the exciting adventures of jenjen~
went to school like any other normal day.. sat thru protein lect.. not too bad.. at least i listened.. den came to the as what dawn would call 'bl***y caucasian' lect on diabetes.. blah he machiam dun teach.. dun wanna upload lect notes.. mumbles to himself.. and better still speaks in a uk accent that no one understands! and he thinks he's damn good lar.. saying things like oh u dun have to come to class if u dun wan to.. u can dun come for tutorial if u think ur answers are good enuff.. blahhh...
so aniwae i lept for joy when he ended his lect and headed home.. well not exactly.. dropped by parkway to do some stuff in preparation for jo's pres.. heh.. den home.. bot a bun too but din have the appetite.. was bogged down the whole day by a tummy ache n diarrhoea.. popped 2 dhamotil b4 going to sch.. *groan*
met ian at 530 at the upper concourse.. b4 heading down to the M level to get ready for my first ever ushering job! haha.. met hanzhong there too.. but he was stationed at concert hall.. took a look at the notice board for the event i was gonna do that nite.. and this is wad it said..Moonfest – A Mid Autumn Celebration:A Sentimental Journey 《剑雪浮生》by Spring-Time Group Limited (Hong Kong)
Starring Hong Kong's famous veteran actress Chan Po Chu （陈宝珠）, this musical theatre traces the lives of legendary Cantonese opera stars Tang Di Sheng（唐涤生）, Yum Kim Fai （任剑辉）and Pak Suet Sin（白雪仙）, and their undying love and dedication to the art. This production made its debut in Hong Kong six years ago with 100 sold-out shows, marking the comeback of Chan Po Chu after 26 years. And for the first time, it will travel outside of Hong Kong and Macau to Singapore. A definite must see for all fans of Chan Po Chu and Chinese musical theatre! (Performed in Cantonese with English and Chinese surtitles. 180mins with intermission.)
wth.. a full 3 hours of cantonese opera??? no way!!! the remarks said.. a lot of elderly!!! omg! die lar.. wait they use their walking stick n hantum me how? and it was almost full house.. 1723 people.. haha scary or wad.. but apparently the older generation adores this woman lar.. she whom i have never heard of b4.. lol..
so anyway i took down details for the concert and collected my nehru suit.. i was inner door usher~ so in the sense i was relieved.. not so bad coz 1st time n it's an easier job i guess.. so me and nor (senior usher) positioned ourselves in front of the firing squad.. most of them were really nice.. and started talking to us in dialect.. so i started answering their questions and listening to their 'stories'.. even showed some people where they were seated.. heh these 2 ladies were telling me that they took leave to see this concert.. haha best liaoz.. even asked if there was gonna be recording by the media so they could buy the vcd after.. and chan po chu has a fan club too.. haha scary or wad..
this lady kept asking how come we haven open the house yet.. i told her the production not ready n stuff.. den she told me she stand until her feet swollen and that she has cancer.. so i asked her twice to take a seat.. n she refused coz she din wanna squeeze.. so yah i just left it as that..
when the doors finally opened.. it was time for work.. ushering pple to the seats was quite fun.. some din need my help.. some elderly i helped them down the stairs.. haha suddenly felt like a 'hao gong ming'.. yeah 2 suitable intervals for the patrons to enter if they werent punctual.. and there was this 2 ladies whom i was told to let them sit at the first row.. but the seats were already taken.. so i asked them to take a seat at the side first and i will settle the issue.. went out to discuss with nor.. and apparently over the other side there were 2 pple without tickets... best rite.. dunno how they managed to come in also.. apparently thoese 2 rows were all friends and probably due to the sheer number of people.. they maanged to sneak in.. rectified the prob over the intermission and yah thankfully those 2 ladies werent unreasonable or bitchy.. phew..
oh and there were these 2 ladies who kept taking pictures!! i told them to stop already and at the end they whipped out the camera and took.. i overlooked that coz it was already very bright and from where i was i couldnt see the flash.. but according to the inner door usher at the other side.. she told me.. n i felt bad for not doing my job well.. sigh..
and one more thing.. thanks ian for exchanging torches with me!! my lousy quality torch was so dim.. cant see for nuts.. thanks man :P
so the event finally ended at 2330 or so.. and yah after everyone left n we had our post show debrief.. it was midnite.. crazy or wad.. i was hungry coz i din eat all day.. but my tummy wasnt feeling so good either.. nonetheless i agreed to meeting kev n russ so russ came to pick me from the esp and we went to newton for supper.. din realli have the appetite either.. was sharing wanton mee with kev but yah we both couldnt finish... sad case rite?! heh shared cab back tog with kev after coz i felt bad for making russ drive us back lar.. we passed his place den i was like eh just drop us here.. we can grab a cab back.. dun see the point in making him go one big loop just to send us back..
so that marked the end of my 1st esplanade ushering experience.. :) overall i would say it was good.. no unreasonable patrons.. no complaints.. yah n i got to experience a very different culture.. cantonese opera.. something i wun pay for to go n watch.. but it's not that bad lar.. got english subtitles and even though most of the time i din know who's the main star.. but yah there were some funny parts.. haha n since i couldnt do anithing else but watch.. i just tried to follow the story.. haha failed.. :X din realli know what it's all about anyway.. bahhh.. but yah an enriching experience i must say :)
