I like her stage attire today. White, clean and comfortable, especially in the hot afternoon. Look carefully to see an exquisite silver teddy bear chain from her neck.
It's hard to tell but the girl's actually nursing a bad flu and cough, yet she is determined to give her best at the event anyway, no matter how she sounds.
I really like this shot of Teresa with her shoulder arched back and the background water fountain bursting into the air. My thanks to the fanclub photographer, blanket.
It was quite a tiring event for my poor legs because I was made to stand for nearly 2 hours. I had to rush there because I was bringing my parents to do some banking in the morning and there was already a lot of waiting then. Thankfully, I was rewarded with a series of not-bad performances by the various schools, a decent performance of two songs by Teresa and best of all, another face-to-face conversation with the girl and Mdm Tseng at the end of the concert.
From the exclusive fanclub photographs above, Teresa wore a plain but very comfortable-looking white dress atop of a simple white top and accessorized with an exquisite teddy bear silver chain from her neck. I think it was quite an appropriate stage attire for a piping hot afternoon on a weekend Saturday. What caught my attention was also the fact that she was the ONLY Campus Superstar for the event and the ONLY soloist song performer whilst the entire concert was full of cheerleading, dances, and band performances.Teresa sang two songs for the event between 3.40pm and 3.50pm. I could not really recognize the first English song, and my best guess was that it must be related to some SYF theme song, judging from the youthful songwriting tune inside the first song. I could also barely recognize her second song 随爱而飞 because it was actually from a senior singer a couple singer-generations ago, 彭羚 (Phang, Ling Cass). The response from the audience was quite good amidst the occasional peals of screams and cheering from the performing schools.
Nursing her bout of flu and cough for nearly three days, it was pretty obvious that Teresa did not manage to reach her fullest capability during the two song performances. There were indeed some parts that sounded pretty strained and the buildup to a couple of the song high endnotes were also unsteady. I was really worried that Teresa might lose control of her highnotes because flu usually messes up one's perception of notes due to nasal blockages. Strictly speaking, I would have only given Teresa's performances this afternoon a mere 6 out of 10 because of her strong nasal voice but I was happy to see her there to give her utmost to the hundreds there (she was seen coughing quite painfully after her performances at the front row of the audience seats). It was after all a major event and I still see a good measure of professionalism and discretionary control by Teresa to complete her performances. She then continued to live up to her image as a Campus Superstar by paying her absolute attention to ALL the subsequent performances by the various schools. She went onstage another time to receive some sort of participation certificate from the Director of Education I think and she sat there with full concentration all the way until the concert ended around 5.15pm.
After the concert, I finally found the opportunity to walk up to Teresa and waved at her, much to her surprise. I sat down besides her and enquired about how she was coping with her flu and all before her principal decided to take her leave. All of us then walked to the side of the audience area and Mdm Tseng thanked the supporters who were present there for our continual support for her daughter. Teresa was visibly beamed upon seeing the handful of supporters standing there and I proceeded to answer Mdm Tseng that there were actually more supporters (such as blanket) but they had to make their way off earlier. I also explained to Teresa that some of the supporters (like Samantha) had to study for their final year examinations and others (like Michelle) were sick and thus reluctantly absent for the events. Teresa nodded her understanding and Mdm Tseng said she was already grateful that the few of us had turned up anyway.
An event organizer by the name of Lawrence popped in and started asking questions about Teresa's next SYF performance and leaving them to discuss work-related issues, I went on to enquire from Mdm Tseng about Teresa's next upcoming public appearance and she replied that it will be on the coming Saturday 21 July 2007 at Bishan Junction 8 around 3.30pm. By this time, Teresa had finished her discussion with Lawrence and everyone went about their ways. On our parting goodbyes, I reminded the girl to take care of her health and left Ngee Ann Civic Plaza with JR, another faithful supporter from her fanclub.
随爱而飞 by: 彭羚
深夜里 冷冷的空气 包围着情绪
窗外的夜景 迷乱美丽 想起过去 想起自己
风不停 发丝理不清 象我的心
女人的世界该有人安慰 倾听所有快乐和伤悲
让我随着爱而飞 让我为了爱沉醉
我无法再阻挡寂寞的滋味 我好想在温暖的怀中安歇
让我随着爱而飞 让我为了爱沉醉
就算流泪就算心碎 我也不会后悔 不会后悔
(Image source: blanket_ma of TFC and idollic.com/teresa)
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