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Gowri K
120195, BtVSS 2008-11, ELDDS Media & Publicity
British crowns, emerald green, champagne gold, pralines, Russell Brand
A R Rahman, SJ, Meryl Streep, Little Miss Sunshine :)
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Monday, April 19, 2010
Non de regrette rien. @ 3:12 AM
"I don't know who you think you are, but making people scared won't get you very far."
I hate to rub it in even further, but yeah, MYEs are about 10 days away.
And I'm not even going to talk about revision.
March/April..
these months have been a whirlwind.
And I know this post is waaaayyyy overdue, but i believe in thanks.
What do you expect?
It's that time of the year, when everyone's caught up in getting prepped up for Speech Day (which was a blast, btw) and the sec 3s are trying to adjust to upper sec life (which is a pain in the arse, btw)
This year, for Speech Day, we had Ramez, Celine Chian and myself, along with Nice Celine, Nithiya, Shafinah, Jerrold and Saiful. Had a great time with them. But it ended all too quickly. So many rehearsals, and reconfirming of scripts, looking for teachers, dancing to Oteyawakani backstage, trading barbs, arguments, talking, getting high,
HECK. I'm gonna miss all the good times. It was all over in 3 hours.
So this is a little shoutout...
SHAFINAH
Aha, the K-pop maniac. You looked stunning, and very statuesque yesterday, like you actually always do!! Thank you for being so co-operative, and you were really alert, and professional, for a first-time MC. Kudos to you for that, and hope you go far!
JERROLD
(deep voice) Yes, Jerrold.
Haha, you're one of the few people who have a voice deeper than mine, which is freaky! Thank you for your conscientious, and your attitude (really, you being serious helped, you weren't being too dramatic or irritating to the rest of the MCs and the teachers)
STELLA
ah..she of the beautiful hair..great job, dear! Hope you get more exposure, cos don't waste your talent!
SAIFUL
Bet you had fun fussing with your hair and make-up....haha glad you had the chance, and great job!
CELINE CHIAN and RAMEZ
2nd-time emcees..it feels great to go on this ride again, dear! Looking forward to next year man!!!! Rock on, you two!!
NICE CELINE and NITHIYA
You guys were really great, all of us could tell from the rehearsals. Had so much fun with you guys, hope you build on your experience ;) Mini-lady gaga forever ;)
Ms Ang, Ms Purana, Ms Wu, Ms Cheong, Ms Ong
I'm not sure if you're reading this, but thank you for co-operating with all of us emcees, no matter how difficult we are, or whatever problems we gave you (i really hope not, but there are exceptions). And Ms Purana, thanks for making us laugh with your comments and being so nice as to cut out our individual segments of our scripts and collate them so neatly for the seven of us. Oh and getting lunch for us on the last day of rehearsal (Wednesday). Ms Ang, Ms Wu, Ms Cheong and Ms Ong, thank you for bearing with my reconfirming and re-reconfirming of the script and everything.
I remember myself asking Ms Wu if it the wet-weather segment was confirmed, and then she went, on the walkie-talkie, "Ms Ong, is the wet-weather confirmed? (in an undertone) What a dumb question!"
So the day went pretty much,
at 10.20am, we heard doors slamming everywhere, cos most classes were going home. Some of the sec 3 classes were stuck in class, including 3E1. We had emaths lesson, and an amaths test. Merde.
I only got a cab home at 11.45am, and I remember before getting into the cab, Sandhiya was smiling at me..;_;
Went home, lunched, got dressed, cabbed and met Jineshree at 1.20pm. We went to the backstage dressing room, did my make-up and hair, and then met the rest of the emcees outside the staffroom. Shortly after, Stella and Celine Chian came in, looking like twins! Seriously, matching heels, matching colour of cheongsam and top respectively, matching eyes..
Fast forward,
of course, there was a lot of stress involved backstage. What with the heat, and anxiety. It's to do with precision, and remembering your cues.
At the reception, I was trying my best to take pictures with people I had to. Well thank god I did, except for teachers. :(