Saturday, January 27, 2007

For those who want to know about how our fac has been doing preparing for Dramafeste, here is an update. Artemis' first LT3 rehearsal for Dramafeste took place on Thursday. Our script is basically about people dying, as suggested by the title Drawing Death. I can't reveal too much, but the lines sort of funny. Just give our cast and crew a bit more time, and they will do Artemis proud.

The only major problem we faced was the limited resources available to us. If you don't know, the sound crew work in the crammed space under the AV console (where the lecturer usually stands), with absolutely no control over the volume, except through the laptop/ipod/mp3 player they are operating. As for the lights crew, half the light panel isn't working and we have very limited control over which parts of the stage we light up. Don't worry, this is a problem that all 4 facs face, and it depends on who comes up with the best solution (we already have one, and are trying hard to improve it).

Dramafeste aside, I think we can liven up this place by posting jokes. We can share them with the seniors so that everyone can destress. So I will start with a few from my field of interest.

An airline stewardess was giving the standard safety briefing to the passengers. She had just finished saying 'In the event of a water landing, your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device,' when a man remarked, "Hey! If the plane can't fly, why should I believe the seat can float?"

BOAC: Heathrow Centre, British Airways Speedbird Flight 723
HC: British Airways Speedbird Flight 723, Heathrow Centre, go ahead
BOAC: Heathrow Centre, British Airways Speedbird Flight 723 has a message for you
HC: British Airways Speedbird Flight 723, Heathrow Centre is ready to copy message
BOAC: Heathrow Centre, British Airways Speedbird Flight 723, message is as follows: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday ....

Approach: 33W confirm you have hotel (the letter code of the current terminal information on broadcast for pilots).
33W: Uhhhmm, we're flying into McCarren International. Uhhhmm, we don't have a hotel room yet.
Approach control was laughing too hard to respond. The next several calls went like this:
Approach: United 5, descend to FL220.
United 5: United 5 desending to FL220; we don't have a hotel room either.

Cessna: "Jones tower, Cessna 12345, student pilot, I am out of fuel."
Tower: "Roger Cessna 12345, reduce airspeed to best glide!! Do you have the airfield in sight?!?!!"
Cessna: "Uh...tower, I am on the south parking ramp; I just want to know where the fuel truck is."

Yong Lin

-posted by 07S6K at 5:29 PM