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So, so glad to have been in USProductions in my last year in NUS. So, so grateful to have the cutest cast and crew with me through this. And incredibly touched for all y’all friends who came down to support (tq, and tq again!)

I don’t do scripted plays much, but they always hold something special for me. Because you start inhabiting a character that is wholly not you. Beyond being an excitable IJ girl, I spent a long time hating Anna for being an angsty drama queen. It was really until opening itself that I realized (with amazing direction from Dot and me lovely cast mates), that Anna is more than that. Anna is all of us – scared, vulnerable, loyal, masking all that with her anger and confused frustrated outbursts.

Confession: i found Anna really hard to portray, and it took me way too long to warm up to her. I may even have only fully gotten her on our last show. But the journey there was worth it. I do love me a good challenge. But it wouldn’t have been as amazing a time without deez talented awesomesauce peeperts:

Whether offstage or onstage, you guys shine. Thank you for being such an inspiration and a joy to work with. <3

Finding Robin together.

Sometimes making Dot cry with laughter / frustration. (Most of this is WJ’s doing)

And for the general backstage shenanigans where we basically kill our throats with chilli (mine died midway through the third show HAHSDHA).

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So recently I’ve been plagued by a bout of insomnia, which is strange because I’ve always slept very well and very early. My baby sleep cycle demands a full 8 hours. But for the past month I’ve had problems falling asleep and staying asleep. It’s horrible. Slowly I’m beginning to suspect that it has something to do with my slow descent into Anna-hood.

All the anger I’ve been forcing my body to possess, and the actual anger I’ve had to express through all our rehearsals / runs / shows are beginning to seep into my qi (i’m quite huge on TCM, yes). May be the reason I’m sleeping bad, especially considering how incredibly slow to anger I am in real life. Method acting much?

Need to find the Qing chill again.

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OH AND AND AND

FINALLY

IT’S OUT:

SO. CHIO. So proud of Jude and Jem for creating this with just a vision and the desire to create something big. Aced it. And seriously can’t stop listening to this.

“See how far we’ve come,”

strikes true, especially since I’ve watched YQ win the crowd’s heart as splatterdashed in our HC years. It’s really amazing seeing friends making a difference, pursuing their dreams, and just – creating great shit with their innate abilities. Also tq for roping me in to help in whatever small way I could. Had too much fun roaming lupsup stores, aging paper with coffee, and making psychedelic clocks for this shoot. It’s quite a feeling seeing it all come to life under Jem’s film skillz.

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Now it’s back to school, and i’m taking it chill this semester. Have been reading A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara – deeply, deeply engaging. Have already found so many excerpts to fall in love with. Will share more when done (it’s friggin’ long).