Here goes the haunted house one.
Well, we had all planned to start the preparation stuff on Monday but as things had been going so far at that time, we couldn't start it in the end. Surprise? Pfft. Anyway. We DID get to finally meet PL4 people in person. Khoo was the one in charge and he was a really nice easygoing guy. Very PM14 type. haha. We all hit it off instantly and began discussing about the horror/haunted house in detail and he agreed very graciously to do things our way though he wasn't really sure about the rest of his class (they weren't there with him).
So we ended the discussion and we had decided to just inform the office that we would be staying over late in college the next day maybe til midnight to prepare the haunted house, just in case ot wasn't allowed. Nell and I went to the office then to ask the SAM people coz C17 and C19 were usually used by the SAM classes. When we got there we were told to see the ass.dir. of program and we were then dropped a bombshell - "C19 is being used for a class from 8-9am on Wed morning. I dont think you can use it. I doubt its the class you're using" - is what that woman said.Nellie and I were like WTH????? It was like a nightmare. Why was it everytime things seemed to be smoothened out already, another wrinkle would show up?? We called Jon to call Ivan to call a Ms Choo who was in charge to get her to straighten things up by that day. By night time, it was confirmed - we have C17 and C19!! Phew.. Stress us only man.
So next morning, Jon printed out the posters and all and I picked them up from the shop. It was nice! Very pretty and all. We decided to go for Bio then Chem then it wd be double phys and break = 3 hours free time. We planned to go to my house, pick up the toiletbowl and all then do somemore shopping for the rest of the stuff we might need for the setting up. Yeethong and Ethan decided to come along and help. Wheee. so the more the merrier. By the time we did all the shopping though, we went overtime and missed the second period of chem, and also maths. haha. the last was tks but who wants to go for that?? So we decided in the end to ponteng EVERYTHING. yayy! hahah. teruk teruk. We got some newspapers and cardboards from Yeethongs place then headed back to taylors around 4pm.
Then the work began. We hauled most of the stuff we needed except the toilet stuff and at the classroom we began arranging the tables and all. The guys of PL4 were really helpful (minus a few of them) but the girls..... well. as khoo put it himself.. they were kinda like "tai ka jie"s. Dont really wanna do the physical work, when ask them to do their work somewhere else coz people need to set up that area, they still never move. Aiseh man. Susah betul. I lost my temper a bit a few times. Scared a few people I think. Vicky and Ben especially pull me one side ask me whats wrong. haha.. sorry you guys! Tension la and stress make me like that. Coz it was already 7pm plus and things were still barely half done. Of course la I naik angin. Mrs Mary Ng also came to visit, talk to us, ask us to make our own coupons and stuff. Give advice then gave us permission to stay as late as we want. =D She's nicer than expected. hehe. Ah. but its all for charity anyway rite?
Well. Quite a few things happened along the way that time. I fell down while walking on the tables. Painful man but it was ok la. Just hard to breathe a bit for a few hours and my chest felt sore. We seemed like we almost ran out of cloth and kinda panicked coz we wouldnt have time to get some more at that time (turns out it we had enough actually). Then it began going well already. I could see things shaping up properly, the maze looked more like a maze and people were being abit more productive than they were before. And then. as usual. SOMETHING had to go wrong slightly. I bumped into a friend whos in the SAM programme. She told me that her class was doing something like a maze thing too in the dark only that hers was a "Hunt In the Dark". A treasure hunt. So nothing special right? Hear this - they have a RM20 000 sponsorship for their prizes. WTH rite? Who wouldn't wanna go for it? So we basically had a tough competition. VERY TOUGH. How to counter we wondered? Pricing la was the only way. But it was worrifying. What happens if we still don't get enough customers with it being so cheap already?...
More people began going home around 10pm or so. Those who did anyway weren't really helpful in the beginning so it didnt really make a difference. We moved in the toilet bowl, got the saw room properly done and by 3/4am it was almost all done!! By then the ones doing the most work was Khoo, Kevin and the most of PM14. I admit its also coz we kept spending too much time discussing abt things and then halfway doing things we end re-discussing. hehe. Bad planning I guess. Sort of our fault for not preparing things earlier. So by the time we finished, most people were like zombies already. Vicky, Ben, Sean, Andrew and Chai Yee you could see were waaaay beyond exhaustion and I already used up most of my natural high. The place was still in a mess though but we still wud have time from 7-9am to clean up so we decided to just go back to our respective places tht we had planned to overnight at and get some rest. First though we had a short supper at mcd where me and vicky got into a debate about politics. haha. That woke him up a bit. =D
So Andrew overnighted at Vicks and Ben went home. The rest of us girls, Yeethong, Chaiyee, Elena and me plus Jon went to Elena's place coz we were all still pretty awake and didn't want to fall asleep. Jon especially was high, dancing in front of mcd to "hollerback girl". Most hilarious dancing ever. hahha. So at Elena's place, as what usually happens, we ended up sleeping though we didn't want to. haha. At 7 we woke up and Jon and I started stressing, worrying things wont get ready in time. Rushed over to coll to find most people also not there yet. Started clearing up the haunted house and then people arrived, Brenda came with all muffins. We started properly setting up the saw room.. etc. And then the carnival started.
At the start, things weren't going so well coz we didn't have time for a test run before the carnival started to test things out properly that morning. So maybe in the first hour, most of the customers just said it was ok. But by the next 2 hours, i think vic and the rest of the scarers got a hang of things and began having fun. haha. Jon and I jaga the entrance, Chai Yee and Kaizia were in charge of the coupon booth. I timed the intervals between groups. Then somethings began going wrong. First some dungu slammed the whiteboard bordering the saw room and spoilt the whiteboard abit. Had to put things on hold for awhile and fix things. Took about 10 mins or so. Teruk. Then after that the lighting fixture kept falling. Also took about 5 mins to fix amidst some groups still inside the haunted house. And people began wrecking the saw room. By then, things were pretty out of control but we couldnt pause anymore coz the line for the haunted house was LOOOONG. As in VERY. Oh. I forgot to mention we reduced the price of rm5 to rm3 due to the competition factor. So maybe thats why we had lots of customers. Some claimed they lined up for 1 hour ade. haha. wow.
We had mixed reviews. Most female customers said it was scary. Most guys came out laughing saying it was hilarious and not really scary. But anyway. what matters was that we seemed to be making money to cover our costs and still give enough for charity. =)
We continued the whole day till 2pm plus then cleaned up till 3pmish. We then went for lunch at AC together with Elaine, Jon's "friend" then everyone headed back home ard 5pm. What a day man. By the end of it all, evryone was seriously in need of rest and relaxation coz we all only rested max 3 hrs the night before!! I myself was about to drop dead coz the past few days before that also I hardly got rest. Thats all for the haunted house.
So total profit? - RM1195. Not including the cost price of course. Woohoo!! heheh.
We were still very stressed though coz Friday we had so many things to do - chem test. maths ass. eca plans..All about it in the next post!!
Here are some pics taken when we had dinner at AC on the night of preparation for the haunted house. Sorry there isn't any on the interior of the haunted house itself.
"I told you not to take my picture when I'm eating la!!" =P
Peix2's shirt!
See.. Chai Yee looks so tired ade and its only 8pm
Coordinator and Prez
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