Make-up Session sa NSTP: Gawad Kalinga - Hiyas ng Maynila

[currently listenin to: A Chorus Line]

Ang NSTP namin is CWTS. It's more of community service and it's way better than making bilad in the blazing heat of the sun (as in ROTC). And we're serving in the Gawad Kalinga (GK) site in San Andres, Manila.

Well...the Sunday before this, may malaking GK event na dapat pinuntahan namin sa UP Diliman. Ang problem is hapon na yung event and ang layo ng place. Sino ba ang may gustong pumunta?

Haha. 10 lang from Block 1 ang pumunta. 10 lang rin ang di na kailangang magmake-up session sa NSTP. So basically, we had to make up for the 4 (actually 3 lang dapat) hours that we missed of the freakin' NSTP. We (the very masipag people of Block 1 less the 10) had to go there on our own precious time and serve for 4 hours!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

Ang ibig sabihin nito, isang absent na naman sa ballet. Haha. Pero okay lang kasi noong araw na toh ata nag-Pointe class ang Level 3 and ang nagturo, si TA (Tatiana Udalenkova, Lisa Macuja-Elizalde's Russian teacher whos's, obviously, from Russia....whoah). And MASAKIT, so okay lang. Haha.

Anyway,
sumama ako sa mga hindi ko ka-brigade because that Saturday (yun yung napag-usapang day), alam kong walang show sa Star, yung susunod na Saturday, hindi na ako sure, so I just went that Saturday. Okay lang, kasama ko naman sina John.

Pag dating namin dun, pinaglinis kami ng "library" dun (na punong-puno ng dusty, as in DUSTY, old books <--- kaya inallergy ako pag uwi ko because of all the dust). Inayos pa namin yun, inarrange namin by subject. Ang ganda-ganda niyang tignan after. Pagkatapos nung mga libro, nagpadala sila ng maraming maliliit na tiyanak...este....bata pala. We're supposed to play with them daw and do useful, educational stuff...

And mygahd. Like yung sabi ni Barron, "Ang daming kupal sa kanila". Haha. Hey...those were not MY words. Meron din namang mababait kahit papaano. Basta....ANG KUKULIT ng iba, as in. Literal na tumatumbling pa yung mga little boys...juiceko. Kakahigh-blood.

And they were not exactly hygienic (most of them anyway). Pero ang hilig nilang mamunas ng kamay sa damit ng tao. Haha. I was aware of what the kid was doing to my shirt, hindi ko na lang siguro pinakita na na-eeew-ewww na talaga ako nun. Wahaha. We played games, nag Trip to Jerusalem kami, and kami ni Megan yung music (gamit yung phone ni Maki), Grabeh yung mga bata, nag-away-away pa. Haha. Ang violent ng version nila ng Trip to Jerusalem. Kaya duh...may umiyak pa na bata. Well, that's life, you don't always win naman. That's gonna teach them how to be a good sport (before they kill each other anyway)

Tapos nag-attempt pa kami na mag-storytelling. Haha. It started out good, lahat sila attentive. Pero habang patagal nang patagal, pakaunti nang pakaunti yung mga bata. Haha. Isa-isa silang nag-tumbling palabas ng storytelling area. Ewan ko na lang kung natapos ng mga storytellers ang kanilang story.

Pero in general, masaya siya. Nakakapagod nga lang talaga.
Ano bang natutunan ko dito? The moral of the story?

HUWAG NANG MAGMIMISS NG NSTP. Haha.

Biogyugan Queen?!

[currently listenin to: Al Jarreau]

Maniniwala ba kayo if I said na I was crowned as the 2008 Biogyugan Queen?

I was crowned as the 2008 Biogyugan Queen.

Wtf?! Me??????
Hahaha. Yeah, you better believe it. Ano ba ang Biogyugan? Ang Biogyugan ang pinaka-"main attraction"-baga kapag Bio Week (which is around the same week as the Linggo ng Wika). It's a competition kung saan ang mga naglalaban-laban ay ang mga freshies, sophies, juniors, at seniors. In short, first year to fourth year.

So mga 1-2 weeks na lang before nung actual event, wala pa kaming nagagawa so nagsuggest ako ng plot. I thought of a Pinocchio-like story. Haha. As in doll na nabuhay and all that. Nagsimula doon hanggang sa maraming napalitan sa story at nagkaroon ng actual stageplay thingy.

May Blue Fairy person blah blah sa play na ito, and obviously, with the ballet blahs, ako yung ginawa nilang Fairy. Btw, this is like the thing we did sa MAPEH noong fourth year, walang script, no speaking, just dance and movement. So I was okay with this.

Pero my gahd. Ginawa nila akong theis-less graduating UP student na naging loka-loka na mahilig magdress-up as a fairy. Whoooo. Okaaaaaay. Ahaha. Weirdness yeah, pero ano bang bago dun. SO nagkaroon pa ako ng photoshoot na ginamit sa slideshow sa actual performance. Yung flashback thing.

Okay....hindi ko naman alam na playing a mad thesis-less graduating UP (Bio) student could come out so naturally. Haha. Todo emote ako sa Faura. Wahaha. In a lab coat....

Anyway...nung performance na, I used the oh-so-familiar blue character tutu (na sa VCD School of Ballet ko pa ginamit....well pati sa MakSci...ilang beses na rin yang ginamit). Complete with pointe shoes and false eyelashes. Haha.

Yung make-up ng ibang characters ako rin yung nagsuggest. I am sooo sorry kung super kinuha ko ang mga ideas sa Pinocchio ng Ballet Manila, but I even made them stick red circles on their chicks para mukha talaga silang dolls. And they did look like real dolls!! Hahaha.

Plus yung main doll (na pinangalanang Xyrene, as in Xyrene and Phlolus is to Xylem and Phloem <--- mygahd...benta!) pinahiram ko ng false eyelashes...haha! At natuwa naman sila sa falsies.

Hindi ko alam kung anong place namin sa overall, pero sure ako hindi kami fourth place. Haha. May Best Performer for each batch. Guess kung sino yung sa First Year.........

Ahaha. My gahd. Whateyber. So sa apat na Best...may King and Queen ng Biogyugan. Fourth year ata yung King (uy....King? Is this a sign???????) tapos yung Queen....ehem....ahaha.

Actually wala na ako nung nag-awarding. May show pa kasi nung araw na iyon sa Star (HSM...ui...Cast B...hehe). E may class pa before, and Sir Shaz was gonna teach that day, so I needed to be there early. So tinawag na lang sa akin toh nung nasa jeep pa ako (you know the orange jeep na umiikot sa CCP Complex? Nakasakay ako dun noon) Ahaha. Nagsisisigaw tuloy ako sa jeep. Nandun pa naman si Kuya/Ate Ron (from BM). Ahahaha.

Ang taray. BIOGYUGAN QUEEN?

Yay! UPDATE! Hi-Skul Musikahan

[currently listenin to: Get Low/We're All In This Together/All For One]

HAHA! Because of public demand. Maguupdate na rin ako sa wakas!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!!!!!!
Ahehe.

Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (August 15-17, 2008), may shows ang Ballet Manila sa Dumaguete. They performed Sonata and Pinocchio there.

So sino yung sasayaw sa regular park show ng BM sa Star City habang wala ang company?

So I was so lucky to be casted sa Hi-Skul Musikahan even if it's just for this weekend.
We were given like 3 days to learn everything. So Tuesday lang na-cast, Friday na yung show. Haha. Hanep noh. Impromptu.

Anyway, it was fun. SOOOOO FUN. Kahit na ang awkward kong sumayaw ng "Low". Haha. Many thanks to Lina, Ate Mika, and Ate Zai for teaching me the steps. Lalo na si LINA na super-frustrated na kasi hindi ko talaga makuha. Ahaha. Sorry and thank you talaga.

So dito ko talaga narealize na di ko talaga kaya maghip-hop. Mahirap na siyang tandaan (yung mga steps), di ko pa magawa. Haha.

Yung outfit:
Haha. Actually, Friday na wala pa akong costume. Kanya-kanya kasing damit dito sa HSM. So nagpabili pa talaga ako kay mama nung hapon. Hahaha. Sabi ni Sir Jerome, mukha daw akong stoplight. Sabi naman nung iba, mukha akong taga-McDo. Ahehe. Whatever. CUTE NAMAN AKO. AHAHAHA.
Headband - thanks to Arianne Libed for helping me choose nung lunchbreak sa Rob.
Warmers - thanks kay Lina for lending me a pair. Hehe (may credits pa talaga)
And yeah - yung book ko nga pala sa Comm I (eeeew!) made its stage debut. Ahahahahaha. Pweh!


FIRST DAY (Friday):
Well...horrible daw. Haha. The worst sa tatlo. Nangangapa pa kasi kami. Well duh. First time e. So kulang daw siya sa buhay. Kulang sa spark. Ok, do better tomorrow.

SECOND DAY (Saturday):
Better than the first show. Wala si Karen this time kasi may lakad siya (whoops! Cinderella). So ako pumalit sa kanya sa cheering. WHOAH! Like puro 'fine' ang inabot ko dito since inaral ko lang yung steps sa araw na iyon mismo. (Yun ang talagang IMPROMPTU). Haha. Buti na lang di pa ako regular (like the boys) kundi wala nang natira sa ano ko. (you know). And yeah, dito rin nanood yung parents ko and Carlos.

LAST DAY (Sunday):
The best daw of the three. Yay! Wala rin akong major mistakes....(naks!). Medyo nakakalungkot lang towards the end kasi tapos na e. Hehehe. Nawili? O well...may dadating pa naman e. At least I am very happy na we represented BM in a way. And the company believed that we could do it. Weeeeee! Me so happyyyy!!!

Kakatawa nga kasi nung first 2 days, natapos yung blocking/rehearsal before the show, mga 30mins na lang before the show. Hindi pa kami nakakabihis/make-up and everything. Haha. Para kaming mga people sa movies, yung nagmamadali/nagkakagulo sa dressing room...haha. Kaya nung Sunday, maaga pa lang nag-ayos na kami, so nung natapos yung blocking/rehearsal, retouch na lang kami. Parelax-relax na lang. Ahahaha. Wala lang.

And para kay Lala...

ahaha. Para kaming mga tanga noong Sunday. Kasi maaga pa lang nasa Star na kami and nakabihis na nga. Kaya picture-picture sa stage habang wala pang tao. Ahaha. Pag may pumapasok/dumadaan, tigil kami. Ahaha. (nalaglag pa kami sa pagkakapose namin nung may biglang sumipot na tao from nowhere e...hehehehehe...si Magat ata yun. ahihi.) Ang tagal bago makapagpic nang maayos - wala pa sa gitna. Haha.