&
a bit Disappointed.
not because of results (I was rather happy with it),
but cos of the way things were arranged.
Today's actl the National Schools Lit Fest.
There were i think 3 events mainly Book Parade, Poetry Slam and debates.
AND there were around 2-3 teams per school participating in each event.
Nan Hua has over 10 teams even. -.-
Yeah.
We're the pathetic ones.
For PS, (Poetry Slam in short)
there were 4 heats, each held in 4 diff classrooms with 10 teams per heat.
And we had to present the 2 poems to one judge and the teams that were there.
there could only be 4 teams shortlisted for the semi-finals.
In the end, my team was tied with I think, Hong Kah Sec.
We had the same marks.
So, we had to perform the 1st poem one more time.
Haha. Yeah. we managed to get through the heats.
That was really a close tie.
Then had a short break.
Ha. the judge was quite interested in our school team
and hence approached us to give comments on how to improve.
But MOSTLY because of Mrs Siva Koh, i think.
The judge seemed to like her a lot and kept chatting with her.
haha. that was a preview for you.
Cos next up, it's because of this that we manged to get to Finals.
:D
The semi final round was really scary.
SERIOUS.
16 teams qualified for it.
and 6 teams will be eliminated from this round.
I could even feel my heart throbbing loudly.
I can't stand that kind of butterflies-in-my-stomach feeling.
It made my palms go cold and sweaty.
Yeah.
So we presented.
I thought we had a lot of flaws in our presentations.
But anyway, the scores were quite amazing.
It's out of 10 from each judges.
we got 7.2 7.3 8.5
and lastly
9.6.
It's a serious 0.4 more marks to 10.
Guess who awarded that.
:D
Yeah. so we got to finals.
It was really exciting and
nerve-wrecking.
AH~
oh oh then the emcee informed us that
because time was short,
they had to only shortlist 7 instead of 10.
Yeah.
Our scores were okay. Like average.
Yeah. Other teams did better.
And hence, we didn't get the top 3.
But it's okay.
I'm alr happy with top 7.
It really is the fun and laughter we had that really counts, that really lasts.
It's not about winning or not.
Right?
It's the bond that we share,
it's the silly mistakes that we made,
that made us improve more.
I did enjoy myself today.
Cos we kept laughing off our heads about the mistakes we made
when we were rehearsing early morning.
And also, to calm ourselves down,
we recited our previous LA poem recital assignment,
THE SEA by C.S Lewis.
It really brought back memories.
:D
I need to ask my brother to give me advice on composing a song.
I want nice nice chords.
:)
SHH...
Those who know don't say okay.
I may not be able to produce one given the short time. D: