Drama Night Audition was yesterday. Plus many other auditions. I felt a really dreadful feeling. I just wanted to get through the day and was thinking of how to survive the entire ordeal at all. Listing all the auditions I had in total, I think there were 5 I was involved in but in the end I only attended 4:

- OM written Paper
- IvP interview
- Drama Night Audition (Chramaine Yap helped me)
- OM Interview
- OM Lego Challenge
- OM hands-on individual and group (Monday)

The day started normally, but I was tired, only having slept 5 hours. I did the IvP prototype only last night after I returned home at 8.30pm. Plus, once I reached school I had to call Mrs Leung to inform her that my OM written paper and the interview was clashing at 8am and 8.10am respectively. Once I arrived in class, we (Averill, Victoria, Jia Le and I) continued rushing the OM model. It was kind of like a disaster. Then we rushed off for the written paper after the morning assembly at the parade square. The annoucements about the LOVEMEHATEMEKILLME now play was really funny. *Cha cha cha* and the one that the ELDS is putting up as well. *uncle LEe is watching you*

The written paper was about this: name things that explode. You will assessed based on the quantity and the quality of your answers.

Here are some of the things that I listed out:
heart.
brain.
balloons.
bombs.
coke with mentos
teachers
mothers
fathers
pencil cases
school bags
plastic bag with air when popped with the hand
etc etc.

Sandra had to rush for her interview which was right after that, while, Victoria, Jia Le, Averill and I returned to class to wait for our turn. Averill also had to practice for Drama Night Audition which will be due at 10am. So instead, the other 3 of us worked on the model. The classroom is in a total choas now. Apart from the mess on the floor, everyone was running in and out. The actresses are changing, others going through the script etc. It was hilarious as we had to do a rehearsal without Sandra... everyone was speaking into thin air. She was the main character.

I was incharged of the lights, sounds, and every other thing together with Carey. (Stage manager) Then Victoria and Jia Le helped to touch up the OM model. I was getting ready as well for my IvP interview. I had come up with 3 problems and their solutions already the previous night. I just needed to do a little touch up.

10am came quick and fast. The class left for their audition while I waited outside the dreaded J Block shared classroom to wait for my turn. To pass the time, I read my BLEACH comics (from Karen) and started drawing aimless doodles. Too bad I threw them away, if not I would have scanned them in to show you.

I finally entered. Mrs Leung was my interviewer. The other teacher had left for a toilet break. Phew!! So I started talking ( I hope not too fast). On the whole, I think I did pretty well. Mrs Leung liked on of my ideas. I shall put a picture of my prototype as well. The class returned happily although the results were not yet revealed. After lunch, the class was dismissed. I had mistaken the interview time as 1pm. It was supposed to be 2pm. Opps!

The interview was horrible. I was so relieved when we left the room. We stayed in there for about 1 hour and 10mins. Longer than the expected 4omins. The teachers shot us questions that was not even required. They started with the theme: which was the Red Indian Thing. I almost wanted to tell the teachers that: if we knew everything, there wouldn't be a need to get us coaches to coach us. They asked us questions like: Now that we tell you that the model has to stop moving before performing the given task and that it has to run on batteries, how would you do it. I mean they so did not say all these before hand. Morever. they used move. And that was such an ambiguous word that anyone could have interpreted it in anyway. This is totally driving me nuts. In short, the interview was horrible. I don't know but we were unable to answer all their questions. I don't think I want to continue talking about it.

We had a break after that. Sandra had hers and we had our LEGO mind challenge at 3.30pm. We ate in class (shhh!) and checked the INET and started screaming. We had gotten in for Drama Night. WHOO!! Together with 108 and 109. YAY! You could bet that we were excited.

The LEGO challenge was done in pairs. It was really fun although there was a time limit. The challenge: was to build a windmill with the given parts so that it would spin without toppling. Averill and I had teamwork, it was fun working with her. We completed the mills but had no idea how it was supposed to spin - but we knew it had something to do with stored energy. And as the instructions that were given were black and white, we could not really see. So we ran back and forth towards the screen with the coloured version of the windmill. Eureka, we finally did it. We almost shrieked in laughter (minus running naked) However, the windmill did not stand when we turned it. In fact, to me, it did not even bother me. I was enjoying myself imensely.

Then there was another written paper - on commonly used items for uncommonly used uses, LOL. I like the name. We were given stuff like what other uses are there for a fork etc. And there were others that asked how do you make a toy that can move for about a metre without you touching it. A globe that has tiny bobs of light inside. To demonstrate the inflating of a puffer fish. Some weird questions huh... so I wrote the weirdest answers ever. I think there is no need to go into detail about that.

Then we were asked questions on what other ways are there to move a wind mill - wind, water, attaching a batter, gears, hitting it. etc. And we went home... I was dog tired that I almost fell asleep eating my dinner. O bOY!!

P.S It is a miracle that I managed to NOT watch bleach for 2 days to complete all these

<3

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Elaine