Me, Myself & Opera

My mum very funny one lor. That morning when I went out, she was still telling me that she will be at home the whole day. Then after my practice at about 6pm, I asked her if she at home. I want to bring her to the pasar malam at Paya Lebar because Li Lao shi is opening a stall there. Who knows, she told me that she is not at home. She is at AMK, acting for Naiba. So sudden one. I was with Susan at that time and Susan brought me to AMK to eat vegetarian food then visit Naiba they all. This Susan also damn funny lor. She gave me 2 options to eat vegetarian in AMK but then she made the decision herelf telling me that the other one might not be opened that day. So we went to her selected one. When we arrived, the stall was closed. LOL. I told her she is not zhun one leh. She say this one should be open then in the end it is not lor. So she say ok lah, go to another one which is confirm will be opened. So we went there, also at AMK. Turn out that one also not open lor! Aiyo. That day all ve...

I know that you must be thinking,"Miko is mad lor, the show act finish liao then post all these photo taking pictures." I have totally forgotten about these photos until I saw them just now in this lonely folder on my desktop. I tot since I have already loaded these photos in my laptop, might as well post them up and share with you guys. I know you guys won't hiam these older photos lor because photos are photos. People are always interested to see photos more than my nonsensical writing. However, if you decided to hiam now, you can scroll down and read at my other entries. 3 witches of the day. I kind of like this witch role when I saw them reherasing it. It's a playful role, keep laughing hysterically and act like 38. Not bad for a try. And some more the witches got 2 sets of costumes! Not bad right? Our female lead also only 2 sets of costumes. Our witches. Me, acting as maid, was given a very typical maid name, Chun Lan. This maid name appeared more than once i...

It's been a long long time since I last wore a school uniform. I have long forgotten how it felt like to be wearing one. I had a chance of wearing one earlier on this month. It's a bit ridiculous. I was asked to act in a modern Huang Mei Opera where I am supposed to act as a monitress. I wasn't a monitress nor a prefect when I was studying. I was also required to act cute in this show because this script was catered for primary school students. Do I look funny? Opera make up but wear school uniform. LOL. I think it's kinda cute and I sort of like it cuz it feels so comfortable wearing this instead of the usual heavy costumes. And my hair! My god. It's so damn long now! Too bad that day I didn't take a lot of photos because I don't really know the other actors. I only rehearsed with them twice, I don't even remember their names now.. oops. Though it's kinda fun, it's tiring too. The first performance was at 1030am. Hence I have to make up like at ...

May was bugging me yesterday that why I didn't start blogging since I am already back from my holidays for quite a few days liao. The truth is that I am so damn busy lor. Nowadays, though I am not working, I woke up early than usual and went out immediately. Then I will stay the whole day outside till evening time where mostly I will need to go rehearse something. It's either rehearse at COI, rehearse at Bedok or rehearse at SL. With a tight schedule like that, I really can't find time to update my blog. Though of course I have a lot of nonsense to blog about. Nonsense is not short in supply. It's happening everday. Talking about nonsense, I had a chat with May last night and I felt that maybe we are not that suitable to act opera. We can't sing, we can't act, we can't please Ang. I think we are probably more suitable to do 'xiang sheng', the chinese talk show usually done by 2 person. You know why? Because we 2 can always talk and then come up with ...

Have you ever acted in any roles that after the show or practice, you cannot 'jump' out of the role immediately? I seldom have this kind of feeling but I do have 2 roles that kinda affected me for awhile after practicing. And when I say practicing, its a practice without interruption and with total focus and concentration. The first role that I find very affecting is 祝英台, which as you all know, I am practicing now. Currently I am practicing the 十八相送 which is new to me because I didnt expect to be asked to learn this. Anyway I had to learn it so I did. Recently, I have practiced alone at home. Everytime I finish practicing 十八相送, I feel very upset. I keep thinking about how 祝英台 is so hopeful of 梁山伯 coming to find her and they could be together. At the end of 十八相送, she know that this might be the last time she see 梁山伯 or the last time they can be so happy together. The feeling of 不舍 is so strong in me. Maybe because of past experiences? I don't know lor. Maybe it brings up som...

I saw this clip of 山伯临终 by the very handsome 章瑞虹 so I must post it up. She is singing this very sorrowful song about how upset she is for not being able to be with Yingtai. I love the costume she is wearing! It's simple, elegant and very nice for this scene. I also like the way she did her hair in the clip. Like super neat lor. 超帅的章瑞虹 If you cant see the video below, you can see it at this link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjM2NjUzNTI=.html

Because Susan need me to perform Liangzhu, I have been watching a lot of Yueju Liangzhu done by different people. I have been trying to find the 新梁祝 by 章瑞虹 but was unable to find it. I only found the old version that she did. Then I re-watched Mao Wei Tao's 新梁祝. It was really very nice and touching. I liked it alot! Somehow, Liangzhu is a show that never really left my opera life leh. Although Teacher Ang doesn't do LiangZhu, somehow, I seems to see it very often around me. It's a classic that has been played and replayed alot. So far, I think the best version Liangzhu is the Mao Wei Tao's version. However, I prefer 范派的《楼台会》. Therefore, I am looking for 新梁祝 by 章瑞虹. Both Mao and Zhang has their own special way of projecting the image of 梁山伯. 茅威涛很帅哦！尤其这张照片，超有型的。 这张照片很可爱，山伯在看英台的耳环痕。 甜蜜的三载同窗。 山伯兴奋要访英台。 浪漫的满天飞花结尾。 These pictures are really beautiful.

Erm... mao wei tao act as dong fang bu bai? Abit weird right?! My gosh. I am soooooo.. I dunno how to say but the I can't recognise it is her leh. Abit wasted her talent to act this lah. lOL.

I am having some concerns about people reading my blog and the things I write. There might be some friends reading this blog but I didn't know. As you all know, I like to talk a lot of rubbish and write nonsense in my blog. Sometimes I let out steam by kping some opera stuff. I am afraid that all these might be misinterpreted and then told to others. Tho I normally heckcare lah but I can't heck care too much also. So anyway, I have to be more careful about what I write. Like I can't comment other actors... saying that the hairstyle not nice etc. Haiz. In order to not create any misunderstanding, I will now blog about more general things. LOL, here are some nice opera photos. I haven't blogged any nice opera photos for a very long time. Probably that's because I am so lost in my own opera work and so demoralised that I forgot about the beauty in opera. Now, I remind myself that opera is pretty and I should not give up. See these nice photos will sometimes motivate me...

I love Opera regardless of what other people say. I love Opera regardless of its difficulty. I love Opera regardless even if everyone laugh at me! LOL, I know that many people think I am siao! Think I got nothing else better to do. Think that I am wasting time on money and opera. I have no idea what is wrong with doing opera because it beats spending all my time on clubbing, drinking, going casinos etc. May said that her colleagues suggested that she should give up opera and save all that money to get a prada bag. Prada BAG? For real? Come on.... Prada bag is not going to give us the same satisfaction, the same passion, the same fun as opera lor. Nothing can replace the joy opera gave me.... and of course the pain too. The frustration.. the disappointment....but despite all these, I have never given up on doing opera. I can't believe that I am actually rolling around this circle for like... 8 years. Damn, I am so old now! I was only 20 years old when I started, now I am 28! Shucks ...