I’m busy doing Tanglin at the moment, and I’m working on my new blog design! That’s something I’m kind of excited about, because I’ve been blogging since 2009, and stopped for quite a while. I really miss writing and documenting bits of my life somewhere I can go back to and reminisce about when I’m older. There’s just something very nice about reading thoughts of a younger me. I sing regularly now, every Monday at Obar Punggol Marina from 8pm to midnight and every Friday at OSG Bar at Suntec City Tower 1 from 9pm till late, so please come support if you’re available! I’m also doing real estate on the side too, so my plate is really full! That’s amidst juggling all the relationships in my life – being a daughter, a granddaughter, friend, loved one, pet parent…
It has got to be Vyjayanthi. I played a Chinese girl born during the second world war and raised by an Indian family. This was a drama in Vasantham. I remember telling the production that there was no way I could pick up Tamil in such a short span of time, so they found a way to still cast me by making me mute. That brought a totally different set of challenges. I had to really think about how a mute girl with no education could communicate using body language, and I had to study how Indian women moved in their sarees, how they talked, how they gesture with their hands, and the signature head shake. I learnt that despite living in a multi-racial country, I knew so little about their culture! So that was a real eye-opener for me. Challenging yes, but very enriching at the same time.
I think we have a lot in common on many levels! For starters, I think we have the same bubbly nature, same tolerance level to so many things (I’m still wondering when Gina will snap lol), and like Gina, I try to always be positive. We’re both property agents, which was so weird when I got the role because I was sure the casting director did not know that. I’ve been Gina for about a year now, and I think I’m starting to blend our characters into one lol.
I would really like to be involved in a huge hollywood or China kind of production. I’ve heard so much about how they operate in the big boys’ world, and it really intrigues me. Here, we are a small industry in a tiny country. It’s really nice and cosy here, and comes with its own perks (like being close to the people I love!), but if given the chance, I want to go out there and be involved in a huge production, even if it was just once in my lifetime.
I LOVE IT! The fact that it’s so versatile. I can use it as a bed (I’d sleep on it), a chair (I’d sit on it), a work area (I’d work on it), a lounge seat (I would so nua on it), a sofa (2 people can sit on it at the same time), an armchair (placed upright), and so many other ways. Nothing gets more versatile than a bean bag. And this one looks and feels so atas! It would fit right into a luxury hotel, as well as my home hahaha! Bean bags are traditionally thought of as fun and kiddy, but this one looks and feels really sophisticated, Plus i’s just so much cosier than a chair or a sofa!
