the president
not joking.. it's mr president george w bush we are talking abt here.. supposedly a day for mugging of my unfamiliar macroeconomics syllabus.. ended up more like a bonding session getting high over meeting one of the most powerful man in the world.. though not exactly the most popular..basking in the heat along the queue to get to the location alone took us already 1.5 hrs.. afterwhich the security check took another half an hour or so.. finally ending up at the location.. getting some refreshments.. and the whole lot of us decided to enter the place early since we were already tired and running out of things to do.. to me.. i was hanging on to my tb.. again another day of hoping that i could study but dashed hopes in the end..
got in the arena, sat at the 2nd row towards the right side facing the stage.. the view was really good.. staring straight at the podium with almost 0 obstruction.. started getting high amongst ourselves taking photos and all.. till after a while sm goh came into the place.. hahaha.. we started waving to him and his waving as usual in the general direction.. then we started laughing and then started clapping.. yar i noe.. we are a little well.. unpro.. but then again.. it's not everyday u get to see him so close up..
soon after sm goh disappeared and reappeared from the stage.. the big guy.. mr president bush appeared on stage.. i could juz see the various big cameras snapping away incessantly.. different angles.. different positions.. seeming every word he says seemed to be under the scrutiny of so many.. yet again.. the speech was not exactly popoular amongst all of us..
but the highlight was really the time he finished his speech, walked down the stage, and started shaking hands with the pple within his reach.. at first he walked down from the left side, so i thot it was really far away.. no big deal.. not as if he's my idol or sth.. but as he started to move towards the right side, i realised that he was really nearing me and in fact at the rate he was going he would definitely reach me.. in my composure i quickly thot of something short to say to him while he shook my hand.. and indeed he gave me a firm handshake, while i said "it's an honour" and he replied "thank you", gave a smile and eye contact.. thot i was quite calm la.. haha though after that people swarming in wanting to take photos with him got a little unpro again.. really felt like some teenagers wanting to take photo with some pop star.. but i have to admit i was amongst the excited people too and ended up in a group photo with him.. the first time that besides our own camera, there were so many others snapping away.. haha who noes? we might end up on tmr's headlines? haha..
nonetheless an unexpected experience.. so different from wad i expected it to be.. not only coz of mr president.. but also coz of him.. i guess i felt awkward la.. so i sort of tried to avoid him? din want to go forward to say hi, din want to appear in front of him.. i dunno.. but i'm quite puzzled as to why he doesn't come forward to intiate something.. and he din even say bye in the end when he left.. and yes he saw me.. i'm so sure of that.. no official hi bye.. so different from wad i intially thot it would turn out.. that i would sit beside him, i would walk with him, talk with him.. during the 3 hours used for bonding.. i did nothing close.. sigh.. perhaps i wanted a photo more with him than with dear mr president.. hahaha.. but well that photo with mr president is still a consolation! :)
well i guess this is exciting enough to add one more post to my last post of the sem.. hee.. so meanwhile hopefully i can achieve my peace again to start my mugging.. sigh.. mugging.. hope he can give me strength...
rebec inspired @ 9:51 PM
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