Thursday 20th April 2006
the venue for the dinner was the HuaHo Mall Ballroom and the stage was smaller than expected..on Thursday was our first dress rehersal, and i was dancing in really HIGH heels and found out the hard way that u cannot do the Twist in high heels on carpeted floor.. and it was also the first time we had the In-House band with us, playing live (cause we were backup dancers for the performing band) and since we were used to dancing to a cd, the band, with its live sound and crap drumming made our dance all messed up..
plus, at the last minute, our chereographer, Roslan, was told by the Organizing Committee that we had to dance to an extra song, sung by one of the Kristal Kids Idol winners.. uhhh, its two days to showtime and u want us to learn a whole new dance??
Friday 21st April
so on Friday, the day before the show, us dancers skipped work to go back to the HuaHo Mall Ballroom to get used to the surroundings,music and i was roped in to be in the new dance.. last minute not gooooddd..
Fae and Muaz "hmmmm how are we gonna do this..."
we ended afternoon rehersals at 5pm and was told to be back by 7pm.. so i followed my friend Lela home, as she lived just a stones throw away from the HuaHo Mall.. and she has so many nephews and nieces!!! kiut lagi semua tuuu!
baby Nabil who had learnt to walk THAT day, the day i was there, so everyone was pretty excited.. heehee =)
we went back to the HuaHo Mall and Roslan lanja-ed us Nasi Ayam, which we ended up eating on the Ballroom balcony
can u see us? can u see us?
Muazs version of an angel..the rehersals ended LATE.. so late that half of us was on the floor wanting to curl up and sleep
Saturday 22nd April 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASHES!!
best picture of you i could find LOL
went to work carrying both costumes and as expected got barraged my questions in the lift.. "the Gentleman" was in the same lift so malu si fae jawab all the questions.. just short answers coming out of a blushing face... and "the Gentleman" kept smiling at me.. *sigh* killer smile..
at 9am, me and one of the guy dancers Zuden ditched work to go to the Hua Ho Mall, even tho we were supposed to have rehersals at 10am.. rasa kan skip work wahhh..
at 12pm, Ikram picked me up and we zoomed off to gadong to meet up with Mash Naz and Shai.. it was POURING, and we were getting ready to dash from the car to the walkway when Shai's green pajero stopped in front of us, carrying Mash and Naz in the backseat, so me and ikram jumped in and we all just parked and goofed around.. Shai left after 15mins and the rest of us warmed up in McDs with fries =) and Mash lanja me Funboy.. wheeee
at 2.30pm me and ikram left Naz and Mash to go to MasHes place so Ikram could take a short nap and i could take a shower.. at 3pm, he sent me to Roslans Salon to be made up..
and thats when the magic started =)
they spent so long on my eyes i nearly fell asleep since i had my eyes closed so long.. and yes those are fake eyelashes
haha, i was wondering what the hell he was doing to my hair.. he was POOF-ing it up..
Muaz under the makeup brush!
one of the Make up artists - Ka Watie's son.. cute as hell and kept playing with the water hose at the place where they wash customers hair..
end products?
Fae and Amal
Hajah, Fad and Muaz hamming it for the camera
Fae and Liyana
do u see the big hair??? methinks the hairdressers used half a can of hairspray on each of us!! heeeheee as soon as we were ready, jetted to Hua Ho Mall
L-R: Lela, Fad, Liyana, Hajah and Muaz
me and Amal in our costumes for the Opening Performance
me and Ham a.k.a "Romi"
Fizah,Fae, and Amal
we were so nervous backstage that we took zillions of pictures using each others camera phones.. and when we first saw Ham come in with makeup on he looked so different that Fad decided to tease him by flirting with him.. it escalated to a 60s style drama where Ham was "Romi,hero yang di-rebuti", Fad was the "Mak Minah Cabaret" that was after "Romi" and Fizah was the "Perempuan Dapur" who "Romi" was actually in love with.. funny shit it was... LOL
the performances itself were funny too, what with certain wardrobe malfunctions, for e.g one of the guy dancers were given pants which were too tight for him.. and to add insult to injury, the material looked like it was made out of shiny leather.. eeek.. and during one of the performances. Hajahs slipper came off, so she had to do a smooth lil two-step to get it back on.. haha.. and i kept tripping over my flares..
doesnt it SOOO look like Shakira's "Hips Dont Lie" Skirt? i ADORED this skirt!! it was for my second performance..
the dinner itself was a blur.. but i remember lots of camera flashes, people not recognizing me, and very yummy food.. i remember screaming in relief with the girls backstage after the Closing performance.. i remember not winning anything for the lucky draw but ecstatic for my friend Asrul who won an iBook and it was also his birthday that day..
for one night, we were made-up, we were beautiful, we were the centre of attention... but the night ended, and we all went home reliving the fantasy that became a reality =) and after a good shampoo-ing and lots of facial cleansing to get the hairspray and makeup off, we were ourselves again..
Hajah, Fae, Fad, Liyana and Lela - DST's Cabaret Girls heehee
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