A FallToday was my first time
MC-ing and boy, I was not only nervous but klutzy as well! The event was called the MAGe Festa 2008 organised by the MAGe Club (Manga, Anime and Games enthusiasts ) of my college.
well, jack did asked me to co-host since last sem, but i've turned him down many of times cause, frankly i did not think that i was good enough to mc or not. at that time, one phase was bogging me down -
socially inept. i forgot where did i see this phase from, but from the moment i saw it, it just snapped into my mind. then i begun to list down reasons of why i could have been socially inept since i was in primary school. (this story, i shall keep for next time)
so, i had 101 reasons of why i cannot communicate well and therefore, had never imagined myself speaking in front of a crowd without stammering or mumbling too fast. tak tau lah, i can always scare myself and make myself nervous. lol
And Somehow, the wind must have been blowing strongly in a different direction because Somehow, i agree to co-mc the MAGe event with jack. must have been feeling really confident that day, cause the next day, i..had a massive attack of nerves. haha, its pretty silly, come to think of it now. cause even though all worst case scenarios which i have thought of
actually happened, i'm glad it did. cause from those scenarios, i can tell myself next time "even the worst thing has happened, what more am i to worry about?"
hmm...so, anyone curious of what my worst case scenarios were? lol
the first one was during the karaoke competition. there was this guy singing a really slow and long ballad. it was so slow that at one point, there was no music at all! so i thought (encouraged by the two jacks') that he was done singing, stepped up and begin to talk!
lol! i can still recall his
shocked facial expression when he begin to signal that there was one more part to the song.
i had to embarrassingly step back.
lol..even the judges were laughing out loud.
malunya...
ok,
the second 'incident' went something like this...
the
worst thing to happened on stage,
when all eyes are on u, is to fall, right?
that happened!
i rushing up, a little too excited, heels got caught, tripped over one of the steps and
i fell.
like a big fat pillow.
in front of everyone.
think that i should dig a hole and bury my head in it till next year? maybe i shouldn't =P
in fact, i'm thankful for that fall. and obviously embarrassed by it. but i'm more thankful of it cause now that the worst thing has happened, i can carry my head up a little higher and maybe, might mc again. (have to learn more jokes before that la..i was bored hearing myself actually. =S)
one important person that i should thank would be jack tan, for giving me this opportunity to co-mc with him and also to encourage me after the
big fall. haha!
he's a really professional event mc, as in those road show events, really funny but ..can be pretty lame at times with his cold jokes. =P
*oh ya, i met michelle there! and she won the karaoke competition! yay!
**its the first time i'm seeing lots of ppl gathering in anime costumes. some of the costumes really blew my mind, and their pockets too. turns out that those costumes cost a small fortune to make, but i think its really really nice. i will get the pics from greg and post it up soon.
Labels: college events, self discovery
