100TH POST!

wowww i'm at my 100TH POST! *throws confetti and pops champagne* have unknowingly filled this little space of mine with 99 posts of my own writings, whether short or long, so meaningful! I started to blog just so I could have a platform to rant, and share my thoughts and feelings. Never expected myself to hang on to it till so long, knowing I'm such a 三分钟热度person. Haha. I guess it's sometimes so much easier to type whatever I want in here, than to share it with someone else. When I just need a space to share my thoughts without bothering as much about how others would think. It's just about ME. Narcisstic? heheh :P

And so, the concert has come to an end. Seems that many parents commented that it was a great concert, that they enjoyed watching it. What a relief! It actually didn't go as well as planned, and our rehearsals even felt better. But what was most important to the parents was just whether their kids enjoyed themselves on stage. I guess they were all bursting with pride to see their babies shining on stage! :))) It was a rather hectic and nerve-wrecking day I would say! Just keeping the kids away from each other, and preventing them from running all over the place was by itself no mean feat. They got more and more restless and the time passed, as all of the teachers and volunteers got more and more tired. As WL said, it's not really physically tiring, it's more mentally challenging. Having to keep a lookout for all the kids is really not a joke. Especially when they have the tendency to run off to do something absurd, or maybe with no intentions of coming back. Haha! You will find yourself getting more and more paranoid, such that any small movement by the kids and you will immediately check it out. Thankfully my class was rather well-behaved, with only some hiccups here and there.

I got so anxious when it was time to go up on stage, although I wasn't even the ones performing. Felt a little like a parent sending her child on the first day of school; the uncertainty of knowing whether he will fare well, and yet the pride that he has finally reached the stage of independence. Had to help out with Boldness first, and some of the kids were acting up. Jon and Sebas and Kart could be heard even before the audience could see them, haha. The glaring lights on stage and the crowd probably gave them a bad shock. Poor things :( But at least they managed to finish the whole song finally, with one of them attempting to jump off the stage though loll. Next up was Ability! (that's my class btw :)) Shel and I had to help out with Boldness, which really gave us too little time to prepare for our own concert. Forgot to help the kids put on their masks, headbands, didn't even have enough time to breathe. And the music tracks were so mixed up, they kept playing the wrong music, or else not playing when there should be music. ROARRR! But thank goodness it still went on rather smoothly, although I totally felt like laughing and crying at the same time when

FOX asked on stage very audibly: WHERE IS MY DADDY? (His family started to wave wildly upon hearing that, and he so happily waved back LOL) >.<
When JUDE kept running around on stage and refusing to exit; I tried to grab him but missed, and the audience started laughing >.<
When BENJAMIN couldn't stop giggling into the mike on stage instead of saying his lines, and for some reason repeated his lines twice >.<
When IMAAD came out only after like eonsssss (the audience erupted into applause once they saw him), and his lines couldn't even be heard by the audience >.<
When MOEEZ waved so happily on stage(to his family i guess) even though we told him nottttt to do so >.<
When the music didn't come on as it was supposed to, and poor NITHYA had to stand on stage alone waiting to dance. Wondered what she did though, cos I heard the audience laughing >.<

HAHAHA <3

It was so touching at the end when all the children went up on stage again, cos u can see all the parents and family waving WILDLY. TOTALLY WILDLY. I could see some of the expressions of the parents, think they were just about to burst with pride! awwwww LOLLLL! It was such a heart-warming scene honestly, and then you realize what all the previous hard work was for :)

Felt sooo shagged at the end of the concert. Glad that it was over, but yet sad at the same time too. Many thanks to the cousin who came down to help, she really made things easier for us! And lucky there were other volunteers there to help too, otherwise it would have been much more chaotic and crazyyy. Now that it's over, back to normal life again. Still gotta go back to work to help out with shifting, and my 3 months is almost up... Oh well, all I can do is wait and see. Cross my fingersssss :)

End of this lengthy post! Time for bed soon.. Work starts at 11am tomorrow, so I can afford to sleep later abit tonight! hehe. Nites all! Cheers to my 100th post agn!! :)