Saturday, January 29, 2005

I need a way out... desperately..

One hell of a week. Never-ending shows... Imagine being able to reach home only at around midnight for consecutive nights in a week. How fun... (Look, I'm being damn sarcastic here.) I'm definitely not of show-man caliber. I need a way out.. I WILL find a way out.. it's only a matter of time..

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Wednesday, only day in the week that I wore a smile on my face.
SAF Bands Dinner & Dance... real glad that Terry invited me along.. and sincerely thank him, along with my 61st Batch Trainee buddies, and not forgetting Cecilia~ for the wonderful night I had over at Chevrons.. A big thank you to all of you~

Big thank you to my percussion buddy, aka Gekgoh, for sending me to and fro Chevrons.. =D Ha.. and for stepping into Chevrons with me.. =p I was really hesitant about being there in a SAF Bands function alone, given my present status. Was kinda apprehensive about what others might think of my presence.. but it seemed dat my worries were uncalled for. Snapped a few shots with friends here and the dinner promptly started..

Emcee for the nite, Felicia Chin, boy did she steal the show. She was like, the highlight of the evening.. and outshone even the first ever SAF Bands Idol - Jumarih (Hope I got the spelling correct..) The crowd simply went wild with her appearance.. and it took some time before everyone settled down, to be even able to make out what she's trying to say to the floor.. ha.

The Band Idol thingey.. hmm... thot the participants really put in alot of effort to flaunt their stuff.. except dat their choice of songs.. hmm.. just thot dat some ought to have chosen other songs dat's better suited for their vocals.. Really admired the Kelvin Kong guy... his jazz singing is really quite zai.. ha, nice~

The lucky draw... sheese.. to think I actually won.. I was like having this premonition dat I might have to be drawn into everyone's attention.. and was really jittery during the 1st round of the lucky draw. Was praying damn hard in my mind.. "Please dun call out my name.. please dun.." Prior to 2nd round, was even asking Gekgoh and Mark etc to go on stage on my behalf should my name be read out.. just in case.. Den wat I feared happened. I heard my name being called out by Felicia Chin.. Stunned... not mesmerized by her sweet voice calling my name or watsoever. Just flabbergasted. Great, now the WHOLE floor's attention is being drawn to the intruder of a private function. Dat's seriously wat I felt. Damn..

Instinct took over. I promptly stood up, ran for the stage... hoping to get everything over and done with asap to reduce whatever damage I'm causing.. Too late. The crowd has spoken. The 3-letttered acronym dat I detested most was inevitably being shouted out. I was caught there and then. The searchlight now shines upon the convict trying to hide. I have nowhere to hide. Really wished for a hole to bury myself in den.. or maybe The Ring for me to slip on and disappear outta sight. But alas!

Staring eye to eye with Felicia Chin, instead of taking the rare chance to admire the beauty that's just an arm's stretch away, I was totally lost.. stumped.. speechless.. And she had to ask what the audience is shouting about.. God! I tried my best not to appear flustered.. but I know I did. sheese... I tried to cut my dreadful ordeal onstage short and merely blabbered something which I dun even remember.. and promptly rushed back to my sanctuary among my friends.. god~! Sheese~ Wat the~!! Thot I seriously made a fool outta myself. =S

But after the few minutes ordeal, my mind felt much more at ease, knowing that the worst is already over. The dinner went on and after which, we headed for a karaoke session at the club's ktv lounges.. Not dat good a ktv session though, somehow the atmosphere felt really weird. Maybe becos some still have to report early (7am!!) the next day, and I myself have to report at 9.15am. Or it's becos people started to leave a few at a time.. but either way, we stayed till the place is closed for the nite and promptly headed for home.

Still, it is a nite to remember, and I'm really glad dat I had been given a chance to attend. Thanks guys~!

Cre8tivesparks at 1/29/2005 01:27:00 AM

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