" Candy, Chicks, and Rock 'n' Roll. " - HOP movie tagline
Just to lay it down first, the 'virgin' club party was postponed until further notice- but i'm still worn out over the events that happened on that Saturday. I suppose there will always be a Saturday in every semester that i will somehow be spellbound and never want to come back uni. Last semester was Sitiawan. This semester was... *let the smiley Saturday story begin...*
Early on the 2nd of April, Saturday morning, i shared a technique i learned during my drama school years, the chain effect, with the rest of the team. My friend started to call another friend at 6.30am, and she then called another friend. And he then called another friend, until the phone-in-line returns to me about 7am. Somehow, i felt like i was back, living in those memories. Something to talk about, ain't so? Anyway, we met in the cafe at 7.15am, had breakfast together and a final briefing before we took off. You may be wondering what's all this fuss- waking up early, having breakfast, morning briefing.
Well, it was, after all, a Smiley Saturday! Not literally, the name of our project under the ELC is called so.
So we left in our cars to the nearby school. It's a project conducted in school to promote the use of English through activities and enhance listening and communication skills. The school of our choice was the SK Seri Tronoh.
Once there, we were divided into smaller groups, from Year One to Year Six. As a facilitator, i was assigned to group 1 of Year 5 students. There were 11 students in my group. We had an ice-breaking session to break the ice and get to know each other. We will be buddies for the next three hours. So, we had out first activity, the tongue-twister.
" Tie a knot, tie a tight, tight knot, tie a knot in a shape of a ... "
And the students, in a circle, will add on to the line in alphabetical order. The facilitators had to play along. And when it came to my turn, i was the last one with all the words, and eyes staring at me.
"Tie a knot, tie a tight, tight knot, tie a knot in a shape of an apple, ball, cat, dog, elephant, ferry, giraffe, house, iguana, jaguar, kangaroo, lamp, mango, nest, orange, pencil, queen, rabbit, sheep, tiger, umbrella, violin, window, x-ray, ..." *I still remember them now*
The next thing i asked them to do was to come up with a name for our group. We're later called 'Tiger Lightning'. Moving on to our next activity, we did Snap Dragon. Probably some of you may know how to fold this already. It's the one where you can fit your fingers into four boxes, ask your friends to choose a colour then you show them the short-listed numbers inside. The activity was to improve listening skills.
Finally, we had little sketches. Something like a charades, they had to act some 'present continuous phrases'. Somehow, this got them hyped up and active. I had to follow their lead then. Just before we left, we had our final activity together which is a sing-along. Not bad, i can feel the spirit in them!
A group photo of my team, in their funny faces. Nice meeting them.
Just before we bid farewell to the school, the facilitators took a group photo together.I felt the project, 'Smiley Saturday' was truly a successful and enjoyable one!
Headed back to uni, exhausted. But that did not deter us from continuing on with our night escape. Even with the tiredness settling in and my headache verging on returning, we were energized at the thought of going to Ipoh. And the big group narrowed down to four, as we left uni at 6pm.
We couldn't get to Jusco at the time we estimated. We were not familiar with the directions to get there, following instincts more than signboards. But we were just in time for the movie we wanted to watch, Hop.
Hop is a new movie that celebrates the magic of Easter. It's a colourful, vibrant and entertaining movie. A good choice of escape from the stress as we had real good laughs at some scenes. There are some family drama revolving around the two main characters- one a man, another a bunny. It begins with a child seeing the Easter bunny on the night before Easter. Twenty years later, they grew up and the boy, now a man, Fred, is a slacker and does not plan to get a job. EB, the son of the elder rabbit, decided he did not want to become the Easter Bunny because of the tremendous weight on the shoulder. He runs away from the family and goes to Hollywood. He dreams of becoming a drum player. He accidentally meets with Fred. And their relationship experiences downs and ups until the end. Not revealing much to you.
It's like Alvin and the Chipmunks. It has a good story to accompany. Overall, Hop makes for a good family movie and if you're in to have a good laugh, this movie offers you enough dose to enjoy for the rest of the weekend.
After movie, we went for a brief shopping. By then, our stomachs were grumbling and we didn't know what to eat. We went out Jusco to De' Garden (if i spell it right) and hunt for something good to eat. Looking at the crowd in Paparich, we dined in.
Me and my dinner. The place was nice. The food was alright, nothing impressive. Probably it was a wrong choice of meal?
The place around De' Garden is beautiful at night, with lights and water effects. It was my first time there and i'm sure i liked the place. After dinner, we went for desserts in the shops in the area. We left slightly after 11pm to get back to uni- midnight was our limit.
A very Hollywood-boulevard feel as we stared up into the palm trees.
What a weekend!
We couldn't get to Jusco at the time we estimated. We were not familiar with the directions to get there, following instincts more than signboards. But we were just in time for the movie we wanted to watch, Hop.
Hop is a new movie that celebrates the magic of Easter. It's a colourful, vibrant and entertaining movie. A good choice of escape from the stress as we had real good laughs at some scenes. There are some family drama revolving around the two main characters- one a man, another a bunny. It begins with a child seeing the Easter bunny on the night before Easter. Twenty years later, they grew up and the boy, now a man, Fred, is a slacker and does not plan to get a job. EB, the son of the elder rabbit, decided he did not want to become the Easter Bunny because of the tremendous weight on the shoulder. He runs away from the family and goes to Hollywood. He dreams of becoming a drum player. He accidentally meets with Fred. And their relationship experiences downs and ups until the end. Not revealing much to you.
It's like Alvin and the Chipmunks. It has a good story to accompany. Overall, Hop makes for a good family movie and if you're in to have a good laugh, this movie offers you enough dose to enjoy for the rest of the weekend.
After movie, we went for a brief shopping. By then, our stomachs were grumbling and we didn't know what to eat. We went out Jusco to De' Garden (if i spell it right) and hunt for something good to eat. Looking at the crowd in Paparich, we dined in.
Me and my dinner. The place was nice. The food was alright, nothing impressive. Probably it was a wrong choice of meal?
The place around De' Garden is beautiful at night, with lights and water effects. It was my first time there and i'm sure i liked the place. After dinner, we went for desserts in the shops in the area. We left slightly after 11pm to get back to uni- midnight was our limit.
A very Hollywood-boulevard feel as we stared up into the palm trees.What a weekend!
*****
Not too long ago, i was the MC for the Chem-E-Car Competition held in my uni.
Somehow, i'm getting the hang of being an MC.
With the committees of Ceremony and Protocol.
Not too long ago, i was the MC for the Chem-E-Car Competition held in my uni.
Somehow, i'm getting the hang of being an MC.
With the committees of Ceremony and Protocol.wc smiles on the Saturday...
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