Ok, I usually won't put these kinds of rants on my blog, but I think this one's worth it ^^
So, yesterday, normal day, went to class, rushed homework. I was about to leave, when I saw the sad, sad, condition of our house mascot. Really, a dragon? It looks like an elderly, toothless crocodile. So, I decided to stay. Anyway, 963 is always so darn crowded that by 6pm, the bus wouldn't even stop for you. So, I listened in on what was needed to be done, which was obviously, a lot. The whiskers of the dragon was soft, the paper Mache thingy they did to cover the boxes was still wet, there was no eye of the dragon (pun not intended for the fans of ninja gaiden), head was unbalanced... So who was left to deal with this hunk of junk? Me, Nat, Jingmin and Aaron. 4 people to handle a head. We decided that we would need some extra materials, so Nat volunteered to go out in his dad's car and buy the lot. Aaron got bored and went off to handle his stuff first, saying that he'd come back later when Nat arrives. So there we were, stuck between staring at a soggy dragon head and watching a more entertaining show: Fleming doing THEIR mascot.
Their mascot is griffin. Which griffin? The one with the eagle stuck to the torso of a lion, or simply a huge eagle? Whatever the case, not much difference if you're just gonna make the head yea? It still looks like a large bird. Whatever the case was, they asked Michael to buy a wok, to act as a helmet and a support. Idea was pretty good. They also got him to buy masking tape and… something else. So essentially, the whole Fleming team sat there waiting for a clueless boy to come back with some of the weirdest combinations of materials possible. Daniel told me Michael was really blur. "I told him to buy a wok. He asked me metal or wooden" -.- I've never heard of a wooden wok. As long as Michael doesn't come back with a ladle, Fleming ain't killing him, and my source of entertainment would be gone. So we waited for him to be back. (and Nat wasn't back yet.) 10min ETA, Yunhui said that Michael couldn't find a wok, so he bought a cooker instead. *grins* someone's gonna die! During that 10min, we laughed over a huge running joke about buying hookers off the cash converters (someone misheard cooker). When Michael returned, we had the biggest laugh of our lives. Our good friend here bought a steamboat set, heating element included. It was HILARIOUS! Oh well, with Johnny on their team, they quickly got the heating element off, and got to work. In the mean time, I had gotten bored with their team and I went back to our sorry headset. NAT'S NOT BACK!!!
He finally returned with all the things we needed, together with his dad's car tool kit. Aaron came back, and we got to work stripping the hangers as backing for the whiskers. In the mean time, Jingmin went on to paint the boney plates of the dragon. Nat was having fun trying to make the dragon's nostrils. Aaron helped some, then went off for study time. By the time he was back, we managed to strip all the hangers, attach 2 to the whiskers, and we were already trying to staple it to the front of the dragon. Johnny was really nice and gave us some thin wires to fasten the whiskers to the head. ½ hour later, my dad arrived to pick me up. We weren't done yet, so I asked for his help. With his brilliant idea, we realized we could make life easier by making holes in the top of the head to slide the horns through. Now to make the horns. After awhile, curfew, so Aaron had to go back. Strength, back to me, Jingmin and Nat. Soon, DUDE came by. (we decided to call the security guard that after arguments on what name to call him) He told us that we couldn't stay here any longer as it was already 10 30. For some reason, we didn't even have time to pack. What to do? That guy was doing his job. Nat went crazy. He suddenly thought of a crazy idea to bring everything out of the school, sit next to the AYE where the bus stop is, and do the rest there. So, we happily moved everything there, and plunked our butts down on the pavement and started working. DUDE couldn't do anything since we were already out of the school. My dad went home first to put my bag back. After awhile, we realized that we were down to less than 2m of masking tape. PANIC! We were stuck outside school, with almost no masking tape left, and the bus drivers were staring at us for being such a sight. More Nat crazy ideas. He came up with this completely nutcase idea to get Aaron to throw the masking tape out of the school campus onto the pavement. So there we were, me, sitting there and cutting cardboard and endangering my jewels, Jingmin either drawing the designs, or painting, and Nat running up and down trying to organize a masking tape throwing contest. Of course it failed. Landed on the curb inside the school. More crazy ideas, CMF's turn. She stays on the 10 floor I think? So that means more distance and thus further? Possibly. So, more masking tape throwing contest. Nat helped us while CMF went around trying to find more masking tape. By the way, to all anti nobellers, the horns on the dragon head are also hanger wire reinforced. Do not try to smash it or you might end up in hospital. So, anyway, by the time she was done, we had already made the frills for the dragon. Out of cardboard. Frail frills… regardless, we were happily getting ready to get our masking tape when nice teacher comes (I'm starting to forget names already ><). She realized that we were stuck outside school with limited masking tape and a Jingmin who was freaking out from all the ghost stories that Nat was telling (if you do read this, remember the wind XD). She moved us to a brighter place, outside the hostel office. Then there we were so happy that we could finally do our work in a more workable place and stuff. CMF wasn't happy that she couldn't throw her masking tape, so she lowered it down to us anyway with twine. XD thanks for the twine Mel! So there we sat, working on our head furiously against the deadline the nice teacher set for us. Me and Nat called our dad in again (Yay to dads!) and they helped us attached the frills on. So now we have a frilled dragon, with whiskers that actually looks like a dragon. If you see it on black and white TV. So we finished up the dragon, decided to leave the headgear attachment and painting to later, and packed up. Jingmin got home safely, and both me and Nat went home in our respective cars. Clock, 2:04am.
There, 2am, no dinner, very sleepy, excess of masking tape, dragon… mostly done. And 2 very pissed off security guards XD. Job done!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who helped us with the dragon: Nat, Jingmin, for being there at the scene all the way and helping; Aaron, for helping with ½ the work and his masking tape XD; CMF for being extremely helpful at 12am in the morning, providing masking tape; Mel for her twine; both security guards for being extremely patient to 3 overenthusiastic students; nice teacher for being nice; last but far from the least, both Dads for being super helpful and supportive! I mean, whose dad will come down at 1am in the morning to school to help their kids on a head? Twice?
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