So we go to practice on Wed as told... we walk abt 1km frm harborfront MRT just to get to Keppel Bay...Prac was only abt 2 hrs... whoch was an hr earlier than we expected...GREAT! then briefing came... and here's where all the underlying rubbish comes out... Organizers want to view our performance.. so everyone must come down on Fri by 4 to abt 6.30.... Saturday must come in by 6.30pm to get ready..no later....
So all the girls started doing their math.... and all started to realize...this shit ain't worth it at all... Imagine... Wed --> 2 hrs, Fri --> 2hrs, Sat -->7hrs... so tt would be abt $9 an hr...... to stand in the hot hot afternoon sun.... hmmm..... and WAIT! Fri was NVR part of the deal..AND! if we have to come in at 6.30 in the morning... it would be impossible to catch even the first bus and STILL get there on time..which means cab... peak hr charges... prob abt 20 bucks... so it would be as good as being paid 80 bucks... which meant.....7 bucks an hr????!?!!??!?!
So i think they sensed tension amng the dancers. so the person we were under... fought for us to be paid $40 for those who can make it down on Fri despite them saying only $20..AND instead of 6.30 Sat.. it was 7.30...
PHEW!!!!!!!
so sat comes... 730... we change get up on our platforms and practiced frm 8.30----9.30...
We take a 15-20 min break... with NO holding area... our ONLY holding area... in the hot sun... the first event i've ever been to... that didn't have a holding area... a proper one at least... not even for our belongings....imgaine..EVERYWHERE we went..we HAD to carry our belongings..while wearing our costume... for practiced we carried them out to our platforms at least 200m out... and then back to the "holding" area... and then BACK OUT AGAIN!
We sat, stood, danced, posed in the heat frm9.45--12.30... it was so hot... tt even the public was asking the crew members near by whether they were going to let ANY of us back and into the shade... some told us they felt sorry for us...LOL! some said they were being cruel...LOL! nuts... wat to do..a job is ajob... except this job..we were doing MORE ALOT MORE than we were told or promised we'd be doing...Sure we knew we'd have afternoon sun...hahhaa..really..that we expected and accepted... but wat we weren't told was 5hrs of hot sun... we were told we'd just perform and F.O... instead..we did so much more...posed longer than supposed to...sat in the sun longer than told... held country flags when we were only told the alst thing we'd have to do is wave them and tt was it... phft.....
10 girls got soaking wet frm jets the blew cold sea water abt 5 storeys high, accompanied with hot sun, and then constant winds... those poor girls had it 7 times... cold water-->Hot sun-->Cold wind...This repeated 7 times... I was one of the girls which was told ONLY tt very morning tt we'd be getting wet... i was lucky... the wind direction was in my favor and it blew away frm me... a girl away frm me... it missed me totally... the girl next to me...got drenched... We were all unprepared for this and not told of wat would happen till that very monring...Wat UTTER BULLSHIT....imagine.. standing in a THUNDERSTORM... the water coming down on these girls was TT much..no exagerration... just instaead of rain.. it was cold seat water...
In this picture, 4 of the girls on the left got drenched... three of us girls on the right.. were saved..totally...
I may have been dry... but at least 15 of us girls got our bags which we had to carry out with us... soaking wet... along with our belongings....FUCK THAT! mine and prob 5 other girls got our belongings wet due to the water running down the road frm the jets...we were soooooo pissed..... yet again..luck was on my side... my CLEO mag had slipped to the base of my bag.. protecting most of my belongings inside... my ipod pouch was soaking wet... my ipod was moist... but thank god..working... my camera..was super wet... thank god.. working... my hp was damp... thank god working... fuck man..fuck.....
It was the worst event i have ever ever worked for... On top of this We were promised snacks during our morning break... and no lunch.. this was understood by everyone during out briefin on wed... come sat..break time... no snacks.... at all! so we were left hungry frm 730-1230... we finish performing by 1230... our next holding area...the carpark FLOOR!!! so the organizer comes and tells us they have ordered Macdonalds for us.. and should be arriving soon cos they knew we were hungry frm no snacks... so YAY!!! food finally... we wait...and wait...and wait......130....still no macdonalds... 2.00...STILL no macdonads... by 230..Po and i couldn't take it..we left.... STILL no macdonalds.. we walk out to the main road... it's 245..STILL no sign of macdonalds... WAT FUCKING BAD PLANNING!!!
So from 730-300... everyone had NOOOO food in our stomachs... fuck man fuck.. serious... thinking back on it today... i still think it's fucked up... such a high end high profile event..SM Goh was there... Clippers were there... country ambassadors... ATAS pple were there... there was first class dining CATERED frm purple sage for the hundreds of guests.... and u couldn't even plan for a proper holding area for 40 dancers, their belongings and promise them snacks as said let alone cheap macdonalds?!?!?!??!?!?! utter bad planning on the events side.. really... shit house work... i've worked for so many other better events companies who have done fantastic jobs...
These costumes weighed a ton by themselves..even after being adjusted to become tighter..we still were pulling them up... so imagine how heavy it got when the girls got wet...
HAHAHA.. to top it off..we all went home with bad tans.. VERY bad ones.... hahaha..none that we expected...
LOL! the result of bad events planning, and we all went home thinking... was it worth it.............
