Dear Vibrance,
You know that Vibrant thingy that was supposed to happen? Well, it actually did happen. And let us tell you how lucky you are, for not having attended it.
After months of preparation, postponing, advertising, marketing and promises of #EmpoweringYouth and #ChallengingMisconceptions, The City School PAF Chapter finally - FINALLY - brought to you Vibrance.
And I’ll tell you the one good thing that came out of it - it's finally over.
（´☣౪☣) You wake up way earlier in the morning than you normally would, hoping to be #Empowered and your #MisconceptionsToBeChallenged, you reach school expecting preparations to be in full swing, and then – drumroll, please - you’re told that the opening ceremony is to be held in the resource room… *insert a silent pause of deep confusion* ....
And as the participants start to trickle in you realize why. There seem to be more Directors than the Participants themselves. Yet they're eager and prepared, to be #Empowered and to have their #MisconceptionsChallenged. And well, they are. They are #Empowered with the knowledge that their #Concept of Vibrance was totally, completely, brutally amiss.
The first round of photography begins. The #Challenge is to photograph the cover for a magazine. And what magazine might that be? Cosmopolitan. No, we’re not joking. Yes, it was Cosmo-freaking-politan. (“HUM KIS KE KAPREY UTTARWAEN??” one of them bursts out, in utter desperation.)
A while after this, the #Misconception of the above #Challenge was realized and the magazine was changed to National Geographic. The participants went off, trying to find something worthy of capturing within the red brick walls.
Meanwhile, the directors are confused as to what they are supposed to do and when Sir Adnan asks one of the directors what her duty is, she says, "mein bags check kar rahi hoon". After a few hours of loitering around, their confusion clears up; they come up with a “brilliant” idea for a way to make this event go by. They line up to make a video of themselves dancing to Shakar Wandaan in the sun, shrieking with anguish when it's not perfect and then doing it all over again.
Oye Hoye,
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Being bored of even this, they begin speculating over going to some Tea Festival. But basically all they do is sit around in the shade, wondering why fate decided to teach them the true definition of boredom today of all days.
The participants are forgotten and at one point one of them goes up to the Director General and asks, "yaar aap ne ye kiya hum ko jungle mein akele chor diya”.
Out of the only two people who registered for Graphic Designing, one of them decides to opt out of it and instead compete in the photography challenge since they are allowed to take part in only one component. And YAYYYY, so fortunate for the other guy who gets to go home with the winning shield; he didn’t have to do anything at all.
After what seemed like decades (and Mohsin himself saying, “end karo is chuss program ko”), the winners are announced followed by a warm speech by Mr. Simon Classy.
The relief that the end of the whole “chuss” event was euphoric. Thank you very much.
And oh, some very greasy rolls and juice-boxes were also handed to only the volunteers; the second good thing about the event.
BUT, everything put aside, the efforts of the directors cannot be gone unnoticed since they worked tirelessly for the event regardless of how it turned out to take place even after being canceled THREE-freaking-TIMES. I applaud you.
Oh, and a special mention to Salar Siddiqui!! (only because of your puppy eyes)