Time passed us by just when the fun seemed to have just begun

My school’s Glee Club won the competition tonight (which is actually an elimination round)–thank God all that hard work paid off! We practiced all morning for about two hours only a ten-minute break. By the time rehearsal was over, my voice was hoarse from singing, my feet hurt like hell, and my dislike for the conductor grew even more. He obviously favors Alys, Tracy and this other girl Kaye over everyone else because they’re always in front, and we practice all the freaking time. As in we were still running through one song five minutes into the competition. Doesn’t he know that you aren’t supposed to reherase on the day itself because it could ruin your voice and make you spend the energy you’re supposed to be conserving? I don’t think he’s really qualified to be a conductor; even my voice teacher doesn’t force me to sing when she can tell that I’m tired. But oh well, he’s the best my mediocre school can get.

In spite of the conductor though, being in the Glee Club is a lot of fun. I don’t regret joining at all. There are only 14 members and it feels like we’re one big barkada. Nobody labels each other as seniors or sophomores or juniors; we’re all equals and if you’re new to the group and you don’t know anyone, the older members do their best to make you feel welcome. Fortunately, there are about 10 seniors in the Glee Club so I had no problem fitting in. And the thing is, everybody knows how to have fun. During the hour-long bus ride back to school, we sung every single song we could think of, from the Spice Girls to Freestyle (a local band), until our voices were hoarse. I’m glad we won today because that means we can compete at the semifinals. I’ll have to deal with more crap from the conductor, but at least I’ll be able to spend more time with my friends from the Glee Club.

I hate my hair right now. It’s really dry and it’s flying away. When my hair isn’t good I don’t feel good about myself. Before I stupidly decided to have it cut over the summer, my hair had body and didn’t fly away at all. It was never the same after that. When I’m on the subject of my physical “deformities”, it’s weird how everyone’s telling me that my eyes seem to have shrunk. Well they didn’t really shrink, but as Glyka described them, they’ve become so small they’re almost Chinese eyes. I don’t mind having small eyes; I think it’d be cool to be a chinita. It’s just that it’s strange how I went to school one morning and everyone went like, “How’d your eyes get so small?”