the workplace's wind ensemble is invited to perform at istana today. kudos to the teachers and students who burnt their deepavali holiday to perform at this significant event.
as the head of performing arts in the workplace, of course i must go down and support them. when i drove past istana at around 1030 am, i got a shock at the super long queue...
this was at the main entrance of istana.
and the queue extends all the way to plaza singapura. zzz...
i parked the car at the cathay, and went to join the queue. to my surprise, i saw my colleague, julie koh, who was already queuing near the istana main entrance, with her friend. i eagerly walked to her and asked her whether i can queue with her.
and guess what? she already told an usher that she is a teacher from the workplace, and whether the usher can bring her straight into the istana because the wind ensemble is performing soon. and one min later, the usher's superior appeared, and brought us straight to the main entrance! at that time there were like 100 pple queuing in front of us. bravo!! kudos to julie koh!
after doing the routine security check, we were in the grounds of istana. however the performance area was pretty far from where we are, and it was raining. julie koh did another ultimate. she approached a guy sitting on a buggy, and asked him whether he can give us a ride to the performance area. the guy agreed!!! omg. julie koh saved the day again.
feeling extremely thankful to julie, and of course the usher and buggy driver. if it wasn't for them, i would have missed the performance. julie FTW! (her friend told me that when they were travelling together in LA, they are going to the airport and they are already late and they can't get a cab. julie went to a sheriff and asked him whether he can fetch them to the airport. and the sheriff agreed!!! the sheriff even on the police car siren so that all the cars make way, and they arrived at the airport just in time to catch the flight.)
julie is the subject head of chemistry in the workplace, who is well known for being sarcastic and over-demanding. today i see her in a different light. #veryimpressed

