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Image by FayeMarcik. For the past few days, i’ve been 用泪洗脸. Wednesday..Thursday..and Today. I couldnt stop thinking of it. I already tried very hard to control the tears from flowing down. But, i cant. The more i think of it, the more i cried. Heading to classroom for lessons, i saw sherlynn, cuijun, shirley.. Recieved hugs and encouragement from them. I’m sorry shirley that i made you cry. I saw shirley’s blog:

i made her mood went downstream as well. when i exit class from irp to go for pe, hendra love saw me, and asked me, why i cry. i was shocked, and i saw her. i ran towards her, and ask her what happen. i saw her cry, i cannot take it, but cry along. we hugged and cry at the same time, with so many people walking past us and stare at us. =x we didnt care, but continue to hug, cry and say sorry to one another. =x jannah, yihong & sher came over to stop us from crying, and “chase” me to pe. =x i feel so bad for making her mood bad also. i’m just the emo me. =x

See? This is the strong effect of crying infront of my friends. Their mood get affected. I cant recall how many people walked past us. I didnt realise hendra saw me. Oh gosh.. i think alot of juniors saw me crying bah? The first lesson was maths, and i was late. When i went into the classroom, ms loke asked me if im ok. And i said “I’m STRONG!” but at that moment, i didnt mean what i said. When i saw James in the canteen, i controlled myself. When i saw Valerie and Meiling, i started to tear. When i saw Yvoone, i really couldnt take it. Once i hugged Yvoone, i started to cry again.

I’m sorry for friends who were around me. I didnt talked much to you guys. And sorry for not going lunching with you.

and also shirley.. dont blame yourself. You didnt affect my mood. It’s me who couldnt control myself..

Our cca participated in the SYF Central Judging Competition on 26 April. And I’m proud to announce that we got GOLD! We played two songs- Di Tanjong Katong and Dance Fantasy. To get the recording of the music, you can download it at:

After 4-5 months of practice, our hard work really paid off! Great hug to our conductor Ms Wee for arranging the two pieces, and made it a good one. Special thanks to teachers like Mr J, Ms Lim, Ms Tay, and Mr Ram(for speeding down to SCH to give us sth).Thanks to all who were involved in this year’s SYF. Thank you for your cooperation. You guys turned up for night practices, though returning back home from school was a long long journey. Thank you for people who wished us good luck, who prayed for us! We really did it!

On Wednesday(25 April)… the day we had our last SYF Practice..

had lunch with my darlings together. We had cam-whoring session. I mean, really cam-whore! took more than 63 photos. Really had fun together..I cant imagine the days without them.

our king kong junlong..

first cd album..

Before practice, i had my fringe cut by Edith. THANK YOU! CJ saw Edith’s “work” on me, and decided to have the fringe cut too! From Edith’s blog : “i think i did a gd job! *thanks gurls. i mean really thank euu la. thanks for trustin me lol”

And, we got our own shoe rack! Harmonis is now neater, with no shoes lying around.

Practice was okay. Everyone was excited for THE DAY. Mr j came in and encouraged us. He started to reminisce the good old days he had with us. Harmonis suddenly changed to an emo place. We had the cake from Secret Recipe after our practice. The same old chocolate and cheesecake that we bought for Ms Wee’s bday!

On the way back home, suddenly remembered that i have to buy something for my angklung section as an encouragement for them to do well in SYF. Stayed at NTUC for quite a long time, indecisive of what to buy for them. By the time i reached home, it was already 8pm. Had my dinner and straightened my fringe..All because of SYF.

THE DAY WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR..(26 April)

When birds were still in their nest, waiting for heavy rain to stop..I reached school and only saw people like meiling, rommance, james and leong. Ya, who will reach school so early at 6:45am, except for us. While waiting for people to come, i went to the Harmonis storeroom and played piano. Sherlynn came and joined me. We played Canon in D together.

Around 715am, we had a mini combine together.Around 9 plus, we moved the instrument to the truck, changed to our costumes, make up. Dress nice nice ready for the SHOWTIME! We got this beautiful blue ribbon to tie on the hair, and got this earring(blue beads and silver hearts), standardised for all girls. Gave my section the sweets i’ve prepared. Although the gift is small, but like what shir said, its the thought that counts. Shir and Jannah got gift for their section and group respectively. Then, we had our group photo taking.

When we reached Singapore Conference Hall, saw some of the seniors..

Like my ex-sectional leader, Afidah. She messaged me that she wouldnt be coming as she’s sick. But, i saw her at SCH! This is how cunning and evil the seniors are =X Other seniors like Xiaoxuan, Huda, Dian, Yani.

Suddenly happened, and really spoilt my mood. The news was not supposed to pass down, but somehow everyone knew what happened. I’m not going to say who’s the culprit. The percussion sets werent transported to the truck. Important instruments were all in the school. Ms Wee’s baton too! Ms Wee came and made the last minute adjustment, fearing that the instruments couldnt reach on time. We supposed to have the “bird-call” using the porcelain bird, but we had to do it manually.. Man-made bird call..

Though i was affected by the bad news, i had to reassure my friends that it will be fine, will be ok. But yet, i couldnt convince myself. 4 minutes before our competition, the “bird-call” came. All thanks to Mr Ram, who came down from school to pass it to us. He’s our saviour. For once, i know that Mr Ram is good. For that, we were assured and got ready for the competition.

Before going into the backstage, i hugged everyone in my section, helping them adjust their costumes, their sleeves and collar. I’m like their mama. Take care of this and that. I dont know how leong touched my hand. Then he realised that i was feeling cold. He gave me his warmth, grabbing my hands and “transferring” the heat to me. Shirley also got the warmth from him. Then, It’s SHOWTIME!

We successfully played the 2 songs. But strangely, i wasnt feeling nervous. It was strange la. I thought it was a performance rather than competition. And i thought i was a weirdo. Until i found out with some of my friends, they felt that too! I’m not alone! 8 minutes in Harmonis was just like a long long period of time. But, the 8 minutes on SCH stage was fast like the light travels.

We waited for the results at the audience seat. The results were announced according to the sequence of appearance. our CCA was the last group to perform. So, we were the last group to know the results. 

AK 29 …GOLD!!

Cam-whore again! A pact with shirley that we MUST take photos with each and every members in CCA! and i almost did it! I think out of 46 members, i took photos with at least 40 members?

If your names do not appear here, please approach me during I-Day performance. Will take photos with you.

asrida, nadiah, hendra, nilam, sher, james, yvonne, ben, tzekiat, cj, edith, yinwhee, jolene, minhui, sally, jannah, hafirah, leong, grace, ili, norla, valerie, chuting, ailing, yichuang, wani, maisarah, fathiah, hajar, fahmi, jerine, meiling, yongsheng, junlong, marilyn, muiwoon,shahida,tuankiak, yihong, shir

We came back school and unpacked everything, and had our debrief. We waited for our teachers to finish their lesson, before joining us for dinner at Al Ameen. So, we stayed at Harmonis. As it was a tiring day, some went home without waiting for dinner. I hugged my darling juniors, and encouraged them. But.. when i hugged mei wen, i couldnt control my tears. I started weeping.. Some juniors were affected by me, and started crying.. Sorry sorry.. i didnt mean it.

I’m just like a ONE-WAY water tap, that only knows how to turn on, not off.

And, Tzekiat and leong did it! They accomplished the “make-me-cry” duty. I couldnt stand them. The more they say, the more i cried. Sherlynn, yinwhee, yvoone, meiwen and many others comforted me. The more they consoled me, the more i cried. I will really miss them alot!!

We went Al ameen for dinner. Took alot of photos again. We wanted to order our food, but no one noticed us. Then, Sherlynn shouted “EXCUSE ME!” I mean.. really shout! It was so pai seh la. We left a great impression to the staff we “excuse me” to. Mr J joined us quite late. Some of them had their 2nd round while Mr J started his dinner. I was high-ed that moment. So, when people made their 2nd round order, i thank the staff saying alot of “thank yous” in different intonation. Wahaha. So fun..

I had Nasi Pattaya with CJ, Starfruit juice and Tissue Prata.

nasi pattaya..

We did a joke on Mr J. Shirley and I were making the payment for our tables. The total cost was $80+, but they only charged us for $75. So, we gave the change to Mr J saying that the drinks he ordered were on the house. The rest joined in this prank too!

When we left Al ameen, the staff that kena “shocked” by the “excuse me” bid good bye to you, and i heard from him..”Bye bye, excuse me” Ya..He’s referring to us! Hope he will still remember us the next time we come back.