And all the rats were left hungry...

that was the endin to a skit my group of students put up at the NEA auditorium today!

Silly me..at the thought of gettin some cash, i totally jumped onto Rafeeqah's offer as a facilitator for the past one and a half day for NEA, which collaborated with her company to promote "Anti-Littering campaign" as well as offerin students an acting skill workshop without givin much thought that i actually had to hand up one report yesterday! I only managed to have 1/3 of my report done on Sunday and i was gettin real panicky, but man...i've agreed and work i shall!

So yesterday, i went to the Environment Building at Newton and there I was in my "kakak opis" attire quipped with heels handlin student registration. Urghh so not me...work attire for me is always either jeans and t-shirt for lab, or sweat pants n t-shirt for dance classes...so ok i had to have a mind-set of an EDUCATOR, so i told myself..look compose and a lil serious, no jumpin abt. Right...

Somewhere ard 8.30 i was called by the boss to get on stage, i'll be the assistant to a MediaCorp artiste who will be givin a briefing on the campaign as well as the acting workshop. Great! Meanin, i juz have to act pretty n press "spacebar" (ehem feelin Vanna White like in Wheels of Fortune...assistant to celebrity also must get some attention what!) hahah! so in comes the students etc, and the stage was ready for Nick Shen. 

And wow, he's such a polite guy! He kept askin the audiences to thank and clap for me for assistin him and also thank me personally after the presentation! i dun really noe how to react to people who keep sayin "thank u"s (i mean what the hell? i merely pressed "spacebar"??) so i smiled and curtsied to the audience and said "No worries, and U're welcome" lah to that Nick guy..Gosh, the only time i hear so many thank you from a person before were from those Ang Mohs in Holland Village when i was the cashier at a pharmacy years back.

The presentation was a breeze on both days and i kinda learn a lil bit more also abt acting. I'll remember this Chinese saying that Nick shared,

"Zhen kan, zhen ting, zhen gan shou"

meaning 

"Really see (expressions, observe character, fellow actors, audience)

 Really Hear (fellow actors),

Really Feel (ur character, the situation, reaction to fellow actors)"

After the presentation, the students had to ACT and compete in groups to win trophies for their school as well as MacDonalds coupons! Tis is the fun bit! As a facilitator, tis is where i had my patience tested and i had to coordinate the students to get their roles, get props ready, learn scripts n rehearse...all in under 1h!! Crazy! so lil time! But it all went out pretty well!

My group got the top spot in the mornin session yesterday! YEAY! Very happy for them! I had to go with Blue team, a bunch of naughty primary school boys & chatty girls, i get the most loud mouth boy to become the Rat King, and my prop people were full of initiatives...and that was it! Lovely, they deserved it! The afternoon session went pretty so-so, cos the students opted to read from script instead of explorin their own expressions & creativity. Today's session was with a buncha Sec Sch students. After yesterday's failure of developin characters from almost all the groups tat chose a scripted scenario, i told the Sec Sch students we needed another plot. Came up with a lil idea and they took it in and they acted out real well but no luck tis time around tho cos the team led by Nick Shen had outstandin comic punches in their skit and teamwork was tight. The "Mats" from Shuqun Sec & Kent Ridge Sec blew it...Gerek abis! I was laughin so hard at how they introduced the different types of litterers and the way they act out the scenarios and corrective measures! They got trophies and Starbuck vouchers! 

Hahah but overall, it was a really fun experience with lotsa creative works and spontaneity. And it's true wat i feel, u can always count on the naughty kids to bring out characters...esp. the malay ones!! So the pandai to wayang!! hahaha!! So much for the fun, i end up havin my report handed up at a record breakin time of 10.15pm last nite, rush like mad after the workshop yesterday!!! Madness!!!! but hah, i had fun...and money to pay off insurance at the end of the month! Wheeeeee~

Thank u Miss Rafeeqah for offerin me tis job!!

 that's me assistin!

 Hail the Rat Queen!!

the Anti-Littering Ambassadors trainers team!