the 4 days of 225
11:37 p.m. || 2010-10-30 |
2. TVC final cut (WEDS) 7. GV12 Midterms (THURS) 10. Practice Shakuhachi to convince myself that there's miracle I DONT WANT TO S/U IT
That quote is exactly what I feel about all the 225 drama now. go figure.
& I'll miss being Yvette too, immorality and all. Tomorrow is already a bad day.
Continue acting then. On a better note, my colonel is such a crazy person, I haven't been so amused for such a prolonged period of time for a long time. Continue acting, till noon tomorrow.
1. Sensei was so cute. :D 2. For the first time, class ended late at almost 9pm and a strong force drew me back to CS. But MML was locked. 3. Another force drew me to Starbucks at JP, and I redeemed my free drink! 4. Stayed till almost midnight, I love midnight bus rides. Lovely feel of the night, and gets home in half the amount of time. 5. Yet another force had me reciting Yvette's lines throughout the 30 minutes bus ride, knowing that passengers will think I'm crazy talking to myself non-stop.
I'm in a state of tiredness and numbness waiting for class, with Yvette, journals, essays, failure of shakuhachi, procrastination of biz law, ISP assignment three, rehearsals, hunger, gv12 midterms, films all jumbled up in non-coherent chunks. & I just SU-ed Shakuhachi, in case I forget to, and still with the dissatisfaction with myself and the hope that a miracle will somehow happen before the SU dateline. Yvette ah~ Slow down your lines and be a more convincing prostitute. Be irritating and make the audience hate you. HAHA. Until Thursday night, no more slacking.
不只是tired, 而且还是sick, 重点是: 每一个经验都是学习点, There was the on-off rain, the lousy wheels that couldn't track, the cui tripod, the light reflector that didn't help at all, the red-head that can't tilt, the lack of power points, the lack of batteries & power, the noisy atmospheric sound, the sun gun that was so heavy and couldn't last 5 minutes & lame things like glass pieces landing in the hair and the cold water landing in the nose. There was also locations which work nicely, the cab driver that allowed 5 of us plus equipments to squeeze in, the broken bed randomly left behind in the alley that was so significant for aids, the mattress that we used to cushion the fall of the glass bottle, the last smashing which left a nice art piece on the floor, the nice people around clarke quay who didn't give us any trouble, the ALCOHOL at a riverside cafe, the nice songs the cafe were playing, the beautiful night scenery & the good conversations over meals.
Kenny Rogers yesterday was good. (:
My dear Courage, fancy seeing you so soon. He's not unwilling. This is my good friend who advises me on business matters. I happened to hear you wanted to sell your cart on account of circumstances. I'll think it over. Oh, pledge. I thought it was for sale. I'm not so sure I'm interested. How do you feel about it? I thought you'd got to have the money. Yes, my friend thinks I should clinch it, but I'm not sure. If it's only a pledge..so you agree we ought to buy outright? Then let's go looking. I adore going around looking for things, I adore going around with you, Poldi, it's such fun, isn't it? No matter if it takes a fortnight. How soon would you pay the money back if you got it? I can't make up my mind, Poldi cheri, you advise me. She's got to sell, I know, no problem there. And there's that ensign, you know, the fair-haired one, he'd be glad to lend me the money. He's crazy about me, says there's someone I remind him of. What do you advise? I oughtn't to let you. Of course if you think the ensign might try to take advantage..Poldi, I'll accept it from you. Is that your advice? My friend's advice would be to accept. Make me a receipt saying the cart's mine once two weeks are up, with all its contents, we'll check it now, I'll bring the two hundred florins later. You go back to the camp, I'll follow, I got to check it all and see there's nothing missing from my cart. Not all that many boots are there? Just let me count the shirts. I fixed to meet that one-eyed fellow in the copse, he should be there by now. They'll do it for two hundred. But it's got to be quick. Soon be out of their hands. Best thing is I go right away to my colonel with the one-eyed man. He's admitted he had the box, they put the thumbscrews on him. But he chucked it in the river soon as he saw they were on his track. The box is a write-off. I'll go and get the money from my colonel, shall I? Oh, you thought you'd get it from the box, did you? And I was to be Joe Soap I suspose? Better not count on that. You'll have to pay up if you want Swiss Cheese back, or would you sooner I dropped the whole thing so's you can keep your cart? They won't do it. That one-eyed man's impatient already, keeps looking over his shoulder, he's so worked up. Hadn't I best pay them the whole two hundred? It's up to you. They won't do it. I told you so. The one-eyed man wanted to leave right away, said there was no point. He says he's just waiting for the drum-roll; that means sentence has been pronounced. I offered a hundred and fifty. He didn't even blink. I had to convince him to stay there so's I could have another word with you. Well, you got what you asked for, with your haggling and trying to keep your cart. Eleven bullets they gave him, that's all. You don't deserve I should bother any more about you. But I did hear they don't believe the box really is in the river. They've an idea it's here and anyhow that you're connected with him. They're going to bring him here, see if you give yourself away when you see him. Thought I'd better warn you so you don't recognise him, else you'll be all be for it. They're right on my heels, best tell you quick. Shall I keep Kattrin away? Does she know? She mayn't have heard the drumming or know what it meant.
The first thing I was greeted with when I reached the NIE campus was Zhiyuan's "Guess what! The other class don't have class today! Its only us!" The CDP101 cohort was split into two class, and apparently the other class didn't have class today for some reason. Maybe their teacher was away. Today was basically just spent doing read-through in our group and started a general walk-through. I volunteered for a rather challenging role, with blockings and lots of lines to remember by the coming Monday. With filming going on, good game. We went for lunch after class, and I signed up for another auditions a fellow classmate is producing. Really want the experience, especially as Tan Kheng Hua may be acting in it as well. Haha, dreams. I'm glad that I ended up in this half of the class, the half that has a equal mix of students from all over the place. Instead of the other half which was CS dominated. I'm glad that every performance presentation requires us to work with groups of people we have never worked with before. I do like the class, just like how I like the INT270 class. The people makes me feel happy. (:
1. Reading about Horoscope feels really silly now, whereas I used to find them interesting. I mean, things like, "Your bird: Magpie. Snack on these: Tea, Vegetables" 0.0 Wudddd??? 2. My perspectives of relationship & love definitely changed. Lots of what the pages say make sense now. Roomie I think I know how to answer one of your questions liao. :X 3. I look at the content page, and is more interested in who is the managing direction, editorial intern etc and wonders how old these people are, instead of the real content. 4. The page about exams tips made me feel as though the tips are for primary/secondary school. University is way way way too different. I worry about things like whether it will rain on filming days, and whether I can successfully pull off acting as Yvette by my expectations. 5. I spent 5 minutes reading, compared to maybe 20 minutes last time.
& the dreams are so real, and they all reflect my thoughts from daily life, not those random particles bouncing around as what hp101 taught. Yes, I've lots of thoughts in my conscious mind. So by right, these dreams shouldn't scare me, but they do.
Spent $100 on a Starbucks card, cake & present for dad's birthday too. Today is a good day. (:
2. Went to HK in our radio show today. I've always thought of HK as being damn similar to Singapore, but after travelling experiences and after today's show, I'm really tempted to fly over. Even the most boring place can be made interesting now. 3. It's almost recess week! 225's pre-production, production & post-production would take up..*silence. & there's drama class & rehearsals on Wednesday. I shall not be overly ambitious and just aim to catch up on bizlaw and watch some GV12 films in the remaining time. (: 4. & I realise, that I've been blogging almost every day. LOL.
I really wish I'm mugging 207 now. *envious :( On another note, performance interaction presentation yesterday was really interesting. The project about writing secrets using invisible ink stuck me the most. It is really quite unbelievable that things like sleeping with the lecturer, sleeping with people, being raped when she was ten, having an eating disorder etc were reported. Its like these things are actually quite common, yet still so shocking and sad when they are revealed. Imagine carrying the burdens of these secrets with them through their lives. It also got me thinking about my secret, which is not really a secret because dorothy knows it. & I can't think of anymore current secrets, I lead a simple life. x) I'm really glad that I took this course, it's more than academic, the content interests me, class activities are fun, I like my classmates, it let me do crazy things (like act as a self-declared cute japanese fashion designer who is also bimbo and sadistic and design clothes made of australian whale meat & fresh blood), and gave me a chance to work and help out with an art instillation at Research Techno Plaza, and to interact with artists & "babysit" a really cute girl at the professor apartment, learning lots from her as well.
Its already halfway through the semester and I am still in the super-extended-eleven-months-holiday mode. I know that I can definitely do better if I'm not so lazy and complacent. I can improve and gradually play decently on the shakuhachi if I even bother to practise at home, I can contribute more towards drama & INT discussion if I bother to revise and read up about it. & I should start TVC pre-production work now, and start watching films for GV12 too. (Biz Law can wait for recess week to piah.heh.)
I'm glad I went, to witness the magic, to feel respect for the people who broke the papa curse and made it happen, to rediscover my love for Beckett, to see the radiant faces, and productions are always the best times for hugs. (:
Looking forward to work tomorrow. $8/hour to help my teacher with his art installation, involving black paint and construction work. (which is SO theatre set -ish.) So much for distraction. hurhur.
On an unrelated note, I really enjoy every week of radio fusion. SQ & I flew over to Korea tonight in our travel show. Internship decision-making is going to be hard.
What's left to be done in the next 24 hours:
2 major screw-ups today. Teacher: "how many hours of rehearsals did you put in?" The thing is drama screw-up feels perfectly fine, since we didn't put in any effort. But the amount of effort and hours put into 225..boiling down to the final product we saw today..is extremely depressing.
Things to do!! wth I still don't know how this assignment is bloody 50% -.- DAMN INSECURE. zzz shit need to rush everything on Wednesday. I've put it off for so damn long I think I will just forget! REMINDER!!
1. A nice long chat with Myra about theatre in the dressing room this morning. I swear if I make lists they are only going to be happy lists.
But I can't say I hate it, or that taking it is the biggest mistake this semester, because I do enjoy the sound it makes, and I do think learning the shakuhachi, and jap music, and from the teacher, is a good opportunity. Just that it is week 6 already, and still no sound?
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