Friday, March 30, 2007

.|.Oh the drama....|.

~ The One Tree Hill pose.. xD
[Clockwise from left: Lyn, Evie, Aris]
- Picture courtesy of Evie.

Date: 31st March 2007
Music: Glamorous, Fergie [I blame this on the drama which had Willy Wonka in it]
Mood / status: Erm.....dramatic?

Am rather lazy to blog about the first drama competition [Zone Level], which was last Thursday, so will put in my report i did for ed-board. Technically, its fine, because i'm scrapping that report and re-writing it because WE'RE GOING TO STATE LEVEL!!!! Yeap, we totally rocked Seafield, man!! Anyways, here's the report for last week before i go and blabber about Thursday's events..

“To be, or not to be..” – the drama unfolds.

It was nearly four hours of breath-taking display of talent and pure drama as seven schools from all around Petaling Jaya took part in the Zone Level English Drama competition. Held in SMK Taman S.E.A’s Dewan Berjaya, from the wee hours of the 22^nd of March 2007, the competition was hosted by students Clarine Chan and Lee Chian Hui. The competition began with a bang when the drama team from SMK Assunta presented their play entitled “Ghost”. Next came SMK Katolik with “Take the Other Face”, followed by SMK Sri Aman’s “Cerulean”. As each team was allowed the duration of 20 minutes for their play, it was over an hour into the competition after “Cerulean” was performed. Hence a short intermission was held. Fresh from the break, the audience was treated to SMK Taman S.E.A’s “3 Floors Under” which was followed by “The Pencil” by SMK Sultan Abdul Samad. SMK Taman Petaling came next with “Hopes and dreams” and SMK La Salle ended powerfully with “No Turning Back”. The panel of judges consisted of Puan Nazalida Idris form SMK Bandar Sri Damansara, Puan Sandra Debbie from SMK Seksyen 4, Kota Damansara and SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4’s Puan Aini Wardiah.

As William Shakespeare’s Hamlet so aptly put it, it was truly a “to be, or not to be” situation when the judges tallied up the marks. This is because their decision would either make or break the chances of the drama teams to move on to the next level of the competition. After what seemed like forever, the judges re-entered the hall as the audience (as well as the drama teams) gave them an applause. There was a heavy cloud of anxiety amidst the applause when SMK Assunta’s touching drama won them third place, even more so when SMK Sri Aman’s “Cerulean” was took second place. Then, the hall exploded with applause and cheers when SMK Taman S.E.A’s very own “3 Floors Under” was announced as first.

The students as well as actors and actresses were allowed to mingle for a while before SMK Taman S.E.A students were sent back to their classes and students from other schools made their leave. As usual, the school bell in SMK Taman S.E.A promptly rang at 1:05 pm, marking the end of yet another day in school, leaving the students with only the memories of a truly exciting and dramatic day.

Report prepared by:
Yeang Su-lyn
5 Cempaka.

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Oh no.. no time to blog about the drama on Thursday..
Will talk about cramps. Was supposed to put this into an entirely new post by itself, but since i'm here, i might as well get on with it. I tell you, after all the drama practices and hanging out with all the quirky drama people who brighten up my day, my life is... dramatic. Friday was pretty weird. Just so you dear readers know, it's that time of the month. The time when ladies get all cranky and have an excuse to eat loads of chocolate and comfort food.. You get the drift. Sooo, Friday is also PE day. Personally, i love PE. Probably the only thing i can look forward to on a Friday.. [The rest are.. Moral.. Add Maths.. BM.. EST... blehhhh]. So, despite the fact that i was cramping, my adrenaline / hormones / whatever else that drives me to my insanity level pushed me to run the rounds around the field, without warm up. I need reality checks. So, was warming down, felt like my stomach was going to implode. So, went for a walk. All the way back to Block C, 'cause i thought i'd go and get a drink. 5Angsana-ians were outside the Chem lab, so i went over to Win, Kor, and JA. Friends. They know exactly when you actually look pale. Amazing, because i actually am rather fair, y'know? So they got all worried. Not like i was dying or anything, but the giddy-fying imploding-like sensation in my stomach made me feel like i wanted to throw up. Soooo, while JA manned the fort [the Chem lab], Win and kor walked with me to the phone booth in Block A. Kor called mummy while Win kept giving me tissue to temporarily remedy my overactive pores / sweat glands. Then, we went back to Block C to get my stuff from class and leave a message for my classmates. I've never complained about the stairs and how far it was from block A before, but i did on Friday. Dang it. So, basically Win and kor were my "bodyguards", as well as bag carriers. Was like a queen walking to the front gate, man. If i wasn't in pain, i would've been laughing myself silly. Mum thought i was going to balckout when i got into the car. Haa haa.. Went home, by any rate. So drama, right? To Win and kor, thanks so much for actually putting me first, instead of your ever-interesting, fart-smelling Chem class. Without you guys, i wouldn't be able to laugh at this whole thing. As you guys do know, I sayang a lot of people who don't sayang me, but i appreciate and super duper luurve you guys who actually do sayang me. Okay, weird + emo do not mix well. Just hope you two [and JA] know that i appreciate all the help and thoughtfulness during the unexpected time of weakness. Awwww.... *hugs*

I will be back on the field, as hyper as ever, next week!!

Ngek ngek ngek..

Have a fabulous week, my dear readers!!

Hugs, smyles, and hyper-ness,

~LynNie

10:32 PM Z

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

.|.Ever seen a rainbow without first having the rain?.|.

Date: 28th March 2007
Music: none
Mood/ status: Stressed, tired, but happy.


Just a few things...

1. The drama competition is tomorrow.. Tomorrow in Seafield. Tomorrow the 15 of us will compete with WINNERS. Tomorrow.. not next week, but tomorrow.
2. I got scolding from my Add. Maths teacher today because i was too busy drama-ing to finish the work she gave.

4:55 AM Z

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Monday, March 26, 2007

.|.Shakespeare-an philosophy.|.

Date: 26th March 2007
Music: How to deal, Frankie J
Mood/ status: Rushed (dinner is... SOON)


~ William Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act I, Scene I).

Found out where the phrase "love is blind" got derived from.. Personally, i think the original version is way more romantic. But then again, this is Shakespeare we're talking about. =]

Just had to blog this. xD Have an enjoyable week, my dear readers.

Drama competition is this THURSDAY!!!! *yelps* *scream*

Hugs and smyles,
~LynNie.

3:30 AM Z

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

.|.Quotation.|.

Date: 17th March 2007
Music: I'm over it, Everlife
Mood/status: =]

This actually happened last Saturday. Arrived late for Youth, so had to sit in the back row. Blehhh.. Anyhow, it just so happened that me sitting there meant that i was sitting next to Meng Hong. Not exactly next to him la. He came a while after praise and worship, so i moved so he could sit on an unoccupied chair, or something like that laa. He ended up sitting a chair away from me, which in the end, was where Meng Yoe sat. So it didn't seem like i was purposely sitting awaaaaay from Meng Hong. ANYWAY, it was after the whole sermon and prayer, then we were all packing up to get ready to go home. Looked up and said something like:

7:45 AM Z

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Friday, March 09, 2007

.|.The Curse of The Golden Flower.|.

Date: 10th March 2007
Music: Huo Yuan Jia, Jay Chou (kick me)
Mood/ status: XD

Watched "Curse of the Golden Flower" last night. Wow. I'm impressed by the movie itself, though the storyline is not like those Cantonese dramas, plot over plot. Simple and basic, i think the movie's greatest moving value would be filail piety. Will not expand in too much detail, but beware of the SPOILERS ahead. Just a few piccies and comments here should calm me down. Here goes..







The dysfunctional royal family.
[L-R: Youngest son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou), Empress Phoenix (Gong Li), The Emperor (Chow Yun Fatt). Missing: Emperor's first son from first wife, aka sadsadsad son.]







Gong Li, who played Empress Phoenix, in my opinion, did a spectacular job. Not only was she able to look enchanting, she was able to potray the regimented and upright, stiff-backed and poised life of someone born and bred within the royal family, even when faced with life-threatening situations. (watch the movie and you'll realise how literal my last statement is.)





The empress and her sons.
[L-R: Lousy son (as i've chosen to nickname him), Empress, Prince Jai.]
As the Empress is aware of the fact that lousy son id not her real son, she has an *gasp* affair with him!! (eiyerr, incest betul..) As weak mentally as he is physically, Prince Lousy Son lives in fear. Prince Jai on the other hand, is the Empress' first son with the Emperor. As he is strong and promising, the Emperor send Prince Jai to a fort away from the Palace. Finally summoned back, he is close-to-tears-happy to finally see his mother again. (Empress loves Prince Jai in non-incest way. *phew*)




Well, at least Prince Jai (in background) turned out to be a promising to-be-king (which the Emperor (right) intends to give him the throne instead of Prince Lousy Son who rightfully is heir to the throne), despite the fact that his parents are twisted and evviiiilllll. Empress (left) finds out that while everyone thinks she has anaemia and has been taking this hourly medicine for years, finds out that her perscription has changed recently and the Persian black fungus added in was intended to make her.. well.. insane. Who added the ingredient? Husband darling, of course. (NOTE: the empress and emperor don't like each other much.. Suppose that he only married her because her father was emperor or something like thta, so that the current emperor could be emperor.) She in turn, is plotting something to overthrow husband darling. O.o


A mother's love.
Prince Jai: Why do you do this, mother? (the whole risky i-will-overthrow-the-king plan) Empress: Because i want you to be Emperor.
note: Prince Jai finds out that his father is poisoning his mother and is angry and grevious. Hence, in the hope of saving his mother from drinking the vile stuff, he promises to lead her army that's about to storm the Royal Capital.







Emperor: Remember when i told you "what i do not give you should not be taken by force." I was going to announce you as heir of the throne after the Chrysanthemum Festival. Prince Jai: Know this, Father, that i didn't join this battle for the throne, but for the sake of my mother. Lyn: *sobsob*







My fave character? Prince Jai!! Not only because he is the"leng chai" one, (duno why, prefer this look to the Initial D look. *runs away from Initial D fangirls*) but he's probably the only decent person in a family of crazy and pressured-into-taking-drastic-measures people. And he can fight!! Gaya-nya. Jay Chou. I've come across many fans (mostly girls) who swoon over him, listen to his songs daily, practically worship him. Me, being the banana and more of a Jap-fan, never gave Jay Chou a second glance. Even when my best friend had a Jay-mania, i still wasn't convinced that he was THAT good. Okay, so i heard Huo Yuan Chia, and i liked it. Still, he remained simply Jay Chou. That doode. If only for the role of Prince Jai that he plays, i have become a fan. Not a die-hard fan, but he has my respect nevertheless.

Okie dokie, that should be more than enough to make Chewie call my blog post as essays. Haha.

Hugs and smyles,
~LynNie.

7:34 PM Z

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.|.All the small things.|.

~ In 3 Dahlia, 2005.
[Guys, L-R: Sin Mun, Aris, Jeremy, Heng Leong
Gals: Mia, Lyn, Win.]
[Back when things were much less complicated.]
*note: Oh shoot, this breaks my "no-pictures-of-myself" rule.. Oh well. xD

Date: 10th March 2007
Music: DARE, Gorillaz
Mood/status: Calm, rested, falling ill.

You know that there are those small things in life that sometimes we overlook? Those little "hi"s, "bye"s, even a mere smile, that can make all the difference in the world. Was reminded of that yesterday.

Fridays are usually the days when i go all "Yeeessssss, the weekend!!". School ends, i go for CF, come home, bathe, go for tuition, then sleep so i can be hyped up for the weekend. But yesterday, my tuition time changed form 4:30 to 2:30, so basically it was a bit of a rush. And i was skipping CF for the drama meeting that was supposed to last from 12:45 to 3:30. Was going to be leaving at 2 so i could make it for my tuition. Was waiting in the 5A classroom for what seemed like ages for everyone else to come in so we could at least start. I understand that my character in the play is pretty "keh leh fei"and i shouldn't be the one who should be so worked up about it, but i was. DMS, i suppose. Went through the script a few times, two, i think. One with the teacher, and i ended up only leaving at 2:25, which means i was late for tuition. Besides that, was pretty irked at the fact that some people just cannot live with each other, like Lord Voldemort and Harry, "one cannot live for as long as the other does.". Drama betul. And i'm sorry to say that both of you, greatly disappoint me.

So by any rate, by the time i walked into my Chem tuition teacher's house, i was fuming and felt like slapping a few people. Luckily they were all safely away from me, in school. Set my books down on the table and heaved a great sigh of frustration, making Mia ask what was up. Our conversation was something like this-
Lyn: *sighs in a frustrated and maybe exasperated way* People...!
Mia: *worriedly* Lyn, you ok?
Lyn: *silently seething, shakes head*
Mia: What happened?
Lyn: Well, i'm late. *lowers voice so that i wouldn't make people stare* *explains to Mia*
Mia: *gives a sort-of nod once i'm finished*
Lyn: *slouches in chair more than ever, after all the pent-up anger*
Mia: *wordlessly gives a small smile and puts her hand across the table to me*
Lyn: *finds a pink Mentos in the palm of her hand, looks at Mia and laughs*
Mia: XD
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So yes, i felt much better after that. Thanks so much Mia. And though i know you would probably run away, here's a hug nevertheless. For being the cute, simple, and fun friend i've always known you to be. *hugs*

~Don't frown. You never know who may be missing your smile.

Hugs and smyles,
~LynNie.

6:15 PM Z

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