Starry, starry night. Saturday, 012707

Well, almost.

Yesterday AND today (early morning) was fun. Really fun. Hehe. Let me share what happened.

We had our play yesterday. Before the play, I was nervous because Sir Joey challenged us. Not only that, there were LOADS of people watching. *grade seven comes to mind* Grah. Really.

Watched Topaz’ play first and I really didn’t get it, apart from it being highly political and insane (there was this scientist wearing a pink nightgown AND said scientist was supposed to be a guy). I honestly think they were trying to be funny, but hey, it wasn’t bad.

It was our turn next. It’s either we make it or break it. Why? Part of our English grade was the play. But nevermind, we did had fun. And in the end, those rehearsals (except probably the one at Joe’s lola’s house) were worth it.

Because we could hear applause right after every scene.

It was one of the best things I’ve ever heard, and it gave me encouragement to do my best. It was like ecstasy heroin to an addict, ’twas like fuel to a car that’s running low. Yeah, I loved the audience. Thank you so much. Your applause, well, it made us high.

And TJ, you are so marvelous. The audience loved you. Damn, you were really, really GOOD. No, wait, that’s an understatement. I can’t describe your acting, really, because Loki ROCKED the house. Especially that synch thing with Elvis. OMG I can’t believe you guys perfected it on the day itself! OMG.

Cam, you were so damn good too.

It was ownage. Sheer ownage. I love you, Garnet. I’m gonna miss the practices at Cam’s house. *sighs*

Opal presented last. Although really, I didn’t get theirs, probably because it involved time machines and, well, Sir Joey was right. Time machines aren’t really suited for plays. But their backdrops were good.

After that, Sir Joey congratulated us for a job well done, and we went to the caf for our, uhm, “play practice” (emphasis on the double quotation marks). Right, Garnet?

Then we went to the gym for the closing ceremony thingy. And then we ate. And hung out by the area near the creek. Which is where we met Oscar (malas, we were supposed to go there at midnight!).

And then, clean up. And waited for 4 pm because we had to set up our tents. Yeah. I think my knee cap got dislocated, thanks to carrying too many bags. My knee still hurts like hell.

And with that, we started with our batch stargazing activity. Yeah. I so love stars. Although we didn’t get to see much, thanks to Quezon City’s really polluted air. And finally, one item from my list of things to do before I die is crossed out. Wait, two items, actually: Go stargazing and stay awake for at least 24 hours straight. Kewl.

And I lost my voice. Crap. Now, I sound like a guy. Shoot.

We also watched a few movies along the way (October Sky and Hercules) and a documentary (but I was in my tent that time, being emo as usual). And listened to lectures. And we were made to lie down on the field and just look at the stars. I loved that part. *Lightyears by Eheads comes to mind* Cool, I got to see Saturn with my naked eyes AND with a telescope. *Saturn Return by Eheads comes to mind all of a sudden*

In the words of Izo, “Walang tulugan.”

I love stargazing. *goes out and looks at the night sky*

maaarz signing out.

Mid-YMSAT Post. Wednesday, 012407

And yes, today was really really fun, m’deah.

Because in the end, water guns are our best allies.

Yes, dear friends, we had a water gun fight. And not just any fight, mind you.

It was an all-out war. Against the opposite sex. I know, I know, it was a misguided battle of the sexes. :p

Bring out the water pistols, baby. And load up on ammo. Be prepared, there’s a plan on the way. I’m dead serious.

Okay. Bored now. Just having a confe. :p

More stories tomorrrow, I guess. Bye EDIT: Now, stories???

Well, let’s just say that my back was soaking wet. Really, really wet. *sarcastic tone* Thanks a lot, Elvis. And you had to write your name on my back too, plus *bleep*’s name. Really now.  But thanks for giving me an opportunity to wear my oh-so cool pink England soccer shirt. Yeah.

Stargazing tomorrow. And Miss Anthropy. I wanna break both legs, because we’re gonna need ‘em. And pray that the stars will shine brightly. Or else Sir Angeles will kill us. I think.

And I need to load up on ammo again. Plus some “hand granades”. Do not fear, they aren’t real granades. They’re just water balloons. Really.

I might may ‘fess up. About stuff.

maaarz signing out.

Randomness. Blahs. WHEEEEE! Thursday, 011807

It’s actually nice great to wake up to a really weird dream. A rather good one.   You see, last night, I had this dream. It was the 24th of December and Garnet had a party. We were with our families, of course. We just ate, drank (no alcohol involved except for wine, really) and made ourselves merry. And we did so until the stroke of midnight. Suddenly, there were really AWESOME fireworks and may I say, in that dream, I cried watching them because they were just so damn marvelous. Then all of a sudden, I ran to *bleep* and uh, asked him if I could hug him. *bleep* said yes so I went ahead and hugged him for a long time. When I finally let go, *bleep* wanted another hug. But no, I didn’t give in, because my family was calling me and we had to leave. Before I left, though, I told *bleep* *coughohyeahdyoureallywannafindout*. Bastaaaaa.

Today was awesome too. I’m really glad to say that our play’s doing okay. We practiced with the props and stagehands and may I say, I think we did good. Heck, Sir Joey even said so! OMG OMG OMG! Oh, but it’s dress tech rehearsal tomorrow, I’m expecting it to be tough. I’m not used to heels, you know. It’s gonna be damn hard for me. *sighs*

We also put up our fliers for our play already. CALLING ALL PISAY STUDENTS: PLEASE WATCH MISS ANTROPHY ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2007. A GARNET2010 PRODUCTION.

Agawan Base was fun, though honestly, I didn’t play. I just watched them run around and, ZOMG, Jesus had an accident! Hehe. Hope he’s alright, though.  Actually, I think only 3 or 4 of us didn’t really play but watched instead: me, Joe, Ada and Elvis (did he play? I don’t think so). Joe was busy removing the bark of this branch (he’s fond of them, as he’s as thin as them too), Ada was watching and uhm, vandalizing the tree using a twig, Elvis was creating strategies and I was just there, hugging the pillow, staring blankly into space. O RLY? OH YES. :p

I can’t wait for the stargazing. *sighs* walang tulugan, aryt?

Owel, still have to reread Noli. Bye.

maaarz signing out.

Oh hell no. Tuesday, 011607

Yes, my grades are going down. In fact, I think only Tech Prep went up. Say goodbye to DL, Marz. But then again, everyone’s going down too. Curse you, IS. But really, *insertteacher’snamehere* doesn’t really explain the lessons. And what the heck do we really do with graphs? Seriously, tell me. Frankly, the lessons didn’t really make sense.

On the other hand, our play’s going quite well, considering that we only started practicing last week. I’m astounded, actually, because we are so behind and yet we had two run-throughs already. Though I really wish that we have our props and backdrop already. I’m not looking forward to wearing my costume though.

I’m still hooked on Rent up to now and I can’t stop singing the songs. Sure, I know I’m off-key, but, hey, nothing can stop me from loving those songs. I mean, they’re really, really awesome. Isabel, don’t worry, I’m bringing the blank CDs tomorrow. Let’s drown the CS room on Thursday with Rent songs, shall we? I’m getting tired of the songs that Joe has in his USB, and we’re helplessly stuck with them because we sit beside him.

And today was so blah. Nothing, really, just your typical school day in Pisay, except for the English play practice. Which was actually okay.

Owel. Off to doing Health (last question, actually), Math (what are the numbers to be answered?) and Art. And maybe ComSci.

I’m such a loser.

maaarz signing out.

Viva La Vie Boheme! Saturday, 011307

And so I shall start my blog entry with those 4 words. Why? Well, I’ll explain it later.

We had to go to Cam’s house AGAIN to practice for our English play. And though I would love to give some information about it, I’d rather not spoil it. Just watch Miss Antrophy on January 26 to find out.

So, anyway, I woke up at 7 since we had to pick up Isabel at Pisay. But we didn’t have paint and we needed it for our backdrop so Dad ended up buying them and we picked up Isabel quite late. Sorry about that, but at least the reason’s valid. THE BACKDROP WAS FOR THE PLAY, YOU KNOW!

We then went straight to Cam’s house and when we arrived, they were watching Lake House. I really didn’t understand it that much, since I’m not really into those kinds of flicks and also owing to the fact that we were only able to watch the ending.

We decided to watch Rent after that. I LOVE RENT! Yeah, sure, it’s about drag queens and AIDS but really, it is SO, uh, real. I do NOT want to spoil it, of course, but let’s just say that it almost made me cry. Basta. Mark Cohen is my favorite character among the 8 because, well, it’s up to you to find out why.

In the middle of watching Rent, Joe texted that he was LOST in Filinvest 2. Stupid, Cam’s house isn’t there! Hehe. According to him, he ended up exploring Filinvest 2 before going to Cam’s. LOL, Alvin almost told him (thru text) that he has to go to Ada’s house, knock on every door, ask if Ada’s there and if not, ask for directions to Cam’s house. O_o

A few minutes later and Joe arrived. Not long after, Elvis arrived too and set up his laptop, making the boys stop watching Rent and leaving us girls (Alvin included) to finish it. Which I didn’t regret, considering how beautiful the movie was. I wanna watch the musical.

We had lunch a few minutes later (Pata Tim) and we also saw the dogs. LOL, Skittles (one of the dogs, the small one) kept on running around in circles, you’d think he/she (I don’t know the gender, sorry) would create a tornado. =)) Yeah, seriously. Then we went back to watching Rent (yes, it took THAT long) and after watching, I suddenly wanted a hug. Not from anyone in particular, of course, I just wanted a hug from any of my friends.

After that, we started practicing. Alvin, John-John and Ada did the backdrop while the rest of us practiced our lines and the cues for the BGMs. Oh, and we also uhm, fooled around with YM. Like, Alvin was using Joe’s YM account on Cam’s laptop, Joe was using Isabel’s YM and I was using Elvis’. ) We actually uhm, tortured Conrad’s sanity and sent him the same message at the same time, on Joe’s cue. )

Some of the scenes were EXTREMELY hilarious. Like this:

ada: it’s all your fault. you made her looney!
johnjohn: no, he’s the dumdum!
alvin: i’m not the dumdum!

And this:

johnjohn: it’s the screw kasi.

Plus this:

alvin: we are stuck with you all this time!

This:

Camilla: I shouldn’t trust anyone at this point. -meaningful glance at prof- Except you of course, Professor Blake. -hands the device over to the professor- Here, I need to lock the doors -takes pringles from elvis’ hand and leaves the stage-

THIS:

ada: you shouldn’t have touched the continuoum transfunctioner

AND THIS!

ada: mom, it’s done!
camilla: thank you daddy! as of now you’re all fired! go to your room, you are the weakest link!

Seriously, we were laughing our asses off. Some were due to Joe, uhm, talking to himself (and he ended up being stepped on by Ada, literally, and being kicked by me too). Some were just plain ewans… )

By this time, we had practiced all the scenes already and may I say, I think our play’s quite good. Hehe. Unfortunately, TJ, Alvin and John-John had to leave already so we decided to watch yet another movie instead. We debated if we should watch The Producers or Date Movie and we ended up watching the latter.

Unfortunately, Isabel, Joe and I didn’t get to finish it since we had to go home. The original plan was Isabel and I were supposed to be picked up by my dad at Cam’s place but something rather unfortunate happened and he said he couldn’t pick me up so we ended up hitching a ride from Joe on the way to Pisay. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. I really do owe you a big favor this time. )

Arrived in Pisay a few minutes later and OMG, FINALLY! There were loads and loads of stars, which are rare in a place like Manila. AWWW. I love stars so much. Dad picked me up after quite a while and yeah, I went home. Now, I’m typing away this on my computer. )

I wanna do that again. Next week? Naaah, we ought to be more serious by that time.

maaarz signing out.