Rag
Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Daily Express
We didn't win anything.. though it was rather expected, but I was more disappointed that I left the dance mat with regrets.
Despite the best Ferris-Wheel and Hey Baby and Elevator stunts I did ever.. despite doing everything else right.. I had to let myself cockup when I saw Yip marching in the same line as me when we entered the stage.. and I didn't manage to put on the so-called 'winning smile' from the beginning.. worse still I had to march on wrong-hand-wrong-leg. That totally spoilt my Rag Experience.
But I didn't cry like Waylon last year when I left the dance mat.. I didn't feel happy for Rag to be over either. It was a numb disappointing feeling.. something I didn't want to feel after practicing so hard for the past few months.. paying so much money for hall stay.. sacrificing work opportunities.. It was unlike when I ran off the mat for MidwayFair I felt truly elated and energy level high.. and though at that time last year I didn't expect we would win.. I felt extremely happy. I couldn't feel it this year. My glitch. My fault.
And so the atmosphere wasn't so tense during the results announcements.. maybe cos all the dancers were spread out.. the emcees major cocked-up.. and more so I guess, putting MidwayFair as the benchmark, most of us felt the slim chance of winning. Though losing the shields to our neighbour who built the 'same' float as us wasn't a good feeling at all. I'd rather KE7 win everything.
Still, much as I tried to control, tears rolled down uncontrollably when I cheered for the hall. Partly tears of defeat, partly cheers that I left the hall down.
What a rag experience. *sigh*
Post-Rag
Well, the dancers went out for some fun after rag.. and we went to catch Fireworks at Sheares Bridge! We were like late for the fireworks as when we got to the head of the bridge the show had already started.. and we only could marvel at the remnents of the fireworks behind the Esplanade and the trees that blocked us.. But some time later the kind policemen removed the barricades and we were running "all-hell-breaks-loose' on the roads.. catching our first class Fireworks Seats!
See the fireworks behind us! 
We were standing on the road!
After the short fireworks we went out for tau huay at Rochor after a loooooooooooong period of indecisive discussion and searching for souls lost in the crowd.
Then we headed back to hall.
Where the comm hall is clean and back to normal.
The Daily Express came and left.
But I hope it left behind valuable lessons for all future Shearites not to shun away from responsibilities they should take up. The hall needs your Engineering, Designing, Creative skills. Dare to step up and flaunt your talent and you get a MidwayFair success. Shun back and you'd have to cower back at this year's defeat, together with the rest of us.
Quote Bona:
"Sometimes we have to lose to come up with a good rag."
Signed off at
2:32 am
▐▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒░░░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▌
th reader
