Dance with me, use your eyes
NYGZ Sec4's09 (L2R T2B) ♥
Szeyuan, Amanda (Secretary), Jiayin (Scores I/C), Tongzhen (VP), Hanyi (President), Hsiaochu, Meiko, Yuxuan (Asst Secretary), Tingyi, (Activity Coordinator) Chongmin (Student Conductor), Yilin (Treasurer) { Ruth the Property Manager was sickkk D: }
Heyyy haven't been updating recently (since Saturday omg) because this week's been super hectic and I remember sleeping most of it away hahaha. Highlights of the week are of course, stepping down as NYGZ EXCO'09 and Limelight!
Limelight was awesome :> Had a really fun evening out with the Twelvers running around Raffles City and eating Pink Vomit @ Yoguru (k I like normal white vomit better HAHA why is it vomit anyway?!) then watched the really (Y) but waaayyy too short Limelight concert before going on mass-flower-giving-and-hugging session. Then it was supper which was even more amusing HAHA I can't believe K srsly went to ask for that Key Elements guy's autograph and I managed to catch up even more than on Saturday (: Though we probably won't be talking for a while again *sigh* :( I think I have super amusing (and drunk) classmates though HAHA lovely 412~ ♥
Being the Student Conductor of NYGZ for 2 years has been a really really rewarding experience for me. It was happiness, disappointment, despair, ecstacy... all rolled into one. When I first got the post, I was probably delirious, and in all that superficiality, I never knew what was really expected of me as a conductor. Yet these two years of conducting has allowed me to grow stronger, from being one that faces the crowd, to on the crowd faces. There were moments where I felt like giving up so much, especially during Concert'08; I can't count the number of times I've felt so despondent, and during SYF'09, I can't count the number of times I said "I'm so worried, SYF is in X days and we're still like this" and I even went all the way to ECP just to get inspiration for SYF! I've never worked so hard for anything in my entire life before and all the tears I've shed and the moments I tried to inspire NYGZ (with the moon and stars quote!)
All of it definitely didn't amount to nothing; the SYF journey was probably the toughest journey, but it was the most unforgettable. I can remember us playing our best on stage, shining like the brightest stars and being so touched by our music everyone was crying on the way back to school, and of course, Sheena's courageous act of replacing Ruth's solo when her string broke. At that moment, the results didn't matter anymore because those 10 minutes on stage were truly priceless. Then the next day I remember rushing all the way to RP after school to listen to the release of SYF results and just minutes before the judges came out, I remember how Hanyi was telling us that we cannot cry no matter what the results were and that we must always be proud of ourselves. Soon the moment of truth arrived and I remember my heart stopping as I clutched onto Yilin's and Amanda's hands; everything after *Gold with Honours* just went blur; was trying hard not to cry and I saw my juniors all bursting into tears and everyone screamed with delirious ecstacy.
I stepped down officially on Tuesday, and passed the batons down to Amanda (Ong) and Joelle, two (HMP) juniors whom I've known for 2 years now. I was trying really hard to hold back the tears; especially when Amanda's powerpoint said "Do you remember what our conductor has said to us during SYF? (yes the moon and stars quote)" and when we announced the results I was dreading the Conductor slides to be flashed because I didn't want to step down at all. Then after stepping down, when we went to take EXCO photos, Peiqi and Kerry came up to me and hugged me and said "I can't imagine NYGZ without you conducting!!" and I felt so sad and reluctant to step down. But still, it had to be done and I have to entrust NYGZ to Amanda and Joelle, whom I believe, will definitely be able to take NYGZ to greater heights (esp at next year's potential Esplanade concert)
Conducting NYGZ has been an awesome and priceless experience, perhaps, even the best of my 4 years in Nanyang. It's definitely made me love music even more, I danced with beautiful pieces, I've conducted for amazing concerts and I will be for FOA and I'm grateful for all the chances I've been given. There were moments where I backed down, and moments where I was probably rambling incoherently to the ensemble (all the pre-SYF pep talks), for times I screamed at them, for the times I was disappointed, for the times I felt so much happiness, for the first times I was touched by our own playing, for every single moment on and off stage which was filled with pride and love... NYGZ, this is for you, my pride and joy. I love you more than words can describe.
NYGZ EXCO'09, EXCO'10 (:
All the best to EXCO'10! ^^