Yourself?

OH NO!
I typed out a really long reply but it got wiped away by the blogger server...
sobz....

Anyway, I guess I'll just cut my long story short, since I don't have much
time left to blog.

Just wanted to tell you that I don't think we were being paid in paragon.
It was for the Laotian childrens' fundraising closing ceremony. That was where
you saw the cheque. Hodge was giving it to the organizers, the money that RJ raised
during the metro fund-raising thing?

Yeah, we were paid when we caroled at chijmes and when we're caroling at changi airport,( going to use the money for our new gowns i think...)
but not when we went to the old folks homes and hospitals. Didn't tell you about that right?
RJ didn't go to that many this year, think sicheng contacted them too late or something, so
most of them had other people going to carol already, but RGS used to do lots. We went to childrens
homes, hospices, that kinda thing =) It was really really fun...

This year RJ just went to Ling Kwang home, Mt Alvernia hospital, and the paragon thing. Also
last night we went to perform at the boys brigade fundraiser closing ceremony. The thing ended at 9 pm.
It was at the outdoor makeshift stage near wheelock. And by then we were really exhausted. Yechao almost fainted
because of the heat, and there were alot of flies sucking our blood as we waited for our turn to perform.
We all weren't feeling too good, the gowns and blazers made us feel as if we were in some desert, and our high-heeled shoes
were giving us blisters, but we still went on...
We couldn't be hear very well in the end. Choirs can't sing outdoors well because the human voice doesn't resonate as much as
an entire band........that's why you rarely see choirs outdoors.

In the end, however hard we tried, we still couldn't be heard and everyone was feeling rather dejected.

So when I read your entry I felt really hurt.....
and not very well.

Last night was hell, couldn't sleep. Was burning up with fever I think, called yechao at 3.30 am to talk 'coz we both felt
so bad. Stomachs churning, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep.

Sigh...

Oh yeah, and the musical terms for rising and falling would be "crescendo" and "decrescendo"...
Choral singing really is very different from band. Don't be so...condescending?.oh nvmind, forget it.

Anyway VJ choir has a population ten times bigger than RJ 'coz they get J0s to sing with them. Sung with them last year rememeber?
And that was even more commercial 'coz they only sang in all the hotels like Ritz and Raffles...

Lotsa churches bring festive joy to the neighbourhoods...

Will go rest and study now.
=( Still feel rather saddened at all your misconceptions on caroling. To me I don't care if I'm carolling to the rich/the poor, the young/ the old, as long as God's word is spread and it brings a little festive cheer to people. It makes me happy when I see people stop by and listen with a smile on their faces...

posted by Geraldine @ 5:32 pm