CHINGAY 2007! A Gatekeeping story =l

Okay, so the thing uni has been volunteering for every week ended =l It was a fun experience and everyone in my sector (1.6) was quite enthu about it xD

Anyway, my designated job is an usher, so we're suppose to smile, endure scoldings and stuff. But fortunately, uni volunteered for GATE KEEPING (woah sounds like a dam cool term right?) but nah, its called Jaga-the-gate and check their ticket xD Here's my pass:



Ok, ran outta photos, so i used that sec two one =x

What have i learnt today, some people can REALLY be a pain in the ass. For chingay, we are divided into different sectors, so yeah, got this shit known as a half-lane zone where you sit by the road, HOWEVER, half-lane zone entry points are DIFFERENT, hence they are always directed to the half lane entry zone.

Note: Ngee Ann City tickets and Ngee Ann City Half lane zone tickets have different entry point. I'm in Ngee Ann City sector (sector 2)

The problem lies with OTHER ku-ku volunteers who keeps directing those half lane zone ticket holders BACK TO OUR SECTOR, so it is always the poor gatekeepers who gets the scolding. Enough with the tolerated shit, i walked some of the ppl back and asked that entry point volunteer:

Uni: aye, ain't the entry point for half lane zone here?
girl: Yes, but this is for meritus mandarin only (please note that the half lane zone entry points are shared)
Uni: No, they're shared, purple ticket holders can go through here
girl: No they can't, this is for orange zone only!
Uni: .... *walks back to sector, grabs a sector leader (those professional ones), lets him talk*

And so, ticket holders goes in and i walk back with my sector leader. Then on the way, i see some ppl with the half lane tickets complaining that chingay scam their $, oh well =l

Gatekeeping is never an easy job, sometimes you have to answer questions like:

Qns:Excuse me, how much are the tickets?

Intended Answer: It's 45 bucks and it's a farce to scam tourists, so if you have a brain , watch it from the street. Anyway, it's already sold out, so you can watch by the road and act as if you would have paid for the stupid tickets.

Model Answer: I'm sorry , they are sold out, this is a very POPULAR annual event! Perhaps you can try again next year and be sure to be part of the CHINGAY experience! *enthu tone + smile*

Deng Kai: *stares at uni at disbelief*

Qns: What time does the show start/end?

Intended Answer: Sheesh, why do you care, you're probably gonna walk off halfway from not being able to see a single crap from the side of the road! Just go home, turn on aircon and watch from your house lor!

Model Answer: It starts at 7pm, but apprently there are some delays (if its beyond 7pm), be sure to hang around your ticketing area and feel free to purchase any snacks on in!

Old Change Kee Auntie: *stares at uni* *whispers to friend* Aye, when did we have a promoter in chingay?

Qns: Can we come in without a ticket?

Intended Answer: Well if you could, WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?! DID WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE TO BARRICADE, PUT LED SCREENS, WIPE THE @($&!()@$&(! CHAIRS WHEN IT RAIN, PUT GOODY BAG, GUARD THE GENERATOR AND ALL THAT STUFF?!!?!?!?!?! *strangles guy asking question* DO WE?! DO WE?!

Model Answer: I'm sorry, you cannot come in without a ticket, even though we'd love to allow more ppl in, we are unable too because it's reserved for ticket holders. Please try to get a ticket next year to be part of the chingay experience!


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Not to forget, there are also impatient coaches/trainers (for the performers) trying to barge their frigging way in WITHOUT a valid ticket/pass.

Coach: *hands SQUARE (half lane zone ticket-paragon) to uni
Uni: *takes* *stares**stares at coach* Excuse me sir, this ticket is for the half lane zone for paragon, it is at the opposite side
Coach: No no, i'm the wushu coach for the victoria team, i'm here to see my group!
Uni: I'm sorry sir, but you do not have a valid ticket for this zone...u have to enter from the..
Coach: I'M THE COACH! I'M PART OF THE GROUP! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THE GROUP!
Uni: ...then do you have a valid pass? If not you must go through the underpass to the..
Coach: I GAVE MY PASS TO SOMEONE ELSE! AND STOP IT WITH THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD! I NEED TO GET TO MY TEAM!
Uni (thoughts): WTF MAN THEN FRIGGING BUGGER OFF! I DONT GIVE A SHIT EVEN IF YOU ARE THE DAM WUSHU COACH! THE FACT IS THAT YOU GAVE YOUR STUPID PASS AWAY MEANS YOU"RE FRIGGING STUPID OR DAMN NAIVE TO THINK YOU CAN GET IN WITHOUT A PASS AND STOP ACTING AS IF YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT OR I HAVE THE BLARDY RIGHT TO GET THE DAMN CISCO OFFICERS WITH THEIR MP5s TO LEVEL THAT SHITTY BRAIN OFF YOUR FRIGGING HEAD AND NONE OF THAT WUSHU CRAP IS GONNA SAVE YOUR SORRY ASS!
Uni: ^^ You still can't enter~~~ *calls randy to handle and walks away*(sector leader)
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Woah seriously, theres some screw loose in that guy's head!

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Anyway, back to gate keeping, also, there are annoying ppl who keeps climbing over the fence to the restricted area (where the ppl are settling the fireworks) I hurt my blardy leg doing heartlander-police-over-the-fence stunts trying to shoo them off =__=

After that, we had the post parade party when all that shit ended. My sector volunteered for it. So my sector landed in a kiddy zone where we're supposed to play with kids! Yay! So we had this inflated motorcycle ring with 10 electronic mini bikes in it for the kids to ride. So yeah, i went in, had to steer those kids in the right direction and preventing a final destination collisions for them. And one thing to note, you have to carry them in and out of the ring, which is damn tiring. But hey, it was pretty fun chasing kids around xD They all like so blur =P

So yeah, after that, we deflated the thing, i did sth stupid, while it's being deflated, i jumped backwards on the thing, well, it was one of the dumbest things i've done in my life (maybe the weariness got to me) that thing gave way and i landed on my ass ( i think i jumped bout 80cm up =l) and POW! Ouch =l it really hurtrrrtsss T_T

Ah well, so that ends my chingay experience, hehe, defintely gonna participate again next year! =

Okay, went out with xin wei yesterday at 10plus, finally letting him drag me to some stylist of his to cut hair. But wah, really not bad, cut hair still got shampoo, wash face and gel for you, unlike those stupid barbers that i went to ._.

So after everything, i saw the bill,

$25+6

Uni: *looks at xinwei* Didn't u say its 25?
Xinwei: ehh? I thought CNY is only from 22 go up to 25 only o_O
Cashier: Nono, now is CNY, so 6 more dollars
Uni: ah heck la, just pay lor, can ask them un-cut my hair meh =__=

Ah well, at least he treated me lunch later ;p

Here's the picture =P






So after that, we took a bus to mrt which we took to orchard to catch ghost rider. And wow, i just realized, MJC and NJC have VERY SIMILAR uniforms and acronym names =_= wonder if ms lai was copying them >_<

Somehow, one would always feel that orchard road is overruned by PMSed ppl, seriously, there's a lot of ppl with emotional problems. You walk on the pathway, move to one side to look at sth, someone bumps into you, and screams,"DON'T BLOCK THE WAY! MOVE!" and runs along.

Put it in this context:

You're driving a lorry and you make a left turn, until some punk with a mitsubishi lancer with spoilers and neon lights rams into your rear, honks you, and runs along. Wah lao, can sue that person lor! Hmph.

Well, nth really interesting to blog about, so i'm gonna play~ wee~ CNY! and gong xi fa cai

WOOHOO REVIVED!

Okay, long time since my blog came alive, but yeah, the nice layouts and all are gone and restored to defaults wee~ Don't worry, i ain't pointing fingers at you auntie asra =P

Ok, lets start by summarize the stuff that happened from dec~feb:

PAE POSTING:

First reaction: @($&*!@_$*!@$ WHAAAT?! MJC?!!! OMFG O_O

Then after some sms-ing here and there, i realized that neither did kwek (12pts) get into SA (yeah we both put 1st choice) Kinda sucked =l So anyways, here i am in MJC! weee~

Life @ MJC:

Well, since i'm not updating it like a daily thing but more on a recollection, i'll cut the bullshit. MJC orientation was fun, the politically correct ans is liking the ppl in my class, but still liking ppl and working with them (little projects) are completely different issues and yeah, i missed my old 4-1 class T_T

Quite happy though, for the 1st time in my life someone made me cake or gave me presents X)

Still, life in MJC is a pile of workload after another, and for the first time in my life, i actually feel more stress (besides O levels) by not being able to complete my insane workloads. Behold, the glorious results on Uni's first chem test in MJC

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4/25

Wee! Rocks doesn't it! I only did like 4 MCQ and i anyhow hum-tam the structured qns when i looked at the time. Please la, like i did so much working, flip behind, then realized the bloody thing wasn't PURE =.= Wasted 1.5 pages of working? And don't get me started on the ridiculous marking scheme of:

No. of moles of NaOH: (wrong)
No. of moles of NaOH in 25cm^3(correct)

O levels result collection:

Whee~ was pretty relaxed, mjc was pretty nice to give us a day off, so i was like HEIL THE QUEEN OF NERIDIAN (miss lai). Yl, lixuan and jencen came over, so yeah, sorta entertained them till we all went for lunch then to take our reusults. Bought some roses on the way for my good friends (since it was valentines day) and woah, they're like 3 for 12 bucks >_< So as usual, the screen flashed some summary, and kwek was top student, yadda yadda expected things.

So tensions were high as ppl went to collect results, so the following grades greeted my eyes:

Eng.................B
CH..................A
Emaths..........A
Amaths..........A
Physics..........A
Chemistry.....A
Biology...........A
Chinese..........B

uni's thoughts: WOOHOO! 6 A's! Wait, WHAT IS THAT RIDICULOUS 3 LETTER WORD STARTING WITH A T?!!?!!?! :

Eng.................B three
CH..................A one
Emaths..........A two
Amaths..........A two
Physics..........A two
Chemistry.....A two
Biology...........A one
Chinese..........B three

uni's thoughts: )(@!#&)($@&!@$ WTH?!!?!?!? 11 pts?!!

so yeah, really dam disappointed, a bloody 2 digit 11 pts. Shan't dwell on such a sad disappointment. Went out with victor, yi long and some of the girls to bugis after that, so sad that i went on a eating spree (well not really, but victor contributed to it) He made me order 3 baskets of garlic bread, then claim he didn't, then i had to eat ALL 3 BASKETS, and then soup and then beef lasagne (oh i had a OR fillet burger MEAL at KFC about 30mins ago)

Well, it isn't uni to mourn over some shitty grades for more then 12 hours, so i recovered from my trauma the next day. Was quite shocked that tofu(yes, i call one of my friend tofu) got 13, O's must be really screwed up =l

Valentines Day:

Err mjc had some sorta angel mortal game, so yeah, i had to play along and do that "shower your mortal with love and presents crap" and no, i did not give her sweets like everyday (it'lls eem weird and this is supposed to be some annoynomous crap) Went to ordered roses for my mortal, mj and my angel (yeah somehow i knew who she was). So the crappy thing was, they lost my bloody orders and my mortal didnt receive anything!(dam ma lu can! think she's like WAH LAO WHY MY ANGEL SO CHEAPO ONE!) But still, they compensated the next day with a heart-shaped helium filled balloon (well yeah, they'd better or else there goes my $4), hmph, at least i bought her more chocs to compensate and luckily, mj got my flowers >_<

Chinese New Year 2007!:

going out with xin wei tmr to cut hair and all that crap, SERIOUSLY DUDE, YOU GOTTA CHILL IT WITH ALL THAT MISS KOH CRAP! I DON'T GIVE A DAM EVEN IF SHE'S THE SEXIEST TEACHER ALIVE CUZ SHE'S LIKE YOUR AGE X2! *shivers* Pon-ning sch tmr so yeah, have more time to sleep in, have fun, etc. So that ends my summary of what's happened in my life =P i'll be posting more frequently from now on xD