I decided not to do the Mandarin number. It would not be appropriate. Instead I chose an English number – one I truely liked and found easy to sing.

Being in the blue sector which means I’ll only get to perform after the red sector finishes. Greens and yellows went last night. Last night, I had a great time being an audience. Tonight, I would have to allow others to critique me.

At dinner earlier, I was still deliberating what to do. I had two possible performances – one main and one backup.

After dinner, as I entered the hall, I decided to just let my hair down. And what I saw – the prettiest sight in store for me (see pic) was the motivating factor.

My motivating factor – the cabaret ‘girl’ with big boobs

8pm. We were despatched to our respective performance venues (not unlike getais).

10.10pm. It was still not my turn yet. The waiting almost killed me.

I couldn’t wait to get it over and done with. Over and over in my mind I replayed what I was supposed to do later on the stage.

10.23pm. The MC told me to get ready as I was up next.

10.25pm. The MC announced my name and up the steps of the stage I walked.

I did something outrageous for my course performance today. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined myself doing it.

It’s not the most polished performance that wins. It’s the performance that comes from your heart that will be successful. In fact, all my pre-performance hype-me-up mind exercises amounted to nothing. On the stage, everything changes. I am now in a new context and only I have the power to rock it.

When I heard the audience cheering after my intro, I just went full out and played to the house. There was no holding back now. My energy had rocked them and now they were transferring their energies to me too!

I will never forget tonight.

Tonight was the night when I rocked the stage and received a standing ovation doing something which is so not me. In fact, when I got off the stage, a few of them asked me if I was a pro. Well, truth is, I looked like a pro but I’m in fact a first-timer.

Tonight, I learnt to cast my pride away and release my inhibitions. I can now cancel one item off my bucket list. I had to search deep within me to come up with the act. Easy it certainly was not but fulfilling it definitely was.

Tonight, I seized the opportunity and grew as a person. I redefined my own concept of the word ‘outrageous’. From the number of hi-fives and well-dones when I got off the stage, I knew it was a 1.5minute of my lifetime when I lived it to the fullest.

Tonight, I experienced the same sense of freedom and release I felt in Nepal.

Thank you :)

On the Outrageous Night stage after all the performances were over

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