Merry Christmas, with love

Eventually, I didn't have to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Woohooo! Urgh, it's always so tempting to agree to cutting me off for that shift. Kinda persisted that I wanted to still work tomorrow but oh well, just take it as a rest day for me :) Which means, I have already finished using up my PH :(

Anyway, had a Christmas gathering with clique yesterday! It was a good meetup because all were present! :) Can't believe that we still keep in contact after 4 years from graduation.

Had to share this... Acelyn looks soooooo good!! :)

A really nice poloroid shot of all of us!!

And because I didn't have to work today, I finally had the chance to attend CHC's Christmas service!! Wow, really miss those people there. Especially those from choir! URGH! Regret not taking photos with a couple of them :( They were the group that I could not bear to part with at that time. It was a funny feeling generally though. Not exactly feeling "home" at the place I have grown for 7 years... Maybe I easily adapt to an environment. But I will always remember where I had come from and I owe it to everyone I had come across with! :)

Was within 2 metres of my idol and I think she saw me!! :( Too bad I didn't have the courage to just step up to her and wish her a Merry Christmas... I mean, it would be SO weird if she totally didn't know me at all(though I heard that she knows this girl "Maria" exists! hehe). Oh well, I'm sure there will be other opportunities to meet her up close one day :)

At least, I also got to spend some face time with my BFF :D

Urgh, it irritates me to think of my upcoming shifts! I just want the 8th of Jan to come! I'M BLOODY EXCITED!!!!!!!

Self-shots

All thanks to Elson & KerYuan, I got some rather nice shots while performing! Really good that I can keep them so that I can show my children next time when they totally do not believe that I used to perform blah blah...

If you think the hair with bangs looks weird, it's because the wig is actually supposed to be shoulder length. But the director wanted me to have my usual hair length. So yeah, I just lub the wig over my hair during scene changes. I hope I did play the 2 different roles well. Been watching some video clips of my performance and I think there is so much room for improvement! :)

Had my ward party yesterday. We had a lot of good food to eat! :D With Lina dear!!

The most ultimate crazy game. Hehehehe.

I'm still trying to get used to work once again. Urgh, I need time to adapt!! Seesh! 1 year since I stepped into the ward! Time to buck up my performance! Shoot man! I'm actually quite disappointed with myself. Maybe I just have way too high expectations of myself in work. I just want to be firm enough to make decisions and have so much knowledge in everything.

I hope the working days will be better. Christmas is around the corner. Time to buy stuff!!! WOOHOO! I'M GONNA SPEND MONEY LIKE CRAZY! And oh, gonna work on Christmas eve and Christmas day. Planning to sing carols and random songs to my patients! Just wanna bring love and hope! Hehehe! So fun!! :D

NYP's 20th Anniversary Musical- Homecoming

WOOHOO! Finally it's over! From July till now! I will miss all the intensive rehearsals though :( But I'm also quite happy to return to work! Hehehe :D

Hmmm, I hate my voice! Seriously! I always feel that I can't control it well! I must say what I delivered on the 2 days wasn't my personal best. It's either people are too nice to have compliments or I'm a perfectionist when it comes to singing. Anyway it's over! I don't need to care about it anymore! Hehe.

Some photos to share! :D

The girls during mic check!

The SoundCard peeps!!

Heheheh! Woohoo! I love Shing Min!! :)

Invited both my sisters as well! I'm glad they enjoyed! Hehe. I'm sure now when I need day offs to have performances, they will give it to me! :P

My parents who always support me!

The nursing classmates!! Whee! So happy when they appeared "behind"!

Juicez peeps!! :)

This bunch never fail to support my in every performance I am in! :) And now, ShaoYu is the performer!! Hehehe!

I love this awesome director, Uncle Terrence!!!

Little did I know that this secondary school classmate would be acting with me! (yeah, and thanks to Barry for laughing so loud when Shao Yu shouted at me in the show)

The beautiful dancers :)

Treasa dear!!! :D

Finally I indulged on McSpicy!! YUMMY!!!

The awesome singer!!!

I have definitely ended the year 2011 with a big bang!! What lies ahead in 2012? I have totally no idea. But I am gonna have aspirations, and achieve them! Life is really all about realising the power of the dream. Wow...

Standby Mode

Rehearsals have been crazy. REALLY CRAZY. I have been going to NYP almost everyday for the past 2 weeks! Phew!! But..... I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE SHOW IS TOMORROW ALREADY!!!! Arghhh!! OMGOMGOMG! I feel really nervous. One of the biggest role I have ever played. Even though I'm not played the lead, I enter in 12 scenes out of the 13 scenes!!!! It's really draining!

Anyway I should stop complaining, because I really love what I love doing :) I'm so happy that I have friends supporting me too! (you know who you are) What I really hope for now is to have perfect articulation of lines, good pitching and singing(not straining kind), the right emotions and mood of the various scenes, being very into character and the comfort in engaging the audience during the 2 actual days!

I MUST BREAKTHROUGH AND DO EXTRAORDINARILY WELL! :) They told me that that know I will shine on the actual day. Thanks for the encouragement, but I really hope it will happen :) Grace of God, grace of God!!!

Anyway in between rehearsals, I had some fun because it is also my annual leave period!! Photos to share! :)

Went to Botanical Gardens with the youth peeps! It was really fun just hanging out!!

Random group in church! I love the Christmas decorations!

Some rehearsal photos! Waiting backstage while waiting for our turn!!

The big grand stage!!! Tomorrow I will no longer be seeing empty chairs already!! *stress*

Treasa and I during preview!!

After Saturday's performance, it will be back to reality. But I'm quite happy to return to work! Provided that it is not crazy. My sister never give me PH at all for Christmas and New Year :( Which means I will have 4 "extra" off days brought over next year!!! Good! Good!!

I'm just praying very hard for a good show :) Really.

My Days In NYP

If you were to ask me to act out scene 11 of HomeComing Musical right now, I think I could do it perfectly... I really miss my studying days! Going to the library and cramping all the shitz into my brain and going off for rehearsals during the exam period!

Did almost exactly that today(yesterday). It has been about a year since I last stepped into the library! It was good sitting down and doing the stuff I ought to do.

Even a bunch of Nursing students sat beside my table. They were frantically revising for their skills test(one of the horrors in nursing). It seemed so complicated to them but to me, it's just a simple procedure I do in the ward. Wow, it made me realized that I've grown so much! :)

So, we have been and we are having pretty intensive rehearsals for the big show! For me, I got really tongue twisted. Seriously, why does it ALWAYS happen to me?! Hope it will be better with more practice!

I love spotlights! :) It somehow gives me the confidence! Looking forward to better acting!

I can do it!! I thank God for His grace :)

I'm listening to the instrumental of Rainbow Connection played on the keyboard by one of my SoundCard junior. It really sounds good. Oh man, it's giving me the feeling! COME ON MARIA! You can do it! :) Really at this point of time, it is good to just reflect back and ponder why on Earth I am in this musical. Why??? Hmmm.

I got news that there would be this "Homecoming" musical on the day I watched 881 the musical. Hehe. I told myself back then that I MUST be involved in it because that is the only platform that I can do what I really like. Act, sing, dance. Let the audience feel my emotions. Make them laugh, tear, be in awe. Where I can do quick changing, put on pretty make up, have lights shining on me, seeing myself in programme booklets, posters. Be with the people I love :) 2 weeks to SHOWTIME. GOSHHHH!

As compared to the others I've been through, this musical seems different. In a slightly negative sense of course. Though I must say that the story is one of the best to me, not forgetting the stage settings and the beautiful songs in it. The spirit, feeling might be different. But you know what is gonna stay the same? Shining on stage! Yes! It will be one of the best I've done so far! I don't care!!!

I really can't wait for the moment when I'm on stage the actual day, starting off the whole musical! :)

I thank God for such a timely annual leave (planned by me of course). Been going out since day one! Went to the airport to see dear Sheryne off!! Will miss her for a whole month!!

I have yet to go on a proper shopping trip!!! It's okay! I have many days of leave left!! :)