We Lost.

Yes, that clarifies it all.

We lost against the Form 4s.
Here's the whole story.

At 1.10, the competition began.
We had to pick our number (even though there are only two teams taking part).
And guess what?
We got number one.

So we went first.
Unorganized, because we never rehearsed how we were going to get up on stage.
But I feel, that we did it quite well, for something we only thought of during the last few seconds.

Then we did it.
Our choral speaking.
And this time, it went perfectly (except for a teensy little bit in the end).
Among all our practices, this final performance was the best.

And then it was time for the Form 4s to do theirs.
And they were good.

After they were done, our class was praying so hard, hoping to win this.
And then it happened.

The Form 4s started screaming.
Then we knew, we had lost.
And people started tearing up and crying.

We were sitting at one end of the hall, most of the girls crying their hearts out.
Where else, the Form 4s were screaming away.
Yeah, you could say, we did feel miserable at the time.

Then a teacher approached us.
She said that we didn't have enough expression, should project more of our voices, etc.
On a happy note, she mentioned that we, this choral speaking team from 1 Batai, will represent the school starting next year, until we were Form 4s.
That lightened our mood a little (for some).

Miss Ely gave us around 15 minutes as a cry-or-laugh session to let it all out.
The dissapointment, rage, sadness.
As usual, me and Shi Ying were still as happy as ever, but there was still a pinch of sadness in me.
But I got over it and said to myself:

'You know what? We didn't lose at all. We won. How did we even get into this mini-competition against the Form 4s? Because we won the choral speaking competition against 7 other Form 1 classes. Now, fine, we lost against the Form 4s. But we didn't lose anything. Instead, we gained experience. No loss involved. And anyway, we get to go for the next 3 years! Imagine how much improvement we can achieve in a year. We did it in 2 weeks. In a years time, we'll be one awesome team.'

That's what I think.
So my advice is to just relax.
It's over, and we'll work harder for next year right?

Long live 1 Batai.
Or as Ariff would say,

Viva 1 Batai ;)

-MichelleLim-