9Monday, July 31, 2006

L!GHTS On BA!

A Happy lecturers' day to all lecturers of BA =)

I arrived at school ten minutes late. The committee was supposed to adjourn at 7:30am but the weather was plain sour. Wet and humid, although I did welcome the cool breeze. It's been a sauna the past few days that i'd thought I would end up a Peking Duck =X

Most of the lecturers would arrive just before nine and we had to have our decorations at Level 7,8,9 up before they arrived. It was a tedious task we had to carry all the decor materials manually and it was bloody pathetic when the wind kept on blowing our helium balloons away.

By nine, everything was up and the lecturers came trickling in. They were simply stunned by the decorations. I was pretty glad that they liked it.

Spent the rest of the day in Society Room. Tried bloody hard to study for MFS but just didn't have the mood.

Kristi came by at 1 and we rehearsed our script for tonight. I was really godamn scared. I can talk in front of strangers. I can crap, I can make people laugh and cry but when it comes to my peers and LECTURERS!, my tongue freezes, my back stiffens and my fingers tremble.

Yeah, that's why. I've spoken to a 1,000 people countless times.

Went to do Prom publicity with Jenny in the afternoon, Kristi tagged along too. It was alright. People still got put off by the price. $75 is ex, yea, but not as bad as $85 last year. Hotel prices are rising annually; I don't know how the next committee will be able to handle the next prom. Good luck. Harsh but true words. You'll need tons of negotiations to pull it through.

Reherseals started at 3 plus. Kristi and Me were quite calm cause we had practiced our lines countless of times. Anyways, the crowd started coming in by gazillions. It freaked me out at first too. Our scripts kept on changing as unprecedented events took place. I found it hard to adapt because I already had the original script stuck in my head and my brain was refusing me to change any lines at all.

The performance went well. Coordination still needed some improvement but it was still our first event and by my standards, I still thought that the entire event went pretty well. I'm proud of my project heads and I'm proud of our chief, Jerome for putting in tremendous effort into this project of ours.

I stumbled a little while I'm emceed and with many changes, we ended up with almost no script and I found it hilarious to read from a board that Jenny held up. It was really candid. Hahaha. All in all, it was a great experience for me. I learnt that I should anticipate change next time. Don't be too comforted that you already have a script, things happen, things change and when they do, I should be able to think and react in a flash, no more blurness and being unsure. I need better reflexes.

We had our debriefing session and a few of us cried. I felt that the SCOs were a little harsh on their words but its not their fault. Certain blunders were not their fault, like the lighting and the sound. It just can't be helped. If the lighting and sound was bad, what can we do. Go ask the school to buy some new ones ><

To my project heads, the event was a success. Don't fret too much, I know your expectations were high, I cried during my first event too, panic and all, but we should take this opportunity and step by step, learn from experience, from ourselves, from each other and keep on moving forward.

As events go by, we will continue to learn and until today and I am still learning alot of things, even after being with Society for three semesters.

I just want to take this opportunity to thank all the 17 members (excluding me) of the BA Management Committee for their outstanding job last night. A success indeed.

We went to Pizza Hut to celebrate and I kept on fighting and playing with Ning Zhen. You ah! If you read this, I swear I'm going to strangle you one day. But, yeah, she's a bloody fun person. She's one of the few people who can make me laugh until I can almost die, literally.

It was really a momentous occasion. A day that should be remembered. I love BA Society and I love my MCs. Thank you for being such wonderful people and bringing happiness into my life.

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