29/7/2011.......

Today, was our big day. It all came down today. The final exam, the last play, the last act we put all our sweat and effort into it. When everything was over, nostalgia took over me.

I won't beat around the bush, I am really satisfied with the last performance. Everything was ready, everything was good to go. We came a long way from start, I've seen transformation in 2 particular members of the group which went through significant changes, and it was remarkable.

The whole team finally came nicely together, as in the skid and chronology. I personally think that we've all improved in our individual ways, thanks to the guidance of Mr. Rey, the best theatre lecturer. Wise in his ways, he led us to learn many things indirectly. And I have to admit, he takes theatre to another level, one that really brings out the inner personalities in people.

The course is finally over. I have but a few last words to say. Thank you Mr. Rey for your teachings, it led me to be a better person. You'll create future actors, and craft them perfectly. You're a great lecturer and a lecturer advisor. Stay awesome.

Yours truly, signing out -
Josh~

Story #4: Bad habits - Foul languages

I will speak this out clear. I have this issue myself. Sometimes unexpectedly, a word or 2 belonging to the vulgar category would pop up. It has a really long term adverse effect, and im paying the price of it.

Vulgarities is one way to express yourself in terms of anger, happiness, sadness or excitement. But overusage of it really costs someone dearly. I lost many friends. In the beginning I thought that spitting vulgar words was a form of being cool, damn I was so wrong.

I notice sometimes when I blow a vulgar word, the group of friends would turn silent, or stare at the ground. I hadn't notice it until recently. Then when i asked a close friend of mine what was happening, they said it was because of me.

Shit, I really fucking regret vulgar word abuse. I have given a good example, and hopefully nobody follows in my footsteps :).

Story #3: Bad habits - Smoking

This here is one bad habit that really should be taken into consideration. It is something observed outside of me, yet the harm in it subdues me sometimes.

Smoking is considered one of many bad habits ever to be practiced. I learnt that the price to pay for is very high, the cost is death. My grandfather died recently because of lung cancer. He smokes 3 packets of cigarettes a day during his time. He died younger than my maternal grandfather, who is currently older and much fitter than him because he smokes less.

Another incidence is that of my friend. I try to talk him out of smoking, but to no avail. He says smoking is to relieve stress, depression, loneliness and such. But in my personal opinion, smoking itself worsens the effects of stress and depression a lot more than it helps.

This habit not only endangers the smoker's life, but also to people around it. It is very serious, and must be put to a stop at once.

Story #2: Bad habits - Procrastination

There is this boy, who loves to leave things to the last minute. Every single time he is given something to do, he will put it off and leave it to the next time.

Procrastination, is a really serious bad habit. Homeworks, house chores, are all left till the last minute. The parents really couldn't stand that boy's attitude.

There was once where this boy's exam was approaching, he didn't study till 1 day before the exam, and his results he got were terrible.

Procrastination may endanger somebody else too. If a job was assigned to you, that involves other people, if you didn't play your part, the whole team is in jeopardy.

Never put something off when something can be done today...

Story #1: Bad habits - Nail biting

I will start of with a story. A group of pixies once threw a party to their human friends. 3 boys were invited. The first boy was served marshmellows. He was overjoyed because it was his favourite food. The second boy was served roast chicken, similar to the first boy, he was overjoyed. But the third boy was served with different types of nails and screws. He was confused and he asked the pixies why, the pixies just replied, because I saw you biting your finger nails every day.

Most people have this bad habit but hardly any admit it. Biting nails is like a disease. I once knew that biting nails was a bad habit, but people around were doing it unintentionally.

I observed that people tend to bite their nails and spit it out everywhere, or worse, swallow it. But honestly I do not know what is so bad about it, because nails are calcium, we're just consuming the calcium back.

Nevertheless, everybody categorized it as a bad habit, therefore I just followed the flow. Another example was that I witnessed a boy once bit his nails, and spitted it out into the food in front of him during mealtime. I could see the shock in the parent's eyes, but they suppressed it really well. But the boy felt perfectly normal about it.

As another example, I noticed friends around biting nails especially during examination. It is a sign of nervousness. Biting nails obviously is a trend, a habit, and should be avoided being done in public.

Thursday 23/06/2011

Mid term exam was just over!! *exhausted*

I think we really did well. Both the Abstract piece and Group piece. Everyone did a great job. That's all I can say.

Many constructive criticisms were given by Mr. Rey after the examination was done. It was really 'constructive' indeed. Like what he always use to say, every play is a work in progress.

After the mid-term exam, Mr. Rey immediately discussed about finals. Stress level at maximum.
We have yet to decide on a topic. Topic will be decided latest by tuesday though.

Signing out,
Josh.

Tuesday 14/06/2011

I was feeling quite stressed out. My days has been so stressful so much these days. I was 10 minutes late to class, because somebody told me that THTR101 started at 10.30am. So I was feeling double stressed today.

Nevertheless, Mr Rey instructed me to takes note of what the others were doing, and join in. So I observed every single person was doing a specific sport. So, I chose squash, since nobody was doing it. Doing it in slow motion, fast motion, and play it like I'm having a championship. The last ball, the crucial, ball, that determines the victory or defeat.. Showing the emotions where it was either defeat, or victorious, then we shook out.
Personal comments: Venting out on the defeat part was what I needed.

Class was divided into groups of 2. We had to work on proxy. My group was me and Leanne. We decided on a Bus Scene. Imagine on a bus, on a rocky road, crossing bumps, stopping for passengers, sudden halts. Yeah I think I did mine well. Learnt the Michael Jackson Walk, as what Mr. Rey called it. We swat mosquitoes next. Got bitten by them, and a whole swarm was hovering upon us and we have to swat them all. FuN.
Personal comments: Mime walking was the real name. It looks like shuffling + moonwalking.

Later, we worked on something new again. This was an abstract piece as Mr. Rey termed it. While music is played, we made lines, circles, and clumps with our bodies with various styles and positions. Mr Rey played 2 different types of music, each transitions we did follows the type of music played. Example, if it was a happy piece, we gracefully danced out of each formation. If was a soulful piece, we moved swiftly through space with deep emotions.
Personal comments: As usual, I love the last part of class. The abstract piece really cranked me up ready for more.

End of class.