From Zhi Hui

HI ALL!
Fest La Vie 08 has ended and definitely with a BLAST! I hope all of you had a good deserving rest last night. Not exactly a person good with words, I shall attempt to pen down all my gratitude and emotions within this post. Haha.
These few months had not been easy but all of your commitment and efficiency definitely lightened my load by tons. I took on this project with great expectation and visions to fulfill due to last year's huge success. With no doubt, FLV08 has definitely met or even surpassed the success of last year's. In many many ways, I would like to thank each of my following cells:
My Vice Pds – Kat & Da Bai
Couldn't have done it without the 2 of you. We complement one another in so many ways! I'm a total marketing-know-nothing so thanks Kat for all the help in marketing! As much as how I value the welfare of the committee, sometimes it does slip my mind with so many things occupying my brain cells. But! There's always da bai to remind me about the late timings, concerned about all of your hungry stomachs and basically taking care of your welfare =)
My PA – Bel Bel
PA = Personal Assistant. Thanks bel, for taking care of the administrative stuff for me. All the nitty-gritty things like informing the com about meeting details are one of the most important things to do as it coordinated all of us together and let meetings go on smoothly. So sorry that your job as yet to end as this is the time for your treasurer duties to start. But don't worry! I will be with you to work out the sums =D
My Floor Manager – Char Siew Bao
Though you tend to doze off in my meetings, your efficiency and help is really really appreciated. Thanks for spending 3h to do up the floor plan esp when I asked for it like quite last minute. Thanks for the small gossip talks we had throughout these few months as I believe they must have relieved my stress level from time to time. Haha.
My Food Cell – Cecilia & Clara
I guess the 2 of you must have hated the dates chosen for FLV08. CNY period definitely affected you guys the most as vendors are unwilling to come in due to this festive season. But the fact that you gals still managed to bring in 11 vendors (1 backing out last min) is really commendable. Thank you so much!!
My Log – Eric, Xing Yan
The sai-kang warriors and largest-spending cell of FLV. Haha. Thanks for all the coordination with the various logistics sources and it was really heartening to see everything setting up on Sunday – materializing all our planning and visualizing. There may have been some last minute screw-ups etc but we have all benefited from them. Not only for the both of you, I've learnt more about logistics planning over these few months as well =)
THE Marketing Cell – Karen, Wei Ling, Mindy
My 3 damn zai marketers. Andrew was complaining about the banner looking ugly as ¼ of the space are covered by sponsor logos. Haha. Marketing has always been my biggest concern when I took on this project as FLV needed so many product sponsors for the auction. But with the 3 of you plus Kat, I did not have to worry much as everything was nicely done and look at what fabulous products you guys brought in for The Great Auction! Yesterday's crowd won't have been possible if not for the 3 of you :D
My Programmers – Jasmine, Jenny & Jian Wei
I believe the past week had been as exciting for me as for you guys. The last minute changes in programmes due to the sound constraint had affected you guys the most but I'm glad all of you took it in your own stride and did not give up. Many seniors have commented that the performances that took place were good and short, fulfilling their purpose of drawing crowds for the 2 days. Well done programmers!!
My PROs – Donne(-y) & Mei Yian
Almost all the 13 standing coms participated in FLV this year and I'm really thankful for the 2 of you. Both of you had been professional in your PR with these standing coms though I know it is no mean feat to liaise and work with them as some can get really draggy to reply us. Though FLV has ended, I'm not sure if that means you guys have finished your job too. Haha. Do continue to keep up a good relationship with the standing coms! Hees.
My Pub – Jie Ren, Shin & Yu Hui
Finally, my last cell. Haha. Out of all the cells, I have interfered with this cell the most - from gek-gaoing the designs to going round putting up the pub materials. I'm sorry if at any point in time, I had irritated you guys with my picki-ness (though I still don't think I'm really THAT gek gao. Haha). FLV08's success is no doubt due to all of your pub efforts – the BIG gameboards, posters with funny pictures, professional flyers, the short-lasting human silhouette and of cos, the keep-dropping-and-disappeared hanging boards. Thanks Shin, for the highly-praised com tee J Many ppl have told me that our shirt looks really nice!
Recalling, it was a tough decision process for the 3 of us when we were forming this committee. With no doubt, I have absolutely no regrets about this committee. All of you had been a vital part of this entire event and the success wouldn't have come by easy if not all every SINGLE one of YOU.
Putting the success aside, I hope all of you had benefited from this experience. This is the most important thing to me than anything else. Even for the seniors, I would like to thank all of you in helping me to lead this committee and passing down the knowledge and passion we have for PRU. To the Year 1s, I do not blame any of you for any screw-ups as all of these constitutes to learning points for all of us. We tend to learn more through mistakes and this is how we grow and improve.
Enough said, I will see you guys soon for our last meeting to sum up these few months of hard work and effort. In the meantime, do catch up with all of your studies and hope to still see you guys around ok! I will try to save up money quickly for the PD treat too. Hehs! P.S Does anyone want to take the initiative to orangise (ahem, Shin) our SECOND com outing?? :D