No Return

There was a lot of injustice last night, in my opinion. And in here, my opinion's the only one that matters because...it is my blog. So, about last night.

We worked hard for this inter-house nasyeed competition. So hard that I dare say we worked harder than all of the other houses. Why? Because we trained our voices to be perfectly harmonised, we trained our choreography, our backup vocals, our coordination with the drums...basically everything we needed to train for. On the night itself, we gave it our best shot. We sang even better than we normally do during practice. We pulled it off in style, and according to numerous people, we were the obvious winner. But how is it that we ended up at 2nd place?

Because we were over time by a few measly seconds.

Everything was in place...our total marks were 7 above Topaz(which is still surprisingly low) and because of that overtime, we lost 10 marks. 10 marks. So you mean if our performance was over by 1 second, you'd still cut 10 marks just like that? Isn't Nasyeed about the voice projection, and singing the songs well? ISN'T NASYEED ABOUT CONVEYING THE MESSAGE FOR ISLAM, AS BEAUTIFUL AS POSSIBLE? Since when was it about singing Islamic songs under a ridiculously strict time limit? Kalau tak pun at least regulate it, for example an extra minute will cause 5 marks or something. Have some mercy, for God's sake. Literally.

This is what I'm frustrated about. We deserved that win, but we were deprived of it because of this illogical judging scheme. Go ahead, call me biased. But think about it. I mean really think about it. How would you feel if you were in this position? Once again, Topaz has beaten us by sheer luck. Think of it as a race. Diamond runs the entire track at a magnificent speed, due to the all the hours of training. And suddenly, just before the finish line, the judges say we're wearing the wrong running shorts, and therefore must be given a penalty of 50 points.

Trust me, it is as ridiculous as it sounds. I'm not attacking Topaz, because it clearly wasn't their fault. I'm blaming the injustice in judgement. On another note, Bob's video was good and absolutely stuck to the theme. I was shocked when we got 4th palce for that. FOURTH. Whether the judges have a vengeance against Diamond, I will never know. But please, this is a perfect example of why people shouldn't stick to the textbook marking scheme. This is why people should think outside the box to adopt a sound judgement of character, creativity, talent.....QUALITY.


We have felt this close loss too many times. We have learnt to pick ourselves up, only to be beaten down, again and again. This isn't me complaining. This is just me hoping the other houses acknowledge how we feel. Nevertheless, I hope the next batch won't falter if this happens again. I hope they learn that in life, there are some things that need to be accepted.

I guess I've already come to terms with this. It took a while, but yeah, I'll be okay. I just needed to express this somewhere. My blog is the perfect outlet for that.