Pre-Christmas Nite 2010.

Always organized, duties were neatly scribbled written on the whiteboard.

Before the props were completed:

[Video 1] Kah Wei did the Simba move on the baby a few times.

[Video 2] Then Ju finally went onstage and said: “It’s not Simba!”

[Video 3] Then they didn’t know what to do with the baby d. Haha!

Check out Sin Yee’s sushi baby.




Then Olive and Teng completed the backdrop!
 

Kenneth came despite the hectic MMU ROC practice schedule. T_T

 

SCENE 1

SCENE 2

SCENE 3

Joseph the Phlegmatic – “What shall I do? Aih. …

I’ll sleep my troubles away whee”

SCENE 4

[Video 9] Famous Donkey song. =D

SCENE 5

 

Marcus the Innkeeper.

(it’s like we have a marcus in every play. haha!)

 

Dysfunctional couple yang baru cerai talaq tiga.

A ray of Hope.

[Video 7] Ray of Hope practice.

[Video 8] Ray of Hope for real!

SCENE 6

(btw, i thought only male sheep have horns? haha!)

Flabbergasted scene. XD

I like this scene. Because these were the first

to whom the gospel was preached.

And the first to make the decision to believe. =)

SCENE 7

(notice the Innkeeper’s evolving broom)

 

   I originally named this “Worship”.

But then,

“Jesus Christ is Lord” is the better title, isn’t it?

SCENE 8

 The simplest scene that I didn’t like at first.

I liked this the most in the end.

Partly because I loved experimenting with the music,

partly because of how, at the end of the scene,

the wise men fell on their knees in worship.

(I took videos of Uncle Philip Lee, not pictures. Hee.)

OUR HAPPY SONG!

BEHIND THE SCENES!

The Soundmen!

Sound Effects Girl!

 THE SUBSTITUTES

[Video 4] Sharma the Shepherd buat suspense move.

[Video 5] Sharma the Wise Man buat lawak.

[Video 6] The real wise man. Compare. Hee!

Shaun the Substitute Innkeeper.

GROUP PICTURES!

the christmas thingy!

I think everyone will agree that the real thing was waaaaaaaaay better than the practices. =D

Picture post will come later, since I don't have any, and since I'm in Pahang. Haha!

Chen Li and Yen, feel free to update ya. =D Will grab the photos of the play from Gary when I get back to PJ.

This post is to acknowledge and thank everyone who put in their all for this night:

Coordinator & Co-Coordinator

juliana & melissa

for coordinating everything, from the practices to the minute details,
for being the awesome spontaneous emcee and narrator,

and for being so patient with us!

Prop, Backdrop & Costume Designs

auntie tina, teng & olive

for the AWESOME GILER costumes, and
the SUPER AWESOME props and backdrop!
uncle kian boon, mr & mrs hoh, and EVERYBODY,
for the props contributed just because we needed help. =)

Props Peeps

jessica, wei jin & andy

for sneaking around quietly and stealthily to move and remove the props!

Food & Clean-Up

auntie lydia (head)

i know so many people helped - auntie wan neo, auntie nancy, auntie bee wan...

thank you for the labour of love -

the food was truly awesome,

and the chicken was ginormous!

Sound Technicians

sharma & daniel

thank you for listening when everybody else's ears went deaf with the noise of the mics,

and for working hard to make sure everyone's voice was heard.

Lights & Wiring

uncle tony, wei jin & kah wei

for doing the things everybody else couldn't do,

and for always coming early to wire and set up everything.

wei jin - thank you for replacing the burnt wire in the piano so fast. =D

kah wei - thank you for fixing the sustain thingy in the piano

although you'd never done it before. =D

Music & Sound Effects

shuen, adrian, andy (& myself)

for playing the same thing over and over again like it was our first and only time!

shuen - for utilizing the keyboard's fullest potential (awesome screams),

adrian - for singing and mek-ing though you have your own ROC to worry about,

andy - for standing in to sing at the last minute. =)

Photographers & Videographers

gary & yen mei

these are the people i talked to before the play started.

i saw more than two cameras that night though.

all you other camera people running around in the dark

making sure all of us had our snapshot glory ---

thank you! =)

Speaker

uncle rodney

for preparing the message although you had tons of SPM papers to mark,

and for all the constructive criticism and suggestions through out the practices!

Actors

santa claus | darel

elves | joel, ken, michelle

mary & joseph | sin yee & kah wei

angels | daniel, christine, celine, sarah

inn-keepers | aaron see & johnny

lawak couple | shaun & chen li

shepherds | uncles andrew & tony, kenneth

wise men | uncles anthony, philip lim, philip lee

for the time spent practicing like mad,

and for all the improvisations nobody made you do.

you guys were truly mangkuk. =D

Big and small,

tall and short,

round and square,

noisy and quiet,

everybody

for the love poured out,
the effort put in,
the strength showed,
the help shared,
the encouragement given
the shoulder lent,
and the prayers said and whispered.



and we always say the first shall be last.
and the last shall be first.
here, the last is first.

The Source, the Reason for the Season, Our Guide

God the Father

God the Son

God the Holy Spirit.

We praise Your Name
and pray that Your Name was praised last night.

We have received many reviews,

but we pray that the night of 25 December 2010

was acceptable to You.

Forgive us if we forgot our audience of one.

A Ray of Hope!

"I've just become a father."

-- Chua Beng Hui via SMS.

Yesh! Yoke Woon gave birth to Chua Ern Song yesterday, and he weighs a healthy 3.37kg! =D

According to Beng Hui,

"Ern" is the Chinese for "grace",
and "Song" is, well, "song".

So Ern Song's name means "song of grace". =D

Waiting for pictures, will upload them when I get them!

"I've just become a father."

I was so moved when I saw those words. T_T

[I was in court watching a trial, so I couldn't do the happy dance.]

-_-

Putting Christ back into Christmas

Helloe peeps! Keep your Christmas evening free because we, the Mangkuks from MGC are inviting you to our Christmas event! Come join us kay? XD

Visit our Facebook event invitation to RSVP yea!