Friday, June 26, 2009
Brandon's (I'm a slut) hotseating
I am confident in myself, determined, narcissistic, and think that I'm drop dead gorgeous. I have already forgotten my first sex. I think that Michelle is a nice girl, but she's too clingy for my taste. I DON'T LOVE HER. My relationship is just a sexual one.
I go to parties, have wild anonymous sex, just to have as much fun as possible before I die. Chantelle hit on me first, and I think she's better than Michelle. But I think we're using each other for sex. I feel guilty for Michelle's suicide, but there is NO LOVE.
My first relationship was when I was 11 or 12. I don't wish to have a family in the future. I don't wish to live to a ripe old age either.
I am a LONER, college is my highest level of education as I have enough money to support myself for the rest of my life.
I do not want to leave a legacy in my life because I will not be able to experience the glory it brings. I had a lapse of judgement with Michelle.
My motto in life is to have as much fun as possible. My turning point in life is when my first girlfriend cheated on me. Then it hit me, WHY SHOULD I BE THE NICE GUY? My dream is to travel around the world. Michelle's parents think I'm charming. I like to give a good first impression to everyone.
My biggest fear is getting hurt again. Therefore, I won't love anyone ever again.
Chantelle - Hot Seating
Chantelle Connor, 19
NUS Biotechnology
Dad is a businessman and mum is a lawyer
Does not allow Michelle to outshine me; encourage parents to stop Michelle from entering Arts stream
Believe in love.. on the bed
Sleeps with my boyfriends. HOPEFULLY being able to "love" them
Will forgive my husband once if he is found cheating on me
Lost my virginity at the age of 12
Countless times of having sex
Very defensive; Think that everyone should be able to take care of themselves and work smart
Keep good image, very important
Know to maintain good grades to gain trust of parents
Think Michelle is stupid to be cheated by her boyfriend without knowing
Do not feel responsible/guilty about Michelle's suicide
Just want Michelle to wake up because afterall she is my sister
Popular in school; Quantity not Quality
David is a loser, Brandon is hot
highest point in life = when i managed to snatch brandon from michelle
lowest point in life = when i found out that michelle can really draw
Very obedient in front of my parents
May be affected by people's criticisms about me but I try not to care because it doesnt benefit them in any way
I just want to be the best wherever I go
Yes, call me smart-slut.
(okay it's damn weird to be typing "lost my virginity at the age of 12" there lol!!!) hope these are the few impt main pts that i can rmb.
OVERDUE!
Please put them up ASAP, deadline Sunday, 5th July (After exams)
To all those who have be putting up all entries faithfully. Thank you.
I sent out invites to ALL participants. DO NOT tell me that you did noit recieve an invitation. Have sent them out AGAIN. check your mail boxes before you blame me for not adding you.
Mark- Hotseating
Isaac- Character Analusis AND Hotseating
Hamid- Character Analysis AND Hotseating (Let me know if you still didnt get the invite to be an author)
Thank you Suryadi, you were the ONLY one who did both ontime. Really appreciate it.
Study well ppl! And all the very best... Only God can save us now!:P (thats the case with some of us)
-Priscilla Jamir
Btw- If you have any feedback about how meetings can be improved, or anything for that matter, please do tell me! It will be greatly appreciated.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Robert Connor's(father's) hot sitting
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
24th June READ!
Time- 1 to about 3 pm
Attendance- COMPULSARY!
What we rae going to do-
1) Everyone is to be briefed on the set design so that everyone knows what is going to be done where and how.
2) Costume ppl will have to go around askinf actors about costume and try to figure out how to get them (Beg, borrow, buy, stitch, alter, NO stealing)
3) Set people will try and figure out where to get set from and how to angel it, etc. (cant do movement of props because we dont have the layout of the place)
4) Actors will be doing exercises to improve chemistry between them, also line reads and blocking will be done.
5) When not acting or if your crew, your help will be needed to be the audience, to see if the actors can be heard and seen from the various points.
Please be there on time. No punishment for being late this time, but dont try my patience.
DO eat lunch before you come. I DO NOT want crancky people complaining that they are hungry.
See ya all there at 1~!!!:D
-Priscilla
Monday, June 22, 2009
Dead Michelle (Hot seating+ character analysis)
Age- 17
Location- Some weird place, not heven, not hell, not on earth.
Sitting Alone
Mood- Unsure, Depressed
Im 17 and i have no idea if im dead or alive. I wish they would just choose for me already! Im really confused now! i have no idea what i am doing here, no idea how to get out, no idea if i want to be dead or alive!
The examiners are well... asses in their own way, but they did give me alot to thik about! I wiash they hadnt, but im gratefukl for a second chance as well. Bet people dont usually get them huh. Well E1 is the more serious of the two. I like that, not so much of teasing. E2 on the other hand is just plain annoying! poking jokes at me, annoying me and freaking me out at times! Guess E1 is incharge of E2. Well tehgre sure is a need for some maturity in E2!
I have heard what everyone out there is trying to tell me. Hell, evenm Chantelle the sister that i disowned is there! Mum and dad probably pulled here to the hospital. They all seem so kind and welcoming. I want to go back... but how long will it last? When i get all better will they still treat me as before? How will i face David? after treating him the way that i did... What will i say to him? can we still be the friends we were before Brandon came along? But he says he loves me! Where does that put our relatioonship? Will it be awakward around him?
And Chantelle! I haTE HER! i DO! How do i deal with that? Will i ever be able to forgive her? Cna i just cut her out of my life? I know that she will not be truely sorry for what she did. She never is! All i wanted was to learn from her, but how can i do that when she sees me as a threat? All i wanted was a normal family! Is that so hard to find!
And my future? Will i get to do arts? Or will mum and dad still treat me the same way? As the daughter that was never good eanough? Will they force upon me all they want? Will they make my room a prison?
Do i want to go back? What if the pain and suffring happens all over again? I cant take another round of it! And school! What are all of them going to think! School was my safe haven before, bnut now everyone is just going to think that im the mad lunatic of a girl who got pregnant and tried to kill herself!
Pregnant!!! My baby! Is he ok? I was such a pig! so selfish! I wanted to take his life! Is he ok? Evenm if he is... will i be able to take cre of him? What kind of mother would even think about killing her child? Ill never be able to face him! No, ill have to goive him away... and mum and dada are clearly not going to support this! But all the pain and suffering! And sachool.. and my education!
ARGH!!!! so many problems! I wanted to abort because Brandon said that it was the best. I trusted that bastard! But now... I think i want to keep the child. It was a rash, impulsive decision, because i didnt want the responsibility.. But i have to grow up, I havbe to stay strong, evenm if it just a front dfor the baby. I cannot bve like my old self... I will have to chnage. I will show everyone that i can do what i want top. I will succed and i will prove to them that I am good at art, im responsible, i can study hard, i can produce the results they always wanted. I will DO IT!
-Priscilla
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Character Analysis
Name: Brandon Lee
Age: 21
Social Status: Upper Middle Class
Occupation: None. Lives of parent’s money
Personality: “We only live once. So why not have as much fun as we can while we’re alive?” This is my motto in life. I don’t like to get tied down to anything I do, so you can say that I have some commitment problems. This is also one of the reasons why I have a long history of ex-girlfriends. I don’t know how many exactly. I lost count in between steady relationships and one-night stands. However, I am not ashamed of this. I don’t see them as failed relationships but rather as conquests that I have made. I am also extremely self-confident. So I do not care about what other people say about me. I am also narcissistic, so I have to make sure I always give the best first impression to anyone. Image is everything to me. At the same time, I am also a determined person. When I set my sights on something, I won’t stop at anything until I obtain it. This is shown by how despite Michelle being my girlfriend already, I still managed to get her sister, Chantelle, to fall in love with me as well. Wow, I’m the best!
Relationship with my family: I actually come from a quite well-to-do family. My father is a real estate tycoon and my mother is a regular tai-tai. However, I do not have a good relationship with my father as I felt that he controlled me too much. That was why the moment I turned 21, I moved out into my own apartment. My father has thus practically disowned me. But, money is not a problem as my mother still gives me money without my father’s knowing. Call me a mummy’s boy but whatever! I have money and you don’t! I occasionally keep in touch with my mother to report my well-being, but otherwise, I hardly see my family anymore.
Relationship with Michelle: I met her through David. I thought she was pretty good looking and had a nice personality, so I made my move and got together with her. I know that she loves me a lot, but I think she can be a bit over-possessive at times. The relationship was fun at first, but now there is no spark anymore. I’m only still with her because I stupidly got her pregnant. I knew I should have used a condom! I think she’s a nice girl but she’s too clingy for my tastes. I need a girl who knows how to give me space. My commitment problem shows itself.
Relationship with Chantelle: I met her when I went to Michelle’s house. Straightaway, I could feel the chemistry between us. We still got together even though she already knew Michelle was my girlfriend. I think I prefer her over Michelle because she’s not as clingy as her sister and she makes a very good trophy girlfriend. I find it surprising that even though she knows I got her sister pregnant, she still is willing to stay with me. Maybe we’re both just making use of each other.
Relationship with David: Acquaintance. We both are in a group of friends that meet up to play basketball. I don’t like him very much as I know he has feelings for Michelle. I also think he is a coward because he’s only all talk and no action. After so many years, he still hasn’t confessed to Michelle.
History: Being the only child in my family, I have been pampered since young. However, the strict teachings of my father have made me rebellious. The reason why I see all girls as conquests is because in my very first relationship, my girlfriend cheated on me and then dumped me. I still the remember the hurt that I felt to this very day. So, I feel that it doesn’t pay to be the nice guy. So maybe the attitude that I have developed is my attempt at having revenge. I feel that only I am the only one who can end a relationship, that I have the final say. I question the existence of true love.
Goal in life: To have as much fun as possible!
-Melvyn
SDEA script Father's character analysis
Father
Name: Robert Connor
Age: 49
Married to eve connor
Have 2 children, Chantelle and Michelle
Occupation: Businessman,one who travels a lot too
Upper middle class
Personality: Strong-headed, authoritive, entrepreneurial, self-occupied. I am very strict with my children. Being someone successful, I have a very high expectation of them. I am busy most of the time with my work, so when I reached home, I don t have so much time to nag and scold my daughters; I leave all that to my wife. But then when there is a need, I will interrupt. I believe in harsh methods of teaching my daughters since that was how I was brought up too and judging from my success, I believe in harsh punishments to teach my daughters. I love my daughters very much, but sometimes just do not know how to express it. Being the head of the family (since I support most of the family’s financial spending), I expect everyone in the family to follow my order, and I would be the one making decisions most of the time.
Relationship with family: I am close with my wife, but towards my daughters, I always try to have this boundary, and so that they wont cross this boundary and ‘climb up to my head’. I am mostly fine towards everyone in the family, so long they obey what I say and do not go against me.
Relationship with wife: We seldom argue that often. Having married for the past 22 years, we have faced the ups and downs. I think that through these, it has bonded us even closer. I always share my problems with my wife, as she understand me most. We share the same ultimate goal for our 2 daughters, which is for them to grow into 2 successful people.
Relationship with Chantelle: I agrees to what she does most of the time, because I believe in her. She always meet up to my expectations and she never fails to impress me with his outstanding achievements and good grades. She always listen to me and dare not go against what I say. If I need help on my work, I would ask her for help because I trust her more than Michelle. And yes, she has the same passion as me, which is to be a successful entrepreneur which is why I like her more than Michelle.
Relationship with Michelle: I hate her when she rebut me. She should know that I provide her with food money shelter everything and she is not doing her best to impress me. She has done so poorly in school! I never talk to her that much unless regarding her schoolwork. She always make me worried. And yes, because she always go against what I say, it really drive me up the wall sometimes. She is being too ambitious, she wants to be an artist!! She knows that one of her parents is a lawyer, the other a businessman, and how can she say she wants to be an ARTIST!!! I have enough of her nonsense behavior!
History: I was born to a successful family when I was young, and my parents treated harshly on me. But then when I was 10 years old, my father’s business collapsed. We had to move to a smaller unit and could not enjoy the luxury we had before. I then decided for a change. I wanted to be even more successful than my father when he was successful. That was my dream. I took part-time job as a McDonald worker just to earn enough for my University course. I took business course. ‘I want to be a successful businessman!’ I told myself. It took 5 years for my company to establish its name to the whole world to know. Those times were hard; the journey towards a successful business was full of ups and downs. That is why I don’t give in to my daughters easily because I want them to taste the bitterness of failure and so that they can get motivated to achieve and excel even higher goals in the future. I met my beautiful wife in university. At that time, we were only dating, but it didn’t actually cross my mind that one day she will be my wife.
Goal: To pass down my business to my daughters and that I can retire peacefully.
Chantelle
Name: Chantelle Connor
Age: 19
Occupation: Student in NUS
Social Status: Upper Middle Class
Personality: I am the best and I only want the best. I demand alot from people around me. I like being compared to my sister because I know I'm better than her and it makes me feel good. I need people to praise me in order to stay confident. I can get insecure at times when people start to outshine me. I MUST BE THE BEST. Although I may seem confident and smart, I actually need more support and attention compared to my sister. I admit I like to put my sister down, but it's only by that way I can show people that I am much more capable than her. I want to be the strong and independant child in the family so that my parents will look up to me and trust me to do whatever I want. I don't know why but I enjoy snatching whatever/whoever that belongs to Michelle because it makes me feel powerful. In fact, Michelle is the source of motivation in my life. Without her, I find no purpose to compete and do even better. I love my parents only because they love me and trust me. Some think I'm smart, some think I'm a slut. I think I'm both.
Relationship with family: My parents think we're a very bonded family but we're not. I hate staying at home and hearing all the nagging from my mother. At home, I'm very obedient only because I want to gain the favour of my parents. I want to appear as the sensible one. I dislike my sister. She's just stupid and and a waste of time. She always takes away what I love, especially Brandon. My dad is just plain strict and useless. My mum is just an old hag who nags. I actually think my sister can draw really well but I will not help her to convince my parents to allow her to enter arts stream because if she does, she will definitely outshine me. I must not let that happen.
history: I was born in 03 03 1990. Since young, I've been taught to read and write. Always the top in class and a councillor in every school I enter. I play the piano since the age of 7. Being the first child in the family, my parents had high expectations of me and I have always studied hard. I had about 24 boyfriends before and I love them all. My current boyfriend in Brandon and I love him alot.
goal in life: To be better than Michelle in everyway.
Rui Shan :D
Second Examiner.
Nickname: E2
Age: 1008
Main Want: To have fun whilst doing my job, and not be overshadowed by E1.
Inner Want: That his patients know that life is not all that bad all the time.
Fantasies: Sex. Not to be overshadowed by E1 and be the one in control.
Personality traits:
Fun-loving.
Slightly perverted.
Easily excited.
Optimistic.
Narcissistic.
Serious when it comes to serious things like hatred towards family and all that.
Being a "supernatural entity" of sorts, I do not lead lives like the rest of the humans. My days are spent examining and we never need any sleep. We just... are. We have similar personalities to humans as after all, we are all spirits in the end and all spirits have emotional capabilities. Due to this difference, I do have a sort of superior mindset towards humans, though I do not really discriminate them as much as E1 might.
If you want to count up from my last life, it was 1008 years ago, as such I am 1008 years old. I have been through life and know what it's like to live before dying and being promoted to Examiner from human. I believe that people should look to the brighter sides of life like games and ice-cream. Oh and sex too. Always gets me excited when people hint about sex.
Other things you might want to note about my magnificent self,
I enjoy earl grey tea and rum & raisin Ice-cream.
I am proud of what I am now. Examining is really fun. You get to hear all the reasons why people did what they did and all the stories! Ooooo!
I have no family. In many ways, the Examiners are my family. Here in purgatory, no one needs family. I miss having a family though. I think that people on earth nowadays should be grateful for their families. After all, they DID raise you.
Back in my day, I loved hearing violins and cellos and the like. Now with all this new music, I would have to say that rock and pop music is the best. Have you heard the beatles? Their songs are just so fun to listen to! I almost fainted when John Lennon came in for his examination! I kept asking the questions and E1 didnt really care. I got his autograph too! Though he had a big hole in the side of his head...He was so totally COOL!!
Relationship with E1:
As I AM the second Examiner, logic would dictate that I am under E1 in rank. E1 has been at it longer than I have and I think he needs to loosen up some times. I mean... You can't always be too direct and methodical all the time. I would love to get rid of him though I still respect him. We keep a healthy rivalry if you put it that way. We are very effective together. We almost read each others minds sometimes! That is why I still respect him. Without him, I am more or less just a newbie at the job. Of course I don't always agree with him but I try my best.
Relationship with Michelle:
Michelle was an angsty one. I think that her life isn't as bad as she thinks it is. I mean c'mon. If I were her, I'd be really grateful that I even have a boyfriend to start of with. All I'm saying is that she has no idea how bad it could get. She ought to really think before she actually jumped into the train head on. What's up with that? Can't she find a better way to die? Obviously it didn't work. She was just hit really bad. She is very lucky to have survived in the first place.
I DO feel superior to her being like a total 901 years older and can get a bit frustrated when she doesn't see what I'm trying to get at. She's a LITTLE slow on the uptake huh.
History: Can't remember much about my past. Except that I really enjoy my job and make the most out of it. I say, if life gives you lemons make lemonade. If life gives you lemons and Carbon Dioxide, make Sprite. If life gives you lemons, carbon dioxide and a few pieces of wood, set up a stall to sell sprite. If life gives you all the above AND a factory, by all means start a franchise. Something tells me I was a merchant in my last life.
Pertaining to what I am now, I met E1 when I got promoted from human. He immediately took on the role of an older brother as I didn't have much of a family the last time. I look up to him but 860 years later, I have a few disagreements as to how he should carry out his stuff. During this time, I have been keeping up with them humans on earth through the people that come in, learning the new language in the process. Learning is a lifelong (or in this case deathlong too) process anyway. Thats why we have to adapt. I also like how innovative the humans are getting with all these cool new gadgets. The pen is something new and now we even have laptops! Of course I still prefer the pen to take down notes as you can draw stuff at the same time on the board. Whoops! Did I let that out? Haha. Don't tell E1! But these humans never really fail to invent and now there are better games and even more inconspicuous ways to kill time through this thing called facebook! I just might have to switch over one day.
Despite all the hype about human innovation, they still fail to grasp one thing, which is that life is not really all that bad after all. Day after day, people come in complaining about their life. Don't get me wrong I love hearing people's life stories. It's just that sometimes it gets annoying when they kill themselves over it. my life was pretty much crap too. I had no family and was raised on the street. Of course thats ages ago and I'm much more sophisticated now. You could say... I'm pretty divine coming from such a life.
Oh by the way, I AM using a laptop now. It's so cool! Facebook is a really cool thing. You get to post up things about yourself and all that. So fun and it's so me!
Signing off,
Second Examiner.
mommy
mom
eve connor
42
married to (Suryadi?) connor
2 children, Chantelle and Michelle
Lawyer
Upper middle class
Personality: Meticulous and goal oriented, i like things to be perfect, clean and in it's place. i am strict with myself as well as with my daughters. i want the the best for them and i expect both of them to grow into responsible and successful adults. i find it difficult to show my love to my daughters but i love them very much. i am the "vocal" one in the family, who likes to nag at the children and my husband. i consider myself to be successful in my career and i am stubborn at times but it is all for the greater good of the family. i am level headed most of the time and i feel that i am the one in the family who needs to be the strong one so that my daughters can look up to me and ask me for advice.
Relationship with family: My family, i would say, is comfortable and quite close. i am family oriented, and i am very particular about having dinner together and also, sharing about the day's events and this is a necessary for the family. i would like to think that i know what goes on in my daughter's lifes.
Relationship with husband: we do not argue much ans i understand him and he, me. we both want our daughters to do well and that is our ultimate goal. we have been comfortably married for over 20 years and i still love my husband as well as my children but the passion of our early years have gone. i meet him in university and after a dating period of about 3 years, we married, this is of course, after both our careers were established.
relationship with daughters: I admit, i am more partial to Chantelle as she is my first born, however, i love both my girls equally. i also admit that Chantelle have done a better job to meet my expectations for her and for that is am proud. i realise that michelle is at an age where she is perennially confused about life but i know that she can do it, with a little help. i think that i ahve done my best to provide for them and i believe that i have trained them to be good people in the future. i have done my best. Michelle has the tendency to dream alot, especially about being an artist, but i don't think that she will have a good life being an artist, so, i will need to keep an eye on Michelle more and steer her in the right direction.
history: i was born to successful parents who have taken good care of me and nurtured me to be the best. they were not very warm and loving and this is why maybe, i find it difficult to show my emotions and love to my daughters. being successful themselves, they had very high expectations of me, their only child and i strived hard to meet them, getting the good grades and going to established schools. i have a few close friends that include Jasmine, David's mother and having met her since university, we have kept in good touch ever since. i am not very outgoing so i find it a bit hard to make new friends but i am loyal. i can be charming when my job needs me to be- with clients. i met my husband, we got married and eventually had daughters, however i was not fond of children at that time. as the years went by, my career grew well and so did my family and i am confortable in my life right now.
goal in life: for my daughters to be successful and happy in their life. and also, to be able to retire comfortably.
Monday, June 15, 2009
NEXT MEETING
19th June FRIDAY will be the next meeting.
Meet outside BB at 3 PM SHARP.. we'll see what we can do from there.
Attendance is COMPULSORY!
AGENDA-
1) FINALIZATION of script
2) Set ppl will have to meet Chen Xing and see what needs to be bought, painted, etc, etc.
3) Costume ppl who can make it please talk to characters individually and see what can be done about the costumes please. Thank you. Have a BASIC idea and if you can sketch of what they will be dressed in.
4) Actors. Characterization should have already been put up by THURSDAY. Please print a copy of it and bring it on friday as well. Hotseating is what you all will be doing. AND we will try to do a couple of run troughs with script of course, or exercises with trying to develop chemistry, etc. If you have any ideas or exercises that will help please do bring those ideas along!
See ya all Friday!!!
-Priscilla