part 2 yay
At the end of the day, you should always count your blessings:
At the start of the year? I remember comparing - possibly one of the most ridiculous unreasonable things to do, really - I remember being scared, being unhappy, being confused and unsure, being lonely.. and most of all I remember asking if I'd ever love Chorale the way I loved RGSchoir.
And then I realised I can't, and will never be able to. Because Chorale simply isn't RGSchoir (even if you wonder severely about the testosterone level sometimes.. haha kidding!) It's too different: different people, different conductor, different culture, different batchmates. But different isn't always bad you know? Different just means you can't compare, that's all. (incommensurable!)
And ultimately, it's all right.. I think I've found my own love for the choir after all ♥
You know what was the first defining moment for me, personally? At the end of camp, when we watched the J2s putting up their item. and for the first time, I felt a spark of something, that belief that I might actually grow to love this place.
And now, months on,
(long afternoons under block A, lunches at food junction, mornings at chorale table, the singing and singing, running here and there for carolling performances, long phone calls here and there, late MSN conversations, the singing, the manual labour of drilling and painting and other related stuff, the punch sleepovers, the crashing of various people's houses, the barbecuing / burning of perfectly edible food, the singing, the hilarious sectionals, the outings and gatherings, have i mentioned the singing)
will you just look where we are now (:
And, in the end, Chorale has brought me so much love.
For every moment that I've worried or been upset, there're two (and probably more) that leave me laughing, leave me overwhelmed with gratitude and affection and plain awe at what we already have. And in the year ahead! every bit of energy and drive and strength and resolution and love I can possibly find within myself to spare - I really want to just give it to the choir.
So, haiya, to sum up:
THANK YOU CHORALE <3 <3
I really, really love chorale, and beyond anything I'm glad I joined the choir after all.
Honestly? I can't imagine not going through JC without singing, and without meeting all the wonderful people here.
Then there's 08A01B. and 08A01B++ haha.
And to put it simply, being in 08A01B is a blessing.
409 made me learn a lot, and gave me many moments that I am grateful for.. but really? 1B is the one that has helped make RJ feel a lot happier. And I know I am a very blessed person, with a wonderful class to fall back on when I'm not spending time with my batchmates.
For all the hilarious moments we've had together - the singing, the KI teacher stalking, computer lab 2 chionging, magic carbai rides, everything - sometimes people do really sweet things, it kind of sends me into a wibble moment >< And TEAM ALEX! PW with you guys has been fantastic, aww I love you all! hahahaha.
Okay you know what, I think I'll really miss you guys when it's time for us to finally go ><
so okay THANK YOU A01B! <3 <3
Spending time with our class will really be one of the things that will make 2008 just that bit slightly more bearable heh.
And last of all, the many people who have been a part of the year.
Liuhui Wanxi Jas, and the random 203'04 people who pop up every once in a while, for still keeping in contact and being able to have funny happy moments three years since we've gone on to different subjects, different classes <3 And it's the same for the 409'06 people whom I only see once in a while now - it feels really nice when I meet up with some of you all, exchange hugs, get strange comments on parts of my anatomy haha.
And as for Incognito.. it's been a year; we've drifted, grown apart, moved on to different things, changed slightly. Perhaps some more than others. But nonetheless, I'm grateful already to still be somehow bound together by what we've gone through together. What will last will last - I put my faith in this (: I still miss Incog sometimes, the people whom I don't get to see often especially, but I hope you guys are all doing okay <3
Oh and to the pretty girls who still frolic in RGSchoir: I have a confession to make. It took me a really long time to really let you go. There was (and actually, probably still is) some part of me that occasionally wonders how you're doing, feels a bit 心痛 for the silliest of reasons.
And then one day I went back and saw them and realised that they really have grown. And I wouldn't be respecting them if I still harboured occasional longings of smothering them. (of course, if you'd like to be smothered, Suet Ping's arms will always be wide open, haha!)
But really la. the thing about RGSchoir that inspires me most is that the choir always helps me find my love for singing. Everytime I go back to hear them sing, watch them practise.. I know all over again why I chose to continue singing in JC, and I remember all those little good habits and discipline I learnt and yet forgot. So for that, thank you RGSchoir <3
Okay that is some long post but you know what! it's not over yet because I still have special shoutouts to go haha :D :D
to team alex!
! we have our PW rendezvous due, do you remember! except, preferably after KI proposal is done, hahahaha. there is a lot of pizza (manly meat-eater for alex) due, along with lichen's bed.
to the rest of 1B!
actually i've said all i wanted to say to you all already but nonetheless.. it occurs to me that i haven't seen many of you in over a month! okay when school reopens i will offer you a smother.
..weren't we supposed to take mrs d out to lunch before she flies off! :O
to my fellow highpitched zhabors!
even though i've only been in sop for less than half a year, but even in this short time i've grown to love you guys very much >< thank you for welcoming me into the section so warmly, and you know, honestly? i'm very proud of our section <3 and on a personal basis, i guess i just want to say that i will work hard & improve myself etc etc, because i think our section deserves no less than everything (: so ya! everybody must find your testosterone okay! (not too much please, still must sing high, so erm julian level will be enough HAHA) love you guys <3
to my manly ex-sectionmates!
to tell you the truth actually i think i am very lucky to have sung in both sections because honestly? being an alto with you guys has given me some of the most wonderful moments of the year, what with blushing SLs, intense sectionals, all the laughter and happiness <3 <3 thank you for all those fantastic times together, i really do treasure them you know.
so HWOAHHHHHH! and hello my low range is not that gone, i can always come and chest it out with you all HAHA :D :D
to wonderful wonderful batchmates!
there's not very much for me to say.. except that you guys have brought me a lot of unexpected happiness and love and warmth and now this is one of my i-dont-know-what-to-say moments ><
you people make my life in chorale twice as wonderful. actually, probably more than that. i don't know, really; can you actually measure this?
though there are some of you i don't interact with a lot, but well we still have one year don't we? you know i mean what i say in those letters, so. yeah let's go through 2008 together! <3 more happy moments please!
Omg this is possibly the longest I've posted haha; well, that felt therapeutic? If you read all the way, good for you! If you fell asleep halfway it's okay I LOVE YOU ANYWAY :D
I guess this year has changed me very much, but for the most part I think I've found my footing again (: And ultimately I'm glad it ended on a good note yay <3
Happy new year! :D :D
At the start of the year? I remember comparing - possibly one of the most ridiculous unreasonable things to do, really - I remember being scared, being unhappy, being confused and unsure, being lonely.. and most of all I remember asking if I'd ever love Chorale the way I loved RGSchoir.
And then I realised I can't, and will never be able to. Because Chorale simply isn't RGSchoir (even if you wonder severely about the testosterone level sometimes.. haha kidding!) It's too different: different people, different conductor, different culture, different batchmates. But different isn't always bad you know? Different just means you can't compare, that's all. (incommensurable!)
And ultimately, it's all right.. I think I've found my own love for the choir after all ♥
You know what was the first defining moment for me, personally? At the end of camp, when we watched the J2s putting up their item. and for the first time, I felt a spark of something, that belief that I might actually grow to love this place.
And now, months on,
(long afternoons under block A, lunches at food junction, mornings at chorale table, the singing and singing, running here and there for carolling performances, long phone calls here and there, late MSN conversations, the singing, the manual labour of drilling and painting and other related stuff, the punch sleepovers, the crashing of various people's houses, the barbecuing / burning of perfectly edible food, the singing, the hilarious sectionals, the outings and gatherings, have i mentioned the singing)
will you just look where we are now (:
And, in the end, Chorale has brought me so much love.
For every moment that I've worried or been upset, there're two (and probably more) that leave me laughing, leave me overwhelmed with gratitude and affection and plain awe at what we already have. And in the year ahead! every bit of energy and drive and strength and resolution and love I can possibly find within myself to spare - I really want to just give it to the choir.
So, haiya, to sum up:
THANK YOU CHORALE <3 <3
I really, really love chorale, and beyond anything I'm glad I joined the choir after all.
Honestly? I can't imagine not going through JC without singing, and without meeting all the wonderful people here.
Then there's 08A01B. and 08A01B++ haha.
And to put it simply, being in 08A01B is a blessing.
409 made me learn a lot, and gave me many moments that I am grateful for.. but really? 1B is the one that has helped make RJ feel a lot happier. And I know I am a very blessed person, with a wonderful class to fall back on when I'm not spending time with my batchmates.
For all the hilarious moments we've had together - the singing, the KI teacher stalking, computer lab 2 chionging, magic carbai rides, everything - sometimes people do really sweet things, it kind of sends me into a wibble moment >< And TEAM ALEX! PW with you guys has been fantastic, aww I love you all! hahahaha.
Okay you know what, I think I'll really miss you guys when it's time for us to finally go ><
so okay THANK YOU A01B! <3 <3
Spending time with our class will really be one of the things that will make 2008 just that bit slightly more bearable heh.
And last of all, the many people who have been a part of the year.
Liuhui Wanxi Jas, and the random 203'04 people who pop up every once in a while, for still keeping in contact and being able to have funny happy moments three years since we've gone on to different subjects, different classes <3 And it's the same for the 409'06 people whom I only see once in a while now - it feels really nice when I meet up with some of you all, exchange hugs, get strange comments on parts of my anatomy haha.
And as for Incognito.. it's been a year; we've drifted, grown apart, moved on to different things, changed slightly. Perhaps some more than others. But nonetheless, I'm grateful already to still be somehow bound together by what we've gone through together. What will last will last - I put my faith in this (: I still miss Incog sometimes, the people whom I don't get to see often especially, but I hope you guys are all doing okay <3
Oh and to the pretty girls who still frolic in RGSchoir: I have a confession to make. It took me a really long time to really let you go. There was (and actually, probably still is) some part of me that occasionally wonders how you're doing, feels a bit 心痛 for the silliest of reasons.
And then one day I went back and saw them and realised that they really have grown. And I wouldn't be respecting them if I still harboured occasional longings of smothering them. (of course, if you'd like to be smothered, Suet Ping's arms will always be wide open, haha!)
But really la. the thing about RGSchoir that inspires me most is that the choir always helps me find my love for singing. Everytime I go back to hear them sing, watch them practise.. I know all over again why I chose to continue singing in JC, and I remember all those little good habits and discipline I learnt and yet forgot. So for that, thank you RGSchoir <3
Okay that is some long post but you know what! it's not over yet because I still have special shoutouts to go haha :D :D
to team alex!
! we have our PW rendezvous due, do you remember! except, preferably after KI proposal is done, hahahaha. there is a lot of pizza (manly meat-eater for alex) due, along with lichen's bed.
to the rest of 1B!
actually i've said all i wanted to say to you all already but nonetheless.. it occurs to me that i haven't seen many of you in over a month! okay when school reopens i will offer you a smother.
..weren't we supposed to take mrs d out to lunch before she flies off! :O
to my fellow highpitched zhabors!
even though i've only been in sop for less than half a year, but even in this short time i've grown to love you guys very much >< thank you for welcoming me into the section so warmly, and you know, honestly? i'm very proud of our section <3 and on a personal basis, i guess i just want to say that i will work hard & improve myself etc etc, because i think our section deserves no less than everything (: so ya! everybody must find your testosterone okay! (not too much please, still must sing high, so erm julian level will be enough HAHA) love you guys <3
to my manly ex-sectionmates!
to tell you the truth actually i think i am very lucky to have sung in both sections because honestly? being an alto with you guys has given me some of the most wonderful moments of the year, what with blushing SLs, intense sectionals, all the laughter and happiness <3 <3 thank you for all those fantastic times together, i really do treasure them you know.
so HWOAHHHHHH! and hello my low range is not that gone, i can always come and chest it out with you all HAHA :D :D
to wonderful wonderful batchmates!
there's not very much for me to say.. except that you guys have brought me a lot of unexpected happiness and love and warmth and now this is one of my i-dont-know-what-to-say moments ><
you people make my life in chorale twice as wonderful. actually, probably more than that. i don't know, really; can you actually measure this?
though there are some of you i don't interact with a lot, but well we still have one year don't we? you know i mean what i say in those letters, so. yeah let's go through 2008 together! <3 more happy moments please!
Omg this is possibly the longest I've posted haha; well, that felt therapeutic? If you read all the way, good for you! If you fell asleep halfway it's okay I LOVE YOU ANYWAY :D
I guess this year has changed me very much, but for the most part I think I've found my footing again (: And ultimately I'm glad it ended on a good note yay <3
Happy new year! :D :D