One Week After

A week ago, I was sitting in this chair urgently sifting through e-mails and SMS-es,
A week ago, I was folding programme booklets which sat in my lap,
A week ago, I was anxiously waiting for the moment which would define all our efforts as a team,
A week ago, The International Students' Night finally arrived on the 6th of February 2009.

Stubbornly insisting on attending my tutorial, I woke up at an early 7.45am to gobble down some bits of food before I headed off to class, loaded with materials for both my teams. Tutorial flew by before i knew it and there it was... time for the action to begin : the setup, the rehearsal and finally, the hour of performance...

As time creeped slowly towards our defining hour, I found myself nervously pacing the halls, muttering to myself, "This is it... This is IT!". So you may wonder... did it live up to expectations??

To be honest, there were slip-ups, blunders, mistakes(which I shall not mention) which occurred during the brief two hour period which defined us. Time flew by so swiftly as I ran up and down the halls, most probably making myself the most disliked person as I pounded on doors and ordered people around. I could not really remember a time when I stood at a spot for more than 5 mins. But as quickly as it had come, as quickly did it sweep past us...

Looking back at it now, I would say that we did put on a good show! For sure, there were the little technical mistakes which only the team would have noticed and there was the big blunder in the middle of the performance, but all in all I would say, it was A GOOD JOB - not perfect, but sufficient to leave an everlasting impression on the audience...

So all the sweat, tears and frustration, was it worth it? I couldn't really say right now, as the glory of it has not completely worn off yet but I would admit this : As much as I had considered quitting my job at the beginning, I am now proud to say that I have been a part of ISN'09 Organizing Commitee, perhaps not a major contributor, but a small part which helped make this event what it was...

Thank you guys! For all the support, encouragement and help lent to us... couldn't have done it w/out u!

Over n out,
sh@rkL!ng...
P/S : Sorry for the mysterious nature of the blog... wanted to compress all my feelings into one post... seems it is too long alredi and I can't quite make up my mind on my feelings :p

LAC2201 Project - 我的家人

我的家人

我家有四口人 – 我爸爸，妈妈 哥哥 和我。我爸爸是大学的讲师，妈妈是老师。我哥哥是大学生。他们现在都在马来西亚。

我爸爸很能干。他教书，也做研究（yan2 jiu1-research)，所以他可以赚(zhuan4 – earn )钱给我用。他每天都很晚才回到家。他也很累。我看到他这样，我很心疼(xin1 teng2 – sad） 。

妈妈把家里每一个人都照顾(zhao4 gu－take care)得很好。她是我的好朋友。我有问题的时候，我一定告诉她。她会告诉我怎样做。我来新加坡的时候，她很担心(dan1 xin1 – worry)我。她天天都打电话(da3 dian4 hua4 – make a phone call)给我，问我，我在这里好不好。我知道爸爸和妈妈对我有很大的期望(qi1 wang4 – expectation)，所以，我常常跟我自己说，‘ : “ 我一定要努力(nu3 li4 – work hard)，我不可以辜负(gu1 fu4 – disappoint)我爸爸 和妈妈！”’

我哥哥跟我一样，是个大学生。他今年读(du2 – study)第四年了， 今年应该会(will)毕业(bi4 ye4 – graduate)。我很高兴因为我可以出席(chu1 xi2 – attend)他的毕业典礼(bi4 ye4 dian3 li3 - graduation)。

那就是我家人。虽然(sui1 ran2 – even though)我家庭(jia1 ting2 – household)很小，我觉得(jue2 de – feel)，我们一家四口人很快乐，很高兴。所以，我常常想回家。我不是说新加坡不好，可是我太想我家人了。我希望(xi1 wang4 – hope)有一天，他们会来新加坡找我。