Friday, January 20, 2006

A Hat Trick

The third time I went to Marina Square in two weeks. So much so that I have internalised the locations of most of the shops there! It was lucky that I suggested Marina Square for a bowling session with Teddy and Gary though because we actually grabbed an opportunity to have a shoot with Mediacorp artiste - Felicia Chin Foon Ling! :)


After a fruitless attempt at bowling - a sports which I have not engaged in for almost 3 years and thereby achieving awful scores of 82 and 75 for 2 games (anyway, Gary did even worse than me), we were combing the area for a decent place to eat when we chanced upon Changing Appetites. The group of mediacorp artistes acting in a scene at Changing Appetites, which included Felicia, Rui En, Zhang Zhen Xiang and Elvin Ng, proved too alluring for us as we made our way into the restaurant. We (or rather only Gary and me) were discussing how to take pictures of them, since I felt it was rather rude to start snapping away at our cameras while they were working. (Gary did take some but they were blur) After numerous NGs, they finished their shots and walked in different directions. We pulled off a shameless act - dashing out of Changing Appetites, rushing after Felicia while she talked on the phone, and leaving behind our half-eaten food and bags at the restaurant. Gary felt regretful later because he did not get to put his pretty face beside Elvin and Rui En on photographs. And he wanted to crop himself and Felicia in the photograph above because he felt Teddy and I were too ugly. So narcissistic! :p

Being an actor is indeed not easy, looking at how they spent almost an hour on 2 scenes and on top of that, had to bear with the criticisms and the meticulous requirements of the director. It was 6:30 pm and yet we saw them moving off in a Mediacorp van, probably rushing to another venue to complete more scenes!

Spent the rest of the time shopping. Had decided not to spent on tops anymore but something in Metersbonwe caught my eyes. Fortuitously, there was a 30% discount and I made quite a good deal, considering that the sleeveless t-shirt and the jacket was really an impeccable match. Could not find any cheap and good-looking pants after tiring long walks in Marina Square and Suntec. Have to try my luck on another day then.

P.S: Due to Gary's incessant complaint that he looked shorter than Felicia in the photograph, I did a quick research and found out she was 170cm tall. I bet you are as tall, if not taller than her dude! She must be wearing high heels... haha

scribbled at 10:17 PM