The Exoticism
Dilys woke me up at 8-ish today I think. We were s'pose to go shooting with hanif. Woke up, scruffed around (if that's a word), and then finally left the house.
"Why today so rush?"
"Orh, got pictures to take mah,"
"Drink you milk first,"
"Aiya don't want la, no time,"
"DRINK,"
".... My friend is waiting for me, she's a girl"
"Girl ah? Nvm. Sometimes you must also make a girl wait you know,"
"A GIRL... Mum,"
"So you're saying you don't make girls wait,"
"Yes, that's not my style,"
"She can wait. Still, drink your milk,"
So we met Hanif up and he tells us his big encounter with this 1 metre long Black Spitting Cobra. A freaking cobra in Singapore! I thought we're too urbanized to even have exotic animals like that running around. So we slowly walked there - just in case we see one again you know -, and on the grass field, Dilys spotted this BABY black spitting cobra. And Hanif got it erm... aroused... (which I find a funny word to use in this context, but yea hahahaha) and he was taking up close shots of that little thing staggering up and down trying to spit it's ultra-super-hyper venomous poison at Hanif.
And he was taking shots over and over while Dilys and I stood there hoping nothing bad happens. Haha.
Yea that's a cobra over there. Hahaha.
Eventually we left it alone and went to the dark alley to do our songs and I sorta hung around until they got all their pictures taken.
And then the day went on with the usual - class and more class. Culture and expression class is just really amazing - it's philosophical (if you know me, it's very me haha), smart, and engaging. And Ernest uses this array of words I never hear any other lecturer use.. and we see these documentaries all the time about human sociology (dig it, dig it, dig it whoooooo) and the topics are just really cool.
At 7 pm, Pepper, Hanif and I got ready for our talentquest stuff. And the queue was HUGE. It stretched all the way out of our auditorium. It's kinda nerve-wrecking actually.. haha. But we turned out fine. Pepper fretted but she was good. Like her last note was ammaaazing man. I dunno why she finds it horrible. Haiz.. haha.
So now we'll have to wait to see if we get through the auditions and into the finals.
At 7 pm, Pepper, Hanif and I got ready for our talentquest stuff. And the queue was HUGE. It stretched all the way out of our auditorium. It's kinda nerve-wrecking actually.. haha. But we turned out fine.
When I went up my heart was thumping so fast I felt my whole body vibrate. And the judges were sitting on this really far away seats up the auditorium, with the blinding light shining at you. And the whole room was hazy. It was like Akeelah and the Bee man... hahahaha
And then suddenly all the 'psyching myself up' and the "Okay shan yu, you have to add emotion, look like you mean the lyrics of the song," and everything else like that just DIED ON THAT STAGE hahahahaa. My leg started to vibrate like nuts and I was wavering my voice too much. And Summore Pepper was before me, she was like awesome without music so I was kinda freaked out.
So Akeelah (being me) started to sing and I felt all queasy over and I didn't wanna move at all. Haha..
Pepper fretted but she was good. Like her last note was ammaaazing man. I dunno why she finds it horrible. Haiz.. haha. And Hanif came in with his poise and everything. He's like going to his good part when they cut him off... haha so bad man.
Haha she has a rainbow thing below her collarbone. This is our audition waiting area. Haha
Haha and she tries to point at it.