Friday, October 15, 2004
::Van Harte Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag::
Title look so
chim right? My friend helped me to translate it from english to dutch. Try guessing what it means! [Ok, maybe you can try dictionary.com]
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Today was a very busy day. There was OP in the morning and then Openhouse in the afternoon. OP took forever. There were 3 groups and the teacher was very critical about everything. He commented on almost everything [yes, every single thing on the slide]. The first group took approximately 2 hours!!! I think it was kind of irritating listening to him say all those comments. I couldn't really concentrate on the speakers. So when he asked me to give comments, I could only manage some crap. Was going through the parts that I was supposed to present. Surprisingly, I didn't feel very nervous or anything. My palms were still rather warm. Maybe it was because of yesterday. The OP with the parent may have made me more confident and less nervous. So I was wondering if we would have a chance to present at all. My group members have to leave at 10am to prepare for the openhouse. So we were hoping that he let us off on time. But of course that was wishful thinking. He didn't let us off. In fact, he made us present and kept us until 11am. Anyway I was literally crapping all the way. I think I actually spoke up several times today. Maybe the people from other class though I would be able to speak fairly okay. But apparently not. I was too soft. [Or so they said] And I told the teacher it's because I'm having a sore throat. I know that sounds like a lame excuse but it's true. There's phelgm in my throat. He once complained that our slides have pictures that are few and irrelevant. Now we have many relevant pictures but he's still not satisfied. "Too many pictures. Just one will do." So what do you want?
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And there's openhouse after OP. I was late for my CO practise and as a result could only practise with the entire company once. I wasn't very happy with that but I could do nothing since I brought it upon myself. And I was very worried too. What if I screw it up? Anyway, went out to eat with my friends during our break time. We went back to school after lunch and loitered about. There was still time and I suggested going to Parkway and so we did. Finally bought Ayu's CAROLS!! Was surprised that Sembawang actually sold it. I thought since HMV didn't have it, other places shouldn't have it either. What warped thinking. I liked that song. Finally a ballad. Reached school just in time to start promoting our PDP. Openhouse just started and people were streaming in. Was told to go to the main gate to give the phamplets. It wasn't difficult since there were many people, so unlike the miserable IP openhouse. Was quite fun too since I was in company of my 'mom'. Helped her give out her pamplets as well. At first I said 'Join CO' and was rebutted by somebody who said 'I am not in the school yet you ask me join CO for what?' I was rather pissed even though I knew the whole idea of promoting our PDPs to others are not quite right. It should be a showcase of our PDPs instead of trying to recruit people. So in the end I used 'Welcome to TJ' instead. A much better phrase. Saw some people from TK as well. One of my CO friend seemed to look down on my school. She said there's no one from TK that's in CO and when I said I was a TKsian, she gave me that [sickening] shocked look. Anyway, my 'mom' told me not to give them the pamplets since they would surely waste it. So I didn't give it to them. And some of the kids had this arrogant, 'I-am-the-greatest' look on their faces that I feel digusted by the sight of them. Didn't want to give those people my pamplets either. But there were also nice ones who smile and say thank you and everything. And I smiled at them as well. And I feel happy. I mean, if you see good people, won't you feel happy? The other good thing about being posted at the main gate is that I get to do some people watching. Surprisingly a lot of eye candy. We also performed. I thought I did quite well as mistakes were kept to a minimum. 1st time! But one of my friends said the orchestra got faster and faster and it was really messy. Was really tired after the whole thing.
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Now I am reminded of my poor friend. She's so stressed lately by all these openhouse stuff, I think she broke down a couple of times already. When she said things went badly, I felt so bad and sorry for her. And she still managed to get herself to wish me happy birthday. Hopefully she's ok now since openhouse is over.
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Today's my birthday! Thought that my class was really nice to sing the birthday song for me [though not everyone sang, but I'm still touched]. They gave me a bag! Am going to save it for next year. I am happy today because many friends wished me happy birthday. Including those I didn't expect they'd remember. Such kind gestures really made my day. [It brought a smile to my gloomy face every time I see a birthday greeting.] It's really the thought that counts. Thank you so much my friends!~ *Muack* =)
