We are reaching the last lap of the second year. I feel that I'm that much close to living my dream. Although there are people who say that I care too much about the course and I am too bothered by what people think about it, it is what I love doing and it is something that has meaning to me. No one shall take that from me. Try and I'll bite your face off. - Nah, I'm just kidding...it'll be more likely for my to just beat the crap out of you. (;

Anyway, here is a long overdue post about ESCAPADE '10...basically I'm just an EMCEE for the first segment and I just bummed around with the other Inno monsters and monster leaders through the night la. Then hung out with other random ACERs who were doing odd jobs like me too. (: Nuff' said, the photos are here to make a statement.




The A-Team. - Or a B-Team in the spirit of the Colour.

The made up spastic faces of ESCAPADE leaders....uh, except for Inspira - who are too cool for this photo.

Don't ask. It was one of those moments, you had them too.

Taking a break for supper.

So yea, but that's not the highlight of this post.


DPCM facilitation order.

This was for our practice facilitation. Which then reminds me that I have my actual facilitation on Thursday of week 17. Which also happens to be the week for CRS Presentation, MHA Presentation and TiE Performance. Win. (: But for now we have Chinese New Year.

Keep away. :P

This month is passing so swiftly and so suddenly with a whole list of things running past me. Assessments, friendships, people, work, dreams, ambitions and hope.

2 more weeks until AC guys enlist in commandos (Kenneth) and 3 - 12 weeks till the rest go in too (Frederick, Lucas, Ben Khoo, Ian...etc.) And approximately 20 more months for me? Awesome stuff, but regular lunches and meet ups with these guys are hard to come by now and we try as much as possible to keep those contacts that we have. Brotherhood dies in a HARD and HARSH way when there is little to band together for...just the way, huh? I don't believe in that.

DADP is getting tired. It is starting to grate on nerves and our passions as students of Applied Drama & Psychology is being tested, to make sure it is not just WORK again. I don't want to make baseless accusations but sometimes I feel that the effort put in by the students, is not justified by the returns seen. But then, that's school policy and like all company policies...employees are put to "maximum" returns - in the interest of the company. I love Applied Drama, I am intrigued by Psychology, I have a desire to work as an applied drama practitioner - then I question my traits about suitability. (: I need to do theatre work along with applied drama work...otherwise I'll just shrivel and die as a teacher. :P

And with that, here is what just came in today!!!!


Spontaneous activities are always a joy to indulge in...thus there was the flash mob for Poetry Slam Revolt with this as the "costume"


And of course, the SP String Ensemble Concert Renaissance XI which was a blast to host due to the "informal" formality of it all. Seems like the current Poetry Slam champ is Mark...hmm...Interesting.

Young Co. is pretty alright now, with improvisation coming along. A lot of stage work which I would be conscious about now seems so natural to me...don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Maybe I'm getting more complacent? ): Or I'm growing which is a (: (:!

Well, on other matters...I watched The Tourist with BBFF on Thursday. The storyline was bleh...but I needed to get off the stress scale for a bit...OMFG. And awesome company indeed, although someone is convinced that I am the argumentative type. :P Which I obviously am NOT! At least not always.
Something to Chew on.

Like the boats in the movie, real sleek.


On the end note,

There are lots of other people in my life who are more selective, closer to me, more down-to-earth and humorous - as compared to you. But why do you seem draw my eyes whenever we are with company and you are a distance away?

Please, get out of my mind...and try to stay out. Thanks.

First week of the New Year!!! And it just passed with me stressing over work, meeting new people, haunted by my past, finding out secrets kept from me and having a ball of a time.

Open house this week was crazy...it just kept raining and raining and raining and raining. But it made my job a lot easier. Less people came up onto the tour buses and there was a lot more rest time for the SP ACERs. Day 1, I was with Rashid...which went quite well. Probably the busiest day too. Hahaha, a lot of pointless talking and energy level was generally quite down due to the rain. Day 2, with Pearlyn, by far the slackiest day EVER...hahah, we basically just went round the school with an empty bus watching Death Race, which I borrowed from the library in the morning. LOL... Day 3, with Karate Fairy, the most uhm..."have to save her ass" duty ever? I practically did the whole tour all day. But we had a lot of people who just went up to SB and didn't wanna go back down. So essentially it was only me who could talk about the area in great detail before they left. -.-' I got ripped off. It just kept raining through SP Open House...omg.


Open haus duty uniform...and Sharon who was just slacking at the sound booth. ): Envy.

Day 3 was my most eventful. I had duty, went to watch Unplugged Reverie perform at T11A and T12! Then a Karate demo with the fairy in it...she broke a board that was right above her head...O.O but yea. I only saw a small part of the demo. Then I went to have a quick dinner, followed by duty at Industry night at Spinnovex. Of course, the whole plan was changed and in the end they didn't need a host. Mrs Lam, being the sweet director she was took food for us (me and the SPARCs) helpers. <3s goes out to her for being such an awesome director for CASS. Then went down to check out Spinnovex with Fairy. Wrapped up Industries night after and went home, although the original plan was to meet BBFF to ride home together. Oh wellz. (: Long day though and I fell asleep when I hit the sacks. Surprisingly.

Saturday was my first day with Young Co. Lol, I was greeted with a stranger looking for a way up to the Loft@DBS Arts Centre...then people started arriving - while I called Dan to find a way up. In order of how I met them Theresa, Bjorn, Uday, Cara and Diann showed up when Ethan came down to pick us up. Okay, so I didn't tell anyone how my auditions went per say...I have my reasons for that. (: So Ethan was really surprised to see me. Went up and we saw more people who were alrdy there Reggie, Grace, Sabrina and Lester. So yea...first day nerves. Played a whole load of ice breaking games for the morning. So much tension and so much release of tension within 1 hour. By break time we all more or less knew each other. Then we did our monologues. I was literally shaking nervously because I didn't know if I could remember my lines. Hahahaha, I bet people picked up on that. :P But it was fun nonetheless, everyone was just so mindblowingly good. I was just enjoying one piece after the other!! And I feel like I need to read more literature. ):

Oh, interesting fact of the day. Ethan was like opening and closing the lift door then suddenly it jammed with a little gap...then he tried to open it with his bare hands and I was pressing the open button. LOL, it was the most epic facial expression when he opened it successfully then saw me pressing the open button. XD So we took the stairs. *hush hush* but at the end of the lesson the lift was working!!! Hurray!! Lol, HUSH HUSH.

After a short drink with the Young Co., went to meet Kenneth and Fred for Astons at Cathay...the queue was surprisingly short. And the sirloin was...much to be desired for but still edible. Best thing was probably the baked potato for the day. Awesome company too. Just talking about stuff you don't even really remember the day after. But having fun while doing it. (: That's an ART.

Today was just sad...IMH mental wellness Forum got trolled. The specialist had good issues but bad english. And yea, people were just snoozing. But hey, it was a nice takeaway for the week.

And now I shall have CRS, RMSW, ED and DPCM to deal with.

Sup! It is 2011, so HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU FOLKS OUT THERE WHO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR. I was on the MRT on the way to Vivocity at 12mn. How nice is that! (:

Alright, so my resolutions are out. And my goals are set. I just pray that this year I will have more discipline with my life.

So yea, this is the first post for the New Year.

Random thought:

I was having my dinner today when I got reminded of a parable I heard in primary school.

A boy and his caterpillar. There was a boy who had a caterpillar. Everyday he looked forward to its growth into a butterfly. So he fed it constantly. The caterpillar grew fast and was well fed thanks to his effort. Soon enough his hopes were fulfilled and the caterpillar spun itself a cocoon. When the cocoon started to shift, the boy ran excitedly to it...hoping to see the birth of a butterfly. He waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Finally there was a small split in the cocoon after 2 hours. The boy was all excited and couldn't wait for the new butterfly to emerge. After waiting for another hour watching the butterfly struggle to exit to cocoon, the boy got impatient and wanted to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut open the cocoon for it. The butterfly emerged smoothly through the new incisions. But it was not what the boy thought it would be. The butterfly had crumpled wings and could not leave the ground. Disappointed the boy looked away and set the butterfly free in his back yard, where it shrivelled and passed on.

"Why did that happen?" The boy asked out loud.

"There is no easy way out in life, and when you cut the cocoon, you cheated mother nature and did not give the butterfly to opportunity to strengthen its wings. That's why it died." replied his father. "That's just part of life and we all grow in the same way, struggles are there to strengthen us and without them, we will just be like butterflies with crumpled wings. Weak and unable to fulfill our potential."

Just a story that came to my mind.

2011 will be a new year of overcoming challenges and problems.

Cheers to that!