9:34 PM
Nothing.I just went to some ex-seniors' blogs and I read some of their posts, last time and now. And yes, I felt so different from the previous times I read their blogs. And I really felt that we (RVC, now) improved, since the previous sec 4 batch left. I remember the many times Ms Tham had to turn to altos and had to fix us instantly after the sec 4s have left, and I compare it to the seldom, if not, zero times Ms Tham had her body turned to us altos. Yes, although everyone said nothing, we knew we were terribly weak inside if without the support of the sec 4s, and we were all asking silently, "Are you sure we can cope?". I remember the some conversations I had with Ruth on msn worrying over what could happen when the sec 4s left. I now only realise the small yet significant voices that were pulling the whole choir down during the SYF period could be the very weak voices of us untrained voices, covered by the sec 4s good voices, and everyone, except the sec 4s themselves, thought yeah, we were mighty altos. After that we do realise we were not good, not good at all.
Perhaps some may say, "Did you only realise it now?", but I really think we improved alot. If we showed no improvement at all, 3 alto twos for a choir would be much too little. Yet, we coped and did it well (for 3 persons) in the touring choir. (I meant the times where some were absent.) Tell me, how long was it that Ms Tham or any other conductor stood in front of us and negatively commented only a couple of times or maybe zero times? I know, on certain times we know that we had lost our standard and were depressed over our individual performance, but really, I think the best that we have heard from ouselves are really good, and yes this is then our standard. Yes, I'm proud of us, even if we could do better. And, I do remember very clearly that Ms Tham had said that the SYF choir didn't sing this good that time when we sang a certain part of Karimatanu a couple of weeks ago. I'm not bragging, but it's true and I'm truly happy for us.
We lived up to what we didn't think we couldn't manage, and we weren't as bad as everyone thought. And I know it's been a long time since someone praised the choir on their blogs. Yes I'm rather pleased with myself on Friday too :D
Yet, there is so much more we can do, even if we have already (merely) passed the expectation mark which everyone set last time.
加油, concert and the competition in Italy. (:
