24 - 27 january, those 4 days flew by.
i feel a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, and yet also a sense of loss.
anyway, for those who don't know what i'm talking about, i've been acting in the play Passage of Time for those 4 days. let me recount my experience....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++24th January 2008; The First Nightloads of glitches. people missing their cues, coming out onto the scene late, etc. it's like a rehearsal la. in fact, we didn't have a rehearsal at all on the same day. the last rehearsal was the night before. felt it was pretty sucky, it was the worst of all the shows.
25th January 2008; The Second Nightwe had a good show! but i almost had a heart attack, when i went backstage in between scenes to change, as i discovered that my costume was missing! turned out that auntie tusita took my clothes and ran off to the changing room. luckily someone ran to find her and i managed to somehow miraculously change in time for my scene (which was next). had a minor short circuit in my head, and almost screwed up the lines for that scene and the next one. luckily, nothing bad happened and all turned out well in the end hahahaha.
26th January 2008; The Third Day (Matinee)the cast and some bf members were invited to a special lunch dana with Ajahn Brahm. but due to the lack of time, the cast left before finishing lunch :(. super rushed. didn't have much time for make up and stuff, back stage was chaotic. 3 mins to 5 mins before the play started, shu and pam came backstage to find me (thank you babes!) even though by right they weren't supposed to. and i was still doing my hair and make-up! gosh. so yes, under-prepared, partly complacent too. result was an extremely terrible first half. thank goodness things improved after the interval, managed to get some mood back. was feeling so apologetic towards my friends who came.
thank you veron, juncheng, ta, pam and shu for coming! really appreciate your presence :). 26th January 2008; The Third Day (Night Show)a lot of negativity while preparing for the night show. kept on thinking of how badly i acted in the day. thank goodness for angie, nick, wj, and everyone else who kept on encouraging me and told me to let go. this round i had time to get into character, and nick pulled me to send metta together with him to the audience. think it worked. hahaha. things went very very well, as if it was to make up for the afternoon show. the energy of the entire cast was very high. despite minor mistakes made here and there for the Finale, everyone was just so happy and joyful. felt extremely happy that night. the audience left very happy :). oh oh, Edmund Chen, Xiang Yun and their kids came. had compliments from them, made me very happy!
27th January 2008; The Last Nightahh, the VIP night. had Minister of Health, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, and his wife to grace the event. Liu Ling Ling (actress of 881) came too! that night was very very good too. personally, i felt that i peaked on this night. however, as a cast, the best was the night before, the energy was higher. as an actress, this was my personal best. very happy.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++overall, i'm very satisfied with how things turned out. things have improved as a whole from last year's show. and despite my lack lustre performance on the first night and the matinee show, i still recieved kind and positive comments. so yes. it's very encouraging! should i ever get a chance to act again, i'll strive and work even harder!!
as individuals, everyone has grown, in both acting and maturity. it's amazing to see how much things have changed in just 1 year. i will miss everyone terribly when i leave.
have loads of things to do before i leave. i have 13 more days. jia you hui lin!
