One of the final posts maybe !

The past few classes were the official last classes. The one two Mondays ago was just a review for our final performance. The two Wednesdays ago class was a lecture on the Japanese drumming style of Taiko which was very interesting but I still hold Chinese Drum styles far above it, especially in terms of manliness that the style is said to bring.

This Monday was the Final performance at Berkley Middle School. It was held in the afternoon and it was the same performance of the Hunt for the Golden Deer and the kidnapping of Sita. The performance went fairly well and my performance was pretty good and I liked it.

This semester has certainly been crazy and it's hard to believe that it was this short. I liked this class and I may have to continue studying this part of Asia.

I will write at least one more good time in this blog.

Until then, ta ta for now

Last Week's blog this week! THat's MADNESS!... No, THIS. IS. A BLOG!!!

To all you people out there patiently reading my thoughts, emotions, and beliefs on whatever I'm doing, I am sorry to keep you waiting.

Last week we were mostly preparing for our performance on Friday at the Kimball. So we practiced the Golden Deer scene and Sita's capture scene. I was absent for most of the classes last week so I'm slightly not sure what happened most of last week other than part of the Monday class and the Friday performance.

However, the Friday performance is much more important. We were one of the last ones to go on and we had to do a few things to change the performance around so it would flow smoothly on stage, which it did. The performance went great according to the people I talked to about it. It was certainly an outlet nonetheless and it's always my personal belief that people should get out in front of a big group of people and garner their attention for at least 5 minutes a month. However, this is often easier said than done and often more embarrassing than it should be. However, this was both easy and not embarrassing so it was a good experience.

I'll post again later on in the week but for now, I bid adieu

til next time,
I'm still me

The Weekly Things

This week has been kind of stressful with two tests and everything as well as having some relationship problems with a girl or two here. One slight light break up, one realization and one hopeful prospect spell the gamble that is a relationship. Hopefully, none of it will come back to get me because that would make life awfully troublesome which is so detestable to me. After the election really hit me, I began to do some thinking and I realized that I need to use my time to do the things I really want to do while I still have the time to do so. After I finish this post, I'm probably going to work out at the gym.

But anyways, this week in the Banjar was really interesting. We've been preparing for our show next Friday where I'm playing Rama. The scene we're going to perform is the deer hunting scene where Ravana convinces his uncle to turn into a golden deer to fool Rama and Sita. Sita sees the deer but is unable to catch it and pleads to Rama to capture it. Despite Lakhshmana's pleads not to go, Rama goes after the Deer. Rama kills the deer eventually and the Deer lets out a yell sounding like Rama was hurt. This causes Lakhshmana to go after him but not before putting Sita in a magic circle to protect her. Later on, beggars come and lure Sita out of the circle putting her in danger of being taken by Ravana, which is the end of our scene.

It's coming along nicely and we have most of it choreographed and the music connected but we still need to practice it a little bit before we perform it.

Well, not much else happened this week so I think i'll sign off for now.

Until next time,

I'm still me