August Harvest Event

FOR WHEN THINGS GET TOO HOT TO HANDLE

For those who are not in the know (how can you not?!), our tribe is hosting a harvest event complete with fun, games and the quintessential skit in the middle of August 2008.

When I was approached by Liang Ming to help out with the skit about a month back, I said yes without thinking of the possible repercussions. I soon realised that my job wasn’t that easy, I had to write the script, act in it, direct the piece and while I was at it, croon some sappy love song as part of the finale. All these coupled with my other commitments (and I have quite a few) made me feel really pressured. I went for every rehearsal feeling tense and it took me quite a long time every session to really let loose and enjoy. But so far, thanks be to God, rehearsals have been beyond smooth. I walk away from every rehearsal kicking myself for worrying over nothing.

Anyway ramblings aside, we’ve come a long way from reading awkwardly off our scripts to performing less awkwardly without them. And to prove that it’s been fun, I have snippets… (I hope the actors don’t see them)

During Rehearsals On Lovely Tuesday nights...

Dylan, who has to touch Pau with a rather ugly red oven mitten as proof of her being too hot to handle (get it?), is lambasted for not being suave enough.

Dylan: How to be handsome with this thing? (waves mitten in desperation)

Pau and Krystle rehearsing yet another bimbotic oh-my-god-it’s-my-crush-scene.
Pau: He’s so looking over (Dylan is in his own world)
Pau: He’s SO LOOKING OVER. (Dylan is in his own world)
Krystle: EH, at this part you and Dylan must have suspicious eye contact leh.
Pau: BUT HE’S NOT LOOKING AT ME HOW TO HAVE SUSPICIOUS EYE CONTACT!

Gavin and Eugene as TV channel 8 soap opera leads
Gavin: Bu yao guo lai! (Don't Come Over!)
Eugene: BA! Bu yao si! (Pa! Don't Jump!)
Gavin jumps off his makeshift rooftop(i.e. unglam classroom chair) and is sprawled on the floor.
Eugene (tears paper and throws it on/at Gavin scrap by scrap): Pa ni wei shen me yao li kai wo? (sobs sobs)

Kevin as stuttering semi-retard
Kevin: Ma-a—a (sounds like a cow being milked)
Candy laughs in his face.

Terry, as good for nothing dad, complete with curly wurly grey wig, dirty white shirt and berms and ah pek spectacles. ‘nuff said.

It’s been real good fun working with all these fantastic people and I just sense God telling me, through that rather unprepossessing red oven mitten that when things get too hot to handle, instead of picking your problems up with your bare hands, slip that glove on, turn to His strength and he will shield you from the heat. So from now on, I’m not going to cram my brain and stress myself out because I trust He’ll take us through it since He put us to it.

Love,
Krystle

"Too Hot To Handle" is a DE Tribe production that is part of the coming Harvest Event happening in August. More details to follow.