First training

Today, I had a fun day in the first part of the day which made me a sinful person.

I woke up at an unearthly hour today at 6.20a.m.for the first training – not really though- of Chingay Parade. I volunteer as a helper. I nearly could not wake up because I slept only after 1a.m.

It was held at RJC which is so far away from my house and my first time to Bishan - yes, I am a pathetic Singaporean - so I checked on the internet the estimated time taken to reach there. I think it is a little inaccurate because I reached there 5 minutes earlier than the expected time.

I met up with 4 other mentoring members and it made me feel that I was a mother chicken and they were the chicks because I am the oldest.

I seriously think that my sis and I have serious communication problem. I asked her the way to RJC from Bishan Control Station and in the end, it is wrong. I actually motioned to her which way I was supposed to get out and she nodded as a signal of right. In the end, 1 of them told me that it should be in the opposite direction. (LIM CHU ERN! >.<) The other time when I asked her the direction to Haagen Dazs HQ, the same thing happened too! I must learn to be smart the next time by walking the opposite direction that she has suggested. =x

Anyway, initially, I thought I was the oldest in my group but the other mentoring member whom I had not met before till then, is placed in my group. I am tired of being the oldest or rather the oldest girl. Blame on my birth date! But, I love being an Aquarian. =D

Talking about Aquarian, my 2nd new friend is an Aquarian too! =D We started talking and talking, I forgot how it led to talking about birthday. She said her birthday is approaching and I said me too and we stared at each other for a few seconds. The first thing she said was “oh my god. Oh my god. Does it start with a ‘2’?” I answered yes. She responded by saying “Oh my god” again. Ha Ha. I thought she was referring to month and not birth date. But, her birthday falls in this month which made me feel that I was exaggerating by saying it is approaching. =/

Like usual, we had to go through ice-breaking too and I learnt more games! =D But, I doubt that I will remember any. *shrug* = p

The most fun part was the scenario role-play which most likely going to take place (hopefully not)where they picked a few audiences from the crowd - the helpers who will be on duty on the actual days - and the committee acted as spectators. The “spectators” were really funny.

They stood on bench to jump and cheer. There was a part where when 1 of the crowd controllers asked him to sit down and watch, he said “come, come, come. Sit here and watch”. After he had sat down, he said “you can’t see anything right?” OBVIOUSLY, the crowd controller had to say can. And, that guy asked him to stand on the bench and watch to convince him that it was a better view.

Guess what? We are not supposed to touch the audience i.e. no body contact with them. BUT they are allowed to touch us. So, in 1 of the role plays, a crowd controller had no choice but to keep stepping backwards. -_-“ By then, they would stand together with the performers already. You have to be there to know what I mean. Almost all of us laughed madly. =D

After this Chingay, I will definitely have a worse impression of some Singaporeans. Anyway, I will be a traffic management volunteer where I will be handling traffic management along the road and at the dispersal points. I guess I will be quite near to the performers and audience. GOSH! Bless me!

Please have mercy on us and treat us nicely. =/