wat can i say...there were soo many events that happened during this past week  that i had to think for a while of where to START!!^^ but it's alright now..i've got the INSPIRATION, i've got the MOTIVATION...let's go!

 

first off...last week, it was EASTER!!!!

while many of you guys were shooting each other with water guns during SONGKRAN (><), i was here partying too...hehehe...well, it wasnt as "adventurous" i didnt get to DUCK any water balloons...but it was really really nice too.

 

easter, for the christians, is when JESUS was cruxified, yet ressurrected three days later..so it's pretty religious. however, there's the more ANIMATED side too...

in france, we hide EGGS (believed to be hidden by the cute bunny RABBITS and also distributed by the ringing of the BELLS) and then the children can go SEARCHING  for them..guess wat the eggs were made of....CHOCOLATE!!!! so in this festival..we got to eat a lot of chocolates (AGAIN...it sounds familier doesnt it..someting like we already did at .....noel..par hasard? hehehehe)

 

and so..during this fete..i went to eat at my host grandparent's hous..and met all the cousins and relatives..and the next way, we were supposed to have a PICNIC on the hills to make OMELETTES (another tradition) but i guess Mr. WEATHERMAN decided to bring thailand to france..so it RAINED and in the end, we had a cute barbecue at home with family friends. really cosy and warm too!

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next up...i went to my FIRST FRENCH CONCERT!!!!!!

(merci énormement christiane sarah et votre famille! vous m'avez émue beaucoup..je ne sais pas quoi dire!!!><)

and so..the singer was CORNEILLE...it was EXCELLENT..i repeat...EXCELLENT!

tuesday April 18th..three o clock in the afternoon..we took off from school ( i got to miss history and math..muahahahaha) and arrived there around 5 o clock. the gate was still closed so we hanged around on the sidewalk a bit. played a few games..

 

but SUDDENLY..we see people already lining up the steps of the ZENITH..not possible!! we want to be first!!

the gate was still closed...

we were NOT going to give up..

and so..we did the IMPOSSIBLE...there was a hole in the gate so we actually DUGGED underneath!!! look how we were desperate..hahahaha

mission ACCOMPLISHED..we were one of the first in line..

 

and so, wen the door of the stadium open, we got the best places...right IN FRONT of the stage. not front front..but very^^

sarah and i became the "GROUPIES" for the evening. hihihi.. screamed and sang our heads off despite the fact that we were crammed like SARDINES..to be exacted..."smoked sardines" because people just dun have respect and smoked everywhere...

 

the concert took off at 8 o clock..lights sounds..ACTION!!! too good to be true. first part was another singer..GAGE..he was as talented. it's just so funny how people react in the concert. there was a women who kept screaming "take off your pants!" and others who just did the weirdest things..hahaha

 

around 9 o clock..mr. CORNEILLE was on stage!!! dunno if u'll believe but i actually SANG ALONG..and yes, IN FRENCH heheheh..well, there were so much noise that the people around wouldnt even know if i DIVED a bit..in other words.."hum along" hheheh..

not only was corneille so down to earth, i loved seeing the people "behind the scenes" the stage lights running up to untangle the wires, the musicians (saxophonist and trumpist)  at the back doing these little cute dances

 

this concert made me think...how would it feel to be in CORNEILLE's shoes...how would it feel to be so popular, to be so loved by a crowd of people that would fill a GIGANTIC hall!! how would it feel to be on stage..in front of all these people who came just for u...how would it feel?

 

o yea..almost forgot to write this..corneille actually TOUCHED my hands not once..but TWICE..hahahaha..(look at how close we were!!!) .well, i'm pretty clean..so it DID watch my hands afterwards..^^

 

by the time the corcert ended, i had the SEXY voice..all cracked^^ hahaha my legs (and i imagine sarah's too) were like JELLY..hehe..we endured 5 hours of standing anyways..plus those little dances with the space we had and the waving of the arms (with the lighter of course..gotta bring up the emotion..yea!)

 

we were in such a high humour after the concert..even a little "back to reality" didnt prevent us from savouring the excitement we've just been through. this "back to reality" meaning a mean stupid person had broke the window of our car to try to steal something. HA! the idiot left with NOTHING. all our valuable stuff were in the back of the car and he (or she) didnt succeed to open it.

 

well there..the end of a great experience..but there'll surely be more to come! the vacation is just a grasp away..^^ YEA!!!

 

 

 

Yesterday I was at a DANCE COMPETITION!!!!

 

well, a bit of change for me there..cuz usually, some of u no that i know BALLET..u no, the dance where we do things "out of natural"..feets turned out totally different ways, body torture with legs touching ears..those kind of stuff (hahahaah..and through all that i still keep at it)

 

and yesterday..it was MODERN DANCE..very artistic i can say...there's no limits, no rules..u do wat u want, when u want it..its ME who DECIDES!! i am the QUEEEN!!!  MUAHAHAHAHA stop stop dee gwa..out of story lae>< hhehehe

 

bak to the competition..needless to say..we didnt win..i highlight again.. 'WE' didnt win..it was a group and we were 9 in the group.so whew! it wasnt just me who bore all the weight!! ><

 but losing.. that's life rite...u cant always win. but i DUN  regret it..nope not at all. it has been a great experience for me...and wait there..dance is an art..u cant really juge it..there's no right or wrong!!!

wat i appreciate about this experience...REHEARSING with the group, SEARCHING in my heads for ideas..feeding my eyes with the other dances, other sources of originality...

 

and in the end, the most important thing is that i've discovered that my DESIRE to DANCE is always there...deep down in my heart..i loved it wen i was on stage..dancing and feeling the power rushing through me as i go through each step. it might sound like like the SAME OLD STORY, but i did forget everything, the audience, the fact that i'm in france, my stress... and FOCUS on the dance rite then...got shivers wen i think of it!><

 

so...quote of the day here: DANCE...is gliding on BLISTERED feet...u gotta suck up ur guts..and show wat u got even wen i hurts!!! hehehe

 

Guess wat I did the other day....I had a DISNEY weekeendd!!!!!!! 

hhihihi..might sound a bit childish..but it's just hallucinating how fun it could be to REWATCH my favorite films of my childhood...POCAHANTAS, LITTLE MERMAID, LION KING, and the few modern exceptions of MONSTER INC. ICE AGE and ShREK...yeyp....all that in a weekend woooooww!!! PLUS with my dear friend SARAH

 

well, it's sure that watching the fims rite now is not the same wen i was little and "cute" ><  hahaha. at that time, i sat bak and watched with a rather easily MANIIPULATIVE brain...this time, i actually made a few reflections...

 

the images are so different..the classic "HAND DRAWN" disneys and the new "computer graphics" Pixar..it's just strange to see the evolution of the cartoons.    from 2D princesses, to "blocked" mammoths to the almost human like MOnster with the real like fur...INTERESTING^^

and then, there's the music. why can't the cartoons nowadays SING. open their OWN mouths..and make music!!!! now..they just put on background musics. at the very least, ARIEL, the little mermaid, sang touching songs while floating in the seas and SIMBA roared happily in the jungles....the good old days ><

 

i think i discoverd someone special...the EQUATION for ENTERTAINMENT, here goes:

in all disney movies...

first of all...there's NO MOM...why is that????? CINDERELLA lives her widowed father, POCAHANTAS with her chief dad, JASMINE with her sultan king dad...strange isnt it...they're all girls..but they have just dadss..hmm

 

secondly, u gotta have those "funny SIDEKICKS" who's always there beside the heros or heroine making funny jokes or just acting stupid...there's SEBASTIEN the crab, MUSHU the dragon, the mule in Shrek (dunno wat his time is laewww) MIKE STRAWOSKY in Monster Inc....you see? it's sure we need humour in our lives..

 

and then..there's the FAT (yes, why fat? fat ppl doesnt have to be mean) snarling MEAN characters..like the URSULA the fat witch octopus, JAFAR the sneering conseulor, and selfish sisters of CINDERELLA, SCAR uncle of simba...and sooooo many more

 

so there u go...the formula..a hero, some joking sidekicks, and a looming snarling character...VIOLAAAAA...u got a ready made film....does that mean that..if i make up a princess..let's see, one that's an ADVENTURER GIRL in far away France, having a SNAIL (who escaped from being eaten) and being hunted down by a stinking CHEESE....will that make millions in the next BOX OFFICE? hahahahaah...we'll seeee

 

who know..gotta be original u no..but for ORIGINALITY..gotta give it to SHREK..it's the ANTI-DISNEY film... nothing is gone the way it's supposed to be.....the knight who arrives to save the princess if an ORGRE, the princess is ugly, the fairy tale characters are taken in prison...LOVE THE FILM!!!!!!

 

before i finish the blog, wanna live a quote..taken from PUMA and SIMON of Lion kings:

HAKUNA MATATA!!!!!!!!! meaning...no worries^^ enjoy life!!