fishy tales... the tail end...

another couple of days and i would have completed 61 shows for rainbow fish...

overall, it has been a great experience... working with friends and making new ones... the moments that we have created on stage were truly magical and will be engraved in my mind for a very long time to come...

at this point, it is truly a bittersweet feeling... i want it to end cos we are all tired... for it to continue will be great cos we really have a lot of fun together... but i'm sure our paths will cross again...

btw, catch the wacky bunch at st james powerhouse this friday as we celebrate the end of a sellout season!

fishy tales... staying afloat

okay... i technically should be in bed by now since i need to awake at 6am to prepare for shows tomorrow... but i cannot resist dropping a couple of lines before i sleep...

rainbow fish opened on monday... we've done 18 shows so far... another 43 to go... my voice is gone, i'm down with flu... fingers crossed that i will feel much better tomorrow... i just need to survive through the week... things will get better i hope...

on the side, my off day was hardly a break. had to consolidate materials for a couple of talks and then there were a few business calls to handle. also had a few new show bookings coming in... me is tired tired TIRED!

i want a holiday!

fishy tales... v-power!

working on rainbow fish has definitely been a blast... it's a fun team and we are all settling in quite nicely... yes, it's just day three but everyone's pretty bored... the fooling around onstage has begun... that's a good sign... i'm starting to fool around with my makeup too... haha...

by the way... v stands for violet!

fishy tales... the swimming continues

it's been a five week rehearsal process. we are finally opening tomorrow...

61 shows... 18,000 tickets... sold out show...

in the dressing room, tensions are high... but we should do all right... i am so glad that i have my longtime friends on the team... who would have imagined after more than a decade that we would all end up in the same industry, in the same production...

time to grab dinner... shower and then sleep...

fishy tales...

1) rainbow fish is so sold out that we have only 100 tickets left... 15000 tickets sold... i think this is what we call a sellout show... yippee!!! it's motivation to work even harder...

2) had our preview this morning. it went surprisingly well. nothing major to work on... so goodie... violet is very pleased with what he's done...

3) i'm just wondering if my skin will be in tiptop condition considering that my makeup goes over a layer of peel-off masque. so technically i am (a) doing a masque almost daily (b) exfoliating daily... haha... but not posting up any pictures as yet... won't want to spoil the fun!

everything is really falling into place with regards to the production. me is very happy. rainbow fish is definitely a highlight to my 2008.

routine update

life for the past couple of days has been pretty routine...

wake up by 7am... do vocal warm-up while showering... be at rehearsals by 9am...

rehearse rehearse until 1 or 2pm... go off for teaching, drama classes or my workshops...

head to the nearest or most convenient fastfood place... grab dinner and head home...

check email... answer email... chat on msn... shower... sleep...

not very exciting but it's going to be like that for the coming week as well... energy is at a new low cos the rehearsal process for rainbow fish is no walk in the park... would i still do it if i could choose all over again? definitely! i must say i have been blessed to have the current team, we get along pretty well... we are not the best of friends but we work well together... that is enough for me...

water... here, there, everywhere...

my recent lifestyle is all about water... rainbow fish and dragonboat...

the stress of rainbow is slowly creeping up on me... i am definitely not the strongest vocalist (i cannot read scores, pitch or do anything 'musical-ish')... not a fantastic dancer... so when others pitch easily or master choreo within a snap of their fingers, i need a lot more time. AND time is not on my side... we open in two weeks! i don't want to disappoint the director, fellow cast and most definitely myself...

dragonboat is the other thing... i definitely enjoy rowing BUT the past couple of weeks, my heart is just not in it. my mind is just about rainbow and the tiong bahru launch. today i was out of sorts... during training, was constantly thinking of my songs for rainbow... coach probably would want me in the final line-up for november's competition and hinted at moving training time to suit my schedule... i'm not so sure if i am worth it...

i need to clear my mind and focus... CONCENTRATE!!!

now... off to memorise script for rainbow!