Just for the LOLs

As it turns out, I'll be doing my duologue with Rachelle instead. But I might be doing with Justin too, since there's an odd number of actors. Ultimately my critical commentary will be for the piece I will be doing with Rachelle. Sigh, it's so tiring to think about all these decisions that lead to the big A. For TSD it's more obvious what you chose to do and what decisions you make in the way the results and outcomes seem to reciprocate. Choose a crappy script and you get crappy marks. Make no research on your piece, you get less marks. You get the point.

On to pressing matters. Note to self. Things to do. EOM article and first draft by tonight. Rehearse monologue and do up critical commentary by Sunday night. GP essay by Sunday night. Tutorials for simple graphs and functions, conics 6.1 and 6.2. Econs tutorials for market structure and production theory. Get a script for duologue with Rachelle. Get cracking on SYF, Dramanight and OpenHouse. Oh and Farewell Assembly.

SIGH.

This week is proving to be really difficult. I think it's gonna be getting worse. Or, according to someone's GP essay, the week's gonna get heated up. HAH. Millions of thoughts running through my brain every moment. So distracting. And I am lacking sleep, seriously. I only get five hours of sleep per night now. My mind is gonna blow up soon.

Oh OH OH OH okay.
Just for the lols, I will share some of the random dreams I had. I was inspired to share them because of Gabriel's post hahah. Okay well there was one in which I was witnessing a girl crucifying herself. I think it's a manifestation of my thoughts on The Pillowman, about Jesus Girl. Well, yeah. So I was seeing this girl crucifying herself on a cross. And everything was red and black, and there were splashes of blood everywhere I looked. It wasn't a conventional dream, it was rather like being in a surrealist painting, really. It was scary, yes.

In another episode, I dreamed about myself doing something silly and trivial with a group of friends at the expense of someone. And apparently it turned out to be a crime, and I got arrested. And I was really scared out of my wits. I was brought to the police station or something, and they said I was guilty, and I was gonna be jailed for fifteen years and caned. And the scariest part was when they asked me if I wanted to spend my time in prison first, or do NS first, or continue with school first. Which was really scary. I mean, firstly, It's so hard to make such a decision and second, school is considered a punishment??? wth right....
Yeah so I was overwhelmed by everything I cried. In my dream, and I woke up. In a daze.

Well, I happen to have really random dreams. Like how I dreamed about Saddam Hussein. It was just a feeling of chaos and terror, and I was looking at a wall of a building. It exploded and I saw his face. That's the dream. Funny thing was that he appeared on the news sometime after that.

Oh and then there was the dream when I was being attacked by little flying parangs. I ran and they kept coming at me so I got hit in the back many many times and they just got stuck in my back. I woke up and found mosquito bites there.

Wow. I realised just a second ago that all my dreams are somewhat "F My Life" moments. Oh well.

Life: A Prospectus

I have been thinking a lot lately. About my prospects. What I'm doing in school and what I'll do after school. And after NS.

As for TSD, I've finally come to my senses about my individual skill. After going back and forth between acting, set, costumes, movement and even musical theatre, I have decided that it will be safer and less time-consuming for me to do acting. Acting it shall be. Hopefully my monologue goes well on Monday, so I could use it for A levels. And I need to look for another duologue to do with my new partner, Justin. Don't know where to start.

As for group, I don't know if it's confirmed, but if I were to stick with Saku, Bryan and Saranya, we'd do something with movement, because it's cool. We tried doing a movement piece yesterday, and it turned out quite well, and it was wicked fun.

In the bigger perspective, what about my career?
I have been srtuggling with this thought for as long as I can remember. Here's the history of it. First, I wanted to be a factory worker making pies. That was when I was about six or seven. In primary school, I wanted to be an artist, like a painter draw-er type of artist - simply because I liked drawing and painting stuff. Early in sec one, I wanted to be member of parliament, because you get to be in the news and you get lots of money and free stuff. In sec 2, I considered seriously breaking into the theatre industry in Singapore. I know. Surprise, surprise. Well, it was then when I realised six years of being on stage (since primary 2) had accumulated into a passion for the art. Soon after, I found the ugly truth that burdens all budding artists in Singapore - the low pay. So reluctantly, I was hanging, forlorn and devoid of an ambition that was well within my reach and requirements. Later, I was swayed to be a lawyer. Thanks to my mum, who moved to working in a law firm. I was determined. Later, I heard people talking about how law students spend hours in their campus library, reading up all there is to know about law. Soon, the spark died out. Primarily because I hate libraries, and I don't like reading because I'm not good at it.

Here I stand. With a new ambition. Well, it's not too new I suppose. I've actually considered this before. Tourism. I have always found it thrilling to tour, but to set the scene of the tour would be so much more engaging, now wouldn't it? I have set an aspiration for me today at the careers fair, that I will strive to work at the STB after graduating from NUS or SMU with a qualification in Tourism and/or Business. I know for sure that I will have to work for perfect score in my A's first, before going for the degree and the job in STB. So for now, it's all mugging. 4 H2s, all As. That's what I want. That's what I need. Wish me luck.

Mysterious Ticking Sound

Okay so the photos should be up on Facebook real soon now... Here's a video some of us made.

See, What happened was, Saku, Justus, Bryan, Siang Yee and I were in the air rifle range for duty on 25th Anniversary Dinner. So we were super bored after hours of singing and messing with the place, we decided to copy a video on Youtube that amazed us utterly. Enjoy the video! :)

OKay well, I went to watch Harry Potter on Friday with Amanda, Lucas, Wadee. Yesterday Timothy and I watched Public Enemies and today, I watched Harry Potter. In the morning. Upon request of my cousin. Hence, it was a free movie for me.

Okay so much for all the enjoyment. Time to het back to Life. Time to plunge into my notes. Meet you guys there!

Faulty!

Okay Blogger is currently failing. The page on the internet browser for making a new post is soooo weird now, it's seriously screwed. And there's no button for adding photos, so just wait for Blogger to fix it fix it fix it, then I'll upload photos here. Otherwise, find them on Facebook! :)

Okay so the past few days have been hectic. And I know for sure that it's only gonna get more and more hectic. Drama projects are all streaming in and converging at once. Senior's Farewell Party cum Movie Night, Teachers' Day Skit, NE Video, Farewell Assembly Piece, Open House Piece, SYF and Dramanight 2010. Yes, we've got to start as soon as possible if it's gonna be good as gold. If you get what I mean...

Drama Board is getting a facelift, courtesy of yours truly. Watch out for that tomorrow.

Oh I just got a VJC Bear. He's called Lionel. And he wears his T Shirt the wrong way round. Say HI to Lionel if you see him around. He's shy so please be gentle and welcoming.

Yup, so that's about all for now. I'll see if I can put the photos in, or if I have anything else to say. Till then, have fun! :)

"He's Weird"

NAH. Here's the photo you wanted of yourself. Take it, you self-o-phile. HMPH!

Haha okay so someone wasn't very happy about the previous post because it lacked a little gabrielwong.

Oh I think. I forgot what I was gonna say...

yah ok so read the following out loud:

Hello friends! I am glad you read my blog. But there are somethings right now I wish to bring up. It has recently come to my attention that people stare at me a lot for doing what I do. Some even approached me to let me know how weird I am to them. I don't think this is fair. I'm perfectly fine. Just that the people I make friends with influence the way I behave sometimes. WHICH MAKES YOU WEIRDER!!!! HAH. Take that, friend.

Waving and/or smiling at random people I don't know is not weird. I try to make the environment happier, for you and for me and the entire human race =)

Talking to the canteen and letting them know the colour of my underwear is sharing and I feel that sharing is an understated virtue that sometimes we do overlook.

Mouthing out your thoughts and ending up talking to yourself is not weird.

But then again, it's not so normal.


SHIT I think I have AD/HD.

Or not.

The Following Might Be Disturbing.

Here are some retards posing for my camera. Including yours truly, as requested by Eunice.



Before you throw your comments about this retarded photo, think for yourself. Can YOU lick your elbows? Well, can you???

More retards on Facebook soon. Oh btw I have a show on Youtube. Refer to Gabriel's Blog for the link. Have fun!

Escape from the Slaughter House

I am free, y'all! Hahah I'm done with exams yesterday afternoon. Been taking my time to relax and whatever. As I'm writing this, more than half the VJ Year one population are trying to recall the angle for a tetrahedron bonding of four atoms as they struggle precariously and write speedily against time as it ticks away, counting down relentlessly to the end of their chemistry paper. Of course, there are a few others for whom the end of the chemistry paper does not mark the start of jubilation, for there still stands the impending onslaught of the much looked-forward-to Literature paper, sometimes dubbed as H2 Porn for its explicit content. Poor Leonie. Hahah

Of course, most of the people sitting for the Literature paper don't take Chemistry. So right now as I type this incessantly irrelevant blog post, they are reading through their porn readings by a writer called Duffy, scouring all over for inklings of examples in the hope of using them to back their essays later.

Enough about all that boring talk about people suffering at the Slaughter House. Since I'm currently out of things to say right now, here's a tribute to The Undead Undeniable One-and-Only King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

We are the world
We are the Children
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day,
so let's start giving.

There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true, we'll make a better day
Just you and me.

The Absurdist

Reading up on the Theatre of The Absurd in the past few days has made me even more confused about it all.

Here's the low down. TSD papers are the written component which makes up about sixty or seventy percent of the total score for the subject. TSD papers consist mainly of Section A and Section B. Section A is a really long unseen text, usually lasting four to five pages. Questions will be asked about the staging of the script. And then there's Section B. It's the one about your contextual knowledge about two of three pre-perceived genres of theatre. For our year, it's The Theatre of The Absurd, Restoration Comedy and Kabuki Theatre. You only need to do two genres, so we're leaving out Kabuki.

The thing is, you need to know everything about that genre inside out. And that's the problem. I can't seem to grasp the concepts revolving around the Theatre of The Absurd. It's, well, absurd. And the more I read up, the more confused and muddled up I get about the whole thing.

Perhaps I shall describe to you a little something about The Theatre of The Absurd. When you watch it, it really comes across as nonsense. That's the beauty of it. It is so nonsensical and most of the dialogue is meaningless, it becomes so meaningful. Take for example, a play on the phrase, "Light the gas" between Ben and Gus in The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter. They both argue over the use of the phrase, one saying 'light the gas' and the other arguing that it should be 'light the kettle'. After the argument, the so called 'victor' of the argument uses the phrase wrongly. Instead of using his self-prescribed phrase, he uses the other and the two arguers have an eye-to-eye fiery moment. This humorous and nonsensical row really shows how meaningless life can be, that we pick on the cliches and argue over the little things just to pass the time away before we die. It also brings out the failure of systems in life, that being language in this case. This furthers the point on meaninglessness.

So much for practising for my essay on The Theatre of The Absurd. Don't get me wrong, I do like the genre and the plays. They're really interesting and I guess it's the expression of what the playwrights felt at that point in History after the World War. Really interesting.

Not sure what Restoration Comedy's gonna be like though...

On a side note, Timothy's change in Blogskin set myself thinking about changing my blogskin as well. Getting quite bored of the red and black.

Oh I was going home and halfway, I started talking in the Irish slash Scottish accent. I can't really tell the difference. But anyway, I think it's quite fun to do :)

Sigh... Exams are next week and I'm failing all my mental sums and it makes me feel stupid. Stupider because of the Exams next week. Hope everything goes well.