probably the only 1 thing about public bank that triggers good memories of uni life is the regional annual dinner...its gonna be my 2nd time now as a public bank staff but more importantly, its the first time i will experience the full-force furnace of the madness that accompanies it simply because our tan sri teh is coming to town...
it is a big thing - the annual dinner (when tan sri is attending)...it would be really really grand and each region will always try to do better than the region before it...how extravagant is it? well, i dont know yet coz i havent experienced it...but judging from some pics, videos, & what i saw last year..i'd say its gonna be huge...to the extent of 'lebey' level..
the staff (almost 200 altogether) are putting up a grand performance and are practicing like tirelessly to be perfect for the dinner...its like a circus really...
i've decided to take part in the acapella performance (again????...no...this time its pro!) and also to be elton john impersonator for this dance segment called 'the wax museum'...well, basically i dress up like him, and konon2 performing this cool song 'crocodile rock' with dancers and all...
and then there's acapella! the organizing committee called a few of us to form this group as they thought that last year (when me n some other jbu peepz did acapella for the first time in public bank annual dinner) was a pretty awesome concept! =P well...things didnt go smoothly at first, but after a successfull revamp headed by our taiko nizam, it picked up well...
we had been doing studio recording for the past 2 days and since the few of us from the group were around..we helped record a few other songs to be used for the performances...well u c, with the songs, the lyrics would usually be changed to be talking about public bank and we would have to record the new versions...this studio recording thingy...maaan, first time =P
with a team of really talented staff (i mean, seriously, some could steal your heart (n some probably had!) using just their voices!), together we chilled around the office-cum-recording studio either practising or recording or just lepaking with the cool sound engineer for the past 2 days...and at the end of it all...it was all damn satisfying...for our final recording, we recorded this medley of 'grease is the word', 'grease lightning', & 'we go together'...and how technology made us sound awesome was...erm...awesome...of course...garbage in-garbage out...input mesti qualitas! =P
seriously reminded me of the glory days of anas & the producers (haha!)...faisal, zek, anas...wish u guys were there...it would be awesome! how crazy was practice and 'recording' back then???haha! and =and hey, this circus that is the preparation for the dinner sure brings back memories of my mfest days...still among the happiest moments in my life...
well...this pleasant distraction from work at least helped me forget how stressful work can be nowadays...its a long story if i even start talking about it...reality is...i am still at public bank, but i dont really know why...i keep asking myself why i do this when im pretty sure i can afford to choose not to do so...maybe its the challenge of achieving things here thats keeping me here...maybe its my natural desire to reach that position in this organization when i can tell myself (n be proud) that i've made it, before i could finally decide im going...
but its a dangerous trap that could eventually see me spending my entire life here...hmm, nothing wrong with that...as long as i can find the passion...for now...the reason to spark that passion is pretty much non existent..
