We open tomorrow...

So sad that my jorney is coming to an end... but WE OPEN TOMORROW and thats something to get excited about!!!

-Jared

Practice makes perfect...

Dress rehearsals are upon us! It is supposed to rain like crazy this week, and if yesterday is any indication it will be raining a lot more. For now the weather is nice enough, though my cast isn't faring that well. True to dress rehearsal and tech we have a few people getting sick and its spreading. I'm sure we will be over it soon though. You know, everyone here is uber afraid of ghosts and not just like that's scary but like FREAKED OUT Scary... so when Lacey and I told them about all the theater superstitions it didn't really help that all the power went out at the same time. although secretly Lacey and I found it kinda funny.

Today is Tech day... I just can't wait for the day to be over and it's barely begun...

Once on this Island...

Have you seen that musical if not you should really take a look at it. It's coming closer and closer to showtime less than a week and counting! I have so much work left todo... It's going to get done, just like the train "I think I can I think I can, I knew I could I knew I could....". Check out once an this island it has a charm similar to what I am expereiencing here. Anyway Enjoy the pics form rehearsal and the short video I took with my students! Its sunday and its really really time to work ASAP!

Nights...

Nighttime is different here. It seems like lots of things just shut down after 8:00 which is not that different from home unless you know where to go. I kinda like how everything starts early here though because you really have a lot more of your day. I'm still definitely a night person but I know I have always been an early morning person too (that is if I have a reason to be awake). My point if I have something to do them I"ll be up early and ready to go. Like this morning, same thing with staying out late otherwise its good night buddy for me. Life is to short for sleep... that used to be one of my motto's. I am re adopting it I cant be lazy like that anymore! I don't want to be like that at all! Ill take some pictures and video this weekend ... we are going to Banauay (sp?) and another place Saturday night - Monday morning!
-J-rock

The YMCA - Adventures in Babysitting

Check out the Lyrics to The YMCA and you might understand.

We judged the dance and vocal competition for the Cagayan Valley YMCA asociation over 14 schools participated. It was a good time and pretty easy thanks to the numerous times I have had to sit in the directors chair listening to people sing and watching them dance. Everyone was very good especially the Elementary school Hip-hop dancers. It was very cool to be invited by the president of the YMCA to be uest judges... It also helps that my Grandfather is the Former President of the YMCA for all the Philippines! :-)

On another note directing this particular cast for "High School Musical" has been an adventure. They keep me on my toes and on them! Sometimes its like babysitting and other times its like hanging out with some really close friends. Here are some pictures from rehearsal a few days ago. Enjoy!

News...

So ... I just noticed that here we have been watching Aljazeera News... WTF? It's kinda fun, kinda funny... and really interesting. If you remember what I am talking about I mean you should its not like old news... I still want my CNN but its really cool to see news thats from another perspective no not like that just not an American based news company you know?

UPDATE - BTW, Aljazeera... so much like propaganda sometimes. I turned back to CNN and BBC news.

-Jared

So im lazy this morning...

Here are some videos that I took this week, from rehearsal and from our All Saints day celebration at the cemetary. (Nov 1st) Today is Sunday not sure what we are doing besides working on the show of course. We might venture out in to the city again today... it sounds like fun.