Monday, March 22, 2010

February 1-7 @15 growing old? Haha XD Play

Remember what I post last time that we have Saturday classes? Well it’s not bad at all actually; I get to bond with my friends and classmates more.
Anyway, this week is very important for me, guess what I’m already 15. I want to celebrate it quietly with my best friends. I want it to know who will celebrate and remembers my birthday means they care for me and I wasn’t expecting that almost everyone remembered. I was really touch when my friend from Bicol who I just met last year through chat greet me in advance. I was really happy that she knows when my birthday is even though we haven’t met in person. Some greeted me in texts, some through emails and some greeted me in advance personally. It made me really happy to be 15 because for me being 15 means I now have privileges and I can feel that I am changing bit by bit. I think I’m growing more mature… It started also recently when my best friend said that I have a strand of white hair in my head, I don’t know if it’s a joke because I don’t have a mirror that time. Physically and mentally I’m changing. I again increased my height; more pimples (T_T), I now think clear of what happening around. Anyway I celebrated my birthday with a huge cake; a 3.4 L of ice cream (with rocky road flavor, my favorite flavor XD), spaghetti and soft drinks, not too fancy it really did my day. A special day, hope for more birthdays to come…
Our fourth grading period in English is about a musical play or a stage play that we’re going to perform live in front of our adviser. I find it exciting because this is another experience to gain. At first we can’t decide which one will we perform if high school musical, Sweeney Todd, Enchanted, glee and more but we end up with Gokusen which I’m really in favor with because beside that it is an anime, it was turned into a live action. At first Rhenselle will play the role of Yankumi (the lead character) but then about some issues and her parents, Rhenselle decided to give the role to Angelica Blanch which is also okay because she looks more like Yankumi in the live action of Gokusen. So Gokusen, uhmmm to make it short, it is about Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss, Kuroda of the Kuroda Ikka. Her parents died when she was younger, and her grandfather has no other descendants, so Kumiko is next in line to head the family business with the title of Ojou. However, her lifelong dream has been to become a teacher. While her grandfather approves of her choice, others in the family want her to become the next boss. Kumiko (known by her students as "Yankumi") becomes a teacher at an all-boys private high school. Her class is full of delinquents, but she tries her hardest to teach them not just about academics (her subject is Mathematics), but about lessons of life, much like any "dedicated teacher" story. Though she's forced to keep her family a secret from the public, her Yakuza upbringing gives her the strength and the experience to reach out to her students, while also providing comedic relief. In the play, I play the role of Tetsu Asakura from the Oedo Clan. In the real Gokusen, Tetsu’s special characteristics are that Tetsu always slap Minoru (played by Paul Tamio) on the head and Tetsu is the one who cooks. Tetsu is one of Kumiko's lackeys. He is a member of the Yakuza group, and is very devoted and protective of her. He and Minoru always keep an eye on Kumiko and do their best to help her when they can. In the drama, Tetsu seems to like Kumiko, but unfortunately he doesn't seem to have very good chances of getting romantically involved with her, as she considers him to be like family. Kumiko took him in when he was a teen, calling him a 'younger brother' since the family didn't accept underage kids, and he had no where else to go. In our first practice, we lack a lot of cooperation so it didn’t go well but with the help of Jeje we were able to make it into a success. We improve slowly but we work hard even though we don’t have much time given to practice. Even though I don’t have a big role, they can believe in me that I will do my very best for this play and enjoy it.

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