23.7.06
Hmm I have quite a lot of things to comment on! I don't know why but I just feel like writing all my comments about today.

Before the concert I went marina square, actually wanted to shop but in the end no time so my mum and I went for this very nice dinner! Its at this jap restaurant called ministry of sound. My udon was full of fluffy nice egg =) And the dessert had 30% discount so we happily splurged. The dessert is interesting as well! And the hot chocolate comes with marshmellow. Okay my mum actually wanted to go back for a second round of dessert after the concert but it was too late.

Oh so its the first time we could actually stroll into the esplanade (yes everytime we go for a concert we would be like rushing in). And I saw a lot of teachers! From nygh and nyps. Gosh I might have as well gone around wearing a permanent smile on my face. And how I wish my hair doesn't make myself so recognisable lah. Let's see who I saw.

1) Mrs chek
2) Mrs tang (nyps vice principle-she conveniently patted the top of my head and said I've grown a lot taller -.-)
3) Mdm Mak (okay luckily I avoided her in time)
4) A nanyang teacher whose name I forgot
5) Another nanyang teacher whose name I forgot
6) Mdm Heng (nyps principle. I wanted to vomit when she said I have grown into a sweet young lady-after translation into english)
7) Mr. Ellis (hmm I don't know how to spell?)
8) Another nanyang teacher I forgot her name
9) Mdm Toh
10) Shirlene tieh (conveniently avoided)
11) Ms Hanim
12) Lydia Teo (hahaha she's so funny she wave to me enthusiastically like i'm her long lost friend like that. And her hairstyle looked very different.)

There's probably a few more that I missed out, but oh well, don't bother. Oh and last but not least, I saw cherie chua just before going home. Haha okay so I saw this bimbogirl in some white puffy blouse and pink skirt waving to me, but it took me a while to register the fact that she was cherie chua. And right after I realised that, she was already busy making her existence known to my parents by going "hello auntie, hello uncle!" loudly and waving happily as if she knew them very well.

I wanted to give some item-item analysis of tonight's concert but my post is already quite long! And it's quite late already. So I shall just give a brief one. Starting item with the concert band and modern dance is not bad, just that I couldn't spot anyone. String ensemble not bad too, but I think that solo guy played too long already. I can imagine Isabel's brother coming back from england next time and doing the same thing.

Sadly, the item which warrened to most applause was the dance with the kindergardten. Okay I was sitting in an area surrounded by over enthusiastic parents who were busy waving non stop to their child on stage. Before they even started dancing the parents were already getting ready to wave to them. Ok I said sadly because I dont think they had to put in as much effort into their item? But maybe I'm wrong. They're quite cute though. Hmm and the chinese ochestra and guzheng one is nice. My dad seems to like them a lot. And the percussion ensemble is nice too! Quite entertaining, I wonder how they coordinate so well lah.

Then some poetry thing (comprising of mainly, if not all china imports) and nyps chinese dance, which I don't know why but it reminded me of elaine chia pushing the board in p6 =P Anyway, it's pretty good. But I doubt any of the p6 people from nyps performed, they all look so small! Intermission, then modern dance again. And wushu is probably one of the most entertaining ones =) The person at the sac which estella found so amusing performed solo. Then um ai4 xin1 shu4 again, okay i think i know the story very well already, after watching 3 different performances of it! Chinese dance, I didn't manage to spot anyone again. And liwen, don't try to bluff me that you're one of the beautiful white ones -.- hmm theatre club performance was a bit like a dance. I pity the people who were pushed up stage and had to bow to the audience 3 times for no reason.

haha and the grand finale! comprising of 南小 (nan xiao) ,南中 (nan zhong) and 南老 (nan lao). Now I understand why they were making such a big fuss about the nanyang alumni being really alumni. So the choir sang first, I think I have sharp eyesight =D I managed to spot estella in about 5 seconds, and not because her face is outstanding -.- Hmm I think the nanyang choir sings better without the additions of the young and old.

Yup okay, that's about it. A round of applause to you if you read every single word of it. I think im too bored already. The ending was rather anti climax though. The principles just stood up there to pose.

Shall finally sleep now!
Sunday, July 23, 2006

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