The line

Watched "A Chorus Line" for the second time but this time round, it was a show put up by the students from Trinity College. I wasn't expecting too much since it was a student production, but probably due to that, I thought it was pretty well played!

The venue was much smaller as compared to Sands Theatre and I had a better picture of what was going on. Technical glitches aside, the acting was quite professional. The singing and dancing coordination could have been more synchronised though.

Finale set me into tears swelling up again (yea yea yea I am so easily overwhelmed by emotions).

It somehow assured my existence. Each and everyone of us is unique in a way that we all have different stories to tell and all that are what made us differ from each other. Having to dance and sing together in a chorus, it is almost impossible for the audience to tell one person from another since it is the same choreography presented. As you uncover their individual stories and understand their personalities gradually, the chorus finale paints a different picture altogether.

All of us just wanna do what we like to do, but of course that is not possible because bills have to be paid. Are you doing the things you are currently doing now for yourself? Or are you trying to prove something? Uni has placed me in a position where I know that I am satisfied with my life. Everyday, I see people stressing over assignments, striving for the highest bands, and pushing themselves so hard. It isn't a bad thing. School fees are so expensive and all you can do is to do well to make your parents' "investments" all worthwhile right? A lot of my friends (or maybe it's a stereotype) think that art students have lesser workload and have more time to slack and play. And for me, I'm always up for dinner and out for drinks. That's probably where they got that inference.

But I'm not trying to prove something and I don't come to Melbourne to stress myself out. I submit my assignments and attend as many lectures as possible. Well.... I skipped 4 lectures in one of the weeks when I was so drained though... Other than that, they were all lectures which were pretty interesting. I'm doing this for myself, ok?

Your life can change drastically any moment. One dancer slipped and had his old injury worked up. As much as the director didn't want the worst to happen, he had to send the injured dancer out of the show. Gone. Performance career just gone in that split second. If you know the consequences, will you still continue what you always wanted to do? In that case, I doubt that passion can pull you through everything. But then again, one part of me argued that at least, there won't be any regrets.



Probably getting H1 for all the subjects is their passion. I hope we are all happy and enjoying ourselves, regardless of which ways we are taking to get there. One thing for sure, I am happy and nothing else matters.