Pomp and Circumstance

Today we had the official opening ceremony. I must say, it was rather nicely done. Not overwhelmingly complex or pompous, but nonetheless a dignified affair. I like the tents! and the dancers had this little green costume that reminded me of the pixie in moulin rouge... yea the kylie minogue one haha. I like the indian dance bit too, so energetic! If only i could do bhangra dance... ah well no talent in that area.. nuh uh.. couldnt see the malay dance and lion dance cos i was seated so far away.

The guest of honour was really pleasant, and what I appreciated most was that he was on time. On the dot! It was amazing, cos i've experience guest of honour's arriving really late for various functions, and they are nowhere as important as our GOH today.
so we actually managed to finish the whole thing 20 minutes ahead of time, which was cool cos I had duties to perform and didnt even have time to eat breakfast or eat something...
Only one little incident made me somewhat upset. at the end of the ceremony, as is usual practice and decorum, the GOH and VVIPs get to leave first, while every1 else waits. There was this uncle, a parent presumably, who insisted on leaving from the side(while the VVIPs were still at it). So of course a student usher, this young lady, asked him to wait. The uncouth parent simply shouted at her, like "NONSENSE". I felt so bad for the poor girl, who meekly stood aside.

Whats with these arrogant parents anyway? who do they think they are? president sr nathan?
firstly, the student usher is just doing her job. secondly, she is the daughter of some other parent too. I mean how would this uncle feel if his son/daughter was shouted at like dat by some other adult for no valid reason.
I wanted to walk up to him and say, pls lor if you dun wanna be here, dun come! we don't need him. duh. In fact if he dun like this place, dun even send his kids here can anot? duh. there are many kids out there who want the PRIVILEGE to be here.

Whats his problem? the rest of us, we all have to wait. and the GOH was already so punctual. and the whole event ended slightly early.

But of course I cant say sth like that. I would have to say, sir, pls forgive the young lady who's just trying to fulfill her duty, just as your own child as a responsible young man/lady probably would. I'm sure as an enlightened parent, that you would be happy to set a good example for your child to follow.

ugh.

anw since i was not in charge of the ushers, i figured i shd not overstep authority and let the ushers in charge manage the scene... sigh, how are we going to raise good kids if the parents are so screwed up?