After rehearsing for several days after school, the big day was finally here. Waking up at 6.30am, i got myself ready and made my way to IJC. Although it was early in the morning on a Saturday, I felt amazingly
energetic even though i was quite sure that i do not wan to go school.
Then things start to speed up by the time i stepped into the school...
First, it was a trip to LT4, the venue of the ceremony. Participating students came early and we had to start ushering them in. Being e one hu's was dere most of e time, i had to take the lead in guiding these students into their designated seats. Meanwhile, LT4 itself was as
warm as an oven since the air-con was unfortunately spoilt. When the LT4 was quite occupied, the order to change the venue came. And it was a logistic horror.
After guiding most of these students out to the foyer, i rushed down to LT3 as i was told to do so. Helping those strong guys in moving those chairs and stuff outside, i tried to reassign the designated seats for the schools and VIPs. Recalling and adapting some of the ways the teacher-in-charge handled the ones in LT4, Marcus aided me in replacing the seats label. While these are being done, students started to swell in and i had to start my ushering job again...
- Usher students to seats.
- Finding seats for teachers.
- Usher GOH to stage and back again X2.
- Usher GOH to exit and to foyer for refreshments.
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Ushering the GOh was not fun. Quite boring actually... But i was quite honoured to do so. Seeing the way Ms. Yeo fussed over him, i think he's quite a big character...
So honoured~!!! =) And
his Chinese quite good too~!!! I think
he was being very gentlemently and tactful when he said that Ms. Yeo was trying to learn Chinese and had done a good job in it as Ms. Yeo wasn't that proficient in spoken Chinese.
Overall, I think that the programme can be improved. The NMA's video was not their standard, given that i was once awed by one of their previous creations. The PA group was also not up to their standard, given that i witnessed their strength during events such as Racial Harmony Anchor Event and Bodi Wadmi 2006.
The efficiency of the school can be improved. For example, if they claimed they on the aircon at 8am, wun it be betta for them if they send someone to check on the aircon to see whether its working anot.? Ok. Mebbe council shld do e job, but if they noe the frequency of such breakdowns in the school's LT (given that most students attend lectures in up to 2 LTs), and such an important guest was coming...
Well, things can be improved.I think we council did a good job today. I witnessed the efficiency of the council in changing the venue, the way we handled the crowd and the way we handled the teachers....
i think we did a great job~!!!Cheers for council~!!!!
