just read some random choir people's blog.

it's been one whole "choir year".
from the day the batch of J3s left off, it's been one whole hectic year.
i must say that i've never expected choir to be such a tough commitment.
it's not a sports cca, nor any club set up for academically inclined students. yet the amount of endurance, brains, stamina and determination we've put in for the year is definitely as tough as all these mentally and physically challenging ccas.

for the J2s, last night has marked the end of their long and tiring year. Towards the last part of the concert, everything was no longer just about the notes, rhythm nor lyrics. "Emotional" would be the word I'd use to describe one of our songs "The Riddle". As the girls started singing their parts in the start and the guys swayed along with the music, suddenly many many many images started flashing across my mind. I couldnt help but turned a little and looked at the choir. Memories dated back till a year ago when Ms Lim came down for practices everytime saying "You people have weak brains, no sense of music, no match for the senior's batch". Probably till now people will still be saying we're not as musically inclined as our seniors. But what put up a good show for the audience last night, i felt it was the "feel". There were no more soloist to shine in front of the audiences and make them think that we're good because we have all these wonderful singers. We fought hard and we grew on our own. We came a long and tough journey, but on stage last night, it really felt like "we were chionging together". Everyone was tired, but everyone was trying their hardest to feel the music, to feel each other, and we sang our hearts out.

I think to me this year Choir has been like a very long dream. Apart from reality where we have homework thrown to us like grenades, and people's gossips at school like arrows shooting everywhere, our tests and exams like timebombs, our parent's endless nagging like sirens (haha). But every tuesday, wednesday and friday, the people who have a whole lot of passion to sing will come together and we'll sing our lungs out. No matter what kind of emotions you previously felt for the day, whether happy or sad, somehow after you bring them to choir, thing's will change.When we sing well, everyone's happy. When we sing badly, everyone's frustrated. But either way, you're definitely not alone. and i think it's the most important reason why choir's so tough yet we wouldn't mind waking up early for morning singing on Mondays and Fridays, Or staying back till so late On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Every moment shared together just makes our bond even stronger, and the fact we could sing out feelings through our music, its because everyone felt the same thing.

So I'd say that its saddening some of us will say goodbye to this dream and return back to reality, to get back on track on their lives, their studies, their family...etc. Hopefully, the spirit for singing will still remain in each and every one of us, no matter those who're still fighting or moved on. Its really a blessing to be a singer, especially to sing with all these people (:

will definitely miss big eyes, stones and bouncing people.
be proud to be a njchorister! (: