RIS Visit & Bellefire

Let’s see… For the past few weeks, a lot of things happened. Some very good, some very bad. Some fun, some tiring. Well, here are the few events that happened throughout that period of time that I didn’t update… Basically, between my last entry and this one, I visited RIS, had Mandy visit Harrow, was in the hospital for about 5 days [since I got dengue fever], and went to a little Bellefire concert at Siam Center Point. Overall, as said earlier, good times and bad times – had fun and was sick… Anyways, here’s the entry… NOTE: THERE ARE ABOUT 61 PICS SO IT MIGHT TAKE A LONG TIME TO LOAD.

I finally visited RIS, my old school, and met all my friends. Man, you guys changed a lot. Luckily, it was a No-Uniform Day so I wasn’t the only person in a black T-shirt and jeans, or else I would feel very odd having everyone staring at me. Again, luckily, it was also the same day as the Cultural Show, which was really great, you’ll hear more about it later. However, unluckily, it was supposed to be the same day as the High School Dance, which I intended to go to. But the dance was cancelled, so I was there at RIS for only a few hours, from my original plan of being there until 8 PM. Arrived there at 12:20, 20 minutes later than my scheduled time with Rose and the others since Dad took the wrong turn and we were sort of lost on this under-constructed-muddy-and-damp road, which was pretty hard to make a U-turn at. So, got there, met all of them, went into English class with Pim, Jenny, Rakshet, etc and had to do a very horrible speech, went to Math class with Pim, went to meet all of my wonderful but strict Middle School teachers, and finally landed at the Cultural Show. Here are some pics (Well, not really SOME… about 30…) Sorry if the quality isn’t that good… Don’t know what’s wrong with them either… Will try to make them better next time.

From left to right: Pim, Amara, Rose, and Tanya.

From left to right: Mandy, Emily, Pang, and Gift.

The Middle School courtyard in a big mess since they are having the attempt to build the long-requested elevator. Still, I don’t think it will be that good since there isn’t a ceiling for the center of the building! What if it rains?

Kathy in Godbout Hall, which is the Gym and the Theatre…

Rose. No other description… Sorry for the bad shot, Rose. But it’s “revenge” for the photo of me you put on your “other” site.

The Chinese Dragon – A sign that the Cultural Show is starting!

Our two MCs, the President and Vice President of High School Student Council, Peech and Amy.

The first act was “Amazing Thailand” by the Thai classes – one word: WOW. Very beautiful, exciting, different, exotic, surprising, and glamorous – Kinda like Thailand itself. It got loads of cheers.

Sorry for the darkness and unclear quality of the picture, since it was really dark and if I dodged it even more, it would be all fuzzy and hazy. Anyways, the Thai performance began showing the different ways of fighting, e.g. sword-fighting, “Muay-Thai”, and some sort of “Giant-like” fighting as in stories such as “Ramakian”. Here is the sword-fighting bit.

Unclear again, but this is a pic of Gary and Hirun fighting – Muay Thai. At one part, one of them actually jumped and used their feet to step on the other’s hand and kicked them. Hmm… Be careful Beijing, we might send them over in 2008!

A little bit of Giant scenes from Thai epics. Great performance and a great ending. “Amazing Thailand”.

This was a little performance by, I think, Bangladesh. Some drum beating and singing and dancing. The big banner says “GLOBAL KATEOW” – isn’t it supposed to be “GUAYTEOW”? Well, it means World-Wide-Noodles. Interseting theme for the Cultural Show.

A little performance from the Japanese club – cool. They mixed modern music along with some sort of Japanese fighting moves. Again, cool.

We move along to the West and hear some French opera from “Carmen” (or something) by Bach (?). This performance was really colourful and was quite interesting to watch the students doing ballroom dancing. Also, the four singers were really good, since they were able to do OPERA.

INDIA! Performed by the Indian club, Indian students, and those who appreciate Indian music and culture. This performance went on for at least 10 to 15 minutes! Still, it was very fun and entertaining. Rumours said that “Dhoom, Dhoom” by Tata Young was going to be used for one bit but they changed their minds since it was “inappropriate”. That’s Jasleen in the middle (you can’t see her face though).

Some more performers from the Indian Act.

Another pic of the performers.

Let’s switch to a little Salsa from Spain. Oy… I’m hungry now… Yo quiero Taco Bell!

Performance from Pakistan. Very nice mix of the guitar and the voice.

A collaboration between the Japanese “Shamizen” and two guitars. Very cool the way they mixed the traditional instrument with a modern piece.

All the performers lined up onstage. One thing that I really liked about RIS: It IS very international and has students from all around the world (actually, I mean mainly Asia).

RF (Ray Fong) taking a quick turn from the camera as we leave Godbout Hall.

Julia, Miss Ninth Grade Rep.

Amy – took us awhile to get her to hear us calling her.

Our backstage man, Maytee! He didn’t even know I was pointing the camera in his face until I pressed the button. Hahaha…

Candy – The Jellyfish.

Outside Godbout Hall (I used to think it was “GODBUTT HALL”, haha…). From left to right: Rose, Candy, and Prim.

Ying – excellent at Math.

Ice (left) and Maytee.

This is the RIST building – NOT a part of RIS, so don’t get confused. It’s considered as a different school for Intensive English students. Built last year, likely with our money, but we never got to use it. The most, we use their gym and the mini-theatre. Sigh…

The other RIST building. Feel bad for Montri Bus students, they have to walk all the way here to the back of the school everyday to get on the bus.

Alright, as for the rest of the day, I had to go home on Montri, thanks Erk for dropping me at my house after that! Anyways, Mandy came and visited Harrow the Tuesday after and she had a fun time walkin! Yup, the school is big and it could get tiring walking from the Sports Hall back to the Secondary School building. Didn’t snap that many pics, but here are some of them…

Mandy trying on the infamous boater. It was a little too big for her.

Climbing the steep steps of the Harrow bridge. Scary, eh?

Mandy acting like a tourist as she takes a pic on the bridge.

There, told you there aren’t that many pics since I was too busy taking her around the whole school. Basically, barely had lunch that day. But it was fun. She would have stayed longer but she decided to leave since she thought it was rude to leave in the middle of class. But it was fun! Some of you might have heard, but some of you didn’t even know, that I was in the hospital for 5 days. Why? ไข้เลือดออก. Dengue Fever. Now, it’s KAI with a “Mai-Toe” not KAI with a “Mai-Ek”. If you thought it was ไข่, like Pop did, oh God, it would have been painful and horrible! But no, it was ไข้. My sister had food poisoning the day before and I was in the day after. But I had the dengue fever too, so things got worse. I had these little red spots all over my right arm. Thankfully, it wasn’t a very dangerous case. Phew. Well, here are two pics…

My poor left hand that was chained to the IV fluid. Looks painful, eh?

My after-meal medication. 6 of them after each meal! That green one there isn’t a candy, it’s Vitamin E.

Well, 7 pills each meal, 6 injections into my arm to get my blood sample (3 of them were done at 5 AM in the morning!), 5 & 1/2 IV fluids, 5 days, 4 nights, 3 proper and complete meals a day, 2 U.S. Presidential Candidates, and 1 dengue fever later, I was out of the hospital. I didn’t get to wash my hair for at least 3 days since the IV fluid was connected to me. On the fourth day, they took it out (Thank God!). Curses! I can’t believe BUSH won the election! Like, how stupid can America get? (No offense guys.) How can they possible elect Bush again after Fahrenheit 9/11, abductions in Iraq, invading Iraq for imaginary Weapons of Mass Destruction, capturing the wrong person (Oh right Mr. Bush, Osama Bin Laden looks exactly like Saddam Hussein!), losing 3 tons (or was it 300 tons?) of something (forgot what it was), and all the other things he did? Jeesh, I was watching the election in the hospital and wasn’t able to believe my own ears and eyes when they said Bush won. Well, let’s just hope Bush doesn’t make another idiotic decision to go and invade a country for imaginary reasons that his imaginary friends in his head told him about. Ok, enough of politics, let’s go into entertainment. Did you guys know that Bellefire came to Bangkok for a mini-concert? Yeah, so on Wednesday, right afterschool, I sped into Lynn’s car and, yup, changed into normal clothes in the car. It wasn’t that bad since there wasn’t any traffic when we were driving on the freeway. Still, it was hard and painful since my head kept on bumping the window or the top of the car. So, we reached Siam Square and went to Center Point. What… Not started yet? Waited in the hot and humid heat for 30 more minutes when Bellefire finally came. They performed six songs in total. They were in this order…

1. You Were Meant For Me
2. Say Something Anyway
3. Damn
4. Can’t Cry Hard Enough
5. What Hurts the Most
6. Spin the Wheel

So here are some (actually, a lot of) pics of the concert in the middle of hot and humid Center Point, Siam…

From left to right: Ciara, Kelly, and Cathy.

Ciara

Kelly

Cathy

Me and Bellefire…
Yup, you guessed it, it’s PHOTOSHOPPED .

The mini-concert was really fun and they all sang really well. They’re not like Britney who lip-syncs or Ashlee Simpson who says that she always sings live but actually got caught lip-syncing on Saturday Night Live (that was a funny incident). Bellefire has really great voices – high, medium, and low – and are very active in their concerts. Perhaps the heat was a little too harsh for them, but at least they had water! Man, I wish I was that water bottle! So, check them out and try and listen to their songs, they’re really nice and can go with whatever mood you’re in. Some of you may not know this but next week, I’ll be going to an MUN conference in Singapore at Singapore American School with my school to represent Harrow International School. Ahh… Can’t wait to go! I’ll be there for 5 days and 4 nights. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I’ll be back on Sunday afternoon and the entry about the trip should come up… a few weeks after that … So, I’ll see you guys later when I’m back from Singapore. If lucky, I might get to go on MSN while I’m there and will leave some comments on how the trip is and stuff. Got to go now, it’s 2 AM right now. See you guys later, bye!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO P’ KYM!

Calender of Upcoming Events

November 17th – 21st – MUN Conference in Singapore
November 18th – Gaf’s Birthday
November 19th – Lynn’s Birthday & Harrow Swimming Gala
November 23rd – Pop’s Birthday
November 27th – Harrow Fair

Currently Playing: Rak Koan Me Jao Kong by I-Nam

Currently Watching: Supersize Me by Morgan Spurlock