Meniti Angin Malam 2 (MAM2), I was supposed to be in charge of MAM 2 of the KBM at Saina (Sek Men Sains Pokok Sena). But, I was disappointed.
I was disappointed with what?
It must be with -first- myself. For assuming that all KBMs are the same. For assuming the formats are all the same.
So I was handling this MAM, where almost all the facilitators knew not what to do. I gave a short briefing, stressing on important roles, and planning to improvise as we go.
I thought that the flow was the was as Johor’s. So I took it all along through the activity as though it was all the same as Johor’s.
But, with such an assumption, perfection was doomed. It never crossed my mind that they do things differently here.
So when it came to the climax, suddenly many things went out of my calculations. The first being that there were no computerised Malaikat Dialogue. The second, that they say “pukul” after saying “maa rabbuka“. And again, they only say “maa rabbuka“. No shouting it for effect. Then came the whackers. They whacked at totally unwanted times. Way off timing.
Good lord. My rhythm got messed up in ONE small second. The moment he said, “pukul!”
Ahaha! Ahaha! Crazy huh? Yeah… I bet most of you don’t understand anyway what I’m talking about. so I’ll take summarize in a general manner about what I was ticked about.
The gist of it:
- I had to direct an activity slot
- I knew what to do; some of my helpers do but most don’t
- I delegated tasks, with explicit instructions, also assuming those who do know, also has the same picture in their minds
- The problem; they didn’t have the same picture in their mind of what is to happen
- Conclusion; everything went wrong there on forth and climaxed during the activity climax
- My improvisations? Couldn’t catch up… There were too many mistakes at one time than I could safely repair
Yeah. I sucked right? I knew it. That’s what I get for assuming.
Sherlock Holmes:
Assumptions are dangerous
