Saturday, January 30, 2010
1st day at school, TJC:i studied the travel route carefully and came up with 5 to 6 different ways to get to TJ. i picked #3, which was probably the fastest- taking the train to Bedok station and boarding bus 38 from the interchange.i was, surprisingly, on time. (heck, i'm always late. "Never early" should be my middle name.) anyway, i met up with waileng before we entered the auditorium and the whole JC1 batch was divided into 4 groups, Xaedon, Xeia, Xeyla and X.don: ORIENTATION X.i'm in Xeyla! by some mere coincidence, bing lun is in the same orientation group (OG11) as me.the OGLs are mad. really :) they cheered through the entire first half of the morning and me, and the girl beside me, Amarylline, got sort of exasperated. they did it continuously- even the emcees looked frazzled.we had ice breakers (consisting of sitting around a circle and doing introductions). we also played "blow wind blow" and whacko. and lengthy talks and subject briefings. gary told me to expect that, still i got restless.break: i tried the canteen food. it's not bad :D jap pork and egg bowl with honeydew-apple fresh fruit juice.zhanhao brought us out of school premises and i realised there were 5 convenient coffee shops directly opposite the school. minimarts, bubble tea shops too. cool eh? a whole variety to feast on!attended chemistry and biology lectures. H2 biology= molecular. genetics. DNA. no more human internal systems. and all the complicated terms came out; words i can't even bring myself to pronounce and spell correctly. the verdict? maybe it won't be wise to take A level bio after all.went for an art gallery tour too.2nd day of school, TJ:sat through PDP video presentation. i'm not sure which group i'd like to join. performing arts or sports?should i take taekwondo?floorball?drama?dance?choir?argghhh. spoilt for choice.anyway, i missed mass dance practice and took the art aptitude test instead.section 1: draw your hand or the paper crane in front of you. it's not as easy as it looks. an artist has to take into consideration the angle, perception, colour and value. 1 hour.break.section 2: pick one artwork among the two mentioned and comment on the use of materials and what the artist is trying to convey.i selected this giant black hinged frame decorated with rubik's cube, stuff toys and soft play mat. and started crapping away paragraphs. i think i kept repeating myself, just that i wrote the sentences in different expressions! LOL.section 3: use one piece of paper or a bunch of straws and create your own craft. scissors only provided. nothing else.i freaked for the first 10 minutes. i fiddled with the paper while the rest of the art geniuses were snipping away.by the half hour, my lap was full of paper cutouts.see, when one does art, one is fully immersed with it, so much so, time flies. i looked up and spied the other's work. wendy did a pop up house setting. complete with fence and bushes. mary ann was twirling strips of paper roses. a china girl was weaving strips.me? adjusting my masquerade mask, haha! it's tough because everyone else is experienced, more creative and competitive than meit felt like a scene on Project runway! (i love that show by the way.)
we also had to discuss about our artwork. i rambled on about italian carnevales and the teacher looked impressed.the teacher requested me and amaryllis to redraw the first section. my tone range was too limited with more shades of similar grey. so i drew the paper crane under a lamp and added the shadow.somehow, we got stuck in the art studio with jiaying and david.ok, get this, david's like the exact twin of joseph. he absolutely digs video game music. final fantasy. musicales. he can slur out some german or french garbage. haha. he's so dramatic, far worse than me, and i was laughing so hard, i couldn't draw properly!!! :Din the end, i GOT IN!!! finally fulfilled my dream of working in an art studio instead of my usual science labs :)
Stuffs I painted @ 9:16 PM
