12 July, 2008. 5:13pm
"Cedar Girls' Secondary School, with a score of 87. ..*SCREAM*

yep. thats what happened. we didnt even hear the .something cos it didnt matter.
We already got our Gold with Distinction. not just a gold, but the highest there was.
-in case you dont know, a gold with distinction is 85 and above-

the two boys were so shocked with out shrieks that they covered their ears :)
i was so extremely happy. i cried.
because after everything, all the pain and hurt and upsetness and feeling lousy and almost giving up, we did it.
together.
Cedar Symphonic Band. as one.

lets rewind a little, shall we? in the morning, there was a blackout. Again.
yep, so while we were all waiting, it didnt quite seem like a good sign. as we boarded the bus, i couldnt help but feel deja vu. whether if we were to come back, in as dead a silence as syf the year before.
when we reached, seeing cathlin, marcia and samantha did cheer us up. cos they were going to be there and cheer us on. (haha irony!)
we took some pretty funny photos, involving shooting and a rifle. haha :D

we didnt have much time though, since we were performing soon.
and ms sia was pretty annoyed with us during the whole morning. cos we just didn't seem to do things right, i guess.
plus, to make matters worse, the school before us (Yishun Town Sec) is playing the same piece. the very same, one and only, The Merry Widow. how..irritating, to put it mildly. hearing them made us nervous, although we are [really] much better.

Throughout this.. journey, i had never been 100% sure. if we could really do it. if we can re-achieve that glory and honour, once more.
Until the moment when we all sat down, ready to play, and all staring at miss sia, then i knew, how much i really wanted that. that recognition, that honour. that understanding that band was not lousy. I wanted it so badly.
and we got it.
at that moment, there was no place i'll rather be.
than right there, in VCH, screaming, crying, smiling, hugging and feeling that wave of happiness sweep over me.
so this was how it felt, getting a gold.
now i know.
and i want that feeling again, next year.

at one point we saw ms sia! cos she was conducting tkgs band later, and we all surrounded her like how bees swarm honey. haha. she said great job! and then we basically skipped off feeling as happy as lambs. okay my comparison was weird.
after that we'd went out to celebrate! me, ng, cathlin, yy, emily, livia, celeste, sya and junying. although later they left to watch tkgs and it was just us clarinettists and yingying left to eat. we ate pepper lunch, and made ourselves high filling up the feedback form.
apparantly yy and ng are gay lovers and are also actors from heroes -.-"