Hello dear dear dear choir! i wonder if anyone of you will read this, but i shall post anyway! =D
I'm sure after what we've gone through so far, all of you in SN CHOIR would want to make this a very fruitful trip, to fully enjoy it and come back with a high gold (98% or something! =D) yep! so we mustn't let ourselves down last minute! REMEMBER, ST NICKS WILL ALWAYS RISE TO THE OCCASION, AND 'WHEN WE'RE AT OUR BEST, NO ONE EVEN COMES NEAR' (quoted from Mrs Goh) and yea! we must prove to ourselves what we really are, and achieve the gold that rightfully belongs to us, SO
JIAYOU DEAR CHOIR! WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT AND WE WILL! =Dhehe, and now the tips and reminders;hahaha, i know you all are very excited and everything about the trip
(and so am i! hahaha! I LOVE THE VITAMIN C! DRINK IT IN A CLEAR CUP OK! ^^) BUT REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR NOISE LEVEL DOWN! At Vienna and Bratislava, we won't only be representing St Nicks, we will also be representing Singapore, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF YOUR VOLUME DEAR CHOIR! we all don't want Miss Lim to scold us in front of everyone in the airport or in public right? and also, we need to PROTECT OUR VOICES and SAVE OUR ENERGY!(i suddenly got reminded of the law of conservation of energy, but that's very far off and irrelavant ._.) we have to only sing out loud and do our best and maximise the potential of our voice on the competition itself, so before that, DO NOT SHOUT/SCREAM/YELL/YELP/TALK LOUDLY OK? =Dand another thing is that, PLEASE
ALWAYS KEEP YOUR PASSPORT AND ALL MONEY BY YOUR SIDE! and of course, you must
SPLIT YOUR MONEY AND KEEP THEM IN DIFFERENT COMPARTMENTS! so that if you so unfortunately lose your money (choy choy), you will still have money left to eat with and shop with! =D haha, i do personally recommend for you to split your money in terms of how much you'll spend in one day, so just carry the amount you need for a day (around 30 euros or so?) in somewhere convenient, and the rest you keep in a waist pouch inside your winter coat or something, cause the European countries are fairly infamous for their professional pick pockets, so its better to keep the bulk of your money in somewhere you can feel, and hard to be pickpocketed =D haha, and very very very importantly,
KEEP YOUR PASSPORT WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES (note the darker orange? HEHE! ^^) In a foreign country, your passport is the BEST AND ONLY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION YOU HAVE, without it, people can just treat you as some illegal immigrant, so yea, YOU MUST ALWAYS ALWATS KEEP YOUR PASSPORT WITH YOU, AND NOT LEAVE IT SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'LL EASILY FORGET AND LEAVE IT BEHIND! please try not to take it out and play with it while travelling, cause you may just drop it without knowing, so be mindful of that ok? =DAlso, in hotels, please
DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR WITHOUT KNOWING WHO'S OUTSIDE! make sure that you know who the person is before opening the door (or look through the peep hole before opening, and chain on the thingie on the door before opening if theres no peep hole), EVEN IF YOU KNOW ITS YOUR FRIEND, ITS STILL BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY! for all you know, your friend might be threatened outside to make you open the door ._. and
DON'T EVER LEAVE YOUR DOOR OPEN WHEN YOU ALL ARE GOING IN/GOING OUT (e.g using your luggage to stop the door from closing for a while, while you all check out the hotel room or something). ALWAYS LUG IN ALL YOUR LUGGAGE, CLOSE THE DOOR, BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE! this was once reported on the news, when 2 air stewardess were raped in some country because the 2 rapist chionged into their room while they used the luggage to stop the door from closing, and it was for only less than a minute my dears, ._. so always be careful, cause we really have no idea how the culture and security is like there, take care ok! and of course
DO NOT DISCLOSE WHICH ROOM YOU'RE IN IN PUBLIC, if you have to, just whisper, you dont want to have some random person just coming and knocking on your door in the middle of the night right ._. you all need your sleep! =D so yea! take note ok!
and before i forget, Mr Lim reminds you all
NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF THE MINI BAR IN THE HOTEL ROOM! the things provided in the mini bar are NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR STAY PACKAGE! so if you take, you have to PAY for it! and the prices are horrendous, it can be like 5 euros for a bottle of mineral water (which is around SGD$10._.) so do not waste your money like this ok! if you ever need to get something, try to borrow from your friends first, or if you really cant get it, inform your group leaders, ok? =D save your money for shopping and eating! =D
and MOST IMPORTANTLY,
ALWAYS STICK TO YOUR ROOM MATE LIKE SUPER GLUE! and
STICK TO YOUR GROUPS LIKE VELCRO AT ALL TIMES! always remember that we're all now in a foreign country, and if we get lost, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUR WAY BACK! cause for one, we neither speak fluent German, Slovak, Czech, or Russian, so the people there WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE HEADS AND TAILS OF WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING! and also, since even your group leaders and teachers do not know the place well, you can just call us and say "um, i'm in front of a bakchormee stall with a fire station beside it along Tiggerisorange street" but we won't be able to find you, cause WE WON'T KNOW WHERE IS TIGGERISORANGE STREET OR EVEN IF THERE WAS REALLY A BAKCHORMEE STALL
(which may most probably be a shop selling spaghetti with extra shredded meat)! so always stick close to your group mates ok! =D also, you all must
TAKE NOTE OF THE TIME AND VENUE! Remember, we're constantly travelling in a foreign country, so if you miss the meet up place and time, and the bus goes off, you may not be able to find us again! cause for one, you don't know the address of our next destination (or if you're so blur, you won't even know where's the next destination!) so remember to
WEAR A WATCH AND ALWAYS LOOK AT IT! and those of you with ipods and mp3s, please take them off for a moment when your teachers, tour guides or leaders are making announcements! do not always depend on your friends to repeat the message given, for they may just miss out some part or be daydreaming/not listening as well! you all must be independent, and be responsible for your own safety and well being ok? we don't want to see anyone missing or hurt and i'm sure you all don't too, so always always
LISTEN OUT FOR INSTRUCTIONS OK!
yep! that's all for the nagging! =D hahaha! remember its
10.30pm TONIGHT AT THE EMIRATES COUNTER (on the far left) AT CHANGI AIRPORT TERMINAL 1 OK! see you all there! =D bring enough jackets and cardigans in your hand luggage my dears, as well as your gloves, scarf, winter hat, and lip balm! TAKE GOOD CARE AND SEE YOU!^^
oh! and please take one vitamin C tablet right after you read this =D
(take it in a transparent cup cause then you can see it fizz out pretty orange bubbles! =D and you can try putting it in warm water if you want, it will squirt out like a mini fountain! hahah! though i still prefer drinking it cold =D whee! i love vitamin C! ) TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH TOO OK! ^^ LOVE YA CHOIR! <3
- <3 shinny!
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OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT, PLEASE CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK AND TRIPLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR CHOIR UNIFORM, BLACK COURT SHOES AND BLACK STOCKINGS IN YOUR LUGGAGE MY DEARS! we won't be able to fedex it over if you forget to bring it or something! =O!]
***[[EDIT2: and choir, those of you who have bought long johns that cover up till the neck, as a last minute resort, please bring along a BLACK TEE SHIRT to wear over it (as the neck line of the choir uniform is black) so as to make it not-so-obvious. also, please bring along safety pins to pin down your long johns as much as possible so that they dont peep out much from your uniform ok? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, SO TELL AS MANY CHOIR PEOPLE AS YOU CAN ONCE YOU READ THIS! thanks very much! =D ]]
