Chinese Cultural Festival Work Camp

22.12.2008 - 28.12.2008





Okay... 1st up i would like to REALLY apologize for the absence in the English edition... i'm so SORRY...



so for this time, we'll do a *jang jang jang* Flash BACK to the PAST....



I know work camp has long gone and past... but if you've got nothing to do and just feel like taking a look at what happen 3 months ago.... This post will just fill your time eh? haha.. alright 1st up...



WORK camp!!

What happened then? hmmm... let me see....

During the beginning of camp... there were very little members who came back, so some quite worried that due the low number of members, work planned out for this work won't be able to be accomplished...

But then, as the days went by, more and more members appeared out of no where(haha.. just kidding). Well, more and more members came back to help when has eased the tension and worriness(oopss.. is there such a word)

Neways, what we were most thankful for was that our seniors came back with 'Tong Yuen' and herbal drinks for us. (The food and drinks were excellent, can we have summore :) )



After all the food and drinks and worry and tension, every group or better known as 'UNIT' started with their individual work. Everyone was relatively busy and some even had to burn the midnight oil to finish the work...



Eventhough, every 'UNIT' had their own workload to finish up, different units helped out the Sponsorship unit by going out to gather funds...



Going out for donations has made all of us pretty tired.. we were quite apprehensive to ask for donations from strangers... When we 1st started, we stuttered here and there as we spoke but eventually we were able to ask fluently and we managed to convince the strangers we met to donate for our event...

When we got rejected, it affected as and sometimes we felt irritated when we were 'scolded' by the people whom we asked asked for sponsorship... In actual fact, we do not want to disturb or irritate them. And then there were times where people who were willing to donate to us and when that happens, we felt overwhelmed and glad. We are thankful to those who've donated for our event...

As for Unit Hiasan (Decoration Unit)
The members were busy designing the backdrop and the crane model. While creating the model, many jokes tickled the hearts of the members as they were wondering whether the model they made was a crane or a goose. Some even thot that it was a turkey(prolly because it was Christmas the day before... so they were thinking of eating turkey.. :p) Eventually it became more and more like a crane.. so they were glad that it didn't turn out as a turkey...

Next, we head over to Unit Makanan (Food Unit)
This unit was extremely important because without them, we would have died of hunger as they are in charge of buying us food for every meal (dewan makan wasn't open yet). Besides that, during work camp, they were busy creating the menu for 'Makan Malam'. Pricing and choice of food are causing the head of this unit to have a headache...

Up next is.... Unit Aturcara (Programs Unit)
A lot of problems surfaced. Not many members came back so programs/practices couldn't go on....
24 Festives Drums asked the participants to create their own score/rhythm or whatever you call that... it's score piece probably... not quite sure how to name it... Those who have no experience with 24 festives drums are surely going to make the coach have a headache... Some are holding the drumsticks, hitting and trying to get the 16/4 beat score notes for the coach...

As for Unit Publisiti (Publicity Unit)
Some of the unit members had to run between HEP and college to get the correct banner format... They are also busy with logo, T-shirt design, flyers and posters...

Jumping over to Unit Teknikal (Technical Unit)
Unit members were busy with checking the 'tang lung' bulbs... All night and day, they have been sticking into this task... They made measurements for the stage preparation... all these done under the hot sun... tiring...

Fly over to Unit Multimedia (Multimedia Unit)
The unit members had an important task to do... all day facing the computer, learning the many different software.... Night and day listening to the 3rd Residential College and UM song... Some unit members went all around UM to take pictures...
Guess what?? a blackout happened while the multimedia was almost done... and everything was lost because of that.... Had to re-do everything from the beginning... sigh...

Well, towards the end of Work Camp,
Everything that was planned was almost accomplished... and everyone was pretty glad about that...
So to all Pesta Tiong Hua Committee members, dun not give up!! Go go go....


That's about it for the Flash Back....
keep on looking out for newer post as the days draw nearer... guess how many days are left?? :)