The Grand Finals (Part 2a) - It's SHOWTIME!

Finally, the day that we all have been waiting for has finally arrived - the Miracle '08 Grand Final is here! The whole team including our close friends met up last night at FF Uptown for a last minute light practice cum strategy meeting. We had fun during the last meeting, where we 'added' a surprise move to our performance and also finalised the details of our strategy - the mobile collection boxes were ready - all 5 of them with the box label printed, our team supporters' tags were ready too (with black and orangy lanyards).

Special thanks to Osman for taking charge of both of these while allowing us to concentrade for our final performance.


The Blue Boys! (LOL)

It will be a long day, since we have our team briefing at 830am at the gym while the results will be known after the last class of the day - The special Group X "Blood, Sweat, Tears" which ends at approximately 9pm+. Since it will be a long day, the team decided to rent a room at the nearby Bintang Royale Hotel, whom have offered us a family suite at discounted rate for the night. Thanks Mr Khairul :)


The programme of the day!

Alvin briefed the RUSH teams before handing them over their respective collection boxes and their Miracle tee-shirts. Team members are supposed to wear the Miracle tee-shirts when they were going around collecting donations, and soon afterwards breakfast were provided to the teams. We didn't really eat much considering The RATTs are joining the very first class that morning - BodyVive!


The RATTs with Steph, Teoh and Tracy!

Soon we all changed back into our light blue attire for BodyVive. Brian and Patrick arrived early and too decided to join the class as well. Frank and Tracy lead the class on a retro Love Boat voyage, and it was fun! I dropped my balls at least twice (haha) and was even caught on video!





Some of the Vive moments!

After Vive, we took some moments to take pics with our friends and supporters...




The RATTs with Kim, Ken, Darryl, Patrick and Brian

Right after Vive, the launch for BodyPump started! And we have about an hour to prepare before our stage performance starts! Jason and me went to the hotel room to prepare while the rest got prepared at the locker room. We all soon met back at the gym for the final preparations, including pinning our 'The Ratts' bling-bling to our pants.


The RATTs in Hip Hop gear!

(Credits to Osman for suggesting orange, Colin for pushing for orange, Alvin for the bling-bling and Kelvin for the ultra-cool vests from Japan! Accessories from Osman and Colin)

Once BodyPump ended, Alvin took to the stage and introduced the first team to perform that afternoon. It's no other than our closest friends, Team Disney from Leisure Mall! During the RUSH Challenges, The RATTs have bonded very closely with Team Disney and Tropical 5 (from Manulife) - we've been having fun together with one another during the initial RUSH Challenges! :)

Team Disney performed a very moving sketch, and sang a couple of very heartfelt songs as well, including a chinese song that was written specially for the Taiwan Earthquake (2 years ago) as well as the hits "When You Believe" and "We Are The World".


Team Disney during their performance!

Watch Team Disney's performance here --> Via Facebook

Great job Team Disney! Woo hoo! The RATTs were waving our hands during their performance!


A group shot with Osman, our unofficial 6th member!

And next is the moment all our friends, fans and supporters have been waiting for... The team performance from The RATTs. We could feel the energy from the crowd as we walked up the stage (GO RATTS! GO COLIN! GO SIMON!) and for some strange reason, I felt that we have come so far, and this is IT. For everything that we have worked so hard for, this is the moment where we give back and show our gratitude towards our generous doners, friends, fans and supporters. We aim to perform our very best!



The RATTs Team Performance


Or alternatively, from another handheld camera point of view:
The RATTs First Team Performance - Alex/Le Roy







The RATTs in action!

We hope that we did put up a good show for all of our supporters - and that we didn't disappoint them. But I'm quite sure we did, judging from the crowds' response and cheers, I know that they loved it! Thanks guys and gals for your cheers and claps... It was awesome!

After we performed, the third team took to the stage - Team Sunshine from Manulife!


Team Performance for Team Sunshine from Manulife!

Watch their performance here --> Via Facebook

[End of Part 2a]

Posted by: Colin
Text by: Colin
Ideas by: Simon, Osman and Colin
Vids: Team Yee Ha (Maxis), Osman/Mike, Le Roy
Pics: Eugene, Osman, Jason, Natalie, Azie