NYP Open House 2010 - Wushu Performance

The three-day event finally ended. It was a great experience though I am very tired.

The first day of performance my first performance of the year and also my first solo performance. I felt nervous and excited at the same time. It has been so long since I last performed. I chose the broadsword routine, "jian yi dan dao", as it was what I can perform relatively better and confidence with.

It was my first time wearing the performance costume too. Chose the yellow costume over the white costume as the lining of the latter was black instead of my favoured red. Furthermore, I like bright colours. I felt a little blur though. I am kind of worry whether I wore it correctly. Thanks to Ruiqi for helping me that I am able to look smart on that day.

As it was my first performance, I invited quite a few number of people to watch me perform. I was so glad that Auntie Mui took time to come down to support me. Yey! Lucky she left the house early or she may miss my performance. Due to some issues, the timing was brought forward. Due to the last minute instructions, we have to get everything ready fast. I was so glad that my class ended early so that I have sufficient time to try on the performance costume and wore my guards.

As I was very cold due to the air-con from the clubroom and there was not enough time for me to warm-up, I wore my jacket to the atrium for "speed warm-up". Hopefully my body heat will go up, making stretching easier for me.

Thanks Weichong for helping us to take care of our belongings when we were performing. Thanks for being the cameraman too. Haha.

My heart was beating really fast while I was waiting for my turn. It thumped really fast till I went onto the performing area. Excited yet nervous. I took a few seconds to "stabilise" myself by standing still on the performing area before getting on with the routine. I wanted to build up the "feel" too.

I performed the moves with much confidence, keep reminding myself to be stable. I almost smiled when I managed to create the desired sound with the broadsword; the sound had further boosted my confidence. According to Ruiqi, it was Shuting's broadsword. Till now, I still can't make the desired sound from my broadsword.

Mr Ho came to support me too! He helped me to take pictures! So happy! He came to the "backstage" to take a picture of me acting cute after my solo. Haha. He gave me a thumbs-up as he walked over to me. After acting cute, I ran off for the last minute added mass "wu bu quan" by Wenyi.

Generally, I had a great experience for my first solo. I feel really great! After the performance, I quickly changed and set off to go home together with Auntie Mui and Ruiqi.

The second day of performance was alright. I chose to do "lian bu quan" as I still have some problems memorising it. I want the pressure of the performance to force myself to encode the moves into my brain. Hopefully I can get it well-encoded into my brain before grading.

I was so scared that I may forgot my routine that I kept revising it in my mind. I even went to the extent of using the broadsword routine as a backup just in case I forgot my routine. That showed how bad my "lian bu quan" was.

My uncomfortable stomach further dropped my confidence level. It was definitly not the pain caused by my nervous feeling. It felt like, the diarrhoea type of pain.

My turn to go onto the performing area. Nervous. I managed to finish all my moves. I was laughing after leaving the performing area. Happy me. Shuting helped me to video down my performance as it was her break. I really appreciate that. Watched the video while I was on my way back to the clubroom. My stances were really high. Yes, lots of improvement are needed.

Bro came to watch me perform too. So happy. How great it would be if he had taken some photos of me in action. By the way, I was the only girl performing that day. Ruiqi was not able to turn up as she was sick. Humph.

Slacked at the clubroom for some time till my Dad come to fetch me back to my Grandma house.

The third day of performance did not went on very smoothly for me. Guessed I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Many things seemed to go wrong. I had a rather "emo" time.

For the first session, I performed "lian bu quan". I actually forgot the second half of the routine! I was stucked at the same old part that I always have a problem recalling during training. How great was that? I am not sure whether was it the sight of someone that I do not wish to see that affected me. In any case, I am utterly disappointed with myself. Frankly saying, at that moment, I guess I am more shocked by the fact that I forgot my routine rather than angry.

Thanks Shuyan for trying to make me feel better. The distribution of ice-cream came just in time after the short chat with Shuyan. Yummulicious. It was Wall's Cornetto chocvanilla!

I tried to boost my mood by using the ice-cream, the extrinsic factor. It however did not last very long. I was "emo-ing" again after a while. Thanks Jingyan for ringing my phone to cheer me up.

Second session, I performed the broadsword routine. Thanks Jessen for changing to "hu quan" so that I was able to perform the broadsword. I was not able to do that initially because according to Wenyi, there were too many people performing using the broadsword.

Reaching the atrium, I surprisingly saw the CO people getting prepared. Can't find Bro. Manage to see him after "jing li" to the audience. I quickly pass him my phone so that he can help me to take pictures. He helped me to take a video instead. Nice. I was so happy to be able to hear the sound of the broadsword in the video. That means that it was loud enough.

Anyway, while performing for the second session, I was not really stable though I managed to finish the whole routine. I wonder why. Shadow from the previous session? Or maybe it was due to the presence of another person that I do not wish to see. Great, two sessions with people that I do not wish to see. It's not hatred, just pressure.

After the performance ended, it was a relief. I felt so tired. Guess I somehow overstretched myself today. Each of us got vouchers from McDonalds to exchange for a burger and a can of coca cola. I asked for McChicken as I am not able to take beef. I got a Gloria Jeans voucher too. Not all of us have it as there was only five.

Wanted to give my can of coca cola to Fengwei but he went off before my order was ready. I was so glad that Dad waited for me so that I can have a relaxed ride home. I just felt so tired after the last performance.

Well, thanks for the effort, people. I had a fruitful experience. Hope that mistakes that I made will never be repeated and that I will improve!