Driving Time

      Vroom, vroom, vroom. I drove today! I drove from home, to nursing home, to Walmart, and then back home. It was fun. I'm getting more use to the CRV we have. I had a hard time adjusting from my driving instructor's car, which is a Toyota. The pedals are different as Toyota's stiffer than Honda's. Nevertheless, I'm back on the road to practice before driving test inches closer by. It's been a while since I drove because of the musical production. I'm happy I'm back on the road. It's fun yet scary to drive at the same time. When I was younger I loved the clicky noise of the turn signals. I don't know why, but I love how it clicks and when you finish the turn, it's gone. I'm odd huh? BUT I still like it. Haha. 

       Hopefully everyone is doing well. The end of February and beginning of March have been hectic for me. I'm back blogging and I apologize for posting twice in one day! 

       This week I got an interview for college. Ahh! Wish me luck. I'll do my best. Have a great week everyone! Hope the ladies out there had a nice International Women's Day yesterday! Happy first day of February on Lunar calendar!

Hairspray

       Hairspray, Hairspray, Hairspray! It's been less than four weeks since the cast, crew, and orchestra were all in the auditorium rehearsing. Crazy how time flies. In the following pictures are the journey throughout this journey of mine through my first and last musical. This has definitely been a wonderful experience for me. Hairspray is my first and last musical in high school that I was able to be a part of. I can't thank my teachers enough for letting me be the light board operator for this musical. It has definitely been a roller-coaster through these past weeks, but with friends and family, it was worthwhile to endure all the restless nights and stressful days. Last show got many emotional and for me, I felt as if high school was coming to an end already. This production is one of the highlights of my senior year. The days after at school, we got to strike the set, meaning take it apart and recycle the wood pieces we can still use for future shows. Many set pieces we did not take apart because we are lending them to another school to use. I took tons of pictures with the set pieces. I miss the musical already. Hairspray, you are timeless to me. 

Rehearsals call for pictures!

The Welcome Corny sign

Opening day, for lunch I was able to eat out with my mom and sister at the newest and latest hit place in Pasadena, Tatsunoya. 

Mmm mmm good!

We got food from Veggie Grill for dad and chocolate pudding to go as well! It was so good!

Opening night! Some people on stage crew went to The Hat. This is my first to eat these fries!

We ate macarons for dessert at home! From Lette! 

My favorite was the coconut one.

The stage view of the lights on when I press the light cue. 

I was able to be Tracy for a bit to test out the blanket so we can put the blanket onto the bed before show starts.

Mommy made my favorite! It's called Nian Gao, also known as sticky rice cakes.

I had to fix some source4 lights when I channel checked to make sure the lights worked properly for the show. Therefore, I went to the catwalk to fix the lights at times. It's hot and scary up there! 

It rain on Saturday. It looked so cool! You can see the rain coming down when you are close to the lights.

Streams of water coming down.

Closing night we got flowers for the seniors. I got one too, and it was so pretty! Thank you to my stage manager for buying them!

Hairspray can

The jail cell... It was very hard to build this. At the end, it came out nicely.

WZZT sign

Striking the set... the memories are all in my head.

Friends Bonding

       Started February off on a bad note. I was sick and still sick but better now. Just coughing every once in a while and a little sniffles. What made it BEAR-able at the beginning was that I got to hang out with my friends. One of my friends in college was in town, so four but it turned out to be three later hanged out. I got to try Honeyboba for the first time. Passion Fruit Tea. It was really nice to catch up since winter break. 

       The following day I got to go to Six Flags for my competition in FBLA Sectionals. I had to get through 4 hours of workshops (lectures) because they won't let us go on rides until everyone was done testing. Everything got pushed back a bit. Well actually not a bit, an hour to be exact. That was no fun. But I got to go on rides and reunite with my friend from another school. That's when I started to have fun. It was exciting too to get to rides different rides from the previous year. I got third place for my competition category. Middle schoolers beat me...It was okay.. my friend and I were salty cause we were both in the same category and the judges marked us down for one that shouldn't be. We brought our resume and cover letter and folder. But they marked us down. They changed our scores too... They crossed it off and lowered our scores. But I was very grateful to place at Sectionals! I didn't have much faith to be honest. I had a bloody nose that day of my competition. IT threw me off. At last, it turned out well. 

       Now, the end the month, more musical show dates to go and my mommy's birthday! Woot woot! (:

Food Outings With Mumsy

With rehearsals and three day weekends, I didn't get to hang out with my mumsy much and go on our food outings like we wanted. We wanted to go to every restaurant we haven't tried yet in the Atlantic Time Square and then move on to Alhambra. Nevertheless, back in January, we were able to go to Nice Time Cafe. It was good! Very nice food and good time. (Get it? Haha) After the musical shows, I'll be able to enjoy the three months left of school. Time flies by huh? And I'll be hearing back from other colleges too starting in March. 4 down 3 more to go. 

Rainy Tech Rehearsals

       Rain rain come again. California needs more rain in this drought. Just make sure it isn't too much. That be perfect. This past week, it rained on Wednesday. I got stuck in the rain, waiting for my dad to pick me up, since we got a miscommunication. He parked in the other parking lot... Anyways, Last week we started rehearsals for the technical part of the musical. I was so excited to see it! We got lots to work on still, but I would say 70% is pretty much done. We open in less than a week now... lots to do, but I feel we will be okay and make it through. I'm excited on how it turns out. From being a stage manager for a play to being a light board operator for a musical has it's perks. I have less pressure and stress on myself. I record the light cues, such as the percentage of the brightness of the Source4 or Parnel lights into a light cue, based on what my teacher, who is the technical director of the musical. Then once all of it is recorded, for the show, I just have to go to the light cue and go. Awesome! Then I can enjoy the show several times. (: Can't wait!