hi nyco! syf is tmr. i know that all of u very EXCITED abt it, m i right? haha! well, this is not my first time participating in a competition, neither is this my first co competition. but i dont know why i felt the most for this syf, compared to all my previous competitions. Initially, i thought it would just be another normal syf. who knows after chatting with yiling about syf last week, i suddenly felt the tense of syf. it was very strong. for the subsequent 5 days, i thought so much about co and syf that i actually dreamt about nyco every night without fail (it stopped after the 5 days lah). actually, my main worry has always been 'what will happen to nyco if we nvr get gwh'. TOUCH WOOD LAH. but i dont wish we would be like those seniors who couldn't even study after getting silver. i really hope everyone can be fine. so i urge everybody to be mentally prepared for any outcome, cos everything is unpredictable. again, most importantly, we have to put in our utmost best, so as to not regret. moreover this is gonna be the last syf for most of us, make it the best one, so that we can keep this beautiful memory in our minds forever. (im sure u guys wouldn't want to have a bad memory of syf m i right?)
next, i have smth to reveal! haha! the other time i went to attend the cca student leaders meeting with the board of directors with yiling (on behalf of maureen cos she couldn't make it). ms yap (yes, our principal!) actually said that she could feel us submerging into the music during the guzheng concert. when we heard her words, yiling and i gave each other a guilty look. im not sure if all of us really submerged into the music, but after listening to what ms yap said, i recalled smth that i guess most of us have neglected, that is 投入. like what mrs ee has been telling us, a gold co plays music that is prim n proper, whereas a gwh co plays the same, but with additional feelings. in other words, we need to make our music touching by adding in our feelings. some of u may have been wondering how to make the feelings come to u. well, im not sure abt you guys, but for me, i would spend some time thinking of the appropriate feelings for each different sections of the song and try to add in those feelings when playing. and of course, in order to do that, you have to put in your heart, mind and soul (in other words, 100% of you) into the music, and feel what the music is depicting. i know that all of us have a common goal of gwh, and i know that telling ourselves gwh is not important is impossible. though gwh is impt becos it's our goal, it shdn't be our main focus. within that 10min of shine on the SCH stage, rmb what mrs ee had told us to do for each parts, be alert in case anything crops up, and put in the 100% of u into the music.
last but not least, i would like to thank the whole of nyco. though we merely practised for syf for only about 5-6 months, im really glad to be in nyco. you guys have given me wonderful memories of nyco practices, performances and events. dont think that you r juz a minor role in nyco. without every single of you, nyco is incomplete. thank you for all the effort that all of you gave in for nyco. no matter what the outcome is, im really very, very happy to be part of nyco. thank you nyco, i love nyco!
jiayou and gd luck for tmr! (:
sheila