one more hour to the last show. as much as i dreaded it this morning, i am starting to miss it already.

i will miss how i was always so kancheong in the dressing room that i keep dropping things and nicole had to shout 'stop being so kancheong!' .

how i keep complaining that nicole should re-do her blusher, because either the intensity wasn't strong enough or the area powdered wasn't large enough.

how we fix the star ribbon on each other's hair, making sure the knots were as tight as they can be.

how i start panicking when the belly dancers were called onto stage despite we were 2 items behind them.

how nicole and i started some weird sumo steps at the side of the wings to 'rugged up' the energy.


how nicole just had to the me the things to watch out for JUST BEFORE WE HAD TO GO ONTO the stage when she had all the time in the dressing room.

how we gave each other re-assuring hugs while we waited for the spotlight.

how we gave each other the BIGGEST and TIGHTEST hug at the end of the piece, amidst the applause from the audience.

how i had to quick change in the wings and nicole helped me with my scarf.

how nicole had to exclaim how good the guy in the beatbox piece was, and how sinead's parts of a psalm was her favourite every night (nicole has 3 favourites: the psalm, angel gabriel and when push comes to shove).

how nicole just had to exclaim that jennifer hersch is amazing every time she walked past her.


and how pleased we feel when people tell us that our piece was their favourite backstage =)



there will be no more 7 am rehearsals, or 8am rehearsals for duelling banjos. no more fretting that we have lousy stamina, or that the squash court was just too cold for living things to dance in it.

life would be back to it's routine self, or at least more like it's routine self after the bow tonight.


'Small Fight BIG LOVE!' -- an amazing creation by Kai Eng; an amazing dream for Nicole Tay and Meisheng Lau