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finally, thesis is done. :) woopee for that! but all i can say is we went through HELL just to stage that show. this was how our yesterday went by.

August 15, 2007

got to school at 8:30am. the freshmen were already there so we waited for hannah and camille's van. camille called around 10am saying that she was near and that na-traffic lang because it was raining cats and dogs. soon did we find out that camille was near MCO (our venue) while we were waiting at school! so, we had to wait again for the van to go to csb main. we left around 12noon.

while waiting, there were incidents that happened. taft hotel called me up telling me that a cast member used the phone line and that we had a 204. something bill that we have to settle. after that, i had to check with ms. grace regarding our bus. lo and behold, ms. grace told me that they (the GAS office) has made their stand. they've decided not to push through with our 8:30 or 9pm trip and ship the actors back to nueva ecija. reason? because the typhoon will most likely hit NE. problem number 2: will we rent another bus or a few vans or do we ask the actors to stay another night? where?

and of course, since it was raining REALLY hard, classes were suspended. problem number 3: what will happen to our audience? how about the bus? what will happen? HOW ABOUT OUR SHOW? but as the saying goes, "THE SHOW MUST GO ON."

my cel phone was ringing off the hook the whole day, literally. ms. magda and taft hotel were calling me to confirm and ask questions. i had to keep calling dane and arnie to keep communication (since they were already at MCO).

also, we had to pick up the souvenir programs that was supposedly scheduled to be picked up at 8 or 9am. but due to lack of transportation and misunderstanding, we picked the programs at around 12 something. hannah and i had to take a pedicab to and from the place. the souvenir programs were to my liking though. so that kinda brightened my day.

hannah and i rushed to camille's van. just in time, since the moment we stepped into the van was the moment rain poured down. unfortunately, i had to run down again to charlito's to claim the lunch. kristoffer, a freshman, went with me. and i thank him for that. we rushed through the rain, got the food, and went back to the van. if someone had given us soap and shampoo, i guess we could've taken a bath there :) hahaha :)

to make things worse, we got stuck in traffic for around 2-3 hours. we had to cancel our 1pm show.

finally, we arrived at the venue. i had to finish editing the AVP, rox had to test the sound system, dane and rug had to cue the lights, arnie had to direct the actors, hannah and i had to know the cues to stage manage the whole production. no one could leave their positions.

thankfully, the freshmen were there to help us out. thank God for them. :)

the day was literally hell. to stage a production in two months was impossible. having the cast of that two-month preparation live in nueva ecija didn't exactly lighten up the burden. but we pulled it off. iSDA productions pulled it off. and i thank the Lord for that. :)

thanks to mandy, jojo, sir manolet, sir jethro, and my buddy for taking the time to watch our play, even if it was raining real hard that day. :) thanks too to those who watched! :)

there will be no play that will be as IMPOSSIBLE as ours.

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yu: how much yung TF ng actors?

eu: TF nila?

yu: yeah. how much?

eu: 20

yu: 20 pesos?!

hahahahahahaha :) that was part of our conversation back stage. :) that line made my day.