百日梦

谁说我们只做白日梦?

Shit why do I always lose inspiration for my posts before I hardly start on them? I have something like 5 drafts since 公演 all abandoned ._.

会庆 this year was, in all honestly, not how I expected it would turn out. It was quite disappointing really. Maybe it was due to the fact that it was held on a Friday, where seniors in NS couldn’t return in time? Or close to promos, where J2s are less inclined to attend? But that was just part of it really, and doesn’t explain why the mood, or lack thereof, during the event. And no I’m not blaming the OT for it, isn’t their fault really, apart from a poor choice of date.

I always had the impression that 会庆 would have been more grand an event, from the past photos I’ve seen, and from what I’ve heard. Last friday seemed to prove otherwise. Turnout was already quite dismal, with less than half the J2s turning up, and even the J1 attendance was quite poor. Other than the 执委 and 会庆筹委, everyone else was quite dead and stoned. Its quite hard to imagine that this is the same group of people that cheered our hearts out during 公演, the same group that worked so hard over the 7 to 8 weeks to produce 黄城夜韵2010. And then again, the enthu people are already mostly in 会庆筹委. The whole place  felt very 冷淡; when teaching 会舞 the people who were up there learning it didn’t have a choice (ie. Shien Yang and Kai Rou, ex-dance I/Cs), while the rest just looked on. 百万大歌星 was slightly better with Zhihao screwing with participants minds when confirming lyrics with them, but for their activities on the whole, they had to literary drag people to participate in them. It’s really sad. I suppose I’m partially at fault as well since I did nothing to help other than participating in scavenger hunt, which resulted in nothing but spending a good 3 minutes stringing my shoelaces back again (I was totally wearing the wrong pair of shoes that day, the one with the uber long shoelaces that stretched to my knees). And yet if no one is high, is there really a point to start zi-highing and trying to get others around you to do so? To make matters worse, the ones that seemed to be having fun were the J2s who turned up. J1s were just really really stone.

And to think that I was talking with kly the other day about you will experience that sense of closeness and friendship only when you go through shit together like all the 排戏s during 黄城. What utter bullshit really.

Activation Energy

If you don’t start on something now, chances are you aren’t going to do so the following week.

[Common Consensus] Keith says:
*Eh i gt plan liao
*Mug 9-1.30
*2.30-7.30
*9-10.30
*10.30 to 12 world cup

Genius

Whee dance night. Watermelon is quite win for a gift but I get this very bad feeling that I’m going to get a durian or something worse next year ._. Watched with 灯音 people and it was a good thing that we got our tix booked before the official collection date, cos by Monday morning (the 1st day of tix order form collection), Sunday night was fully booked alr Went to Jurong Point to meet Jereld Jinghan Kaichin and Chunqi first to shop for gifts, and I totally hate the Fairprice Xtra queues there. Its totally possible to spend 10 minutes stuck at the express lane walao. Lugged that watermelon around and then bought a gift for Yu Ming that he will eventually rofl at. Had dinner at burger king then went back to school via 157 on which Jinghan kept complaining about the time and how we were not going to get seats but we still got a row beside the followspot anyway, not very good seats, I would rather be on the steps. Finding people during intermission was fun. Contemplated giving Shi Ting another flower drawn on paper but didn’t Would have been epic if it were done to Jocelyn, can’t imagine her reaction. Crapping with all the 灯光 people, including Shi Ting and Jocelyn who came out of the control room to join us.

Had Econs remedial on Monday morning, then had to stay back to take camera from Junyu after his duty, so I decided to tag along with Xiaobin and Jereld to do harmonica. Oping lights in drama centre was actually quite fun, considering that we were going on autopilot Totally new experience, even for Jereld who has been in chinese drama for the past 5+ years, since we had no form of communication with the SM on stage, if they even have a SM in the first place (which I highly doubt they do, as in there are 3 people in charged of the stage but none of them seem to be the overall in charge -.-) The lightboard in there didn’t allow for plotting either cos the monitor died (technically it is possible but what’s the point of storing cues when you can’t see what channels are used and what cue you are on).  Fun though, since we were on autopilot. Turning up for like less than half a full run before the performance and then oping lights wheeee. Although Xiaobin was doing the main stuff since he was the original person oping lights. Playing with the cyc lights were fun though, colour mixing +1 Having no cues being called was the most fun part totally, just push the faders when we think the time is right. Pushing about 6 faders for one cue can be hell but really fun After Harmonica ended we ran back to JC audi to crash dance night. Reached in time to grab the remaining few sunflowers and entered during the sex change part. After that was going back to find Yu Ming again to jiseow him and finding other random people. I wanted to op lights in audi man so cool got moving lights.

Next few days of the week spent taking photos of either little kids or people starving. My finger is dying frig a D300 with a flash attached starts to feel damn heavy after you carry it the whole day trust me. Will probably upload the photos after I go Lightroom a few of them.

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黄城夜韵2010

Memories that will last a lifetime.

PhD probably going to kick in soon. Our efforts in the past 2 months. And efforts of the 筹委. All the 跟戏 till night time. 练谢幕 on wednesdays, going down to blackbox on saturdays. the two 总彩s back to back. Memorizing cue sheets before our tech and full runs. The past few days have been really crazy, sleeping at insane hours, watching my 组长s online till 3 or 4am. Since bump-in, time has really whizzed by. Lights rigging focusing plotting. Colour gels, replotting, followspot training, perfection of timings, learning gMA2.

Wednesday was day 1 of bump in. Supposedly reporting at 0730 outside VT only to find that we were only allowed in at 9am. And 道具 went in before us D: Anywayyyy, we were the only ones in white that day, supposedly for focusing of lights but we never got to doing it. Didn’t even push much of the scaffold la damnit cos the technician up there was feeling insecure. Okay pushing for a few hours will soon be damn sian but at least you don’t feel like you’re doing nothing and just stoning and watching them focus lights and watching your 组长s calling hotspots. Jinghan’s one was epic “ON ME.” Earlier on was rigging of lights, checking if the lights were correct, attaching of colour gels. Lunch that made me glad for having yongchai previously wts. Focusing was relatively fast compared to previous years or so i hear. Plotting however was quite fail and it soon reached 11 and we had to bump out. Took a ride on keith’s car so it was alright and we didn’t have to run for the last train. I took the first bus damnit i don’t want to run for the last train and bus that day.

Next day reporting time slightly later so it was better. Still had to go early cos I had to edit projections. More plotting of lights and we really went behind schedule that day. Plotting of lights for 涅 was okay and gMA2 was quite easy to learn. Initially wanted to have 总彩 later in the day but after plotting some of the lights with props around we realized that they were a little off and we had to refocus. Projections. Focusing of projectors is quite shitty, worse than plotting of lights la damnit. Lights plotting was at least fun. Replotting that day by the technicians cos it was more efficient. Since 总彩 was pushed back I figured that 公演 on Saturday night will be my first time operating the board. I was hoping for at least a tech run to familiarize myself with the board and get to know if any timings are off.

Still plotting lights on friday morning before 总彩 and wang meng was personally running everything himself, even coming up to projection room to teach us followspots :O 公演 came soon enough. Shalln’t talk too much about it here but I have to say it wasn’t exactly up to expectations at all. Wang meng had more than enough reasons to screw us publicly.

Saturday. Our last day. The day that we will see our efforts go through. After the flaming session from the previous night, it was pretty clear that we had to perform. The matinee show went past pretty smoothly, with minimal errors already. Gratz to Shi Ting for the excellent run. Followspots went off at the same time (Y). Didn’t have much time that day cos everyone was busy with fine-tuning. 公演三 came really soon. Idk it somehow felt.. different. Though the seniors said it wasn’t the same as the previous years, I still felt a bit of the highness, though it was pretty much within the individual 组s. 3rd 具 came. Control room did a perfect run. Nice job everyone really. The sound and light cues for 3.2 was really totally perfect, came in at the exact same time, I’m damn proud of all of us in the room really. Rest of it went by without incident. Came close to shedding tears at Rui Jie’s 崩溃 at the final scene where he knelt at the spot. Grats to Rui Jie really for pulling through the whole thing and suffering. His throat died in the morning at he had to use a mike, and over the cans you can hear all the backstage crew wincing and going ouch each time he stressed his throat. Ran down for 谢幕 right after the blackout and we really highed. The treasure chests for our 组长s epic rocked. Totally wanted to see their faces when they got it, it was slightly tempting to throw Jocelyn into the box And Zhi Ming’s flower for Jereld totally pwned all the other 组长s and 导督s. Got high like we never before during 谢幕, singing 一首华初的歌, the pride at the verse “我们的黄城”, really meaning it when we screamed and cheered our hearts out.

就算手表握得再紧， 时间还是会一秒一秒地流逝.

Damn la I want to hold on to that last 公演 forever ):

The pride, the memories, will be something I won’t forget for a long time. Memories of all the 排戏s, all the dinners in school outside fishtank, B107, camping at projection room and running down to control room, the smell of VT, I’m going to really miss it all. Okay really think I have PhD (Post Huangcheng Depression) now. It feels.. empty. Free suddenly after 2 months. I’m just not used to it. Going back to B107 after each day. To emo, to reminisce. I really miss every single one of you guys. I miss 黄城夜韵2010.

This is it. 6 hours to bump in. All that everyone’s been working for, all camping till past 10pm school, everything. Let’s make the best out of it everyone.

加油灯光! 大家 all the best for 公演!

Redbull ftw. First time this week that I didn’t flop onto bed within one hour of reaching home. Okay provided that I reached home quite a bit earlier today as well. But wheeee. Think I can stay awake for much longer tonight than other nights. And then will feel epic tired for the rest of the day yes. And there are no lectures to sleep in bleagh. I forsee quite a bit of flaming tmr mehhh.

VT in 4 days. I’m slowly counting down the days to bump in. And to 公演. Can’t wait. And yet I don’t want it to be over as well. Had quite a lot of lasts this week. Last 谢幕, last run, last paixi. We can do it. We will do it.

Need to start stocking up on redbull. Think I’ll be needing it quite a bit.

8 days to bump in. This week will be crazy. Think I’m destined to fail all my remaining tests up till the end of huangcheng. But must not screw up math too badly either that I book a date with my teacher during some recess or something. Of the late I seem to be taking on various design tasks that I somehow get arrowed to do. Dengguang shirt, ju jacket, photo editing and now my class is reminding me that my class blog is wayyyy overdue -.- And yes la my deng zhang very awesum save me from designing another ju jacket. Though it means that Gek Yong might turn to mx for it

Have to find time to squeeze all the work in between the various pai xis and stuff. Can’t find time to do my work in advance anymore ): Unless I try to pace Zhi Ming, which is quite insane. Realized that I’m possibly going to miss 2 weeks of GP. Council elections (if it somehow cuts into GP) + good friday. And the subsequent week will be huangcheng alr :O

My RTM kindly reminds me that I still have my sportsquiz css to complete. Wheee. This week is so going to be fun.

Oh this is so failblog worthy.