Of Writing Scripts

Jul. 17th, 2005


(Mandy is a cool girl who is dressed in her boring, drab and utterly hideous school uniform. She is bubbly, outgoing and a little ditzy at times. Shu Yin is her best friend.)

Mandy: Did you hear about the centa.. cenna... the whatever celebrations the school will be holding in a month's time?

Shu Yin: Its centenary celebration, the school's 100th year. Yeah I heard it will be a great big event that day. I even heard they are going to change the school's uniform too, and they are holding a uniform-designing competition to get ideas from the student body.

Mandy: Great! Finally we can get rid of these boring-looking uniforms and maybe get something really cool and snazzy to wear. Hey let's join the competition together ok?

Shu Yin: Nah, you won't catch me participating in school events, I'm telling you. So pointless, why don't you spend the time more wisely by studying?

Mandy: (staring at Shu Yin) Ok, I have no idea why we are best friends but yeah ok, do whatever you want. I want to join this competition and let everyone know about my artistic talent!

Shu Yin: Your what? You have an artistic talent? Interesting... We learn something new everyday...

Another scene.

(Mandy and Shu Yin are in the canteen, Mandy gushing over her idea of the new school uniform with Shu Yin looking on in disgust.)
(Ashley, the renowned spolit princess in school, and Cindy, her faithful sidekick, walk in.)

Ashley: (stopping by Mandy's and Shu Yin's table and talking to Cindy in a loud voice) Hey, have you heard? Someone with absolutely no talent and poise whatsoever is going to enter the uniform-design contest! Isn't that a laugh? How can she compete with me? Me, winner of the 2004 National Schools Art Competition?

Cindy: Yeah! No competition!

Ashley: Exactly! Why don't she look in the mirror and realise that she will pale in comparison with me?

Cindy: (chants) Yeah! No competition!

Ashley: (looking at Cindy strangely but continues) Well, I'm entering the competition too. That way maybe some people will realise that they don't even stand a chance!

Cindy: (still chanting) Yeah! No competition!

Ashley: Ok now you are being an ass. Can you say something else?

Cindy: Yeah! Uh.. Sure! No competition...whatsoever!

Ashley: (rolls eyes) Let's just go.

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Mandy: Well! How dare she say that! She thinks she will win doesn't she? See what I've got! (Eyes gleaming)

Shu Yin: (Sighs)

Speakerphone: Will all prefects please pay attention to this announcement. All prefects are to meet in the AVA room for a meeting about the centenary celebrations. I repeat, all prefects are to meet in the AVA room now for an urgent meeting. Thank you.

Mandy: Sigh. Why am I a prefect? Prefects have so many duties that are so boring. I just want to be a normal student, someone who studies all day long, goes home straight after school and have no social life!

Shu Yin: (sarcastically) Thanks a lot for describing me. Hurry up and go for your meeting, I'll wait for you.

(In the AVA room, Mandy is still complaining about being a prefect to another friend, Peipei.)

Mandy: (blah blah blah)

Peipei: (nodding distractedly) Uh huh.. yah.. I understand.

Mandy: (finally realising no one is listening to her) Peipei! Are you listening? What are you looking at? (Swivels her head in the direction Peipei is looking at)
Gasp! Who is that?! Oh my, how dashing can someone be? ohh... Peipei you were looking at him!

Peipei: (blushes) No I was not, he was making a commotion at the back and it caught my attention that's all.

Mandy: Uh huh, I'm sure. Wow, he's really good looking though. New student I guess. And a prefect already? He sure works fast. Hmm.. If I get to wear the sexy uniform I designed, he may like me! (Drools)

Peipei: Wah can you stop dirtying the floor with your saliva? Enough already! Meeting starting!

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(After the meeting, outside the AVA room)

Mandy walks in front of the boy and dropped a packet of tissue ever-so-casually on the floor)

Boy: (Picking it up) Excuse me! You dropped something!

Mandy: (turning around as gracefully as she can) Oh! Thank you so much! (Lowers her eyelashes in mock shyness)

Boy: Yeah no problem. See you.

Mandy: (hurriedly) Hey wait! Um... I'm Mandy.. You are..?

Boy: (With a flick of his hair) I'm Alvin. Nice to meet you. I gotta go, see you around.

(Mandy stared after him longingly, and in the distance, she saw Ashley walk up to him and chatting away, they walked off together.)

Mandy: What?! Ashley and him? No way. Impossible. Must be Ashley trying to sink her claws into Alvin, that sweet innocent boy. Poor thing. I have to help him get out of that witch's clutches. And winning the uniform-design contest might be the answer...

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Will Mandy win the uniform-design contest and win Alvin''s heart at the same time? Will Alvin take a second look at Mandy? Or will Ashley thwart Mandy's well-thought plans?

Episode 2 coming up.


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