UPH "The Wizard of Oz" musical play and Coral Cady

Yesterday I enjoyed the Wizard of Oz musical play organized by Pelita Harapan School (SPH) in Graha Bakti Budaya (TIM) in Jakarta. 2 thumbs up! Fantastic! Truly wonderful for a play with a more-than-6-month practice, as the director Coral Cady told me at the end of the play. Coral was the Brilliant Class teacher back to 2007/2008 academic year.

What I admired most is the acting of at least three characters. Scarecrow, Lion and the leading character the Girl. Of course, the tin man rocked, too. What was so amazing, I found later, was all were NOT dubbed. There must have been wonderful sensitive microphones used, and it was PERFECT! I had thought it was a dubbed play, yet after around 30min. performance (I came 50min.'s later, yet still enjoying +/- 3hour-show), I noticed how their lips movements were in harmony with the dialogues. Wow!

What a surprise at the end to receive Coral's warmest welcome to see me joining the audience. I was blushing when she gave me a cheek-to-cheek kiss. It was Valentine's Day after all. Ho ho ho ... unfortunately, the Brilliant Class year 11 did not join the festivity. Some were busy competing in Jogja Technobiology competition, the others, well .... one incident in the show happened, I'll tell you later--something to do with queueing on a pizza stand. :)

Updated: (Mon., Feb. 16) Here is the Sat. incident.
During the break (SPH called it intermission), I went straight away to the Mazarno Pizza stand. I queued as the 2nd one. I noticed the price of one type of pizza and a diet Coke. I prepared my money. Suddenly, right beside me joined an expatriate, saying loudly enough to her son, something like this,"Son, look at the man, not knowing how to queque. He even has money on his hand." That last part must have meant the man as me! So rude!

Then, I said aloud without looking at the lady,"Well, I was the first (to queue)," possibly surprising him that this Chinese guy spoke English. She replied,"No, you weren't". Then, I persistently said,"Yes, I did". She replied, something like this,"We queued in front of the cashier." I was baffled. I came the second, lining up in front of the pizza, though not in front of the cashier. When I showed my money to the cashier, the man right in front of the lady, lining up at first, rudely waved into the direction of my money. I was pigheaded! No rules in Indonesia telling us to queue in front of the cashier. As far as I recall, we usually pick our pastry/cake, then proceed to the cashier, right? Then, my order came. I paid. I went. I left the two impolite snobbish people behind. Mmm ... what a delicious Mazarno pizza I tasted in the TIM terrace. Haah!

Wonder ... can anybody explain the rules of queueing overseas? Does it mean you need to line up first in front of a cashier, order the cake by still standing in front of the cashier before you pay it? Wow! What a waste of time! (End of grunts, ho ho ho). Thanks to Leo (Brilliant class) who encouraged me to finish my blogs.

Batch 1998 SMAK 1 Jakarta reunion

Next are the Dec. 20, 2008 reunion with Batch 1998 SMAK 1 PENABUR Jakarta. Thanks, Teddy, for the pictures. The graduates even created an updated Yearbook! Wow!!







Photos
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1. In the middle of 1998 grad.' digital memories


2. With M.C.


3. With graduates--so boyish, eh? Even the MC thought I was a graduate (see below). Well, have got to go to Bandung now, taking care of my master degree administration after 2-semester of taking a leave. Ho ho ... returning on Sat. nite, I guess, as there are 2 programmes to attend: Temasek Intrl. School Bandung's character building seminar with Helen K. Pratama at 1p.m. Sat, and SMPK 1 Bandung's Opus Maximus at 5p.m. Sat. See you.