I think no one visits my site anymore ... haha .. well, im writing for me, myself and i. Ahahz .. Anyway, been days since my last entry. Been busy i guez. Other than working in the night shift almost all the time, the Pentas Wayang that was organised by the Malay Arts Group have finally ended. Let me start frm the beginning. Since this is my first ever show, im so gonna be explaining every single of what happened ... be prepared! Wahaha

Ok .. it first started on Monday, 25th April. To report to school by 10am. Reaching there, zah gave out our roles and i was assigned to do lighting. At first i was like ... alright! ... cool! But little did i know that lighting is soooo hard!!! Ahahz. So for the next few hours, Uncle Wong ( Technical person) taught me on how to operate the lighting board. Such as to light up some parts of the stage or to operate the moving lights and to change colours, shapes etc .. At the beginning of the day, actually i did not know anyone except mayb for zah, rabz, kin, shah and zhywee. The others, i may recognise their face but not their names at all. Anyway, continuing on, time flies when ur learning alot. SO without realising , it was time for lunch. So all of budak2 Nadi went to the coffeeshop across the school to eat. It's nice when everyone sits, eats together and enjoy each other company. When we were back in school, i was back to practice on my lighting and then my manager, Clarence msg me to ask me to come back to work since they are short of staff. So i left at 5pm and headed to work and as usual ... n'tin interesting happens . Haha ...

The following 3 days seems to fly really really fast. Since day 2, i started working on the lights as what is needed with the help of uncle wong, wati and zaki. Thank god they're around if not, i think that the lighting will be really really really bad!!! haha .. There were so much that i learnt from the experience. Although it was tiring and stressful but one thing great about doing ligthing is dat u have direct contact with the spotlights ppl tru the intercom. Y? b'coz they will forever talk crap dat mostly doesnt make sense. Eventhough their jokes are really really lame but it'll make u laugh. Haha .. And they are no other than Zarul and Md .. At least they're there to make me feel abit relex and not too stressed up. But when it comes to biz, they gave their best! Once again good job guys!!!

Of all the scenes in Pentas, the part that i was really not sure of was during the SNT dance. There are sooooo many lights in one dance and ur timing have to be perfect. Lucky for me dat wati was there. Phew. And on the day, i thought i was so prepared for most of the part ... but something bad happened. The part when the song Fever was played, the lights shd be the heart beating lights which was on cue 221 but i pressed cue 212 instead and a different light came out! OMG!!! I kno!! i had the shock of my life! I hope the audience doesnt know dat it was a screw up! How could i've been so blind to have entered a wrong cue number!!! Well, wats done is done .. sigh .. and i gotta learn from my mistake.

Overall, the show was a success if i say so myself. A great job well done by every sub group and espacially to Nadi, kudos to all of u. To wan and zah for being the best stage manager & asst. stage manager. To Rabia for doing a great job with the sound. To the runners ( Zhywee and Adilah ) for running everywhere in search for the performers. To the spotlight guys ( Zarul and Md ) for talking crap and listening to ur cues well. To our cameramen ( siddique and sazly ) for the great capture of the show on video. And to all the stage crews ( Ali, aishah, wati, haikel, azmi and syah) for the great job on carrying and placing and arranging the props and all. And to everyone else i've missed out ... a great job well done at ur respective roles. Without u guys, the show wouldnt have been possible! YaY!!! 'cLapS ClapS cLAps' haha. Oh and to Abg Rafi, Abg Jai and Uncle Wong. Thxs for guiding me tru and taught me everytin' that i need to know and to have sacrifice ur time and effort for this production.

Overall, it was something not to be forgotten - The fun i had. The stressfulness i felt. The achievement i received. The lessons i learn. The great experience i gained and the friends i've made. I wouldnt trade any of it for anything. =) Cant wait for the next event and as quoted from rabz blog, " the feeling of elation and sastifaction from a job well done leaves u craving for more" haha .. till my entry ... tOOdleS!! 4/29/2005 06:30:00 PM