OHMYGAWD.
IT’S OVER.
IT’S FINALLY OVER.
*gasps with relief*
I tell you, organizing Sports Day is like running a month-long marathon. I don’t know how Forrest Gump did it.
No more going to school on Saturday and Sunday!
No more stupid energy isotonic drinks that give us wind!
No more having to bend wire and cut cardboard till our fingers are all red and raw!
No more missing stationery!
No more panicking and flapping around like mad headless chickens!
No more having to stay at school from 7-5pm!
SPORTS DAY IS FINALLY
OVER.
*Cue fellow Perkhemahan kakis: AMEN!*
Who am I kidding? I’m going to miss Sports Day when I get to college. :(
My dad didn’t let me stay overnight. I got to school at a quarter to five, having got up at 4am. The marchers were already there. And the costumes were so elaborate, and so very flimsy. :( As 7.30am got nearer and nearer, we Perkhemahan-ers were flapping around in a mad panic. No scissors, no staplers, NO MORE GLUE. OMG. A Sports Day nightmare. And then Kimberley woke up LATE, scaring the crap out of us. If I live to be sixty, I do not ever want to have to go through this morning ever again.
That wasn’t the worst though.
I’ll be really honest, marchers. The worst was when I watched you all perform. I wanted to cover my eyes and look away until someone told me it was over. Yes, it was that bad. And it really, really really broke our spirits. Because marchers are the cheerleaders of the house, and a lot of our semangat depends on you.
But I suppose the Perkhemahan-ers must take some responsibility for that. We certainly weren’t very calm this morning. Hmmm. :/
On the other hand, 2nd place for Perkhemahan. :D we screamed ourselves stupid.
So yeah, overall 2nd place as expected. And yes, it was REALLY REALLY COOL to be cheering for all the other houses as well as our own! I kind of got what I wished for on Monday. :)
Packed up with Kah Lok, Kimberley, Hock Eu and Shen Wen and went home at 3.30pm.
Ahhhhh my bones. My aching bones. I’m sunburnt and tired. I’m sleepy and I can’t think straight. So pardon this post being stupid and disjuncted. I really SHOULD go and sleep, but I can’t cause I want to tell you why I’m so proud of our marchers.
Yes, I’m proud of them. Even though they got 4th place and broke our spirits.
They were pretty upset too. But somewhere along the way, amidst all the cheering and screaming for our house, they got over it. And then when we gathered at the khemah, they actually apologized – as a group! – to all of us. Shen Wen was so touched that she cried. And they cheered for all of us to show their appreciation. And then they gave us their performance again.
And this time, it was STELLAR.
:)
Of course the captain had a point when he said, “Why now only you do nicely huh.”
But come on. They actually had the initiative to apologize. And the way they performed for us was awesome. No matter what the results show, I KNOW they’re number one.
I don’t think any of the other houses have marchers like ours. :)
So. In spite of the flop this morning. And the manic panic. And my slippers getting stolen (I had to borrow Shen Wen’s shoes back). And Kar Yee taking my wallet home by accident. And coming in 2nd to Rumah Ungu. Today was a HAPPY day. And I certainly learnt a lot more this year than I did last year.
The other stuff, like the thankyous and congratulationsacelebrations and the pictures can come later. Right now, Louise needs to SLEEP.
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LEFT MY CAMERA IN THE PKS ROOM. SHIT.
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MAY THE PERSON WHO STOLE MY NEW SHINY COLOURFUL SLIPPERS FALL INTO A LONGKANG TOMORROW AND BREAK THEIR LEGS AND HAVE THEM AMPUTATED SO THEY CAN NEVER WEAR SHOES AGAIN.
