The Beast's Nose is Red...

Before the "Beauty and the Beast" scene starts in every show- I give a certain Beast a big fat red-lipstick kiss on the nose. His nose is forever red because of "Amy S." I LIKE IT THAT WAY!

Reverance apparently wasn't learned in the lesson on Sunday I love these kids. Sniffle.

With the Robison's in Tarzan's Treehouse

The HOTTEST costume EVER!

Be a MAN! (I'm TRYING, I'm TRYING!)

My hunchback Alex. He's also a crazy killer of HUNS.

Me and Alice..

Me and Jinky... the girls who keep the dressing room loud. :-)

Me and Song get KISSY.

Ready for my last show...

Some members of the branch came in to see my last show.

I heart Stitch!

I also heart all these people!

Today my aunts Jodi and Becky and I went to the 10,000 Buddhas Monastery.

Gee- this sure would be an awkward birth defect...

ANYWAY:

I have less than 48 hours left here in Hong Kong. I honestly CAN NOT wrap my finger around the idea that I have been here for seven and a half months. This week has been an emotional roller coaster. OF COURSE I am excited to come home, but leaving my life here is REALLY hard. I am TERRIBLE at goodbyes... and would rather quietly slip away than say ACTUAL goodbyes cuz I can't handle them. Anyway, my life is incredible. I just spent 7+ months living in HONG KONG- learning about myself and other people, and having the experience of a LIFETIME. MY life is OVERFLOWING with blessings from my Heavenly Father- sometimes it really seems unbelievable. I'll trust in Him to send me another equally as exciting adventure as I head back to my home this weekend. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!

"How I Know the End is Near." BUT FIRST...

Mazda6

OR

Mazda3

I am currently taking votes on which car to get. Soooooooooo I need opinions. I had not even really considered the Mazda3- really- until my friend Sam wrote me and got me thinking about it... (darn you, Sam...) I have said, since day 1, that I was going to come home and buy a Mazda6. I love them. I have loved them ever since I was driving home from Murray in 2003 (four years ago, people) and saw one on the road. Yes, I WANT one. However, there may be some advantages to the Mazda3. It's still cute and all. Hmmmm. Anyway, if y'all know someone with one of these cars or just feel significantly one way or the other (in other words... which car is "cuter"), EXPRESS YOUR OPINION AND LEAVE A COMMENT! Yup. If I get a Mazda6 it will be blue, if I get a Madza3 I think I will go with black. I NEED HELP! :-)

Anyway...

HOW I KNOW THE END IS NEAR:

* I was a blonde when I came here... REALLY blonde. My blondes are now five inches away from my roots... hee hee. So now I am back to dirty-blonde Amy... you know what I mean.

* My aunts Jodi and Becky arrive tomorrow. They've been on my calender for "the last week that I am here" for months. TOMORROW. They get here TOMORROW. That means I leave ONE WEEK from TOMORROW. Did y'all get that? TOMOOOOOORRRROW.

* During the show I find myself thinking about the MOST random things. Like the other day during "Mulan," I found myself remembering a night in high school, maybe even junior high, when my best friend Heather and I babysat her niece and nephew in Roy. Ooooook. Yep, random thoughts= REALLY BORED with show.

* The things have have always bugged me about HK now REALLY bug me. Like I always say, I have LOVED it here and the experience has been awesome, but there are little things that can drive a person crazy... and the last few weeks, they HAVE been.

* I completed my Hong Kong taxes yesterday and got giddy when I calculated how much I am bringing home. I am not a shopaholic kind of girl... but when I have money, I CAN be. Hmmmm... first thing I am doing is putting a LARGE chunk of what I bring home into savings. Then I will HIDE that account on my "online banking." Money? What money? Hee hee. Actually I am VERY good with money and have been proud of myself for strictly following a budget and everything while I have been here. I am cool.

* The humidity of Hong Kong is on it's way back... that means AMY LEAVES. Amy doth not enjoy humidity.

* I have a job already set up at home! Last night I talked to the manager of the box office at the Hale in West Valley- where I will be doing Millie. I am going to work in their box office during the day- perfect. Yup, I am happy because I REALLY didn't wanna work in a chiropractor's office again... Ha ha. Anyway- I'm putting that degree to GOOD USE I tell ya. :-) HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAA.

AND FINALLY:

* I have a flight itinerary that says I leave the Hong Kong airport at 11:45 AM on Sunday, April 1, 2007. That's next Sunday. That means I have one week left. ONE WEEK.

SEVEN MONTHS!

Today I have officially been in

HONG KONG

for

SEVEN MONTHS!!!!!!

Let's hear it for... 12 more DAYS.
Where DOES the time go?

A Warning to Anyone Going to the Hale Centre Theatre in the Next Month...

Don't be shocked or surprised if, when you go to relieve yourself before the show, at intermission, or afterwards, you see this cute lil' face smirking at you as you... well, do your business. :-) Come on guys... you like it. HEE.

The ONE E-mail Forward I LOVE.

You Know You're a Child of the 80's IF:

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.

2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the
Carlton

3. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom

4. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"

5. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

6. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

7. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer
class at school.

8. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your
shirt in a knot on the side.

9. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

10. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

11. You know the profound meaning of " WAX ON , WAX OFF"

12. You wanted to be a Goonie.

13. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe)

14. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose
fell off and his cheeks shifted.

15. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

16. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in
the schoolyard.

17. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

18. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.

19. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you
exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

21. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.

22. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you
are, but what am I?"

23. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

24. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

25. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

26. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your
shoulder like you were all that.

27. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.

28. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.

29. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

30. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and
don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"

31. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on
"Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.

32. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

33. You just sang those words to yourself.

34. You still sing "We are the World"

35. You tight rolled your jeans.

36. You owned a banana clip.

37. You remember "Where's the Beef?"

38. You used to (and probably still do)
say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

39. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!

On Stage at "The Golden Mickeys"

SoI finally got some decent pics of me on stage in "The Golden Mickeys." (To my Aunt Jodi: I still expect you to take lots that are focused on JUST me!!! Hee hee!) Anyway, my microphone guy, Adam, was nice enough to make me a CD of the pics he took during show the other day. Soooooooo here ya go!

I just liked this picture. This is my life right here- playing around back stage with Pluto, Goofy, Donald, Minnie, and Mickey. My life is freaking COOL. :-)

"Friendship"
I'm the one straddling the "S" block on the right hand side. :-)

There I am again- right hand side...

Oh! And it's me AGAIN- sittin' on the cowboy's lap between blocks "S" and "H"

"Mulan"

I LOVE this pic. I'm in it, but you can only see my foot. Sigh.

Awwww... this big hairy Beast thing gave Belle a rose. Cute.

Dance dance dance...

We call this the "Drama drama" moment of the scene

YAY! He's a MAN!

Belle in Love

Finale

"So thanks for each ovation, each show of admiration, and joining the celebration of the golden, of Golden Mickeys!"

With One Month Left...

So in case you can't tell, that's me wrapped up in the pretty little white comforter. (I should have draped used Kleenexes all over the couch for effect...) Welcome to my life of the last week-and-a-half. :-) OK- well, I haven't been on the couch like this CONSTANTLY- just when I've been at home. The rest of the time I've been working in spite of feeling this way. Crazy times.

My mom and grandma left here on the 22nd. We had a great time here in Hong Kong and I loved having my apartment filled with people- it made me happy. BUT I think I got to the point where I overdid it and my body's been rebelling ever since. But OH WELL! Like I said, LOVED having people here, but I won't lie- the night after they left I cranked up my music, took a LOOONG bubble bath, and RELAXED like I never have before. :-) Life is good.

Here's the latest: I FLY INTO SALT LAKE CITY AT 1:55 PM ON SUNDAY, APRIL 1. Do you all realize how SOON that is? Kind of freaks me out- I am SUPER excited to get back to normal life... but I have loved so much about everything here. I will miss people like crazy- and it will just seem SO weird to me that I am leaving behind this whole little life that I have created the past seven months here in Hong Kong. This whole experience has definitely made the world seem like a smaller place to me. It will be strange to be at home thinking, "Hey, it's 5 PM in Hong Kong right now... the 5:00 Golden Mickeys show is starting !" I'll wonder all about whatever everyone here is doing and yada yada... it will be weird because now this place is SUCH a part of me. The strangest thing is knowing that I will never see most of these people again. It weirds me out. Sigh. I miss them already. ANYWAY...

With all this time laying around and trying to get myself healthy again, I've had plenty of time to think about the many different things I'll do when I get home. The latest inspiration of my floating thoughts is that I want to dye my hair when I get home. A chocolate/caramel blend color. Yeah. And I can't stop thinking about the car I am gonna buy and the food I am gonna eat. On top of all this hair dying and car buying I'll be rehearsing for a show that opens 17 days after I get home. I have been cast as Millie in the West Valley Hale's production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. I am SUPER excited about it because I will be working with Andrea, my old roomie (She'll be playing Millie in the other cast), Jeff Stevens (who I graduated BYU with), and my friend Michelle who was in Crazy For You with me last summer! I honestly can not comprehend how much fun it will be to be around all those people again! I feel the 21 year old, social butterfly Amy emerging from her cocoon for the first time since 2002. WATCH OUT WORLD! (Seriously, it's a weird thought. I have played Miss Antisocial for several years now... school, YA's, work.. yada yada... I put a social life on the back burner).

In four weeks I won't have this really great job anymore... sniffle. So what's next on the agenda? Working at the chiropractor again? Nope nope... I think I'll work at a kiosk in the mall, you know, put that BFA to good use! Ha! No, I have no idea what will come next, but that's the fun of it all. Did I ever think I'd be in Hong Kong? Nope, definitely not. But here I am, and it's almost over. Weird.

I think there's a fire alarm going off in one of the towers next to me... hmmmm. Exciting!

Anyway, so that's the latest from Amy the Chinese Girl. Hope all is happy at home and wherever you are.