Cultural potpourri

Cultural potpourri at last!I must reach school at 8am.That is early,but it is normal for me.Upon reaching there,the CO room is kind of crowded.So people come earlier than me....(Lame....)Well,better to be early than late!It was kind of warm in the air-con room,maybe the air-con was just on....never mind.Time check,8.20am.10 more minutes to go to move the instruments to the truck.I just sat there,taking forty winks at the same time.So tired....After the 10 long minutes,the teacher-in-charge came and said that it was time to move the instruments down.He also said that we could kind of take our own sweet time to move them and so we did.First,the drums.We pulled them out of the door and to the lift.Sounds funny doesn't it?A way of moving the drums is to tilt the end and pull it along,so it is pulling,not pushing.Tilting is a difficult job for me as I can't stretch to tilt the drum and pull at the same time.So a little help does the job.Next,the yang qing(Chinese musical instrument).It isn't as bad as the drums.One it is small,two,I am not carrying it(hehe).As for the rest of the instruments,we took it down by ourselves.I carried my zhong hu and went down.
Down at level 1,I saw my friends pulling the drums to the foyer and wait for the truck.I was looking at them.They dragged the drums with ease,wow.I then went to the foyer.I also saw Julia(107 vice-chair)carrying two pipa.One hers another her seniors.It must be heavy as I can see that she was kind of gritting her teeth.She looked kind of funny doing all that.I joined my friends later.A teacher went up to us and asked,"Did you guys see the school's idol?"We shook our heads.He went on asking.The truck and bus finally came after some minutes.The teacher-in-charge shouted"Guys!Help get the instruments up!"Everyone pulled all the instruments up the the truck and went up the bus.
On the bus,I lent my friend my hand phone as he needed to have a look at some things.The bus was unusually quiet.Maybe they are saving up their energy.
The NUS is huge!I am walking with the teacher-in-charge to the dressing rooms.The whole erhu section is in it.After some time,some percussion members came in.The room have two mirrors on each wall and lights on each mirror.It is like a make-up room for actresses and actors or movie stars.Sounds cool?Well,it does.The teacher-in-charge told us to rest or practice in the room.Resting as in sleeping.Sleeping because it is going to take more than 5hours to the performance so it is going to be tiring.Very tiring.I,as a boy felt energetic,felt excited too.Every secondary 1 does.It is the first time!My senior,Rong Hua,pulled out a deck of cards and started playing.It is so-called banned in my school.No teachers in around,so maybe....you know.We played for some hours,does not get tired.Then came rehearsals with the conductor.They also provide lunch and dinner.Nasi lemakand rice with nuggets.During lunch,Yvonne(past chairman)told me to tell Julia jia you!Then,I told Charmaine to tell her that.It is like Yvonne tells me,I tell Charmaine,Charmaine told Julia.A little map.During one of our card game,the chairman of CO dragged me with some other members to the stage in the hall.On the way she said,"You all are all dead."Reaching the hall,the dance society was dancing,they went on and off the stage,with their trainer saying,"Please do not touch the curtains."After that,it is the finale,it means me.The CO members for the finale came second after band.First we go out,bow,walk five steps backwards.Done.Simple.During the actual performance,someone shouted,"Justin!"Funny....After performance,some went back,others stayed for finale.During finale,everyone applauded.It was fantastic.
When I went back to CO room,the chairman said,"Sir"or"Madam"is back.It made me blush,even I am a boy.(he....)My mother brought me back home after that.