Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails....

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Last Day of Drama / Marketing

WHAT HAPPENS ON THE LAST DAY...
And so, all of us reach NIE by 8am to get ready for our final performance. Based on the same script, all of us work out a scene, gather actors and started preparation since last week. Some may use the same scene, but it's amazing to see the different interpretations.



1st to go, David'd directed play. 1st one already SPOIL MARKET. Kope four big APPLE desktop monitor, creative audience layout, win liao lor. ADM student 就是 ADM student. rahhhh. But his work is too abstract that nobody understand till he explains.



By Anan. He converted the fable into a realistic scene talking about how all Singaporeans are desperately looking for a job after graduation.



Melvin's play. Supposed to act for him too but I fell sick. Sorry :(



Eljin's play. Eh, monologue also!




Nicholas and Ishani's directed play, or rather, musical. The audio was screwed today, so they had a lot of problems.




Shu Hui's play. And I said my lines wrongly. OPS! :p




Johnson's play. He acted in his own play too! It was interesting to act in TOTAL DARKNESS. I cannot even see my own hands. So the camera also cannot see me. And in the last scene, I have to jump off a platform, screaming and running madly around the audience.

I hope I did okay for him. It's stressful being the lead :(



Alicia's play. Took me damn long time to memorise the script lah. So many lines, and I am so damn confused at times.

And the funny thing is, when i change to another role (masked character, as seen above), WE FORGOT TO ENTER STAGE! Until Johnson finish saying his lines and he stared at us, wondering why are we still standing there. So he said: "Is something supposed to happen here?"

Then we rush out. DAMN HILARIOUS LAH. Director Alicia cannot remember when to appear on stage and act. I just went on stage, laughing while I was talking. -_-



Jason's play. He got two outside friends to help me act.



DJ's act.





Xiang Yu's act. SPOT ME!

I think I look like an alien, with headphones, chains and blindfolded. But this is cool. Her script got so little lines! All actions!

I like my last sentence:
I can see, I can hear, I can sense, I can understand. Most importantly, I will love.



Rachael's performance! She is the main lead for her performance too (see the girl in the centre)! This girl is going to immigrate to U.S. and get married in December after she graduate this semester. LUCKY GIRL!



Xian Bai's performance. He throws free chocolates to audience! HEHE!

And last but not least,
MY DIRECTED MONOLGOUE PERFORMANCE

A really BIG THANK YOU to my one and only actor, Johnson! I think he really did well. He didnt forget any lines despite the fact that it was a two page, single spaced script.

And thank you for agreeing to act (although I dont think he will see this post)! I think he regretted acting for me because he didn't noe that I want him to be a woman!

And despite me being so demanding, expecting him to act 3 roles together, expecting him to change clothes within split seconds, expecting him to act bitchy and shake his butt, expecting him to sound sexy yet manly at the same time, he agreed! Professional! No wonder he is one of the four heavenly kings of SCI! LOL!



Woman


Knowledgable old man (I wore this blouse in my other drama performance too! remember?)


Ferryman. The hat is too big and the ropes are heavy.

Finally, all performances are done. And I have SORT OF concluded my drama minor. Except that I still have two drama report to hand in by monday.

And group photos to conclude this module:



We are the future directors of Singapore! :D




This is our last lesson in NTU!

Lunch with the peeps before I went off library to do research for my drama report. The books are stacking up in my room already. Sometimes I think Im nerdy. Haha

Rush off to my final markting tutorial and handed in our marketing report. FINALLY!


Final group photo as Baohe was missing the other day.


RANDOM


Sometimes I think I am really fortunate to stay in this street of Ang Mo Kio. Because many times in a year, I will see interesting events happening along my street. Just like this one.

Ever seen it before? It's a temple pocession. A temple in my block will meet temple from other district such as Yishun (they are friends?), then they will have mediums from both places meeting each other. It's always a big, crowded affair. You will see different forms of medium, lion dance, dragon dance and various rituals.

It's a real pity that I didn't do this for FYP. I think this is a dying culture that is good to explore on. I consider this as an art. When i propose this and Reiki Healing, my group members think i am weird. -_-


It was Qing Ming on Saturday. Aunty made 纸包鸡 for dinner.



And to end off, I love my hello kitty pyjamas.
I feel happy when I'm wearing it :)

The mass food poisoning outbreak involving an Indian rojak stall at the Geylang Serai temporary market has claimed its second victim. How sad. And I just had Indian Rojak for supper with Andrew and Weibo last Friday in my market.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

zzzzzzzzz monster is winning


My one and only actor for Wednesday's Drama FINAL performance. My grades are dependent on him. But I am sure he will do a good job. See, he is already into the mood.

I hope he doesn't see this. If not, I am sure he is gona screw me. LOL *fingers crossed*

Never underestimate the powers for the FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS.



Final product of my Playwrighting Journal and children's storybook. This work costs me a bomb, totally. I seriously don't understand why Ang Mohs like to live in such ULU place.

I agree that Jurong Island is Niao Bu Sheng Dan de place and you only see Blangahs. Woking Road is the same.
It is a Niao Bu Sheng Dan de place, and you only see grass and Ang Mohs.

Thank goodness I got a very kind taxi uncle. If not I may still be walking in the forest, finding a way out, at this moment.

It begins with, I have to hand in this final product right to my Drama teacher's doorstep by today. I actually wanted to take public transport cuz Aunty gave my directions and it seems relatively straight forward.

But in the end, when drama ends and I get everything binded up, it was already 5pm and I have to be there by 6pm. So i took a cab from NTU loh. Woking Road is just off Portsdown Road, and to my horror, it is so bloody hard to find this Niao Bu SHeng Dan place. Because there are 3 different entrances to Woking Road.

Taxi uncle drove to the most obvious one, only to realise they are all art galleries. THANK GOODNESS the taxi has GPS I tell you. If not i can just die. So after checking the GPS, which took 5 mins and metre still ticking, we finally enter Woking Road from Westchill Road. (it's dumb lah. Why is this woking road hidden right inside of nowhere?)

And to my another horror, there is a junction inside. In front of me, it is woking road. To my left, there is also woking road. I used instinct and we turned to the left. NO BUS STOP WAS SEEN.

And WHoola! We finally found the place! Taxi uncle was kind enough to wait for me to run up to Michael's place to hand him my work and drive me to the nearest MRT station. If not, I would have to call a cab (which may probably lost their way here too) and spend another huge sum of money.

But well, this place is a secluded side of Singapore, unexplored and beautiful. I can see why Michael wants to stay there. And i even saw a group of Ang Mo boys playing soccer in the small field. When I get a DSLR next time, I am sure I want to go back there again to capture these precious moments.

TOTAL DAMAGE: $22 (excluding colour printing and binding)
Ok, one down.

A tiring day indeed. And to end off...



This will keep me awake for the night as I battle with the Z monster and try to finish up another report due in a few hours time.

Hopefully.


I hate all these shit. seriously.



And I saw this shocking news from RJ's blog:

歌手阿桑乳癌末期病逝 享年34歲
記者張菫宸/台北報導

曾經演唱過「葉子」這首歌的歌手「阿桑」,因為去年十月罹患乳癌末期,在今天(6日)早上八點半,病逝於新店慈濟醫院,享年34歲。

本名黃嬿璘的阿桑,今年34歲,曾經待過藝工隊,也短暫唱過PUB,有豐富的現場演唱經驗,被經紀人--資深製作人汪一平發掘之後就辭去演唱的工作專心準備出片,在籌備等待發片的期間,為了維持生活,也當過律師事務所的總機與百貨公司的客服播音小姐。

阿桑因為演唱電視劇《薔薇之戀》片尾曲而走紅,總共發行過兩張專輯。去年十月被檢查出乳癌末期,於今(6日)早八點半,病逝於新店慈濟醫院。

阿桑因一首「葉子」走紅:


LIFE IS SHORT. HAI.
all of a sudden, i miss korea.



I AM FRIGGIN' TIRED AND I WANT TO START MY REVISION. DAMN THE ORAL DEFENCE, RESEARCH PAPER & ALL THE DRAMA REPORTSSSSSSSSSSS!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Say YAY to Friday!

FRIDAY marks the end of 2 of my drama modules.

It has been a torturing semester staying late in school every Friday. Even my drama instructor knew that having lesson at 3.30pm on Friday is considered a graveyard shift. The attendance for that lesson is never full.

I think I need to find a job that only needs me to work on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Monday got monday blue, friday got weekend blue, weekend is for rest. OMG, I just go and find a rich dubai man and marry there lah.

And finally, now I don't have to go to school on Friday! say YAY!

So we had our final drama performance on that day too. I think I really has fate with Lao Jiu. I started my drama module in Year 1 by performing the father of Lao Jiu. And this time, i end my drama module (which also means my university life) by performing the master of Lao Jiu.

Let the photos do the talking:


Chun Yan brought her cute lil Sesame street toys. SO CUTE!



How can I not take photo with them?



Cookie monster is missing! Haha



Because I am the master, so I have to wear a beard. Kind aunty has help me made a beard using the pong pong strings. but ALAMAK it is too heavy and the double sided tape cannot hold it properly. My aunty initially wanted to cut my wig to make the beard but i cant bear to cut my wig. Bobian, use red rafia string, and we were trying to colour the string black to no avail. HAI



Preparing for performance. Thank you Chun Yan for the cool spectacles!



wearing my shifu clothes, putting on my paper beard which drop off during the performance! LOL!



Melissa behind the screen showing the shadow of moneky god.



Doing the martial arts...



oh mine, i just look damn chor lor lah!



can u see it's a tv screen?

Next is samuel's performance. Combination of 4 different plays: Lao Jiu, Emily of Emerald Hill, Rosnah and 3 Children.



Big sacrifice for Samuel ahhhh~



3 boys team - funny!



Even our teacher plays a part...



4 girls team playing Rosnah. I think this is the most cool performance.



3.30pm class!



To end off, this is the photo after marketing presentation. My eyes already cannot open already. It is obvious who is the free loader right, since most of us are wearing office wear. This is the first time i saw Yong Tian wearing office wear. ha

Friday, April 3, 2009

I can't be a playwright...


My children's storybook is done! :)) I am amazed that i managed to come up with these in less than two hours. of course it's not just a page like that. it's 37 pages long about a bird who is too shy to sing and is looking for a knowledgable master who can build her confidence. Bird, monkey, lion, girafee and elephant are my main characters!

It's only a part of the whole thing. a 10 weeks reflexive journal and a 1000 word theatre performance review must be included. Or course, must also include other scripts I wrote.

Im sleeping now! 5.30am! great! 830am must wake up! rahhhhh i am absolutely drained.

and Brad is jio-ing me for dim sum with camberu today! I CANT GO!! T_T
i am feeling HUNGRY after looking at my own food blog -_-

Thursday, April 2, 2009

earth hour? sleepless hour?

Singapore has EARTH HOUR on Saturday.
Miss Ow has SLEEPLESS HOUR these two days.

Latest Record: 40 HOURS without sleep.
I can go and join Guiness Book of World Records.

The guys bought cup noodles for me at 5am (WTH?) and they left at 7am. Soon after I had to rush for my Drama class at 8.30am.

Got Johnson to help me act in my directed monologue scene. everyone else are directing group performance. I wanted to take the challenge and try something different. So decided to do a monologue and get Johnson to help me with it. Well i think monologues are kinda dangerous cuz if it's not done well, the performance will be very boring. But I am sure he is gona do a good job being a female. ha!

and i am acting in four different scripts next wednesday which got me really mixed up with all the lines cuz they are all in similar shakespearan language. two of which is the main lead and each of them has special art directions which i have to follow closely. I hope i will do a good job for my coursemates :)

Marketing presentation went Okay, i suppose. I mean we really put in alot of effort for it so yea. We came up with a marriage proposal company where we will help guys to come up with a Unique proposal ideas according to their needs. It trigger my lecturer's attention and she spends majority of the time telling us that Singaporean men are all very BORING~

So after the marketing presentation, we still have to edit the report and hand it in next week. And my group members thought we can just finish it and get it settled and done with. So i bought Mr Bean beancurd for dinner, settling myself in the chair, trying to focus my attention, we realised we cannot continue writing the report.

Because the only final copy is WITH ME and I left my lappy at home! GREAT! LOL! Actually i thought i can just leave marketing aside for the time being after that presentation n focus on getting my drama stuffs done. but well~

Kind Yong Tian drove me to TPY. His car air con is damn cold yet I fell asleep.

it's really stupid that drama ends so late (like next week?)
it's really stupid that there is still FYP oral defense on 13 april. cant they do after exams for goodness sake? exam is on 15 april leh.

tell me, where got time to study for exam? 15 april start exam, 16 april end exam. two papers in total. i havent done any adam knee's readings up till now loh!

ntu just wants to drive us crazy by ending school so late and having exams so early.
1. they want people to da bao so that they can spend another sum of money paying school fees and contributing to the school (perhaps no graduating student is donating to the iGave funds)

2. Or they just want to see more accident cases and get free publicity in newspapers. and the poor president must have been 'enjoying' writing alot of "it has been heartfelt condolences..." letters lately...

smu has already finish school and start preparing for exams liao. rah!

ok lah, i should blame myself for taking drama modules la.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

GOD

I thought sleeping at 5am during FYP days was bad enough.
Mei xiang dao this is worse.

For a 25% Marketing project...
I NEVER SLEEP AT ALL
7 project members, in the end 3 of us camping the night for it.
And ALL our handphones has no batteries. [I forgot to bring my charger. Damn]
I am sure going to mark down those free loaders in my peer evaluation.