It's been awhile since I last blog...

Gosh I have so so many things to tell but so little time.

But I must say I want to put a full stop and enjoy the journey...with what ever the tides may bring. Many times I live my life with sentences that just go on and on and on and on and....there is just no full stop till that chapter of my life is all written and done...

I want to slow down a little and feel... everything. All the good, bad, ugly and beautiful... I don't want to rush through life...just wanting to get there... to the destination, the goal, the vision, the dream... and then look back and go... hmmm... I wish I was happier, cos that was awesome! Why did I worry so much? Why was I so afraid? Why didn't I know what I had?

It's time to smell the roses. Or just look at the bud of it :)

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I have been busy with I Theatre's Duck and Dive :)
Barely 2 weeks of rest after Little Green Frog with the same company, I have come on board again~~ but this time round, I am learning something different - Puppetry.
It seems like an easy thing, seem like something simple and anyone can do it... that's what a lot of people think.

I have learned so much through rehearsals ~ watching the master do his work and also watching live insects/animals...the way they move and behave. I feel that it is one thing for the puppet to look alive...it's another thing to give a character to it. And also characters when you're holding 2 puppets in your hands. Lol. Feels a little like schizo. But I must say it is real fun when the audience response to it.

I am really privileged to be working with Paul Pistore the Puppet Master. He has been doing this for years and has done puppetry for Men in Black II, Batman movies, Alien: Resurrection, just to name a few.

He's really fun to work with and has so many stories and experiences to tell! I have learned so much from him and I'm glad. You know I always thought those aliens in Men in Black are just... there...lol... but there are so much work to it and making them come alive ~ with interesting characteristics ~ it just amazes me. Sometimes I look past the simplest thing ! But I guess that also mean the puppeteers are really awesome in giving them life, so intriguing and interesting that it becomes - like one of us - just real.

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There are 3 puppeteers in Duck and Dive~~ I play the mayflies, butterfly, swan, tiny bugs, a feather, a fireball and sometimes the spider. I can feel my arms are getting more toned~~ lol~~ Come see the show and you'll know why.

Artists from Mediacorp who came and watched gave awesome reviews~~ in fact everyone who have watched our show for the past 2 wks has been giving great reviews. :) I feel glad~~
I must say it's a touching story... one that will never grow old... one which the world still struggles on - acceptance.

When will we learn?

http://www.itheatre.org/DuckandDive.htm

If you wanna watch and wanna get really good discounts, let me know ;)

3.04am. Sunday. Pouring Rain.


Absolutely beautiful to sit in the car and just let the rain pour down.... heavy on the outside and yet feeling light in my heart. It's real nice to sense release happening... through the rain... it's soothing... and being sheltered in the car covered in rain... *smiles* When the car goes under a bridge for a few seconds...the silence.....  and then out in the pouring raining again... :) I like it~


It makes me appreciate my shelter. Appreciate what I have and this island that is away from many common disasters that I have never experience. But just the imagination of what it would be like if the wind gets 10 times stronger... if tremors from earthquakes get higher... if... I can't imagine feeling unsafe in a car... the possibility of it getting blown away or curled up in a hurricane...


I really appreciate where I am geographically.


And on that note, my heart & thoughts go out to the disaster victims in Taiwan... I pray and hope for the people to be safe and more of them will be rescued. I have donated and if you can, please do as well to your local charities who are helping them. (http://www.mercyrelief.org/) ~ In Singapore.


As this earth continues with its warming & climate changes... it seems like this is gonna happen more frequent no matter we're at ~ north, south, east or the west side. As disasters progress, if we humans don't help each other... who will??


I heard that Sun Ho Yeow Sun and JJ Lin Jun Jie had come together & created this song especially for the disaster relief of Typhoon Morakot. All earnings will proceed to help the people who need them so much right now... 


I applaud these artists.


Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4ghVbUooU

They will have the faith and courage to go on again because of the hope you are about to give.
Will you...

Something random~~
Youtube seems to have changed its logo a lil' and it's color to grey~~


Listening to this beautiful song as I blog...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-lDx228C0&feature=related


Recent happenings has set me thinking on people whom I need to help just because I am in a much better place than them. When I was young, I always wondered why those rich countries who have all the wealth and resources don't share it to the people who needs them? Now I see things are not as easy as it sounds... especially when it comes to human with their fears and need for control. The Myanmar Cyclone for instance...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1941307/Myanmar-Cyclone-How-should-the-world-help-Burma.html


And most recently, the death toll in India's Manik  Farm camp is 1400 people/week. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6676792.ece


Help were being refused and chased away by the higher authority... why??? Are there higher officials playing some profit country - country games...? If not, why the refuse? I can't imagine what these poor people are going through...


What I can do, I do~~~ donated money to people are able to reach them and help them...(the volunteered docs & nurses)  and raise awareness to people around me...


I have more... even if I'm down to the last 10 bucks, I still have more. I'm not living in a tent, not without clothes, not hungry, not without earning ability, not without chance, not without love, not without opportunities.... And I AM one of the many who made up  - THE WORLD. THE OTHER COUNTRY. I am the one with more...much more privilege than them just cos I'm born in a good country.


It's also easy to point to the govt and ask them to help...pass that deed to those who had more than me. This time, I'm gonna put ME into that category. I'm not a millionaire and God knows how much I have in my bank now~~ lol~~~ but just becos I'm here and they're there. It is enough said. I'll do what I can to help.


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On a lighter note, it's gonna be the 3rd episode tomorrow for My Classmate, Dad (Season 2).
I remember this episode really vividly cos we had A LOT of FUN filming it~~~! Lol~~~~  And we got to "play" with the geely cars~~~ lol~~~ And this is the ep where everyone screwed up in their running~~~ hahahahaha~~~! Have you ever seen someone run like this in slow motion?? - Left foot out together with left arms....slow motion run... Right foot out together with right arms.... LOL~! They had to stop and remember how they walk normally... left foot, right arm...right foot, left arm...


Silly boys ~~~~ lol~~~~ I love them~





The pic above is Jeremy Chan and he's gonna be the guest artist for the 3rd episode :)
Watch out! ;)


8pm~ OKTO channel~ Tuesday


Cheerios !

Finally finished a lot of things :)
This year has been full of ups and downs and things fulfilled with me slowly realizing it was in my resolution...or goal :) I'm glad.

Finished filming Season 2 of My Classmate, Dad~,
In the midst of teaching a Young Author's Club,
Did some commercials~,

And awaiting for the next step...

It has been great doing these stuff, I'm just wondering if I'm doing what I'm meant to be doing...
I mean... I love a lot of things - singing, dancing, acting, directing and writing... But.... what is my calling in life? I believe everyone has that calling. Absolutely everyone. No matter in the arts arena or not. Everyone is designed a way to be that someone who they really are. That person with the hidden passion and unknown strength, will and "power" or function within that will surprise him/herself when they're faced with a challenge for this calling. They would rise beyond above. It's an auto pilot taking over and suddenly everything falls into places and you know where each puzzle lies and even if one is missing, you WILL do whatever it takes to COMPLETE IT.

I've been wondering...what is my design? Yes I love doing those stuff that I wrote above...but ultimately in the category of red colors, am I gonna be amble, pink, orange or crimson red? They are all different and gives out different impacts.... What color do I put in not just my life, but people around me... Will I know? I need to know....


Do you know yours? How?

Finally I get to have 24 hours to myself...

And so says my antibodies as well... they're taking a break and the irritating flu is enjoying themselves in my system... argh!

I must get well soon! Hopefully tmr before my shoot starts!

But I must say it has been awesome :) The month of March till now, it has been a crazy scheduled journey and I have learned a whole lot about myself and where I got to be improving. I'm really happy that I got inspirations from someone special and I hold that close to my heart :) I have got to inspire myself and continue believing in what is to come my way :)

"TO AWAKEN YOUR FAITH." ~ From the cast of The Winter's Tale

I will continue on and may many many more awakenings happen!

Meanwhile, here are some pictures of the production I just did at Esplanade :) I'm so glad that Mr. Mighty heard me :) Thanks for the present!! *muacks* :) U are precious~~~







I wish I have some photos of the ones I took wif the kids after the show. They are just so cute! I love how the lil' boys loved the character that I played~~~kekekeke~~~ I bet they wished they could be naughty to their parents like me! :p ! I love how this show engages everyone and they gave their attention to the show instead of the alphabet floor mats! They sat still for a full 40mins and mind you - they're only age 2-4! That's a tough thing for them to do unless...they really enjoyed the show! Hehehe~~~ I saw some of them standing up and bouncing to the songs we sang~~~ That just made me happy :)

Hehehe~~~ I like it that I get to play something very different and that stretches me a lot. I must continue to explore and expand my limits. I gotta get me back too... Help me out L~~ I really need it... I wish time can turn back, or perhaps, no... I want to be where I was from where I am and what I have learned thus far. To a new and better version of me.

I want to be away soon. To a place where I know not what is to come, but just to let go and bring it on. Vulnerable and let it all out.

:)

More soon.