the sg youth handball tournament finally ended. in the boys category, taiwan clinched the first position, hk second, and sg third. same results in the girls category.
so a friendship dinner was held at the resort to celebrate the conclusion of the tournament. each team also have to put up a performance. taiwan boys did a fusion of dance, cheerleading and beatbox. taiwan girls team only sent two representatives to sing a song. sg boys sang some english song. and the sg girls sang where i belong by tanya chua. hk boys sang this eason chan song which i dunno the title. hk girls were the most entertaining, dancing to popular hits like nobody, sorry sorry and 忘情桑巴舞.
and there was also a special performance put up by someone, and that someone is none other than myself. this is a super last min thingy. it all happened on wednesday night when anna, yilun, sarah and ziqi stayed over at city beach. then we were talking cock at the hotel lobby. then anna ask me,"eh yy, why not you dance in tomorrow's friendship dinner'. then i say cannot because i got no costume. and then everyone psycho-ed me together to dance, and jonathan even offered to fetch me home to get my costume. since they are so passionate to see me dance, i feel hard to oblige. hahahaha.
anyway the theme of the friendship dinner is rock and roll. and i am doing 水袖, which totally dun fit into the theme. and then the other performers (this malay band and another dance group consisting of malay kids) were like staring at me with lots of hatred, wondering wassup with this chinese guy in chinese costume, doing some wassup chinese performance in a rock and roll themed friendship dinner.
so i start to feel a bit demoralised and wondered whether the audience will also think the same way. but thankfully once my name was announced by the emcee i received thunderous cheers and whistles. throughout the performance, i can hear lots of applause and the taiwanese girls were screaming 偶像. this was quite amazing because the taiwanese girls were very quiet and subdued during their stay in sg, which totally defies my concept of typical taiwanese girls, who are supposed to be chatty and 热情. ok anyway i totally enjoyed doing the performance and receivng the applause. haha.
the hk team has a flight at six am the next day so they have to reach the airport at 4 am. before that they wanted to go to see the merlion. song kang and i accompanied them. we brought them to see the sg flyer, the esplanade, merlion and fullerton hotel. we sent them off at the airport and reach the resort at 5 am. totally shag like hell.
its nice to hear the team officials and coaches calling me by my name, because i did not spend that much time with the teams as compared to the liaison officers. if next time i have the chance to play a part in organising similar events, i will like to take up the role of the liaison officer, taking charge of the team's welfare and be their tour guide.
i have city beach withdrawal symptoms because its really a nice place to stay, with friendly and helpful staff. i will miss the days of nua-ing inside the air conditioned room and talking cock with jonathan, chatting with the resort staff, the team officials and youth athletes, running at labrador park etc etc. i highly recommend this place if you want a short getaway. btw a night stay is 130 bucks.
ok before i end this post i got another piece of news to share. my hod from my contract sch sms me this morning, asking me whether i want to go back. i thought it was a bit too late because the posting is already finalised, but he said that the principals can do mutual deployment between schools. so after much consideration, i agreed to go back, and let's see how it goes.
