Happenings Upon Happenings...

ok... havent blogged for like 3 or 4 days liao... hav damn lot of things to write abt... esp after 2 very very eventful days... so readers... pls bear wif me... cos this entry might be the longest one i've ever written... but i promise to cut it short... hehe... :)
16th dec is always a special time of the yr... cos del will invite a whole bunch of pple (abt 14 went this yr) to east coast park (our usual haunt) to celebrate her bday... well... as expected... meeting pt was at paya lebar mrt... but the whole grp only arrived at like 12.45pm when the meetin time was 12pm... haha... nvm.. all the late kings n queens... :) ... went to east coast hopin to meet the other 3 members... but realised tt they were at katong shoppin centre when we were at Parkway Parade... dotz... communication prob... but nvm... daniel kicked up a bit of a fuss abt ty... haha... the 2 loggerheads r always like tt... upon reachin the park... headed straight for cycling... hmm... competition was very fierce there... practically every rental shop had this sign "Rent 1 hr, 1 more hr FREE!!!"... haha.... but we eventually found (or rather, they dragged us into their shop) a shop which gives the whole day free (till 7pm) for just the rental fee of 1 hr... haha... rented there anyway... but in the end turned out tt our butts hurt like mad cos the seats were not really cushioned very well... after cyclin n meetin up wif the 3 other members of the grp, realised halfway tt the 2 young ones (dory n jayce) got lost... spent a lot of time findin them... tink they were scared stiff... well... mayb its becos of our negligence... but no one tot tt they wld get lost... i mean... its a straight rd rite... but somehow they U-turned n cldn't c us anymore... den after gatherin at the beach... played bridge for abt 2 rounds... it was nice keepin them in suspense as to who was their partner... :) ... den started to throw pple into the water... one by one, everybody got their feel of dippin their heads into the water... haha... some were so scared of gettin thrown into the water tt they volunteered to jump in themselves... hahahahaha... but del was the best... bday gal was SWINGED into the water... tho we dint really throw her far enuf... den played some games in the sea... the "knock-out" game was absolutely hilarious... the 3 "seaters" (huangting, dory n jayce) were tuggin at each other's legs, hands... hahaha... very funny... den played eagle n chickens... but stopped it abruptly becos we were headin too far out into sea... i almost cldn't stand on my feet anymore... went to arcade after washin up... played for so long tt we were late for our kolintang pract... haha... so had to rush off to mac's to buy our dinner n eat on the way back... haha... :)
17th dec... the day when all our kolintang practices since september paid off... shall skip the practice part... move straight into the performance... the stage was disappointingly small... our instruments practically occupied the entire stage... n we almost had no place to move... n the mic system was very very bad... one of the mics cldn't work at all... n we were under the constant threat of it raining... cos the whole programme will den be cancelled... n our practices wld be wasted... but luckily, tt dint happen... :) ... performance proceeded as planned... started of the 1st song too fast... had a very very bad feelin abt the 2nd song... which will surely speed up... haha... worst fear came true... the 2nd song can almost be likened to a bullet train... must apologise to the grp abt this... since i was the one who gave the command beat... n i actually screwed up the last chord!!! ... haiz... so much for wantin to act "sei"... :( ... the last few songs were luckily still ok... cos i learned my lesson... but smth bad happened for our finale song... my angklung dropped halfway while i was playin it... tt nva happened b4... n for a moment i was a bit shocked by it... cos tt angklung represented an impt note in the song... but luckily hx was there to pick it up for me... haha... ended the whole performance on a high note... every1 was quite high n excited... must thank the pple who hav helped out in the transportin n those who came to support us thruout the whole performance... ur presence really encouraged us a lot... :)... after movin the instruments to the vehicles... the entire ensemble rushed off to buy a gift for our teacher-in-charge... haha... turned it into a mini-outin... finally settled for an ornament at lucky plaza... quite within our budget... haha... walked to cineleisure frm there to take neoprint wif the gals... upon their strong n earnest request... haha... compared to the time when i took it wif 04S73, this was less chaotic... cos the formation was not really changed tt much... but i dint really turn out well in the photos... sad... had a nice time distributin n snatchin up the pics... haha... den it was home sweet home for every1... n the post-performance feelin came back... haha... a bit sad tt everything's over... i tink the entire grp will agree wif me... we did hav so much fun practisin our stuff... tho we often complained at first abt how tirin it is... pple get scoldin... pple created a lot of jokes... haha... we went thru quite a lot tgt durin the past 3 mnths... i hav wif me an excellent kolintang ensemble team... n i must say tt im quite proud of ourselves... n after i leave the team... i hope tt they can continue wad we hav done... haha... n im sure they r capable of tt... :)