Flashbacks: Winning Egg

Damn, mas mahaba pa yun time sa pag gawa ng itlog na yun kaysa sa practice namin. hehe

There was a battle of performances ala "showtime", in our FS townhall and looking back in our performance.. Geez I can't believe it.. Oh well.. Ganito na lang ba?

Yes, at least every quarter there is a Fin Services Townhall, which celebrates the department success in achieving our achievable VOC scores or our stats and yes, recognize the efforts of the agents who really outperformed well in the course of our daily FS operations.

Last townhall, I was not able to come kasi VL ko and besides, well, di ko masyado close yun team.. That was changed, at least quarter later.

And this townhall, had a challenge, to put up a showdown contest to showcase or miserable este god given talents, if we have one. hehehe

Yes, me? Dude, I can't dance or even well sing.. I am not sure with my team.. Hehe Pero of course, for other teams..

Well, at first yes, assign si ganyan at ganito, bring this or do that.. More of assigning work and decentralize the roles, and most importantly, what we are going to do..

At first, it was hard, because yes, sobrang queue pa nun and siyempre we need to think our stats first, kasi baka next quarter, wala na kami. =(

Since of my team mates are dancers and well one is a singer o sorry two pala kaso di din pwede kasi mag VL ng townhall date, we thought of just doing a "Showtime" routine..

Yes, the channel 2 show competition of dancing, dancing and they changed it to acting but it did not work, changed it back to dancing show. The show has of course, very, very, very good and respectable judges lead by Vice Ganda. hehe

Anyway, so ayun, naisip na ganun, at first medyo confusing pa kasi of the overflow of ideas and the executions as well, pero it end up na we will just mix some songs then ayun isip na lang ng dance routine..

After a week, siyempre wala pa kami ginagawa because we need to wait for the dance anthem, but other teams, holy crap.. They have routine and most of all, the props! Yes, they have props and they look like expensive.. The prize is by the way, 3000php for the champion team and 1000php for the runner up team..

Meaning, whatever you spend in this contest will be paid if you're the winning team. hehe

Kami naman, siyempre todo hintay at ayun ngarag sa queue.. Inggit din kasi mabuti pa yun ibang team, medyo may practice na..

Rules? Mayrun of course, at least 4-7 mins performance including the preparation and linis ng stage. hehe Then may criteria siyempre, from 40% ata aliw factor, 20% for the performance, 20% props and costume and 20% for the audience impact, total of 100%. Parang sa Eat Bulaga dance contest nun araw, at least di 10% audience impact. hehe

No fireworks pala siyempre.. Baka masunog yun venue at dun mapunta yun funds ng Townhall. hehe

After some days na din, ayun may dance track na kami and isip ng plot and routine then yun na!

Actually one week before the presentation, dun lang kami nagstart. Saturday and Sunday, our SME find some props at Divi at costume na din.. At yes, well, they are damn inspired what Lady Gaga did in the Grammy's so, yes, they want us to do, the "Egg".

I thought to myself.. How are we going to do that!?

Monday, almost all the props are complete, practice kina Kissen our lovely team mate which very near at office and most especially, A. Venue.. Wow, pwede maglasing tapos uwi ka lang naglalakad. hahaha

Well, we listened to the track at ayun brainstorming pa din and we started to create the ultimate props using, plagana, the steel roods, chicken wires and alambre, and pangkulay sa Egg.. Newspapers.. Crap. hehe

Ayun mas matagal pa yun pag assemble kaysa sa practice kasi wala pa naman yun ibang members na kasama sa number..

Paper mache ginamit namin, at least mura at recycled. hehe

Tuesday, yes! May routine na at well problema pa sa papakulay ng lintik na itlog na yun.. hehe Pero yes, nakaisip na basic routine and I was surprised with my role, how about TL Jo-anne and especially, yes, may Lady Gaga kami. =)

Kaunting practice and kain ng kaunti and yes, still focusing at the big Egg.. hehe

We got tired and moved to Wednesday.

Wednesday was quite serious.. Of course as the competition comes near, we need to become in sync and mamemorize yun gagawin namin, or else, niyek, talunan kami.. By the way, yun una, second to the last kami but due to oh well, some changes, first to perform kami from FS.. Yun una sa min, welll Virgin mobile collection, pero di FS yun, it's just under the same OM..

Then practice, practice and practice and they told me at least memorize the lines.. And yes, the Egg is not even strong yet and puzzled, how we are going to carry that thing?

At the end of that practice, we started to figure out pano kulayan at ayun, sinimulan na namin.. Grabe. hehe

The last day of practice, of course, Thursday.. Lahat kami ngarag na, pero suprisingly, patapos na lahat!! Props and costumes, check! Except for the Egg na kailangan maging stable at mukhang Egg, hindi carosa. hehe

Dance moves and sync check! Well, we were laughing while in practice pero sometimes serious at ayun nakuha na ang gagawin namin.. Pero sobrang fun talaga, parang sa school lang na may play or performance pero the difference is, eto sobrang short.. Mas mahaba pa yun pag gawa, yun gulo at ayos ng props. hehe

Pero, late na kami nakauwi, at ako mabuti off ko Friday.. Kaso ayun, mabuti nakasakay pa ko papuntang Suki, geez kakapagod na mag MRT after the long practice and fixing the things..

Friday came and yes I practiced my lines.. Naks! hehe Even I hate it, pero para naman sa team yun.. =)

Then yes, pagpunta ko ng office, ayun medyo may iniba sa part ko! Grabe eh. But same flow and routine through except for that Egg..

Hmmmmm I was surprised na nadala sa venue yun egg, but yun steel poles and rods, wala pa.. And we are short of time!!!! Niyek..

All of us got dressed since we are first and at the nick of time after na ibuhol yun alambre sa Egg, plagana at poles, nabuo naman kaso walang testing. hehe

Then after some ques at mga improvements, we're ready!!!!!! Yihaaaa!!! We're ready to lose. hehe

Kasi naman yun ibang team, sobrang prepared and may mga surprises pa so we don't know what to expect in our team.. Pero like DP SME said, tuloy lang pag may mali and enjoy, kahit matalo basta pahirapan yun ibang team. hehe

Townhall started and we are feeling the nerves already.. Medyo ayun na. Grabe eh..

Ako talaga nakasimangot nun kasi pagod at kinakabahan na din, lalo una pa kami.. Crap.

Tapos siyempre, I am nervous what's going happen into that precious Egg. hehe

After VMA finished their acoustic performance, ayun na, kami na, now na!!! Niyek!!!!

Positions are set and yes, we started.. TL as Justin Bieber then we have 3 lovely ladies as backup namely, Marie, Kissen and Airene.. TL lip synch in the tune of Baby, then me? As always, PNOY that wears like Ludacris, well after this, they called me Loadakiss because of what I do.. hehe

Well, I lip synch the rap part of that pop song.. Geez, great part for 40 seconds of fame, and yes they were shouting and I was surprised na pinalit na part pala, si TL ng girl dress.. Nashock ako. hehe Well, lahat of course, it was fun.. Then out kami..

Lady Gaga came in and it was Shiela who done her Poker face part, and yes she came out in that paper made Egg.. At initcha na lang sa entrance, di na kinaya dalin ng dalawang dudes, namely Mhon and Jerome.. hehe By the way, we have our moral support members Chelo at Cy..

Sila Mommy Ness, sayang di nakapunta and Faye, well did go to Aussie..

Anyway, lahat naghiyawan na!!! Pano ba naman tong si Sheila, grabe eh, finish, kaw na!!! Lalo na yun sayaw niya with the 2 dudes, dakma na eh!! You can see that in the pics. hehe Or sa video, na until now, di ko pa nakikita ng buo. hehe

Then after that, ayun SME Mitch and SME DP went to their Beyonce part na, crazy in love with our dance routine.. then everybody was indeed going crazy bought the house down!!! At that time, I thought, let's finish this na.. hehe

It was an electric finish and we received a standing ovation.. Grabe, everybody went Gaga..hehe

You can see that na din na iba shock and we too, it went smooth and fun! At relieved na din at ako pa nagdismantle na lintik na itlog. hehe

Then, ayun, mga judges were awe and we did put a smile in their faces.. Biglang tanong siyempre for the star of the night, Shiela which quite speechless and wanted to change clothes kasi ang hirap nun suot niya. hehe

Kami naman we were very joyous that it finish great which we never thought of and our OM EJ very happy as well.. We were just laughing and have fun eating the pulutan and ice tea. Bad trip made my night bad trip.. Bad trip was the cocktrail drink offered that night, let me tell you, medyo bad ang timpla. hehe

After our performance, yes, the prize went up to 5000php champion, 3000php for the 1st runner up and 1000php for the 2nd runner up.. Wow, sana manalo kami for team building na yun! hehe Then yes, sana may funds kami for our final team building. Final kasi may shuffling eh starting next quarter..

Pero that night it was fun, the other performance were fun.. From TL Tam's the cover dance, I forgot the name. hehe TL AJ's korean inspired dance and some glee, and yes the Glee songs are all over every team's performance. hehe TL Mars, Glee/Beyonce/Dreamgirls with tv ad performance plus a real stunt, at mabuti ok si Hacel. hehe TL Garsh, suprising performance at yes, wow, once in a lifetime chance na si TL Garsh ay bihis Do�a. hehe TL Faye's gameshow inspired yet impressive final dance routine.. Siyempre, TL Faye yun, professional dancer yun eh.. Di mawawala. hehe

Townhall gave some awards and yes my award ok for one wacky award for being fully loaded award due to my bizness. hehe Compliance 100% for the month of ehem, Aug. hehe And surprisingly our team, lowest Lost hours..

The winner of course ng showtime, is TL Jo-anne!!! We are champions, after the rush work and gulo at kalokohan na number, we won victorious!!! Yehey, may team funds na kami for final team building!!!!!!

We went crazy and eccentric because simply, we can't believe it.. And thanks, I guess for the winning Egg!

The Egg? We threw it away.. Sabi ko nga kay Mhon, pwede namin ipamuseo yun. Or dapat daw pula yun kulang ng itlog parang itlog na maalat =)