Celebrate!

It was 8:10pm. I woke up to the the alarm of my handphone, those annoyingly cheery alarm tones and then, flashes of lightning. For the first time I was slightly afraid and I cowered a bit under my blanket but still everything lit up and I felt invaded and vulnerable. I checked my phone again and saw Colin's MMS - King King Jane ascended to #4 on the HMV Charts.

I stared out the open window at the sky defiantly, wistfully. More than six months of hard work ended yesterday with the Go Red For Women Picnic Day at Sengkang. It was unreal. When it ended, Amos' mentioned that it was as if it didn't happen. I agreed. We knew it happened, we were aware that it was carried out but it was so unreal. We didn't feel any different physically or mentally. We were still the same, but the momentous event happened.

There were many moments. The sponsors who were there saw engagement with their brands, which was fantastic because they did something interactive and integrated well with our event - Gardenia's huge bread mascot and Amore's Stretchfit demonstration. Kite-flying was successful in terms of number of attempts. It was heartening to see so many people running like crazy to get the kites off the ground despite the lack of wind. Can't complain when it didn't rain!

My moment happened when King Kong Jane took the stage. I had just seen them at Esplanade the night before and here they were at my event, playing a 30 minute set. It was special. I could finally show my friends why I liked King Kong Jane. It's not just because I am friends with Colin. It is all because I am friends with Colin! He mentioned that the event was not just organised by the Singapore Heart Foundation, but also 4 NTU students, his juniors. He told of how we slogged for the event and that he understood because he had done an FYP before. He said that he was invited by his "old friend Jason".

For four years I've been seeing King Kong Jane take the stage in NTU, in polys, at Suntec, at Raffles Place, at Timbre and just like their album which has risen to new heights, they were performing at new places, at the GRFW Picnic Day, at Sengkang!

QQ and I were there together when this took place and we were very moved. A bit wanna cry. After these many mentions of my name, my family stood and applauded loudly after their set. The crowd was appreciative too... I saw people around me, unfamiliar faces, happy and clapping.

Till now I still feel it, how touched I was at that moment. It was crazy. Colin has really went out of his way to do so much for the event, for my team. Amos, Ruiqi and I listened to a copy of the newly-bought and signed album in Amos' car on the way back home.

Thank you, the three of you... we brought our ideas to life.

Thank you, my family, for being there in full force.

Thank you to the people of SHF for all your hard work.

Thank you, the 6 of you, for being there and bringing friends.

Thank you to all the CS people who turned up to help at the event - we really couldn't have done it without you.

Thank you to the CS people who came down to support our event - it just wouldn't be the same without seeing all the familiar faces.

Thank you Stanley for being my programmer. But I minus some marks cos like me, you were also running around everywhere!

Thank you Weetz and Firus for being possibly the only friends outside CS to come down for me.

Thank you to all the sponsors who made the event possible and our goodie bag valuable.

Thank you to all the people who didn't come down but SMS-ed me and wished me luck.

Thank you, if I forgot to thank you, for your support.

Qiqi tweeted that "Happiness is surely only short-lived." But Weetz has taught me that there should be things to celebrate! Celebrate often! Celebrate success! Find things to celebrate, to be happy about.

And King Kong Jane's success has brought me such happiness and given me things to celebrate! Pages in the newspaper! Album on the charts! Celebratory gig at the Home Club on April 1st!

Celebrate that the event is done! Celebrate that FYP is about to end! Celebrate that my friends came down for me! Celebrate the fact that on the 20th of March, all the people who mattered came down - it was a celebration of relationships that we have with the people in our lives.



From the four of us - Thank you all.