Three days before the show we went to rent our outfits. The minute the rental shop ladies saw me enter the store with my colleagues they automatically said they had nothing to fit a Westerner! Their initial reactions are so funny especially considering I am not THAT much larger than some of the other girls at the office! Anyway they gave me something to try on and.....it fit!!! Well then they wanted me to try everything on:-)
So we played dress up for a while!
On the big day we arrived at 6am at the office to get our make-up done.
There were 27 acts in the show, mostly singing and some dancing. Being the ONLY non-Vietnamese in the show, as soon as I came out on stage the whole crowd started oohhhing, ahhhing, clapping, and laughing! Not sure just how many shades of red I turned!
We didn't win but it was fun dressing up and dancing with my colleagues. Certainly an experience I will never forget:-)
Take a look at the video to see for yourself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkAT1xAnI2o
