Thursday, 30 April 2009 - Don't tell me you have never heard of this famous axiom -- and when I mean famous, I mean really prominent.
But today wasn't about saving any cheerleaders in particular, more rather it was about performing on stage to show our extreme appreciation to our little patch of heaven.
Ergo: Share the Arts, Save the World
Here's how it went down: At approximately 0830 every Cherasian, be they old or young, gathered at the North Hall for our annual Talentime competitions -- and I wasn't one of them.
To tell you the truth, I pulling down my track pants prior to removing my shirt.
Don't worry, I was getting changed into the outfit I was supposed to wear for the performance I was involved in. Trust me on this.
Now as part of our act, four of us had to come on stage from the audience. So at the very beginning we already found seats for ourselves hidden away between the hundreds of Cempakans. This of course, was supposed to come as a surprise; at least to the majority of the Cherasians.
I was classified in the performance as the "Ipod Geek", so my earphones were practically a part of my head for the rest of the morning. It's tough to go undercover, when everyone knows you and you stick out like a sore thumb amidst the mass population wearing the Save the World shirts -- what's even tougher is trying to keep the 12-inch long drumsticks in your jeans.
Despite the harsh circumstances and what I had to work with, I kept my cool and stayed under the radar trying not to get even more attention than I already have.
Very soon, Dr. Rizal was on stage to open the ceremony and the first entertainers were brought up on stage.
NOTE: As soon as manage to grab the videos of the performances today, I will either post them or link them. Seeing as how this post is already summing up to become a long one, I will make a separate post just for the videos.
Onto the performances, which are ordered chronologically for your convenience:
To witness 49 out of the 200 photos from Kanako Uchimura's camera, simply click: here
1. Pitch
• Band
• Anthem Of My Dying Day
• With:
- Prasanth Ganasan and his voice
- Abdul Muhaimin with his guitar
- Josh Ryu and his guitar
- Kevin Wong and his bass guitar
- Catherine Yew on the piano
- Chung Zhi Wei slamming on the drums
2. Vocal Duet
• Vocals
• Stand Up For Love
• Starring:
- Cathy Lee
- Zenna Law
3. Aurora
• Band
• Hero
• With:
- 5 of our A-Level buddies at the helm
4. Vocal Solo
• Vocals
I Don't Wanna Be
• Showcasing:
- William Sin & his guitar
5. Funk Clusters
• Band
• Comprising of:
- Julie Chan
- Arthur Kam on the drums
- Julian Tan with his guitar
- Derrick and his bass
- Boom and his guitar, I believe
6. Dance Solo
• Dance
• Choreographed & performed by:
- Najwa
7. Mobsterz
• Dance Ensemble
• Choreographed & conducted by:
- Lim Jia Yong
- Wen Xian
- Jasmine Tea
- Priya Aras
- Shuk Khuan
- Lee Yan
- Agnes Puah
- Kowenwu Wenwu
8. Beatboxing
• Vocal Duet
• Amazing show by:
- Michael
- Jason
9. Vocal Solo
• Vocals
• Where Is The Love?
• Sung & on the piano with:
- Claudillea Holoway
10. Vocal Solo
• Vocals
• Only Hope
• With:
- Farah Alya
11. Novem
• Instrumental Piece
• Unity
• Our very own:
- Calvin Yong
- Syazana Abdul Malik
- Steven Chow
- Cherise Tan
- David Kam
- Bryna Meivitawanli
- Bernard Sam
- Najiha Zahiera
- Lee Hao Zhi
Right after the performances the judges disappeared into the Store Room at the front of the hall, to decide our three winners for the day's event.
While waiting for the judges, we had six boys and girls from the Primary School to give a talk on the recent Earth Hour event.
After that we had Catherine Yew and Michael to "entertain" us, while the judges discussed mysteriously in the room.
Soon, Mr. Andrew was thrust up onto the stage to give the end results:
First Place:
• Claudillea Holloway
Second Place:
• William Sin
Third Place:
•Calvin Yong
• Syazana Abdul Malik
• Steven Chow
• Cherise Tan
• David Kam
• Bryna Meivitawanli
• Bernard Sam
• Najiha Zahiera
• Lee Hao Zhi
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ABDUL MUHAIMIN!
To the buddy of mine who always had moves up his sleeve, have a great one.
To the buddy of mine who has almost always been at my side since three years back, may all your wishes come true.
To the buddy of mine who is simply one of my best buddies, cheers.
Friday, 1 May 2009 - I've just returned from the Pavilion, and I'm proud to say I'm one of the fortunate ones to have watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the three days after its release.
It's a great movie I'll give you that but if you're as much of a MARVEL fanatic as I am, you might get a little disappointed. I for one wasn't very satisfied with the storyline -- however, I won't spoil anything for you.
Still it is a prime opportunity to catch some of your favourite mutants in action; I managed to spot quite a few of my well-liked villains and heroes in their teens.
A great summer blockbuster, and you definitely have to one of those lining up to buy tickets for this film.
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