Police and Thief

good day to all bloggers and non-bloggers but read blogger's blog. not a bad tongue twister huh. anyways, my life seemed a lil colourful yesterday. was about to go to theatre class when i received a call from Rachel

Rachel: ja, you wanna act?

Ja: haha, you must be kidding me. i cant act for peanuts

Rachel: i'm not kidding you. my cousin is looking for a malay actor to fill up a major role in Police and Thief.

Ja: Police and Thief...
ja wonders in planet mars and thought that the role could be easy since he was a policeman back then

Ja: Canlah Rach. juz send the number to him.

and so, after theatre and dinner, Fifi, my newly appointed audition manager, and I went down to Mediacorp for the audition. My god, we were talking as if we are already doing some bigshot movie as people passed by us.

ja: you took damn long for that take man. didnt you remember the lines?
fifi: sorrylah
ja: yeah, next time run faster. eh whens the next shoot? tomorrow is it?

Fifi and I were already imagining on planet Pluto and i was beginning to act as if i was a tourist, in awe of everything inside.

It's been a while since i last stepped into mediacorp. made so much noise that fifi was getting annoyed.

ja: WAH!! THIS IS THE RADIO BUILDING
ja: WAH!! THIS IS WHERE THEY KEEP THEIR SET
ja: WAH!! I WAS HERE BEFORE DURING MY DEBATING FINALS
ja: WAH!! THIS IS WHERE THEY MAKE THE CHINESE DRAMAS MAN!
ja: CHANNELNEWSASIA OVER THERELAH!!!
wah this, wah that and all fifi said was

Fifi: yeah.
Fifi: uhuh.
Fifi: yeah.

lol.

and so we went to level 3 and i said "Selamat Hari Raya!!!" to one of the famous actors as if i was his best friend. that left him dumbfounded for a short while.

ok, met eugene, rachel's cuz, and he gave us a script each. I was playing rudy's character, the son of Sergeant Dollah. In this play, he was supposed to be like a ningkampooot. Imagine Mr Bean in a Singapore police uniform. that was how i was suppposed to act.

Rudy: eh! you think i get to use this handcuffs? (accidentally handcuffed himself to pole) hehe.. sorry, stuck.

Eugene: hey! keep quiet, you wanna let the gangsters know we're trying to raid that gambling den?

Rudy: gambling den? GAMBLING DEN! COOOL MAN!

Eugene: oi! shhhh.

Rudy: Sorry bro. Cant help it. So excited. i feel like a real cop.

as they walk surreptitiously, Rudy accidentally kicked a can on da floor.

Eugene: eh alor! you want them to know is it?

Rudy: oops. SOrry sorry. (stands up and shout to the rest of the police officer around) FALSE ALARM! FALSE ALARM! MY FAULT BRO, MY FAULT!

he turns around and goes to anothe group of officers who were huddling low.

Rudy: So what's the plan?

Sam: We will wait for ASP Leong to give his final instructions. In the meantime, juz put you fingers on the trigger.

Rudy: YESLAH! We get to use our guns. (Turns around in circle) We get to use our guns! We get to use our guns bro!!

and cut.

thats it. imagine mr bean doing that role. that was how i played it. not expecting anything out of it. just for the mere fun of going for auditions when life has been very dull lately. well, not all the time. :)

sent fifi home before heading towards my grandma's house. i promised to come to her house when she gave me a call. i call it THE CALL! this is how the story went before the audition and after theatre.

went to Magic Woks with my favourite gang from Post Modern and had dinner. ordered stuff like Lemon Chicken, baby squids (dont order this if Fifi is around. He doesn't like it), kangkong (My fav!), black pepper beef and egg with mushroom. During dinner, Yu wei was shouting from across the table, couldn't really make out what she was saying.

Yuwei: Ja, arent ya sapi oar cien ma?
Ja: HUH?
Yuwei: arent ya sapos tagor ta ya gangmars house?
Ja: Huh?!
Yuwei lets off a loud shout: ARENT YA SUPPOSED TO GO TO YOUR GRANDMA'S HOUSE?

ja dropped his fork and spoon... shit... LOL. i forgot. i was supposed to have dinner with her. she said she'll cook for me if i wanna come. hey come on man, if the sweetie pie gave me a call and asked questions like this, how can i say no.

gave her a call
ja: alor nenek!

nenek (grandma): hi. where are ya?

ja: in school nenek. nek, i just got a call and somebody wants me to become an actor.
i had difficulties trying to translate the english thoughts in my head into malay to explain to her.
ja: but i'll come straight away after that. i promise.

nenek: oklah. its ok. just call if you wanna come ok? i'll wait for you.

how can i not love my grandma after being a devil when i was a little imp. stuff like biting her shoulder and throwing my undies into the rice cooker when she wasnt looking. she chased me around the house after that. hehehe... quote "you were the naughtiest grandchild i've had" unquote. im so proud of that. hehe.

but i love her so much that i'll feel lost if she's gone. she's my solace when i really have problems. i'd jsut sit and talk with her. she has the characters and attributes that i would like to possess and trying hard i might say.

all this happened in a day. what can i say. this is my life. my diary.

ja
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