And so, we went down on Saturday 15th September to present our oral presentation in RE Finals. Lucky me, I so happened to take out my umbrella from the bag the day before, and it rained like as if the mass of water on earth was being poured down on Bishan. I dropped off my bus at the back gate of RI, and what stood between me and the school was a monumental obstruction - the locked gate.
Feeling desperate, I called Zhihe. Phone turned off.
Thought of Jason, and realized that he probably won't know what to do anyway.
Called Chee Yang, and he came down to face me at the school gate.
Here's what I did:
1) Discussed strategies and possible options with Chee Yang
2) Threw bag over to Chee Yang
3) Climbed the gate, making sure my manhood did not get pierced and brutally dismembered in the process
Extra note: It was a fun experience actually, I recommend everyone to try it at least once while you are a Rafflesian. It... um... provides good training for the army?
And so we got in and met up, only to find Jason SOAKING WET LOL. He said, "I was walking to school, then halfway through suddenly rain, then run to school, but in the end still wet like siao." Imagine Jason saying that, and there you have it, an ultimate source of LOLness.
We presented our piece, and I felt that we did our best. I personally was feeling strangely nervous, in spite of having only 4 teachers present. I chalk it up to the giant atmosphere of the AVT, which makes me feel so small and insignificant.
But if you ask me if we think we can win an award, my actual answer will be no. While I am actually rather confident of our presentation abilities, what clinched the deal was a comment that Cheryl Yap (of "do your level-best" fame) made a comment saying that we "nearly didn't make it" to the Finals. That shook my confidence a little, and caused me to think about the strength of our competitors.
But alas, everything is over, and I guess there comes a time where we have to be stopped in our tracks, even if the progress we have made in my opinion is already phenomenal. Wish us luck in overcoming the odds and clinching an award, if not for myself, but FOR THE DARK LEAGUE.
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