Ok. So yesterday was the SYF Day...the big day. Scared, nervous but now full of bitterness. Practised in the morning wid Coach Liang but dunno why we din prac very well. He kept pointing out our mistakes n we jus try our best. Den we went to change n make up. Diana n Shu Fang was also there =) Glad they came n helped n followed us there =) Great help. Den I tried to talk to him but my hp always suddenly switched off. haiz. Go there, we split into grps n discussed n remind each other the impt parts. Den we were reminded once again how to move the legs etc. Not much frm the coach though. Den we met ngee ann sec. u noe their costume is the same as ours. we copied them. so our gals were sayin that though we are imitation but our costume is still nicer. There, at the platfrom I met the prefects frm xin min in gz. I greeted them n commented them tat their costume was nice. also, I got news of how many ppl they have. Next, we got into the tuning room. no legs. have to put it down on the carpeted floor n tune in a small room. 12 mins. tat's all we have. den coach listened to our F note n made sure we played it correctly. Waiting outside was ok. we could watch xin min frm outside the small tv. they played ok. den it was our turn. I went in. Made sure I dun fall off the stage. Den look carefully at the legs where I'm supposed to put it. den put the gz down. here goes! Played the first piece. dunno why, I kept shaking. I was shivering. I was scared. The whole piece was 5-6mins long n I was shaking in the beginning of the song..yikes. Immediately I forced myself to think of the song. Made myself draw the whole picture, the whole scene n try to put my feelings inside. Yup. Overall, it was well-played. Even the coach said it was good though there were sum rhythm problem. Den there was the seconfd piece. Bad. Only one word. Bad. It was horriedly played as we went too fast, din play together n too messy. Sad. Very sad. We tried to play together, looked at each other n the leader. Jus did our best. Yup. Finally, we went off the stage. For the rest of the time there, we listened to other schs den waited for the results. Den the announcer say she read the results based on order of appearance. Xin Min got gold. Den we waited. "Clementi Town...silver" WAD?! Heart sank. Xin Min gold n Clementi Town silver? why??? Why silver? why not a gold? we worked so hard wid a gold in mind but....Man. All was so sad. All of us. None of us cried though. We were the last to leave the hall. The sch tat provided the legs got gold wid honours (the highest award). Does it mean anything? We couldn't find coach chen. Den coach liang came forward n told us tat the judges favoured those grps tat have the drums inside. Mainly, those who have drums inside scored a gold. Ya. Wad?! How could judges be liddat? So bias. I couldn't understand. It was meant to Guzheng Ensemble Central Judging. Now it becomes more lyk percussion cum guzheng. Very stupid. Upsetting. Later on, we saw coach chen downstairs in tears. she was scolding the judges behind their back saying tat they were bias despite crtics frm the previous day's judging. All her schs got silver except Ngee Ann. But in her life, she never gets any silver. Only tis yr. She said she dun feel lyk teaching anymore. Other coaches came forward n our gals jus surround her. Other coaches say tat we played well. Better than Xin Min n tat we should have gotten gold. Coach Liang also said our standard is comparable to Nan Hua who got a gold. Man..so many said we shld get a gold but.....angry