La vie est douce !

Today is just one of those days where I really feel like screaming. And not just any scream, a Gallic scream.

Yesterday, in class, DK announced a happy piece of news :

Our group of French-speakers (who chose to drop the previous name, and thus hasn’t been named yet) is having an annual dinner on Saturday the 23rd of May, at a French restaurant called Ma Maison, along Persiaran Ampang. Admission isn’t entirely free (as each person is bearing the cost of his food and drink). The theme for the night is “La Belle Époque” (the time in the 1900’s where France became the hub of high life and all things fashionable), so we've gotta try and dress (and behave) accordingly. And better still, there’s one thing I’m looking forward to : each person who comes will have to prepare a French song (chanson française) ! I'd love to sing ! - of course, I'll have to pick and practise a song.

However, here’s the main drawback.

The dinner takes place some five days before my A-Levels exams.

I can go there if I’m prepared, but how do I convince dad ? All I do know is that I’ll have to confirm by the 30th of April and that I’ll have to pay for the food and drink by then. Paying isn’t really an issue ; I’ve got some cash in hand. I really want to sing. See, if there’s anything gotta do with singing (particularly in a moderately small crowd, to begin with), I get motivated. And I want to be motivated before my exams. I wanna feel fresh and say YEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH ! This is the feeling I need when I enter the exam hall !

Also, this might be the only chance for me to make a name for myself. If, say, I end up going to the UK next year (well, that’s just a projection… we’re not sure if it’s for real anyway), then where will I ever have the chance to do all this ? It’s time to do it now. I’m sure Mom would’ve allowed me.

I’ll try ask dad tomorrow afternoon.. I have nine – er, make that eight – days left.

I have two options for songs at the moment :

+ Dessine-moi un mouton (Mylène Farmer) - Video coming soon.
This one's the all-time famous line from Saint-Exupéry's novel "The Little Prince" (Le Petit Prince), literally translated to "Draw me a goat".

+ Cœur Déjà Pris (Alizée) - Watch the second video.
Literally meaning "Heart already taken", this song served as an elegy to a loved one. Well, I could use it as an elegy to mom and my two siblings...... to add on to the solemnity of the night.

Decisions, decisions.......