Choir ROCKS

Being in a choir, is the greatest thing in my life. Like seriously, I just enjoy singing in a big group, enjoy the harmonies created by each part of the choir team. This feeling rocks. You will feel like you're on the top of the world when you finally conquered the song and everybody can sing it nicely. Have you ever felt like, wow we actually did it. Together. Yah, that's the awesome thing to be in a choir.  I will never ever regret to join choir since primary school haha, not to say gaining experiences, but it also painted my life with really beautiful memories. Tho packed schedule and intense practices got us like, terribly busy, since sem one, but it's worth it. 

We actually did kinda well on our annual event, le CCMO, Choir Chamber and Music Orchestra. Aha and one important thing, the transformation was a success. Cause this year, the concert was kinda different from the previous one. So happy to hear some good feedback saying this year's concert was the best among all. Ahhh I feel like cryingggg. You will understand that awesomeness to hear really good comments from the audiences, after you gone through one and a half month of intense practices. Through all the thunder and the rain, we made it happened. For sure there were unhappy and happy ones, but at last, we rocked the night ! Alright, let me brief you what happened on that wonderful night, lets go back to 5th of March shall we ? 

Right after our class ended, we rushed to the Great Hall, for makeups and etc. Wearing the same shirts btw haha. RAWR

CCMO @ 2015

Hehe, wondering why were we showing you our butts ? that's our first song, which was 'Somebody to Love'  by Queens. As we started to sing, we will turn and face the audiences, something like what Glee singers did. It's an A Capella song, and this song got us like crazeyyyy. It's HARD to learn and VERY HARD to sing it together. Full of overlapping parts and weird melody, hah but practice makes perfect, I think we had sang it for hundred times, at last this song ended like a piece of cake to us. Nahh haha just joking. We finally get used to the melody, and the tempos and everything, after hundred times of practising. No bluffing, it's definitely more than hundred times. 

Backstage, *spot me*

And then, we sang ' The Longest Time' from the movie ' How I Met Your Mother' and also ' The Greatest Love'. Oh ya, our themes of the concert were 'Evolution of Music' and 'Final Fantasy'. Yap there were two themes, two very contrast and unrelated themes haha. So we started off the concert with the evolution of music session, which we sang songs from 1970's to 2000's. From 'Somebody to love', to 'The Longest Time' and to 'The Greatest Love' and then 'When You Believe' from 'Prince of Egypt', and the last two songs, 'Lucky' by Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz and 'Roar' by Katy Perry. You can say you dont know the first four songs but dont tell me you dont know the last two songs kay haha. 

Tadaa, spot any changes on your shirts ? We were wearing checkered shirts at first, buttoned up, and then when it's the time for the song 'Roar', the spotlight got dimmer and we quickly turned and unbuttoned to show that ROAR tshirt inside. Cool huh ? When we turned back and faced the audiences, they were like Woahhh, haha! The moment you noticed the audience actually felt surprised on that lil surprise we planned, you will get hyper ! haha. And we did very well for 'Roar', I personally like this song the most hehe. 

And the next part... 'Final Fantasy'. We changed our costumes btw, to a formal one. White blouse and black pants. This part we collaborated with Orchestra more, fyi 'Final Fantasy' is animation from Japan.. I think. It's a game or movie aha I dont know I just sing what I need to :b Okay, basically the songs are dull, and weird, with languages you cannot understand. Yah, so we just sing what we need to. 

Celine and I performed a duet song named 'Eyes On Me', haha so damn nervous wey before our turn. You could see me walking around with that sour face right before we went on stage. The waiting part kills meeee. Luckily, we performed it.. well I guess. Good job partner. Thank god that everything went smooth. 

Backstage, *I am actually very nervous.*

After approximately three hours, the concert ended, ahhh I cannot believe it ended. While I was going out for the last time to wave goodbye, its so unreal that it ENDED :( The three hours passed damn fast that I felt like I was dreaming until we were going out to say goodbye. But luckily, everything went smooth and well the whole night, no mistakes, although there were some imperfections, but we will get better next time I promise. We will get better and better and better :) 

I can laugh forever at Ong's expression. 

Phewww, so it ended, beautifully, with laughter and joyous. Thank you everyone for everything, thank you for the efforts hehe. There are a lot more after this, its not the full stop yet, there are still a lotttttt awaiting us. Haha packed schedule is coming soon... so ready for that and so ready to feel the awesomeness again ;) 

Choir ROCKS.

Stay tuned for more ya ! 

Betty. 

Throwback to.

Arhh, it's like finally I have the time to sit down and write a blog post, the last few weeks were just too hectic and terribly busy. I dont know whats the cause of the packed schedule but, it's so packed that I only have the time to blog about my Chinese New Year weeks after it ended. Duhh.


Alright, throwback to CNY 2015, it was an awesome one I guess ? Had my reunion dinner with the Lim's family, guess what we had, steamboat ! In a rainy night somemore, so warm right, sit around the table and eat and talk and laugh, I didnt talk much cause I was too focusing on eating haha. I spent the first day of CNY with my bitches, how sweeeeeet is this ! I woke up very very late, and of course set up myself like a doll, nah just kidding. After few centuries.. I am all ready to go for bainian (house visiting) ! I actually felt quite bad tho for not spending my first day of CNY at home, haha. Normally we Chinese will spend our first day, especially morning time at home. And I, only dropped by my grandma house for breakfast and then I ciao :b Ahh sho bad I know.

Our first stop at Qing's house. That girl on my left hand side in the photo above. What's the purpose of bainian, ah you know, reach your friend's house, say Hi to Uncle Aunty, sit down and eat some snacks biscuits etc, drink packet drinks, selfies, talk about nonsense stuffs, wish Uncle Aunty "Happy CNY" then ciao. HAHA. This ain't sarcasm kay, I am telling the truth haha. And thenn, we shifted to Emily's house which is right opposite to Qing's house. 

Haha, that girl sitting in the middle is Emily lah, showing off our angpaos. And then we headed to Yixuan's house. Took a lot of pictures like craziieee, not able to post it all, but here are some of it lah. 

One thing about that day was, we finally had our reunion lunch, not dinner haha. It's so hard to gather all of us, so we were like, awww what an opportunity, that we finally back in that big gang again. 

Almost all of us were present, except some, but it's still very touching to sit around one big table and EAT haha. The most hang fuk thing on earth right. We actually didnt visit a lot of houses, cause we can stay at the same house for very very long time.. especially place with good lightning and nice to take photos.. Haha. 

So, the first day, ended beautifully, time spent with them will never be boring haha, tho every time one of us will get frustrated while sending photos :B

I went back to my granny's house on the second day of CNY, stayed for one night, and spent time with lots of cousiesss. I have a lot of cousins fyi. Went for midnight mamak session and also Karaoke session in the middle of the night, slept at 4am if not mistaken. Life is meant to be yolo so who cares :b 

Before going back home, we went for a family dinner, which took up three tables haha, we are in this huge numbers, including all uncles and aunties and cousies. I have 7 uncles and 4 aunties, and my granny has 12 children, ya. It's that big family. haha. 

Hehe, so second day and third day of CNY ended pretty awesome as well, it's so sad that the fifth day of CNY, I had to go back to uni, and go to class, and etc etc, everyone is still in cny mood tho. Hmm, the busy uni life is back again. We were so busy with the choir practices, every nights, 7pm to 10pm. Non stop practising for our annual event CCMO. Go to class, choir practices, eat, sleep, that summed up my CNY from the fifth day onwards haha. But luckily, our effort paid off at the end, CCMO was a big success ! Will tell about it in the next post, stay tuned !