im back! ____________________________________
hawaii rocks
i miss hawaii
i miss select choir
i miss ohana west
i miss kuhio ave!
the people there are so nice
the people we met at the festival rocks
those at the select choir too.
they are so friendly!
there're ppl from california and canada and japan and new zealand.
and ijtp was there too.
haha they're so niceee!
ohh i love the weather
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dayONE
was the most horrible day
everyone was tired and tired and tired. and people were sick. because of jet lag. so horrible! everyone was sleepy and bleahhh. so rehearsal was cancelled. den we spent our time in the hotel room. hahah. which was FUNN. my room mates rock! huiyi, qixuan, liki. ((:
first day slect choir was abit scary. but was funn!
dayTWO
breakfast was nice((: den was select choir. den we had workshop. ohh i smsed janine! HAH. not listening during physics huh. lol. anyway. the dinner was kinda horrible. the ppl at our table were rude. cuz it was all from california and new zealand. thenn we felt left out. BOO. but anyway they were from band, not choir. haha.
dayTHREE.
THE BIG DAY. oh man. the rehearsals were kinda horrible. shar had sore throat and so. yeah. s1 without shar. goeg6 without shar. and naturally the whole choir's morale dropped. we just hoped for the best. we reached hawaii theatre and rehearsed outdoor. somewhere near a fountain. haha. then suddenly we sounded so good. so amazing. then after we sang. people applauded! gosh. from everywhere around us. someone even gave us TEN BUCKS. lol.
anyway we had the performance. then after the whole thing the audience were applauding and cheering like crazy. then had standing ovation! ohh we were so shocked. they kept praising us and complimenting us. whoooooa. ((: the director came up to us and congratulate us. this rocks. ((:
dayFOUR.
performance at shopping centre. ahahh. we sang so many songs impromtu. like the rose. lol. so funn! anyway not alot of audience. all old folks. haha. then after our performance we met mountain view high school from california. then we ended up taking photos. (((: the conductor and the choir kept complimenting us for the performance the day before. they were so humble! cuz they were super good as well. hmm. the conductor said 'you guys were phenomenal!' goshhh. ((:
den we went polynesian tour. its about the culture of hawaii and stuff. it was nicee! i love SAMOA! hahahah. and the guy was so funny. anyway. the show in the theatre was um. okay. but the last part was amazing. they were putting fire into their mouths and sitting on fire. haha. and those girls were dancing with hula skirts and stuff. yepp. oh and shopping there was good too. although it was expensive. but i bought soo many stuffs. i din care about how much i was spending las. everyone was just buying and buying. LOL
dayFIVE
PEARL HABOUR! oh man the queue was SOOO LONG. i took a picture of it. hahah! anyway. we had to wait very long till it was our turn. then we took a boat to that um. U.S.S Arizona memorial hall. ((: quite nice las. the battleship sank, but the remains were still visible. some even above the surface. so amazing! haha. anyway pearl harbour was great. my greatest regret was that i didnt buy stuff from pearl harbour. sighh. instead we spent our time singing. LOL
daySIX
check out. heading HOME. oh well. still did last min shopping at the airport. then the 1st flight to narita tokyo was about 8 hours? it din seem so long. ohh. we had so much fun at narita airport! haha. we took spastic photos non stop. and bought so much foodstuff. cuz the food at japan rocks. ((: the flight to s'pore was 7hours. wow. when i came out of the terminal i was crying! haha. mainly cuz my father was holding up the twins poster and i was trying to scream but i couldnt. so i ended up crying. haha ok whatever. anyway yayy i love the twins mandarin album!!! wooooots. (((:
clara sohpia and natasha were there too! omgosh. they're sooo nice. they went there at 1150pm and fetch us! hahah yay i love them. (((:
anyway the whole trip
was about singing and singing
everyday non stop
but it was fun!
especially select choir!
the different conductors were so amazing.
the pieces rock!
ahhH! im so high. haha.
anyway for adjudicated performance.
we got GOLD!
after so many months of hardwork.
i love it! ((:
hm. and yes. i wanna thank my buddy. huiyi! haha. for tolerating me for one week! haha so funny. my room mates. we had fun training our diaphragms every night. and shopping too!
actually the triip was more exciting than what i've said. cant think of so much lah. haha. all i know is that the memories rock. and i will NEVER forget kuhio ave, waikiki, honolulu, hawaii.
SHAKA! hawaiii rocksssss. ((((((: