Midsummer Night's Dream

Hello.

I’m in uni right now and am very bored. And so, now I am here typing some random stuff on this blog just to kill the time while waiting for my 10 am class to start.

Hmm… What should I talk about? Well…

Let’s just talk about… Oh ya! Let’s talk about the last Friday’s drama preview. It was awesome! Haha XD Both my groups (Midsummer Night’s Dream and Two Sides of A Coin) did a very well done job! All of us, the drama students came very early to uni even though it was Friday (minus those who had classes and other stuffs to do) just to help with setting up the place where the stage would be and organizing the changing rooms. All of us were working hard together and everyone did the jobs assigned to them. It was a very beautiful sight. I love how everyone worked together, filling with laughter and smiles could be seen on everyone’s face. I wish I could record everything but I was busy as well.

When the boys were busy preparing to go the mosque for the Friday prayer, my Midsummer Night’s Dream group was busy doing a last minute practice. We did practice most of the scenes but we didn’t get to do the finale scene because of the limited time during the practice week. LOL! So we only finished practicing the finale scene an hour before the DRY RUN preview. It was a mess! Because two of us were sick; Justin and Arthur and most of us always forgot our lines. So instead of forcing Justin to practice with us, we let him rest in the male’s changing room. Poor Justin :(

Then we changed into our costume while waiting for the boys to come back from the mosque because Midsummer was the first group to perform the preview that day. My Midsummer costume is very simple; just a Cara Melayu with Sinjang and Dastar (Google them up!) because we are doing a Multicultural version of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Our Duke (plays by Justin) is an Indian. Haha XD I have to agree that this idea is very unique.

The preview was supposed to start at 2:30 pm but Mr. Low was late so we started late but it was no problem because it gave us extra time to practice our scenes. When we were about to start, I was so damn nervous. I hadn’t fully memorized my lines and two of us were sick… I was so worried. Still we had no choice but to do it. So we just went with the flow! We did forget our lines in the middle of performing but we improvised! The most embarrassing part was when I forgot my line! The actual lines were,

“No, you’re just taunting me. You’ll pay for this if I ever see you face-to-face in the daylight. Go wherever you want. I’m exhausted; I need to lie down on this cold ground. But watch out. I’ll find you at dawn (lies down and sleeps)”

But I forgot! I messed up! Haha XD I was like, “No! You’re just taunting me. Coward! Go wherever you want! Urgh! I’m exhausted! I want to sleep! But Lysander, I will-- I will find—URGH! I will just sleep.”

And just lied down. That was embarrassing but everyone actually liked it. They laughed at that part like crazy. Even our director, Azy, laughed at the back stage. Overall, they liked our Midsummer Night’s Dream play. They laughed a lot and the messages were delivered well to the audiences.

Once Midsummer was done with the performance, Mr. Low brought us to another room to talk to us while waiting for the next group to prepare. I was freaking out when he said that he wanted to talk to us personally. LOL! But once I entered the room, the first thing he said to me was, “Demetrius! Well done! You are the most improved!” My face lit up and I was like, “Realllyyyyyy?” Haha XD Mr. Low complimented me a lot and even said that I was even more manly and Arthur! Oh God, I was so thankful.

Midsummer Night’s Dream did great, as well as Two Sides of A Coin! Both were awesome! Oh, I have to go now. It’s almost 10 am, class is about to start. I will come later! :D

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Hei! I am back. It’s 12:43 pm and I am at the cafeteria right now. Fuh, today’s class was so emotional. Haha XD Because it was the last lecture class for this semester. We took a group photo together :D

Starting tomorrow we will all be very busy with our own group rehearsal but of course we will still be seeing each other. Haha XD I love my Drama classmates so much. Only in Drama class that I can be more open and I feel very welcomed. I know everyone and everyone knows me. We are really like a one big family. I’m not sure if I will be taking another drama module next semester…but I do want to…

Oh okay. I have to go now. I will try to update again soon if I have free time. Actually, I was planning to talk about this one particular person but… I don’t have the time. JYA!

- Miki Ariake