hahaha, i am feeling a bit on the high side now because of a mascot show that i did today!!! yea man, it has been a really really long time since the last time i did mascot as hamtaro in town. this time round, it was a show on relationships (friendships, kinships etc) in Pandan Pri Sch. there were 3 mascots in this show supposedly from a group named Bubbles and they are Bravo the lion, Stripes the tiger and Jelly Elly the elephant!

as per usual, we had rehearsals earlier on to practice the dance steps and also mark our places on the stage for the actual performances. it was quite different this time round because all my previous mascot experiences did not require me to really follow cues or interact with the audience a lot. lk for the rudolf reindeer and elf during x'mas, it was just walking around and waving only. then for the hamtaro, it was jus moving in and out and dancing to song so did not really require much attention and brain power i would say. but tis time round, i have to keep very alert so that i dun miss my turn to step out and "say" things, plus also need to magnify my movements if not the kids cant see the mascot moving at all. for e whole time i was inside e mascot, i was sweating continuously!!! it was really uncomfortable and it doesn't help tt i forgot to bring hair clip to clip my hair. brought hair band but it so happens tt e head of e mascot will press e hair band hard on my head which hurts so end up have face all over my face and i cant readjust myself either. however, when i went onstages and saw all the little pri sch kids seating down with excited faces, i just totally forgot all about my discomfort. (: although i forgot some dance steps and reaction was lagging, i was satisfied with my performance as it was the first time i did such a mascot show. hahaha.

i love being in a mascot because i can then really let go of myself and do things that i never thought i can do if i was without the mascot. i also love it as i can make kids smile when i wave to them or do high-five to them. it gives me a great sense of satisfaction, haha, maybe because i simple adore kids ba. ;) thinking back about the show, talking about friendships and stuff, some thoughts just flooded my mind. friendships in the past when we were young used to be so simple, frank and straight forward. if i like you, you're my friend; if i dun like you, we dun be friend. but as we grow up, things get complicated. you can be friendly to a person but that doesnt mean that he/she is a friend. it does sound quite sad isn't it?

also when i saw the kids playing hop-scotch during their break, i felt nostalgic. i really hope that i can go back to those days when life is simple, school is fun, when my family is still perfect.. when i can still have grandparents endowing me with love, care and concern... just feeling a bit sad that so much has happened.. that not all change were exactly happy.. but life goes on. okie dokie, time to hit the books again~! everyone jia you kaes? lastly, chia hong, happy birthday to u~! ^-^