The one about OneACS Day.
So last Wednesday was national day celebrations. You cannot imagine just how boring it was. If not for Mr Ngoei's amusing commentary, the whole thing would've been a total mess.
People were strolling in late, even while the marching band..marched. After the guest of honour came and we sang the anthem, and then watched the uniform groups march in. Since it was a OneACS thing, there were guys from secondary and primary ACS schools. When the primary school scouts marched in, people kept 'Ooohing' and 'Aaaaahing', because the 'lil guys looked so cute attempting to march(I say this, because their march resembled more of a casual stroll. But it was a CUTE casual stroll.)
Anyhoo after a looong time (and having a little boy collapse from the heat) they finally started and we sat there watching other people play games. Excuuuuuse me. I don't really see how we're celebrating by sitting impassively, watching a bunch of boys roll about on the field.
An hour into the event, people started heading (in droves) to the canteen near the pool. Peishan and I got bored, so we walked about trying to find a way out, but all the gates were being guarded. I suggested to Peishan that we use our feminine wiles and trick the primary school kids at the gates into letting us out, but she rejected the idea. I wonder why.
After some more pointless searching (getting desperate), I suggested going to the back of the toilets to see if there was a hole in the gate. We hurried there, sure that such a thing only happened in movies, but alas, there a hole was! After lots of deliberation, it was agreed that we would slip out if 1) I was able to squeeze out 2) I was desperate enough to.
I tested the limits that the fence would stretch because there were many rusty bits that I did not want stabbing into my face while I tried squishing myself out. After a looong period of deliberation and being interrupted by a fellow ACsian (outside the gate, and was amused by us!), I was finally about to try squeezing out unglamly, when some ACS International guys came over. Being small and skinny, they slipped through easily. After the second one slipped through, a pair of IB student councillors came over and spotted the whole, exclaiming. I swear it was so cartoon-ish.
In case you were wondering, we got locked in till the end of the event because the hole was spotted. Darn.
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