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Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2011 @ 3:18 PM
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GENERATIONYP - Finals @ Scape Youth Park , Auditorium ......................................................................
Here is the long awaited blog entry for Nanyang Polytechnic's GeneratioNYP Pageant contest! For those of you who don't know what this is about, it's basically a pageant contest I took part in, in the hopes of being crowned the very first Ms NYP! (and also to win an iPad :P hehe)
If you missed some of my earlier entries for GeneratioNYP (Sentosa Photoshoot & Semi Finals), feel free to read the entries under my Favourite reads located at the left side panel of this blog! :) Let's start off with the blog entry shall we? Remember I said it's gonna be one realllyyyyyyy long entry? HERE YOU GO! ...............................................
The day the Finals arrived, I could still remember how nervous I was when I woke up in the morning to prepare myself for rehearsals before the actual show. I remember how I avoided all sorts of spicy food days before the finals, and I remember how I also fell sick a few days before the finals(came down with a sorethroat and a cough). Most of all, I'd never forget the fear I faced just thinking about being unable to sing during the Finals. Would this jeopardize my chances I thought? Thankfully, with sheer determination to recover, 95% of my body recovered by the time it was the Finals. :) Phewwww...
I have to say being one of the Top 5 girls shortlisted for this pageant contest is indeed truly an honour, and let me tell you guys this, it definitely was not easy to make it this far. And I am really thankful that I was one of the 5 chosen to make it to the next round. Honestly, I really thought my chances were over at the Semi's.
(At the Semi's)
Rozz(Host): AND THE NEXT FEMALE CONTESTANT TO MAKE IT TO THE FINALS IS.....
SOFIA DENDROFF!!
I'll never forget how I felt at that very moment. I was too shocked to even feel happy. I was so shocked that my name had been called because like I said, I honestly was not expecting it at all since everyone there was so talented, beautiful and outspoken. I really thank the judges and everyone there who voted for me to thank for. Thank you guys, really. :)
And if you're thinking the Finals were easier or slightly harder, you're definitely soo wrong. None of us thought it'd be such a grand event! Like when I joined the contest, I thought it was just gonna be some small school contest. Little did I know that 987FM Deejays like Shan Wee and even celebrities like Jamie Yeo were gonna be there at the event! The moment I saw the Auditorium, I knew that was it. The day we'd all been waiting for. The day, had finally arrived and there was definitely no turning back.
Photos below were grabbed from various cameras(so if your photo are used here, THANK YOU for the pictures!)
I swear my heart was thumping non-stop when I entered the room for the first time.
The Judging Table where the judges would sit for the event.
So this is it guys, ready to go through my journey with me? Most of the photos are in sequence. I may have not been able to capture every single thing that happened, but I tried to include as many photos as I could. :)
Dance performances by Stagearts Dance.
Foreign Bodies.
So after various performances, it was time for all the contestants to be shown to the world! Hahah, I didn't manage to include photos of everyone though.
Fareez Shah
Renee Lee
Hamizah Ismail
Ng Yurui
Gavin Yong
Shirley Kettler, Sofia Dendroff & Lim Jo Yin
Not included above: Andrew & Shawn (look out for their pictures below, anyways!)
The photographers managed to snap a picture of Jamie Yeo after she came out of the toilet. Hahah. She was the Host for the night! :)
After which, it was the Dance Showcase from the Contestants! I think I looked like a monkey la tryna dance. Ok I can't dance for nuts la, especially if it's like Hip Hop op R&B-ish. HAHA. All of us sacrificed our school holidays to come back to school just to practice and perfect this dance ok, so if you were there and you found it funny and all, whatever la. You can't expect a Top notch performance what, afterall, we aren't professionals at this. :(
Spot me.
*Time of my life By The Black Eyed Peas come on*
*boys turn around* I've had the time of my life... And I've never felt this way before.. blahblahblah
Couple dance. Hahha
Hip-hop wear btw. Well, we try to be. HAHA.
After the Dance Showcase, it was time for the 'Stage' Hip Hop wear Runway.
The outfit I wore. Jacket and T-shirt from 'Stage'.
They hired a guy called Diablo or something to do juggling and tricks! It just so happened my friend Allfian was the one who was picked from the audience to participate in one of the tricks. LOL.
Right after, it was time for the Formal Wear Fashion Show (with my partner Yurui)" followed by "QUESTION & ANSWER", the segment I was whining about the entire day. I dread this segment so much. :(
Fashion Show. :)
Awaiting my fate.. You know I consider myself really unlucky sometimes. sigh. A couple of days before the competition, the contestants were emailed a list of possible fixed questions to be asked for the Q&A, so all of us could practice. So in a way, when I knew about that, I felt a little relieved cos hey, at least I can prepare an answer in advance.
But when it came to my turn... I was the unlucky one(along with Shirley- just 2 of us sia, so damn unlucky), to be asked a question that wasn't from the list of given questions. :(
The question I got asked was, "If I could be a popstar or rockstar for a day, who and why?"
I remember how nothing went through my head when the question was asked and how my stomach was in knots having everyone looking at me. Of course, I tried my best to stay as poised and as calm as possible, but I think, I screwed myself over by stuttering here and there.FML la. I always screw up at Q&A's. Siiigh.....
Wanna know which Popstar I picked? :/
Friggin, BRITNEY SPEARS sia. I don'tknow what came over me.
Hi Ya'll,I'm Britney Spears! *farts* *giggles* Oops, I did it again!
(ok sorry, just me being retarded) ......................................
After Q&A, it was TALENT SHOWCASE time.
All the contestants, had to pick a talent they wished to showcase and perform it in front of the judges and the audience.
Backstage. Shirley Kettler, getting ready.
SHOWTIME!
Fareez Shah singing "Just the way you are" by Bruno Mars! :)
Renee did gymnastics! She's super flexible I tell you, and she has a body to die for la. So toned everywhere. :( I also want.
Andrew singing Blind by Lifehouse. (Wow, it's amazing I remember the songs they picked. haha)
Hamizah sang Umbrella by Rihanna.
Shawn.. RAPPED! LOL! HE'S SUPER DUPER AWESOME.
Jo Yin did hosting! :D
Yurui did Frisbee catching on stage! Pretty cool, each frisbee he caught, showed everyone(on a piece of paper that was stuck on the frisbee) something about himself.
And as for me, I SANG 'Realize' by Colbie Caillat! :)
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine myself singing in front of a large crowd. A crowd even larger than at the Semi's. It was such a fulfilling experience. The moment people cheered my name and clapped really loudly after I sang.. was honestly.. one of the best feelings I've ever felt in the world. I can't even describe it.. :') It was just undescribable.
Gavin did a Hip Hop dance. :)
Shirley Kettler sang "No One" by Alicia Keys.
Immediately after the Talent Showcase, everyone was given only like 5-10 minutes to change out of our Formal wear, and into our Evening wear. It was chaotic backstage. I remember running all over the place, trying to keep up with time.
The Top 5 girls :)
Yurui in his Evening wear.
So all of us were required to then again, have another Fashion Show(in our evening wear). This time it was an individual catwalk.
After the Fashion show, it was time for the Mass Song. It was kinda sad la, because the song really suited the entire event.
Song: The Climb by Miley Cyrus.
I did the opening for the song! :D
RESULTS TIME ..............................................
So right after, it was the moment of truth. The moment all of us had been waiting for.
The crowning of the Mr & Ms NYP!
AND MS NYP IS......
. . . . .
Shirley Kettler!!
All of us receiving our consolation prizes. The envelope contained tons of vouchers, which I lost in the dressing room. fml. :(
Shawn Yap was crowned Mr NYP! :D
Ending performance.
Yiru and I :)
YAY! love them for coming down to support me! :D
Below are some of the pictures taken backstage after the entire event! woo, what a long long day! :D
Wah the makeup for the guys really quite thick ah. can be seen in pictures . O.O
Fareez and I! :D BUDDIES FOR LIFE LA. He and I were singing buddies during the entire competition. We'd help each other out during warm ups and song choices etc. :) Really glad I met this fella.
Mr & Ms NYP! :D
Group shots with Ms Lina! :D The amazing woman who had a dream..and who made this dream a reality.
I have to admit I am gonna miss everyone at GeneratioNYP. It was such a wonderful journey and although I know I didn't win the contest, I have to say that at this point, it really doesn't matter anymore. The friends I made, the experience I had, everything... was worth so much more than that iPad could have ever costed, and I'm so glad that I took this step to join the contest. Some of you may say... "Wah... not shy ah ..join this type of contest". Well, it's always easy to laugh at someone or criticize someone, but if I asked you to join such a contest, would you? It took me alot of courage go through what I went through.
I faced my biggest fear ever. Stage fright, and I grew from the competition a stronger and a more confident girl. At the end of the day, the only one you're up against in the competition, is yourself. How far can you push yourself to do your best?I know I did, and that in a sense, makes me and everyone else who didn't win the title, a winner as well.
I'm definitely going to miss this experience. By far, this is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me in Nanyang Polytechnic and I know that such a memory like this will last me a lifetime.
With that, I've come to the end of this long blog entry. Warned you didn't I? ;)
Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2011 @ 3:18 PM
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GENERATIONYP - Finals @ Scape Youth Park , Auditorium ......................................................................
Here is the long awaited blog entry for Nanyang Polytechnic's GeneratioNYP Pageant contest! For those of you who don't know what this is about, it's basically a pageant contest I took part in, in the hopes of being crowned the very first Ms NYP! (and also to win an iPad :P hehe)
If you missed some of my earlier entries for GeneratioNYP (Sentosa Photoshoot & Semi Finals), feel free to read the entries under my Favourite reads located at the left side panel of this blog! :) Let's start off with the blog entry shall we? Remember I said it's gonna be one realllyyyyyyy long entry? HERE YOU GO! ...............................................
The day the Finals arrived, I could still remember how nervous I was when I woke up in the morning to prepare myself for rehearsals before the actual show. I remember how I avoided all sorts of spicy food days before the finals, and I remember how I also fell sick a few days before the finals(came down with a sorethroat and a cough). Most of all, I'd never forget the fear I faced just thinking about being unable to sing during the Finals. Would this jeopardize my chances I thought? Thankfully, with sheer determination to recover, 95% of my body recovered by the time it was the Finals. :) Phewwww...
I have to say being one of the Top 5 girls shortlisted for this pageant contest is indeed truly an honour, and let me tell you guys this, it definitely was not easy to make it this far. And I am really thankful that I was one of the 5 chosen to make it to the next round. Honestly, I really thought my chances were over at the Semi's.
(At the Semi's)
Rozz(Host): AND THE NEXT FEMALE CONTESTANT TO MAKE IT TO THE FINALS IS.....
SOFIA DENDROFF!!
I'll never forget how I felt at that very moment. I was too shocked to even feel happy. I was so shocked that my name had been called because like I said, I honestly was not expecting it at all since everyone there was so talented, beautiful and outspoken. I really thank the judges and everyone there who voted for me to thank for. Thank you guys, really. :)
And if you're thinking the Finals were easier or slightly harder, you're definitely soo wrong. None of us thought it'd be such a grand event! Like when I joined the contest, I thought it was just gonna be some small school contest. Little did I know that 987FM Deejays like Shan Wee and even celebrities like Jamie Yeo were gonna be there at the event! The moment I saw the Auditorium, I knew that was it. The day we'd all been waiting for. The day, had finally arrived and there was definitely no turning back.
Photos below were grabbed from various cameras(so if your photo are used here, THANK YOU for the pictures!)
I swear my heart was thumping non-stop when I entered the room for the first time.
The Judging Table where the judges would sit for the event.
So this is it guys, ready to go through my journey with me? Most of the photos are in sequence. I may have not been able to capture every single thing that happened, but I tried to include as many photos as I could. :)
Dance performances by Stagearts Dance.
Foreign Bodies.
So after various performances, it was time for all the contestants to be shown to the world! Hahah, I didn't manage to include photos of everyone though.
Fareez Shah
Renee Lee
Hamizah Ismail
Ng Yurui
Gavin Yong
Shirley Kettler, Sofia Dendroff & Lim Jo Yin
Not included above: Andrew & Shawn (look out for their pictures below, anyways!)
The photographers managed to snap a picture of Jamie Yeo after she came out of the toilet. Hahah. She was the Host for the night! :)
After which, it was the Dance Showcase from the Contestants! I think I looked like a monkey la tryna dance. Ok I can't dance for nuts la, especially if it's like Hip Hop op R&B-ish. HAHA. All of us sacrificed our school holidays to come back to school just to practice and perfect this dance ok, so if you were there and you found it funny and all, whatever la. You can't expect a Top notch performance what, afterall, we aren't professionals at this. :(
Spot me.
*Time of my life By The Black Eyed Peas come on*
*boys turn around* I've had the time of my life... And I've never felt this way before.. blahblahblah
Couple dance. Hahha
Hip-hop wear btw. Well, we try to be. HAHA.
After the Dance Showcase, it was time for the 'Stage' Hip Hop wear Runway.
The outfit I wore. Jacket and T-shirt from 'Stage'.
They hired a guy called Diablo or something to do juggling and tricks! It just so happened my friend Allfian was the one who was picked from the audience to participate in one of the tricks. LOL.
Right after, it was time for the Formal Wear Fashion Show (with my partner Yurui)" followed by "QUESTION & ANSWER", the segment I was whining about the entire day. I dread this segment so much. :(
Fashion Show. :)
Awaiting my fate.. You know I consider myself really unlucky sometimes. sigh. A couple of days before the competition, the contestants were emailed a list of possible fixed questions to be asked for the Q&A, so all of us could practice. So in a way, when I knew about that, I felt a little relieved cos hey, at least I can prepare an answer in advance.
But when it came to my turn... I was the unlucky one(along with Shirley- just 2 of us sia, so damn unlucky), to be asked a question that wasn't from the list of given questions. :(
The question I got asked was, "If I could be a popstar or rockstar for a day, who and why?"
I remember how nothing went through my head when the question was asked and how my stomach was in knots having everyone looking at me. Of course, I tried my best to stay as poised and as calm as possible, but I think, I screwed myself over by stuttering here and there.FML la. I always screw up at Q&A's. Siiigh.....
Wanna know which Popstar I picked? :/
Friggin, BRITNEY SPEARS sia. I don'tknow what came over me.
Hi Ya'll,I'm Britney Spears! *farts* *giggles* Oops, I did it again!
(ok sorry, just me being retarded) ......................................
After Q&A, it was TALENT SHOWCASE time.
All the contestants, had to pick a talent they wished to showcase and perform it in front of the judges and the audience.
Backstage. Shirley Kettler, getting ready.
SHOWTIME!
Fareez Shah singing "Just the way you are" by Bruno Mars! :)
Renee did gymnastics! She's super flexible I tell you, and she has a body to die for la. So toned everywhere. :( I also want.
Andrew singing Blind by Lifehouse. (Wow, it's amazing I remember the songs they picked. haha)
Hamizah sang Umbrella by Rihanna.
Shawn.. RAPPED! LOL! HE'S SUPER DUPER AWESOME.
Jo Yin did hosting! :D
Yurui did Frisbee catching on stage! Pretty cool, each frisbee he caught, showed everyone(on a piece of paper that was stuck on the frisbee) something about himself.
And as for me, I SANG 'Realize' by Colbie Caillat! :)
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine myself singing in front of a large crowd. A crowd even larger than at the Semi's. It was such a fulfilling experience. The moment people cheered my name and clapped really loudly after I sang.. was honestly.. one of the best feelings I've ever felt in the world. I can't even describe it.. :') It was just undescribable.
Gavin did a Hip Hop dance. :)
Shirley Kettler sang "No One" by Alicia Keys.
Immediately after the Talent Showcase, everyone was given only like 5-10 minutes to change out of our Formal wear, and into our Evening wear. It was chaotic backstage. I remember running all over the place, trying to keep up with time.
The Top 5 girls :)
Yurui in his Evening wear.
So all of us were required to then again, have another Fashion Show(in our evening wear). This time it was an individual catwalk.
After the Fashion show, it was time for the Mass Song. It was kinda sad la, because the song really suited the entire event.
Song: The Climb by Miley Cyrus.
I did the opening for the song! :D
RESULTS TIME ..............................................
So right after, it was the moment of truth. The moment all of us had been waiting for.
The crowning of the Mr & Ms NYP!
AND MS NYP IS......
. . . . .
Shirley Kettler!!
All of us receiving our consolation prizes. The envelope contained tons of vouchers, which I lost in the dressing room. fml. :(
Shawn Yap was crowned Mr NYP! :D
Ending performance.
Yiru and I :)
YAY! love them for coming down to support me! :D
Below are some of the pictures taken backstage after the entire event! woo, what a long long day! :D
Wah the makeup for the guys really quite thick ah. can be seen in pictures . O.O
Fareez and I! :D BUDDIES FOR LIFE LA. He and I were singing buddies during the entire competition. We'd help each other out during warm ups and song choices etc. :) Really glad I met this fella.
Mr & Ms NYP! :D
Group shots with Ms Lina! :D The amazing woman who had a dream..and who made this dream a reality.
I have to admit I am gonna miss everyone at GeneratioNYP. It was such a wonderful journey and although I know I didn't win the contest, I have to say that at this point, it really doesn't matter anymore. The friends I made, the experience I had, everything... was worth so much more than that iPad could have ever costed, and I'm so glad that I took this step to join the contest. Some of you may say... "Wah... not shy ah ..join this type of contest". Well, it's always easy to laugh at someone or criticize someone, but if I asked you to join such a contest, would you? It took me alot of courage go through what I went through.
I faced my biggest fear ever. Stage fright, and I grew from the competition a stronger and a more confident girl. At the end of the day, the only one you're up against in the competition, is yourself. How far can you push yourself to do your best?I know I did, and that in a sense, makes me and everyone else who didn't win the title, a winner as well.
I'm definitely going to miss this experience. By far, this is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me in Nanyang Polytechnic and I know that such a memory like this will last me a lifetime.
With that, I've come to the end of this long blog entry. Warned you didn't I? ;)
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