“I nearly gave up on performing dances because I was pressured to do a lot of things by myself. But what made me feel proud performing in dance performances was receiving certificates and earning teachers’ recognition for all of your hard work.
One of the most embarrassing moments I ever experienced was when one of my friends blurted out ‘Eh, salah lah’ (oops, my mistake) when we were performing. We all wore an earpiece and a microphone, so the judges could hear us as well. In the end, we placed number 6 at the interschool Dance Competition.
I had been practising at Istana Budaya day and night, and it took up a lot of my money.
I guess my hardest decision I had to make was choosing either between sports or performing arts. I knew I had to choose one of them. I want to be able to do something relaxing and whenever I’m doing it, I need to feel somewhat at ease with it. Eventually, I chose performing arts over sports. I have never regretted my decision which was influenced by my passion.
There’s this prestigious school for performing arts and culture called ASWARA (Akademi Seni Budaya Dan Warisan Kebangsaan).
It has always been my dream to enter there, become a lecturer and study everything about performing arts and cultural performances so I can start my career in this field.
All my family have singing talents. My mother used to join me when I was dancing and singing in my room!
But now, she’s not working anymore. My father had an accident and he’s on paid medical leave. And next year, my grandmother is going to perform her umrah so, I definitely need to earn some money.
To me, if I have rezeki (sustenance), for my 2020 resolution I hope I can enter ASWARA.
I’m sure all of us have our own resolutions. If we managed to achieve our resolution, then alhamdulillah. If not, then you should just merge your new resolution together with previous ones.
But even then, we still won’t know what our future holds for us.”
