The Little Mermaid - Drama at RJJT

  The Little Mermaid

Hello, everyone! This is my second blog, and it’s about a drama I performed in last year (June, 2013). It was a drama based on the story of The Little Mermaid. There were about 100 people in the drama. I played the role of a sailor on Prince Eric’s ship, one of the chefs in Prince Eric’s palace kitchen, and one of Scuttle the seagull’s friends.

The drama had many musical numbers, and I was in four of them. The very first song was starring Prince Eric and his seven sailors aboard his ship during the rough storm. The second one was starring Ariel, Scuttle, and the rest of the seagulls. We seagulls did a dance that answered Ariel’s questions about human objects. In the third dance, us chefs in the palace kitchen did a dance explaining about the delicious seafood meals we cooked for the royal family. The last dance was a dance in which all the performers in the show did a dance together to the song of “Under the Sea.” My favorite song in the show was “Part of that World” sung by Ariel.

Throughout the making of this show, we had a lot of fun on, and offstage. We would have different theme days, where we would dress up like we were from the 90’s, all in blue, in our costumes and so much more. We would also have this one day where everyone would walk to the park nearby and have a picnic. Over there, we would hold a huge contest where everyone would be split up in teams and compete in things like potato sack jumping, jump roping, piggyback riding, climbing, and more. It was all really fun.

I made many new friends at this drama camp. During rehearsals my friends and I would sometimes go over the top and do each other’s make up really crazily. Like once there was a lipstick line on my friend’s cheek and an eyeliner line extending from the corner of her eyes. Not to mention the lipstick on her teeth!

All in all, the show was executed beautifully, and the audience was heartily clapping after it was over. This show was a really great way to spend the summer for me. I would definitely love to do something like this again.

5K Color Run - 2014

Hi, everyone! Today I’m blogging about my first official run in my first official blog, so I’ve been doing a lot of “first official” things lately. My first run was a 5K run, which is about three miles. I did it with my mom, Vaishali, and my two aunts, Sujata and Manasi. It was called the Color Run, and indeed, it really was quite colorful.

It all started one cloudy morning in late May. The run started quite early in the morning, at exactly 8:00 a.m. I was very excited, and got ready quickly. Once my mom and my aunt, Sujata, were ready, we headed downstairs for breakfast. My dad had made a mouth watering breakfast, and I took a generous serving of everything. I had toast with omelet, two strips of bacon, and orange juice. Then my second aunt who lived about 15 minutes away came over to our house so we could all leave together.

The run was located in downtown San Jose, and many of the roads were blocked and reserved just for the event, so it felt kind of special to me.

We all signed in and got a free Color Run shirt, bag, headband, and wristband.

Just before the run began, we all lined up at the starting line. They had loud pop music playing, people were blowing bubbles, and were throwing prizes out to the crowd. Once the whistle was blown, my mom and I began running. We ran the whole 5K without stopping, so I was proud. There were five stations throughout the run where there were people had pails and bags of colors and they would shoot it at you as you passed by. They had the colors blue, purple, yellow, pink, and green. By the end of the run, me and my mom looked like we’d just run through a blizzard of color-not that we hadn't! My aunts finished a bit after us, and it was all a wonderful experience for us.

I had had a lot of fun, and I realized that this was something I wanted to keep doing- not only because it was fun and healthy, but also because some of these non profit runs are dedicated to helping people who are sick or have cancer. Other runs send the money they earn and give it to scientists and doctors for research to find cures for cancer.

Doing runs like these are a great way to enjoy life and get exercise, and also help other people a lot. So when you’re doing activities like these, you’re helping others and yourself a lot more than you think.

So get out there and start doing what you love- it doesn’t have to be running! Join trusted events that are actually doing what they say they are doing with the money they get.

That’s what I’m going to start doing from now on. It makes you feel good about yourself, and knowing the fact that you’re making a difference in the world.