I won Musicfest'09 :)

Hello all!

I WON MUSICFEST'09. (:

It was the best day of my life,

the best experience i've ever ever had.

Through the whole experience, i've gotten to know so many more people and have bonded with so many people through the whole thing as we spent time together while waiting during rehearsals, helping one another out with our performances, doing crazy stuff and all. (: its been sooooo awesome. (:

Well, yesterday...

Im still trying to take it all in. The atmosphere there was, the perfect performance. I cant describe it all. Its just been a heck of a ride and man, it was one ride i nvere wanna forget.

Yesterday, i started the day with NAPHA.

lol. It rained so we did 5 stations instead. I realised im alot less fit than before. But i ended up with 4As and 1B. Not bad. Im quite proud of my shuttle run. (: 10.5s. hahaha. not bad. :D

After PE, i went to bath, get some food, and then headed off to bio lecture.

I had an interesting good one period of bio lecture, then headed off to the PT to start musicfest tech rehearsals. Lol. Cos i spent alot of time trying to pack my stuff, i was the last one to leave, and when i did, my classmates kept shouting "Good luck hannah!" and all that, that it was soooooooo embarrasing! x) lol. But i appreciate the gesture nontheless. (:

So i went to the PT, only to find i was the first one there. haha. Waited there for awhile, sitting and listening to my music. Then people started coming in and we soon started the musicfest briefing. After the briefing we went to change so that the teachers could vet our costumes to ensure its not revealing of any sort. (:

We soon started the tech run and all. It took kinda long cos the ppl were still trying to sort out the lights and all. But it was really fun cos i got to spend alot of time with the solo vocs. (: Haha. Chit chatting, doing stupid stuff like imitating yelun's hand actions while he sang and stuff. haha. During my turn at the sound check, i sang my song and when they said it was enough, the smoke maching turned on, and it was sooooooo awesome cos it was at the right time! HAha. So i went back to the mic and sang a little bit more of the chorus, then decided i shouldnt hog the stage, so i went off, much to the mini audience's disappointment. Haha. It was evident in their "Awee. Ehh..." etc. Hahaha. Fun neverthelss. (:

Then we went for a break and stuff. I went to change out of my blue shirt into my Pe shirt cos it was more comfy. Haha. Went for some lunch and then back to the PT for a full run of the event. So did a full run, and it went rather badly. I wasnt too pleased with it.

So the time for the real performance came, and i was relaly nervous. While waiting in LT5, i decided i needed to practice my hands. So i stood up and started singing the song with my hands and all. And after awhile, i noticed the noice and chattering all around me stopped, and i felt kinda wierd. So i stopped singing. Hahaha. :P

Well, we soon went backstage, and the feeling was 1 word- Nerve-wrecking. I was really nervous. Watched the dancers perform and the music video, and soon, the vocal solos were up on stage. As i watched jed's and yelun's performances, i felt so nervous my legs couldnt handle it. So i sat down back stage and trembelled. Literally. I was so nervous that i asked some random guy-edward was his name, and asked for his hand. And then i grabbed it and squeezed cos i was so nervous. He totally understood and squatted and let me hold his hand for awhile. Haha. really nice of him.

It was finally my turn, and i was so excited to get out on stage and perform. My video came out, and the crowd went wild! Omg. I cant tell you enough how to crowd went wild. My video made the whole crowd laugh cause of the joke i made about me being a high jumper. :P bet the trackers were the ones who laughed the loudest then. Then came the part where i said i always pulled my leg during training, and that i was pulling theirs too. Then i had this hysterical laugh like they got jacked kinda thing, and the crowd went wild cos they got the joke. haha. And there was applause cos it was so funny. HAhaha. It was so awesome to know the crowd loved my video. I loved it too. (; ahahahah.

The moment my video ended, i ran out onto the stage, and the crowd went wild! I heard so many "Go HANNAH!" And all. A few distinct voices i could recognise were wenyi and weicong, but i heard so many more shouting my name and cheering me on and screaming and WOO. It was amazing to ahve a crowd shout your name. HAhaha.

So i got onto my chair onstage, waited for the music, and the music came. My mic started to work, and i did my thing. I sang. And i sang with all my heart. The moment i hit the first chorus, the crowd went wild for awhile and then it became silent again to hear what i had to sing. But i didnt quite notice that cos i was ready to jump in and be absorbed by the song. The 2nd verse was just AWESOME. I got the 'Dozen roses' part right, and it was perfect.

I hit the chorus again with greater passion than the first, and for the last chorus, i did my long extended 'want it all', and OH DID THE CROWD GO WILD! They cheered through and after that want it all, it was SO AWESOME. My voice just went all the way out, wibrating so nicely and having the perfect pitch and sound i wanted. It was PERFECT! Then i ended the song, and the moment the song ended, THE CROWD WENT WILD! They cheered so so so loudly for a really long time. So many screams, so many cheers, a grand chorus of cheers for me. Wow. It was so amazing. The feeling, the exhiliration, the adrenalin rush. It was so awesome.

I got off stage and the moemtn i hit the backstage, i screamed! Cos i was so pleased with my performance and i was so glad the whole performance was so perfect! eveyone back stage congratulated me and hugged me so tightly. I screamed "I DID IT!" and dom cooed in return "yes you did. And we are very proud of you" followed by nat and kim hugging me from the back. Hahaha. I just kept hugging ppl cos i really really really was soooooooo happy! hahahaha. (:

After that, the solos and i went to the upper gallery to watch the rest of the show. When we were outside the door, we were welcomed by 2 tables of packed POSH brownies! WOOTS! Exhilerated by the fact that we no longer needed to clear phlegm for any reason, we each took one happily. (: Ye lun walked out of the PT to get another one halfway. HAHA.

The show was really really awesome! The vocal groups performed really really well!

Dear mimosa:
They were pretty good, except that they were a little stiff for the song they chose.

Futari:
The idea is really really cute! Perfect pitching and the harmony blends PERFECTLY. It was really pleasing to the ears and enjoyable to watch on the whole. I really really liked them. (: They're performance was FANTABULOUS!

3Mics!:
They were really really cute! Though they started the song on a higher note, they managed to hit all the high notes. And may i add each of them are SO GOOD at what they do? omg. Hahaha. they are FANTASTIC! But i wish they had more harmonising and all. And dom's beatboxing is AMAZING. (: Congrats to them for winning! Haha. Great accapella piece. (:


After them were the dance groups! Im obviously NOT a dancer. Haha. So i cant critic their performances. I think the group that won, Funkout crew were AMAZING! The amount of TALENT there was in that crew was amazing. The show was stunning and they so deserve to win! (: So congrats to them!

Then it was intermission. (: We 3 solos ran out so that we could a)get more brownies, b)not get caught in the stair jam. (:

During the intermission, we went out to meet people and stuff. I was so overwhelmed! All my friends surrounding me, giving me gifts of flowers and all, congratulating me, some promising to kill themselves or others if i didnt win, many giving me hugs, taking pictures, MAN. It was awesome! I felt so loved and adored for once. I felt like a star! :D I wanted to get water but i didnt get my water till about 10mins later cos every step i took i met ppl that congratulated me and hugged me and took pictures and etc. Hahaha. But i loved the feeling of it. It was amazing. Truely amazing. (:

Then me and Jumana went to the treehouse cos Jumana wanted to see it. (: It was great spending some time together. hahaha. She was soooooo happy up there and we took a few pictures. More of her since she's the visitor. And the one deprived of a tree house also. :P Hahahaaha. (: It was a pretty awesome 2 girl time together, though short. (:

Then i walked her back to the PT cos the show was about to resume. (: Took a few more compliments and pictures and hugs on the way out, and met Nat, Jed and a few others outside the PT. The few of us were trying to find out where we were supposed to report. So we walked towards LT5, and saw Funkout Crew walking to the Concorse for free food. So we followed them happily, anxious to reach the food that awaited us. Suddenly, i screamed "OH WAIT! THE NOBODY VIDEO'S ABOUT TO SHOW!!!" Then we all looked at each other alarmingly, and realised the consequences of our missing the show. And we all wanted to watch the nobody mtv SUPER BADLY! It was SO FUNNY OMG! HAHAHHAA. We literally RAN up the stairs to the 3rd floor and into the PT. Haha. And we were just in time for the video! :D

The 2nd half started with the entire audience shouting "FULL DAY" Cos the Emcees were rar raring the crwod and trying to get them to say "We want musicfest". BUT! its VJ. So it turned into "WE WANT FULL DAY!" Nad i was one of them shouting the Full day part. :D hahahahaha. SO FUN. :D

So.
The nobody video got screened and OMG its SOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couldnt stop laughing at all. It was soooo fun! The audience went wild over it and clapped at the appropriate moments. It was soooooo fun!!!

After that, the bands performed.

The Chinks and the Chocolate man:
Rock is not my personal favourite, but the band accoustics were really really good! Like all the sounds are all over the place, but they were in sinc with one another. The vocalist, Priscilla sang really really well! Her voice suits the song very well. Loved it!

Pause for Applause:
They were really really good!!!
I loved their performance!
maybe cos i prefer they're kind of music but i think they were at least good enough for the 2nd position. They so did not deserve the 3rd position. AT ALL OKAY. :(

DAYM:
Well, they did better than rehearsals thats for sure.
Eduardo's voice suits the song. (:

After that, we went to LT5 to report for prize presentation. It was really fun there! The dancers and evreyone were dancing to NOBODY and it was SO HAPPENING! Then we went backstage, and watched the teachers' performance which was relaly really awesome! And we sang with them annd all. It was so fun! The spirit of having everyone getting into the moment together. it was so so so fun! The 3 of us solos locked arms and moved everywhere like that. (: The 2 of them were so cartoonly gentlemenly. HAhahaha. :P

Soon after the teacehrs were done with their performance, we went onstage behind the curtains to line up according to the line up plane for prize presentation. Vocals at the front, vocal groups behind us etc etc.

Then the 3 of us vocalist were still in the locked arms and the voacl groups behind us were fooling around with us. So we were all fooling around each other. Haha. All the performers jumbled up together and we all posed as the curtains opened. It was SO FUN! HAhahha. The 3 solos infront, the others peeping all around, top, bottom, everywhere! All posing. it was SO FUN! :D :D :D.

Soon, it was the real prize presentation.
The guest of honour was invited onstage and the emcees started to announce the results and all. haha. Yelun, Jed and I shouted "WE WANT FULL DAY". But it was quite a failure. Haha. Then Gail passed the mic to yelun and he shouted "WE WANT FULL DAY" by himself. Hehehehe. :P Ah well.

So.
The emcees asked the audience who they thought was third. And there was a rather loud response "Jed." Quite bad la. But what to do. lol. So the third went to jed. So he went to get his prize, leaving me and yelun centre stage, arm locked. Haha. Then the emcees asked who they thought was sencond. They asked if it was Hannah and the audience went "No..." and when they asked if second was yelun, the audience went "yes..." Omg. SUPER BAD LA. But what to do. Hahaha. So yelun indeed was second, and i won the grand prize. :D

When they announced officially that i was the grand winner, the crowd went wild. I stood. I smiled. I soaked up the cheers. Watched the audience clap with their hands high in the air. I gave a flying kiss with both hands, then bowed twice. Smiled. Waved. And went to receive my prize. (: the GOH told me he knew i'de win. And that was really sweet of him. (: hahahaha.

So the 3 of us met centrestage again, and bowed together. (: Then we went to the back of the stage, congratulating each other. As the prize preesntation went on, as the groups continued to collect their prizes, all the performers started to congratulate each other with handshakes and hugs and all. The atmosphere was just awesome. (:

After the whole event ended, the performers led the audience in YO VJC and PUMP IT! Haha. Super fun can! :D Then the whole stage went chaotic with ppl running up and taking photos with people everywhere. The buzz was so amazing! Haha! :D

I went to collect my prizes from the SC, then took alot more photos, received alot more compliments and also alot more hugs! ^-^ Hahahaha. :D Everywhere i went, people i knew would congratulate me, and praise my performance. It was a real star treatment and i really really enjoyed it. Even people who didnt know me would come up to me and tell me how good a job i did. (: It was really awesome.

After all that, i packed up and got into the car, went to goldkist so my mum could sign the card for the chalet for the trackers. Then after that, we went for supper, then fetched Jumana home. (:

I was dead tired when i got home.
But it was really worth it.
Up till now, i still have yet to comprehend the whole thing nor take it all in. The sudden shot to fame and stardom was just a whole journey of fun and amazing bonding and FUN! I really really really enjoyed this journey i have taken and have abcolutely no regrets. (: It really was the best day of my life so far. (: I still cant forget how the crowd went wild after my performance. It was truely amazing.

Well, i ahve so many people to thank for making this journey so so so great for me.
So many of my friends have been supporting me emotionally and physically and in every way they could, pulling contacts from everywhere. And I really want to thank every single one of my friends because they have played a big role in my journey to music fest. (: Special shout outs to Chantal, Jesselyn and mervyn for endlessly believing and supporting me, understanding when i was stressed up over everything. (; Thank you guys so much. (: Really appreciate it.

I aslo wanna thank the SC. They did a really really really good job on musicfest. (: The prizes were AMAZING, and the whole event was run really really well since day 1. (: Thank you all for supporting me and the rest of the performers, for running the whole event so well, for handling all the problems so nobly. Thank you all for your effort. It is greatly appreciated. (:

And most of all, i wanna thank God.
God has been amazing to me ever since i started this journey. He's sent so many people along my path to help and support me through musicfest. From getting into the semis, to helping me find a beat boxer, then taking him away to teach me to trust that God will never let me fall, but only wants to prosper me in all I do. Thus, giving me the opportunity to perform an even better song. If i had chosen to do the beat box one i had in mind innititally, I might not have made it to the finals. (: But instad, i chose to do a song that glorified and honoured God, and in return, he blessed me with a great semis performance and a place in the finals. (:

After that, God granted me favour with the semis Judges, esp Mrs Judah, who held my hand through the preperation for my finals. He caused Jumana's drama prac to shift to another day so she could come down to support me and help me do my make up, he gave me a great friend like chantal who really helped me and didnt mind not doing my make up though we innitially agreed she would. He helped me get my soundtrack done and key lowered. He granted me many friends through the entire season. And most of all, he granted me a perfect performance.

The performance wasnt perfect, but it was the most perfect performance i could ever ever ask for. My hands miraculously started moving, my body was no longer stiff, my voice sounded enhanced and great, and the atmosphere while singing was just awesome. freaking awesome.

And all this glory belongs to God.
Though the crowd shouted for me,
i shouted for God.
And god heard me, and he granted me favour with all i encountered. (:
Though the crowd credited the prize to me, i credit my talent to God. Cos God first blessed me with my talent, then he enhanced it for his glory, and i dedicated the song to him. (:

If i aint got you, Jesus,
i woulndt have nothing.

Thank you Lord, for everything.