Brain Fart…

So, I haven’t been able to update since, what was it, last Monday, right? Yeah, so I HAD a lot to write about. However, now that I’m here, I can’t remember what I wanted to write about…thus, the wonderful brain fart~.

Give me a minute…maybe I’ll remember.

Well, let me just write whatever I can remember.

So, yesterday my sisters and I went to this fair/carnival-ish school function. We had been going to it since we were in elementary school. It always seems much more glamorous when you’re little. Don’t be mistaken, I did have fun, it’s just not the kind of fun that I had as a kid. I ended up getting those glow sticks that you can connect to make a necklace or individual bracelets -you know, the one Disneyland used to have (the last time I went to Disneyland, they replaced the famous glow necklaces with these cheap electronic ones that just weren’t as appealing). -_-” I also ended up getting one of those long balloons that they twist into various things. I chose a flower. It’s pretty…its stem is green, and the flower is white.

Anyway, after that we went-out to eat at Ten Ren’s, a Chinese tea house/restaurant. We go there every week to get boba, but yesterday we decided to have dinner there.

Oh, duh…completely forgot. So, earlier that day, before the fair, I actually had a group project to do, since fnals are approaching.

So, there are six group members, including me. We had to film a skit. The thing is, the skit is for a foreign language and, as always, I was the only non-native speaker of the group…but that wasn’t a problem.

I thought we were going to take a really long time because in my previous groups (I’m in level 5 of this language, so I’ve filmed 4 other group skits) we would start around 4:00pm-ish and end around 1:00am-ish the next morning. Previously, in my other groups, we would have a script written and go from there, but this time my group didn’t even have anything planned out -at all!!! I was really dreading having to possibly end early the next day. We met at 3:00pm; however, we spent about an hour and a half waiting for 3 of the other group members, about another 30 minutes discussing what to do and who to pair-off (the theme was newlywed couples ), and then we filmed.

We didn’t write-out a script because all of my group members are pretty much native speakers, so they pretty much ad-libbed their lines. So, the first couple took, at most, 5 minutes filming their entire scene. Then, the next couple took another 5 minutes, at most. Then, lastly, it was me. I feel both really sorry and really thankful to my group members, honestly. One of the native-born group members really helped me by writing a script out for me. I had to memorize my lines while they all waited. So, I tried to memorize my lines as quickly as possible…I was really pushing myself. So, after memorizing my lines, we’d practice a couple of times, then film it. Seriously, I feel so bad that I had SO MANY bloopers!!

In the end, I think they all opened up to me because maybe they saw my effort, and in turn I also really opened up to them because of their help. Anyway, so my part took at least an hour to film. That is why I am both sorry to my group members for taking so long, and thankful that they helped me SO MUCH and had SO MUCH patience with me.

So, surprisingly, we ended up finishing at about 6:00pm!! So, not only did we start late, have no script, no ideas, nothing, we also finished earlier than any of my four previous groups in which we did have a script, ideas, and everything. Amazing!!

Regarding the skit, I’m a little embarrassed and I’m dreading having to sit there with the whole class watching it, next week. Why? Well, I figured that since this is the last level of this foreign language, and since I’ll be graduating, I might as well step out of myself this one time, and end with a “BANG.” I do want to show my classmates that there’s more to me than just a really shy girl, so that’s why I sort of stepped out of my norm. I’m glad that I did it, but I’m also dreading having to sit in class, and when the skit is done, knowing that all my classmates will think of me a little differently (in a good way, I hope).

Actually, this group experience has taught me so much. Before meeting and filming with my group, I was REALLY apprehensive about working with them. They’re all native speakers, and two of the group members are native-born, so I was VERY intimidated. However, after receiving help from one of the members I least expected to help (from one of the native-born members), I not only gained respect for them, but I also have to thank them for sort of accepting me into their “group”/culture, in a sense. Honestly, being treated so nicely by them really boosted my self-esteem.

So, I was glad that we finished so early. This meant that I would be able to go to the school fair with my sisters. So, after my group skit ended, I drove over and met my sisters.

I’ve written too much (as always). End.