28.11.05
weather makes me sleepy.
i must be ill. toove-aik...again...this time pushing against my jawbone...making my bowling session with kenny's group very...trying. but still, one picture for the night: alicia and the boys playing leg stacking at bowling alley. too bad the clearer photo is of the fallen stack of legs :(
cindy dented her car, whilst ironically complaining that "the grads give (her) the shits about her driving" and reverse turning promptly into the concrete pole. (it was funny, but i'd feel bad about laughing wouldn't i?)
ceri and anton bought some cds, but my toove did not hold out and i couldn't talk...
heh...not much to report this previous week, only that i went to newtown (again!) and bought a very questionable top and a few bits and pieces, and proceeded to paddington to window shop. i know, photo looks a bit off, and in real life the shirt doesn't look smashing or particularly sexy or feminine, but it's kinda cool i think...one of my more expensive shirts in my wardrobe to date. $70 from tsubi. and completely adored every moment. bought lingerie too. but it's not coming up on
this site :P
counting down...4 days till my break, and 3 weeks till my last day. month end wasn't all that this week, at least not in consulting. education seems all up to scratch. hope to have time to catch up w/ my old manager for lunch and at least say bye.
just over a week till i go to melb w/ kenny. wonder how much damage i will do with my credit card?
ooh...must check account balance of credit card :P
thoughts of going to vanuatu instead of hk and jap...deals are apparently quite cheap right now...but i really do want to go to hk even though $$ is a bit tight.
what to do..what to do?
i must be ill. toove-aik...again...this time pushing against my jawbone...making my bowling session with kenny's group very...trying. but still, one picture for the night: alicia and the boys playing leg stacking at bowling alley. too bad the clearer photo is of the fallen stack of legs :(
cindy dented her car, whilst ironically complaining that "the grads give (her) the shits about her driving" and reverse turning promptly into the concrete pole. (it was funny, but i'd feel bad about laughing wouldn't i?)
ceri and anton bought some cds, but my toove did not hold out and i couldn't talk...
heh...not much to report this previous week, only that i went to newtown (again!) and bought a very questionable top and a few bits and pieces, and proceeded to paddington to window shop. i know, photo looks a bit off, and in real life the shirt doesn't look smashing or particularly sexy or feminine, but it's kinda cool i think...one of my more expensive shirts in my wardrobe to date. $70 from tsubi. and completely adored every moment. bought lingerie too. but it's not coming up on
this site :Pcounting down...4 days till my break, and 3 weeks till my last day. month end wasn't all that this week, at least not in consulting. education seems all up to scratch. hope to have time to catch up w/ my old manager for lunch and at least say bye.
just over a week till i go to melb w/ kenny. wonder how much damage i will do with my credit card?
ooh...must check account balance of credit card :P
thoughts of going to vanuatu instead of hk and jap...deals are apparently quite cheap right now...but i really do want to go to hk even though $$ is a bit tight.
what to do..what to do?
20.11.05
it's great thing, shopping. especially if you've been dying to go there for a while...especially in newtown...
since us 3 sisters never spend any time together, we thought it'd be cool to head to the place to be...and at 12:30pm, we have eaten a lovely lunch, thanks to corellis (just past newtown stn on king st)
check out the gorgeous strawberry waffle with ricotta cheese, and the corn fritter + bean sprout and asparagus salad! we also had a spinach and ricotta dumpling+ penne pasta, but it wasn't nearly as photogenic as these 2 dishes. i tell ya, ya can't find something this nice round the north shore at all, let alone for 10-12 bucks a dish. and it is FRESH. when you bite into the thick crust bread, you can tell they made it fresh , and that you're not eating light fluffy untextured sunblest bread or whatever they sell at the supermarkets these days.
drinks today were so-so, my soy chai was a bit weak, but their brekkie smoothies and cocktails are to die for! i had a "up n go" (not the packaged crap) and for a 34 degree day, it was the next best thing from being AT the beach!
and off to shopping. though i can't post many photos up of the actual shopping done (we were too busy looking and trying to be taking bloody pics of them) we had a great time. the day was perfect for shopping. slightly cool, cloudy and not humid. you won't feel bad walking into a store dripping of sweat and then asking to try on their clothes off the rack. hehe...too much info eh?
bumped into hoi and sharon (HI GuyS!) whom i hadn't seen in literally year and a bit...strange how sometimes you don't see your friends for such a long time that you don't remember last seeing them...
bought a pair of black shoes "for work":
yes, a little plain. but very lovely and comfy and versatile. great qualities that guys take for granted in shoes...that girls accept are way-too-high standards...but finally, i have them. my perfect black wedges. strappy, yet elegant enough to wear at night. goes well with all the black things i have :D
only thing is i wish it came in red and i woulda bought another pair, just like that. the girl at the store was pretty cool. i swear i've seen her somewhere before, and the couple that walked in to say hi to her...i swear i recognise them. very very strange.
this is of course the highlight of my day (shoes, not bumping into people you dunno how you knew).
for those of you who may or may not know, i will be heading down to melb on 6th Dec. originally i planned to go on 7th, but kenny da man decided to accidentally book my flight one day early with virgin air (aah, not all his fault)...so i'm there alone from tues to thurs, and he's coming down on friday (after all my shopping and el-cheapo accomodation runs out) and we be spending weekend together! what to do, what to do in melb??? please feel FREE to post things to do in melb in comments, or email me! i have no idea what my budget is yet. perhaps one week's pay? maybe less since this won't be the only holiday for the coming 2 months, and i WILL be out of work.
naturally, i have never flown alone, or been in "another city" alone before, so this would be kinda fun journey. it's always nice to explore a city on your own, i'm told. as i don't think i've got the part for Ed. Rita, nor am i going for more auditions for now, or jobs for that matter, i'll be off to hk and jap in end of jan i think.
life can look so fine and dandy when you're jobless. or you're looking forward to the prospect of being jobless. because you're not broke (yet) but you're gonna be free! at the BESTEST time of the year!
since us 3 sisters never spend any time together, we thought it'd be cool to head to the place to be...and at 12:30pm, we have eaten a lovely lunch, thanks to corellis (just past newtown stn on king st)
check out the gorgeous strawberry waffle with ricotta cheese, and the corn fritter + bean sprout and asparagus salad! we also had a spinach and ricotta dumpling+ penne pasta, but it wasn't nearly as photogenic as these 2 dishes. i tell ya, ya can't find something this nice round the north shore at all, let alone for 10-12 bucks a dish. and it is FRESH. when you bite into the thick crust bread, you can tell they made it fresh , and that you're not eating light fluffy untextured sunblest bread or whatever they sell at the supermarkets these days.drinks today were so-so, my soy chai was a bit weak, but their brekkie smoothies and cocktails are to die for! i had a "up n go" (not the packaged crap) and for a 34 degree day, it was the next best thing from being AT the beach!
and off to shopping. though i can't post many photos up of the actual shopping done (we were too busy looking and trying to be taking bloody pics of them) we had a great time. the day was perfect for shopping. slightly cool, cloudy and not humid. you won't feel bad walking into a store dripping of sweat and then asking to try on their clothes off the rack. hehe...too much info eh?
bumped into hoi and sharon (HI GuyS!) whom i hadn't seen in literally year and a bit...strange how sometimes you don't see your friends for such a long time that you don't remember last seeing them...
bought a pair of black shoes "for work":
yes, a little plain. but very lovely and comfy and versatile. great qualities that guys take for granted in shoes...that girls accept are way-too-high standards...but finally, i have them. my perfect black wedges. strappy, yet elegant enough to wear at night. goes well with all the black things i have :Donly thing is i wish it came in red and i woulda bought another pair, just like that. the girl at the store was pretty cool. i swear i've seen her somewhere before, and the couple that walked in to say hi to her...i swear i recognise them. very very strange.
this is of course the highlight of my day (shoes, not bumping into people you dunno how you knew).
for those of you who may or may not know, i will be heading down to melb on 6th Dec. originally i planned to go on 7th, but kenny da man decided to accidentally book my flight one day early with virgin air (aah, not all his fault)...so i'm there alone from tues to thurs, and he's coming down on friday (after all my shopping and el-cheapo accomodation runs out) and we be spending weekend together! what to do, what to do in melb??? please feel FREE to post things to do in melb in comments, or email me! i have no idea what my budget is yet. perhaps one week's pay? maybe less since this won't be the only holiday for the coming 2 months, and i WILL be out of work.
naturally, i have never flown alone, or been in "another city" alone before, so this would be kinda fun journey. it's always nice to explore a city on your own, i'm told. as i don't think i've got the part for Ed. Rita, nor am i going for more auditions for now, or jobs for that matter, i'll be off to hk and jap in end of jan i think.
life can look so fine and dandy when you're jobless. or you're looking forward to the prospect of being jobless. because you're not broke (yet) but you're gonna be free! at the BESTEST time of the year!
14.11.05
much faithfully regretted watching wolf creek tonite. i expected scary, creepy, lovely landscape photography, graphic scenes, staring into the darkness of human nature, etcetera etcetera, blase blase. and yes, i got it. i loved the actors. i love the general storyline, i love love love the actors, the beautiful scenery, all of that. i was horrified, disgusted, tense, scared, whatever. but i walked out pissed off that parts of it didn't make sense and if certain logic took place earlier in the movie, none of the bullshit would have happened. i care not to point out where exactly, and those who have seen, and feel compelled to comment, please do so and we can discuss it. i still say go watch it, but it's not an enjoyable watch.
red dragon was an enjoyable watch, silence of the lambs was an enjoyable watch. freddy kruger was an enjoyable watch, even though i must admit it messed with my mind for years to come...lots of slasher movies of the 80s warped my brain and caused eternal cynicism and indifference to most of these films, but what wolf creek did was successfully conjure up a very primal sense of fear, a sense of fear that i had not been accustomed to feel whilst watching movies. one that cannot simply be done from scary sudden loud pangs and crashes. it shook the core of me, even though i remain that the writer could have made much better choices to make parts of it even more frighteningly real. i know for most people, scary movie is the same as paying to torture yourself, but sometimes we do need that wake up call, that call where your heart aches and screams and realises that you are not invincible, but very fragile, and you are sometimes just not in the pilot's seat.
went for a drive in kenny's car after, for 1 1/2 hour. within which space we covered alot of ground, both in distance and in conversation. it's lovely to be able to catch up with someone so close to you, when both do not have "otherwise engaged" tags on their heads or worrying about a show, or worrying about an exam. it's because it's over! and after the past few months of intense negotiations, and tense discussions, casual conversation remain bliss.
and damn i'm good at rambling on! less space to talk about my closing 2 shows, which i felt bloody awesome for. i simply thank the fact that i was accepted to play a stereotype that some people found offensive. i'm glad to have supported a great set of lead actors. and to be alongside such cool supporting cast too. production team was fun to hang with, directors were cool too - couldn't really have asked for more. this is the kind of production where it leaves you thirsting to be in it more...must thank the bloody fire alarm for making us cancel one of our shows, but thankyou to grace and ian and david from my college for coming and great reviews, and friday for such an intensely attentive and giving crowd, and saturday for dave and naomi (adc) for coming also!!! always great to hear feedback, be it shining, or constructive criticism. both are most appreciated, and serve equally important, different purposes for me.
a big fav comment from the cast: "so how do you know if you're pregnant or if you're just getting sync'd up with the other girls" - martin, regarding female cycles...
red dragon was an enjoyable watch, silence of the lambs was an enjoyable watch. freddy kruger was an enjoyable watch, even though i must admit it messed with my mind for years to come...lots of slasher movies of the 80s warped my brain and caused eternal cynicism and indifference to most of these films, but what wolf creek did was successfully conjure up a very primal sense of fear, a sense of fear that i had not been accustomed to feel whilst watching movies. one that cannot simply be done from scary sudden loud pangs and crashes. it shook the core of me, even though i remain that the writer could have made much better choices to make parts of it even more frighteningly real. i know for most people, scary movie is the same as paying to torture yourself, but sometimes we do need that wake up call, that call where your heart aches and screams and realises that you are not invincible, but very fragile, and you are sometimes just not in the pilot's seat.
went for a drive in kenny's car after, for 1 1/2 hour. within which space we covered alot of ground, both in distance and in conversation. it's lovely to be able to catch up with someone so close to you, when both do not have "otherwise engaged" tags on their heads or worrying about a show, or worrying about an exam. it's because it's over! and after the past few months of intense negotiations, and tense discussions, casual conversation remain bliss.
and damn i'm good at rambling on! less space to talk about my closing 2 shows, which i felt bloody awesome for. i simply thank the fact that i was accepted to play a stereotype that some people found offensive. i'm glad to have supported a great set of lead actors. and to be alongside such cool supporting cast too. production team was fun to hang with, directors were cool too - couldn't really have asked for more. this is the kind of production where it leaves you thirsting to be in it more...must thank the bloody fire alarm for making us cancel one of our shows, but thankyou to grace and ian and david from my college for coming and great reviews, and friday for such an intensely attentive and giving crowd, and saturday for dave and naomi (adc) for coming also!!! always great to hear feedback, be it shining, or constructive criticism. both are most appreciated, and serve equally important, different purposes for me.
a big fav comment from the cast: "so how do you know if you're pregnant or if you're just getting sync'd up with the other girls" - martin, regarding female cycles...
8.11.05
some sorry stupid asshole with too much time on their hands. say it after me: "ass-hooooole" (ala meet the fockers)
enuff said.
studying educating rita script, hope to audition it at some stage...too tired and too not bothered. job sux...but the only reason i'm still there is coz...well..the money is bloody good for what i have to do...but i'm not getting experience i need from it. and now that i'm not happy i'm making mistakes...my brain ticks slower...it is really mind numbing. and i hate bagging them out like tat. but i must leave soon in order to keep my sanity.
sanity....aah...fragile shell, i long for your protection...
seeing agent this thursday. will see how it all goes...i don't want to get traumatised :P hohoho
enuff said.
studying educating rita script, hope to audition it at some stage...too tired and too not bothered. job sux...but the only reason i'm still there is coz...well..the money is bloody good for what i have to do...but i'm not getting experience i need from it. and now that i'm not happy i'm making mistakes...my brain ticks slower...it is really mind numbing. and i hate bagging them out like tat. but i must leave soon in order to keep my sanity.
sanity....aah...fragile shell, i long for your protection...
seeing agent this thursday. will see how it all goes...i don't want to get traumatised :P hohoho
6.11.05
second week over.
much love to masaki who came on saturday matinee - LOVE the flowers :D LOVE the dark lillies...they are awesome against the white rose!!! sorry about the shaky hand pic that didn't really do the lovely bunch of flowers any justice...i think masaki has a pic of both of us that HE WILL SEND ME - RITE??RITE??
saturday nite was the best performance experience so far in terms of energy from the cast as well as audience, and doing a night show after a sat. matinee is a big challenge, given that i've never done a matinee before! :) good lesson learnt.
i think my flower count has officially made the girls a bit jealous. hehehehehe....i told them just on the day before i got the flowers that i never get flowers as a norm, and 2 have come in from this week..they probably think i am such a liar. envy, my dear! heheehehe
thanks to ray who was up on friday night to watch my also :) too bad we didn't get to catch up dude...in 2 weeks my dear, we will sit somewhere and have lots of coffees and chat till 3am or something...
i miss late nite chats with friends.
sunday matinee...must admit there's alot to be improved in that particular show.
we were up there, feeling a HUGE energy vacuum. don't know why. sadly it did affect some of our performance. it's really hard to carry through without feedback, especially when your scene is actually a tool to engage the audience, inviting them to approve or disapprove of the performance, so you have something to work off...but as far as we could feel, it was so...vacuum. and that is the worst feeling.
i could hear a couple of girls in the audience whispering and giggling amongst themselves... GO HOME! if you need to talk, u REALLY need to leave the auditorium! some people in the audience leaves lots for improvement...and oh my god, i heard people eating CHIPS! i was like WTF!?!?!?!??! it's not a fucking movie, you sip your drink, and eat QUIET foods. how very offputting. and if you're child minding, please take your kids elsewhere, because they distract everyone and it's disrespect to the max. it was a difficult matinee.
however, i picked back up after in second act as i figured i wouldn't know who is and isn't watching in the audience and i should give them the benefit of the doubt and it is really my job to do well no matter how dead it felt. felt so quiet that it was more like a rehearsal...very strange...
walked out and ooh.. :) julya, james and kev was indeed in the audience :) thanks for coming guys!!! it is not quite a stroll in the park kind of play...much appreciation for the support! i know sundays are the tiring days, and personally i wouldn't pick sunday to watch a play knowing that it takes alot of energy to engage. much love especially for rocking up on a day i was quite in need of a hug :D i feel da love~
anyone who's seen the show already, if you wish, please come back and watch it again for free. we have a friends and family policy that allows you to watch it again, and perhaps bring someone with you ;) and you will still have good seats (except maybe closing night)
anyway, tiring week...and a beginning of a new week. do it all over again.
oh, btw i stuffed up the audition on saturday...i failed brilliantly! can't complain...oh well, i wasn't ready~
wish me luck to get into next rounds of job int. next week....
4.11.05
pre friday night jitters.
not really.
my scary night was last night...15 people showed up. that's such a small number that no one laughed at the jokes, i couldn't feel if they were falling asleep or intently watching or both...they didn't laugh at my lines (which ARE funny)...there were more muffled laughters...
but the end of show applause and the intent grin on their faces as we went out on curtain call showed me what i was hoping for. they loved it. :) they were still clapping as we left the stage and lights went dark. i got my first bunch of flowers for a show!!! or the first present i received for the show for that matter! felt very special when you get flowers delivered to backstage (be the envy of your cast members - muhahahha) thanks to HP (hwee peng) from work who came alone to support me :) much appreciated. i almost felt like i had a fan....
love flowers :D this has been a flowery quarter... :) keep 'em coming..hehehehe
seriously though, today's interview with maddocks went...oddly. the interviewer, Bev, kept talking and almost expected me to cut in...and only asked me if i had questions about the job and company...i'm like... don't you want to know about me..? obviously not..~i guess entry level positions are a bit like that, but she was so generally friendly and blank that i couldn't tell if i went ok or did real shit.
angel place is a beautiful building. 28th floor was beautiful. saw the quay along with all the jist..opera house in the distance....even though weather was shit, it was pretty inspirational. i'd love to get a job there...even though i'd be working from L22 instead. everyone was SOOOO professionally attired that i felt a bit intimidated even in my suit (i insist it looks outdated, despite lots of "no, it looks great" remarks from my sisters)
never been so nervous in an entry level interview. i do hope i get the job. the job just has a good title, the job description is generally the same, but hopefully with a much better boss..?
show up in 2 hours...i'm psyched...somewhat...i shouldn't be too psyched so it's ok :)
also....audition for "subtle art of flirting" tomorrow. wish me luck...again :D
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not really.
my scary night was last night...15 people showed up. that's such a small number that no one laughed at the jokes, i couldn't feel if they were falling asleep or intently watching or both...they didn't laugh at my lines (which ARE funny)...there were more muffled laughters...
but the end of show applause and the intent grin on their faces as we went out on curtain call showed me what i was hoping for. they loved it. :) they were still clapping as we left the stage and lights went dark. i got my first bunch of flowers for a show!!! or the first present i received for the show for that matter! felt very special when you get flowers delivered to backstage (be the envy of your cast members - muhahahha) thanks to HP (hwee peng) from work who came alone to support me :) much appreciated. i almost felt like i had a fan....
love flowers :D this has been a flowery quarter... :) keep 'em coming..hehehehe
seriously though, today's interview with maddocks went...oddly. the interviewer, Bev, kept talking and almost expected me to cut in...and only asked me if i had questions about the job and company...i'm like... don't you want to know about me..? obviously not..~i guess entry level positions are a bit like that, but she was so generally friendly and blank that i couldn't tell if i went ok or did real shit.
angel place is a beautiful building. 28th floor was beautiful. saw the quay along with all the jist..opera house in the distance....even though weather was shit, it was pretty inspirational. i'd love to get a job there...even though i'd be working from L22 instead. everyone was SOOOO professionally attired that i felt a bit intimidated even in my suit (i insist it looks outdated, despite lots of "no, it looks great" remarks from my sisters)
never been so nervous in an entry level interview. i do hope i get the job. the job just has a good title, the job description is generally the same, but hopefully with a much better boss..?
show up in 2 hours...i'm psyched...somewhat...i shouldn't be too psyched so it's ok :)
also....audition for "subtle art of flirting" tomorrow. wish me luck...again :D