RJCO SYF'11 GOLD WITH HONOURS :D :D :D

I'm so super proud of us omg omg omg. I remember feeling the butterflies in my stomach so badly even before they started announcing the results, and just waiting, waiting, waiting sooooo long for school number 9 to be read out. And then I was just stunned, sitting there with a foolish grin on my face, sensing that all around me people were exploding, jumping up from their seats and screaming, and all I could do was smile into my lap. :) Then there were all the tears (not mine :P) and so many hugs and so much emotion that we just couldn't find any way to express fully.

It's history, yes. That we've waited for so long. It's not only the past 4 months of hardcore praccing, not even the past 1.5 years in RJCO. For many of us, it's been 6 years of preparation, starting from basics, building foundations, all those years of effort finally culmulating in what we have achieved today.

I remember starting off yangfan poorly. When the sheng came in late weiyi and I glanced at each other and neither of us played the fan4 yin1 that we were supposed to play. Though unsettled, I put on a confident front and smiled nonchalantly at the audience. However, I was rather messed up inside and only at block C did I get my focus back. Fortunately I managed to immerse myself in the music from that point onwards and I played very naturally. So naturally that it didn't really feel as if I was "playing" at all. The notes and sounds seemed so much part of me that they just flowed so easily without me paying any attention. When we ended the song, I felt as if I had just woken up from a dream. It felt so incredibly surreal.

And dabohe. I must say this is the best dabohe that we've ever played, with the most emotions EVER. I was slightly tense starting near the end of block 2, but at block 15 I could really feel the super strong pulse of the entire tanbo that gave such a strong backbone to the xianyue spam which was really clean and impressive. :) From then on I really threw myself into the music and I could feel the entire CO feeling the same thing as we built up the suspense till the overwhelming finale. Somehow block 29 just felt so FIERCE and PASSIONATE which I have never before felt in our practices. It's like all 75 of us just poured our hearts and souls into this final few seconds of our short performance on stage, eager to prove the hard work put in through the past months.

And it paid off. It really did. The screams of excitement and overflowing emotion were evidence of that. Listening to our recordings, it's as if I relive the whole experience again and again, though I know that the same thing can never be replicated. I REALLY wish that I could somehow have watched our performance live and felt the impacts first hand. Although I didn't tear or scream or anything, but my heart was brimming with bliss and contentment like everyone else. :)

Beyond the exhilaration and all, I can't help but miss our whole SYF preparation process. It hasn't been a bed of roses, of course. There were pain and tears. But it's been so worthwhile. And now I cannot imagine life without CO. Concert is only half a month away...after 26 May 2011 what will life be like? There's so much to miss, the music, the people, the whole idea of having something to look forward to every week when I come to school...

But well, I guess life moves on. There's 17 days left. :) And now I shall go off to sleep feeling happy and hopeful. Suddenly life rocks so much~

P.S. RJCO I love you :D

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