Wow.. time just zips by and it's now 2010!
3 weeks just goes by quickly, and while we were all swearing and cussing and working hard and having major fun during rehearsals, we suddenly came to show time! opening night was on monday, and closing show was on wednesday. the audience were all wonderful. wednesday's audience were even more ticklish. it was all major major fun. there's no way to describe it. the rush is awesome. i was a dresser, and i felt it. the actors and actresses were probably on adrenaline high haha!
we closed the show successfully! woots! go chesnuts! we're all nut-ters!
haha.. kuddoes to everyone =DDD
on monday night, after show, we all went to eat prata. there was alycia, melissa, keng kiat, hatta and others. there was 8 of us. i had ice cream prata! haha who knew that exists! it was a crispy prata with 3 scoops of ice cream (one each of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla) and lots of cream and chocolate and strawberry syrup. but honestly, i got sick of the cream and syrup about 1/4 through the prata. after that i got home at 2.15am. wOw.
on tuesday night, they all went to eat but i went back home with kamal since he's going home too. walau... on the night we went home, more people wanted to eat supper. jon, joakim, ghaz, hatta and more cast joined the other 6. i reached home at 12+ am.
on wednesday night, after the show, we had a cast party at haji lane. just ate wedges, chips and drank green tea and sprite. the cast were all getting high and crazy (these people don't need alcohol). the room was basically divided into: crew, cast, youngsters (peixin, kai wei, belinda, genevieve, jasmine, haky. mr bang joined us. nicholas went to the smoking side -_-), and those who were drinking and smoking. and some were drifters (i dunno what to call them), they just move around the room a lot. it was fun. i wasn't in the fun but it was still cool to watch. haha. i swear theater people are pure crazy. after a while ppl started to leave. oh yeah HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY! haha
so people started leaving. gave hugs to loads of ppl as they leave. dwayne kept thinking i was going off because i stood up a lot of times to give hugs to those who were leaving. and then suddenly the room become a lot more spacier. and we sat down and talked about past productions. they were talking about H is for Hantu, when the topic suddenly became about hantu. lol... then after a while, all of us went home. kamal dropped me off my place first. thanks! i reached home at about 3.20am. wOwee..
the next day, we had to go to jubilee again to bump out. we're all sleepy. i couldn't walk straight. mel had a hangover, diarrhea and fever. when i reached there, they've already loaded the couch into the lorry :( the couch is damn shiok. while we waited for our cues backstage, peixin, lucy, joakim, johannes and i would chill there. haha and other casts would also just sit there to watch the rest on stage when it wasn't their turn to go on. and joakim always sleep on the couch. aiyo.. he's so tired :(
then we cab to siglap and brought all the props and costumes from the lorry into the room. and while mel, peixin, haky and nic were all eating from our favourite old chang kee, i slept on the couch. hah! shiok! then we went home. mel dropped me off at serangoon mrt. (thank the govt for creating the circle line)
so that's it. chestnuts does christmas like a hard candy virgin is over. sobssobs. hopefully, there'll be more productions to come that i can get involved in :)
for now thank u to all cast and crew for the A-MAH-ZING journey :D thanks to mr bang for roping us in :) FAB-BOOMZ-LOUS!!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Randoms
i watched my sister's keeper tonight.
i didn't stop crying.
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bumping in into jubilee hall on saturday. show's on coming monday.
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oh my god. jc is so near. shit. i just graduated from sec sch, come on... bleargh
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missed rc's christmas party on wednesday :( hope it went really well. i miss a lot of things.
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still not done with cleaning up my room. can 2010 come slower?
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my birthday next year is 20.10.2010
cool huh?
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went for mendaki graduation last saturday. it wasn't anything like a graduation, i didn't feel like celebrating or even crying for graduating. all the sec 1-3s that were there, why were they even there? they don't know us. they're bidding us farewell. what's the point? we didn't help them, we don't know them either. other than us knowing some of them because we were from the same school. a really big thanks for those who organized the graduation party though. the effort is appreciated even though the reasons aren't clear. i was sorry that more of sec 4s didn't turn up. it would've been nice to see everybody one more time. probably one last time. the RI ppl, we'll see them next year. but the VS dudes, those from CGS and others.
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on wednesday night, my family picked me up after work. my dad drove through orchard road. the lights were pretty. sarah fell asleep in the car. aiyo...
i didn't stop crying.
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bumping in into jubilee hall on saturday. show's on coming monday.
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oh my god. jc is so near. shit. i just graduated from sec sch, come on... bleargh
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missed rc's christmas party on wednesday :( hope it went really well. i miss a lot of things.
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still not done with cleaning up my room. can 2010 come slower?
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my birthday next year is 20.10.2010
cool huh?
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went for mendaki graduation last saturday. it wasn't anything like a graduation, i didn't feel like celebrating or even crying for graduating. all the sec 1-3s that were there, why were they even there? they don't know us. they're bidding us farewell. what's the point? we didn't help them, we don't know them either. other than us knowing some of them because we were from the same school. a really big thanks for those who organized the graduation party though. the effort is appreciated even though the reasons aren't clear. i was sorry that more of sec 4s didn't turn up. it would've been nice to see everybody one more time. probably one last time. the RI ppl, we'll see them next year. but the VS dudes, those from CGS and others.
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on wednesday night, my family picked me up after work. my dad drove through orchard road. the lights were pretty. sarah fell asleep in the car. aiyo...
Monday, December 14, 2009
today was the second day of work. we were supposed to meet at serangoon mrt at 10am. i thought that it'd take forever to get there. drop at amk, take some bus. and i need time to get lost and find my way. then my brother called and said 'you can take the circle line.' so the whole journey was only about half an hour. so since in left house at 8.30, i reached there at about 9.10.
we went to this really cool but really humid place to source out for props. melissa took some photos so that she can show them to the director, so he can pick out the most suitable prop, and we'll rent the prop he wants.
then went to paya lebar, we ate at kfc. i didn't eat. no money :( sobs. and i wasn't that hungry cos i ate a heavy breakfast. 2 pieces of plain bread before i left home, and a bun, a packet of hello panda bear chocolate biscuits and a packet of chocolate HL milk while waiting for the rest to come.
ok, there were 5 of us.
Melissa: she is the stage manager of our production. scary job. but she's really good at it. salute salute. she can really multitask. example. during rehearsal. within one minute. cue-ing the props when they are supposed to come out and telling us clueless backstage ppl where to position it, cue lights, correct the actor when he made a mistake with his lines. cool huh? she's only 19. she's in NAFA studying theater studies. she's got loads of experience, from dresser and props to now SM.
Iqmal: 18. NAFA, theater studies. He's been in a lot of outside productions. He's been an ASM before which is as tough as SM. Hmm... i don't really know his history that well. but he's been in english drama since young; so, he has lots of experience i bet. and i can see how his face brightens up just by talking about his passion (i asked all of them how they got into theater) and it's just really nice.
Nicholas: 15, SOTA, theater studies. jeez, he's younger than me. GASP! and way cooler than me. he does not look 15. he's tall and he's slim but built so he looks 17. honestly, i don't know if i've spelt his name right. he's been acting since young. he's been on tv a lot of times. cool huh? and other than our production, he is involved in another one too. doing lights. cool.
Kai Wei: 14, RGS, International Dance. she has lots of passion in what she does. and i hope my techniques can be as good as hers one day. of course, that means i have to work really hard.
Big salute to all my fellow CHESTNUT-TERS! It's really cool how they follow their passion, they know what they wanna do and still do it despite the odds. so it's really uber awesome. i mean to know so early, and to say i'm not going to do maths or science or take on any of those common paths, i'm going to do theater because i love it. and they thank their parents for the support too.
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tomorrow night is my last chinese lesson for stage 1. next month, end of january, we will be starting on stage 2. that means tomorrow is my last time seeing Alina. I think that's how her name is spelt. I don't even know her full name.
She's korean. about 20 plus, i guess 23? she has graduated from university. she's in singapore because her korean company has opened brunches in our little country. i remember the first time we actually talked, i think it was like the 6th lesson or so (i wish i had talked to her earlier). she asked me why i wanna learn chinese. so i told her that i am a chinese and i felt that it's really wrong for me not to learn it. we talked a bit about our education system. and i learned that in korea, they start school at 8.30. ZOMG. she asked the difference about JC and Poly, and i told her that we also have ITE and she asked how we get to university from there. she also said that they have uniforms only for junior high school (secondary school) and high school (JC). everybody has to attend high school. no uniform for elementary school (primary school). and she said she was bored of singapore because there isn't much to see or do here. and she says she misses her hometown. and it really touched me when she said she misses her family. she was like 'oh you live with your family. you're so lucky.' she misses the snow in korea and she likes snowboarding.
she likes DBSK's Micky Yoochun and the character Hwang Tae Kyung in the korean drama You're Beautiful. She knows how to speak japanese too. she also told me about how men have to national service in korea for 2 years. and during those 2 years, they will be away from their families. they only have a few short holidays.
I think she's really cute, pretty, and pure in a way. it's just me i guess. i feel this strange connection to her, i realise i like her. i've never had a sister. and i suppose i would want someone like her to be my sister. she's like a lady, poised and soft spoken, but at the same time she's just a girl. she might wear work clothes (blouse, skirt) to work and then to class, but she misses her family and simple things like snow. even then, she knows that she has to be responsible and works well, even has the desire to learn more, and just look forward to going back home. maybe i even aspire to be like her. simple but not simplistic.
I dunno why i'm talking about her. just that i feel that i should record my memory of her so that i won't forget her. tomorrow is my last time seeing her. she's leaving singapore on the first week of february. because of that, she won't be able to attend stage 2 of chinese cos it starts at end of january.
i will miss her. and i just want to say how thankful i am to her. in the train, on our way home, the 15 minutes we have on every tuesday night, she introduced me to a whole different world, and reminded me again that there's life outside of mine, outside of whatever goes on in singapore. also, aging doesn't mean losing our youth.
however slim the chances may be, i would like to see her again. i wish her a lot of happy and beautiful times with her family when she gets home.
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working tomorrow :)
we went to this really cool but really humid place to source out for props. melissa took some photos so that she can show them to the director, so he can pick out the most suitable prop, and we'll rent the prop he wants.
then went to paya lebar, we ate at kfc. i didn't eat. no money :( sobs. and i wasn't that hungry cos i ate a heavy breakfast. 2 pieces of plain bread before i left home, and a bun, a packet of hello panda bear chocolate biscuits and a packet of chocolate HL milk while waiting for the rest to come.
ok, there were 5 of us.
Melissa: she is the stage manager of our production. scary job. but she's really good at it. salute salute. she can really multitask. example. during rehearsal. within one minute. cue-ing the props when they are supposed to come out and telling us clueless backstage ppl where to position it, cue lights, correct the actor when he made a mistake with his lines. cool huh? she's only 19. she's in NAFA studying theater studies. she's got loads of experience, from dresser and props to now SM.
Iqmal: 18. NAFA, theater studies. He's been in a lot of outside productions. He's been an ASM before which is as tough as SM. Hmm... i don't really know his history that well. but he's been in english drama since young; so, he has lots of experience i bet. and i can see how his face brightens up just by talking about his passion (i asked all of them how they got into theater) and it's just really nice.
Nicholas: 15, SOTA, theater studies. jeez, he's younger than me. GASP! and way cooler than me. he does not look 15. he's tall and he's slim but built so he looks 17. honestly, i don't know if i've spelt his name right. he's been acting since young. he's been on tv a lot of times. cool huh? and other than our production, he is involved in another one too. doing lights. cool.
Kai Wei: 14, RGS, International Dance. she has lots of passion in what she does. and i hope my techniques can be as good as hers one day. of course, that means i have to work really hard.
Big salute to all my fellow CHESTNUT-TERS! It's really cool how they follow their passion, they know what they wanna do and still do it despite the odds. so it's really uber awesome. i mean to know so early, and to say i'm not going to do maths or science or take on any of those common paths, i'm going to do theater because i love it. and they thank their parents for the support too.
-----------
tomorrow night is my last chinese lesson for stage 1. next month, end of january, we will be starting on stage 2. that means tomorrow is my last time seeing Alina. I think that's how her name is spelt. I don't even know her full name.
She's korean. about 20 plus, i guess 23? she has graduated from university. she's in singapore because her korean company has opened brunches in our little country. i remember the first time we actually talked, i think it was like the 6th lesson or so (i wish i had talked to her earlier). she asked me why i wanna learn chinese. so i told her that i am a chinese and i felt that it's really wrong for me not to learn it. we talked a bit about our education system. and i learned that in korea, they start school at 8.30. ZOMG. she asked the difference about JC and Poly, and i told her that we also have ITE and she asked how we get to university from there. she also said that they have uniforms only for junior high school (secondary school) and high school (JC). everybody has to attend high school. no uniform for elementary school (primary school). and she said she was bored of singapore because there isn't much to see or do here. and she says she misses her hometown. and it really touched me when she said she misses her family. she was like 'oh you live with your family. you're so lucky.' she misses the snow in korea and she likes snowboarding.
she likes DBSK's Micky Yoochun and the character Hwang Tae Kyung in the korean drama You're Beautiful. She knows how to speak japanese too. she also told me about how men have to national service in korea for 2 years. and during those 2 years, they will be away from their families. they only have a few short holidays.
I think she's really cute, pretty, and pure in a way. it's just me i guess. i feel this strange connection to her, i realise i like her. i've never had a sister. and i suppose i would want someone like her to be my sister. she's like a lady, poised and soft spoken, but at the same time she's just a girl. she might wear work clothes (blouse, skirt) to work and then to class, but she misses her family and simple things like snow. even then, she knows that she has to be responsible and works well, even has the desire to learn more, and just look forward to going back home. maybe i even aspire to be like her. simple but not simplistic.
I dunno why i'm talking about her. just that i feel that i should record my memory of her so that i won't forget her. tomorrow is my last time seeing her. she's leaving singapore on the first week of february. because of that, she won't be able to attend stage 2 of chinese cos it starts at end of january.
i will miss her. and i just want to say how thankful i am to her. in the train, on our way home, the 15 minutes we have on every tuesday night, she introduced me to a whole different world, and reminded me again that there's life outside of mine, outside of whatever goes on in singapore. also, aging doesn't mean losing our youth.
however slim the chances may be, i would like to see her again. i wish her a lot of happy and beautiful times with her family when she gets home.
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working tomorrow :)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
drama on saturday surprisingly went awesome. maybe it's cause of the adrenaline, and the whole atmosphere, the ad-libs were really great. haha! sheik was awesome, tukang roti kiram salam sudah!
haha good memories..
i just have little regrets cause i made some mistakes with the lightings, may not be obvious but they're still mistakes.
abang's friends are supposed to come today, and for that, i had to clean up the house while my mom sent adik to the dentist. in the end, they didn't come and i missed the post-drama session for nothing. aiyoo...
haish stomachache now.
haha i love my new hairstyle. wanted to cut it shorter actually, maybe style it to the character Go Mi Nam in You're Beautiful k drama. but i got my haircut before i watched the drama. it's really good. some people compared it to BOF, but they're just different and unique and good in their own ways. there's no reason for comparison.
ok sleepy time...zzzZZZ
haha good memories..
i just have little regrets cause i made some mistakes with the lightings, may not be obvious but they're still mistakes.
abang's friends are supposed to come today, and for that, i had to clean up the house while my mom sent adik to the dentist. in the end, they didn't come and i missed the post-drama session for nothing. aiyoo...
haish stomachache now.
haha i love my new hairstyle. wanted to cut it shorter actually, maybe style it to the character Go Mi Nam in You're Beautiful k drama. but i got my haircut before i watched the drama. it's really good. some people compared it to BOF, but they're just different and unique and good in their own ways. there's no reason for comparison.
ok sleepy time...zzzZZZ
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
it's been a long tiring empty holiday so far. getting a part time job is so difficult. after the artsfest production, i couldn't get used to not being busy. it felt weird not to be in rehearsal, not pushing ourselves to the limit and stretching ourselves more. and when i wasn't busy the last few weeks, i became useless. what did i do so far? eat, sleep, watch tv/movies, youtub-ing, sometimes i play my instruments, sometimes i go running, i go for chinese class and i come for drama rehearsals, i do sit-ins for kavanagh dance. that's about it. all my holiday resolutions disappeared in a puff of smoke. what happened to all the the things i wanted to do? like read more books, like practice more of my music, like actually working and earning money. but now that i'm stuck in the useless stage, i can't seem to do anything even if i wanted to. point of this whole paragraph, what the shit am i doing??
i read other people's comments on facebook. stuff like 'im going to (so and so country) again'. wahlao...i'll be so damn glad if i can go for a holiday. see the world outside that my bedroom windows can't offer. i'll be so glad if i can even go somewhere, see something, experience something new. even if it's to indonesia or even over the causeway to johor to do prawn fishing.
it's been 2 months since we had a family dinner. my brother is supposed to come home from australia tomorrow but he is extending his stay so that he can visit the coral reefs. all i can think of is that when he comes home, i'll need to fight with him for the computer. but even those arguments, i miss them. (i won't say i miss him. i don't.)
i haven't been blogging because there is mothing to blog about. aiya...
in school, in bilik melayu, blogging now.
drama production is on 5 dec.
this is one of the most unsure moments of my life.
siti and i had an interesting talk just now in the ava room. hahaha... i hope all those fantasies and wishes of ours will come true. which reminds me of one thing. no matter how busy, or how 'mature' or how experienced we are, i think we all wish for the same basic thing. it's just that expectations and tight schedules cloud our innocence, but it's still there. so when will it come out again?
i read other people's comments on facebook. stuff like 'im going to (so and so country) again'. wahlao...i'll be so damn glad if i can go for a holiday. see the world outside that my bedroom windows can't offer. i'll be so glad if i can even go somewhere, see something, experience something new. even if it's to indonesia or even over the causeway to johor to do prawn fishing.
it's been 2 months since we had a family dinner. my brother is supposed to come home from australia tomorrow but he is extending his stay so that he can visit the coral reefs. all i can think of is that when he comes home, i'll need to fight with him for the computer. but even those arguments, i miss them. (i won't say i miss him. i don't.)
i haven't been blogging because there is mothing to blog about. aiya...
in school, in bilik melayu, blogging now.
drama production is on 5 dec.
this is one of the most unsure moments of my life.
siti and i had an interesting talk just now in the ava room. hahaha... i hope all those fantasies and wishes of ours will come true. which reminds me of one thing. no matter how busy, or how 'mature' or how experienced we are, i think we all wish for the same basic thing. it's just that expectations and tight schedules cloud our innocence, but it's still there. so when will it come out again?
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