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Photoshoot 1 - Complete

Sunday, Jan 25, 2009 2:56PM / Members only

I finally got my photos back from my first photoshoot. It was fun and some cool photos came out of it. They came at a great time, too, because i have been auditioning like CRAZY and need some headshots.

In the past two days I have auditioned for three different gigs, one for dance two for acting. I for sure landed the dance one and waiting to hear back from the acting ones. Also, last week I did a theatre production and this week I was an extra for a new Judd Apatow movie "Funny People," where I was on set with Seth Rogen. It was a great learning experience. One of my auditions was for the lead of a short film, and for the first time, I feel like I did really well at an audition. I'm just getting back into the swing of audition after nearly a five year break so these are my first in adulthood. I've been really nervous, but today, I felt like I did a good job so I was really happy. I prepared the opening monologue from "The Rules of Attraction," and felt comfortable with the sides I had been given. Yay! I hope to hear back from the director soon.

My friend, Roy, who is a local cameraman, called me up today because someone came to him asking if he knew of any women martial artists who could act, and he dropped my name. The three of us, Roy, his director friend, and I, are meeting to discuss further plans. I'm soooo excited. My first martial art/action film!

I was contacted by a SF agency today to come in to meet with them about possible representation. Another exciting development in my career. I have a career plan that I recently started putting serious energy in to, and good things are happening. I'll update with any new developments!

Here are some of the new photos from the shoot.

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A conversation in Mandarin...

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2008 1:53PM / Members only

My tutor: What is your background?

Me: Wo baba shi hei-ren... Wo mama shi bai-ren, souyi, wo shi kafei-ren.

My tutor: hahaha! that totally made sense to me.

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Dancing again... finally

Monday, Dec 8, 2008 9:54AM / Members only

I finally started back to dance class again to refresh my skills.

Shang ge xing qi yi wo qu guo tiao wu ke le souyi wo hen gao xing.

Yay! I could say that. Hurray!

I'm horrible with characters so bare with the pinyin.

The choreography was difficult. It was refreshing to be challenged a little. I haven't danced for so long because I would rather not dance than be bored in class. I've decided to continue to take dance classes at both Dance Mission SF and SF Funkanometry to prepare to audition for SF Funkanometry next March. Dancing with the company will help me keep in shape. I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I will actually audition because I do not want it to interfere with my wushu training and competitions. Plus I'm planning to go to China for a few months next year so they probably wouldn't be too crazy about that. I dunno. Anything is possible for 2009.

http://www.funkanometrysf.com/funks2007/indexFnk.html

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Mandarin Progression

Sunday, Dec 7, 2008 11:04AM / Members only

I have been meeting with a Mandarin tutor for a few weeks now to practice speaking and gain confidence with speaking in front of other people. Things have been going great. I am feeling more comfortable to carry conversations purely in Chinese at this point. Too bad I can only have the confidence to speak in front of her. In front of everyone else, I pretend that I can't speak Mandarin at all. I think it's because I am too afraid of people laughing at me for saying something wrong.

My tutor is pretty convinced that I'm going to get a Chinese husband so she is teaching me how to be "lady-like the Chinese way" by the way I speak. It's really funny. I'm beginning to think that I'm funnier when I speak Chinese because I'm always saying hella silly things that are funnier when said in Mandarin than English. Hopefully by the time I go back to China next June, I will be confident to speak in front of other people so that I can have a better time there.

My chanquan form is coming together rather nicely. I'm not a big fan of competitions, so I'm putting together a form that I like opposed to the one that's going to gain the most points. I think the end product is actually a really badass form. I'm tumbling quite a bit and forcing myself to learn new nandu so that I am stronger. Once I complete that form (2 out of 4 sections completed), I'm moving on to broadsword. Unfortunately, if I do actually compete next year, I have to compete at the same level in both categories. My chanquan is far stronger than my broadsword so I worry that may hold me back. I'm hoping to compete at the advanced level for CMAT this year, but I worry that I will not be at the advanced level in broadsword. Patti believes I can do it, so I'm going to give it my all.

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Nashvegas

Monday, May 26, 2008 2:55AM / Members only

Nashville, Tennessee is my favorite place in the United States. Ask me two years ago- three even- and I would have said the same thing. Even after living in the Bay Area for as long as I have, I still love Nashville more. I hate Tennessee, but love Nashvegas. Nashville is a fresh breath of air to the South. It's relatively liberal, diverse and really fun. Everyone here is a musician it seems (and not only country music!), and if they aren't then they are an artist of some kind, which I love. The best part is the COMMUNITY of artists. Artists actually work together here instead of against one another like they do in the Bay Area. In the Bay Area, everyone is looking to better themselves instead of helping friends or even just including them. I know this isn't the experience for everyone, but this is my personal experience, and it sucks. I have lived in the Bay Area for nearly two years, and I still have managed to have more friends in Nashville despite the fact I have never actually lived there. In fact, I have probably only spent the total amount of a month or two in Nashville in my three years of visiting my best friend from high school who relocated here. At this point in my life, I would pack up my life and move here (here being Nashville, of course, because I'm still here). I really thought about it. I'd be willing to give up everything in the Bay to be here. Right now, I am so freaking happy. It's been so long since I've been this happy. The only reason why I won't at this point is so I can finish school at Mills before I move, but I really see Nashville in my future. I don't know... my dad's family is from Alabama and I have always loved the South. I'm a southern girl, on top of being a city girl. You know what the perfect solution is? A southern city- Nashville.

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Sun Nuo
posted on Saturday, Aug 2, 2008 12:36AM [Report]

hi how are you ?
still doing dance and wushu ?
hahah
i am doing good popping now
beat you up ~~~;)
bobbyty
posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:56AM [Report]

Re: Slanted Screen, yea I agree. The sequel to Harold & Kumar make fun of that stereotype **spoiler**

Apparently, their car break down, and a group of black guys (playing ball?) walk over to offer help e.g. call a towtruck, fix their car, etc. but the two run away thinking they might be robbed(?)
saturnsshadow
posted on Friday, Apr 25, 2008 4:15PM [Report]

it's a good thing...she's pretty!!!!
saturnsshadow
posted on Friday, Apr 25, 2008 3:59PM [Report]

You look a lot like a friend I did a course with...don't worry it's not a bad thing...
Ian Powers
posted on Thursday, Apr 24, 2008 11:17AM [Report]

some advice, don't worry about confidence, put yourself on tape and cut a reel now, what you little confidence in someone else could see as amazing and based on that decide to put you in the role that launches you to superstardom. You can always make a better reel once the first one is done, but you may be missing out on chances tight now, take it form someone with just that experience.
EXAMPLE: I don't have a reel either, for a while I just got work from my friends, but a while ago they were casting for a film that needed someone exactly like me, but they didin't know what I could do, just word of mouth referal. they went with someone else who had a showreel, that had much much less skill than me, but they saw what he could do and it was enough for the role. later on the director did see what i could do, and told me he wished he knew I could do that much when he was casting because the guy they used was lacking in skill. The moves he saw me do were just simple moves that I thought were useless skills. but it was exactly what he wanted to see in his movie. So don't make my mistake. go watch a jet li movie get some friends together and try to re-create a few fight scenes. it doesn't have to be super amazing, they just want to see that you know how to fight, and you can do something. Do you think wushu and basic gymnastics is something that every female actress out there can do?
get yourself on tape, and don't get cocky. Your humility is good, but don't let it hold you back, and please don't go in the opposite direction like lots of stunt and martial arts performers do, we have all been through that, and can do with out attitudes. Saw the back end of your video, you have some moves. kick butt, pu the tape on here, don't be shy.
Ian Powers
posted on Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008 10:06PM [Report]

cool stuff, come to beijing! if there is any thing I can help with no promises but hope there is one or two projects. they won't be knocking down the doors, but you should be able to get on a few, not that many action jobs for foreigners, depends on your level. and what stories happen to be filming, do you have a showreel?
Katherinehao
posted on Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008 2:22PM [Report]

hi my friend Felicia
How are you?

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Phillipe is a martial artist/actor/writer/dancer/gymnast/musician from the cornfields of Illinois, currently big city living in the San Francisco Bay Area...
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Phillipe is a martial artist/actor/writer/dancer/gymnast/musician from the cornfields of Illinois, currently big city living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a teacher of wushu, dance, gymnastics and yoga to children for Fitness in Transit during the day, and also undertakes several acting projects at the same time.

On top of a hectic schedule for acting and teaching, Phillipe also is a competitive wushu athlete. This year, she plans to compete in the Long Fist and Traditional (Snake) categories.
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