Just wanna add another colourful chapter in the history of my life. I guess 10 yrs down the road. or actually even just merely 2 months or so, i would realli reminisce the great time i had in the super prestigeous event - IMF/WB Annual Meetings, Singapore 2006.
I still remember the very first time i walked into Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (SSICEC). Preparations were still underway and things were still on-going. I was there to actually set-up the place for exercise later on. It was just the normal thing just that i have to be in business attire so to speak - comprising of the long sleeved shirt and long pants of cos. Thats just the second week before the actual start of the IMF and i'm almost down at Suntec everyday.
The week prior to the start of IMF was yet another exercise and last minute preparations towards the event. That week, I was stationed in Suntec ever since, and i had to work till quite late. Even though working hours were long and tough, i kinda enjoyed the whole process considering that i'm involved in such a HUGE event and i took pride in the fact that i can play a part. Its like this kinda thing will happen once a life time and it happened to me. All the international lime light is on this event. I mean like this kinda thing dont happen to everyone, so i'm very grateful that i am a part of this history etched not only in my life, but also the history books of many.
Prior to the exercise, like during the last exercise, PM Lee came to visit the set up and everyone was like so serious, but i was like huh? its so fake, we shld just let him see wad we actually do... quite cute and fun haha.
After all the exercises, it was the main event itself. It was quite anticipating, i mean its like an international event! I liked the security part, although it was quite erm un-friendly, but u feel quite protected... haha so nice. The event was quite a success and i realli learnt a lot, attended seminars, got to know more political, financial stuff and how the world works. The internation arena and its ways to policies. Kinda cool although it may be quite hard to understand at certain junctures. I took lots of photos, and during the event at the esplanade, only those with the IMF pass can enter and we can watch forbidden city, when no one else can watch for FREE!!! but its only for like 1 hr, so too bad lor, but we got half price on the tics, if we wanna watch the whole thing. Haha... oh yeah the food was free and it was FAB! all the shan zhen hai weis like scallops and lakso, crabs and stuff like dat... wa heavenly... and its like i took photos with a lot of mei nus... haha so shuang!!! i'm gonna try to put pics in here... hopefully i can! haha
Time realli pass by quite fast, and the whole event yuan man jie shu le... wad i have taken away from it wasnt just experience and lessons learnt (although i did), but its new friendships, new horizons, new encounters and ideas, preceptions, long lost frens and stuff... A LOT A LOT. I'm realli gald to be given this opportunity, i wanna thank everyone and anyone who helped me... haha ") realli realli gratified.
