A day as a student again...*screams with fear*

Here i am.. 1.30pm in the afternoon sitting by my desk and reading TEXTBOOK! OMG! Can u believe i'm actually reading a T.E.X.T.B.O.O.K?!?! haha i find it hard to believe for myself too! Yesterday was the first day of class and it was pretty interesting, our lecturer was a funny man. Most of my classmates were the same age as me as everyone was saying "oh 4 years of working experience in this.. or 4 years in that..." so i think we're all pretty much facing the same situation that's y everyone is here for the course to upgrade ourselves and hopefully craved out a new career for ourselves?

Oh back to why i'm reading the TEXT, well it's becos we will get marks for class participation(another 10%!!) and for that to happen, you need to know what the lecturer is talking about in order to participate in class, which explains the rendevous i'm having with the dreadfull textbook now(ok not exactly now but right after i finished blogging, hee!).

There are a few people who immediately "stand out" in the class, well i meant it in a bad way of cos. Those are the ppl i will stayyyyyyy farrrrr farrrrrrr away for group projects! hoho! *keeping my fingers crossed* Ok so the next 2 weeks will be pretty much havoc for me. But after quidam ended, everything will pretty much calm down as there will only be lessons 2 or 3 days a week. I know i will miss Quidam after it ends...

Orientation

I was almost late for the orientation! hee! Got stuck in a jam on bus 28 and so silly old me concluded it was a bad idea to take bus during these hours... Got the study materials and timetable for my classes.. REALLY INTENSIVE!!!!! DARN! First shocking news was that we will have a TEST on sat!! ahhhhh after 4 years of "absence" can somebody tell me what is a test?!?!?! HELP!! Test on the "3rd day" of school and comprises of 10% of the overall percentage. Nice~ really nice~ Only now that this is starting to sink in, i am actually going back to study.... But on the other hand(there's always the other hand..) i should be glad it's just true or false questions...

Ok so the lecturers were not kidding when they kept repeating it's INTENSIVE and you really need to READ ALOT before class and participate in class for consistant performace...

Have fun with your life while i go meditate and prepare my ears and mind for class starting this thurs... OHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM........

It's very good! Go catch Quidam!!

Banquine

Statue

Woah!! Been SOOOOOOOOO busy helping my exboss with some projects and work and school is starting next week??!! ahhhhhh!! Anyway finally got time to blog abit.. Went for the show today and i love it! This is the first time i been to such "live" performance and i can say i'm a very happy girl right now. hee! All the "sweat" for the free tickets is worth it! The story is beautiful n sad at some parts, the stunts are fantastic! Live band is so amazing n it definitely adds to the experience! I love all the slow motion and "synchronised walking", beautiful costumes and "visual effects".. Love the "Statue" act, i really dunno how they can do all those stunts in slow motion?! amazing! The "clown with audience participation" was hilarious and the crowd went crazy! haha! and of cos the much talked about last act "Banquine"! Speechless! Throughout the whole show, I clap till both my palms pain n cheered till i got sore throat now! haha! The crowd is pretty cool today although it's only 70% full tonight. The ticket sales are not really doing the show justice man! Go catch it ppl! Worth the money and remember this, Quidam dun come back anymore....

According to we've been told, nobody knows the "real" meaning behind the story except mebbe only the director n the story creators themselves.. So it's very "international" and there are no languages, and everyone can interpret it according to their own understanding and creativity...

Me and my cols were saying that we feel so proud now, we finally know the "price" behind all the hard work after watching the show! Priceless experience... Hopefully we get to have more free tickets at the last week of the show! I feel like going to watch it again! HAHA! So pray hard they will give us MORE free tickets n mebbe i can bring some of you along too! hoho!

The many faces i'd seen this week

This is one of the reasons why a non-desk job can be more interesting! I'd seen so many different faces from all over the world this week. There are the friendly cute mix couples, group of gungho men who asked for alot of beer, kids excited over popcorn n icecreams. There's this woman who shouted at me when we ran out of hotdogs(grrrrr.. well i think she must be REALLY REALLY hungry!). There's this funny caucasian woman who pays for the food cos she brought the guy out for a date?! She's like "wow u're such an expensive date! The guy just smiles.. haha so cute!), 3 japanese ladies who asked for beer "Can i have a beeeru pleese, we share" (beeru as in beer!), same group of japanese ladies who came back for MORE beeeru, koreans ladies who bought beer too (and i was so hoping that 3 korean hunks would be nearby but nope, just the 3 ladies.. bahhh.... ), generally lotsa foreigners and some locals.

One thing that only a local would do is to ask for PLASTIC BAGS!
They ask for bags when they buy ONE popcorn, they ask for a bag when they buy a bottle of water, i dun understand why do they need a bag? My sup was also surprised at why singaporean ask for bags when they buy only a few items. It can be so annopying cos the queue is so long n it's such a waste of time bagging the stuff for them. We should make them pay for bags next time!! One of my little tricks will be showing them a GIGANTIC bag for their SMALL bottle of water and say "opps, i only got this BIG BAG so do u STILL need a bag?" and it works like a charm! They will go "oh it's ok then, i will just carry the bottle". Of cos there are still some bag lovers that will go "oh such a big bag? ok i still want it"

Darn...

We are all a Quidam in our own way

QUIDAM

Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past. It could be anyone, anybody. Someone coming, going, living in our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. This is the "quidam" that Cirque du Soleil is celebrating. A young girl fumes; she has already seen everything there is to see, and her world has lost all meaning. Her anger shatters her little world, and she finds herself in the universe of Quidam. She is joined by a joyful companion as well as another character, more mysterious, who will attempt to seduce her with the marvelous, the unsettling, and the terrifying.

Watch trailer and check out the official site.

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First day of work today and it was the Dress rehearsal day so it wasnt THAT crowded. Tomorrow gonna be the Premiere aka BIG day but i'm not working! hoho! I was the "runner" today incharge of the popcorn machine n making sure everything is well-stocked. Conclusion: Singaporeans love sweet popcorn! My hands are aching from all the shoveling of popcorns into the cups the whole day. The salted popcorn guy had it easy! crap...

My supervisor is this funny canadian french guy, he knew me from the setup day but he cant remember my name so he kept calling me Miss Sweetie (EEEW!!) can you help me do this, Miss Sweet Popcorn(EUHH!!) can u pass me that! I'm like "Miss sweetie?!?!?!! what the?!?!" haha! I finally told him "hey u know u can call me XXXX instead of Miss popcorn right?" haha!

Hope my next shift i will get to tryout the cashier or sell icecream in the big top!(aircon!!!!) Oh our tent does not have aircorn(ok i almost type popcorn right there! haha! darn too much popcorn for a day n ya i hate popcorn right now!) Darn tiring though... I cannot imagine SAT!! Whole day from 2pm to 11pm! But i think it would be interesting as it's a 2 show day and we will be able to have dinner in the kitchen! hee! staff priviledge... everyone was saying the food taste really good so this i must try for sure!

Anyway go catch the show if you're interested!!! I think it will be well-worth the money! Havent watch it yet myself but i think i will be catching it this sunday when i'm not working! Being part of the team makes u feel more proud and supportive of the show!! HEE! SO YEAH!! GO CATCH IT!!!!!

ok going to bed, my back is breaking.....

All i did on my weekend was cleaning n jamming!

Quick recap of what's been going on..

Sunday - Cleaning day
Went to help out the setting up of the F&B tent and MAN was it HOT or was it HOTTTTT! ok yes the men were hot but i meant to say the weather. The last time i sweat so much was ermm......... HOT yoga?! haha! All of us have to be in bright orange vests and yellow helmets cos they are still setting up the place. haha! So unglam eh? Good thing it rained very heavily in the noon and all got better! The rain was such a great relief and I think everyone rather worked in the rain then suffer the heat. We ate lunch out of packed rice! HAHA! so construction worker! LOL Did alot of cleaning and stacking and i was damn beat and hungry after the whole thing. I felt like i ran a marathon n i collasped in bed for 2 hours when i reached home. Imagine THAT! ME tired? hoho so rare huh? Cant wait for the training on tues, i think that would be pretty fun cos we will learn the actual "cooking" and procedures, this is such a nice change away from design n stareing at the pc the whole day. Too bad u gals cant join me leh else it would be even more fun!

Saturday - Crowded day
Went to Comex to get my mp3 player. MRT - Jam! Walking - Jam!?!?! Escalator - Jam!!!!! Underground - JAM!! Bus - Jam! The worst thing is that there's only ONE way to get to Suntec n the whole singapore is trying to go there all at the same time!! There's the food fair, photo exhibition and comex all at Suntec. Imagine aunties n uncles squeezing together with students n ppl like us to go to suntec through the tunnel?? DAMN JAM! Bad bad idea to go on a sat! But luckily i think i got a rather good deal. Bought the Samsung YP-T7 which came with a free altec lansing speakers n armband, this was the player that i was aiming for my bday pressie previously. I was very interested in the new Yp-U1 initially but changed my mind after i realised no FM receiver! Damn the Yp-U1 was pretty cool looking! It was meant to be a competitor for Ipod shuffle, too bad no FM! So far the player seems pretty cool! Samsung so no complaints! haha i am a hopeless samsung groupie! =)