| Sunday, 12 August 2007 |
| rag and sodagreen |
I went down to the Padang on Saturday to watch RAG, but mainly to show some moral support for the Raggers, which incidentally consisted of quite a number of people that I do know.
Anyway, I completely overlooked the need to bring a cap, and also the fact that you actually needed a ticket to enter the stands.
But either way, I managed to slip in unnoticed, and spent the whole afternoon under the hot blazing sun with Amanda, sitting with the main bulk of the Med contingent, and making comments about the various floats and dances.
RAG's an NUS tradition. Unfortunately, I've never actually taken a significant interest in RAG. In year 1, I simply avoided it altogether.
In year 2, I simply decided not to be so involved in it, choosing instead to be more involved with DnD. I've only been down to help out at RAG two separate times, so I decided that I should at least make the effort to go down to the Padang on Saturday and support my friends and fellow meddies, and at least acknowledge that their hard work and effort had not gone down unnoticed.
I thought our dance this year was quite good. Our float just wasn't the most impressive - Science and School of Design had such impressive floats, they were just hard to beat.
But our dance was quite neat and good. I didn't stay for the results though, but I just heard that we didn't win.
But still, I think the Raggers did the best they could, and it was still a job well done! So kudos to them!
After RAG, I went off to meet Xinhui and her friend, Michelle. We went for dinner together, before heading off to Republic Polytechnic to catch Sodagreen's concert.
Sodagreen was great. They were very friendly, and I like the fact that they had no airs and were very genuine.
They were very natural people, and their on-stage banter was just hilarious. It felt like there wasn't a boundary or gap between us and them, that they weren't all the more different from us. I think this is what every musician should aim to achieve, and its amazing really, for both the artiste and the audience.
Their music was good. Qingfeng sounds amazing unplugged. And the band is amazingly talented.
The Concert itself last around 2 and a half hours, while the encore lasted like what at least 45 minutes? Yeah, the encore was in fact a mini concert.
They were so obliging and sporting enough to just keep singing and singing songs that we, the audience requested, which is something quite unheard of in Chinese pop-dom.
Plus I like the way Qingfeng is so upfront. He just keeps blurting out the funniest and most startlingly truthful comments and some of the things he says are so inspiring; simple yes, but inspiring.
All about being sure of your place in the world; about having the courage to be yourself; about never giving up and always persevering to the end. Simple words, but so true.
I think the one thing that impressed me most was not the amazing singing and music, but more of the fact that I was able to leave the concert, feeling like I've just met up with a bunch of old school buddies that I've known for ages.
They were that friendly. I simply adore them.Labels: music, school |
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