CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM; <3

HELLO ONE SY!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE CLASS FUNDS HUH.

we have quite a lot.
we have... $74.20

plus whatever nan has, i think it's around $20.
so that should make around

$94.20.

so.

how now brown cow?

[EDIT] THIS IS THE 50TH POST. (!) [/EDIT]

chocolate ice cream<3
[4:54 AM]

I'm sure you really don't want our class party plans to go wasted. I hope you guys still remember what to bring and all that, but nevermind. Once this date thing gets done, I'll post all the junk you need to know up here. Let's just fix a date. Since the last class party date was fixed on a Wednesday, lets do same. How 'bout 13th Dec? Or 20th Dec? I guess the 6th is too near and the 27th is too near the start of school and X'mas. Opinions? If the group of people who frequent this blog have nothing against these dates, then we'll run it down the relay syst.

chocolate ice cream<3
[6:45 AM]

wow. everyone seems to be sending out good-bye posts to the class. so i shall too. just to be nice.
XD

hello 1sy
it's been a great year
the memories were ultimately more fun than my previous classes
then again, perhaps it was just the school XD
funny-- this is the first time i'd wished term wouldn't end.
sigh.
must remember to be nice to the other students who will
inevitably get into our class.
don't talk too much about the supremely fun times we had,
(lest they feel left out, oh, no!)
although it's hard not to.
a whole year of laughter will inevitably spill out alot,
yes?

_mehmeh. happy 1SY day(which is everyday)

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[1:08 AM]

Hi everyone,

I really enjoyed being part of this class.
Enjoy your holidays!

Always lovin' ya, Joyce:)

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[5:30 AM]

Thank you to you all.

We tried our hardest and did our best.

You guys were great. (((:

Love ya.

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[3:17 AM]

Okay, here's the stage plan.

The little rectangle with Claire behind it is the curtain of the toilet. Michelle Y and Brenda will be holding it up.

The ones missing from the list, do not fear. You ARE in the play, but you will be doing other things.

Louise and Joelle, you will be the Pianists.

Ying Ying, Esther, Sing Yee:

Esther and Sing Yee, you will be holding up a large blue bedsheet. Ying Ying will be holding a toy boat (I'll bring it) and holding it over the blue bedsheet. This way, it looks like a ship on the sea.

You will come onstage when Wen Fei begins singing the first stanza. When she finishes singing that stanza, you can go backstage. Tadah!

Marylyn, Shimin, you both know what to do.

The girls who are lined at the back, please take note of your positions. You will be standing there for the entire play/musical.

As the scene opens, please talk to each other and make as much noise as possible. This serves as the crowded marketplace noise. However, when Wen Fei comes in and clings to the table, STOP TALKING IMMEDIATELY. This is when I start introducing the musical.

The moment I go backstage, the scene resumes. However, the shopkeepers will begin their lines, so those at the back can just pretend to talk.

Sing as loudly as you can. Do your best.

SCRIPT

[Scene opens to a busy China market.]

[Girls backstage make a lot of noise, talking to each other, mostly in Chinese.]

(E staggers in, looking ready to throw up. E staggers over to a table and leans against it to keep steady.)

[Scene freeze. Silence. N come onstage.]

N – Imagine. You’ve just been sailing for three whole months on rough choppy waters, far away from the comfort of your home in Europe, to a strange, foreign land. You don’t understand the culture, the ways, the language of the people here, and you’re suffering from a horrifying bout of seasickness that’s twisting and turning your stomach. Imagine that, and you may have an idea of what our dear friend here, is experiencing. Yes, welcome to his life, and welcome, to China.

MS – Dunhuang! (singsong voices)

[Scene resumes, N leaves]

SK1 – (nasal voice) Come, come, sir! Look at this lovely container! Velly high quality, yah! Come from overseas some more…
[Voice trails off as E seizes the bucket and vomits into it.]

SK1- (forced smile) Eet’s okay, Eet’s okay, come, I show you something else, all velly velly cheap one!

[E looks harassed and glances around frantically for means of escape as SK1 drags him towards his store]

E – Um, I’d rather not, really, I really have to go and, oh, I’m sorry about the bucket, I’ll get it cleaned if you-

[Cut off by SK2]

SK2 – Ah, Sir! How are you today, hmm? I see your face has problem! Ah, very bad problem indeed! [Pokes at E’s face] [E backs off sharply]

E- [annoyed] There’s nothing wrong with my face!

SK2 – Ah yes! Your Qing Chun Dou (pimples)! Oh, horrible, horrible! Come, I sell you face products for your Lian Pi (skin)! [face-jab]

E – Hey, stop that, you-!

SK3 – [runs over] COME! GET YOUR VEGETABES HERE! Come from North China, all very fresh! Sir, sir! Come, try try! Buy two get one free!

SK4 – Good afternoon sir! Come, I show you this lovely dress! Velly pretty. Can buy for girlfriend!

[Shopkeepers crowd around E.]

SK1 – Come!

SK2- No, here!

SK3 – Shampoo!

SK4 – Pretty dresses!

[Shopkeepers all start talking at the same time until E screams]

E – STOOOOOOP!!

[Shopkeepers freeze.]

E – [sighs]

For months I have been sailing
Across the soapy sea
The oil on it has grown much more
Since I was only three

I’ve been to several toilets
And I lost the urge to pee
As every single toilet here
Has little privacy

[While singing this verse, E walks towards the curtain/bed-sheet with the sign TOILET on it. Two girls, dressed in black, will be holding it up. As E draws back the curtain, there will be one girl sitting on a chair (serving as a toilet bowl) holding up newspapers that are covering her up. As the curtain is drawn, she yells “DO YOU MIND?” and E let’s the curtain fall back sheepishly.]

These pesky shopkeepers screech and squawk
They pull my hand, my hair, my tee
They stab fingers into my face
That are most sickeningly grimy

(Spoken) But if there’s one thing I do detest, it’s the Language. Oh, the language!

[Shopkeepers suddenly begin speaking rapidly in Chinese. E claps sharply to make them freeze. Begins speaking again.]

Well people, do you see the terrible horror now?!

MS –
The language is torture to speak!
With four intonations and pronunciations

E-
My tongue, it twists, it twiggles and tweaks!
And leaves a tingling sensation!

MS -
The language is shrill, so shrill, so high
The men have unbroken voices to the sky

E -
I cannot master it! I’m ready to cry
And I still speak it like a freak!

[As E stops singing, suddenly the scene completely freezes. Everyone stops moving completely.]

[Muses begin singing Pretty Woman.]

[Mary walks in with her little Lamb. Three male passersby watch her walk by, and she stops to wave. They swoon and wave back. Their girlfriends are annoyed. As such, one is slapped, one is smacked on the head and one is dragged away by his ear.]

[N enters. While she talks, Mary walks by, stopping at stalls to look at goods, causing more and more male passersby to swoon, faint, or go GAGAGAGA.]

N – Yes, the lovely young woman there is Mary and her little Lamb. She was always quite the charmer, and with a flick of her long, silky hair, she’d have the men all eating out of her palm, twisted around her little finger. Plus, her lamb is absolutely adorable with its fleece as white as snow! Don’t you agree?

[N exits. E leans over and asks a shopkeeper about Mary.]

E – Er, excuse me but, who is that GORGEOUS woman over there?

SK4 – That is Mary and her little lamb. She’s very pretty, isn’t she? And she’d look even prettier in one of my pretty dresses, no?

[E ignores SK4 and begins trailing after Mary]

E - (Dreamily) Oh, Chinese!

MS-
Ah! What a wonderful, beautiful language
And those who speak it so wise

E-
Including of course the fine young lady
Whom I must marry before my demise.
My heart! My soul! This is extraordinary!
The lady has got me ensnared!
Mary, Mary, extraordinary,
Marry me or my heart shall tear.

[E hurries up to Mary and grasps her hand. She turns around, surprised, big eyes blinking]

E - I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. I have fought against my better judgment, the differences in our races, and I'm willing to put them aside and ask you to end my agony. I love you. Most ardently. Marry me and have my most noble offspring, Mary.

Mary – [Blinks. Looks angrily back at E. Begins yelling in Chinese.]

[As she finishes screaming, N comes on stage and begins translating what she just said.]

N – Translate! Translate!

[Mary turns and begins walking off. E chases after her.]

E – Oh, but Mary! My one and only! Come back to me and marry me, Mary! Oh, Mary! (Falls to his feet, flipping through a dictionary furiously.) Wo…Ai…Ni.

Mary – (Turns around. Looks at him sweetly, holding her hand to her chest in an “Awww” moment.)

[Then, she stomps on his hand and stalks off.]

E- [Writhes in pain] Oooohhh…They make…the shoes…much sharper in China…[Falls over]

END.

PRETTY WOMAN LYRICS

Pretty woman walkin' down the street
Pretty woman, the kind i like to meet
Pretty woman, i don't believe you
You're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
Mercy

chocolate ice cream<3
[6:17 AM]

Hello! Please take note of this post and dress accordingly. Also, talentime shall be held first thing Monday morning in the Khoo Audi.

Backstage people on stage are Qi Ying, Brenda and michelle Yeo, and you guys wear black

Muses, namely Andrea, Joyce, Jocelyn, Valerie, Jien Nee and Charlotte, wear white top and jeans

Shopkeepers and Passers-by, Alyssa, Jing Rong, Joy, Lin Chuch, Deborah, Desiree, Angela, Grace, Michelle Hoh, Jennifer, Esther, Louise, Michelle Lee, Michelle Teo, Nandini, Natalie Tan, Natalie Wong, Claire, Samantha, Ying Ying, Eugenia, Hui Ying, Sing Yee, Tricia, Yani and Joelle, wear any DECENT and preferably "chinese-looking" clothing

Please learn your lines and from there know what you are supposed to do. Don't make a fool of yourself on stage

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[8:13 PM]