能造就今天的王依婷，要感谢的是她当初的自己还有能够陪她一起疯狂的战友。2011年，第一年离乡背井从槟城乔治市来到沙巴亚庇总共是1087英里。爱玩的她并没有想过三个年头会带给她那么多难忘以及能够珍惜的事情。
依婷第一年就开始在沙巴大学活跃起来，她第一个参加的活动是第一届沙巴大学中华晚会。当初的她非常幸运，得到一些学长学姐的爱戴与赏识，让她到筹委会里当上策划组的秘书一职。然而，晚会筹备过程里，她学的东西不单单只是文书工作，也许是依婷的好奇心过重，她在这个过程里还学到了如何策划与编排节目，甚至表演这门艺术。这可说是让依婷琢磨成玉的好时机。当中，难免会有争执或闹不和，但是她知道，一个团队能做的是把活动顺利完成。即使，她只是里头的一个小将；一个精通多项工作的小将。就这样，晚会结束后，观众席的掌声哗然，让她开始了在策划这一块有了印记。
第二个年头，她在沙大中华晚会里担当了副制作，并没有太意外她担当这一职。借此，她担当的不仅仅是副制作，还开始学习写词哼曲，休假时就在家乡角落间的咖啡座里闭关，要不就当个宅女，为的就是晚会的歌舞剧。当中许多拥有相同兴趣的队友纷纷赶工熬夜，不眠不休，为的就是每一首的歌曲都是原曲创作。她也不是什么写词一流的文青，只是偶然发现写词的乐趣，也就这样，开始了写词的旅途。
晚会结束后，热血并未冷却，她和战友们开始有了想法，要开始创立属于沙大的创作平台，为和他们拥有同样梦想的人建立小小的舞台，让沙大有艺术细胞的人才能够展出属于自己的作品。于是，她开始接洽并在机缘巧合之下，这个团体正式在沙大的中秋灯笼之夜完美演出。她说，主持人喊着“音谷贝特”这个名词时，当下的感觉即感动又激动。当晚演出后她差一点就哭了出来，她知道音谷贝特不再是抽象的，而是实际的。
依婷开始投入在音谷贝特的每个细节，从会员招募到创作管理，每一块里都有她的身影。当中会员加入或离开；表演空档接洽或终止，为的都是保留原创的意义。她告诉我，要感谢的人何其多，批评或赞扬，每一次都是能够学习的机会。她的动力就是来自于和她一起走过的志同道合，与她不眠不休的朋友，依婷希望和他们一起玩下去，无论现在分散到多远，目的还是最初的表演艺术与原创概念，基地总会是在沙巴大学。她遗憾自己不是个天生梦想家，未能早一点创立音谷贝特，未能完完全全在离开大学前的日子再多做一点活动给会员们表演。
或许没有梦想就是梦想的开始。用想法策划它；用热血沸腾它；用想法完成它。
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| 依婷为音谷贝特打开了一扇窗，她希望一样喜欢原曲创作与表演的沙大同学们能够一起参与交流。 |
后记：访问了依婷过后，勾起了小记少许回忆。依稀记得第二届中华晚会当晚，我拿着当晚免费的年刊，夹着的多首歌词都有王依婷这个名字，当时还真的对这个名字印象深刻。于是小记开始扫描词句里的意思。坐在观众席，昏暗的灯光，词句却如此耀眼。最后遇见本人才发现，她更耀眼。
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| 当假文青不再假。 |
"I couldn't just stop here, I couldn't bear the pain of having a regret - Rewind"
Without the
accompaniment of a bunch of crazy comrades in the past years, she would not be someone as how she is today. In the year of 2011, Ee Theng uprooted
George Town, Penang and travelled to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah to pursue her
studies. She never thought that there would be so much memorable things happened
over the three years.
Ee Theng was
actively involved in university events since her first year of studies. The
first event she participated was the first Chinese Cultural Night at UMS. She
was fortunate enough to have her seniors recognized and promoted as the secretary
of the program unit. During the preparation of the event, however, she learnt
more than secretariat works. She was merely an ordinary committee member but her
curiosity leaded her to have a strong grasp on program planning and executing,
as well as the arts of performance. Going through ups and downs during the
process, she realized the importance of continuing a culture and working as a
team. The magnificent closing of the cultural night marked the start point of her journey in this particular field.
In the
second year, she took up the role as the associate producer of the second Chinese
Cultural Night. Despite of that, she started to write lyrics for the particular
musical dance theater in the Chinese Cultural Night. She chose to retreat herself
in the coffee house by immersing herself in the words and music during the
holiday. She was glad that she was not alone during those sleepless nights. The
whole team worked restlessly in order to produce the best original artworks. She
said that her lyrics are not the best but she just stumbled upon the pleasure
of writing a lyric. Hence, she began her journey as a lyricist.
The closing
of the event did not end the story. The continual passion in her and the team
has inspired and triggered the formation of a creative platform in UMS. They
dreamt to create a stage for those having the same passion and talent. After
months of efforts, the team managed to accomplish their first ever official performance
during the Night of Mid-Autumn Festival in UMS. She said she was so thrilled
and moved when the host pronounced ‘Incubator Workshop’ on the stage. At that
moment, she knew Incubator Workshop was no longer just a dream.
Thereof, Ee
Theng started to put herself into every detail in Incubator Workshop. Her
presence and involvement could be ranged from member recruitment, original production
to team management. The turn-over of members and performances did not cease her
persistence in retaining the originality of the production. She told me that
there are abundant of people she needs to convey her heartfelt gratitude. Every
compliment, encouragement or criticism was what driving her to move on. She
treasures and appreciates those friends who recklessly traveled along the
journey of uncertainty with her. With the foundation at UMS, she believes that the
beauty of the arts would be their core of unity no matter where they would be.
She added that she is not a born dreamer. She felt regretful for not
establishing Incubator Workshop as earlier as to gather more passionate peers.
Having no
dream, perhaps, is the start point of dreaming on. Plot it with ideas, excite
it with your passion, and pursue it by continually dreaming!
Epilogue: The
interview with Ee Theng has brought me a mindful of memories. I could vaguely
recall that the booklet I took from the 2nd Chinese Cultural Night has her
name sandwiched in accordance to a number of lyrics. The name was appealing to me
and I started scan the lyrics and their meanings. I remembered I was quietly sitting at the audience seat. The
lighting was dim and yet the words were so catchy. At the moment when I met
her, only I found that she is much more dazzling than I used to think of.
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