Hello hello! =)) Whats new? Hmmm nothing much.. Woke up at 11 today and ate KFC for lunch.. :D Then got right down to business as usual.. ONLINE! =DDD Managed to get 3 extra people to go to the prom today.. And 2 more last night.. lol.. Not bad eh?? =DDD If this keeps up then i'll get 61 ppl to go to the prom all by myself.. :DDDDD Nahh it wont happen.. =] But its a start! (((: Muahahahaa...
Im doing a lil bit of dance practice.. winks* ;) And at the same time trying to convince these totally frustratingly ignorant ppl on why they should go to the prom.. I should be a fucking lawyer man.. You should see me in action.. Ganas... =P BWAHAHAH lol joking joking.. x) Hopefully i can get a few more before the day is over.. And hopefully my buddies will too.. :D sigh...
Hmm im going for a movie later! :D With my family of course.. I think we're going to Leisure Mall.. Not sure.. =X But we're gonna watch BOLT!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH... He's sooooo adorable!!! ^^ hahahhaa... Cant wait.. Woohooo!! =))
Awwwww... (:
Sooooooo there's nothing much to write.. =X But maybe i should mention that my friend, she got her ballet results.. She took Inter and she got 78.. DISTINCTION man!!! =X Awesome!! :D Congrats to erm Jean? I think her name is.. Hahahhahaa.. xD Oh well.. =D
Okay so there's nothing much to say.. Cheer practice tomorrow! :D Yay! But too bad there's no ballet class.. =((( So I'll just have to make do.. ;) See ya! :)
YAY! =D Im finally free of all my tuitions.. =DDDDD Today was my last Addmaths tuition class.. Thank God.. x) How am i to focus with sooo many things going on?? Lol.. Im already at Form 5Chapter 3.. -.- The sad news is my dad signed me up for Chem tuition starting in January next year at PTM Bandar Tech.. T.T NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
So its wednesday morning.... uhm i think... o.o And its still 'early'.. You'd probably think I'd have nothing to blog about.. In a sense you're right.. x) But I can talk and talk and talk and talk and type and type and type whatever shit mood that im currently having.. :D Pft.. You know me... =P So lets see.. Last night i had nothing to do.. So i cut out a piece of cardboard and attempted to handmade the table centrepiece decorations for the prom night.. :D I think it'll be cute.. x) Its only half done la.. Hopefully it'll turn out okaayyy.. *crosses fingers* >.< color="#cc33cc">Hollywood Glamz.. (: nyenyenyenye....
Okay so Ive completed my 'secret holiday assignment' xD And i dunno what else to do.. I think its okay la.. But maybe I'll 'touch up' a bit.. Here and there.. Still there's the actual PRESENTATION of the assignment.. kekekke.. I hope i get an A.. =X Hor madeline horrr..... *nudge nudge* :D BWAHAHAHHAA!!
Alright I wouldnt expect you to understand that.. Only retards like me and maddie would.. I'd be astounded if you DID understand it.. You're NOT SUPPOSE to understand it any hooo... x) You'll know it when we'll let you know it.. :D HAHAHAHA
Whatever.
Am having a conversation with Zoe Jing now.. And guess what we're talking about? -_______- TUITION for God's sake! xD Addmaths tuition lagi! -.- HAHAHA.. That guy has only numbers in his brain.. Zj, I hate you for being such a smartass.. :D No punt intended.. ;) Oh wait.. He's offline.. He says he gtg.. -______________- Wth....... Came online, for like 10 mins, chat about addmaths, then *POOF* hilang... Wtf man... xD Okay so let me rephrase.. Zj, I hate you for being such a weird smartass.. All punt intended.. ;) GAHAHHAA.. Dont sulk if you read this :) i'll definitely go bowling with ya but after prom laa of course.. =D HAHA!
Okay Im starting to sound like some mentally disabled person.. Laughing like an idiot when its nothing funny.. -.- Oh well.. Einstein aint quite right in the head either.. xD Maybe thats how he can come up with all those theories and stuff.. He's eccentric and so am I... =DDDDDDDDDDD Hmmmmmmm... During the duration of writing this post, i have been communicating with myself it seems.. Just for a post to be posted.. Scratch that.. Just for a post to have isi! Now thats sad man... =) LOL.. Dont worry i wont be communicating with myself any longer.. Cuz ive bored myself.... -______________- I wont be surprised if i bore you to death either! :D If i did then MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! That was the whole point of this post.. So gembiralah saya eh... (; Ya? ya? eh? rite? yes? hmm? muahhahaa? *secret language for me and maddie last time* x))))))
Yesterday i was chatting with Julian.. And he's not going for the prom.. :(((((((((((((((((( Nothing i say can convince him otherwise.. Probably if i hire some strippers and those burlesque fan dancers *wink wink* then he'll come.. He'll come with a boner that is.. x) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh perv me.. (; And he told me he wasnt having chicken pox as well.. That was just an excuse to give to the teachers on why he's not sitting the end-of-year exams.. -___________- He was out somewhere who knows where.. And his parents are in on it too.. So i guess no harm done.. =/ Oops i shouldnt have said it out loud.. Jasmin teachers have many spies online so ive been told.. =) hehhee.. But like i said, his parents will supoort him so no harm done.. Lol.. Unless his been lying to me! To soothe his ego cuz he's having chicken pox at 16!!! xD Hahahaa... He does have this one gigantic ego problem.. =] But he's too cute you tend to overlook it... ;) Miss you Julian! =D Muahahahhaa.. *embarrased him online* 1 up for me.. =P
So I'd better stop.. Cuz yea Im supposed to bore you.. Not entertain.. Tut tut.. *shakes head* Bye yall!! :DDDDD Wait. There's only me here.. -_______- sigh.... Whatever. This is confusing... -.- Ciao.
Okaaayyy.. For those who did not understand a single thing about all my ballet posts, REJOICE! Because this aint one of them.. And you can finally understand something that comes out of my one hell of a genius mind.. BWAHAHAHA... *winks* ;)
So where do i start?? Hmm.. Finally i have something to do at home.. =] Jasmin's prom night is coming up (15th December 2008) and there's a loooooooooootttt to be done.. The theme of course is Hollywood Glamz.. And ive been jotting down ideas on the decoration and all to suit the theme of the prom.. So far so good.. :D Excellent even.. (: But I have no idea whether i'll be able to make/get/buy? all those fabulous ideas of mine... *self-praise here ppl* HAHA.. Okay so once again, COME to the prom!! Its gonna be a whole lot of fun, food and dancing! Special guest performance by BUNKFACE, a dance performance by The Funk'aHolics and even a special dance performance by......... (; Im not saying who.. You gotta find out by yourself.. :D Im NOT ALLOWED to say who or what.. My boss forbids me.. =P Lol... So yea DO COME! Oh and you have to register and pay up by the 30th of November 2008.. Maybe we can extend a few more days into the first week of December, but i aint sure bout that.. If you come unregistered and wanna pay on the prom date itself, then the ticket price goes up to Rm80.. Its fair.. To us, and also to you.. Cuz Rm80 is still ALRIGHT for a prom night event.. Rm 65 is very CHEAP people so i suggest you find me and register and pay up ASAP.. Trust me you wont regret it! =D Really! ;)
Oh yea last Saturday when i was getting ready to leave the house for Cheer practice, i realise there's a bloody frog in my shoe.. FUCK! =X Actually i DIDN'T realise it at first.. I wasnt wearing socks and i just slipped my feet into my shoes first (not wearing them properly) cuz I always wear it in the car on my way there.. Then when i got into the car and waited for my mum, i hear a CROAK! And something wet bubbling on my toes... I think it might be the frog spitting whatever water vapour or something... x) So of course i jump out of the car and yells "There's a fucking frog in my shoe!!!!" loud enough to wake the whole neighbourhood.. They were probably peering through their windows checking who the hell is cursing first thing in the morning... Whoops. xD So mum came and saved my morning.. (: Love you mum! She threw my shoe and out falls the damn creature.. Brrr* And the stupid thing just hops away all innocence.. If i were braver i would have picked it up and kept it till i see a snake around my garden to feed it to.. Just like that time in school... :D Awww poor frog.. Forced to play dead in the same cage as the cobra.. WAKAKAKAKA.. I dont care.. Atleast the cobra has something to eat.. Hmph.. :P Yea this frog in shoe thing has been going on since i was still studying in Seri Suria.. -.- Its been like 6/7 times already!! Why choose MY SHOE? *fumes* I even accidentally compressed one till it died.. Without me knowing of course.. And when i removed my shoe, there it was dead and flattened with its blood all over my sock.. R.I.P...... Since then i always think that Ive killed my prince Charming... :(((( Which must be why ive never dated.. xD Dang frog cursed me! x((((
Okay moving on... =D Saturday evening, means BALLET CLASS! =DDDD And we are still learning the steps for Swan Lake.. Its going really slow actually.. =( Because we have like more than 30 of us in the class... :( hahaa.. Oh well.... And dear Celine announces that the exam resultsARE OUT!!!! Her aunt has already got her school's results in Penang.. Ms. Wendy tried calling Zafriah or whatever her name is x), but she's not answering her phone.. Obviously due to the news that results were out and she's the one handling the distribution of it, she doesnt want anxious ballet teachers to clog her phone line day and night asking about the results.. So i guess we in the meantime, give her breathing space and wait..... :(( and wait...... =( and wait..... D: and wait again... T.T 2 whole weeks of not having ballet class due to term break.. 2 whole weeks before i get to know my results... Privately its best if i DONT know cuz i dont WANT to know.. lol.. x) Im sooo terrified... But I know i'll be disappointed yet again.. Cuz im a perfectionist and we are never happy with what we have although its as good as we could have hoped for.. (: Proud to be one.. xD
To Celineeeeeeeeeeeeeee (:
Since im not gonna be seeing you for 4 weeks!! =(((( Will miss ya!! xoxoxoxoxoxo
Hmmm... So i just found out that The Dying Swan is NOT from the original ballet of Swan Lake but is a separate ballet piece from Swan Lake..
The Dying Swan is not part of The Swan Lake. It was composed for Anna Pavlova and w/ Saint-Saens`music.Pavolova was very much interested in expressing feelings through ballet.The Swan Lake`s music is by Tchaikovsky. ~irine2007~
The composer made a selection of eight of the more popular numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 premiere, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the St. Petersburg branch of the Musical Society[1]. The suite became instantly popular; the complete ballet did not achieve its great popularity until around the mid-1960s.
Among other things, the score of The Nutcracker is noted for its use of the celesta, an instrument that the composer had already employed in his much lesser known symphonic balladThe Voyevoda (premiered 1891).^ Although well-known in The Nutcracker as the featured solo instrument in the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from Act II, it is employed elsewhere in the same act.
Summary from Wikipedia
The story has been published in many book versions including colourful children-friendly versions. The plot revolves around a German girl named Clara Stahlbaum or Clara Silverhaus. In some Nutcracker productions, Clara is called Marie. (In Hoffmann's tale, the girl's name actually is Marie or Maria, while Clara - or "Klärchen" - is the name of one of her dolls.)
Act I
The work opens with a brief "Miniature Overture", which also opens the Suite. The music sets the fairy mood by using upper registers of the orchestra exclusively. The curtain opens to reveal the Stahlbaums' house, where a Christmas Eve party is under way. Clara, her little brother Fritz, and their mother and father are celebrating with friends and family, when the mysterious godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, enters. He quickly produces a large bag of gifts for all the children. All are very happy, except for Clara, who has yet to be presented a gift. Herr Drosselmeyer then produces three life-size dolls, which each take a turn to dance. When the dances are done, Clara approaches Herr Drosselmeyer asking for her gift. It would seem that he is out of presents, and Clara runs to her mother in a fit of tears and disappointment. Drosselmeyer then produces a toy Nutcracker, in the traditional shape of a soldier in full parade uniform. Clara is overjoyed, but her brother Fritz is jealous, and breaks the Nutcracker. The party ends and the Stahlbaum family go to bed. While everybody is sleeping, Herr Drosselmeyer repairs the Nutcracker. Then Clara wakes up and sees her window open. When the clock strikes midnight, Clara hears the sound of mice. She wakes up and tries to run away, but the mice stop her. Alternatively, perhaps Clara is still in a dream: the Christmas tree suddenly begins to grow to enormous size, filling the room. The Nutcracker comes to life, he and his band of soldiers rise to defend Clara, and the Mouse King leads his mice into battle. Here Tchaikovsky continues the miniature effect of the Overture, setting the battle music predominantly in the orchestra's upper registers.
A conflict ensues, and when Clara helps the Nutcracker by holding the Mouse King by the tail or throwing her shoe at the Mouse King, the Nutcracker seizes his opportunity and stabs him. The mouse dies. The mice retreat, taking their dead leader with them. The Nutcracker is then transformed into a prince. (In Hoffmann's original story, and in the Royal Ballet's 1985 and 2001 versions, the Prince is actually Drosselmeyer's nephew, who had been turned into a Nutcracker by the Mouse King, and all the events following the Christmas party have been arranged by Drosselmeyer in order to break the spell.)
Clara and the Prince travel to a world where dancing Snowflakes greet them and fairies and queens dance, welcoming Clara and the Prince into their world. The score conveys the wondrous images by introducing a wordless children's chorus. The curtain falls on Act I.
Act II
Clara and the Prince arrive at the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Sugar Plum Fairy and the people of the Land of Sweets dance for Clara and the Prince in the dances of Dew Drop Fairy, the Spanish dancers (sometimes Chocolate), the Chinese dancers (sometimes Tea), the Arabian dancers (sometimes Coffee), the Russian dancers (sometimes Candy Canes--their dance is called the Trepak), Mother Ginger and her Polichinelles (sometimes Bonbons, Taffy Clowns, or Court Buffoons in Baryshnikov's production), the Reed Flutes (sometimes Marzipan shepherds or Mirlitons), the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Waltz of the Flowers. The dances in the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy are not always performed in this order.
After the festivities, Clara wakes up under the Christmas tree with the Nutcracker toy in her arms and the curtain closes. (In Balanchine's version, however, she is never shown waking up; instead, after all the dances in the Kingdom of Sweets have concluded, she rides off with the Nutcracker/Prince on a Santa Claus-like flying sleigh, complete with reindeer, and the curtain falls. This gives the impression that the "dream" actually happens in reality, as in Hoffmann's original story. The 1985 Royal Ballet version seems to imply the same thing, since at the end, Drosselmeyer's nephew, who had really been transformed into a nutcracker, reappears in human form at the toymaker's shop.)
SONG STRUCTURE
(Numbers given according to the piano score from the Soviet collected edition of the composer's works, as reprinted Melville, New York: Belwin Mills [n.d.], in English where possible, with explanations added here in square brackets).
Act One
Tableau I No.1 Scene of decorating and lighting the Christmas tree No.2 March No.3 Little Gallop [of the children] and entry of the parents No.4 Scene dansante [Drosselmeyer's arrival and distribution of presents] No.5 Scene and dance of the Grandfather No.6 Scene [Departure of the guests] No.7 Scene [the battle]
Tableau II No.8 Scene [a pine forest in winter] No.9 Waltz of the Snowflakes
Act Two
Tableau III No.10 Scene [Introduction] No.11 Scene [Arrival of Clara and the Prince] No.12 Divertissement a. Chocolate (Spanish dance) b. Coffee (Arabian dance) c. Tea (Chinese dance) d. Trepak (Russian Dance) e. Dance of the Mirlitons [also known as "Dance of the Reed-Flutes", "Dance of the
Shepherdesses", and "Marzipan"] f. Mother Ginger and the clowns [or "Mother Ginger and her children"] No.13 Waltz of the Flowers [featuring a female soloist "Dew Drop" in Balanchine's production] No.14 Pas de Deux: Adagio (Sugar-Plum Fairy and a cavalier) Variation I (for the male dancer) [Tarantella] Variation II (for the female dancer) [Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy] Coda No.15 Final Waltz and Apotheosis
CONCERT EXCERPTS AND ARRANGEMENTS
Tchaikovsky: Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker
The suite derived and abridged from the ballet became more popular for a time than the ballet itself, partly due to its inclusion in Walt Disney's Fantasia. The outline below represents the selection and sequence of the Nutcracker Suite culled by the composer.
I. Overture
II. Danses caractéristiques a. Marche b. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy [ending altered from ballet-version] c. Russian Dance (Trepak) d. Arabian Dance e. Chinese Dance f. Reed-Flutes
III. Waltz of the Flowers
Pletnev: Concert suite from The Nutcracker, for solo piano
The pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev adapted some of the music into a virtuosic concert suite for piano solo:
a. March b. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy c. Tarantella d. Intermezzo e. Russian Trepak f. China Dance g. Andante
Waltz of the snowflakes
Dance of the sugar plum fairy
Waltz of the flowers
The Nutcracker Ballet
Ps: Special thanks to Wikipedia, Google and Irine2007.. =) No copyright infringement intended.. All rights reserved to the above..
All modern productions of the Petipa/Minkus ballet are derived from the version staged by Alexander Gorsky for the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow in 1900, a production the Ballet Master staged for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in 1902.
As performed by the Kirov Ballet, St. Petersburg Russia.
Act I – Scene One
A room in Don Quixote's house. The servants are talking about their master. They consider he has lost his reason, because he fancies he is a knight and sees imaginary enemies everywhere. The servants believe all his vagaries to be the result of too much reading of tales of chivalry. They burn Don Quixote's books, hoping to save their master in that way.
Don Quixote enters. As usual, he is engrossed in a book. following excitedly the varying fortunes of the characters. The servants hide.
Don Quixote carefully collects the volumes that have escaped destruction, and becomes engrossed in a book again. Presently he falls asleep.
In his sleep he sees visions of knightly tournaments, he rescues a damsel in distress and wins her warm gratitude.
But the fat glutton, Sancho Panza, rushing in, breaks up his dream. Sancho has stolen a goose somewhere, and the exasperated housewives are in hot pursuit. Don Quixote, awakened by the noise, turns the angry women out of the room.
An idea comes to Don Quixote to make Sancho his squire. They will set out together in search of adventure they will defend virtue and punish all violators of the code of chivalry. Sancho Panza at first hesitates, but, in the end, consents, won over by a promise of plentiful food.
Don Quixote displays his armor and tests the strength of his helmet by striking it with his sword. But the very first blow shatters it to pieces.
This does not in the least disconcert Dun Quixote. A shaving basin may serve for a helmet! He arrays himself in his armor, and, seizing a ludicrously long spear, orders Sancho Panza to follow him.
Act I – Scene Two
In front of Lorenzo's inn, in Barcelona, a holiday crowd has gathered. Here, too, is the merry flirt, Quiteria (Kitri), the daughter of the innkeeper, and her lover Basil, the barber. To tease Quiteria, he is over-attentive to her friends.
Lorenzo catches his daughter kissing Basil and forbids them ever to meet again; he won't have any penniless suitors. In vain Quiteria tells her father how much she loves Basil, Lorenzo is inexorable and turns the barber out of the house.
Camacho, a rich pompous nobleman, walks in, resplendent in his brocaded clothes. The crowd jeers at him. He has come to ask for the hand of the beautiful Quiteria. Lorenzo is happy to have so highborn a gentleman for a son-in-law, but to Quiteria the idea of marrying him is detestable. The innkeeper is shocked at his daughter's impertinent manner of behavior to Camacho.
A street dancer enters, cheered heartily by the crowd. The girl is eagerly expecting the arrival of Espada, the famous toreador. Espada makes his appearance, accompanied by other toreadors. They dance, flourishing their cloaks, enacting scenes from a bullfight.
At the appearance of an extraordinary-looking horseman, the people are struck with astonishment.
Sancho Panza blows a horn to announce the arrival of the knight- errant of La Mancha. Lorenzo welcomes the traveler courteously and invites him to have some refreshment.
The girls seize the opportunity to have a bit of run by playing tricks on the fat squire. They start a game of blind-man's-buff. After that, the poor harried Sancho becomes sport for the men who toss him up into the air.
Sancho screams for help. Don Quixote comes to his rescue, armed with a huge toasting-fork and a plate for a shield.
The knight sees Quiteria and is struck by her beauty. Was it not she who has haunted his dreams as the beautiful Dulcinea? In rapture, Don Quixote bends his knee to her and asks her to dance a minuet with him. To annoy Basil, Quiteria graciously accepts the invitation, coquettishly imitating the manners of a fine lady.
While no one is looking, Sancho steals a fried fish from the kitchen and is about to slip away, but the scullions give chase and catch the thief.
Amidst the general confusion, Quiteria and Basil slip away unobserved.
Act II – Scene One
Fleeing from Lorenzo and Camacho, the two lovers, Quiteria and Basil, wander into a gypsy camp.
The gypsies dance for their guests. A girl informs them of the approach of a queer-looking horseman, Don-Quixote. Basil and Quiteria meet him like good old friends.
The gypsies invite Don Quixote to attend a play they are about to perform. He takes what is going on upon the stage for actual facts, and rushes, sword in hand, to rescue the unhappy heroine; the improvised theatre is destroyed. The frightened actors and spectators scatter in all directions.
The turning sails of a windmill, then, catch Don Quixote's eye. They are the arms of giants! Don Quixote attacks the windmill. His clothes get caught on a sail; he is first swung up into the air, then hurled to the ground.
Quiteria and Basil attend to his injuries. They spend the rest of the night near the gypsies' caravan.
Act II – Scene Two
Don Quixote is tormented by a nightmare. In his sleep he sees a huge spider crawl out of a dark, dense forest. The knight attacks the monster boldly and overpowers its at the same moment the forest in transformed into the bright kingdom of the dryads. Among them is Quiteria who has assumed the form of Dulcinea, the queen of his heart.
Cupid presents Don Quixote to the Queen of the dryads. The nymphs are grateful to him for rescuing them from the power of the monster, and dance for their deliverer.
Act II – Scene Three
Dawn breaks, Quiteria and Basil wake up only just in time, for Lorenzo and Camacho are close upon them. The lovers flee. Don Quixote, their protector, sends Lorenzo and Camacho on a false trail.
Act III
People gather for a fiesta at an inn. Quiteria and Basil, having given the slip to Lorenzo and Camacho, have also come here to take part in the merrymaking.
The toreador and the dancer. Mercedes, enter, hailed heartily by the crowd. The innkeeper warns Quiteria of her father's approach, Quiteria tries to escape, but her father overtakes her and drags her to Camacho to give them his parental blessing at their betrothal. Camacho kneels before Quiteria.
Basil, seeing this, stabs himself and falls to the ground. Quiteria rushes to him. She guesses at once, that be is feigning, but the sly girl begs Don Quixote to go to Lorenzo and persuade him to grant Basil's dying wish - to give them his parental blessing. Basil is sure to die Why not ease his last moments?
Camacho protests, but is driven out unceremoniously. At Don Quixote's earnest entreaty, Lorenzo blesses the lovers.
The next instant. Basil jumps to his feet and kisses the astounded Lorenzo.
The merrymaking at the inn continues for a long time.
Act IV
Lorenzo, assisted by the scullions, the maid servants and Quiteria's friends, is completing preparations for the wedding feast.
Don Quixote is the guest of honor. Lorenzo keeps wondering how Don Quixote has contrived to deceive him, to make him reject the rich suitor and let the poor barber marry his daughter. The innkeeper, donning a suit of armor, challenges Don Quixote in jest. Don Quixote bravely takes up the challenge of the Unknown Knight, but falls to the ground the moment their swords cross.
The merrymaking goes on. The happy lovers dance for Don Quixote, to whom they owe their happiness.
Now, that his benevolent mission is completed, the knight-errant may go on his way. He rides off, amidst shouts of gratitude.
According to library.thinkquest.org
Prologue: Don Quixote, who is obsessed with stories of medieval chivalry, tells his servant Sancho Panza that he has decided to become a knight errant and improvises a suit of armor.
Act I: In a marketplace in Barcelona Kitri is forced by her father, an innkeeper, to accept the offer of marriage of the rich Gamache and turn away Basil, the man she loves. Then Don Quixote arrives at the inn on Rosinante, his horse. He believes he recognizes in Kitri his "loved and idealized" lady Dulcinea.
Act II: Don Quixote challenges Gamache to a duel but is mocked and chased away. Back in Barcelona Basil fakes suicide and asks Kitri's father with his "dying breath" for Kitri's hand in marriage. Thinking Basil is dying Kitri's father agrees, at which point Basil stops pretending to die and is happily united with Kitri. Meanwhile, out among the windmills, Don Quixote pays homage to the Gypsy King and joins in dances organized to mock him. Afterwards he attacks the marionettes of a traveling puppet show as if they were enemy soldiers, and taking the windmills to be hostile giants, charges at them.
Act III: after being wounded in "combat," Don Quixote retires to the woods to rest, where he falls asleep with Sancho. While asleep, Don Quixote dreams that he is in Dulcinea's garden, which is inhabited by fantastic beings. While there he fights and conquers a giant spider and sees his lady. But then the dream fades away. Now, Don Quixote marches with the Duke and is invited to the Duke's castle.
Act IV: At the castle festivities are held in Don Quixote's honour. He is challenged to a duel and horribly defeated by the "Knight of the Silver Moon" who is really just Don Quixote's old friend Carrasco, who makes Don Quixote promise to "sheathe his sword for at least a year." Don Quixote is disappointed but faithful to his word and returns home.
SONG LIST FOR DON QUIXOTE courtesy of koshka, senior member of Ballettalk.invisionzone.
1. Don Quixote, ballet
2. Spanish dance of Mercedes (insertion music for Minkus's "Don Quijote") / Composed by Anton Simon 3. Karmencitta (insertion music for Minkus's "Don Quijote") /Composed by Wassili Solowjow-Sedoy
4. Don Quixote, ballet Act 2. La Taverna. Solo a gitana - Dance of Espada
5. Sailors' dance (insertion music for Minkus's "Don Quijote") /Composed by Wassili Solowjow-Sedoy
10. Don Quixote, ballet Act 2. Gypsy Camp (Windmills). theater of marionettes:
11. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Scene in the Forest
12. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Dream of Don Quixotte
13. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Allegretto
14. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Variation: Dryads' mistresses 15. Variation: Dryads' mistresses ("Souvenir du Ball") (insertion music for Minkus's "Don Quijote") / Composed by Anton Simon
16. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Amour
17. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Variation: Dulcinea (Kitri)
18. Don Quixote, ballet Act 3. Dream. Coda
19. Don Quixote, ballet Act 4. Duke's Temple. March
20. Don Quixote, ballet Act 4. Duke's Temple. Scene
21. Don Quixote, ballet Act 4. Duke's Temple. Amour
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in Don Quixote ;)
Don Quixote is an energetic ballet with a lot of allegro movements and jumps. As the case of La Esmeralda, when one thinks of Don Quixote, red dresses, fan and castanets come to mind; and they are the trademarks that make Don Quixote and Kitri soo special. A tale of a love story between Basil and Kitri, i really wonder why the story is entitled Don Quixote.. =X Yes he is the main character of the story, but a lot of the attention is focused on Basil and Kitri and their dilemma of struggling to be with each other.. But who cares.. ;) The choreography is superb and fun! :D I cant wait to see Hwey Ling dance this.. Lol.. Her grand jetes are =O... Hahaha... x)
Ps: Special thanks to Wikipedia, the Kirov Ballet, library.thinkquest.org and Koshka of Ballettalk.invision.. No copyright infringement intended.. All rights reserved by the above..
So I've been researching the story and plot of the La Esmeralda ballet.. And it proves very elusive and after hours of hard work, i came up with the following excerpts from various sources to string together the whole picture.. I could not get a very detailed summary nor song structure for the ballet.. Sadly, many ballet lovers like me have been questioning the existence of the full La Esmeralda ballet video.. But most seem to think that there isnt one because the old works were 'lost' or simply no one bothered to post a full video of the ballet.. The summary of La Esmeralda is also proving elusive, with no details of the acts and scenes of the ballet unlike my previous post of Swan Lake. Or maybe because I havent looked deep enough or Ive been searching at the wrong places.. So i shall continue looking further.. (: And hopefully by the end of this post, I may have found it.. ;)
La Esmeralda is a ballet in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, originally choreographed by Jules Perrot; with music by Cesare Pugni and design by William Grieve (scenery), D. Sloman (machinery), Mme. Copere (costumes).
Today the ballet is presented in its full-length form only in certain parts of the world; Russia; parts of Eastern Europe; and New Jersey, United States. New Jersey Ballet introduced the full-length version for the first time in the United States in 2004. Outside of Russia, Eastern Europe and New Jersey only excerpts are given - the La Esmeralda Pas de Deux and the Pas de Six, but mostly the Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux is given, which in all actuality is not originally from the ballet (it is often miscredited as having been added by Petipa to his 1886 revival of La Esmeralda).
La Esmeralda based on the story of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME by Victor Hugo according to Wikipedia.
The story begins during the Renaissance in 1482, the day of the Festival of Fools in Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, is introduced by his crowning as Pope of Fools.
Esméralda, a beautiful 16-year-old gypsy with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men but especially Quasimodo’s adopted father, Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to get her. Quasimodo is caught and whipped and ordered to be tied down in the heat. Esméralda seeing his thirst, offers him water. It saves her, for she captures the heart of the hunchback.
She is later accused of the murder of Phoebus, whom Frollo tried to kill in jealousy, and is sentenced to death by hanging. Quasimodo saves her by bringing her to the cathedral under the law of sanctuary. Frollo rallies the truands (criminals of Paris) to charge the cathedral. The king, seeing the chaos, vetoes the law of sanctuary and commands his troops to take her out and kill her. When Quasimodo sees the truands, he assumes they are there to hurt Esméralda, so he drives them off. Frollo betrays Esméralda by handing her to the troops and watches while she is hanged. Quasimodo pushes him from Notre-Dame to his death. He then goes to Esméralda’s grave, lies next to her corpse and eventually dies of starvation. Two years later, excavationists find the skeletons of Esmeralda and Quasimodo locked in an embrace.
According to the Capital Arts Festival article of the Canadian Pacific Ballet
This classic ballet tells the story of the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, who consents to marry the poet Gringoire to save him from death at the hands of the Truands. She tells him, however, that she has married him out of pity, not love. She is desired by the evil priest, Frollo, who attempts to abduct her with the help of Quasimodo. She is saved by the arrival of Captain Phoebus and his troops. Frollo unnoticed by Phoebus, disappears and his troops capture Quasimodo. Esmeralda pleads for his release, and treats him with kindness and care. Esmeralda falls in love with Phoebus who gives her his mantle to keep.
Accompanied by Gringoire, her husband, she goes to dance at the celebrations of an engagement. Once at the festivities she finds that the celebration is for Phoebus who is engaged to be married to the beautiful and wealthy Fleur de Lys.
Phoebus, charmed by her, agrees to meet her later. Frollo spies upon the meeting between Phoebus and Esmeralda. Jealously he stabs Phoebus and then escapes, so that Esmeralda is arrested for the murder. Quasimodo intervenes and kidnaps Esmeralda, taking her to the towers of Notre Dame. Frollo finds her there and promises to save her life if she will marry him, but she refuses and he takes her to the gallows to be hung. As Esmeralda is hung, Phoebus, whose wound was not mortal, appears proving her innocence, but it is too late.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame -
Music from the Ballet Prelude
(The Cathedral of Notre Dame)
Act 1 (in 8 scenes)
Act 2 (in 8 scenes) Act 3 (in 5 scenes)
-_____________- That was all I could find of the song structure.. After tedious research T.T, venturing into ballet groups, chatrooms, ballet articles, various Ballet Companies' websites I have still yet to find a decent summary of the BALLET production.. However there are a lot of hits on the film, operas and musicals of La Esmeralda or The Hunchback of Notre Dame. When one thinks of the ballet La Esmeralda one of course associates it with the tambourine dance.. The tambourine is the trademark of the dance and as i have witness on youtube, people get very upset and distressed in the absence of the tambourine in the Esmeralda variation.. So please contend yourself with the information that I have and enjoy the video and pictures.. =)
Tan Yuan Yuan
My favourite ballerina Natalia Osipova in Esmeralda.. (:
Ps: Special thanks to Wikipedia and The Canadian Pacific Ballet.. No copyright infringement intended.. All rights reserved to both the above.. :D
OMFG! I just had to blog about this.. To release stress and tension.. Like wtf man??!! Just now as i opened my bedroom door and switched on the lights, SOMETHING FELL ON MY HEAD! O.O Luckily i was calm and and i tilt my head towards the ceiling so that whatever it was fell to the floor.. And Mei mei chased it.. O.O It was an effing CICAK! >.< Wtf.........
Yea soo I called Mei mei off; she was still desperately trying to catch it, chasing it all over my room; and walked downstairs.... Okay okay... I RAN.. And only after that i was in shock and mumbled and gibbered to my mum.. She was like " whaat??" And i turned around and asked her whether there's a bit of lizard tail still stuck on my hair.. xD And after telling her the whole story, she laughed at me.. -___- What kind of mother does this to her child?? T.T When the child is scared and shaking?? O.O Okay so i wasnt exactly scared nor shaking, but i was very shocked and i shiver everytime i think about that cicak.. Brrrr* Mum dismissed me with a wave of her hand and told me to be quiet, she was watching tv... -.-
So desperate to release some steam, i turned to my trusty blog.. I guess thats all I have to say really.. Just wanna let it out of my system.. x) Im soooo gonna go wash my hair now.. Later.
Ps: The cicak is still nowhere to be found.. O.O *YIKES!*
Since we are learning Swan Lake for our ballet concert somewhere in January, I decided to do some research and study what Swan Lake is all about.. The Synopsis of this ballet is actually very exciting.. And I cant wait to learn it! =D Woohooo!
Swan Lake is generally presented in either four Acts, four Scenes (primarily outside Russia and Eastern Europe) or three Acts, four Scenes (primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe).
Act 1 - A magnificent park before a castle.
Swan Lake begins at a royal court. Prince Siegfried, heir to the kingdom, must declare a wife at his birthday ball. Upset that he cannot marry for love, Siegfried escapes into the forest at night. As he sees a flock of swans flying overhead, he sets off in pursuit.
Act 2 - A mountainous wild place, surrounded by forest. In the distance a lake, on the right side of which are ruins. A moonlit night.
Siegfried aims his crossbow at the swans and readies himself for their landing by the lakeside. When one comes into view, however, he stops. Before him is a beautiful creature dressed in white feathers, more woman than swan. Enamoured, the two dance and Siegfried learns that the swan maiden is the princess Odette. An evil sorcerer, von Rothbart, captured her and used his magic to turn Odette into a swan by day and woman by night.
A retinue of other captured swan-maidens attend Odette in the environs of Swan Lake, which was formed by the tears of her parents when she was kidnapped by von Rothbart. Once Siegfried knows her story, he takes great pity on her and falls in love. As he begins to swear his love to her - an act that will render the sorcerer's spell powerless - von Rothbart appears. Siegfried threatens to kill him but Odette intercedes. If von Rothbart dies before the spell is broken, it can never be undone.
Act 3 - An opulent hall in the castle. The Prince returns to the castle to attend the ball. Von Rothbart arrives in disguise with his own daughter Odile, making her seem identical to Odette in all respects except that she wears black while Odette wears white. The prince mistakes her for Odette, dances with her, and proclaims to the court that he intends to make her his wife. Only a moment too late, Siegfried sees the real Odette and realizes his mistake. The method in which Odette appears varies: in some versions she arrives at the castle, while in other versions von Rothbart shows Siegfried a magical vision of her.
Act 4 - Same scene by the lake as in Act 2.
Siegfried returns to the lake and finds Odette, where she forgives him after he apologizes intensely. Von Rothbart appears, trying to pull the lovers apart. The two realize the spell can't be broken because of Siegfried's accidental pledge to Odile. In order to stay together, Odette and Siegfried drown themselves by leaping into the lake. This causes von Rothbart to lose his power over them, and he dies as a result.
Note: Many different endings exist, ranging from romantic to tragic:
In a version which has an ending very close to the original danced by American Ballet Theatre in 2005, Siegfried's mistaken pledge of fidelity to Odile consigns Odette to eternal swanhood. Realizing that her last moment of humanity is at hand, Odette commits suicide by throwing herself into the lake. The Prince does so as well. This act of sacrifice and love breaks von Rothbart's power, and he is destroyed. In the final tableau, the lovers are seen rising together to heaven in apotheosis.
In a version danced by the Mariinsky Ballet in 2006, the true love between Siegfried and Odette defeats von Rothbart, who dies after the prince breaks one of his wings. Odette is restored to human form to unite happily with the prince. This version has often been used by Russian and Chinese ballet companies.
In a version danced by New York City Ballet in 2006 (with choreography by Peter Martins after Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa, and George Balanchine), the Prince's declaration that he wishes to marry Odile constitutes a betrayal that condemns Odette to remain a swan forever. Odette is called away into swan form, and Siegfried is left alone in grief as the curtain falls.
Song Structure of Swan Lake
Introduction: Moderato assai, Allegro non troppo
Act 1
No. 1 Scène: Allegro giusto No. 2 Waltz: Tempo di valse No. 3 Scène: Allegro moderato No. 4 Pas de trois I. Intrada (or Entrée): Allegro II. Andante sostenuto III. Variation: Allegro semplice, Presto IV. Variation: Moderato V. Variation: Allegro VI. Coda: Allegro vivace No. 5 Pas de deux for Two Merry-makers (this number was later fashioned into the Black Swan Pas de Deux) No. 6 Pas d'action: Andantino quasi moderato – Allegro No. 7 Sujet (Introduction to the Dance with Goblets) No. 8 Dance with Goblets: Tempo di polacca No. 9 Finale: Sujet, Andante
Act II
No. 10 Scène: Moderato No. 11 Scène: Allegro moderato, Moderato, Allegro vivo No. 12 Scène: Allegro, Moderato assai quasi andante No. 13 Dances of the Swans I. Tempo di valse II. Moderato assai III. Tempo di valse IV. Allegro moderato (this number later became the famous Dance of the Little Swans) V. Pas d'action: Andante, Andante non troppo, Allegro (material borrowed from Undina) VI. Tempo di valse VII. Coda: Allegro vivo No. 14 Scène: Moderato
Act III
No. 15 Scène: March – Allegro giusto No. 16 Ballabile: Dance of the Corps de Ballet and the Dwarves: Moderato assai, Allegro vivo No. 17 Entrance of the Guests and Waltz: Allegro, Tempo di valse No. 18 Scène: Allegro, Allegro giusto No. 19 Grand Pas de six. I. Intrada (or Entrée): Moderato assai II. Variation 1: Allegro III. Variation 2: Andante con moto IV. Variation 3: Moderato V. Variation 4: Allegro VI. Variation 5: Moderato, Allegro semplice VII. Grand Coda: Allegro molto Appendix I: Pas de deux for Mme. Anna Sobeshchanskaya fashioned from the original music by Léon Minkus (AKA the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux) No. 20 Hungarian Dance: Czardas – Moderato assai, Allegro moderato, Vivace Appendix II: Russian Dance for Mlle. Pelageya Karpakova: Moderato, Andante semplice, Allegro vivo, Presto No. 21 Spanish Dance: Allegro non troppo (Tempo di bolero) No. 22 Neopolitan/Venetian Dance: Allegro moderato, Andantino quasi moderato, Presto No. 23 Mazurka: Tempo di mazurka No. 24 Scène: Allegro, Tempo di valse, Allegro vivo
Act IV
No. 25 Entr'acte: Moderato No. 26 Scène: Allegro non troppo No. 27 Dance of the Little Swans: Moderato No. 28 Scène: Allegro agitato, Molto meno mosso, Allegro vivace No. 29 Scène finale: Andante, Allegro, Alla breve, Moderato e maestoso, Moderato
I wonder which song is the one for The Dying Swan.. =/ Im guessing its No. 27 of Act IV? Because Odette died in the end and im presuming The Dying Swan refers to her.. Lol.. Anyway be sure to watch this video of Swan Lake.. I think its the part where Prince Siegfried dances with Odile who resembles Odette at the time.. And the woman sitting at the back in the centre is the prince's mother.. The one in the cape and with the hooked nose is Von Rothbart.. (: Its very niceee.. =D WATCH! ^^
Seriously after reading the synopsis i actually understood what they were doing lol.. xD I always wondered why that white swan appeared on the screen.. HAHA.. Oh and here's a video of the Dance of the Little Swans or also known as Pas de Quarte of the little swans.. ;) Just because i love this scene.. :D
To Celine Tang Siu Wern: HELP! Its sooo fast!! x) Remember the steps? Try doing it with music.. =X
Okay thats all for this post.. All about Swan Lake.. :D I'll post up info on other ballet repertoires as well next time.. =D Oh and special thanks to Wikipedia.. Lol cuz i copy and paste their info.. =X xoxoxoxo
Hah! So i did watch a movie last night.. James Bond - Quantum of Solace! :D At Alamanda Putrajaya people.. And I give it ALL thumbs up! :D Daniel Craig is HAWWWT! The movie was really good in my opinion.. And i would like to watch it again.. Daniel was really cool.. With all those action packed stunts.. Awesome-ness! =O It was a full 2 hours.. Finished at 12 am.. On the way back, my dad got sooo inspired by the movie that he pretended to act like james bond.. -__-We were on the putrajaya highways.. And it was midnight, so no cars.. So he...... Vaarrooooomm! x) While my brother sang the 007 theme song.. -.-
Before we went to watch the movie, we had Baskin Robbin's ice cream! :D 3 cups of double scoops regular.. nyehehee.. Cost a hefty Rm45... =X I had mint chocolate chip and very berrystrawberry! :D Yummm.. I know i know... 45??! Well we only get to eat it once a month or so.. =/ No biggie.. xD After that we passed Guess.. And of course me and my mum slowed down and gawked at the shoes and handbags on the display window.. I wanted that pink high heeled shoe and mum wanted the red handbag.. I poked Dad on the back and gestured to mum.. lol.. And he said " You want that bag? How much issit? Around Rm300? Okay I'll get it for you"
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Poor dad.. Rm300??! Wtf.. Me and Mum both shouted "Its Rm1000 over!!" And the store people stared at us... =_= Its on the display window? Whadya think man?? zzzzzz Well atleast Dad OFFERED to get a rm300 bag for mum.. I was ignored as usual.. And as i am revelling in my own thoughts i nearly stepped on some mushed papaya that was on the floor.. -____- What the hell was it doing there anyway?! sigh... I still want that pink heel! *grumbles*
Oh and yesterday, dad brought back O.J! :D (Short for orange juice) He's my orange cat that i rescued one day way back when he was a tiny kitten covered with ants.. =X He's been living in my dad's clinic but now we've brought him back and he's already a little nuinsance.. ;) I love that rascal to bits.. (:
So... About the prom and prom dates.. Embrys is going with Derek.. :D Duuhh everybody knows that.. ;) If you are interested to know what happened and all the proof, please head on to Denissa's blog and read till you puas.. (;
A picture.. Since I have not been posting pictures recently.. Lol.. Joey was not supposed to be kissing me.. he turned his head at the last minute.. xD That player! :)
I have not been out of the house.. Therefore my life right now is like on the brink of non-existance.. More like on the brink of extinction.. T.T I said 'life' as in the general activity that one usually does throughout the day, throughout life.. I did not mean 'life' as in the measure of time you have left before you die.. So i sit at home trying desperately to find something to do to ensure my continuation of life. I am not going to watch it waste away. See look at me now.. Blogging about life and such.. -_________________- sigh... Wasting away....
I have been thinking of doing voluntary work for Zoo Negara.. =D But i dont wanna go alone on the first day.. lol.. Anyone care to join me? Im hoping to work at the reptiles section.. :D *jealous of Naz* xD Seriously i cant stand to exist like this.. Today i woke up at 8.. Went for addmaths tuition from 9 to 10.15 am. Came home.. Played Guitar Hero 3 on Ps2. Ate.. Went upstairs and slept for bloody 4 hours.. -_________- Woke up and ate some more.. Then came up to blog.. Arrggghhh!
The thing is i have nothing to blog about... =((((((((((((((((
Ok maybe something..
Last Saturday we started concert practice! =D The china teacher taught us swan lake.. :D Woooo! She was reaaaaallly nice.. =) And she's staying in Malaysia from now on and she might be teaching us.. =DDDD She's a gold medal winner for i cant remember what competition in China.. Meaning she's basically a prima ballerina.. Woohoo! And she knows all this dance steps for swan lake, esmeralda, sleeping beauty, don quixote, etcetera... xD Awesome! And we're going to learn it! AHH!! =D Cant wait cant wait.. I nearly wet my pants.. >.< LOL.
On sunday went out to Tesco and i bought a resistance band! :D If you dont know what it is, google it! Lol.. Ive been trying to various stretches and building up arm muscles.. So far.......... Aint going that well.. xD I have not enough arm strength... :( and i kept getting whacked on the face with it.. :(((( Impulsive forse people! hahaha.. sigh.... -.-
Alright gotta go.. I'll catch up with ya later.. Might be going to see a movie after dinner.. Hopefully i DO.. It'll give me something to blog about.. *rolls eyes* Later.
Im sooo excited and i cant wait.. =) And its official! Maddie has a date, Nissa is going with Jigglypuff and Embrys is going with Derek.. I dont even wanna begin to tell you about me.. ;)
Here are the details once again.. I cant stop typing it everywhere i see.. xD
SMKTJ2's PROM NIGHT!
Date: 15th December 2008, Monday.
Time: 7pm onwards
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Oriental Crystal Hotel, Kajang.
Dress Code: Formal!
Theme: Hollywood Glamz!
Ticket price: Rm 65+
Special Performance by BUNKFACE and many many others! :D
Grab your date/friends/neighbours/schoolmates/classmates/besties/bfs/gfs or anyone you like and join us for a night of dancing, jumping, food, music and of course laughing your ass off.. ;) I assure you, you'll have a blast and wont regret it! Skeletons will come out of the closet as more people bring the most unexpected dates.. *winks* And probably a romance might brew.. *whistles* So those who are interested, please leave me a comment or a tag or you could even email me at sylvia_cham@hotmail.com . Or you could contact any of these people :) :-
Maddie
Nazril
Ariff
Denissa
Their blog links can be found on the right hand side of my blog under their names.. ;) So dont hesitate, just contact us and we'll be glad to help you out.. We're really friendly people! =D Really! :D Albeit a tad retarded... x)
So another thing Im really excited about is my ballet exam results.. =X I wonder when it'll come out.. Last year when i sat for my Intermediate exam, the results came out 2 months after, which was in December if im not mistaken.. So if my calculations are right, the results of my advance found. exam should be out around end of this month? Ahhhhh... Nooooooo! Im terrified! Lol.. Hopefully i did better than last year... x( Last year's exam was crap, this year was a bit better but still.... T.T Wish me luck guys..
Yesterday, CCK told me my exam results from school.. I did not go to school since after my last exam paper which was Sivik.. I was kinda surprised that i passed nearly everything except Addmaths that is... :((((( Anyway so here's my results..
Est: 84% (Yay me!)
Sejarah: 66% ( HAH! *winks*)
Maths: 59%
Moral: 51% (i passed! :D)
Chem: 49% (I really cant believe i passed this o.o)
Bio: 56%
Addmaths: 26% (wtf?)
Well thats it.. Others are not out yet.. But im confident i'll pass those.. ;) The worse is over and i passed CHEM and MORAL! Woohoo! xD But failed miserably in addmaths.. :((( I'd rather fail my chem than fail my addmaths... =((((( sigh.. Bloody Zoe Jing got A for addmaths, maths, chemistry and biology! How the fuck did he do that?? o.0 I should've copied his paper! T.T (i sat 2 seats away from him) )))): My addmaths tuition teacher would surely kill me..
"What did you get for your addmaths??"
"Ermm i err... Failed.. ermm.. 26%..."
"What??! You idiot child!!" *starts attacking me with the addmaths reference book*
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=((((( But im quite happy with the results.. :D Only failed 1.. *phew*.. I dont think i'll fail Physics.. I love physics! :D If i do, i swear i'll lock myself in my room refusing meals till the next school term and i'll get a bloody A for you on my Physics test! Seriously! :(
Okay thats all for this post... Nothing important.. Just wanna share my results with the world.. -.- And please DO come to our prom once again! ;) xoxoxoxoxo
I dunno how long ago it was posted up but i only knew about this today.. So whatever I'll just post it up.. :) X-PLODETES GOT NUMBER 27! :D Well done to us! I know its not that great but we're proud of our achievement.. Plus we beat up some old teams.. xD bwahahahahaha! *sorry! Im just very happy! :D* We vow to do better next year and make our school proud again.. Thank you Coach Kelvin and Candy! And also to all my cheerleaders! I love youu guys! :D <3
Congratz to the champs Shirtliff for being the first team in Cheer history to clinch 3 separate titles! And congratz to other teams as well who tried their hardest.. Better luck next year.. ;) Please, being a cheerleader is enough! We are a race above others and proud to be so! ;D
I just wanna say that i have THE MOST retarded cheerleading coach ever! He was bored one day while chatting with me on msn.. (I was not the cause of his boredom, really!) So he switched on his webcam and started doing these ridiculous antics that I fortunately caught on camera! nyehhehehhe.. So i blog! :D
The Hulk =.=
Dragon Ball.. -.-
A Starchild maybe? =.=
Dont ask.. -.-
Bush x)
Lol.. Struggling to stay afloat! :D
Super-Denissa! :D
Nissa (:
And of course he had to take the most unflattering picture of me.. == haha
So luckily for you Kelvin, X-plodetes have THE MOST retarded cheerleaders.. SO its only fitting to have you as a coach! :D Lol.. Anyways i advice you to spend your time some other way simply because there ARE other ways to spend your time.. -.- Go collect stamps for all i care! =D But we still love you coach.. ;)
Instructions: Complete the tag below. Tag 10 people. Notify them in their chat box that they've been tagged.
Question
1.The last person to tag you is ?? Denissa sayang :)
2. Your relationship with him/her? Besties!
3. Your 5 impressions towards him/her She's retarded, friendly, annoying, beautiful, downright nuts! x)
4. The most memorable thing that he/she has ever done for you? Errr.. Reminding me always that no matter what im more retarded than her.. T.T
5. The most memorable words that he/she has said to you? =( I think you pretty much know it already.. "You RETARD!" :(
6. If he/she become ur lover ,you will.. Get the shit beaten out by Jigglypuff.. x)
7.If he/she becomes your enemy, you will.. Hmm.. Enemy? I dont think that'll ever happen.. =)
8. If he/she becomes your lover, he/she has to improve on... Getting a 'tool'? -_____________-
9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason is... Because she killed Tokio Hotel? Pft.. That'll never happen lol.. :)
10. The most desirable thing to do for him/her is... Glue her braces shut? HAHAHAHA! :D Just being there for her? hmmm..
11. Overall impression towards him/her is.. This is easy.. We're the same species after all.. x) RETARDS.
12. How do you think the people around you will feel about you? Why dont you ask them?
13.The character of yourself is? Care-free, loud, silent perfectionist, hates to be conspicuous, hates to be un-conspicuous, retarded, annoying, skilless in chores, loves to challenge myself physically! oh and erm innocent * :) *chokes*
14. The characteristics that you hate about yourself is? Super uber lazy! And i wish to be taller still.. :( And smaller hips and thighs.. :(
15 . The most ideal person you want to be is? A person that does good for the environment and wildlife and achieves all her goals and ambitions at the same time..
16. For the people who care and like you, say something about them.. You're too kind.. :)
17 .Chocolate or ice-cream? BOTH YO!
18. 10 people to tag.
1 Maddie 2 Nissa 3 Lws 4 Nazril 5 May Teng 6 Ariff 7 Vic Jamm jigglypuff :D 8 Celine 9 YOU 10 YOU
-According to the person that you tag-
19. Who is number 2 having a relationship with? VIC JAMM JIGGLYPUFF! :D
20. Is number 3 a male or a female? Male
21.If number 7 and 10 got together, would that be a good thing? Nope.. =/ I dunno who's YOU but Nissa would kill YOU.. x)
22.How about number 5 and 8? Lesbians? o.0
23. What is number 1 studying about? How to do a front walkover.. -.-
24. When was the last time you had a chat with them? YESTERDAY! :D
25. Is number 4 single? Yes, i think so.. (:
26. Say something about number 2. She's a retard and i love her.. ;)
27. What do you think about number 3 and 6 being together? 0.o GAYS!
28. Describe number 9. -----------------
29. What will you do if number 6 and 7 fights? Highly unlikely!
Yesterday me and my girls went for prom dress hunting at Mid Valley megamall! =D And mission accomplished! ;) We each bought a dress and we had a blast! Jigglypuff was there too.. x) Got tortured more by maddie again.. -.- Ate burger king for lunch and maddie was acting retarded as usual.. This time out in public.. =.=
Fyi, the cap is Jigglypuff's.. -_- Oh and nissa was being retarded too.. -_____-
Good times good times.. =) Searched the whole mall, tried on some really expensive dresses just for fun x), and finally after hours and hours of painstaking searching we ended up at Jusco.. And that was where we bought our dresses.. -.- Nvm! They were really nice and affordable.. :D Plus, we had fun while searching.. =) Poor jigglypuff.. =/ Got dragged everywhere with us.. xD Oh poor thing.. :) Here's something to cheer you up!
How cute! =)
Embrys came all dressed up as an eskimo.. A tongu eskimo.. :D She's got them boots going on and that skirt which really reminded us of an eskimo.. Maddie wanted to greet her by rubbing noses.. -__- *no comments needed there* Turns out we all met up at the station wearing black.. We did not plan this! lol.. Even Jigglypuff wore black.. :D All in all it was a whole day of fun fun fun! =) Maddie and I went crazy and ran all over the mall.. Imitating Mr and Mrs Jigglypuff being lovey dovey, holding hands and sharing from the same cup.. lol.. We even hold hands and skipped everywhere.. x) I guess people must think we're nuts.. =P Here are the rest of the un-retarded pictures.. x)
Me and Embrys after getting our dresses! =)
Embrys at Burger King's.. -.-
In the dressing room of Nichii =)
Embrys was pouting.. x)
The dress i liked but didnt buy.. :(
Maddie after buying her prom dress! lol..
Nissa and Jigglypuff after buying HER dress.. x)
Embrys and Nissa
Mission Accomplished! A group picture at the end of a hectic day.. :)
Embrys at Burger King's.. -.-
In the dressing room of Nichii =)
Embrys was pouting.. x)
Maddie after buying her prom dress! lol..
Nissa and Jigglypuff after buying HER dress.. x)
