Of being Back at One
Hmm.Talentime's over.I lost.Yay.Hmm.Me and Rachel practised and practised and practised even more.Every breaks,every free periods to do this.Thank you for your time Rachel.Greatly appreciated.Oh well.So this morning was as usual.After we were released from school me and Rachel stayed back to rehearse for the talentime.Since we were there early the student lounge was pretty empty,and since the piano was taken up and Rachel was tired,she took a short nap on the couch while i practised the song.We practised a little while more and went down to the canteen to grab some food.Met KenYee there,and we ate together on the same table.Even then,i was practising.Rachel and i went to my place to choose our costumes.She brought this white tube with this red sleeveless top.And i chose this white Bums T-shirt and this black pants.Argh.They didnt match,but what the hell.Rachel locked herself in the toilet to dress up while JiaYing and Bernice came over to my house.Bernice said Rachel was renovating my toilet,which was why she stayed inside the toilet for so long.Argh.I was in a damn hurry when Krishna dropped by,and was shocked by the number of girls in my room.Oh well Krishna.haha.i gave him Samuel's Pe Shirt and my school pants and with a blink of the eyes,he transformed into a nyjcian.Haha.Interesting.My sister was transformed 4 years younger after she wore my guitar T-shirt.Haha.Thanks sis,for being there.So Rachel,Bernice,JiaYing,my sister,Krishna and I headed for school after everyone changed.Rachel had so much makeup,she wiped them off with her barehands.She's a little insane.Haha.We reached school and practised even more.5 O'clock approaches and i am getting really nervous.Sitting on the seats while seeing the LT fill up with people is not a very fun thing to experience.Especially when you are the 4th to perform later on.Argh.I revised the lyrics over and over again,and tried the chords on my guitar over and over again.MeiJian came,and she was unprepared.Due to pressure,she cried in front of all the contestants and that kinda shocked me.I leaped down and squatted in front of her and asked Sam what was wrong.Well,she wanted to back out from the competition since she was unprepared.So i held her legs,(Yeah,legs.)and told her,"This competition will have so much lesser sparks if you are not around.Dont quit.When you believe,somehow you will.You will when you believe.Isnt that part of the song that you are gonna sing later?"and i handed her a pack of tissue courtesy of Krishna."Tissue to the rescue~" i said as i wiped off her tears.She gave a short chuckle and started crying again.Well,she was the last to perform,so she had about one hour to prepare.So i urged her to go practise while we did our thing.Competition started.The first group was the rock band.They had a guitarist,2 people on the keyboards,one drummer and a guy on violin.Weird combination i must say.Great music they played,however,the vocalist was pretty horrible.And i am not the only one who said that.Well,she got the crowd pretty high though.Since it's a japanese song i think her singing could be excused.Its not easy to sing them anyway?However,the drummer and the violin guy were exceptionally well i must say.The guitar sorta fell short compared to them.Second up was this group of people performing some pop song.I didnt get to watch them since i rushed to backstage to prepare for my performance coming up after the next.i waited anxiously as their song finished.Loud cheers.Gulp.Samantha,Jessie,Valerie and Corinna went out onto the stage next.After their dedication Samantha started her "Thousand Miles" intro.Im pretty damn sure that that recieved a couple of gasps from the crowd,since it's not exactly easy to play that piece.However,there seemed to be some problem with Sam's microphone and i couldnt hear her sing.Im not sure why,but while i was backstage i couldnt hear any of their singings.It was distant and muffled.I stood there with Rachel and we exchanged words of encouragement.MeiJian came,as well as Jessen to give us some support.Also,that nyjc girl whom im not exactly sure of her name.I shook her hand anyway.Who's that female MC again?She was sitting on this table waiting for their song when i went to ask her about the microphones.I said,"Hey,do you wear contacts?"She said,"No..."."Oh,you have really nice eyes.And im not trying to flirt.".Rachel agreed.It was a deep shade of brown and it was piercing.Anyway,so Samantha and gang finished their song and came off the stage.I told them that they did a good job,though i didnt really hear them.However,Valerie was pretty pissed and said that they screwed up at a lot of parts.I didnt hear,so...Anyway,Alex went onto the stage and introduced us.I went up and scanned the audience.Yikes.Everyone was there.Ok.Take a deep breath.And i did.Sat myself down and tapped the microphone,and said,"Oh,its working.Ok,Im gonna make this short and sweet.We are going to sing Desperado by the Eagles,and I'll like to dedicate this song to the class of 03a4a and everyone in this LT,since its such a nice song.Also,I'll like to dedicate this song to this guy from the arts stream,because this song describes him perfectly.".Roaring laughter.Great,that worked.So i started that gig before the actual song,with Rachel purposely screwing up and playing the school song instead.Well,that didnt work very well but,hell i made fun of her by saying that Rachel had a headache and wasnt thinking straight.Anyway,we started and i managed to hit the right note on the right pitch.Great.Here goes.I screwed up the intro,but hell the piano was loud enough to cover that up.I sang the song without much difficulty and mistakes,other than the one i made in front.I was desperately trying to hear my own voice so as to adjust the volume of my singing.However,i couldnt hear my own singing at all,which means that i didnt know if i sang well or not.Argh.That sucks.Hell,i just went on and on till the end."You better let somebody love you.Before its too...............Late......"I played the outro,then ended the performance with a G.The audience paused for awhile,and started cheering like mad.Haha.That felt great indeed.I was about to walk off the stage when Rachel said,"William Hung,William Hung!".Oh god,i forgot.I went back to the mic and said,"Oh by the way,just in case we dont win this competition.We have tried our best,and we have no regrets.And we had no professional trainings.Thank you."THe audience exploded with laughter.Me and Rachel stood at the centre of the stage and gave a deep bow to the audience.Wow.That felt great.I went to the backstage and collapsed onto the floor,feeling relieved.Argh.Over.My palm was still sweaty and shaky and i didnt know if i did well or not.So i went around asking people if i did well.And recieved a lot of good comments.Before i went off the backstage,i took MeiJian's hands and said,"Good luck,dont screw up.Dont win."(Of course,i was joking.)Which got me really pumped up about the prize.I was seriously expecting myself to win,at least a second or a third?Oh well,we'll see.The performance after me was this guy who played Zhang Xue You's Xin Ru Dao Ge.I thought he was horrible.Rachel thought he was horrible.Valerie thought it was horrible and my sister couldnt stop laughing to it.He couldnt hit the notes for one,two he was boring.Entertainment?Where?After he was Madiana,which i sorta missed because i went to the toilet to change with Krishna.I came back right after the performance ended.I dont know if it was great or anything,but my friend said she was "Ok.".next up were the Uptown guys.They sang the uptown girls.The backup singings improved a lot from the rehearsal when i heard them.However,the lead singer was still the same as before.Argh.However,they were definitely entertaining,with those dance moves and stuff.After that was that nyjc girl i told you guys about.She's fine,just normal.I guess her sweet voice receved a ton of applaudes from the guys.Haha.Not surprising.After that was Jessen's performance.He performed this piano piece.And apparently he screwed up the first note and screwed up the whole of the first part,which i did not notice.Unless you know the song or else you will probably be lost amongst the notes.They forgot to put microphone in the piano,and we couldnt here his piano well.That sucked.And when he wanted to say something to the crowd,the mic was not on.Sucks man.Jessen's the man!WanJun apparently really liked his music and messaged me to congratulate him for her.Well,i showed him the message and he was pleased.Haha.I think he fell in love with WanJun la.Haha.Since it was his last day in Singapore.Argh.Leaving without winning,that stinks.Oh well,i think the next was that WaYang/Chinese opera girl.She came out and started singing her WaYang thing.It was expected,for my part.So i wasnt shocked or anything.But the audience were obviously stunned.Oh well,she's a good singer nonetheless,but just not our kinda of music.Entertainment?Those two wooden things in her hands?I dont think so.After she ended,(Finally.)MeiJian came up.I shouted her name from the back of the LT.Haha.She looked hot in her skirt by the way.Haha.Anyway,the bloody AVA peeps screwed up the intro to the song and she had to start over.And she sorta missed the beat when the song begun.She didnt sing it really well really.I must admit,she was a whole lot better when i first saw her.Bloody hell,she was amazing.Well,she finished her song and went off.All right,so while the judges discussed about the results the choir people and the first group performed some songs to entertain the crowd.The first group performed the rock version of the school song,and seeked approval from the principal.And she agreed of course.However,i dont think they entertained the crowd as much as the choir people did.They danced some Abba song,couldnt remember its name.But it was awfully corny and funny that i actually found myself enjoying the music.So here it is,the moment of truth.The chinese teacher went up on stage to announce the winners.Third was that guy who sang Xin Ru Dao Ge.Shocker.I was expecting him to be last.Good lord.Whats happening.Second,Madiana.Fine,she's my friend.I never heard her performance,no comments.And first,Miss Wayang.WHAT?i was staring at the teacher in disbelief.I couldnt believe my ears.Initially,i was rooting for Sam MeiJian and us to get into top 3.Even if some of us dont,at least one should.None of us did.Great.I lost to these people.What the hell is the bloody problem?I was sitting in my chair feeling the anger building up within my chest.Rachel was dismayed,but she told me that it's alright.Jessen,who was sitting behind me told me that its all right as well.I was still incredibly pissed.So much effort placed in and i lost to Miss Wayang.I admit,she's a good singer.However,i thought there was something called the "Entertainment Category"?Did she have any form of entertainment?Oh please.Singing?Did that guy who got third had any form of singing?No.Argh.If i lost to Sam or MeiJian or both i wouldve felt happy for them.In fact,i think the rest deserved more.At least the entertainment factor was high.Argh.Argh Argh!I know people reading this might think that i am a sore loser.Oh well,my anger comes fast and it leaves sooner.Soon,i was thinking about what went wrong and didnt really blame them much.Nvm.I lost to them.Big deal.I had my 15 minutes of fame.Fame and glory.Argh.It'll take some time for me to get over this totally.But nevermind.I shall think about it from now.Its all happening?Maybe not.I am now back at one again.Talentime took up so much of my life and i forgot my original life.Now i must face it again.Yay.I am back at one,step one that is.And it sucks.Oh well,i gtg.Go jump down or something.Haha.Oh yes!Get drunk.Vodka?Anyone?Hangover,puke.Baby i love it.