" On or off the mats, Spectrum will always be my dearest cheer family ... "
For those who didn't know, NTU held its annual Hall Olympiad on the 6th of February, in which it is known as HO. There are many other sports involved too, but Cheer is the only sport that occupies the largest part of my heart. I went down a tad late but I still managed to get together with Spectrum before they officially went onto the mats to perform. I could really feel the tension in the air when I saw all 16 halls preparing for the big night.
When my team went up to perform on the big stage that night, I literally screamed and shouted my lungs out, because it was just too spectacular. They had been training every single day from the month of December and their trainings would last till at least 12am in the morning. Every time after training, you could see from their faces that they were all shagged and drained to the end. Many people asked why I did not perform for Spectrum this year as it was my first year. Well regrettably, I had injured my right hand just a few weeks into training and I had to rest it for at least 3 weeks. My fingers had entirely no strength whatsoever and it would hurt a lot if I were to apply any pressure on it. So I withdrew from the performance, but I was really quite sad about it.
Anyways, my team were one of the few teams who managed to hit up all our stunts and we were all simply thrilled once our performance ended. We had a mini celebration outside of the competition grounds, but we went back to support our friends from other halls.
However, I was quite disappointed when they announced that Spectrum had not won anything. Frankly speaking, I was quite pissed off at the judges. During the announcement of results, we all had pretty high hopes of achieving an award but we did not get any. Well, many said that the judging sequence was slightly confusing due to cheer being a rather subjective sport, but I shall not comment any further on this. That night was pretty much of a blur, and all I could remember was shedding a few tears for my dear team mates.
But afterwards, the gathering and supper with them pretty much lightened the mood and we all made a vow to continue working hard for Spectrum if we continued residing in Hall 13. Jiayous Spectrum!
No matter what happened during HO, no matter what the scoreboard says, Spectrum will always be a Champion in my heart. The people in there are really the best; they never give up at the slightest trouble, they are always giving their 110% in whatever they do. I truly wish I could perform with them this year as many of the seniors are graduating :( But I know for sure that they will always be in my heart.
Go, fight, win!!! ^^