   
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed the set of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, you 'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troubled times of my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why you would leave me when I needed you most."
The Lord replied,"My child. My precious child. I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
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~Footprints of my Life~
 It has been close to 2 years since I joined choir, and the feeling that I experienced during yesterday's practice session was my first. True, there were definitely practices in the past in which I was sian and all...but I never recalled feeling so down like yesterday... I don't know what was it that made me wept quietly outside the LT yesterday...I am not quite sure if it is Mr Yong's scolding...I guess I already had many things bottled up inside me and the scolding just kinda let loose everything. Wat things? Latecomers... Uncooperative members... 'Heck care' attitude of some... Some unresolved questions abt admin matters... Things like that didn't really affect me that much in the past. I mean, it kinda bothered me but I could still get over them quite easily... I guess its the realisation that after all the effort that you have put in, you really want to attain a gold for the choir but at the same time, realise that the chances can be quite slim because of the issues mentioned above.... It's also the realisation that no matter how irritated u can be with someone, you still have to put everything behind because ultimately we have to sing as one voice! Not that this is a bad thing, but it can get kinda unbearable when the person just repeats their mistake over and over again. I know many members has alr given up....I don't blame them, everybody has to find a way of coping with this mental torture.. but honestly, I don't think this is the right kind of attitude we should bring to the olympics if we want to attain a gold. Honestly, I also didn't know what to do... I just remembered that I prayed for the unity of the choir after the scolding and before I cried. And even after releasing it all out, my mood didn't improve until zhiyu made some stupid jokes during practice. And I think things did change after our performance at night... I spoke with some people and discovered a few things.. the people whom I always thought were 'bochap' were actually not... they may sound and look like they don't care but I can feel from my conversation with them, that deep down, they do want to attain a gold. the freshies are definitely making an effort to know each other better... I then realised that this choir still has hope.... it's just a short 2 more weeks and everything will be over...who knows what the choir will become after that? But that doesn't matter, let's just cross this hurdle first. I will continue praying for the choir... MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 7:59 PM
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