7:02 AM 20080130
5th APMEC '08 was last thursday to sunday (24/1 - 27/1) and being selected as an event facilitator sure rocks! Got the job through my neighbour/schmate Liyi (thx!).. Good thing was that I was working around SRJCians (and an MJCian and SAJCian.. LOL)

22/1:

Woke up late 'coz I spent the previous night watching 1408 on DVD with my bros (who ironically happen to be working earlier than me)

Got to Harbourfront to take the 8.15 bus no. 97 to NUS MD11. The bus did came but it was full.. That's when I noticed got this girl like wanna talk to me and it turns out to be none other than wei shan from SRJC.. Lol.. (Coz the next 97 came 45 min later and it's kinda ez to spot who's going to take the 97)

First day was just briefing on the event itself (which kinda reminded me of bio lectures) and packing of gift bags for the delegates.

24/1:

First day as route marshaling with alwyn (old sec sch classmate) and shaun (nus undergrad from arts and social science)
Pretty much dull standing around work, directing "lost" doctors and professors to the correct building.
The fun came when the caterer arrived with our meals.. (seriously, with 4 meals a day: breakfast, morning tea, lunch, tea; I'd nvr get tired of that job)

25/1:

2nd day of route marshaling and the hot sweltering heat didn't help. But the relaxed environment of the job meant that we had to come up with games to "maximize" our time.

Ended up talking about college, playing the SR box game (which shall only be remembered in the 19th batch.. since TTF banned it.. )

26/1:

Big day! Opening Ceremony for the main conference at NUS' University Cultural Center (UCC)

Basically we had to dress up nice nice, behave properly, bla bla bla.. etc.

Which was only true until lunch (which was after the opening ceremony).

After that I basically had no duties, so went to the museum, took some pics of the South Asian Arts on display.. TMK, I prefer classical art to modern contemporary.. which I find weird for my taste...

Dear readers, do check it out whenever you're free, entry is free! and check the guest book for 27/1/08.. Lol

Other than that, I did see (and talk to) delegates from all over the world; Iran, Norway, USA, etc.

And since most of the delegates opted out for the Conference Dinner at The Legends in Fort Canning, my colleagues and I were invited.

Was separated from the rest coz I had to sit in the halal foods table with a couple of Indonesian delegates. Luckily for me xing yi chose to acc. me (plus she talked abit in malay too.. Lol, kudos for that!)

After dinner I went to watch Cloverfield with the girls and alwyn. For the movie, just one word: Nice!

It was one of those survivalist films and the cinematography really puts you on edge and into the footsteps of the characters.. On the way home I was still kinda edgy that something will pop out of the corner to take my life away LoL..

27/1:

Last day and of the main "gang", only Alwyn and I was left (coz the receptionists weren't needed on the last day of the conference).
It was a dull day coz they weren't much around for me to do so I ended up reading Wan Qi's notes on Law. She's a law student at SIM i think...
And I learnt from her that getting straight D's isn't the end of the world, it's just when you get a U on your cert then you'll feel bad..

The day ended kinda sad and mellow, coz being the last of the male helpers, alwyn and I had to clear up the UCC, to the extent that it felt as if the last 4 days never happened..


Anyways, here's some of the pix I took from my time at NUS med sch:


View of gazebo between MD5 and MD 3


A sculpture by local artist named "when steel meets concrete".. I leave it to you, my readers, to think what it TRULY represents"


Another locally made artpiece aptly named "Hunger", now I can see how ppl can wear skinny jeans


can't remember the name of this piece, it was some bird-man-warrior or smth.. Looks kinda cool, will definately use it as my dp some day


Again I couldn't remember the name of this piece.. Plus it looks far better as my phone cam won't bring it justice..


Lunch, as was served on Saturday.. This was just a FRACTION of the buffet, shown here are salmon nuggets, 2 varieties of pizzas, seaweed chicken, and kueh lapis.. Btw, staff gets first dibs on all the foods! =D