26 NOVEMBER 2012
Today when I woke up, I found myself humming tunes of the songs we danced to, in fact played them while finishing class assignments.
When I think back of last night's achievements, it may not have been all perfect, but as a whole it was a perfect experience to me.
This year's lantern festival featured the theme, Filial Piety, which is an important issue addressed in Chinese traditional families. In modern days like these, some of us have lost that attitude of being filial to our parents resulting in diverse family relationships. From beginning to the end, this event has touched my heart ranging from performances, to events, words and people.
The exhibition related stories such as Mulan and the Lotus Sun portraying filial piety.Salutes to the exhibition crew, I totally enjoyed the tour which consisted of handmade lanterns, paintings and art.
Before this, almost everything seemed like a struggle. Balancing time became a huge task, between both academics and daily activities which were continuously unending. These caused a lot of breakdowns for some of us, having being tiresome. But for what it's worth, for each time we gather to dance, it some sort seemed like the lethargy didn't matter much anymore.
Being in the performance Biro, I'm glad for the opportunity I had. I got the chance to meet new friends; friends that warmed my heart. Friends that were there to cry with when things got hard. Friends to care for when I was sick and also friends who understood each other, facing every difficult turn as team.
I'll remember the blisters and bruises we got while dancing, or the point we get so exhausted that we sleep at every corner of the floor in dental faculty. From last minute tailoring to polishing of steps, it seems tiring but at least we're doing all these together. Most of all, the one thing that drived us bonded together was the passion and love for both dance and people. After a long time, I finally felt the feeling of a big, happy family working together towards our goal in producing a good performance. In this whole process, we learned to trust each other, to have faith and keep holding on.
PTUM this year is more than just a mere event to me, a cluster of memories and experiences to treasure for life. Mostly, I'll have to say that I value the friendship and love from every single person...Not forgetting the teachers in PTUM.
Too many words, too many things which cannot be uttered. They only remain in the heart and mind, but these are the words I can come up with so far. To the teachers of PTUM, thank you for teaching us and for the given opportunity to participate in this distinctive event. To the final years dancers, I'm really glad to shared your last experience on stage with all of you. To my the performers and everyone else, thank you for the wonderful support given. Already missing everyone!
