Let's PLAY!

PLAY! a Video Game Symphony

I reckon the last of the 3 shows put up by the Singapore Festival Orchestra and the Chorus was probably the best. And what more to hope for, as an apt conclusion to the entire PLAY! experience.

Being the avid but now severly deprived gamer, singing as a member of the chorus could be the next best thing for me to do, during this much shortened mid-year holidays. However, there are several more layers of meaningfulness to my participation in this concert.

It has been interesting, singing in the festival choir alongside current students AND ex-students of mine alike. It has always been them singing in choirs I conduct. A refreshing opportunity to put myself in their shoes, on the same boat doing the same thing. This would be memorable.

It has also been quite sometime since I last shared the stage with some of my buddies, as chorister of a choir. Old friends from the good old nuschoir days. New friends from the new era of nuschoir. Most notably, my brothers from good old VS/VJ choir years.

I am glad I decided to participate in this concert in the end, against the seemingly extravagent desires for a good break from the emotionally draining work I do; and the burden of responsibilities I have consciously, sub-consciously or unknowingly come to shouldering over the years.

Wonder when the next time an event as meaningful and memorable as this will present itself.

Until then, allow me to indulge in this moment(with FFVI's Dancing Mad on repeat in the background, I am really digging this particular arrangement!) before it all eventually resides as pleasant memories, destined for the shelves of yesterdays.