Last weekend I was denied my Saturday (again) in order to participate and watch a talent show featuring the kids from my kindergarten classes (6 and 7 year olds). I was asked to welcome people at the beginning and to compare a faux beauty pageant.
Mostly it was ok, the kids were quite good with theirs lines, even though some needed a bit of a prod in the right direction. The only problem was the insistance on using radio mikes. They "miked" (can that really be a word?) me up for the first thing I did, and I stood on stage with the kid I was welcoming everyone with. I said my first line and - you've guessed it - nothing. Faulty mike. So, rather than let me use the regular-on-a-wire microphone I grabbed I was forced to stand on stage whilst some geezer rushed on to change the microphone and it's transmitter, which involved undoings of jackets and many an embarrassed look towards the audience. I managed to make a joke out of it though, so not all bad. One of my colleagues caught it all on my video camera, so I can replay the cringiness again and again, joy.
The insistance on trying to use radio mikes continued for quite a while before they realised it wasn't happening and thankfully switched to oldfashioned microphones. Technology is not all good by any stretch.
This week is plodding along. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and we're doing some activities at school (any excuse to not teach seems to be the sentiment here). The weekend brings the excitement of Lunar New Year, and a day off work! I hope to enjoy some festivities, so maybe I'll get some good photos.
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