yeah! my 1st week of Arts fest is finally over!!! really wanna thank Han Juan who scheduled a 4 day break...coz i really needed it!
generally wat i do for big shows is to pick up litter, empty the bins, crowd control, ans public's Q n do the job assigned to me...as for AOTM...all i have to do is to carry bottled water n stuff in my backpack n march down Orchard Road w a T-signage w the performers:) yuppie
n my week was a long n tiring one...
day1= opening (media preview)[Padang]well its a nice day (jus really hot one) with members of the media n loads n Ngee An mass com students down to watch. the grp performed 2 scenes (the wheel n human net) n we had fireworks:)
really looking forward to the actual opening the nxt day:)
day2=opening day for arts fest[Padang]wow...i was guarding the VIP stand n man sgporeans r really creative when its time to ask for seats..haha...well saw loads of VIPs like Lee Boon Kee (minister of the arts/culture), Ambassador of Spain, Qi Yun Wu n many more whom i dun noe of...security was real tight w so many of them lookin like bouncers...so me n my fren self proclaim ourselves as door-bitches...wahaha...once again the show was great n ended w a bang (fireworks mah)...after work met up w GW, JJ n YZ for a drink @ Paulander (or as YZ pronounce: Hollander...wahaha..justifying our "holand" route to walk there)...n found out Long ge's new beginning:) Congrats bro!!! n thx to the 2 drivers of the night GW n YZ:)
day3=1st day of AOTM (which is taking up the most of my time)[Orchard Road]well things was fun for AOTM coz we started w a real fun grp!!! Les Essentials Street Theatre Co was a bunch of really nice french guys w huge noses..haha..as props lar!!! after lunch w my supervisors n *tada* i've volunteered for opening again coz they need pple!!! yesh so after my real hectic day from ATOM (coz i forsake break to sort out stuff w my boss n redid a sign i needed to carry) i went down to padang for opening.
man it was worth it!!! the show was great n the fireworks was *wow*!!! then i asked my boss if she needed me tmr coz i have a father's cousin's son's wedding tmr (shark's fin vs fireworks)...n she told me: "u said fireworks last mah...so work tmr lo:)"...haha...my boss have such great humour...well since its her who asked yeah man one more day @ the opening for me:)
day4=AOTM n opening[Orchard Road n Padang]yeppie man...clumsy lannie realli cannot handle the portable amp down Orahard Rd...almost fell over it lar...luckily my boss say he can change it for me *yay!* if not i sure cui...haha...Moving Arts was the 1st grp n boy were they cute!!! imagine sheep accompanying you on ur train ride:) the nxt grp was the french guys again...n once again they won the crowd over totally...they are so funny!!! omg...
but i must admit all the work is getting me real exhausted...i had no appetite to eat n keep having diarrhea...n by the time i reach padang tat night actually i was feeling a bit giddy...so i end up slacking more than real working my 100%...coz i rather be caught slacking n fainting rite!
yar...n when Guo Zhen (my dear colleague) told me bout pple being assigned to do clearing up tat nite i wished it wasn me coz i wanna rest...n guess wat is should have bought 4D man...i was involved too!!! *gosh* but after downing some 100 plus n water lannie was back to work!!! boy was it confusing coz i was there for unloading for the stuff...but all went well as we managed to pack everything fast n get everything back in the office by ~30min:) great job pple!!! n manage to get a ride from my boss n got some well deserved rest (n 1.5h' worth of pay more)...for the 1st time in many years i find plain biscuits n milo so yummy! coz didn wanna have diarrohea tmr so had some light snack in place of my missed dinner...n yeah it really helped:)
day5= AOTM[Orchard Road]the french grp were getting used to sgporeans style n watching their performance was getting more n more interesting each time...met kerry, xinhe n charles all @ the same time @ the 6pm show...man its so coincidental!!! haha...n finally i could go home early n drink bubble tea!!! had such bad craving for 4 days already!!! went to walk a bit in far east n saw SALE!!! omg omg omg so want to shop the nxt day lar since my off days are coming:)
day6=AOTM[Orchard Road]last day for the french grp ler...super sad...so planned to have lunch w them
n while they prep for the show, paragon security came out to inform us we cant use the space! after like 3 days of using tat place now then they inform us...luckily i had my supervisors w me to work out something w my boss while i tried to "teh" the security to buy some time...it must be the youngest supervisor who brought us "bad luck" coz nothing of such happened b4 he came...hahahah...*joking*...after the performance we retreated to the new resting spot but walked the wrong way there!!! omg...the grp cont to perform while we tread dangerous grd...w me n the youngest supervisor breaking out into cold sweat...everyone else seems entertained incl my boss who came down to see!!! tat was the longest 10min walk i ever had man...luckily no security came n so everything went well:)
later me n my colleagues had lunch n coffee w the french grp...they are so funny n nice!!! n they invited us to go dancing w them (aka cheonging) despite "cheonging" w my bosses the night b4...wahaa..
after the last performance tat day n handed over my stuff to Guo Zhen i went far east shopping w my sisters...n OMG..so many nice stuff...n coz i was going dancing, i got myself a nice off shoulder top n new shoes:) nope lannie is not rich...jus those were stuff i wanted anyway so i buy lor:) @ bout 1030pm, i left my sisters who were nice enuff to have dinner w me n bring my heavy bag home...n yuppie i went CHIMES to meet the rest n go DANCING!!!
n guess wat, tues is a so NOT cheonging night can!!! no club is open!!! so we went w much dispair along clark quay in search of a place open at bout 12.45am...(though they found clark quay touristy, but we had no choice)...we landed ourself at da pump room for beer. n guess wat they had a small but cosy dance floor n was playing cheong songs n even a live band!!!(plus it was non-smoking w/in the place!!!) after chatting for a while, we decided to go in n dance...n boy can the french guys dance!!! (well no surprise coz they are performers)...hahaa..we had so much fun (except 1 of them coz he found it all too european for his pleasure) n even danced cha-cha to Micheal Bluble!!! haha...but coz everyone was tired we left at bout 2am.
sigh..really will miss this grp!!!
n yuppie b4 u guys all fall aslp after reading the really really long n brief (seriously! i cut out loads of details ler) pos..here are some picz i stole off the arts fest webbie:

this is our opening show...man was it grand...GW n JJ all wanted to volunteer for the human net...yuppie it was on all newspapers after the 1st day of the opening coz its all made up of volunteers (incl 1 of my fren Chris!!!)

this is the really fun French grp!!! dun they look funny!!! the big nose is actually a big puppet!!! interesting rite...mayb wanna adopt their concept for my nxt fap...wahaha
so if u guys wanna catch the performances (or me) for the Singapore Arts Festival do refer to
http://www.singaporeartsfest.com/index.html for more details yeah:)
tired lannie out [goin to rest for nxt week!!!]

