Well we finally did it. We got ourselves on TV and were not entirely sure how it happened or why? Kristina asked yesterday if I would join her with some students as they carried out some kind of 'demonstration' regarding the environment. Suspicious as to what the hell it was, I said yes and told her I would bring Charlie.
So at 12.30p.m we met outside the school. There were a few students who didnt really know what was going on. Then a teacher turned up. We slowly started to piece together that the teacher had set up some kind of environmental society for the students. They collect disgarded batteries and hand out leaflets, things like that. But today the TV were coming, he had organised a little trip to a housing etstate and we were going to be interviewed. Charlie wanted to kill me and I wanted to kill Kristina.
We turned up at this housing estate and the students set about handing out leaflets and looking busy. Then we were told we would be asked questions such as - 'Why do you think what the students are doing is important?' and 'Why did you feel it necessary to take part?', things like that. We planned on joking that we were only there for the free biscuits and that we we believed that Save the Whales was a good cause. But we bottled it. Instead, we answered the questions as if we were seriously interested.
One quote from Charlie stands out - 'I may not be able to understand the Chinese writing on the leaflets, but I certainly agree with the sentiment'. Thankfully none of you will ever see our ridiculous attempt at sounding as if we knew what we were talking about! (Though we may be getting hold of a copy, unfortunately).
I think the pictures show quite how surreal it all was -
So at 12.30p.m we met outside the school. There were a few students who didnt really know what was going on. Then a teacher turned up. We slowly started to piece together that the teacher had set up some kind of environmental society for the students. They collect disgarded batteries and hand out leaflets, things like that. But today the TV were coming, he had organised a little trip to a housing etstate and we were going to be interviewed. Charlie wanted to kill me and I wanted to kill Kristina.
We turned up at this housing estate and the students set about handing out leaflets and looking busy. Then we were told we would be asked questions such as - 'Why do you think what the students are doing is important?' and 'Why did you feel it necessary to take part?', things like that. We planned on joking that we were only there for the free biscuits and that we we believed that Save the Whales was a good cause. But we bottled it. Instead, we answered the questions as if we were seriously interested.
One quote from Charlie stands out - 'I may not be able to understand the Chinese writing on the leaflets, but I certainly agree with the sentiment'. Thankfully none of you will ever see our ridiculous attempt at sounding as if we knew what we were talking about! (Though we may be getting hold of a copy, unfortunately).
I think the pictures show quite how surreal it all was -
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