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From Khangleng, with love (:



Dearest TJCO,

Its just one or two days before the 66 of you step up on stage, representing TJCO in SYF 2009.

Two years ago, we were just like you guys, staying back in school almost every single day, till we hear the "gate closing" bell, and we'll never leave till the school is all quiet and the sky is all dark. We didnt have time to finish our tutorials, only slept so few hours a day, and ended up dozing off uncontrollably during lectures.

10May2007 was one of the most terrifying day of my entire life.. I never felt so much like dying during a performance before. Err no, it wasnt even a performance, it was a COMPETITION. The whole world knows that I screwed up the start of the set piece and dragged the whole orchestra into a total disaster for the first few bars of the song. I was totally stunned and was thinking, "&%$E#^!&!# Is this even TJCO?" I had this stupid idea to stand up halfway through the song and say "STOP! Can we start again, please?" (HAHAHAHAHA, luckily I didnt!).

While waiting for results, many of us were already feeling very discouraged, and somehow we were quite sure that GWH has sort of flown away (because of me D: ). When the person was announcing the results, it seemed like she's saying it in super slow motioned- slow motion. "G..o...l...d..................................wit....&*%$#!@)(*@*!", just like how Harry mentioned it was like. OH MY TIANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. We REALLY got GWH! And so many of us were screaming, crying, jumping around like nobody's business.

Im sure that no one, in this entire world, will be able to fully express how it really feels like hear "Gold with Honours" for your school. But now when I think back, I still can imagine the excitement, the joy so vividly, that no words can put across. We know, and we know that all the months of tiring practices didnt go to waste. We walked out of SCH, feeling proud that we were wearing the green blazer, with the TJC logo on it.

Dearest juniors, two years ago, when we almost lost hope and thought we couldnt make it anymore, there came a miracle, and we achieved what we really really wanted. I dont know how you confident you all are about wednesday, but just want to let you all know that, if there could be a miracle 2 years ago, it can definitely happen, on 6 May 2009, as long as all of you give in your best. We didnt win the Gold with Honours once, so that we can have the fame and glory for the next 2 years, but we want to keep name of TJCO high and above, as always, and pass this on batch after batch, year after year.

Hundreds of CO alumni might have graduated from TJC, but then again, we were in the orchestra for a similar purpose. We may not have been in the same batch together, but still, we're always ONE TJCO.

Because you belong to TJCO, because youre wearing the green blazer and uniform with TJC logo and TJCO badge, you deserve to walk up the stage with confidence on the 6th of May. No matter what the outcome is, you guys can be sure that all the seniors will be there to support you all and to tell you guys that you people have made all of us proud of you.

Just do your best. And may you guys walk out of Singapore Conference Hall on Wednesday, cheering, shouting, crying, happily taking photos, and most importantly,



proud to say that you are from TJCO.