Aching body

Did Jacq's weeding yesterday. I can't sleep the night before due to the shoot, cause it's been like almost 2 years since I last did a wedding shoot. Went to collect equipments, then went to buy DV tapes and firewire with Ellery and Sharon. Settle for dinner after buying before heading to Ellery's house to collect the equipments which I also don't know why I put them in his house in the first place.

Anyway, I reach back at his house the next morning at 430am. Filming the wholc time until 1130pm. Burned out and whole body is aching. Carrying the camera for almost like 19 hours with a spotlight mounted onto the camera can be very heavy as time goes by.

Woke up this morning with aching arms, shoulders, back, the whole body.

I think I will avoid doing wedding shoots in future, it's more tiring than filming.

No one asks me out for any countdown tonight, so I guess I be staying at home watching tv and rot ba.

5 more days to 2009. Times really fly fast. How did I celebrate my X'mas you might ask, so I will do a recap for you.

13th: Went to Jason Tai's house for his baby, Ethan Tai, full month gathering. His baby is so cute and Kai Li was saying that when he grow up, he will be very handsome. Jason was complaining about his current project, yet again. Hahaha... then his usual sentence "Cherlyn, you wana come save XXX, since you had saved REM" He is such a joker. Not many industry people went though, thought I can do a great catching up with the rest. Me, Kai Li, Alvin, Derrick & gal, Leslie and Glenn turn up.

After leaving Jason's house, me, Kai Li and Leslie went for dinner at Jurong Point. Watched "Bolt" with Leslie, a terrible show with terrible graphics and animations.

16th: Met up with Candy, Vanessa, Alvin, Felicia, Evan and Grace for gathering and post celebration for Candy's birthday. Alvin is so nice to come pick me up using Candy's dad's car cos of my sprain leg. At least it goes to show that 小弟小妹 still likes me although I am rather fierce and stern. Had our dinner at Marina Square, which Vanessa left after dinner. Went for KTV after dinner which a stupid waitress in KBox did.

Alvin went to order a cake from KBox itself and asked them to bring it in the room after 30 minutes. As I was singing halfway, the waitress came in and asked directly in front of Candy "Can I serve the cake now?" Everyone stoned and blured on the spot. After the waitress left the room to get the cake, I was cursing so much which my 小弟小妹 was laughing. "If she is my PA or something, I will have kick her into the sea liao." was what I said.

Anyway, after singing we went to have roti prata. Evan was so nice to send me home after that.

18th: Went to discuss a project with a production company and collected a cheque from another nearby company. Will be starting a new project on 01st Feb and should end around 19th April. Got Mark in as the project DOP. Long time never see Mark liao, he is still as funny as ever. He sent me home when he see my leg in bandage. So sweet.

22nd: Met Candy at 1pm to watch IP Man. It's a great and excellance movie. I love the fighting scenes and talking scenes. I cried alot of times during the movie. After watching, we went to Vanessa's office. I had to transfer some stuffs to her. After that, Candy and I went to another company. I recommend Candy as the PM for another project which I am glad that she got it.

As I was waiting for Candy, the company bosses ask me in to their office to chat. The chat didn't really turn up great I guess, cause I was telling them about the manpower issues and budget issues. Hahaha... I didn't said it too bluntly though, I keep smiling and joking with them as I "complain". Hahahaha...

After that, I went to meet Donovan for dinner before heading off to a KTV session with him and Victor. Donovan left first, followed by Victor and me.

24th: Met up with Arnold and Candy for dinner before proceeding to Roomfull Of Blues for drinks. Had our countdown there. Arnold paid for everything, so nice and sweet of him. Only afew people turn up. Jason Yun, Arnold's friend Siva. Then Joel and father turn up only after the countdown and had a drink, then leave with Arnold.

That's all for the recap. Will be having a wedding shoot on 30th. Glad that I can finally get busy and get paid also.

As the year 2008 is coming to an end, I starts to recap what have I been doing. Nothing great but had afew projects that I am rather proud of. Done my very first travelogue, been to Bangkok, Tokyo, Ho Chin Minh City and Shanghai for the first time. Done by very first music video. Done a kids drama that won an award.

Work wise, everything has been going rather smoothly.

Love relationship wise, nothing is happening. Hope for my Mr Right to appear but the longer I wait, the more depressing the suitation it becomes. I am not looking for super handsome nor super rich, just someone who loves me and I will love him. Someone who can understands my job and pampers me.

10 more days to Christmas and 16 more days to 2009. Just hope that I can find that special someone to celebrate with me and spend the moment with me. 2009 means I be 30 years old, how many more years do I have to wait, I have no idea.

Seeing friends and couples together always make me envy.

This blog is rather emo I know. Just wana say out my thoughts at this moment. Hasn't been sleeping well for the past few nights. My thoughts are in a mess. However, I wana thank my friends who are always there for me in my darkest moment no matter what happen. Sharon, Ellery and Victor, you guys will always be in my heart and will always be my good friends forever.

REM WON!

The rescults are out for 2008 Asia Television Awards, REM: The Next Generation won this year "Best Children Programme"!

WOW! YAHOO! So happy! Everyone did a great job, all the sweat, pain and sleepless night is worth it. Aaron says he will organise a party to celebrate the win. Oh right!

Uploaded photos

I finally upload my travelogue photos to facebook. Feel free to leave your comments. Will have afew events to attend this week and next week... be limping all the way... But I know that I will recover by 28th cause I have a shoot on 30th. It's all my mind power.

Injured leg

I always have problems with my ankles, now it's worse. I injured myself during the travelogue filming, then when I return I have projects one after another which leaves me no time to see any sinseh.

I finally see the sinseh yesterday morning when I really can't bear with the pain anymore. Sinseh says I got internal injury in the vein and I need to fully rest my leg for at least 1 week or so. Now my left leg is in bandage. The current telemovie I will be stopping it as of today onwards cause I really can't stand for too long and I can't help in the moving of props and run about, so I decided to stop.

Just hope that my leg will recovery soon and in time for the wedding shoot.

Asia Television Awards 2008

I just found out that the kids drama I did "REM - The Next Generation" got nominated for Best Children Programme in 2008 Asia Television Awards. So happy! I am so proud to say that I am very involved in it. I spent sleepless nights over the project. Used up alot of my brain cells for the project. So very involved in it. From the props to locations to episodic castings to budget control etc.

This is the best news I have receive so far for 2008. Cross fingers that it will win the award.

Another new project

Just ended the MV shoot last night, very tired and dead. Sunday filming from 130pm to 230pm, by the time I got home, it was almost 4am. Then woke at 6am for filming from 645am. Am so dead even now. Just went for another meeting in another project, accepted it. Tomorrow call time at 7am, tiring. Lucky I don't have much responsibity for this telemovie. EP says it will wrap on 11th Dec, so will finish filming by next week. I just have to bear with the tiring for 1 week plus and I be done. Hoepfully can rest by then.