Aug 26, 2023

I was so worried for this day, I couldn't sleep properly. I had set several alarms to go off because I did not want to be late for the event and kind of ruin the whole thing. Thankfully, I woke up right on time and my alarms all worked. And in the morning, I got to meet up with my friends and a few colleagues for preparation. We stopped by McDonald's first, though, and I got to have my morning coffee with that whole new "cereal" syrup they were offering. I could feel how tense things are because I barely got enough sleep since last night. I was able to wear my Squid Game outfit, though, so I was felt a better about my outfit for the whole thing. As we were prepping, I forgot to cut the nametags for the people there the night prior so I scrambled to get the names cut and to set up the audio for the event. And then the event started. We had a pretty fun start by asking the people to gather in a circle and pass a ball around to each other. Since I was one of the organizers, I couldn't really participate in the game as I was busy with other matters. When the games started, the first game was up and it was my turn to explain the mechanics. Truthfully, I understood the game well enough to explain it, but there were certain "gotchas" that I couldn't understand, so I felt a bit nervous during the whole explanation bit. But the game proceeded and everyone seemed to have a fun time. I got to play for it as well! It was super exhausting. The other games proceeded fine with no issue, with me mostly helping out with setting up the equipment and facilitating some of the games. The tug of war game seemed super fun but I only got to hold the rope when I was setting up for the teams, not actually playing with it. Same for the 3rd game as well, I only got to watch and facilitate. One aspect that I am super happy about, however, was that I got to control the music playback of the whole event. All of the songs were managed by me and it was a pretty banger playlist. Once the event ended, I stayed back along with some of my fellow coordinators. I was with my friends and one other person, we got to talk as we made our way to the place where we would all have lunch. Lunch time with everyone in the company was pretty fun, we had a boodle fight thing going on and I got to eat a lot of crabs. It was oily as hell and I only had, like, 3 cups of water which didn't feel enough for me haha. After eating, we got to socialize for a bit more while the others were leaving. I got to catch up on some friends from the company until it was a few of us left. I purposely tried to stay behind so I can socialize with a few more friends and I played that Chain Reaction mobile game with my friends and Nicole (and I won, btw). It was raining so hard so I just decided to book a taxi ride home even though it was expensive as hell. When I got home, I got that package that Kai delivered! The package was left out by the rain so it got soaked, but not that much. The package did have a lot of stuff, though. It's been a really, really long time since I've gotten gifts. It meant a lot and I got a letter from them, too. I honestly didn't know what I did to deserve a friend like Kai, but I'm glad I met them. In the evening, I just slept and joined my college friends in our batchmate's birthday. It was really nice to have caught up with friends from college as I fell off the map after dropping out. All in all, today was a very special and eventful day.