Happy 17th Birthday! :)

Friday, June 13, 2008
3:44 PM

last friday i did my eap presentation and drama monologue exam. kinda difficult to switch from being 'professional' and serious to being a punky lunatic guy (for my drama). Got all my costumes and stuff together with me, so that i could change after my eap presentation. I'd like to thank Michele here for doing my eye make-up. Ernie (my drama teacher) said your skills are amazing. I think u're amazing, too :) And thank you, Mun Yen, for lending me your wonderful cap. I think it's the most important thing in making me look like a punk. :D Anyway, the eap presentation went better than i'd expected. Here's the thing about not holding any notes when presenting. With or without notes, we're almost definitely gonna forget what to say at some point of our presentation. When we have the notes in our hands, we tend to look at our notes once we forget. when we cant find the point that follows up what we're saying, we panic and we search the notes through like a maniac. When we have nothing in our hands, we have no choice but to trust ourselves when we forget what we're supposed to say. chances are, we can resume our presentation faster than looking through the notes. so guys, i dont have a photographic memory or whatever u guys call it. i was simply tricking myself to do better. haha. as for drama, well, i wouldnt say that that was my best performance - the tears just wouldn't come that day. perhaps the emotion was not as strong anymore, after so many practices.

but anyway, the thing is....

I've got ten outta ten! YAY!!! i nearly jumped outta my chair when Ernie told me, "Danny and I thought that your performance was terrific. Good job, Jass."

One of the things that i really like about acting is that i can be in someone else's shoes. I can feel feelings that i might never be able to feel in my life, as Jass. That day, i cried because i could feel how the boy felt about home. The tears sprang into my eyes because of the boy, not Jass. that... is empathy.