Catching up!

Well, well, well..
It has been a while since I have written here so I'm going to try to catch up to all the events that went on!
To start, I'm also writting this for my friend Jacques, who left with his family to Québec for three weeks. He missed his exam, lucky but only had one, and is going to have do it after he comes back.
So, the day after Jacques left, we were presenting our FTJ play once again. First time, in the after noon, was a pretty big fail, and it was in front of only one person, a camera-man.. He was filming it for... some reason.. But like I said, it was not really good. At one point, me and Jhonny were on stage, waiting for the lights to go on, and they did, after 6 seconds and they weren't even on us. Just a light on centre stage with no one there. YEAH.. But when we presented it that night, it was way better!! We so nailed it. But yeah, that was the end of FTJ, but with that, some of us had made bigger links then we would have thought.
Cédric started asking me about this... Liz Pops. I know her from judo, I used to fight her brother. But she had added Cédric on Facebook after she had seen our play, and Cédric, being too nice, accepted and that's how it started. Now they started texting and next thing you know, he's hanging out with her in Winnipeg.. And inviting her at his grad. I will speak of grad later on.
At our school, we had a ceremony for our principle that was leaving us this year. She cares a lot for this school and you could see it. At some points you saw a tear come up to her eyes, but she forced it down. A strong women.
Exams... Man.. I did pretty well, but it was just a pain. BUT NOW I'M FREE!!! Feels weird but great! I will be very busy this summer so not really free... Junior Nationals, a 2 week judo camp in Ontario, a 1 week judo camp at the Peace Gardens, a 1 v-ball camp at providence!! Not time for a job.. But I plan to study hard Japanese language, read lots and make bracelets and something else but I can't remember...
Now GRAD! The ceremonie was awesome! Cédric's speach was awesome! He made it in form of a poem!! IT WAS CRAZY!! He got 4 prizes and 4 scholarships!!! I really want to do the speech for my grad and I have to beat Ced lol. That's just me. The dancing was fun! I didn't get to stay very long which sucked.. But it was fun. A little awkward with Liz Pops being there but cool. Lots of good memories. I wish Jacques had been there so he could have added to those.
And that's pretty much it. Peaces!!!

C'est don sacoche ça!!

The québecers.... what a subject.

The 10th graders of 2010-2011 had an exchange trip with the company SEVEC! They were combined with a group from québec. I didn't here much from when our guys went there but I had gotten the feeling they weren't too happy...

But when they came here, they were an amazing group. Let's start from the first time I saw them, at FTJ - The Gala (I have a post on that so go check it out if you haven't already). I didn't really talk to any of them, heck I didn't even realise they were from Québec until half way through the night. After the Gala, we headed to pick Chloe... *Already wrote this in the last post* and went to Tim Hortons! I got presented to all the québecers that were there that night. Coutu, one of Zacch's partners talked to me the most. Seemed like a nice guy, small but cool. That night, I got back home with the Morier-Roys, including Émlie's partner, Audrée Boisvert! I kept making jokes with her and I might have scared her off a little at first.

The 2nd time I saw them was at a party at Johnny's house on tuesday. I hadn't got invited but Cédric told me I should go so I did. That night was fun! I made new bonds with the guys and met the girls, once again. A good night. They all wanted me to show up thursday, to a party which Jaz or Jacques would be hosting so this time I got invited.

So I maybe shouldn't have went because of my studies and all that but too late. So the Thursday part was awesome! Started out by me owning a few people a ping-pong with curved paddles... Coutu kept calling me "Maitre Japonais" because I was so into it and I owned him 21-3 lol. ATE LOTS OF CANDY which I shouldn't have... Then we went in the pool when it was windy outside but the pool was warm-ish so it was good. As soon as we walked out of the pool, we would free! I COULD'NT pull off a back flip of the board.. I kept going to far.. I'm too scared.. I did it no prob on the trapoline after with Cedric.. makes me mad.. After that, Jacques, Zacch and I did our dance infront of them! And they asked for us to do it one more time.. lol Then it was off to Jacques place! I talked to Dumas, La grande, who is by the way crazy of Cédric, on the way to Jacques'. Interresting. I complimented her and she took it normally, like she understood I was using sarcastic flatery. Meaning I could bond with them well. Yeah... so at Jacques it was chill, some music and I talked to the parents.

Then next day was the day they left... In the morning they all came to say goodbye and I was telling them I would see them at lunch because I would. Audrée was already crying.. gosh. So classes were a blur until lunch. At lunch, I head to the lunch room but I learn from Alyena that I got called over to Siring's room. I thought I was in trouble but turns out they all called me over! They all wanted me to sign their shirt! And they all wanted pictures except only one of them got one lol. Mme. Siring tried kicking me out of class, I don't know why but it's Siring, but it didn't work cause they all followed me out of class so finally she gave in and let me go back in class. DUMB! They left went Cédric and I had to go back in class. It was sad to see them walk out one by one.... And that's how that ended.

FTJ! FATIJE! MERDE!

Wow! Amazing! Let's start from the begging.
Well, to tell the truth, I wasn't so pumped about FTJ this year. The practices weren't well organized and they kept on cutting lines off of me. I was really getting mad and yeah. The teachers cut our experience of it by not letting us go on Friday or Wednesday so I felt out of it. But I was a little pumped cause I would get to see Maxine Curée. Ok ok no I'm not completely over her. I will in time. But for now, no harm done!
So Thursday, we get there and I first talk to kids from Léo-Rémillard that say their play went well! We didn't see it because it had taken place on Wednesday. I also find out that the first play of the day that we missed was triple shit compared to the 2nd one that I did see which was already very bad... Then we go watch a few more groups which are both comedies, both very good! Then I went 1 hour early to eat lunch and didn't even get to eat it except for like 2 hours after... We had a dance competition/show with the host in front of everyone and I even beat boxed while the host danced to it! SUCH AN AMAZING FEELING! I wanted to see Rhéal-Bérard but our play was next and Alyena Fredette insisted on me staying with the troupe. Oh well. Guess I'll never know what Maxine had as role for her play. Apparently their play was about bulimia.
So we go back stage! I talk to Maxine and help get our stuff out! Everything, during our mini practices, was going crazy! Techniques was sucking. Talking and shouting here and there. Everyone panicking.. We aren't even done going through the end of it and we are told that the doors must open.. SHIT!
Everyone is nervous and you can feel it in the air. I hear the host call us in. I see people through the cracks of the blinds. And off we go... Good start! I'm almost shitting my pants I'm nervous! The host is smells so bad! So I go on stage and I do pretty well. My monologue is captivating and I'm not afraid of the crowd. I was enjoying it! Then we I reappear in my next scene, I'm a little more nervous because I really don't know what to do but when I go to comfort Alyena, in the play, they crowd gets it and they start going ooooo..ooo lol I felt bad cause that's so not me. The funeral goes well. At the begging of the play, there was a humorous mood. Not anymore. No one in the crowd is talking. Unbelievable. Then I change in time and Mathieu, Christianne and I make in on stage! Goes well. Change back and once it's time for the salut, Merve and I go out and our emotions are down, just as we were told to. When we step up, and start to grab hands, I notice that everyone in the crowd is standing up! WE GOT A STANDING OVATION! This never happens at FTJ! Wow! Unbelievable sensation! After the salut, we get backstage and in a huddle, half of us cry, the rest cheer!
To the judges we go! THEY DIDN'T SAY A SINGLE THING WE DID WRONG! Except for our transitions with the black. We have it. I knew then, we had it.

- GALA -
Friday, Ced and I missed the last class of the day to go see the movie Thor! It was pretty good! I liked it and so did Ced. Started out weird and too cheesy but it was good also for it's moral! Then we were supposed to eat but then my dad called saying that my mom's car had broke down. So we didn't eat, I hadn't eaten lunch on that day either, and headed to pick up our stuff! Got our stuff and straight to the CCFM! Crazy. And we get there, everything goes chaos! My clothes aren't in the bag, my dad is yelling at me, because I have to change, I miss the dance that host did. I could hear it happening, I recognized the song that the jabbawockeez used (Final Countdown remix). Sucked but Cédric kept on telling me it was fine. I guess it was.
Our costumes ended up great! Everyone commented on it. When Cédric got called up for GOLD for Meilleur Comédien, Max and I went up and garded the stairs! It was so cool apparently and when the lady came to the stairs, she nodded to use and I nodded back and we walked away! Was awesome!!!
Our school got a lot of prizes. Pré-Secondaire got a few too including Maxime getting silver for Meilleur Comédien! Runs in the family I guess. "Ton frère", our play, got many: Gold for french speaking and respectfull, Mension for "Message", Gold for "Meilleur Text" to which I participated ;-), Cédric got gold, Jean-Marc got 2nd in the same category, Alyena got 2nd for "Comédienne de soutien" (If she is "de soutien" I wasn't even close), Gold for "Prix du Publique" AND GOLD FOR "PRIX DES JUGES"!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE GOT THE TROPHY FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW! Not that we didn't know... lol Amazing! The 2nd year in a row!!!
After screaming like crazy, I was panicking cause I lost my ride but I got an other one. I was with the Smiths and we headed to go pick up Chloe at her recital of Opera, which I say yesterday and it was amazing! Because of her recital, she couldn't be at the Gala! MAN!!! I had a great conversation with Vaun about music programs and Playstation and all that stuff and Illusion! Anyways.. Émélie and I tried to hide it as well as we could and when she was the trophy we jumped/cried/yelled/squealed and smiled at the same time! She was so happy! lol She was out of it the rest of the night! We walked into Tim Hortons, where all the rest of the group is waiting for us and Chloe smokes the door entrance with the trophy, almost breaking it. Our whole school goes nuts as we enter making lots of nose in Tim Hortons! Good time in there, our tradition! I didn't eat much because I had to keep my weight down for Kenora Open. But I met all the Québec exchange students, plus I talked to Max and Alexis and Millène and the parents and everything! I got a ride back with the Morier-Roys (Rita, Cédric, Émélie and her partner, Audré). Got convos!
Unbelievable memories.. I hope I can join next year.

Losing patience..

Well there are many causes for losing patience but in my case, it was because:
- Attitude -
- Fatigue -
- Stress -

First VER pissed me off by saying he wouldn't help me learn, which is his job so I found that ridiculous so I said, to loud, even though I shouldn't have said it, "And they call him a teacher." And of course, he heard me. Aim for the bird and you'll miss, but throw an axe at it just for fun and you'll hit it. Just my luck. So he gave the class a little speech and I went to apologize to him after. This was just after getting a 70% on a physics test...
Then when I got home, my dad... when I was doing my weight training, he tells me to bring my music down because my sister has something delicate to listen to. I just went ape. Hit the bench many times! I have the priority.. why is it always me bending to my sister's ways... frick. It put so much anger in my weight that sometimes I couldn't even feel my arms.. but the music, well what you could hear of it, soothed my anger away, just like Cédric told me it did.
Weird thing is, I had this conversation with Cédric yesterday about controlling my emotions and not showing them and I was the one telling him that... I guess I need reminding too..
Mada mada dane.

Cantando Festival

Who: Harmonie Secondaire École Pointe-des-Chênes without Merve and Nathalie Turenne.
What?: Cantando Festival. What is it?: A band and jazz festival, where groups perform in front of juges.
When?: Our trip is the 16th - 20th of April. We perform the 17th at 3:20.
Where?: Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Alberta. We are going by bus... More then 14 hours of road going.
Why are we going?: To perform as best we can and learn.

I was well enough prepared, but just before I left, my mom reminded me to bring my black clothes for our perfomance. THANK GOD! I would have cried if didn't have that..
So on the bus, I learn that Merve was too sick to come... I can't imagine what she's going through... THE BUS IS WAY SMALLER THEN I EXPECTED! Oh well... I packed lots of food compared to what I usually do, due to the long bus ride.
The bus ride started well. Not much going on. I put on my boombox to see their reaction which was: "SHUT THAT OFF!" -Johnny. Lol.
- 1:45 in -
I read a little and shall continue as much as I can. I thought that this bus was gonna be big enough that we could separate from the group.
- 3:00 in -
Stopping in Brandon.
- After that till the end -
I got the music up and we danced! Then when it was really dark, someone had brought glow sticks so Christine and I had a techtonik competition. We both won! Everyone was up dancing! Awesome time! Lol
After that it took 20 mins to get out of the bus... Pretty sad. Also we noticed the back door had been open for a while but we didn't lose anything thanks to the bag of percussion that was in the doorway.
That night was good! I owned Jacques at magic. Then we talked a lot about stuff, secrets, and somewhat to Johnny but he was tired.

- 17th of April -
I made sure our room woke up at a reasonable time. We were the first ones to eat.
Then we have a meating at 10, took 15 mins for 3 mins of talking.
Then we went to eat at olive Garden at like 11:30, they say no time or something then our bus just left without us so we are stuck without a bus... So we decide to go to Montana's where I get the Montana's Great Canadian Burger. Ced took the vegitarian burger with feta! Under my suggestion.
- OUR PERFORMANCE -
We went to practice for our things and I felt bad for our teacher cause everything was going bad and you could tell she was nervous. She almost lost it and then came to apologise so that we wouldn't panic because if your teacher is panicking, imagine the students. I had to go to the washroom so bad, cause I'm keeping myself hydrated, and I just had the chance to luckily. We perfomed pretty well. I had to play in black socks cause I had forgotten my shoes. I made a few mistake on loud notes. Mme Irene was "testing" us on the fermatas, holding it as long as reasonable. Incredible momment. A rush even though I felt free-er then normal! Fun! Picture after that and then we left for the hotel!
The pool was awesome!Just before we walked into the pool, we passed a chick and I told her she should call me but when she looked back, I was already on my way to the slide. I think I impressed a few people with my "gliding" skills! Such an amazing feeling! I smoked my elbow against the side of the slide, hurt so much!!! I also hit the edge of the pool 4 times! Scared me the first time but so satisfying! A lady in pink was a bitch to us when we, me Jacques johhny alex and deric, went all in a row. Then we made fun of her so bad by waiting EXTRA EXTRA long. It was funny! Derric was doing this weird twisting thing were his head would end up away from the slide. The first time he went, I was sure he was gonna smoke this head against the edge of the pool. The chick, the one that I just told to call me, was with her friends watching from the 2nd floor window. I was like oh shit but then Jim told Shelby that they were watching him and he was like "Really?". Jennifer was also glinding but she had her own way of doing it and it looked so gracefull! Like a queen stepping down from her thrown lol. Then, Jacques, Zacch and me went in the hot-tub and made it overflow and started a random conversation with the girls in there! Awesome!

Then supper, Old Spagetti factory was great! I had to direct everyone to it, without knowing so I lost ourselves but then I rememberred and got us there no prob. Then, I had predicted, they did not have our reservation and Mme. Bohemier had not called to comfirm. Why would kids konw more the adults? Anyways.. Starts off by me spitting water all over Erica's silver wear cause of my cough... I got to order half and half of meat saucer and some light cheese sauce! It was delicious because I had a mix of two flavours cause just one gets annoying after a while. I'm soo experience with that place. Lol. I helped Mme to get organised. Then I un-sealed the parmijan for Johnny for Johnny dump it on hit plate but somehow Marie ended up with it and .. Yeah poor girl.. Funny as hell.. Then I tried Jean-Marc again with the peppers but he saw it. Then he tried it himself on other people and Alex falled for it... God!! Two plates..
The concert after was amazing! So much variety of instruments and soo much control and precision... I c why Mme. Bohemier likes music. The clarinette earned it's respect in me thanks to that amazing clarinette soloist! Along with the euphonium.

- 18th of April -
So we started of by going to the Telus World of Science. Kinda cool, lots of stuff but too much that you have to read. Didn't feel like it at the time. The one thing I wish I could have done would have been to solve the mystery. But way not enough time.. We missed the concert we were supposed to see at lunch. I ate a cool pita wrap for lunch. Pinaple chicken. Jacques and I sorta got in an argument because I was complaining about Jacques' lack of memory. He asked me like 6 times "So two larges? Pep mushroom and deluxe?"... Our fatigue is already showing.. How is this gonna end... Anyways, I pretty much found the place where we were supposed to go for our workshops because Mme. Bohemier had no idea and was in no rush. I learned mostly about the physical aspect of my instrument and one thing that will definately help is to put the bolts on top of my mouthpiece. Zachh and Jacques missed theirs but they got to see a mini jazz concert and talked to them so they learned a lot anyways. They have to write about it in their journal hahaha...

After hanging out in the entrance/lounge, which would have been amazing for paintball, we headed to our workshop from one of the juges our our performance. When I walked in, I started to set up my stuff and that's when I saw him. Omg.. Creeepy guy. He was walking head down, with his eyes up, and was mumbling something. He wasn't bad of a teacher once you got used to his "ways". He tought us how to save 15 mins of practice time just by looking at Mme., smart guy. We kept of "hurting his feelings" by not looking at him. Jim called him a total red-neck lol. So says the cowboy lol.

I think we went to the pool again not sure. Yeah we did. And it was basically the same thing as last time. We had orderred pizza and it was DELICIOUS!! Jacques had also got Cinna Stix, which he made me taste to convince me to split them with him, which I did. We even had pizza left over for everyone. But after that, Jacques and I gelled our hair! The usual, clean for the concert. I couldn't find a cool way of gelling my hair. WEIRD! On our way there, I interviewed Jennifer about random stuff. She's... different. Idk but she matched the guy that she liked so it's all good. I don't think I would ever date her. Not really my type from what I learned. Ok ok ok the interviewing was maybe not just to learn if she matched the guy. Multi-tasking ;-).

The concert was so cool! I wish I had been down there playing with all the other saxophones but I would have missed this amazing day. The other brass only band was cool to. They didn't sound like just a brass band. So many different variations of instruments and new ones I had never seen. THE JAZZ BAND WAS AMAZING! Most of it seemed like improvisation and omg! On each of their improvisation solos they were just nuts!!! The drummer did a base drum only solo! It was sick! Then the saxophonist, while he wasn't playing, went to go get a tambourine as if the music was missing something. That was improvisation and it was awesome! The croud went nuts!! I noticed the jazz band was just having so much fun...

- 19th of April -

Mall was unbelievable. The guys stayed together for the first part and since none of the stores were open, we started to dance in the halways! We even got some of it filmed... Awesome!! Then we visited a few store including Bluenotes, Stiches, EB games for Shelby, and random stuff. I got my orange plaid shirt that I had got before but ripped for 4 dollars. I also got a Adidas cologne and my hoddy/muscle shirt at H & M! Everyone said it was soo me and it looked good. Plus I got one pack of magic cards.. FUCK ZACCH is so lucky with his packs... god damn. I also went to American Eagle with Cédric and I found him a very nice red hoody which he bought. He needs to clean up and longsleeves seem to be the way!

I ate our left over pizza and order a cherry milkshake at DQ! So expensive but soooo good!

Then we went to the Water Park! My first time going there. And I've been to the mall 3-4 times... lol. It was amazing! The wave pool, so much fun! Cédric and Johnny helped me jump over each wave! I was doing front flips but on the fifth wave they were too knocked down by the fourth one that I just made it by stalling in the air! So sick! I also did a frontflip dive!! Then we started to go with the wave, ride it! And it was hard to learn but after a while I sort of got the hang of it! I went at least 9 meters far for my record! Such a crazy feelings when you're caught in the wave and you look at infront of you and you're moving with the wave. I got smoked in the face soo hard I had a headache for the rest of the day. So many people in the way! The slides were fun! We started by the highest one, I was shitting my pants the whole way up. But it was the slowest one lol... Many different slides. The funnest ones were: the one where you glide on a tarp, the one where you end up in a funnel and the purple one that drops three times! I flew sooo much on the purple one!!! And on the glinding one I had guessed that Jenniffer was going to go the farthest and guess what!? She did! lol Small is powerfull! 5 hours in there was too long and Jim agreed with me. When we got out, a little kid shared his shampoo with us! So nice of him. We got everything out and I went, with Jacques to eat chinese lol. But I ate with Cédric and Jim cause Jacques got lost. Too much! And we went to HVM and Collectors Edge to end up at Zellers. Then we had to run all the way across the mall because we were late. God! Such a long run with all our shit on us! Shelby was screaming the whole time: "Wait... Slow down! I can't keep up!". We got in, and then I even got time to go to the washroom and came back. Then Mme. Vivianne had lost a pack of papers and she RAN to go get them! SHE RAN!!!

- The way back -

I slept most of it. I set up on the ground. Then lots of people copied me. Then Bréanne came to sleep right next to me which supprised me. We had my soft blanket under me so it was so comfortable and her tiny blanket on us be we kept each other warm ;-). I woke up to go to the washroom at the gas stops and went back to sleep. I did that for 10 hours of the way back lol. My eyes were blood shot and I think it was cause either cause of the dust(alergies), chlorine and my contacts. When we got to Tim Hortons in Brandon, I tried to scare the lady at the counter by saying: "Give me a BAGEL!" But I couldn't be so mean. Then I organised all my shit and talked with everyone. Bréanne just kept smiling when we planned a fake laugh. It was so funny!

The first day, Cédric was amazing. But somehow, somewhere we lost him and yeah.. His attitude rose to a crazy level. Who knows what's going on in there...

What I learned from all this?: Well a lot but one major thing I learned again is to keep my cool and not to show too many emotions.

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