Today is the last day in Taiwan. We had so much fun here. We had a great time, espeically when the results were announced.

Our flight is at 2.30pm. We woke up at 8am, feeling quite miserable to leave. We cherished every moment by hanging out in our rooms, simply talking about our feelings and memories of the trip to one another.

Even though we were sad to leave, Singapore is still our home and that's where the heart is.

Anyway the choir bought a lot of gifts for their family and friends. Hope you will like the gifts! Looking forward to seeing them! We really missed everyone.

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Today we went to Taipei from Yilan so that we could get to the plane on Wednesday on time.

First we went to the Gugong Museum. We saw many antiques, but unfortunately, have no pictures to show for it as we were not allowed to take photographs! Many of us bought souvenirs in the gift shop too.

Before lunch, we went to Zhong Lie Ci to catch the change of guards.


Alas we were too late! But we managed to see the two guards who were specially trained to stand like a statue. They are not allowed to move even if there were flies flying towards them!


After lunch, we headed to Taipei 101 to buy souvenirs.


Following which we trotted to Taipei's biggest bookstore.



There were lots of books and other things which were all very interesting.

After our delicious dinner, we went to Shilin Night Market. The food, clothes and items are very nice and unique as they are not found in Singapore!


The hotel that we are staying in is very cozy, nice and grand!

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Hello everyone! ^_^

Today we went for a Master Class conducted by one of the judges in the morning at Fo Guang University. The university is built on a hilltop and the view of Yilan County was breathtaking! We learnt about different choral techniques during the master class and watched videos of other choirs' performance too!


After lunch, we went to a tea plantation at the Zhong Shan recreation agriculture zone. We learnt to pluck tea leaves and filled baskets with the leaves. Although the weather was warm, we had a great experience and enjoyed the tea too!



After that We went to the Xin Liao Falls where the waterfall is magnificant! The water at the falls is so clear!

We had Shabu Shabu for dinner where each of us has a pot of soup to cook whatever we want to eat. It was buffet style and there was a wide variety of food to choose from! Yums!


Back at Fo Guang University, we watched other choirs sing at the friendship concert. Before we knew it, it was the most nervous moment of our trip: Grand Final Competition Results! We all held our breaths as one of the judges say out our score. We got a score of 81.01!!!! We achieved a Gold award!!! It was much more than what we expected and we all shouted with joy! Hip Hip Hooray for Greendale Chorale =) We ended the closing ceremony by performing a mass dance to the song "Nobody" by Wondergirls. Everyone was so high at the end of the ceremony and danced along with us on the stage!

Back at the hotel, Mr Lim treated us to delicious bubble tea!

Now, we are having parties at each others' room! =)

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Hi readers!

We are still in Taiwan. We are writing tell you about the things we did in Taiwan,

Everyone is still healthy and strong. We had our competition at 10am. It was rather exciting as it is the first time that the choir is participating in an international competition. Most of us were really tired by then, and we had to bear with for quite a while. Some of the Sec One students even fall asleep during short trips!

We woke up early to prepare ourselves for the big event.

At the competition venue, we prepared ourselves with some last-minute rehearsals.



We waited nervously for our turn to enter the stage.




Many of the other schools were better than us, and we sort of lost hope with ourselves. To our amazement, we were named Category Winner!

Oh my gosh!

Some of us just couldn't believe it. Everyone was screaming, jumping and even crying! The boys from Victoria School congratulated us on our achievement! It was really nice and friendly of them!



At night, we performed again in the Grand Prix! We were up against choirs like Victoria School Choir, Hong Kong Saikung Chorus and UCSI University Choir. We were all winners of our respective categories!

After the Grand Prix, we headed to a night market for a well-deserved break!



It was the best day of our life so far!


By Ain, Rachel, Cherlyn, Weixuan

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We started off today with the Yilan Folklore Festival where we went to the exchange programme held in the Luodong Sports Park. The weather was very hot, but it was fun! We made a lot of new friends from other schools. There were schools from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Malaysia! We had some time to chat with them about Singapore's education, delicacies and many more.

After the exchange, we went to a rope bridge! There are two parts to the bridge, the "high way" and the "low way". People who wish to participate have to climb up a stairwell to reach the high bridge.

The bridge is tied together with rope and many obstructions were put in place to make crossing the bridge difficult! We had to remove our shoes as well, and it was rather painful to cross the bridge barefooted.

Many of us persevered and we completed the journey! We then climbed down another stairwell and took the low (flat) bridge back to the start point. It was fun!

After lunch, we went to rehearse for tomorrow's competition. It's tomorrow! Good luck to us! =)



By Fanny, Chen Yen, Ai Min, Hiang Yin

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The day that we've been waiting for finally arrived! It was the trip to Taipei for competition!

The trip wasn't that good on the aeroplane, as many of us felt like vomiting. But when we landed, the air stewardesses welcomed us with a bright smile! When we exited the customs, we were stunned at seeing banners with "Greendale Sec. School" waving at us! The organisers certainly put in a lot of effort!

We took a coach to Yilan. It was a long journey. When we arrived at YoAi Hotel, we checked in immediately. We rested for a while before heading for dinner at a Chinese restaurant at level 16. The dinner was good!

After that, we had a choir practice session with Mr. Lim. After the session, we bathed and turned in at 2230 as it had been a long day.

More updates tomorrow!


By Jia Xuan, Jia Hui, Shi Xuan, Kimberly

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