Yeah, what can possibly go wrong? LOTS OF THINGS! o_O Terrified to my bones, I had sleepless nights before both our CAE and CAF TDR.
CAE
"The King and I" or you may also call it "Anna and the King". That's the title of our CAE play. What's my role? Well, not to brag or anything but I am Tuptim, the servant girl whom the prince fell in love with. Can my life get any easier? YEAH, RIGHT! The nights before the TDR, I cannot sleep well. Tossing and Turning until midnight. Eventually, I slept because I listened to music which was the only thing that can calm me at that moment. The next morning, I woke up with mixed emotions. I was panicking because I have not prepared yet my costume and things needed to bring. When I got to school, I kept on rechecking my costume if it was still there (paranoid much?!). Until I realized the TIME! Time flew so fast. One moment it was just 7:30 then the next it was 10:00! See! My life kept on getting better and better (sarcastic)! Then, it was 12:00 which means...PREVIEW TIME! I appreciated so much the presence and patience of our manangs in the fourth year. So touched :') Anyway, we entered the SAH by 2:00 when it should be 1:00 (Pinoy habit). Well, since then, it went smoothly! I never have imagined it like that. WOAH!
CAF
"I got this all in the bag! I've been here and I know the feeling" Feeling so confident right? Well, yes of course. The CAE TDR was an almost success and since I felt how it feels during a TDR, I would be more confident in the CAF. I was acting all cool in school that morning of the CAF TDR. When that afternoon came, it was our turn and so I helped prepare. When the lights were off, it was our queue that it's "SHOWTIME" and that was were the disaster kept coming in. We forgot our lines. Which way to enter and exit. Oh my! It was like Bagyong Frank all over again. Costumes were flying because we had little time to change into our next outfit. The Lights were not in time. There were so much hullabaloo. Yet, we just laughed it out. Nothing too serious. No surprise, the critique did not like it and so we had to almost half of the script but it is okay =))
Lesson learned from the two TDRs:
"Don't take everything too serious. Life's too short so make every second count"
....or.....
"Take every criticism, constructive and not destructive"
