SCO Opening Gala 2010

Tight schedule for the day. Glad to hear that the repoting timing was a little late so that I have a little more time to prepare for work. Due to some technical problems with hotmail and the company's email, it was around 11am that I got to know the reporting timing. Great.

Shopped a little with Dad at the "pasar malam" before taking the train. It was the first day of business. I reached the loading bay at around 30 minutes before the reporting time. As no email was received, I went to look at the notice board regarding about the event. I was shocked to see that I was the in-charge for that day! Wow. I quickly went back to the security room to change my security card from number 6 to number 1.

Four reported one hour earlier than me to give out goodies. Two of them were the "cai shen". A little disappointed that I do not have the chance to take a picture with them. Hmm.

Work was generally alright. I was not a good in-charge that day. I forgot to do deployment before going up, forgot to inform my ushers when was the intermission, forgot to do the autograph deployment beforehand, first time stealing a bite from the reception and got caught, forgot to keep a good track of the timings that are to be recorded. I wonder what's wrong with me. I guess it was my luck. Anyway, there was some parts of the organisation of things that made me difficult to do what I want. I really thank my group of ushers who are almost auto-pilot. Glad that they know what is going on and are smart enough to decide what are to be done. Thank you people.

I am a little disappointed that I don't really get to watch the performance. Managed to peep a little here and there. I really like the music. I can feel the energy in the music. My spirit went up when a joyous song was played. I can feel some tears that were going to flow out when a low-spirited music was played. This is just how great the orchestra is. The short play by the 93.3FM DJs seemed nice but I do not get to watch as I had to stay outside. Peifen is pretty. Haha.

Peifen's parents was late and were not able to enter till a suitable break. The mother told me they were late as the father worked till very late. They looks nice, totally not the show-off type.

The event ended and I spent some time to fill in the form. A little stressed while filling up the form as I am still not that confidence whether I fill in correctly or not. First time filling up a lost and found form. Furthermore, I was still feeling a little bad about what I did. Good to learn something new.

I am rather disappointed with my performance. I am not professional enough. Took a cab home and had a rather good short random chat with the driver.

Festival of Love and Fortune - Wushu Lunch-Time Performance

I was so glad that there are more chances for me to practice my routines under stress.

Performed the broadsword on Wednesday. It was a relaxing day as there was no lesson for me. Performance was alright. I just find the performing area rather small. Thanks Edward for being the cameraman. Anyway, this performance was a record "broken". There were only four person performing! There was only three initially. Fu Hong came last minute. I was the only girl again.

Preparation for the performance was alright. Timing was brought forward again. A little rush till I forgot to pin up my fringe. Thank you Ruiqi for helping me with my costume while trying to study for a test! Smart-looking me!

It was time to slack in the clubroom after the performance to wait for the club meeting. Quick upload of the performance videoes and pictures!

Friday's performance timeslot was cancelled at the last minute. Received the news from Yeetian one hour before the scheduled timing. Great. Oh well. The good part was that I got to have lunch with the wushu people! Nice! Haojun and William just couldn't stop making fun of me. They were lucky that I did not spill any rice on their face. Haha.

Since I brought my broadsword, I practised a little before going for class. Planned to perform "lian bu quan" initially but changed my mind as I wanted to familiarise myself with the broadsword that I had borrowed for grading. The broadsword was not the one that I usually used during training.

I feel a little cheated though, to bring so many things to school and the performance was cancelled. Hmm.

Well, looking at the bright side, I at least have one more day of practice under the stress of audience and a rare lunch with the wushu people.

Keat Hong Chinese Orchestra 35th Anniversary Concert

This was the first event that I thought I can work with Cher. What a pity that she fell sick.

From the email received, I kind of deduced that some special guest is going to attend this event. Reaching my workplace, my hypothesis was verified. The minister of manpower was the guest-of-honour. I was the VIP usher as usual. What I would like to comment about his bodyguards was that they doesn't seems to be very fierce. Guess one tried to thank me when I helped to shift the sign-post away for the minister while he re-enters the house for the second half of the concert.

Work for the day was generally alright. Not much of uncooperative patrons. I get to put more attention on the performance. There were parts of the music that I find the beats weird though. Hmm. Of all the songs that I have heard that night, I like the erhu piece the best. Nice.

The suona piece was really great too. I just do not really understand the music. The conductor introduced the suona piece before performing. It is a story between a couple and the famous "bao gong' from the Song Dynasty. Cool. There were three suonas, depicting each character with each. Cool.

"Dali Qing Feng" sounded a little different from the one played by the people of MFCO for the first concert. Hmm. The song after this piece reminded me of my last SYF with MFCO as the "shou gu" was used. Yes, I am reminded of the song "tian shan sheng hui".

Work was generally alright just that there is a little lack of manpower. There were times that I have to leace my position but was not able to do so freely. An example would be bringing the wheel-chair patron to the toilet. The reason was that many patrons doesn't bother to read the sign-post placed atthe door. Well, most of them surprisingly read the sign-post on that day.

Well, it was a really tiring day for me as I had to wake up very early in the morning to the East for Chingay training, rushed for many things and endured till the end of work. Guess I broke my record.

NYP Open House 2010 - Wushu Performance

The three-day event finally ended. It was a great experience though I am very tired.

The first day of performance my first performance of the year and also my first solo performance. I felt nervous and excited at the same time. It has been so long since I last performed. I chose the broadsword routine, "jian yi dan dao", as it was what I can perform relatively better and confidence with.

It was my first time wearing the performance costume too. Chose the yellow costume over the white costume as the lining of the latter was black instead of my favoured red. Furthermore, I like bright colours. I felt a little blur though. I am kind of worry whether I wore it correctly. Thanks to Ruiqi for helping me that I am able to look smart on that day.

As it was my first performance, I invited quite a few number of people to watch me perform. I was so glad that Auntie Mui took time to come down to support me. Yey! Lucky she left the house early or she may miss my performance. Due to some issues, the timing was brought forward. Due to the last minute instructions, we have to get everything ready fast. I was so glad that my class ended early so that I have sufficient time to try on the performance costume and wore my guards.

As I was very cold due to the air-con from the clubroom and there was not enough time for me to warm-up, I wore my jacket to the atrium for "speed warm-up". Hopefully my body heat will go up, making stretching easier for me.

Thanks Weichong for helping us to take care of our belongings when we were performing. Thanks for being the cameraman too. Haha.

My heart was beating really fast while I was waiting for my turn. It thumped really fast till I went onto the performing area. Excited yet nervous. I took a few seconds to "stabilise" myself by standing still on the performing area before getting on with the routine. I wanted to build up the "feel" too.

I performed the moves with much confidence, keep reminding myself to be stable. I almost smiled when I managed to create the desired sound with the broadsword; the sound had further boosted my confidence. According to Ruiqi, it was Shuting's broadsword. Till now, I still can't make the desired sound from my broadsword.

Mr Ho came to support me too! He helped me to take pictures! So happy! He came to the "backstage" to take a picture of me acting cute after my solo. Haha. He gave me a thumbs-up as he walked over to me. After acting cute, I ran off for the last minute added mass "wu bu quan" by Wenyi.

Generally, I had a great experience for my first solo. I feel really great! After the performance, I quickly changed and set off to go home together with Auntie Mui and Ruiqi.

The second day of performance was alright. I chose to do "lian bu quan" as I still have some problems memorising it. I want the pressure of the performance to force myself to encode the moves into my brain. Hopefully I can get it well-encoded into my brain before grading.

I was so scared that I may forgot my routine that I kept revising it in my mind. I even went to the extent of using the broadsword routine as a backup just in case I forgot my routine. That showed how bad my "lian bu quan" was.

My uncomfortable stomach further dropped my confidence level. It was definitly not the pain caused by my nervous feeling. It felt like, the diarrhoea type of pain.

My turn to go onto the performing area. Nervous. I managed to finish all my moves. I was laughing after leaving the performing area. Happy me. Shuting helped me to video down my performance as it was her break. I really appreciate that. Watched the video while I was on my way back to the clubroom. My stances were really high. Yes, lots of improvement are needed.

Bro came to watch me perform too. So happy. How great it would be if he had taken some photos of me in action. By the way, I was the only girl performing that day. Ruiqi was not able to turn up as she was sick. Humph.

Slacked at the clubroom for some time till my Dad come to fetch me back to my Grandma house.

The third day of performance did not went on very smoothly for me. Guessed I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Many things seemed to go wrong. I had a rather "emo" time.

For the first session, I performed "lian bu quan". I actually forgot the second half of the routine! I was stucked at the same old part that I always have a problem recalling during training. How great was that? I am not sure whether was it the sight of someone that I do not wish to see that affected me. In any case, I am utterly disappointed with myself. Frankly saying, at that moment, I guess I am more shocked by the fact that I forgot my routine rather than angry.

Thanks Shuyan for trying to make me feel better. The distribution of ice-cream came just in time after the short chat with Shuyan. Yummulicious. It was Wall's Cornetto chocvanilla!

I tried to boost my mood by using the ice-cream, the extrinsic factor. It however did not last very long. I was "emo-ing" again after a while. Thanks Jingyan for ringing my phone to cheer me up.

Second session, I performed the broadsword routine. Thanks Jessen for changing to "hu quan" so that I was able to perform the broadsword. I was not able to do that initially because according to Wenyi, there were too many people performing using the broadsword.

Reaching the atrium, I surprisingly saw the CO people getting prepared. Can't find Bro. Manage to see him after "jing li" to the audience. I quickly pass him my phone so that he can help me to take pictures. He helped me to take a video instead. Nice. I was so happy to be able to hear the sound of the broadsword in the video. That means that it was loud enough.

Anyway, while performing for the second session, I was not really stable though I managed to finish the whole routine. I wonder why. Shadow from the previous session? Or maybe it was due to the presence of another person that I do not wish to see. Great, two sessions with people that I do not wish to see. It's not hatred, just pressure.

After the performance ended, it was a relief. I felt so tired. Guess I somehow overstretched myself today. Each of us got vouchers from McDonalds to exchange for a burger and a can of coca cola. I asked for McChicken as I am not able to take beef. I got a Gloria Jeans voucher too. Not all of us have it as there was only five.

Wanted to give my can of coca cola to Fengwei but he went off before my order was ready. I was so glad that Dad waited for me so that I can have a relaxed ride home. I just felt so tired after the last performance.

Well, thanks for the effort, people. I had a fruitful experience. Hope that mistakes that I made will never be repeated and that I will improve!

On 02.01.2010, I Had A Thought...

In Order to Be A Good Leader,

Be A Good Team Player First.