我可以错了再错… It’s really unbelievable that I can make so much mistakes in 4 hours…
It was on 24th August (last sunday), when I was one of the two Emcees for the 2008 Asean Chinese Singing Contest’s Brunei Finalists Contest. This is not the first time I was an Emcee, and i’ve been an Emcee for a bigger crowd.. this is also not the first time i talk on stage, and i still cannot believe why one person can make so much mistakes in a 4 hours show.
Should I blame on the organizer? Should i blame on my bad reading skill? Should i blame on my Partner? can i blame on anyone?
I rehearsed for the opening of the singing contest, i think i did it very well. but my mistakes started after i started to read names… There are so many minor mistakes that i made and i just can’t remember them.
During announcement of Sponsors: I know it is very important to mention the right name for all the sponsors, they wrote me the sponsors’ names. WROTE.
Mistake #1: Surname 方 (Fang), I read 王 (Wang)
Mistake #2: someone’s name is 珍(Zhen), I read 玲 (Ling)
Its not too obvious if my partner didn’t correct me on the stage, and won’t be too obvious if these 2 names are not popular people in Brunei.
The Singing Contest Begun:
Mistake #3: The name of the Contestant #2 song is 说句心里话，As the contestant changed his song last minute, someone wrote on my paper 说句”话”心里话. So i read 说句话.. and paused for a while before i can think about the right name of the song.
Mistake #4: Contestant #5 is a lady, and i said “Thank you to 许先生 (Mr Xu)”. (Snail snail, obviously she is a LADY!)
Actually the above mentioned mistakes are the more obvious one, there are minor mistakes like i didn’t pronouce properly. During the break, Wendy asked me why i keep making mistakes, but she encouraged me that if i stop making mistakes from that point onwards, people will not remember the mistakes i made. But the mistakes getting bigger and bigger… During the Souvenirs Presentation ceremony…
Mistake #5: First was the judges who received souvenirs, followed by Emcees, then i didn’t see the souvenirs for the “Performers”, I already thanked the person who was giving away the prize and told her to get back to her seat, then my partner corrected me about Performers’ souvenirs.
Mistake #6: at that point of time i was really embarassed and didn’t feel like talking anymore. It was then then time to present souvenirs to the SPonsors. I changed a VIP Sponsor’s surname from 黎 (Lee) to 赖 (Lai).
Mistake #7: there were several sponsors, and the list was on my Partner’s hand. I asked him without the Mic if “this is the last one”. He answered “Yes”, and as soon as “My Last One” left the stage, i thanked the souvenir presenter again. Then my partner Corrected me again that there is another “Last one”.
Mistake #8: I felt terrible at that time and turned around and walked into the back of the stage. This is the worst thing i had done, i shouldn’t had went into the back of the stage because i felt embarrassed. GOSH!!
Mistake #9: So the Presentation Ceremony is over, and I came out again and Inviting one of the Male Judge to sing. I invited him first because his name was first on the list. but he pointed at the Female Judge. This is not my mistake, but everyone would think is mine because my partner knew is the Female Judge to sing first and i didn’t know.
Mistake #10: the Female judge sang for long long time and when she was done, she said She passing back the Mic to the Emcees. The results was on my hand so i went up and announced that I will be announcing the result. Then my Partner corrected me again that the Male Judge is the next to sing. I was blanked liao, and i asked the Judge using my Mic “Are you going to sing?”
I made too much mistakes til i didn’t want to stand in the middle of the stage.. i prefer to stand in the dark..
You guys won’t believe how depressed i was after this… no no… i wish it didn’t happen…
This singing contest contestants are all Age 30 and above. Out of my expectation, they can really sing.. even though they don’t normally dress nicely, but when they sing… My Gosh.. Check out the below, some of the contestants who didn’t win during the rehearsal
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