Sunday, March 02, 2008
Late Spring Cleaning... In Foochow association dance studio on wednesday..
When Sophie messaged everyone, she only told us to come down to the studio on Wed night & refused to reveal what's going on to those who cant go. For those who cant go: need to give reason. For those who can go: no way of backing out upon knowing the news of the 'sai kang' to do.. Haha..
Actually when i read that message, i got that 不祥的预感, but since i'm free nowadays, i just replied Ok.. I'm so nice right?!
8 of us turned up, not a pathetic turnout as expected as people usually 'siam' when it comes to 'sai kang' & congregate during fun gatherings.
I helped to sort out the files & put them back accordingly.. Oh man! There's papers on meeting details way back from 1992 for dance productions then. Got to see how life is like in the 'low-tech' ages, pages full of handwritten stuff & the original copy of the ticket of the dance production was made up of different pieces of small paper with various typewritten wordings & mounted on a larger piece of paper. No points for guessing that they sent that original copy to be photocopied on coloured paper... Haha.. That's ticket design back then. Now with the aid of computers, programmes & nice color printers, adding words & graphics seem all so easy that i didnt think about how it could be done without all those technology. Hmm..
As the 4 girls were sorting all those files, photo albums & whatever stuff that you least expected to find in a dance studio.. the 4 guys were busy cleaning.. The wall fans were wiped clean & the air conditioners was taken apart by Kenny for cleaning. One of the guys commented that he looked like the air con repairman --sitting on a ladder & opening the outer cover to service (in this case: CLEAN) the air con. Pro sia! Haha.. can转行next time. After which they cleaned the mirrors with some glass wiper detergent (i dunno where they found it) & newspapers. Yeah we now have gleaming clean mirrors & we can see ourselves clearer during our practices. Lol.
After sorting, i started cleaning the windows... First time in my life... I was wiping glass windows! Unlike in sec school where we just used feather dusters to clean the classroom shutter windows.. This is for real~ Woots.. I dont even do this at home. So i doubt i did a great job at cleaning & the thing is there's really thick layers of dust -it's impossible for me to remove all of them. Herman's the pro one at cleaning windows, he kneeled on the cabinet beside the windows to make himself level with the window panels & began wiping in a swift motion. A lil dangerous cos there's no window grills and he risk falling out of the window. One of the guys pointed this out to him and he went.. 'Aye u'll know when u go NS, this is nothing... we always do that...' No points for guessing why he's so good & fast at cleaning windows =p
Yun yun jie actually told us to repaint & redesign/decorate the back wall when Sophie called to tell her we are doing spring cleaning *faints*
Xue liang was wiping the wall & the framed photos of past performances (like 10years ago kinda thing.. looks super old) when Sophie relayed Yun yun jie's message to us. He said 'Hmm我看还是留着这些比较好,可以保平安' in a mock serious tone. Lol.. Who wants extra work? I think that's why all those photographs could be hung there for many many years.
The last bit was sweeping & mopping the floor. It's fascinating to see Yu ying & Xue liang fighting to be the one who gets to mop the floor. 'I want to mop!' 'I mop!' 'No, i mop!' 'I come here just to sweep & mop the floor one!不要跟我抢!' 'I want to mop!'...
The bickering goes on & on.. Till Wei ren spoke out, 'You all like to mop the floor so much, come my house and mop la!'
Eventually, Xue liang continued sweeping the floor while Yu ying got her wish to mop the floor. She's really so enthusiastic about mopping that Xue liang had to remind her that she can only start after he finish sweeping. Hahahaha..
It has been ages since i touched a mop... Hmm.. At least i'm slightly better than Yu ying who didnt know that she has to mop from the inside of the room & gradually move outside. So initially she was dirtying the floor again as she was mopping by stepping on it herself (=.o''') until Wei ren taught her the right way of mopping floors. I was busy with something-i-forgot then, if not, i would have noticed the funny way she mopped.
This morning, during dance, they drew special attention to the fans, air cons, mirrors.. So that our efforts didnt go to waste.
yunn. at 1:05 AM