A night to remember

It's been more than 24 hours since we won Power Jam 2008, but the fact that we actually beat the odds to emerge victorious is still sinking in.

At one point during yesterday's soundcheck, I wondered to myself if I had the weakest vocals among the five vocalists. Technically speaking, I also knew that we weren't the strongest band of the night.

But I really wanted to win. In fact I think we all did, to an extent that it almost got in the way of our performance, which included "Lollipop" and a cover of "Umbrella". I was so nervous at the beginning of "Lollipop" that my throat went completely dry, while I could feel fatigue setting in by the time I sang the final stanzas of "Umbrella".

As we huddled together backstage while the results were announced, I felt tears streaming down my face and "I wanna win...I wanna win...I wanna win..." ringing in my head.

And win we did, which left me tearing like a wreck on stage, followed by feeling the unfamiliar adrenalin rush of holding a trophy up in the air.

Singing "Lemonade" after that was surreal. It felt so good to sing certain lines from the song while spotting familiar faces in the crowd. And as the smoke machine started to do its thing, the night soon came to a close with hugs, handshakes and love in the air...

Thank you to everyone who made this happen, and for those of you who couldn't come down to cheer us on, do check out the video that Jianping posted in the entry below that chronicles what happened before our performance, our cover of "Umbrella", and last but not least, the moment of truth =)

Colin