It’s just me.

This stupid comp in the boarding lounge only allow 15 mins per patron. Arghh =X

Anyway, yeah. Am inside here already, waiting to hop on the machine in about.. half an hour’s time i guess. feelings? Err, like normal? like gonna wake up the next day finding myself in my cosy bed. seriously it seems like going abroad is a very ordinary activity to do for me already. or perhaps i become more adaptable to changes already. Maybe someday i may even dread ‘flying’ altogether. lol. but i think it’s quite impossible cuz the thought of flying my hands around frantically to get a message across still thrills me a lot.

In any case, 4 lives (including mine) will be in my hands, since yours truly is the one planning the trip. but that’s just a joke right? of course nothing will go wrong though i wishfully hope they screw things up and we’ll have to make do with, erm, business class seats? HAHA Okies…

1.38 minutes left. gotta go.

I am really really glad nothing screwed up (badly) yesterday! =D

Went for site briefing at 2pm. Got home right away trying to nap a little but I could only lie on my bed for 3 hours partly due to the string of smses that kept coming… before I decided to give up, bathed again, and finally slept in sis’s room for less than an hour. Then I was driven there, half dead half alive.

Time: 2.15am. First person I met at the volunteer tent was a bitch. Well i guess we all were, given that kind of ridiculous timing of the day. But then i was left totally clueless what to do. what report to the person in charge. Am i not the one!? Nevermind. The next time I went i found juli. haha heng ah. But it was already half an hour behind schedule. The volunteers had already arrived. There were so many things that needed to be settled; attendence taking, t-shirts, breakfast, lanyards, groupings, role assigning, volunteer shortage. omg. Luckily I got very capable assistants tricia and chek meng to help, and the group leaders, who did most of the things on my behalf, while i ran all over trying to get things right.

Time: 4.30am. The show starts. and it wasn’t before long that the full marathon baggage section became a chaos in the dark. Almost K.O. from all that running. but it was only the start of what’s coming.

Time: 6.00am and 6.30am, the horns sounded for them to run off. finally peace returned. But the time was spent sorting out baggages from the collapsing boxes, and restrategising. $3000 for some lousy cardboards! Haha and sheng li was free enough to come over and check out how shagged i am. lol.

Time: 8.30am. Half marathoners returned. Peak hours hit all at once for half mara, 10K men, 10K women. The queues were disastrously long. The bags all mixed up. It started to drizzle. Can you imagine. But I am really surprised by the proactiveness and innovation of the crew. very efficient and adaptable to situations ^-^

It wasn’t until 1pm when we finally got to rest and had lunch. of course we were the last to. stood down officially at 2pm, with several irritating late comers trying to get their things back last minute. The way to the info center with the huge box of unclaimed belongings was our final challenge. Then it’s done!! Claimed my $30 allowance. bade farewell to my new found mates then i’m off to ah ma’s house, on foot. haha another crazy feat.

There were several occasions when I almost gave in to the fatigue. but i’m really blessed to have such wonderful people around who went through the 12 hr long ordeal with me =D

I haven’t regret taking on the challenge as a baggage crew manager. in fact, I must really thank myself for daring to step out of my comfort zone and learn. this role has really taught me a great deal, in organisational skills, leadership, decisions making, in interpersonal communication, and what it takes to be a good leader and good servant at the same time. As much as it’s a once in a lifetime expeerience, i believe it’ll be a turning point in my life as well.

Special thanks to:

Tricia and chek meng my assistants

Din, daniel, skye, shawn and muhd my group leaders

Zhong Ming, Michael and Zi Wei ICs from events company

Sheila, Juliana, Yi Jun, Alvin and Qing Cai (green vege) from SSC