this was written by sailorgirl regarding the OJ mission last concert: a surprise bday greetings for jerry!
i am not able to be there personally (due to personal reasons) still i really want to congratulate them for a job well done.they never stop preparing although the venue was changed.still, the fighting spirit was there.i do salute their kindness too,they never forgot me to include in their list.so until next time, OJ...i hope many will do volunteering now.i may not able to meet u personally but i hope there'll be a victory party for it?shall we?
here's the email:
geraldine cid"
A group was born... all with 1 mission...faceless, nameless, they all bonded with 1 vision in mind: to celebrate JERRY's bday on the forthcoming concert. Let me share with you our experience, ...all done for the luv of JERRY.
10 days bfore d concert, OJ members attended the 1st JERRY mtg n decided on d preps 4 d bday surprise. BABY n JANESS was to take care of d balloons 2 b released in the Fort n JERRA, head of WOW team was so looking forward 2 d banners n preps for d concert. As DAO MICHELLE keeps on inviting people to join d grp, DAOMINGSOUP was busy designing d pin button w/c was presented on d 2nd meeting. RHONA who took the mins of d 2nd mtg noted that TINAY n AIRA volunteered to b secretariat n was responsible on keeping tabs of other volunteers n was faithful on sending updates. PSYCHEPAT took the role as assist coordinator n faithfully monitored d forum 4 details helpful to d team n continuosly answered queries. RIEL, head of JERRY's soldiers and I went to Divisoria 2 buy glowsticks and plan on other things to buy. Sun, dec 21, East West cancelled their involvement w/ the concert n there goes our preps 4 d balloons, fireworks and banners. An emergency mtg was called, n sadly, 80% of original preps was set aside bcoz of d indoor venue n uncertainty in concert dtails. Still, SOL n I went to Ultra to check if balloons n party poppers can b used, n they denied us. Dec 24 am, JERRA, WOW team coordinator, started preparing d banners n consolidating preps w/ other volunteers who troop to my abode while DAOMING SOUP finalized the flyer details. Chinese characters for happy bday JERRY's chinese name n flyers were photocopied. Neon boards, glue n other things were brought. In the meantime, BIANCA n ROSELL were busy preparing 4 d VCD gift. ANGEL on xmas day gave us blow by blow account of F4's rehearsal . On d 26th, OJ headquarters was busy with LEAH, RIA, BIANCA, TIMMI, ELSA, LAUREN, GRACE, LIZETTE, DONNA, MILLETTE, CACHI n other volunteers assembling 3, 710 flyers. Come noon, after a brief mtg, everybody went out 2 distribute d flyers informing them of d signal, sequence of bday song, d shout afterwards etc while ROSELL was busy taking videos of JERRY fans. We also encouraged them 2 buy glowsticks w/c they can wave during d concert. When the gates were opened at 3:21pm n as we entered d venue, we realized tat we can attach banners. RHONA, BIANCA, LAUREN ,ELSA, JO n RIEL made banners on d venue- Jerry's chinese name(3 chars) n ONLY JERRY banners, n d word JERRY- w/c TIMMI, ELSA, ANNABEL, JOVY AND DANA posted all over d venue while BIANCA was busy informing the director of the show of our plans n HANNIE n SOL wrapping things up at d hq. Tah dah, came concert time, JERRY's solo number, n then d host, began the bday song in ENGLISH!!!!... what more can i say... After d concert, d grp went back to hq, had some pictures taken n went to Mandarin hotel where we stayed till d next morning... continious bonding, sharing of stories, while other volunteers would just drop by to say hi!... we were able to see F4 leave the hotel while ROSELL who went to the airport saw F4 proceed to the their respective departures.
The concert is over but the group is still euphoric over d experience n the magic of forged friendship. We only had 10 days to prepare n some plans were not carried out due to circumstances totally beyond our control ... maybe next time we will have more time n more OJ's to join and support us... To d other volunteers we forgot to mention, to our overseas counterparts who supported us,to d wonderful OJ's who volunteered, XIE XIE NI... I know JERRY would have thanked you personally for all the preps done... till next time... JIA YOU!!!!
-SAILORGIRL1121
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