Term 3 Week 5

Monday: It wasn’t really a pleasant lesson as we were shouted at by Mr. Chua. The problem was that there are classmates of mine who either wants to annoy Mr. Chua or has a short term memory who just can’t submit their assignments on time. And that took up most of our time. With almost half the lesson gone, we then only began our lesson. We were given a pop quiz which happens every lesson. We were told not to look at our text while Mr. Chua asks questions that required us to think on our feet. At that point of time, we are also developing our thinking skills which allow us to think fast within a short period of time. The questions asked was from scene 2 and those who were unable to answer, were either lazy to revise their text or they weren’t thinking at all. The next part of the lesson was going through the theatre production worksheet we did on the first/second week. I scored a total of 10/20 which isn’t as good that I thought it would be. We went through the worksheet quickly as time was running out. After completing the corrections, Mr. Chua handed out another worksheet based on scene 2 of “Are you lonesome tonight?” We are to complete it and hand it in the next week. Overall, I think that today’s lesson was based on thinking and that are we able to think fast and not to mention projecting our voice. My classmates that were called out to answer spoke in a very soft tone but when there is no teacher in class they shout and scream like nobody’s business. And that was all for today’s lesson.



Thursday: It was usual today. We greeted him and sat down, he wasn’t mad at us today though. Anyways, we continued our lesson on the text. After a few questions asked to refresh our memory, we proceeded on to scene three which involves the Older Presley where Elvis is under drugs and Redhead. But we didn’t manage to go through the whole scene. But we also managed to cover up most of it. Elvis was in his room alone but he was talking to someone but whom? That was the first question asked by Mr. Chua after going through the first dialogue. We then knew it was Jesse, Elvis’s twin brother who died when he was born. After reading through the first page of scene 3, Elvis was in pain, but what pain. Another question asked. Some of my classmates thought that it was the withdrawal symptoms for the drugs he took. But I thought otherwise. I knew that the pain was due to his loneliness. Even though he was Redhead, he misses his family. His mum, his wife and his daughter. This is when Redhead tries to comfort Elvis telling him that everything’s going to alright.

But the person he misses the most is his mother. He then remembers her funeral which happened a day ago but it was actually the August 14th 1958. At this point of time, Elvis is having a breakdown. Redhead was alarmed by what Elvis had said and tries to comfort. The reason Elvis did not attend his mums funeral was that he was in the army most probably performing for the US Army, and that was why he missed it.

In my opinion, if I had to choose between my family and my fans if I were a singer, I would most probably pick my family. My family is the most important thing to me. They have watched grown, have helped me through my tuff times and have always been there for me. And I would also think that my fans would understand if they too were stuck in this same situation.

Well that’s all I have for this week’s lit blog.