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The theme, Clair de Lune, was supported by its catchphrase, “A night of enchantment.” What a night it was!

On the 19th of April, 2009, a Sunday, I was stunningly tired and very reluctant to get up and get dressed for the ball. I’d been up since 6am because I was on duty for worship at church, and when I got home I lay on the bed for a short while and knocked out for two hours… Didn’t put a lot of effort into getting ready–just applied basic makeup, pulled on one of my many LBDs-for-all-occasions, and ta-daaah! Hopped into the car. Mum drove me over to the hotel and dropped me off.

Everything looked opulent and grand. Deco was amazing–felt really bad because I was a deco subcommittee-member and really, did next to nothing. Nevertheless, everything looked great. The ballroom was lovely, and the stage was impressive. Soundcheck commenced, and it wasn’t too bad of a sound system. It was loud and clear enough. When we were done, the camwhoring unleashed! :)) Camwhored a LOT with my two di-dis Kyan & Korwoi (fellow batchrep!), hahaha. BURGER LIPS TIME!

One of many camwhorings. ltr: Rudy, Chin Nam, Keili, me, Korwoi

The grad videos were all really touching and sweet, and showcased some awesome vid-editing skills. Seriously. Made me realize how fast time has passed–next year it would be our turn to dress up, sit down, and watch the memories dance by on a silver screen mounted up high. We’re already semester 3 students and still it feels like we stepped into IMU just yesterday. Sigh…

The dance performances were top-notch and the breakdancers had some pretty sweet skills. Chloe & I were jawdropping at some of the male dancers. Bak Khan and Siew Kim won the Ball King & Queen title. Congrats, you guys! Such an adorable couple!

And why was I there? (when I didn’t even buy a ticket)

:) Click to read more about the elegant, moonlit, misty night.

Er, the usual la. Nothing out-of-the-ordinary. Sang two songs. It was slightly different this time, though, because one of the songs performed is an original song, written specially for the graduating batches at the ball. For lack of a better imagination, I titled the song Something New. It’s a humble attempt at jazz. Music and lyrics penned by yours truly, arrangement done by Rudy Goh. The other song we did was That Thing You Do by The Wonders. I screwed up on lyrics because my brain froze and I ended up singing the same verse for all 3 repetitions of the verse chords, haha.

For your viewing pleasure:

IMU Ball Song 2009 – Something New

The Wonders – That Thing You Do

The lineup: yours truly on vocals, Christy Anne Lee on Violin 1, Faye Ann Lim on Violin 2, Rudy Goh on keys, Teo “K-man” Kay Mun on electric guitar, Joshua Wong on bass guitar, and Leon Tang on drums.

The night ended pretty late because I had to wait for Rudy to play keyboards for Hoon Hing, another performer. He sang Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours, and it was a pretty darn good rendition. How many people do you know who can sing that high, that smoothly, and get each word out clearly, AND ad-lib while they’re at it? :) Kudos to Hing for a cover well-executed.

For the photos off of my camera for the night, click here for part I, and here for part II.

In the meantime, I procured two no-cover-charge tix to Euphoria by MOS for tonight (Wednesday the 22nd of April). At this point, I’m either going to give them away, or end up going alone and wasting one ticket. Anyone want to come along?