Seriously, guys, time flies. Even when you're not exactly having fun... Heh. Just sayin'.
So, anyway, just let me quickly wrap this up because, boy do I have a lot to tell ya'll. :)
I was honestly worried that morning when I woke up. There were still so many things our group's performance lacked and what if I go up on stage tonight and my throat closes completely, thus stopping me from being able to say anything at all? You know, the usual feeling you get before you go up on stage to make a fool of yourself in front of a huge bunch of people. HAHA.
Though, this is going to be a long day, because I still have acting class that afternoon and actually, I have to perform during acting class too, debuting our story for everyone in class. So, I had to perform twice that day! But hey, that kept my mind off the event that night and made me focus on something else, so that's good.
I got to leave acting class early that day, to head off to Lynus' hostel to shower and change. I met her at her building and she told me that we'll be changing in one of her friends' room, also in the same building but it's on the ground floor (hers is on the second floor). I met a couple more girls in there and I think I spent an extra minute or two in the shower, pretty self-conscious about how I'll look in my dress and all. After getting dressed, I decided to put on a trench coat over my dress first. One: it's awkward and tedious to be walking around campus wearing such a formal wear (or in costume) where people will start staring (that just makes me want to crawl into my safe shell even more) and two: to keep the suspense! Only reveal my costume when I have to. :) I'm such a drama queen. Heh.
So, yeah, this is the trench coat. I also wore my flats first, I honestly don't like to walk around in heels because I know for sure that if I do, I'll most probably get a foot ache the next day and I have classes the next day. Heh. :)
Also, in the picture, you've probably noticed that I don't exactly have a happy face on. Why? Because the person who took the picture was our group leader, Chun Siung. He's just one of those people who is just so much fun to bully but at the same time really annoying, which only makes you want to bully him even more, ya know? Haha. I gave him that "urgh-it's-you" look and he went "HAIYA. I already take the picture la!". And I didn't even say anything! After that I just walked away to put my bag down (I left my bag pack in Lynus' room).
We, my whole group went to get gather and get ready at the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) which is in the same building as the hall (The President Hall) where the show will be. We spend this last few minutes, helping Kugen with his Beast "make up" and they had to do Pink Panther's tail too. Of course, the make up was to be done there and then too. We really didn't have much time but still, everyone else was late anyway, so, we also managed to have a little bit fun at the same time.
Laughed at some of their costumes too. Like how Donald Duck (Or Chee Wee) were actually forced to put on a diaper for his "tail" because, you know, I actually told them that the real Donald don't wear pants at all! HAHA
See how adorable he is? Haha. This is not his full costume though, he actually have a yellow beak and duck feet made out of paper too which looked pretty neat. :)
And Kugen! Haha! His Beast make up! What we did was, a few days before, we soaked pieces of tissue paper in brown paint and dry them. Now, we just tear them into little pieces, scrunch them up, and tape them to his face. HAHA. He also had to sacrifice a little bit, by shaving!
I don't know what is it with some boys and their facial hair. Is it really that hard to shave or do they just have some kind of an emotional tie to it? Like Rob (Pattinson, that is). He seems to feel most comfortable when he have his beard (not that I'm objecting, when it comes to him. He still looks ridiculously handsome.) and Ed Westwick (Chuck "I'm the boss" Bass from Gossip Girl) says that the worst thing about being on the show is that he have to shave everyday. Really, boys, I don't get it. Enlighten me. Haha. Oh, well, Lynus and I taped the pieces of brown tissue on his face, both of us trying to be as gentle as possible and I tried to make him look ugly in the nicest looking possible way. If that even makes sense. Haha.
He looked pretty scary afterwards. I won't post it up because I don't want you to have an heart attack. HAHA. :)
I had to get a counselor to help me with my make up because, you know, I may be a girly girl and all but I'm a girly girl who don't know how to put on make up (I know, I know, *facepalm*). HAHA. I think it's about time I learn too, and I really am now! I looked pretty horrifying with the make up on. Well, then again, as the villain, I should look that way, no? Heh. After that, we were told to go downstairs to the hall and settle down. We went down to the hall with the rest of the other performers, all of them in their costumes already. I looked around, and realized that our group seems to have the least props. All we have as prop is Teddy for Mr. Bean (played by our group leader, nice), a mirror for, well, the mirror (played by Rongye, another pretty cool name) and a crown and an for me. Since we were to be the sixth group to perform, we got to sit through the first few until it was time for us to go get ready backstage.
With the many days of rehearsals, and classes to juggle, we were so busy that we actually overlooked one of the most important things of our show: Lighting! I can't stress how much of importance lighting is for our performance in particular because we have to go from one scene to another, we'll need to have the lights go on and off at the right moments or it'll just look weird. We actually didn't realize this until the rehearsal, the day before and because Eleven was so busy with the other counselors, I had to help identify how the lighting for our show will work but the problem was that I have no idea how the lightings work for our stage. How am I supposed to direct the people in charge on how to do this and more importantly, when to do it?? So, I asked Prabu, one of the advisor, and he said that I'll have to ask Dinesh because he's more familiar with the people in charge (or something like that, haha). So, on the night itself, Dinesh keeps coming over to us to give us the latest updates on things, asking us if there were anything else that we needed. And Thank God, Thank God, Thank God, he's our counselor, so, I just had to brief him through the scenes and it's lightings and besides, he knows our story and every single scene, therefore, can direct the people from up top. Also, he told me that just in case we have any last minute changes and he isn't around, I should tell a guy called Jonathan who will be at the back and will be able to help. Whew.
The decorations on the stage was also a product of a lot of hard work from the counselors. Again, it boggles my mind how these people can do all this, plus the Orientation Week every single intake. Like, seriously, you've read what we did throughout the week itself (as if 5 days, 4 long posts and a few weeks to put those up aren't enough to prove to you. Haha). There are, what, 3 intakes a year? And these guys, they're pretty cool people too, you know. They have to put up with a lot crap from us newbies and if something goes wrong, they'll get into trouble with the DSA (Department of Students Affair). The amount of time, effort, money, hard work and who knows what else they sacrifice for all of us and I was honestly surprised when I heard that there were still complaints about them. But then again, you can't please everyone all the time, right? If anything, these people only gained my respect for them even more. I honestly don't know why I'm talking about this now. I suppose it's just the truth and it needs to get out. :)
OH! And I forgot! Jimmy, our "ex"-group counselor played Hunchback Of Notre Dame (although he looked far better looking than the character, heh) and also one of the host of the night.
This picture was taken AFTER the shows. He already changed to his normal clothes then. He's now one of the few counselor and people in school who actually come to talk to me when we see each other. Not just another "Hi, Bye" friend. Besides, I thought he was cool from day one and I was right. :)
So, yeah, anyway, it wasn't long until we were called to go backstage to get ready. Now, THIS is when my heart started hammering against my chest, my hands got clammy, butterflies started their riot in my tummy, and worst of all, throat started closing in on itself. We went to the back and Dinesh was already there with Eleven. The other group was still performing, so we had to wait and my gawd, that time waiting was pretty much agony. Seconds ticked by like hours but at the same time it felt like I wasn't even close to ready yet and that somehow made it seemed as if minutes ticked by like seconds. Everyone else seemed relaxed and I think I was the most tensed. But this is good, I told myself, I'm nervous. My being nervous is usually a good thing, because for some reason, when I'm nervous, everything usually turn out fine. If I'm not nervous, then it's bad because it's my instincts' way of telling me that I will screw everything up and it's usually right.
Myself and Eleven after the show. The brains and motivator behind our group. :)
So, I do what I always do when I'm waiting for something or someone; I walk around. This obviously made the nerves better, it calmed me a little. Though this is a good thing to mentally prepare myself for what's coming, I only gave the boys an opportunity to be their comic relief. And by boys, I meant Dinesh and Kugen. Hmpf. They even managed to find time to laugh at my height (because even with a one and a half inches boost from the heels, I'm STILL shorter than both of them. Hmpf) and my intense nervous face (Hey, at least I didn't have a nervous breakdown or an anxiety attack. Haha). AND they, along with many other people in the group kept telling me to relax and don't panic, but hun, the more people say "DON'T PANIC", the more I panic. Don't you know that the human brain don't accept the words 'no' and 'don't'? No, no, really. DON'T think about elephants! See? You just did, didn't you? HAH.. So, the whole don't panic thing only made the nerves worst, really.
Before every performances, they have a short video of each group from which they've filmed the week before. I don't think I was in ours because I sort of steered clear of the camera. Haha. Immediately after the video, we were to start performing already, so when it was being played, we were backstage getting ready. By the time the video was being played, we already had the beginners' call (it's a theater term in which the people who will be in the first scene of a play needs to get ready to start). I was in the beginners' call and only a few deep breaths left. Gah. Right. Time to get this show on the road. It'll be done in no time. OH! And it was also funny how the hosts (or Emcee/M.C, whichever you prefer) announced the name of our group, Lollipop and the first person to appear AND talk is "lollipop" herself. HAHAHAHAHA. Gawd.
I didn't know what it is exactly but when I stepped on that stage that moment, all the nerves just melted away. When you're on that stage, the only lights in the room will be on you. You can barely see anyone in the audience. It's literally just darkness and the only thing I can see is the V.I.P couch and Adam (counselor, who was also the "producer" of Orientation Night. Heh. He was in charge of this event) was sitting on it. You can hear the crowd and you know they're there but you can't see them. It's like they don't even exists. :)
Or maybe also because the moment I stepped on stage, I was the Evil Queen, not Cheyenne anymore. I was completely, thoroughly in character and the character exists in the world that the stage provided, the set, though there wasn't much of a set. In the world of the story, the audience didn't exist, so there was really nothing to be scared of anymore. Besides, the adrenaline was what pushed me forward as well. I finished the first scene and went backstage for the other guys to do the second scene.
It all went pretty well, actually. It was kindda fun on stage and all but, really, the feeling that we all get when it was all over. It was, like, "Whew! FINALLY! WE'RE FREE" Hahaha. Oh, right, and we were placed 5th, :/
Joy killer.
Haha. But who cares? Every group received a hamper and at least we weren't last. AND? We beat the other group that did Snow White (theirs was a parody). So, YAY. HAHA
Whether I want to go back and do that all over again? Thanks but no thanks. :)
After the show
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