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the wallflower
Wallflower (wall·flow·er) Definition
One who does not participate in the activity at a social event because of shyness or unpopularity.
A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
As the term suggests, I shy away from a lot of things, parties and balls/dances being top 1 and top 2 respectively.
I'm a small girl you won't probably notice in a crowd. On top of that, I'm a natural klutz, the holder of a seemingly record-breaking list of misplaced items, an amateur anything, and an over-thinker who oftentimes lets her head rule her heart.
I'm still normal okay, don't get me wrong. haha... I'm a kid at heart who is easily pleased with simple things. One who carries a pinch of optimism, a tinkling of charm, and loads of laughs. I'm still trying to find my place in this vast expanse, but I'm having tons of fun along the way.
I'll find that light someday, I'm sure! But for now, I'll slow things down a bit and enjoy the ride.
My life's not the most spectacular thing that you'll come across, but it's worth a look :)
my a-z
A aqua B baking, books, broadway C Canon 50D D dancing, David Archuleta, DLSU, doodles, DS Lite E E71, elephants F fencing (foil), Filipina, Freeway G GLEEk H HTML/CSS I - J June 10 K Kamiseta, Kostka QC L Latter-day Saint (Mormon), lime green M Malteasers N Nancy Drew, necklaces O OC P pasta, piano, Psychology major Q Quezon City R - S See's Rum Nougat, shrimp, singing (theatrical amateur), single, sour candies, spicy food, Stitch T taekwondo black belt, traveling, Trumpets Playshopper, turtles U - V - W Walt Disney, Warheads, Wicked (the musical), white thick-rimmed glasses X
We got our song assignments today! I was right about my guess on my singing passover. I got Javi's and Ally's, and one of Renan's songs right too. That's... 4 of 20 song assignments correct! hahaha! Anyway, here are the song assignments and the order if their performance:
Look Down, Lord: All Bluer Than You: Gift, Jacky, Ally My Eyes: Razam, Nikki Passover: Jacky, Gift, me, Cy Holding to the Ground: Anj My Dogs: Jaycee, Javi When the Earth Stopped: Renan, Mollie Unlikely Lovers: Renan, Razam, Rita, Mitch Move On: Phoebe, Rodney Anytime (I Am There): All
Wee winners: CYRENE BOONGALING I HATE YOU! :)) Pero it na yung totoo: winner ang talent niya sa drawing. She drew Razam's picture, and it looks exactly like him! Ang galing galing! *clap clap*
Okay, my blogs are getting shorter. I'm getting a little sleepy so maybe I'll just edit this tomorrow. Or not. haha... Good night!
Not much happened today, actually. We did the usual body, breathing, and vocal exercises then proceeded to learning our opening number, Look Down Lord. After that, class dismissed. I missed dinner with my classmates tonight because my mom and dad picked me up. I had dinner with them just once pa lang, but I know I'll be missing a lot whenever I do. BUT! My dad gave me permission just tonight to drive to The Podium, so that means I can have dinner with my classmates without having to worry about my dad's waiting time. Yay! :) I think I'll be taking a cab on Friday though; just to make sure I have my directions right. OH and Kuya Red wasn't around, so we had a sub - Ate Bea (so there were 2 Jennifers and 2 Beas in the room, funny).
Wee winners: Rita for the Gordon ballers! "GORDON FOR PRESIDENT. Pagbabago. Sigurado." Gordon's the REAL competition to any other presidential candidate based on credentials. If you put a list of things he has done for the Philippines next to lists of the other candidates, there is no competition. None at all! Take note, however, that this is based on credentials. Gordon's a bit of the underdog in the running for president, but if he were just as popular as the other candidates, the Philippines would know it's next president a month before the actual elections (maybe even earlier). Gordon is an amazing leader. I have complete confidence in him. He has my vote. I hope the Philippines would place credentials over popularity this coming 2010 elections.
Wow, I can't believe that I have more to say about Gordon than my day in Trumpets. haha...
Moving on, I've been listening to the songs we'll be singing for our play in May 22. 4 songs from Elegies, 2 from Falsettoland, 1 from Rosewood, 1 from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, 1 from A... My Name Is Alice, and 1 from Sunday in the Park with George.
We've been guessing who will sing who will sing what too. The first is surely a chorus song, we've already been practicing the voicing. The last might be a chorus song too. Here are my guesses:
Look Down, Lord: ALL
Passover: Jacky, Gift
Unlikely Lovers: Rodney, Mollie, Razam, Cy (pero not in the context of the original song)
Holding to the Ground: Phoebe
My Eyes: Jaycee,Bea
My Dogs: Javi (I'm pretty sure of this one! HAHA)
When the Earth Stopped: Renan, Rita
Bluer Than You: Kate, Nikki, Aly
Move On: Anj, Mitch
Anytime (I Am There): all
Which leaves me with... HA, I DUNNO :)) I think I know where my voice would fit in, but I'll keep it to myself for the moment. Ayokong mapahiya. haha! These are just my personal hunches ah, let's see how many I got right. I'm really excited to find out who will sing what! Whoever will get song #2 needs a really, really, quick shift in vocals from song #1. And the two who will get song #5 have the most catchy song in the whole play! Let's keep our fingers crossed, classmates!
This is definitely, by far, THE BEST day at Playshop ever! I'm actually kinda high (on chocolate) at the moment, so I'm warning you now about my overuse of "hahaha" in this entry. hahaha!
The evening started off with the pictorial. I thought I was going to be late actually. I had no idea that leaving the house just 15 minutes later would spell the difference between getting to The Podium in 15 minutes and waiting for more than 15 minutes for a cab that doesn't have traffic issue. Anyway. We all wore black for the shoot. 4 poses for each of us. I had fun actually, but I would have liked it if Ate Jenny and Kuya Red joined the group pic. Aww.
We did breathing exercises first then moved on to vocal exercises using Speech Level Singing (by Seth Riggs, if I'm not mistaken). We did just the first 4 exercises with the lip and tongue rolling. Ang hirap! Felt kinda light-headed after, but I think it's because I did it right. haha
THEN THE FUN BIT! The remaining singers! OH MY GOSH WINNER PERFORMANCES THIS EVENING! First off was Renan who made me, Rita, Mollie, Cy, and Gift laugh so (silently?) hard! It was actually supposed to be serious, but it was tough to refrain myself from laughing after the method of suicide in his scene was a triple kill - poisoning, hanging, then shooting himself! HAHAHA ika nga ni Cy "Sigurista siya!" HAHAHA! Then of course the lovely Phoebe with her class A performance! Terrific singing, Phoebs! Then... *drum roll*Jacky! Honestly, Jacky kinda has this effect on me that every time she performs, I brace myself to laugh out loud. She did as expected! HAHA. Hands down ako sa pagkacrush niya kay Christian Bautista, sobrang benta! Her winning line from the song: "Together we'll be the greatest team there's even been...Christian! Dreams the way we plan 'em, if we work in tandem!" HAHAHA! Jacyee came next with the song My Junk from Spring Awakening which he incorporated into troubles with diarrhea or LBM. And in the end he discovers there was no tissue in the cubicle he entered. EPIC FAIL! HAHAHA! Indeed, the best was saved for last! XD
Wee winners: OHMYGOSH RENAN REGENCIA FOR COINING "PHOEBE JAMORA" and JACKLYN BELO FOR INCORPORATING CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA INTO DEFYING GRAVITY! HAHAHAHAHA :))
Oh! I was finally able to see the Sugarfree video that teacher Jenny appeared in. The video was directed by her sister. Teacher Jenny's dance was so funny! Cy and I know the steps already and are planning to do them for Silly Dilly. HAHA. Here's the video:
Speaking of Silly Dilly, I was actually looking forward to it a while ago, but we didn't play anymore because of the lack of time. The pictorial ate up a lot of our time kasi. I'm feeling sooooo hyper today. I've been jumping and laughing and singing and dancing like... Like... Like I weren't me at all! I wish things would be like this all the time so I wouldn't be so shy.
Have a lot to think about for my homework, this is huge! My character's name will definitely be Nancy though. Ta-ta~
Silly Dilly got me again, I was to shy to join today. Even when everyone was going in at the same time and Kuya Red was talking me into just letting go, I couldn't. Why is it so hard to act silly in front of my classmates who are doing the same thing anyway? :(
Anyway. We played tag again, The Blob style (naadapa pa sina Jacky at Mitch). Then we did vocal exercises and the best part, massages to fix our posture! It was at this time I really wished Rita, the master masseuse, was my partner! haha...
Performance time came next. My classmates said I did much better than last time, so I should believe I did, right? haha... I think it was a lot better than last time, plus I got my nerves down a lot. Still kinda shaky, but there was improvement. At last! It was a huge help that there was a dialog and not just singing, the acting part helped me keep my act together. Teacher Jenny also said what I was trying to show happened before the scene was very clear. I kinda regret taking too long to calm down though because of everything she said, that's all I remembered. haha... And si... Ay wag na lang, baka may makabasa. Saka na lang when Playshop's over. HAHAHA
Wee winners: Aly and Nikki for joining MTA, welcome newcomers! Jacky again for saying "Uy nandito si Christian!" when flyers for Playshop Idol were given out. HAHA. Rodney for starting the picture taking! Yay :D And Kuya Red for taking this picture :)
Day 2's highlight was definitely the singing. The order of performances was determined through draw lots. I was saying "I don't want to be first" over and over, then later on when the names were starting to disappear -- "OH NO I don't want to be last!". Yeah I said I didn't want to go first, but I didn't want to be last either. waaah~ My choice of song was My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music. OHMYGOSH both my body and my voice were shaky the whole time. AS IN. I know I could have done better if I weren't so tense about it. Gah. It took time for me to stand up after the whole thing actually, and I almost slammed into Bea after I sang. I hate how I I have an extremely difficult time controlling my nerves :| At least my performance wasn't foul. Everyone did well too, so congrats to us! :)
Aside from the singing, we had our usual "play time". Our games were super fun and I felt ridiculous right after, but it felt good!
We were paired in twos for the first game. I was paired with Jacky. For the 1st round, we were supposed to just say "no" to whatever the partner offers, but for the 2nd round, we say "yes and..." plus our own inputs. Jacky and I started with shopping which later on led to the creation of our own society of alien robots in outer space. And, according to Jacky, we all die after. hahaha!
In the second game, we were just supposed to say the first thing that came into mind based on what the previous person in the circle said. There was a trend about rats, and honestly, I remembered Rattata from Pokémon, so I said "Pokémon". Shucks, Pokémon coming from a 20-year-old. haaay :))
Wee winners:Ang galing mag-massage ni Rita! She's my favorite masseuse ever :D
Day 3. Super inatake ako ng shyness. I didn't even join Silly Dilly. The theme was super heroes, and I could.not.act.silly. (T.T) The last activity caught me off guard, too. I had a hard time thinking of a way to incorporate even just two lines of the song of our choice into the scene on how we packed the bag. The scene I acted was being too still to sleepy to pack the bag because it was too early in the morning. I had a hard time thinking of how to incorporate a jolly song like "My Favorite Things" into a scene showing the opposite mood. I realized just now that I could have used sarcasm. Should have thought of it earlier.
Anyway. We sing again on Wednesday! This time, we are supposed to make a whole scene that will affect the way we sing the song. I have an idea in mind already, let me see if I can pull it off.
Wee winners: Rodney gave out the directories that are the size of our IDs. Cute! Jacky's scenes were hilarious, too! There are 3 of them actually (I'm actually laughing as I type just remembering what she did). First during the heroes game, she said she was Booba with the matching actions! Then there was when she packed the bag hurriedly and she took some vitamins pa. Everyone was guessing she was stabbed or something, and personally I thought she had appendicitis, then after the scene she said she acted like she had dysmenorrhea! HAHA Grabeng dysmenorrhea yun promise, funny! :)) And her song choice was "Defying Gravity", and the lines she said were "Something had changed within me, something is not the same!" HAHAHAHAHA IloveyouJacky! =))
I have tomorrow, Monday, and Tuesday to prepare my song. Wish me luck!
Finally! I found time to update my blog! I finished my LAST paper for the term today. Just one more exam to go this Friday before I can declare myself on vacation mode! WOOHOO!
Despite of my still ongoing finals week, summer has started early for me. I enrolled in Trumpets' Playshop. It's something that I have always wanted to do since high school actually. I took voice lessons in 1st year, planned to enroll in street dancing in 2nd year, theater in 3rd, and musical theater in 4th. My plans changed when I started taekwondo in 1st year though. Taekwondo won me over for the remainder of my high school years. After 6 years, I finally have time to squeeze this in my schedule.
Playshop 2010's promotional poster
I enrolled in Musical Theater for Adults. The teacher is Jenny Jamora with Red Concepcion as assistant teacher. Both of them are known theater artists in the Philippines. I've seen Kuya Red perform on West Side Story. I know the class will learn a lot from both of them.
Our class isn't big at all. We're only 16, mostly girls. I've gotten acquainted with some of my classmates as well, they're all really fun. I see a lot of shy faces too, meaning I am not alone! hahaha! Let me write down their names (in the order of introduction of our first game) before I forget: Jovial Jenny and Ready Red (teachers), something Rodney, Annoying Anj, Radical Razam, Perky Phoebe, Magnificent Mitch, Mediocre Mollie, Creative Cy, Gifted Gift, Rapid Rita, Just Jackie, Romantic Renan, Jolly Javie, Kulot Kate, Jellybean JayCee, Bea (wasn't able to join the 1st game).
This meeting, we just played games to get to know each other. This Friday, however, WE SING. dundundun! I'm super shy pa naman to sing in front of crowds! This is gonna be a challenge. I enrolled hoping to be able to face this fear though, so bring it on! *crosses fingers*
We were also given our IDs. The teachers said we can't get inside without them. Of course being the neat freak that I am, I computerized the print plus the fancy text. My ID looks pretty now, definitely a stand-out! 'Wag nang itanong kung paano, basta trial and error. Mahabang trial and error. haha! And yes, I have bangs again. Why? heehee because I cut them too short (again), even the stylist said they were too short to style, so she cut them into full bangs insted. hahaha I don't think I'll ever learn :))
my OC-ized ID
Wee winners: Jacky for being honest about her expectation to meet Christian Bautista! :))
So things to worry about for Friday: my last exam (SOCIPSY), my song for Trumpets.
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