21st Aug 2004 Sat<\/b><\/p>\n
had to wake up at 6+am cos i volunteered to be marshal at this car rally organised by my office to raise funds for the President’s Star Charity. so damn tired cos i din hv enuf slp the nite b4. was so stoned in the morn. aniweas reached my office quite earli, helped to settle some admin stuff. when Esther called me the day b4, i was stunned to realise dat i would be goin to Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim! dat’s like freakin far. den i asked who i’m paired up with, she said, “oh don’t worry we paired you with a nice young man.”<\/p>\n
haha so i met my partner. graduated from NUS engine last yr onli but cos he’s in VDO, so i nv met him or heard of him b4. *sigh* why din they pair me with HK or CH? haha but nvm my partner quite nice lah. he kinda reminds me of a younger and cuter version of dat acapella singer-lawyer. and becos we had to be together for half an hr ride to Jln AI and half an hr back to the office, and abt 4 hrs at the Caltex stn at Jln AI, u can bet we talked alot. wat else to do rite? we din bring anythin to read or listen to. and the mags at the petrol stn not worth buyin. so we, or rather he, asked the nice gal in the petrol stn for 2 chairs. so we sat down and waited for the cars to come. we din expect many to come, cos Jln AI is so far away. so we were reallie kan cheong when the first car came. den smtimes 2-3 cars can come at the same time, so we lagi more kan cheong. wat the participants had to do was drink up 2 bottles of water thru one straw onli. it was quite difficult for some, esp those with females and kids. i was quite disappointed with Matthias’ grp tho. expected them to do faster but he was so damn slow. think he drinks alchohol faster man haha. so we stoned there until 1pm and my partner offered to treat me ice cream. hehe it was so hot lor, but luckily we could wait in the shelter of the petrol stn. <\/p>\n
1+ we packed up and left for the office. another half hr ride. we were both too tired to talk much, and there was a jam aso. sianz. one at Eng Neo another at Kallang. we missed the prize presentation, and the buffet lunch sux. i juz sat there and watched them eat. aft dat we had nothin to do, so we stayed to help the org committee pack up. which was quite good actualli cos we got lotsa free stuff haha. each of us had a goodie bag, which all participants and volunteers hv. 1 bottle of water, 1 packet drink, a notebook, a cap, some other chapalang stuff lah. den there were extra bags left over, Esther was like “tk tk tk!” but i din lah. paiseh. those bags were the paper bag kind. there was another kind, the travelling bag kind, ie, all the goodies in the travellin bag. think it was for corporate participants. got extra, so Esther said “tk tk tk!” so i tk lah! travellin bag leh. den this one lagi betta. inside got flask, got shoe bag, got towel on top of the other normal stuff. den got extra umbrella. Esther said “tk tk tk!” so i took aso! haha the umbrella very big!! can shelter like 3 ppl? or 2 big ang mohs lah. took so many things dat when i left with those big bags and umbrella, machim like the company sack me and i’m movin all my barang barang back home lydat haha. so aniweas had to help her to move stuff, from front counter to meetin room, to the 15th floor. got to see my old work space again. man i missed the view. no Ivan, i’m not on a ‘man-hunt’; my partner din mention anythin abt keepin in touch, and neither did i. so i juz went home and collapsed into bed.
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\n22nd Aug 2004 Sun<\/b><\/p>\n
volunteered to usher for Wild Rice’s production of “For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again”. wah was standin on heels for like an hr givin out programs. damn shldn’t hv worn heels if i had known it wasn’t dat formal.<\/p>\n
great show. moving story line, simple set, 2 actors only, yet it conveys so much meaning. Neo Swee Lin and Ivan Heng as mother and son. Neo Swee Lin was great as Nana, so funny, so moving, and she reallie played her role so well u could juz feel for her and her son. and when she goes on and on abt the policeman, and Aunt Gertrude etc, even tho u cant see all those, but juz from her words and actiosn and mannerisms, you could juz imagine it all. as tho u were actualli standin there right behind her when everytihn happened. the set was so simple. juz a picture of Mother Mary, a table and 2 chairs, which Ivan Heng re-arranged between scenes to show u dat there’s a change. and the switchin betwn specs and non-specs to show him as a grown-up and a young boy was good too.<\/p>\n
the ending was very moving. well for me dat is. cos Nana was sick, she had some reallie horrible pain “in her womb, almost like the kinda pain she experienced yrs ago when she gave birth”. she was juz clutch her tummy in pain, or nearly fall over from the pain. and Ivan was almost screamin at her cos he felt so helpless and din knoe wat to do. felt so much like Ivan, like there was so much pain and i reallie felt so helpless and wished i could do anything<\/i>to help. so of course, i cried at the endin again. <\/p>\n
curtain call and we had to go out to get ready for the guests to leave and ask them fill up survey forms. horrors of horrors. i committed a really bad faux pas. i asked the director of Wild Rice to fill up a form!! oh my bloody gosh, can u imagine how embarrasing dat was? like how could u not knoe ur ‘boss’? eh but canot blame me lor cos i dun even knoe b4 hand how he looked like. he was very nice abt it, he said dat’s good, i’m doin a good job. but argh i think he was juz bein nice lor. he was prolly pissed and horrified but din show. even Robin Goh, who was standin beside him was amazed dat i could be so stupid. damn. oh i saw Natasha, the fag hag from Mardi Gras\/Top or Bottom. told her i went forb oth shows and reallie enjoyed it. there were few other theatre ppl there aso, but it wasn’t full hse leh. so sad. <\/p>\n
yupz so dat was my first wk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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