WHEE~~~
It's like, 2 days after SYF and I'm still excited.
WE GOT GOLD WITH HONOURS honours honours honours honours
Hehe. Echo. Like Republic Poly's acoustics.
I was just listening to the recording of the release of results and I jumped at the "gold with honours" after "Nanyang Girls' High School".
Best moment ever.
Reliving it. LOL.
Goes to show how excited I still am. :)
I have to say 1 very important thing: I FELT THE NYSE SPIRIT COME BACK.
At some point after the '09 SYF year, ensemble just sort of became really boring, and not fun (because Joan Fun left, get it? Joking). The enthusiasm and motivation wasn't there. To add to it all, the camp didn't really bring everyone together. We bonded, but not so much spiritually. (Thank you EXCO for planning it, though. Did a marvelous job of balancing practising and play (: ) However, on our way to SYF, the NYSE spirit started coming back. On the day itself, you can just feel it. It's there. Stronger than ever. A magical feeling, I'm calling it.
I hope it will continue being there, even after my batchmates and I leave. The enthusiasm, the motivation, the FUN. Because this is what ensemble is about. At least to me (although I do believe many others feel this way as well).
Previously, I have to admit I didn't fully understand the "Proud to be tangle in Strings" thing. I was proud because we work really hard and we play hard too, proud of the seniors' achievements- of making this an awesome ensemble and that I'm a part of it.
Now, I am truly and absolutely proud. I guess I feel that our hard work finally paid off- those sectionals, those prep talks, the worrying, the nervousness, the comforting, the working together. Proud because it's US, not me or I or you, but US.
We proved that we can do this.
One of the judges of the SYF said, "Ensemble-ship isn't about many soloists getting together trying to sound like an ensemble but an ensemble trying to sound like a soloist." I thought it was so meaningful, so it got stuck in my head.
Looking forward to a fantastic year ahead working on FOA and working with NYSE! :)
Lots of Love,
Ying Yee
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