it is super amazing to see an empty space in the indoor stadium, being transformed to such an amazing stage. kudos to everyone who made this possible.
it is only my job, as a performer, to put in my 101%, so that i will not waste the efforts of the production stuff and backstage crew who made such a nice stage for us to perform.
a few years later when i am too old to dance here and there, i will love to go into the production side. :)
for those who are interested to watch the performance at the comfort of your home, it will be shown live on: http://yeblive.tzuchi.org.sg/
finally we are bumping in at Singapore Indoor Stadium tomorrow.
today we had our final rehearsal at the temple, and the durian vs mango saga escalate to a whole new level. it all begin when xuehong flare up. everybody who knows xuehong should know how nice xuehong is, and when he flares up, something is very very very wrong.
but anyway, i hope that tonight will be my last time stepping into that temple. i dun think i will ever be involved in their activities again once the production ends.
i missed the durian days. let's recap them!
another Water Repentance Sutra practise, the practise coincides with a performer's birthday, the performer forgoes the birthday celebration with her family members/friends, and comes for practise. the performer is none other than my ex student. :)
5 more days to the performance!!!
supported my little sis for the above mentioned production held at National Museum of Singapore. she is the assistant director, lead actress as well as the scriptwriter! wow!
upon reaching the theatre, i was impressed by the stage and audience setup. the audience setup was in the form of secondary school classroom desks and chairs. on each desk there are worksheets (to give us a real feel of PSLE classroom setting), as well as a bottle of chicken essence for the audience to bring home!
the production was of top standard, comprising of good acting, good storyline, magic tricks, as well as good use of technology that shows whatsapp conversations between parents in chatgroups. the conversations are so real, and i as an educator can really relate to it.
the climax of the production tugged my heartstrings and i teared.
in conclusion, it is really a good show, and please watch it if you havent!!!
you know that there is a big generation gap between you and your kids, when they sing kpop songs, and know every single korean lyrics by heart, and also dance pretty well to these songs.
*amazed*
this is going to happen in a week.
last weekend the taiwanese pple came down to check on our progress, and also gave us additional coaching. one of them is an actor from 三立电视台. apparently there was a small group of fans waiting for him at the airport. wow.
this production has many ups and downs, and all the incidents that happened so far can be used to shoot a 20-episode drama serial. from this production, i learnt that COMMUNICATION is very important. for this case, communication was not done properly at the start. alot of freedom and creativity was given to the director and choreographer. so the director and choreographer made this production to become a durian tree. and when the taiwanese realised that it became a durian tree, they got a shock, and said that we should stick to their original mango tree.
but the thing is, right at the start, nobody told us that we must grow mango tree. we spent months growing the durian tree, seeing the durians bear fruit.
and hence during that weekend, all the actors/actresses/dancers went through intensive practises to convert ourselves from durian to mango.
the whole process is very tedious, but through this ordeal, all of us got closer and more united. :)
having afternoon tea with darling @ Flor Patisserie is ultimately bliss, and it blows away all my tiredness from the 6 hours of rehearsal.
the cakes are really nice! thank you darling for recommending me this place. :)
i received two belated birthday presents.
one of them was on 20 november.
my new pink ic! no more nerdy geeky kiddy photo!
and the other one was yesterday, from my two colleagues, miss chen and miss chua!
i really love it! when i saw this cap worn by Haha in runningman, i really want to buy it. and then when i saw it in a marvel shop at malacca, i was thrilled, but the price (100 dollars!!!) totally turned me off, so i didn't buy. thank you miss chen and miss chua! :)
support my youngest sis!!! :)
we had a rehearsal at penjuru, an industrial area at the outskirts of west coast.
the reason we went there is because we need to practise together with the drummers. upon reaching there, i appreciate that we practise at the hall at tzu chi, air-conditioned and clean. penjuru is dirty, stuffy and... DUSTY.
dancing together with the drums is magnificent. the vibrant energy from the drummers and dancers combined together is simply breathtaking and awesome.
however something happened over there. a few of the performers went into the lift, and unluckily the lift broke down. they were stuck inside for at least half an hour, and were feeling breathless and traumatised. my ex student was the most affected, and the moment the lift door was opened and they came out, she cried terribly and she was totally not in the condition to carry on with the rehearsal.
if u ask me, i honestly think that the time taken for them to be rescued out of the lift is a bit too long, and this kind of standard is totally unacceptable. when i was trapped in the lift at darling's house, it just took 10 minutes for the maintenance guy to arrive and rescue me out.
over there, there was no lift maintenance guy. instead we need two firemen to come and rescue them. i think the boss of penjuru need to do something about the lift breakdown SOP. zzz...
brought my show choir students to Marina Bay Sands to watch 'Starlight Express'.
presenting to you the hunks! make a guess who are the students and who are the teachers?
for me, the show was ok ok only. hahaha. but the students love it, which i think that is the most important. :)
