(61) Surviving the "How"

61 DAYS 'TIL TOUR!

Day after day, night after night, I find myself yearning for rest.


After each long day of classes, meetings, tasks and rehearsals, I find myself drained - longing for time for myself, which is usually just a wee few hours until I must go to bed and rinse-and-repeat the next day.


So much going on in our minds: so many things to do in so little time, and so many eyes upon us, waiting on us and counting on us all the while. It isn't easy, to say the least; not for an upcoming European Grand Prix Competition Tour.


However, despite all the difficulty, we're still all here, aren't we? The funny thing about doing what we do is that it can get ridiculously challenging - physically, emotionally and psychologically - but we choose to push through with it, trusting that it'll all work out and that it fosters growth in us in whichever ways.


I, myself, choose to be grateful for all this...

 Discovery: Intensive sectionals and vocal training sessions.

 Change: Learning or re-learning the new choreography.

Letting Loose: Stepping out of our routine lives with people just like us once in a while.

Acting Workshop and Motivational Talk with Onyl Torres

 

Motivational Talk with Aui Tamayo

Inspiration: Learning that we are not alone and that those who came before us are now cheering us on and wishing us well every step of the way.

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Back in my Freshman year in High School, our moderator, the legendary Mr. Onofre Pagsanghan, taught us that you can survive the "how" as long as you know the "why." 


The "how" is very clear to us now; we see it in what we do - balancing our time and efforts among learning and mastering the pieces, attending to all our routine and non-routine tasks, knowing our priorities outside of tour preparations, and the list goes on and on. 


The "why", however, may be different for each of us, but one thing is clear and certain: peeling off the multiple layers of challenges and criticism, we find that we do all this for the love of our group, its people, and its passion for music. I'm certain, too, that these past 90 years were built upon this same driving passion we all feel today. We, and the entire Glee Club legacy, wouldn't still be here doing great things right now if it weren't so.


Let's celebrate what we have right now, and set out to do greater things with great love (Aui Tamayo). :)


Happy Sunday, everyone! :)

61 DAYS!

PS. Thanks John Cas for the acting workshop pics! :)