i'm a medium well done steak.

which means i'm two thirds done yes? :D just had my chinese paper today. it didn't go fantastic, but better than terms though! and yeah, papers are almost over, got math on friday and drama on tuesday, so the bulk of the studying's over and done with for the year(: went to get some math done after school with farhana and then back home for tuition. chinese, in case you were wondering, alevels is at the end of october.

i'm just going to enjoy my week of relative freedom from now till next monday evening before the whirlwind picks up on the very day i end. no more 'home in daylight'. you know you should be paid when you feel more stressed after exams than during exams.

now i feel like having steak.

it has begun.

had GP and chem yesterday, finishing off a third of my subjects. i don't think i've ever felt more relieved when i put down my pen when the chem exam ended. i have a good feeling about this one, for both gp and chem. not to get As, but at least to pass, which means that i'm effectively promoted(: but we shall wait and see.

econs on monday, followed by chinese on tuesday. it's just speeding by so fast. and then math on friday, and dep on the following tuesday. then promos are over and drama shall begin again. well, it's still gonna be busy as hell, or even busier, but honestly i prefer drama things to studying, which is obvious, but not really if you're doing what we do.

i'm gonna be attending church fully, finally. with the chem tuition going on the past few weeks in the lead up to the exam, i've been skipping service, which is not good. i miss you guys(:

hahah yes, and happy 2nd month to bre and amos(: continue having fun(:
shamsundhrbala puthrputhrmuki. ohman i miss typing that out. okay. dinner calls, penang hawkers call, penang hawkers at york hotel call(: then i will lose all that weight by walking to the car, and sleeping(: ohman i'm so irritating.

it's a week left to promos. since the last time i blogged, it's been a rollercoaster of everything and i just want promos to be over quickly so i can just get something off my back.

anyway, BOOM was amazing. just came back from it, really good stuff, comedy was tight, soundscape was really really good! made you get chills up and down your spine throughout the show. definitely one of the better plays DEP's brought us to(: go watch it before the run's over!

watched Love Labours Lost last week by the young company. i thought it was not too bad, just that some text got truncated and some characters didn't feel the lines being said and the casting was a bit weird. BUT on the whole, it was pretty well done, cause i got the meaning and didn't fall asleep, which is good for any shakespeare play(:

and on the note of 'amazing'. shafiq got 3.96 for his GPA, which is like wow. three point nine six.
sleepytime.

Inventio and drama exams are over! :D

so yes, inventio on tuesday night was amazing. got to school at 9 to do the bus chart, then had our tech run before we put on makeup and all. vocal warmups, i think for the first time, made me feel like my voice was superman. thanks for the well-wishes before the show! (: got onto stage and everything just flowed nicely, audience was fantastic and i think we did pretty well! met the seniors after the show and realised that we all haven't met since 1965 or something. went back with the usual easties and was talking with clarice, something i havent' done as well since a long time ago. thanks for coming guys(:

next day, went back, and our group got an A for inventio:D went for lunch with the madams at sketchers and ate two plates of pasta.

the other drama exam just finished not too long ago, went rather well, i tripped on a few lines, but otherwise covered up pretty nicely. she asked some difficult questions which i completely bullshitted my way through, and i think she knows as well. hahah ohwell, we'll see what happens.

now to study for promos.

Inventio is in 2 days.

time passes by so quickly. in july, the DEP alevels. in may, theasthai and syf . april, pride and prejudice. march, south africa. february, night of laughter. it's been three quarters of a year, and everything feels as it it were done weeks ago. i remember how nervous i felt during NOL, how amazed i was in south africa, the adrenaline rush during P&P, the jitteryness of theasthai and syf, and the support while performing at the alevels.

if there was an adjective to describe inventio, i think i'd use the word companionship. these five people i've worked with over the past month or so have been amazing. from stressing about what this gs was going to be about to nearly killing each other on stage pushing and pulling, i think we've bonded together really well(: i don't think i'd ask for another group of people to do inventio or even my alevels with(: so let's all get A for inventio!

and yes, welcome back breanna! thanks for the insane amount of sugar you've given me(:

hello all, hello my thai friend! :D

yes, so GS is done!! as in the shape and concept, that is. we still need to improve on our precision and transition 2 though. but well done guys:D we're gonna be spectacular! breanna there's a ticket for inventio on the 2nd september waiting for you when you get back, courtesy of the neighbour and sister, if you want one more for any particular reason, tag my blog yes? or tell me when you get back(:

right, so i will not spoil the bus stop any more.

today wasn't my day. was late for comm meeting because of change of plans in the morning, screwed up my math test, had econs tutorial, had a meeting after school, and was feeling on edge the whole morning basically. excuse me if i offended anyone today, it just wasn't my day. BUT, today was a good day, because we got our GS down and nicely set at 25 mins, i had a very amusing pw lesson, and i'm going to sleep in 20 mins time, WHICH IS ELEVEN O'CLOCK:D

"And what of Troy? What of Troy?" just imagine(:

I've written my speech and drama speech 13 days before the exam. congratulations to me.

I apologize for the demonic thumping sound coming from your speakers.
it's a dirt bike game, which is ridiculously hard to play, and i put it there for some quick relief.

GS is moving along, WE GOT OUR SCRIPT! so very good, we're starting to get blocking down and today's a headache because i have to churn out the new soundscapes. speech and drama exams are two days after inventio, so i am seriously screwed because i haven't memorised ANYTHING, well fine, half memorised stuff. and i haven't written my speech, but i figure i'm just going to bullcrap my way through either the stanislavskian method of acting-naturalist theatre, or the brechtian theatre convention.

i shall memorise three out of four pieces tonight! and do the soundscape.
shamsundhr balaputhrputhrmuki.

shamsundhr balaputhrputhrmuki.
thanks vinesh, that's stuck in my head.

so that week was over, the most stressful and the most anticipated one of the third term. Had the Day I Met the Prince on saturday, which was rather good, i could feel the magic as a performer(: ensemble was tight, no one majorly forgot their lines. Thanks seniors for coming, thank you grace, esther, daddy, bre, amos, josh for coming(: i come out, see you people and i'm like "whoa. that was scary!" but thanks for the support!

sunday, tapestry. there were so many brainfart moments it wasn't funny. but i guess overall, i think we did really good(: considering we didn't suddenly drop dead in the middle of the dance floor. hahaha thank you all for coming again!!

and we managed to watch Yellow Monkey on saturday night after Prince. fantastic movements, heightened, natural, but ritualised, realist to surrealist. about a man on drugs, rapes a girl, sees his problems at home, goes into side effects, trembles, all five of them, grey structure moves forward, blackout. haha sorry, that was an attempt to remind myself so i can use it for GS(:

okay, here's to my first free night in a while.

There was a cheer in my body as i finished econnect today.

so that was the last of the work to be done this week, or rather, by tuesday. chinese, drama, gp and all, and you feel accomplished after finishing all that work, and living to tell the tale. well, this week's only just beginning, and from tomorrow til sunday i don't get home till 11pm.

tapestry suddenly got fun again, i think it had to do with the costumes. though i look like 3in1 colgate toothpaste. vivocity, 4.45pm guys, not 3.

and things are just coming along nicely(: