Sanguinity

Masquerade

PJ's Masquerade (12th May)

Venue: NUS University Cultural Centre (UCC)

Time: 7.30pm

It's another arts appreciation day. This is so far the third one which i've been to this year. Actually this time round, i'm quite fortunate because this ticket was actually given to me free by my cca teacher, ms chung. i didn't get to thank her personally but only managed to text her to indicate my heartfelt thanks. Still, thank you so much, ms chung! i enjoyed myself that day:)

i went along with joyce on the wednesday. Seriously speaking, i've no idea where exactly is this UCC in NUS, except knowing that NUS is located somewhere in clementi. But no worries somehow for i have Joyce to be my street directory tour guide for the day. She's from NUS, haha...Initially we saw many other pj students alighting at a much earlier stop. Joyce was pondering whether we should follow suit 'cause it's simply the whole group alighting that we are seeing here... After much considerations, we didn't. She was quite sure we should alight at a much later one and she was spot-on! This is the first time when i was not late or arriving just-on-time for a concert/performance for i have a marvellous tour guide with me! Thank you joyce:D we were really lucky on that day apart from alighting at the correct stop. The tickets that were given to us were actually different seatings, one at the upper level and another one the 1st level. we almost thought that we would have to be separated in our seatings...Fortunately, a kind soul appeared at that moment and was willing to change his tickets with us, phew! Thank you, kind soul.

What's wrong with the snapshots captured outside UCC?!? erm, i guess i've forgotten to use the red-eye reduction mode. My eyes seem to be burning with *inferno*, laughs! And well in another shot, i simply forgotten to turn on flashlight; thus, i look like a total black figurine! Still, these two failed-attempt shots are uploaded here simply because i like the "I" wording carved outside UCC. It's lovely. They actually have this whole statement: " I WAS HERE" right outside the entrance. Coincidentally, apart from me and joyce who went for this pj's masquerade concert, we bumped into our juniors, tingmin and borui. It's been ages since we last saw them. OMG!!! What a coincidence! Therefore, we definitely have to leave some shots behind as memories... (They sat right behind us!)
There were dance, choir as well as drama performances. Solely from all the performing arts group. i especially like this remix hip hop dance by the dancers up on stage. They danced along with this song "sorry sorry", imitating the famous korean dance troupe, super junior's dance movements in that song. Apart from the hip hop dance, i felt that the first item up on stage, "Sama Tak Serupa" by the Malay cultural society was a unique dance cheorographed. The pj choir had their ever longest performance, lasting up to 50 mins after the intermission with the whole of second half belonging to them. They performed songs under themes like "The Lion King", " Aladdin" etc along with the alumni's segment. Bits of drama are incorporated inside, making it more lively throughout the whole "Magnificence" performance of theirs. Speaking about my own chinese drama performance, i felt that our juniors did a great job in bringing out the emotions in the individual's character. One thing i don't quite understand is why are the audience laughing most of the times during the play. It's supposed to be a sad story. i wonder whether they're making a mockery out of it simply 'cause they don't appreciate drama plays or have they really enjoyed our drama performance...

Overall, the masquerade concert was a success! A great one, i felt so. Glad to have this opportunity to return back as a senior to root for my fellow pj's juniors in their performances.