slagoon, not the shark =)

ups and downs of friday

well.. there's good news and there's the not-so-good(BAD) news.

As always, lets start with the BAD news. EDB challenge was screwed up! not being sour grapes or anything cos we didn't get in(of course we're disappointed), but it was the way the challenge was conducted that pissed off the whole group.

First, one of our judges came in after 80% of our presentation was complete, furthermore, acted as though it was our fault that she came late OR that we were scums that actually dared to start presenting without her. The SHOCK came later during the Q&A session when the same judge DIDN'T, i repeat, DIDN'T know the criteria for the challenge -.- DIDN'T know bout the 10k budget that we had.. was like WTH!!!

Second, results were released yesterday and wonderfully, they ONLY inform the groups that managed to get into the finals, the rest were left to wonder whether they got in or not.. talk bout responsibility. If i had't enquired, think many groups now would still be wondering.. Also, they selected only 3 groups(excluding the 'special' group) instead of the mentioned 6 groups. WHAT A RIPOFF!!!

Third, as i enquired further, realised that out report was judged based on the opinion of students!!! It was a revealation that made me change my attitude from resigned, to FREAKIN PISSED!!! To rub salt onto the wound, i found out that it was the opinion of the guy that wasn't there for the starting part of our presentation where our foundation was laid, and because of that, our project was written off -.- WTH!!

Overall, as xiaoyu said, it was a learning experience of sorts and we know that we've done a great job. out of the 5 of us, i would say that xiaoyu was the most affected, but we can't blame her. We were all expecting to get in but the result was unexpected. After talking briefly to her, she said she's ok, but hope she really is


Now, for the GOOD news. Del Fuego 07!! GE concert ROCKED!!! was like the turning point of the day (though it was at the end of the day =p) Many many performances put up by the GE people, NEVER did i expect there to b so many solos and group performances and only 2 ensemble pieces.. lol.. too many good things to describe bout it that i'm not going to do it.. haha.. i'll leave that to the GE people. many many imba groups of people, eg Chin Heng + Ben Low + Yu Zhuo (3 of the fastest players in our batch), solos (Hyqel, Yu Zhuo, Lingting, Khartik and Edmund) and many others... haha.. you have to be there to understand.

posted by slagoon @ 18:50