Back from a sabbatical..

I wanted to express the title above in cantonese... Try this; Chung Chut Kong Wu-that would be the best to describe after a 5 years absence from Electone Festival ... back then , i was just a young teenage girl at the age of 15 hoping to win the Junior Section of the Electone Festival competition ... BUT never had a chance of even reaching the Finals of the competition ... SADLY ... However i still enjoyed every single proccess of going through those tough days ... Anyway , it's just me. Enjoy performing.. =)

Yup , that was year 2002... when i last went through the adrenaline rush of performing on stage for a competition ... This coming Friday 4th May will be a return from my sabbatical ... and i will make sure this proccess is even more meaningful and well remembered than any others because i am taking part in the Ensemble category (play in a group) instead of the usual Solo Section . Ask me why ain't the solo? Because i'm waiting for next year where the theme will change from this year's Classical music to Pop music . That's more like me right!? HAhahaha..

HOnestly , every single moment of preparing for this time's competition is so much more memorable because as the leader of 2plus3 , i admit that the responsibily taken by myself is immense but God has been with me throughout . Even driving all the way to Tmn Maluri Cheras at 9 30pm and coming back safely (though i confess for speeding dangerously just now on the way back!!!) at 11 20pm ... i'm happy to be doing it. =)

Yeah .. in case you're not aware who stays in Tmn Maluri , Cheras (The only place in town i dislike going!) it's C.H ... i had no choice but to go to his house at this weird hour of the night and caused my mum to worry her heart out regarding my safety , God still made me come home safely. Alah .. as if i've not gone out till late at night before .

The story began like this ... It was a Monday morning where 2plus3. (notice the dot which represents C.H ahhaha) commited ourselves to another fruitful practice session where most of the things were finalized including our co-ordination and stuffs... Everything ended at 1+ pm and so more things needed to be edited (by who else!? ME la) and by 2pm the boys and i went to McD for a chatty luncheon..

Came home around 4pm dropped dead on my bed like some pig who hasn't slept for ages... woke up at 5 30pm hoping to watch Spidey3 with CPY ... and guess what , we made the biggest BLUNDER ever in my life . Hoping to watch the movie that will be released only the next day! ARRGHH ... We were dumbfounded while quieing for tickets ...

Me : Eh , how come no posters of Spidey around here?
CPY : Hmm yeah hoh ... but i remember seeing the show is up when i came here that day..
Me : Well ok .. i hope so it's up. Ahh that's the poster. Only says May 2007 but no date of release woh..
CPY : Wait , what's the date today?

*just then i turned to stare at her with a dumbfounded look and we both burst out into screams of laughters* Can you guess what came next ?

Me : OH MY GOD CHONG POH YEE!!!!!! It's 30th April today!!!!

And so the rest is history .... we were not only dumb , but stupid enough not to buy Wednesday's tickets when i've already made plans to watch with her again ....

There goes my Monday ... if were a little smarter , i would've went to C.H's house during that time because i told him i was going to catch Spidey ... SIGH ... So then my appointment with C.H had to be on the Tuesday night which he promised earlier ... By Tues morning , he asked me to go at 1230pm instead ... and guess what i've done the night before ....

Slept only at 5 am (yup MORNING) to complete my Workshop composition assignment! ARRRGHH >... i swear that's the last time i'm going to burn midnight oil that far... Why ? Because i did not want to disappoint my sisters who have made plans to travel back to KKB to visit grandma... with the nieces ... so yeah i woke up at 9 30am and slept in grandma's house instead! HAHHAHA STUPID

By 6pm we reached home and my head was already infected with severe migraine ... i continued on with my composition assignment and i'm proud to announce it's FINALLY DONE by 9pm! Classical composition sucks and i swear being a Classical music composer is the last thing i'd do on Earth . No phone call from C.H so i guess i'd have to go to his house the next night instead.

At 11+ pm i confirmed my plans with him and CPY through the msn online ... so yeah i had the most relaxing day today , finishing my English essay assignment and spending precious time sleeping ... By 5pm CPY came to pick me up for our 2nd trip to Jusco Kepong to catch Spidey 3 and guess what... it's fully booked and there are only seats for midnight shows .... THIS time we bought sunday night's tickets so a 3rd trip will be needed.. ARRGH .. IT BETTER BE GOOD.

We drove to Sri Hartamas for a nice expensive Taiwanese cuisine instead and had a good time chatting .... then it was time for pasar malam near my house before leaving to C.H's house at 9pm . What a drive! I thought i'd reach a little earlier than expected at the speed of my driving , but ... God is amazingly unpredictable. A traffic jam just because of some smoke from a burning house down the highway caused the cars to stop and look!? CRAZY! .... But it wasn't that bad so i reached SAFELY without getting lost at 9 45pm...

Mum made a BIG FUSS about why did i not be extra cautious with the security guard who accompanied me upstairs to his condominium because he might rape me in the lift or something. Well , he was doing his job in opening the protected glass door for me before i go upstairs , and he was just probably shocked why a small girl like me would come at this hour of the night? The danger of raping thing never even came across my head as he followed me into the lift and wrote down what number i pressed on the lift . So i just told him straight away i'm going to which unit number ... Well of course he took me to the wrong side of the house but i then walked otherwise and told him it's the wrong direction ...

I quickly paced myself in the front door of C.H's house and rang the doorbell hoping him to open the door quick .. so yeah the door was opened and a very excited "HI" was greeted by C.H to the security guard instead of me!! WHAT THE!? And C.H even thought i asked him to accompany me upstairs because i'm afraid of the dark .. WHAT THE!?

I spent 1 hour in his house doing the final editing and adjustments while getting hold of a chance or two to practice with his Stagea .... I left by feeling compassionate and pitiful for him .. seriously, he looks extremely tired ... REALLY fatigue... NOt on his face , but through his behaviour you can sense it . Without wanting to bother him any longer i left immediately after everything's done and he walked me down to my car... and we had a nice chat along the way as well... Dont worry, I'll pray for YOU ... Let Jesus' divine Strength lead you. Though you might not know but my God works.

That's it folks . The last thing i did as the leader of 2plus3. If you've read my previous updates on 2plus3 , you would've known the amount of time and hard work we all spent together to make Summertime a success... And honestly , I will be very very very devastated if we do not get into the Finals . We are EXPECTING an entrance right away on Friday! I've not performed in a bigger place than the loca shopping malls before! Come on! KL Convention Center!! Here we come!!

And by God's grace i hope all C.H's students will proceed to the Finals .. including the young boy Zie Lik , Teck and 2plus3. God is watching guys , GOD IS WATCHING. And

I don't know why and how , but somehow this sentence has been lingering in my head and spirit for the past few days since last Sunday ..

"God sees your faithfulness"

That's about it . A return from a sabbatical - i hope to return in the best way i can. =)