i can safely say that last night was the best night ever for sure! we were at the hotel since 1.30pm setting up, with problems after problems cropping up (hotel's events manager didn't grasp the sheer scale of our ball - he thought it was only a dinner! av was having quite a few hiccups, projector wasn't cooperating, wires weren't long enough, performances were running late, so many nitty gritty things to take care of. ben was frazzled, junming was running around like a madman, balloons were being put up, stickers were being passed around the comm for signatures, people were TRIPPING OVER ALL THE CABLES ffs!)
however, as suiseng put it: at 4.30, everything messy, by 7.30 MAGIC.
everyone was nervous, getting them damn butterflies. i kept imagining things going wrong, and kept having to hound jumping for the order of proceedings throughout the night. but just before we opened the main doors to the ballroom, i stepped back and turned to look at the room - complete with balloons, place cards, personalized pictures, av and lighting all set up and ready - and i felt all psyched up. it was going to be beautiful.
when the first cue came on, and the GOH settled down, i started up ji pa ban, ben starting gyrating and everything then fell into place. zhengwei was on form last night with the av mixer, jumping, although a little tipsy, was spot on with the timings. i watched as performance after performance went on smoothly (maybe not suiseng's hokkien song on my part though cos the fricking video refused to load - but their performance was so good by itself nobody noticed, i hope), my heartbeat returning slowly to normal with every success. salsa, hokkien song, magic show, acapella, duo dance, gayle, nic zeng, meng. tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick ,tick ,tick.
one thing about the ball was that i couldn't really be at the table for most of it, but karaoke made up for everything! when the beer flowed, when kenrick unleashed his epic hurricane, and when jumping swiftly took over ben's title as mambo-KING with those inspired moves. thank god for alex and his videos! everyone was in such a merry state i half-wanted to just leave the laptop for somebody to man (i thought i remembered someone offering to) and join the rest having absolutely the best time ever.
ahh pictures tell all..
however, as suiseng put it: at 4.30, everything messy, by 7.30 MAGIC.
everyone was nervous, getting them damn butterflies. i kept imagining things going wrong, and kept having to hound jumping for the order of proceedings throughout the night. but just before we opened the main doors to the ballroom, i stepped back and turned to look at the room - complete with balloons, place cards, personalized pictures, av and lighting all set up and ready - and i felt all psyched up. it was going to be beautiful.
when the first cue came on, and the GOH settled down, i started up ji pa ban, ben starting gyrating and everything then fell into place. zhengwei was on form last night with the av mixer, jumping, although a little tipsy, was spot on with the timings. i watched as performance after performance went on smoothly (maybe not suiseng's hokkien song on my part though cos the fricking video refused to load - but their performance was so good by itself nobody noticed, i hope), my heartbeat returning slowly to normal with every success. salsa, hokkien song, magic show, acapella, duo dance, gayle, nic zeng, meng. tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick ,tick ,tick.
one thing about the ball was that i couldn't really be at the table for most of it, but karaoke made up for everything! when the beer flowed, when kenrick unleashed his epic hurricane, and when jumping swiftly took over ben's title as mambo-KING with those inspired moves. thank god for alex and his videos! everyone was in such a merry state i half-wanted to just leave the laptop for somebody to man (i thought i remembered someone offering to) and join the rest having absolutely the best time ever.
ahh pictures tell all..
the best-dressed table hands down! we were celebrities in our own rights at that very moment. just imagine being on the red carpet with flashlights popping from every angle possible. josh was kept complaining that the feather boa was tickling him it was so funny. ahh i'm soooo glad we put in effort into our costumes. we looked so good and colourful last night!
ooh when the night became absolute mayhem. i forgot most of the harmonising to shan hu hai and it was our duet too! ever since last year we swore to sing this song at the ball, like a remake of last year's. jm was so emo just look at that expression! dead funny.
ahhh i'm well sad that we're giving up our cumsa posts now. I AM SO GOING TO MISS THIS COMM! best committee ever! the ball was the ultimate high - benkoh you are now officially my idol! you all rock my socks i have never regretted joining cumsa because you guys made all the difference! even when we were slogging our asses off for people who may or may not have appreciated us, we slogged with so much fun and jokes it didn't feel like hard work at all. nothing's going to top this ever.much love,
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