I felt reluctant to wake up after a 4-hour-sleep the night before. Practices made me weary, but I knew that I have to get myself out of bed because today is the 'THE DAY" for all who are involved in USMKK Chinese Cultural Night. I got a nice bath and packed my stuff for the day. We started off with some 'warming up' and practiced a few times before the make up team call us to the backstage to do our hair. They made 2 smaller plaits and roll my hair up into a bun. It made me felt like I'm girl in an old Chinatown street back in the 1930's. Well, it's supposed to be like that because that's what our theme was all about. :)
After lunch, we rehearsed on stage and we didn't perform well. Our directors were quite worried that we would not be able to give our best performance that night. That made us feel down as well. They motivated us to do our best and said that we should enjoy our performance. We had our make up done in the afternoon and practiced more. Some of us were not feeling well but we were determined to give all that we've got.
The time has finally came. The lights on the stage shone on our faces and beautiful outfits and we smiled widely at the audience. The music played and we sang harmoniously. No more off-pitching and no more awkward movements. Our voices blend in so well that we were certain that we were doing the right thing. We sang with all our hearts and the song ended with a loud applause from the floor.
We felt on top of the world after the performance. The feeling that we had accomplished our mission well were hard to describe with words. All our hard work paid off and we are very thankful to our seniors that had put in a lot of effort to teach and guide us. I can see that they really care for us and they have sacrifice a lot of time in making the event a successful one.
It's a very memorable night for me. My family and loved ones had came to support us. New friendship was built and another strong bond has been developed among us.
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