Saturday, June 23, 2007
have u ever experienced forgetting ur lyrics when u have to perform, or worse still, the tune altogether?? lyrics perhaps..but forgetting the tune of a song which u've been practising for dunno how many times sounds quite impossible right? but no..i'm here to testify that IT IS POSSIBLE!! that was what happened to me yesterday, in front of, i dunno..probably more than a 100 ppl!!
u see..yesterday the church had a combined cell meeting in conjunction with cell leaders' appreciation, which the cell leaders had no idea about..only the zone supervisors planned this and told all the cell members..so my cell came up with a cute (and kinda lame lame dei) song for my cell leader, lawrence..a few of us composed, and practised until we were so sick of the song!! and since there were 5 stanzas, 4 will be sung solo and the last stanza will be sung by everyone..i was supposed to sing the stanza i compose..but what happened?? i forgot how it sounded like!! i know it sounds stupid and impossible, since i've been singing it to myself the past dunno how many days..and for the song to sound as simple as just a nursery rhyme (though it wasnt a nursery rhyme tune), plus the other 3 ppl who sang their stanzas before me, i just went blank!! i started the 1st sentence, looking at the lyrics, but i couldnt finish the sentence!! i just FORGOT how the end of the sentence sounded like!! and reflex made me say "aiyok..how does this sound like ar? i forgot la..can i sing again??" *looking at crowd and blushing* they laughed.. (duh..)
then i tried again..i sang the 1st sentence, and i couldnt end it again!! "yor!! why i cannot remember wan??" i said it through the mic u know!! everyone burst out laughing again..i didnt even dare to look at lawrence's face..!! gosh..luckily for the 3rd time, all my cell members sang it with me..coz i didnt get the 1st line through still..so i just 'said' out the words, and went on with the other 3 sentences..luckily after passing the 1st sentence, the rest flowed properly..otherwise..
gosh after that i felt like digging a hole and bury my head in it and never come out and see the world with all its ppl again..God knows how long my face was red after that performance..oh actually yeefang knows..she was saying my face was so red i looked drunk..embarrassing ma!! and as Dr Andrew Crowe says, in a sympathetic reaction, u cant control it as it is part of the autonomic nervous system..he used face flushing as an example in the lecture hall that day.. "when u go red with embarrassment, u cant tell ur face to 'no dont go red, go away go away!' " *fanning his hands to his face* i happily illustrated this yesterday..the redness just wont go away till i think half an hour later..and even after that my face felt so hot..
gosh the embarrassment..
posted by ~luckystar~ @ 12:45 PM