(Photo credit: Ric Low)When it was announced, we made such a ruckus that we (retrospectively) weren't even sure if anyone else was cheering for us. For a second, I started clapping dutifully for a second or two, before it sank in and I leapt up - there's delayed reaction for you.
Surprisingly, the write-up of the Awards was in the main section of ST today, page 3 no less. We were mentioned in The New Paper coverage...in the fluffiest way possible in a very fluffy write-up - the article was focussed mainly on what people were wearing that night. The reporter was asking us the standard stuff like how we felt about winning, yadda yadda yadda, to which El quipped candidly (paraphrased), "We weren't even thinking about winning. We were thinking about what we were going to wear!" When I saw the reporter chuckle and write it down quickly, I knew that was going to be quoted for sure. And of course, the second half of it was the only quote to make it into the article, combined with someone else's, "...and what we were going to eat!"
Young and bimbotic.
Speaking of which...it was Jon (Lum)'s idea that we wear name tags with the names of different Shanghainese foods translated into English. He was Small Dragon Buns, someone else was Bruce Lee Bag (xiao long bao...yes, I know, sigh), while I was Twin Dumplings. Not that anyone really noticed.
May post more pics when they come out; my own camera is spoilt so have to wait for others'. A few have been posted by Candice on Facebook, though her album is mostly a parade of our garb (the theme this year being Shanghai Shenanigans).
And people, STOP being so surprised that we won. We worked our butts off for Mad Forest, and the piece Jon (Lim) chose was well-suited to show us off very nicely. After 2 years together intensively (and lots to blackmail each other with), a recognition of our ensemble energy is well-deserved, yes?
Judy and Leslie, we wish-oh-wish you'd been there too! It's just not complete without you.
2 comments:
Hello, Daphne!
Really beautiful!
I loved this post.
Thank you.
congrats sweetheart!
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