Arrr! Shiver me Timbers!

It’s really been quite a hectic weekend, and it all started since my school’s staff retreat on Wed last week. It sure hasn’t been all fun and games, in fact, the name ‘retreat’ is a misnomer- it was anything but that. Plans for the coming year (wtf, let’s just let this one end nicely, can?) and buzz word for the 2 days was basically ‘NEXT YEAR’. Groan.

The retreat ended with the annual D&D though, and I realized that quite a lot of people did not attend it, considering there were only 2 out of 7 from the ML Dept who were there. Hmm… I didn’t know there was a choice. But it was fun anyway, actually dressing up, seeing so many pirates and bandits around.

And whaddya know- I actually emerged victor for the Best Dressed Female Pirate award. I KNOW- it’s crazy since I didn’t even dress as well as so many others (who rented outfits and all!) so I don’t think it was the dress part that made me win, because trust me, the other ‘contenders’ were dressed much better and more elaborate than what I had on. They made us do a catwalk and dance to the song ‘It’s getting hot in here’. I was the last one to go (out of 6 ‘nominees’) and my heart was pounding so hard it almost burst. In a mad frenzy of events, I practically lost all my senses (and perhaps sense of shame) and reacted on impulse, like a landlubber in drunken stupor. The result? Hilarious, I guess, since I got the audience roaring in laughter (and some gasping). I can only recall putting my hand on my forehead in the beginning, doing the most stylish strut I can manage, stopping in the middle to do a cat’s paw scratch with a growl (???), striking a pose (ala VOGUE) and putting a finger at my lips, putting it to my side and doing a sizzle. (??!!!)

My god, I sure hope there was no video there because it must be quite… damning. I was voted the winner based on the applause by the audience, and I must have looked so hilarious I won.

Anyway, I bagged a trophy for the event, not that it is something I would proudly showcase in my living room.

Ya scurvy dog whut deserves the black spot!

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