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26th June 2010; Day 1 of SIC Musical Concert of Love

Got there. Chitter-chatter.

Hair:

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED CURLS. Which my hairstylist of the day knew of course, being my counterpart. ;) Sam & Sam. :) I’ll get the picture. Although it can get extremely annoying having a hairstylist with the same name as you.

Ai Li: Sam!

Other hairstylist: Sam!

Sam & Sam: Huh?

Who on earth were we supposed to look at?
The camera. LOL.

But Sam made me look so...glamourous, rich, fussy auntie-ish. Well, I can’t describe it as well as Adrian Koo, who actually liked my curly hair. (Ha. Only because he could keep bouncing my curls the way he thought I should have done.) Or Ben, who liked it too. (Because he wanted to see me flick my head diva-style more.) But I didn’t have anything against it either. Because regardless of however I looked, I’d always wanted curls. ;)

Makeup:
My makeup artist was so sweet and smiley. :) So I smiled at her too. And told her she could use any colour on me, which was one of my better decisions because the purple was pretty. :)
Reahersal:
We pulled through it, then relaxed. And ate a lot.
If heaven is a place on earth, I have found it. It is wherever those absolutely mouth-watering chocolate pastries are. YUMMM. :)
But then of course, I ate too much and couldn’t take any dinner.
“Dinner”:
Sat with Ben, Bernard, Lampard (I know I told you this already, but do you ever have an awesome name!), Ken Ny and someone else I forgot to ask the name of (but I’ll find you on Facebook sooner or later). Chitter-chatter. And then I finally decided to have a leeetle bit of noodles.
THIS IS IT!
The nerves didn’t kick in, probably because there were other people feeling it for me. ;) And of course, it is always a comfort to see Mr. Lee sitting at the piano in front of you, smiling especially when you do something right.
But being onstage is all about the art of lying, and you’re a star once you’ve mastered it. So I smiled, with my eyes, when I couldn’t do so with my mouth. I moved, like I was enjoying the song. Was I? I supposed I’ve mastered the art if you thought so. ;)
Oh, but it was funnn. :) Crazy and fun. Somehow having Rachel Lai behind me with her amplifier voice was very soothing. X)

27th June 2010; Day 2 of SIC Musical Concert of Love
Took a cab to McD’s with Jac. Bloody expensive! If only we’d know Vanessa Pillai would be stopping by, and Aaron West ten minutes after that. But no matter, it was fun to not have a ride back and walk from the KJ McD’s to SIC. ;) You have to try walking on the grass on the way to the LDP pass the Caltex station. :D It’s soft, fuzzy and makes you feel like you’re walking on a long stretch of super bouncy cushions. “I’m walking on sunshine, yeah yeah!” Then we passed Beatrice’s. :) Then we crossed the overhead “restaurant” bridge. Heh. And...we made it back to church! With just a handful of fries left. X
Hair:
Sam didn’t do my hair this time, but I liked it way better. So much less auntie-ish. :) And the curls were gentler, with less hairspray. Although I have decided that the hairspray smell is really very nice because it brings back such nice memories and heralds those to come. :)
Makeup:
Another sweet makeup artist did my makeup this time, although everyone kept advising me to go for the pro that made Michelle Nynam look like a total godess. (“When you look into her eyes, you can see the night sky.” – Michelle Lai) But it was fine. :) And I asked for green this time, just to try it. ;) Miss Makeup Artist did a double take. “Green???” Hahaha. X)
No reahersal.
Lepaked. Camwhored. Chitter-chattered. Ate more pastries. Yum. :) Then went off for mass with Jeanne, Joanne, Ai Li and Ke Li after we got Alex to sneak a few sandwiches into the changing room. XD We tried not to draw attention to ourselves; we tried. But I don’t think it worked.
THIS IS IT – AGAIN!
We were so off form! (But I don’t think anyone really noticed, so I shall not parade the fact.) Most of our free time was spent snapping pictures backstage. And eating. ;) I’ve learnt from Arthur Lim. That some things aren’t worth fussing over unless you know you and your voice are dying. :) The finale was awesome, as were the two encores (thanks to, who else? Marc Philip). \m/ Woo...woo... XD I’m not sure if that’s “professional” but I still find it so ridiculously FUNNY. Ahahahaha!
And that was the end.
Yeah, right. =.=" We tore down the stage with all the three day’s worth of hard work and effort and splinters and sweat, slid the partitions and locked them back in place, moved the whiteboards back to the classrooms, stacked up and pushed back the chairs, swept, picked up rubbish, tore the newspaper off the windows, packed up the equipment and finally went home.
But not before I had my final piece of heaven. :D Thank you Bernard Ow, for saving me the last chocolate pastry, which I happily shared with Mansel and Augustine. :) You and Augustine should have so done that duet (in front of your piano teacher). X)

JOSEPH! :D I found you. No wait, that isn't right. You found me. While I was looking for you. Hahaha.
Ooh...Ipohhh. :) All the best KCC, go rock your hearts and the audience out! \m/

It's funny, but I like it. Facebook will never cease to amaze - me.

SIC and KCC.

*hearts* this one. :)