Hello! I know what I'm about to do next is very very lame but I have to do it k! I was really bored (as usual) & was reading my archives when I realised I havent finished blogging about my days in prague! Ohmygoodness right! HAHA! I still have the posts in my old phone! AH HAHA! So, I'm gonna post them up now! Though its 8 months late, it's never too late rigggght! HAHA! Need to pen down what I was thinking & feeling then cos I don't wanna forget every moment I had over there! :D I was really one of the best times in my life! So there you go ...
DAY 6 (i forgot which day in dec it was):
The best day of my life!! :DDD Today was competition day!! We participated in 2 categories, Youth category where we sang Pater Noste, Ave Maria & Kasar and the Adult Folklore category where we sang San Ge Mei Er San, Dahil Sa Iyo & Janger! We personally felt that we did much better in the folklore. Janger was the best we've done, San Ge Mei Er San too! We were so "flirtatous" Heeh! But for the youth category, we had some iffy bits! The last page of Ave Maria was super screwed, we went so out of tune I actually lost my last few notes! :/ We also gradually went flat which was bad but good cos the entire went flat together! HAHA! For Kasar, I heard 3 whispers when there was supposed to be only 2! :/
At 4pm, fnally prize presentation! We didn't really have very high expectations cos I've mentioned before, the other choirs are way better & we actually screwed up a few parts! First was the result for folklore, we came in 2nd with a silver! Was a teeny weeny disappointed since we did quite well for this category. D: Before announcing the results for the youth category, they invited the 4 conductors of the participating choirs to go on stage. The first 2 choirs that were called got silver! And that leaves us with a 50% chance of getting a gold! ZOMG! When they called the 3rd choir, & it wasn't us, OMG, my heart raced to like 100km/hr! And when they finally announced St Andrew's Choir, we obtained the winner of the youth category! OMG WE'RE THE WINNER OF YOUTH CATEGORY! ZOMG!! I couldn't help but scream & I was too overwhelmed I started tearing! (: We all couldn't believe our ears OMG!!
This is SAJChorale's first internation competition & we were the winner of a youth category & silver for another! OMG it's so unbelievable! I think I'm going to smile in my sleep tonight! HAHA! Our hard work really really did pay off & I believe this will further gel the choir together! :D That said, the benchmark for our choir has definitely been raised! Hope all the juniors will continue to strive & further grow in spirit & in music! Heeh! This has been a wonderful wonderful experience! Tomorrow we'll be leaving Prague & going to Bohemia! So byebye prague! :D
(I dont remember blogging the next few days cos I was too paranoid over our freaky hotel rooms :/)
Day 8 or 9The last day in Ceksy Krumlov, the last performance, the last bow! D: Today's performance was the very last for the J2s! Quite sad actually. Kenny & Anson were emo-ing away after that. HAHA! But come to think of it, this is really it, really the end man! So anyway, after a bad night's sleep yesterday night, woke up happy cos morning finally came! Breakfast was :/ Same food as Prague but different cooking style! Boring ttm please! Visited a gymnasium for a mini exchange programme! The whole thing reminded me a lot about the time I went to Germany in sec 2 for exchange too. The school's very similar & the people there are all quite friendly. (: Steffanel & I saw another chad-look alike! HAHA! Super cutesie! Heeh! Then we went for some sight seeing at the Cesky Krumlov castle which is the 2nd largest in Czech. First is the Prague castle! And the difference is that it is 4m smaller! Heeh! Then it was lunch time at yesterday's night restaurant & main course was good! (: Practiced for about an hour & then it was shopping time! Wanted to get more cool/cutesie tshirts but it 1) didn't have the design I wanted, 2) was too expensive! It's like robbing tourists like us man! 3) it didn't have the size! D: But nontheless, I got you homies stuff, so yay! :D
Then it was to another castle for the last performance. The place was more of like a rehabitation centre & the audience we performed to are actually ex convicts, people who're turning over new leaves ... etc! Initially I thought they would consist mainly of teenage delinquents but it turned out otherwise. There are people of all ages & some of them looked really friendly! And it felt REALLY heartwarming when I saw their expressions when we sang. Although they may not appreciate choral music as much as many others, their attentiveness & how their eyes glittered made me really touched! (: The whole hall was filled & these lovely audiences cheered very loudly for us & even did a standing ovation! (: Really very touching! (: And they truly truly enjoyed our performance! Especially Janger! Which I enjoyed very much too! :D Then it was dinner at a restaurant near our hotele! Laughed alot with Huihui Steffanel Jasmine Shiping Shelley Kenny and Tay looking at unglam pictures of people & zooming 10 times! HAHA! Damn funny! Harharhar! Tomorrow we're going home already! Can;t wait to be back in SIngapore but I don't wanna leave here too!! But as we all know, all good things come to an end. Dreading the 13 hour flight & the 2 hour domestic flight & the super long ride to the airport! Boohoo! I'll be back home damn soon! See chew all! :D
AH, there you have it! :D typing all that out made me really nostalgic & I really wish we could turn back time! Really tired now & my hands are freezing already! Need to stop before they drop off! HAHA! Good night people! :D
