Rehearsal of Sultan's 61st Birthday Celebration (Belait)

Happy 61st Birthday Our King!

Our dearest and most respected His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.

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This year I was given a task by my school to look after students who participated in the choir and dancing. Well... to be honest, I did whined a bit in my heart and in Mau's blog. Standing under the hot sun and keeping an eye on those little naughty and mischievous ones is not as relaxing as one may pictures. Who wouldn't prefer to stay inside the air-conditioned room and have a cup of teh-tarik?

And it was Mau's reply to my comment that had reminded me of how generous is our king to us. Compared to what our country had given us, what we'd done for him on his birthday is just peanuts.

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My 6A girls and I, with the umbrella

Perfect Weather

Little Participants

Under Construction?

My hardworking colleagues

YES! They did brought the students' papers to the padang for marking, making full use of all the time available. And me, I was just sitting beside them and looking around pointlessly. Of course, keeping an eye on the kids as well.

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While waiting for our turn to rehearse, the restless kids couldn't sit/ stand still for more than 5 seconds. They were playing with the sands for god's sake, while kids from other school sat obediently as per instructed by their teachers. Made us felt a bit malu lah.

The kids and their so-called VOLCANO

They just kept filling the 'crater' with water and of course, it disappeared as soon as it sunk down the soil. Well, it's fun watching them experimenting. They tried all sort of things, like placing one bottle on top, and the other at the side forming a connection to conserve the water.

They got all dirty and my colleagues stopped them from playing it anymore coming up with reasons like "The sand is dirty, who knows someone just spat there/ animals urinated/ worms and bla bla bla", you know.. the usual excuse/ reason/ lie a mother would tell their children in order to stop them from playing what they considered as dirty or dangerous.

And so I suggested them (my students) another game to play, HOPSCOTCH.


To my surprise, they had never played that in their whole life! SHOCKING!

I bet their toys are non others than computer games, TV games and portable game consoles... No wonder it's normal to see most kids wear thick thick spectacles.

Unlike us back in our time, just with simple things like pebbles and rubber bands, we made ourselves toys that can last us for the whole afternoon. They don't know what fun they're missing out.

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Rehearsing

600 students!

My students will be working with students from 8 other schools, forming a group of 600 students performing one single dance. And my camera only captured 1/4 of the total I bet.

Hmm? Tissue box?

I wonder what this little girl is going to hold on the actual day? Maybe flowers I think.

View from the tent

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I did took videos of several dance performance from different schools and levels, but I thought it's better for me to upload it after the actual day. Tell you, it was great and overwhelming. Hundreds of people focusing in one single matter trying their best in performing, if you think that is nothing... I.. I.... please go away and I don't want to talk to you liao.

=p