sweet things for the sake of this role:)


Weng Woh: I remember panicking when you fell so sick last week, but I was really touched when you said you'd work doubly hard to make up for your absence:) Thank you for your wonderful ability to intimidate Harriet and play the role seemingly effortlessly.



Evonne: Thank you for tearing my Chemistry tutorial so beautifully...haha...Really felt very xin tong at that moment...Good thing they were only photocopies..Otherwise I might have really cried:) It was pretty hard on you to carry out the role, because most of it relied on actions, but I'm really proud of you! The Entertainer rocked too!

Valerie: Thank you for everything that you helped with in terms of props. Ideally, if I didn't act, I could have saved you a lot of stress, but I'm actually quite glad that you got to coordinate the actual thing:) Because I think you did a fantastic job! Thank you for being there and for supporting the musical behind the scenes!

Jane: Falling sick was probably never on your agenda, and yet, you still came for the concert! Thank you for being a great member of the programmes comm...for sharing the same fears as me and for being a wonderful person to work with=P Glad you found your Tarzan in the club too...lol...Kidding.

Shao Kai: "Shy That Way" was actually a huge inspiration to the entire musical! Thank you for teaching me this song and for "choosing" me to perform it with you:) Honestly, with the off-beat rhythm and ultra-lowness of the vocal range, I found it really hard playing and singing. But, I have absolutely no regrets!

Yu Jun and Bingqian (hmm...These 2 names sound nice together...Just kidding) : Though the miking seemed to have a big problem, I really really fell in love with The Entertainer ever since I learned it and started playing it with you guys. Thank you both for dedicating so much time and effort into this song. We'll play it again sometime soon:)