this week was terrific...
had three days of intensive before syf day... it was good really made us focus on band... really thkful to permission granted...
so on tues . syf day... report at 8am..prayed in morn for our band before that... and after going thru scales, we started on songs... i mean this syf was ok... i wasn't really stressed juz committing everything to God n trusting Him... so believe and no doubt... made a prayer before leaving for conference hall... took a short nap in the bus... and reached there early... meanwhile, results for morning were announced... well one gold in morn... i wasn't upset or discouraged... but i felt this peace in my heart... a bit nervous... ok later went to tuning room and tuned... din not really tune in the sense of tuning ourselves.. let mr lin tune... dunno why... but after that went up... so in order to calm myself down, i went around shaking band members hands... telling them to play with emotions, to play their best n not be bothered by anything... i mean it was good... i was relaxed compared to the last syf... ok later went outside door and saw st hilda's performing.. i mean seeing it thru the screen... a bit nervous but once again i was composed... went on stage... and i believe the best way to avoid stage fright is to smile... pple may make mistakes here and there due to nervousness... but i guess i wasn't that nervous... i enjoyed playing.... im glad some moved their instruments... well it was ok... after that walked out... i mean according to syf results so far the standard is higher... and waited outside for abt 2 hrs... wanted to send the lower sec back coz bus come... but instead we decided to send the bus home n wait for the other bus which will come aft results... so went into sch... saw last band perform not bad... but intonation wasn't good for sunrise... i like the choice piece...( i dunno why i was crying abit during this performance- probably due to performance) then the results
i shook members hands again to compose myself... n in my heart, i would accept the results no matter what they are... and when it was finally annouced GOLD... we were so happy that we leapt for joy, and tears started to flow from my eyes... its ... the hard work paid off after so many months and we deserved this gold ... after 6 long yrs... i m really thankful to God... no matter what i knew it was from God... this... can't be explained humanitarily (if there's such a word) and our band is now top 20... i can't believe it im juz so overwhelmed by the results... we started hugging each other.... i juz cried.... when one trust in God and commit it, God will do the work... i mean my band the intonation was lousy, technicality was lousym we were literally underdogs in this syf ; during practices even during weeks leading to syf... i mean it wasn't easy... only band members could understand this feeling... furthurmore, standard was high... so its all glory goes to God and we acknowledge that...
so wed normal sch life again.. got lots of homework .. alot of catching up to do... so ya tests this wk... abit difficult coz miss 4 days of lsns... and tmr speech day the band's performing .... sa1 in 1 wk's time....
nat