Huga Huga Africa part one

While most of you were still snoring, most of SAB and MBS BOD and Interactors were already in school last Saturday, as early as 6AM. For what, you ask? WHY, THE BIG DAY FINALLY ARRIVED! SAB-MBS JOINT IU DAY 2010 was several hours away. With half-opened eyes and butterflies in our tummies, we finished up decorating the hall, setting up the stage with band equipment and got the registration counter set up. Then, we all got dressed in our awesome get-ups. For non-performing BOD like myself, we all wore painted T-shirts made possible by Saemah(5 Jaya) and a bunch of other peeps.

Most performers did a final rehearsal for their respective dancers. By 9am, a bunch of people had begun to arrive. I started feeling even more nervous by the second. It’s a feeling that all of the BOD shared that day. BLADES( Baki Literary and Debate English Society) had started to set up their face-painting and drinks booths.

10.30AM- IU Day begins with performances from three bands. One was from MBS, and two from SAB. They were great! However, both SAB bands suffered through technical glitches but in the end, all was well. [Unfortunately, the keyboardist for the third band was unhappy and disappointed that he couldn’t play his keyboard at all because of the glitch. Our apologies, WeiZeng.]

Finally, IU Day officially starts with a procession of some sorts led by Muaz and his Stompers, followed by both SAB and MBS interactors to escort in the emcees and the African students from UCSI who were happy to take part in our event. After singing the National Anthem and the Interact song, the Africans entertained us with a dance performance followed by the speeches.

The audience really enjoyed what came next: WARRIOR DANCE! The dance was performed by half of both BODs. Club Service Director Umesh Logandran even had his own dance solo which awed everybody. Later on, we had our sketch, done by the MBS interactors. Boy, was it funny.