Mood: very very very very happy!!! WHEEEEE!~
Song stuck in head: Rock 'n Roll Razorblade
Finally!! I bought HANSON's Underneath Acoustic Live DVD!!!! It totally absolutely ROCKS!! As soon as I got home, I went straight to the tv and played the disc. It is so awesome! It feels like the concert at the Chicago House Of Blues is right here in my living room. Man... I would give anything to be there at that very moment. The atmosphere is just fantastic, the songs are fabulous, HANSON is just amazing. 'Nuff said. I love them to bits!!! So now my new favourite songs are:
* Rock 'n Roll Razorblade (yes! I finally heard the whole song!)
* Runaway Run
* Crazy Beautiful
* Hand in Hand (Man! The part before the song where he talks a little bit about it: "This song is about an old girlfriend who cheated on me. But don't worry. I got her back!" Sheesh woman.. you're going out with Ike and you cheated on him?! Shame on you!!)
* Save Me (although it isn't on the disc)
* You Never Know
* Mmmbop
* Where's The Love?
Ok, you know what? I love all of their songs!! HANSON rocks!!!!!!
*scribbled 10:14 pm(:
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Mood: waaaaay tired
Song stuck in head today: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
OMG it has been exactly one week since I last blogged and I am so sorry for not updating. I've been really busy all week and yesterday was the first day in two weeks I could go home early and guess how I spent it? yup, you got it. I spent the whole afternoon sleeping. Woke up around 9pm. Did the forums board for Social Studies and History and listened to American Idol on tv. lol for a beginner I think the board turned out ok. All i have to do is add brammi and raidah in as administrators/moderators. Ok I gues I should give a quick update on the past week.
Tuesday 25/01/05
We finally had the finals for drama club auditions for shortlisted Sec 1s and Sec 2s. It didn't turn out too bad. Although some performances were disappointing. And instead of taking in 3 Sec 2s, Mrs Lopez ended up taking all 5 of the shortlisted Sec 2s. Oh well... After that we had the first casting session for SYF. We saw the script for the first time and I have to say that it is not that good a script. It's about these 8 characters and their views on marriage and what makes life complete and if there is ever a perfect partner. During the session, I was reading for Anna and people liked it. At the end of it, even Alemay said that she was considering Lubna and me for the role... And Dharshini practically had the role of Elizabeth. According to Alemay: I don't think anyone else can fit the role" or something like that. Nadia was also another shoo-in for the lead role of Tracey. Even though it wasn't cast in stone we all had our hopes up...
Wednesday 26/01/05
It's the final casting session. I knew I was in trouble because I didn't really read it through carefully and understand my character properly. And somehow I knew it was going to cost me. I read for Anna and it seemed like Alemay and Mrs Lopez liked it but guess what happened next? Sharon, the scriptwriter, came in halfway through the session and basically screwed things. No one really liked her and the way she did things during the casting session and at the end of it people ended up getting the roles they didn't want. I obviously did not get Anna and I don't know why. Dharshini didn't get Elizabeth and I know she really wanted that role. And NADIA DIDN'T GET TRACEY!!! Now that is totally wrong. She lost the role to Elia. Don't get me wrong, I think Elia is a fabulous actress but come on.. she wanted the role of Nicole. Nadia really really really deserves Tracey. Elia didn't even read for Tracey on Tuesday. But on Wednesday, Sharon asked Elia to read for Tracey and that pretty much ended it for Nadia. So now Nadia's Nicole. And Nadia is so totally NOT Nicole. Everyone was upset after that. There was a crying fest after but I couldn't join it because I had to go to Centrepoint and meet mummy, papa and nurul for dinner. But I definitely was upset. I mean, I couldn't even get this simple role by reading a stupid script. How the hell am I supposed to go to NYU on a scholarship when 70% of your entrance into the theater school is made up of auditions??!!! Im feel like I've failed. And it was the first time I cried over being disappointed in like a long time.
Thursday 27/01/05
Everyone was talking about Sharon and the unfairness and unbelievability of it all. I decided to just forget about it and try and go for either stage manager or assistant director. Even though I put lighting crew as my alternate choice, I decided I wanted to try something different and more challenging. Besides it will be good experience rather than learn to pull a few switches. So wish me luck!
Today I stayed after school to work on class decor for Chinese New Year. I felt so exhasuted after that. In fact I still am.. lol. But the chicks look soooooooo cute!!! Good work guys! Hopefully we can win this thing!
*scribbled 9:09 pm(:
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yesterday was the final auditions for the sec 1's before we started shortlisting. and let's just say lats week's batch was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better. friday's batch had major AP - Attitude Problem. some of them were rude as hell!! example: maryam, our drama club president, wished a girl 'good luck' before it was her turn to audition. and guess what the girl said? "You're pathetic." HELLO!!!! no one, i repeat, NO ONE calls our president 'pathetic'. what rudeness!! and when i asked her to spell her name before the audition (a test to see how well they can project her voice) she said "You don't know how to spell is it?" WHAT THE
FUCK??!! i felt like just going over to her and slapping her across her face. at the end of the auditions we asked her why she called maryam pathetic and that no one calls the president of the drama club 'pathetic'. and she was like "whatever". oh my god... oh and there was another girl who replied "I don't need it" when another senior wished her good luck. really, these people want to get in or not? sheesh. i was appalled. seriously.
came home around 6. wanted to study but didn't have the mood. plus my parents and my sis were home. thanks for the OBS shirt nurul!! i love u LOTS!!! *muahz!!* so i ended up not studying.
wanted to wake up at 6 this morning to start studying but i woke up at like 8 and i felt too lazy. watched tv the whole morning. at around 3pm we went to my grandparents' house. spent like 3 freakin hours there. sheesh.. adults talk about the crappiest and utter nonsense.. i was so bored i fell asleep on the couch in front of everyone lol.
finally my dad brought his thumb drive storage thingy which has the jakarta pics on it. wheeeee!~ after like an eternity thanks to the beloved SLOW computer, i finally uploaded some of the pics which can be seen
here. i will try to upload the rest tomorrow or something. don't have to rush because my dad will be here til thurs. and trust me a wk is a really loooong time. haha.. so the only pics which i have to wait for are MY HANSON PICS!!! riung, you shithead!! hand my pics over!! im missing hanson like crazy!!!!
ok i really feel guilty for not studying at all today when i have FOUR tests next week. so i will wake up early tomorrow and study the whole day if need to. coz i want to keep my sunday free. i want to go shopping!!
*scribbled 10:46 pm(:
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Mood: excited for lit ca tomorrow
Song stuck in head: Runaway Run by HANSON
(Runaway Run has been stuck in my head since the jakarta concert but i didn't know what the title was and it drove me insane. finally found out when i bought TTA lol.)
ok nothing much happened today. had drama but it was totally boring because the sec 3's are at obs and so there was no syf training. guess who was there to lead the drama session? mr yap. yes, mr yap. *shudder* luckily maryam was also leading the session for today. maryam rocks my world!! haha. it was ok... a bit boring. i miss the sec 3's now lol.
went home. reached only about.. 5.30 i think. i started studying at 6 and guess what? i studied for 2 1/2 hrs straight!! i studied lit, amath and bio. im so damn proud of myself. now that the house is quiet i can totally focus and concentrate without any distractions caused by yours truly. haha.. sorry nurul, but it's true. but you know i miss you all the same right? tomorrow my sis and my parents are coming home. i cant wait because i've missed them LOADS!!
tomorrow there's also the second batch of sec 1's auditioning for drama club. oh boy... another long afternoon. but it's fun. i cant wait for the finals. wheeee!~
*scribbled 9:58 pm(:
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i was almost late to school today. woke up at 6.20. that's 40 mins later than usual!! damn right i had to rush. took the later 15 and i was worried i was going to be late but luckily i wasnt. mrs geh didnt come today so we had a "free period" during amath first period. i decided to study for the chem ca and luckily i did. the chem ca was tough today. i think if i hadn't studied properly, i wouldn't have been able to do some of the questions.
it is so damn lonely at home now because nurul went for obs yesterday. i couldn't take the silence so i made a few phone calls. lol. called ayun just now and they're at aunt lydia's house. it's so noisy and lively there compared to it being so quiet here. sigh... i never want to live by myself. its actually more lonely and quiet than scary because im not really scared just need someone to talk to. haha..
oh i bought This Time Around on sunday. im like on a hanson spree. lol. i wanted to get Middle of Nowhere as well but it was sold out. oh well.. i'll look for it somewhere else. but i've got to admit, TTA totally rocks!! i think it's their best studio album.. i think i'm going to get Boomerang and 3 Car Garage. oh and the underneath acoustic live dvd. and not forgetting, the new documentary!!! hanson rocks my socks!! haha and i changed the pics on my blog too.. i should change the music next but the site where i get my music form is seriously running out of hanson songs. there are only two left which i havent put up!!! anyone know of any good music hosting sites?? because i think it'll be cool to put up music from my cds.. anyone know let me know k??
studied lit and amath today. wheeee!~ and i read a bit of bio too. im so proud of myself because i actually sat down for 2 1/2 hours and focused. haha... anyway im really tired. i dont want to sleep to late in case i wake up late again.. so ciao!!
*scribbled 11:06 pm(:
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i guess i was really tired after school yesterday. had the sec 1 auditions for drama club. it was my first time being on the panel and judging them, so it was really really fun!! haha but towards the day i was feeling waaay tired and i understand why simon gets nasty when he's had a long day of auditions because at times i just felt like snapping at those really bad ones. then after that the sec 4's had to practise for the cca promotion day item today. we changed the item like yesterday and i was really worried we wouldn't be able to pull it off. but elia had faith in us... and we used her idea of the production item. went home, reached about 6.50, fell asleep around 7.15 and guess what?? i didnt wake up til like 5 this morning!! it was such a nice long sleep.. i guess to make up for all those late nights. haha
cca promotion day today rocked!!! especially drama club. reached school around 7 because we had to be there early. did some last minute practices and when it was our turn to perform (we were the last item) all i can say is just that we really really really rocked!!! drama club, i love you guys loads!!!!! and it was kinda sad too because it was the last time all of the sec 4's would be performing together. so i guess this cca promotion item had to be extra special and we have elia to thank for making it un-sucky. i love u elia!! however we didn't have a lot of people registering to join drama club... sigh... maybe because a lot of people came yesterday?? i dont know.. but i hope we can get a lot of people with talent joining drama club because drama club rocks!! and thnaks for putting up with us maryam, at times when we're not really serious or like fooling around or something. you are a real fab president and you know we love you.. *muahz!!*
*scribbled 8:48 pm(:
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today was the first sec 4/sec 3 assembly of the year. as usual mrs loke had plenty to say. 20 mins of principal's address on issues which i think have already been drilled into our heads far too much. and as usual i dont think anyone was paying too much attention to her. then we had the prize-giving for the Good Progress Award recipients. haha $150 into my bank account. wheeee!~ and i love 4e9. we are the best!! haha..
on the way home i saw 15 about to pull in into the bus stop. at first i wanted to run towards it so that i dont have to wait 10 mins for the next one. but then i realised it will be stupid to run for the bus so i decided to let it go and wait for the next one. about 5 mins later i saw a Lodge School uniform on a girl who had alighted a bus. i thought, 'What the hell is the Lodge School uniform doing on someone in singapore??' well this girl looked at me and said, "nuraini!" and i was like: OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! it's cheryl lim!!! from Lodge International School in kuching!! i havent seen her in about 3 years!! apparently she's studying here now on a vjc scholarship. i was definitely not surprised to hear that because cheryl is super smart and i knew she was going to end up studying in sg sooner or later. kuching just isnt the place for someone as smart as cheryl who has LOADS of potential overseas. but i was so excited and i just screamed and squealed and everyone at the bus stop was looking at us. haha.. but cheryl was one of my close friends in Lodge and i really did miss her. and i am so happy for her that she had gotten a scholarship to study at vjc because she totally deserves it. man.. now i really got to study hard so i can go to vjc because i've always wanted to go to vjc. haha..
but isn't it weird because if i had taken the earlier 15, i would have totally missed her.. this is so cool.
*scribbled 9:43 pm(:
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i had the a.math ca today and i must say i totally screwed it!! i studied trigonometry so hard especially the identities and stuff because that is m weakest topic. but the qn that came out was like so do-able and i totally forgot about studying hard for logarithms. and i lost 6 whole marks because i couldn't remember how to change the log base!! arrrgh!! if i had remembered, i would be able to do the question. i feel so stupid now! 6 marks down the drain.. sigh.. even if i pass it will be like a borderline pass. this is so frustrating.
to make it worse, we had the performing arts dress rehearsal for cca promotion day this saturday. it was totally screwed because firstly we had to perform in the hall and secondly the sound is seriously fucked!! we had to use mics and it was our first time performing with the mics so we couldn't get organised and those without mics couldn't be heard when we spoke our lines. and i think marie was being a real bitch today. sorry, but it's true. i mean she was a bitch since like OBS man.. she was my kayakking partner during the expedition. and she should have been more helpful for god's sake.. sheesh.. oh and wan jie came!! wheee!~ haha she's so cute and we've really missed her presence at drama club. she's in nanyang now.. sigh..
finished around 6 but at the bus stop i realised i had dropped my ez-link card. had to retrace my steps to see where i had dropped it. went to the hall which was already dark by then. and who came out with my ez-link card? pak cik dollah!! haha thank god!! he rocks my socks. wheeeee!~
this friday will be the first auditions for sec 1's who want to join drama club and i will be the only sec 4 member of the committee that day. *gulp* man i wish the others would be there... because im like so new at this judging stuff and i dont even know if i can judge properly.. sigh.. i hope i can but i think its really ridiculous to have an audition before the promotion day. then what's the point of the promotion day? sheesh.. i think it's stupid. at least we have two days of auditions after promotion day. i hope a lot of people turn up to audition. i dont want to like go to school super early on saturday and then it's all for nothing.
*scribbled 9:13 pm(:
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phew! after a whole week of school, it's finally over. although when you're in sec 4 there's no such thing as a free weekend. yup, i have to spend the weekend studying for history CA on monday and a.math CA on tues. i hate the UN chapter! i dunno why because it's kinda easy to study but i just hate it. and a.math im kind of nervous about it especially for linear law and trigo. help!! what if i flunk it?? k.. i wont flunk.. i wont flunk...
anyway i love the new song on my blog. well it's not new but i'm soooo for
'this time around'at the moment. i think it rocks.
This Time Around is definitely their best album. well i think underneath rocks too. haha..
and speaking of HANSON.... I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEIR DOCUMENTARY!!! it's called
strong enough to break and it's about their struggle to get their album out after this time around. how they had problems with their record label over their music and image and how they finally decided to break away from Island Def Jam and release Underneath on their own record company 3CG Records. i can't wait for it to come out!!!
*scribbled 8:25 pm(:
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first off.. just wanna wish everyone
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!. hope everyone has a fab 2005!!
ok i know i haven't been blogging in a week but i just didn't feel like it. plus i was thinking over some stuff like my friends, my future, my family, how sometimes i'm just so plain naive that i take everything in without giving it second thoughts..
i dunno if i can go online as much as i have this past year. because i've been basically slacking off and now i realise i have got to work hard if i want to achieve my dreams so that they actually become reality and not some kind of distant-faraway-fantasy. i want to go to NYU. i want to go overseas after my A levels. i do not want to stay here in singapore. i just feel like there's so much more out there.. i want to go to Times Square. i want to go to a Broadway show. ok.. i've got to make my dreams come true.. so i have to work hard for it..
been talking to gabz, becca, chade, lin, and bronwyn and i just imagine if i was still there we would all be in Form 6. the senior seniors of ISCT. the only ones who wear the blue shirts with the form 6 tie. the ones with the common room and lots of study periods. the ones who only take 4 subjects. the ones who have the most priviledges in the school. it's so weird because when i was in ISCT i wanted to be house captain or head girl but now i won't get the chance and it's sad... but i know that lindsay or chade or rebecca will get that chance and i will be so very happy for them.
anyway.. i cant believe i will be going to school on monday. my homework's not finished, my bag's not packed.. i will get up early tomorrow and get myself on track. promise. i actually cant wait to see everyone at school. just not excited about the schoolwork and social studies/history CA bit. i hate the UN chapter..
*scribbled 11:23 pm(:
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