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finally..

the grand deepavali open house is done and over with..

needless to say, it was a whooping success in my opinion despite a few minor predicted glitches..actually, i kinda felt the same exuberation that i did when we did the 1st open house 4 years ago, even though it was only vegetarian food without any entertainment..that was a time when we were still those “ok,ok - no problem” juniors and we had to kao-tao to every demand..

its so easy to criticise when someone else is carrying the burden of it all..like i said, there are always those who will be unsatisfied with something, no matter how minor, no matter how well you can explain your way thru..

i saw those faces with contempt from up the stage, right in those front seats, hoping madly that something might go wrong, like i might suddenly trip over my feet and fall or make some stuttering remark..i might be being a bit paranoid here but thats the way how i saw it - there are times when you see that shadow across some people’s faces that makes you queasy, see..

i saw my share of suck-ups that day..no one bothered about the “let the guests eat 1st” policy, people were cutting queues for the “garderov lady and her son and the other lady” - countless times, when i know for a fact that you are taking food for your friends who simply have selective leg muscle dystrophy and not to forget, ta-paoing for sunday’s breakfast, lunch, dinner and possibly monday’s meals too..and for all the sucking-up and potong-line done, you dont even have the decency to stay after the show to at least help clean the hall!!!

oh no sir, when i finally sat down to eat, most of the guests were either gone or ta-paoing the remainder of the food that was left ( i have no qualms about that but hey, shud be moderate la, if we dowan the chicken, we will let you take that huge tupperware full but we oso want right ), the dance floor was on and there were those plastic cups with dark red liquid being passed around ( indians i tell ya ), and all those familiar faces were missing!!!

KAPOOOSHH!!!!

GONE!!!!

NO ONE SAW EM LEAVING!!!!

in the midst of taking pics and rushing around greeting frens and enquiring about the food and whether it was tasty, they simply vanished into thin air..i wonder if they turned up for class 2day..

there were less than 15 doing all the cleaning and carrying stuff, and even after 5 years, i still ended up doing the dishes - i always end up doing the dishes and the basins becos no one else will..its so IRKSOME!!!

actually i meant this to be a happy happy post but it began so badly..i’m not gonna erase the top parts for it shall serve as a reminder to my failing memory not to trust those wolves in sheepskin..wahlao, senyum senyum kambing, belakang kutuk to the max - i got a shock hearing that..

now on to the more delightful parts…

i think the emceeing gig went on just fine..i managed to remain poised, my speech was almost smooth, no stuttering or forgetting lines though i was basically jus reading off the paper..but no one laughed at my lame jokes though..and thanks a bunch to the hooligans at the back who shouted “AIYALOOOO” when i appeared on stage - thanks a bunch, that’s so sweet, its definitely something i wont forget for a long time..

overall review was that the show was short, not too draggy, no awkward moments, it was one after another and ended just in time when everyone’s stomachs started rumbling..as someone said, it was a good combo of entertainment, culture and food..yeay!!!!

the food was awesome, i think its the first time that we distributed the foodstuff 2 days before the actual event so that no one had any reason to complain but there still was though, like why so many bottles of tomato paste for the chicken - wat the hell, jus freaking use it right, it doesnt spoil the taste, on the contrary, it does the absolute opposite!!! why use curry powder, only chili not enuff ke - not enuff la, you got chili powder factory meh, and again it adds to the taste..not that we made you pay extra for it - it was the same amount as last year MINUS THE SPONSOR = BIG POINT!!!! at least no food went down the bin, ok la a bit cos no one wanted the dhall and some rice spoilt..otherwise, i think it was well-planned, not too little and not excessive either..and i’m happy that some amount of food was spirited away for the rest of the COOL COMMUNISTS CLUB ( CCC ) members ( yeah yeah, you guys are in ) cos it was all THE OTHERS fault that they declined to join in the first place..

i took a very few amount of pics cos i was busy running arnd..and none on my camera, i wonder why i brought it along in the first place..i didnt ta-pao anything cos i can cook all that anytime i want so it was no big deal..

the entire show was well within budget, MOST of us were pretty much satisfied with a job perceived to be well done ( in your face, HAR HAR ), everyone’s happy and best of all…

NO DIARRHOEA!!!!