Contrasting Moods

Saturday was a most frustrating day for me. Nothing could have been worse. Do I have to pander to the whims and whines of those 'customers'? Sometimes, I wonder what my duties are. For a moment, I thought I am in the retail line, strictly adhering to the strongly encouraged attitude signature 'GST' - 'Greet, Smile and say Thank You'. But hey, I am not some Miss Smiley or Congenality who has to put on a fakedly broad smile when I am being scolded or raised voice at for no apparent reason. These people commit an offence and yet they have the audacity to give me shit attitude. I only respect those who deserve to be respected. I have to say I am really fortunate to have helpful and nice colleagues as well as considerate superiors. But in demoralizing times like this, I cant't help wondering if a switch of career is a wise choice.

Sunday was a totally different day. It gives me the 'back to the good old studying days' feeling. My mood took a 360 degrees change. At first, I was in no mood to go for the NWP rehearsal at Neptune, because of the events that unfolded on Saturday but I went. And I was glad that I did! Hehe..it was really quite fun. Most of us were very garblah as to what is the sequence of items to be perfomed and what our roles are. This was the first time I attended the rehearsal and so I was completely lost. When it was the 'breaking tiles' section, I was backstage and then I heard my name being called. I din know it was my turn. So I quickly ran to the stage to take my position and prepared to break the tile. lolzzz. Then was the finale where each of us has to strike a pose (depending on where we stand). I dun noe what pose to take..i simply followed KM and TZ on my left. Then during the 2nd round of reheasal, I actually forgot to go out to the stage for the finale pose(think i must be daydreaming at the back)!

All in all, it was a very enjoyable day. Seeing the rest of the NWP seniors from HQ perform skits and the hiccups that occur during the day add amusement. It has also been a long time since I get to see those shixiong,shijie, shidi and shimei. Nice feeling. :) Most of them have elevated to higher belt levels. I have lost my status as the 2nd highest coloured belt level senior after been missing from grading for more than a year. Which is not a bad thing after all as all along, I feel my skills have been deteriorating at an astonishing speed, and hence undeserving of my current belt status. Hehe..so now I have more seniors to guide me. Looking forward to the actual interesting performance this Saturday whereby I am told to assume the post of stage manager as well since I only perform in a few segments. And hopefully after Sept,I will finally be able to go back regularly for training! Instructor says I can choose to back to practice at HQ if my work schedules deem it inconvenient for me to go back to NUS on sat. Time to grind my skills after the whole IMF event is over.