Thursday, January 10, 2008
okay i've decided to ressurect this blog (pardon the frightful english spelling)
cause apparently im the one who owns it haha. the tagboard is alive but the blog is dead?! whoever heard of such a thing?! got leaves alive with roots dead the mah? maybe only short term. so must water the roots, not leaves.
haha congrats to my sec 1s now sec 2s le! congrats to my sec 2s now 3s le! AND congrats to my sec 3s now 4s le! (like me!) everyone who is taking 'o' level, jiayous! we will run this race together!
my dear altos, please dont forget me when i go. im a very sentimental person.
i will miss the times we just had sectionals, how we screwed when our seniors left, how when we dont screw mr toh ignores us, (but then again isnt that better? haha kudos to sops! we give you chance you know? ahaha) and just being who we are, altos.
you've made my this sec 3 year in alto a very meaningful and memorable one.
i just realised only when you step up and take a leadership post, that you realise how much all of this means to you, when you suddenly have 28 faces looking at you and they expect your guidiance and leadership for the next year. altos, please never lose your light for choir, we only shine when we all work together yeah!
i did have moments when i doubted my ability, especially when i made mistakes. but there were always people there to cheer me up. thank you. my close friends, and my dearest altos. thanks for always just trusting and believing in me, being patient with me as well. i wanted to be perfect for you, but i realised that no one can do that, so i'll just do the best that i can.
feeling a little emo now, let me emo somemore k? it's not everyday i get a chance, now that im sec 4 i really want to let you guys know my feelings.
i really caught onto something during the auditions for sec 1 girls. there was this girl who when mr tan asked whether she was in choir before and what section she said,"yes, i've been in choir before. i was in alto section, but because the day when i audition i had a sore throat. actually i can sing soprano one you know?" bentwy just nodded his head in utter disbelief. true renough, when she auditioned, she could barely reach the high note. i knew that if she went into choir, she would be in alto section, and she would be extremely unhappy.
which reminded me of when i was p5. though i wasnt in choir, i loved singing and my form teacher happened to be the choir teacher in charge so she asked me to sing for syf. i was very pleased and i went into soprano section. to be frank, my pr sch choir was a cop choir. (suprised?) anw when i was there, i saw thec ombines, i saw that the altos were always getting scolded cause they knew their part, but whenever the sops started singing, they would switch to the soprano note.
i remember my teacher asking me one day,"do you want to join the altos?" i flatly turned her down. (guess you all can guess the reason)
so i had this impression of altos when i came to sec sch. i was in sop at first in sec 1 (juniors dont be suprised!) and i struggled to reach the high notes. i felt really bad, getting sore throats most of the time. when mr toh came in and re-auditioned, and he put me in alto 2, i wasnt really surprised, nor disappointed, nor angry, just a little relieved and uncomfortable. someone came up to me and asked,"you're still in sop right?" and proceeded to walk away, almost expecting the answer to be yes. but i answered just as flatly,"no, i went to alto 2." she looked at me, then said,"oh, thats too bad."
but after that, i realised lots of stuff: i learned to listen more, i felt more comfortable in my range, i could sing my part when the sops were singing. i remembered in my sec 1 and 2 years, i could not, ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT sing my part when the sopranos were singing their part. but now i've learnt. and im still learning, but i realised that being an alto is a whole new different thing. i used to love being the melody, noe i prefer the harmony.cause whenever i sing my part, i can hear the soprano's part ringing in my head. and i can hear the two parts at the same time. it's lovely. better that just singing the melody, cause you have no idea what the harmony is. and also, you cant listen (sorry sopranos) cause sopranos dont tend to listen alot. so if an alto comes and 1 sop sing and 1 alto sing, if the alto can sing her part without switching, the inexperienced sop will switch.
my sister once said," not everyone can be a sop." and i replied," yes, but not everyone can be an alto." yes, when you're an alto, you learn to be the soprano's shadow, yet shine in your own way when you know that you are contributing to the music. whenever i sing my part only i dont just hear my part, i hear both the sops part and my part in my head, and it is nice sounding to me.
so my point today is," I AM PROUD TO BE AN ALTO! and my dear altos, i hope you are too!
yours really truly, isabel
kawaii!;
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