Musical cancelled.......:(

Though I hoped that the musical could somehow go on. Unfortunately, it didn't. The poor morale and response of everyone except for the few of us could not convice our artiste manager to continue the musical. Whats worse was that many of us could answer the questions that she asked us. And hardly anyone voiced out to her despite encouragemts by myself, Yihan, Romeo and the others. In the end, things got so bad that our artiste manager burst into tears. That did it, and with that the meeting ended.

I felt sorry that I couldn't be able to lift up the morale of the people there. Now I can hope that she will calm down, and pick herself up again. Till then I will continue to pray for her, and visit her and I have the time. I suppose this is the least I can do as an artiste under, or a friend.

I look forward to the day when we can all work together again. To all who are reading this blog, take note. If you really want to do something, just go all out and do it. Don't let anything hold you back and don't be afraid to stand up for what you believe in.....

Musical cancelled or continues???

What a day. Gina made the decision to cancel the musical despite pleas from some of us for reasons that were instinctively obvious. Lack of committment, time, preparation, etc....

The thing that pleased me however was that Gina, gave great credit to myself, Andreas, Romeo, Yihan and a few others who had committed wholeheartedly to the musical and came faithfully for every rehearsals. It really put us in a very positive light. I was so touched by the words spoken by Gina during yesterday's meeting that I cried. It was here, where Gina truly earned my respect and trust. Indeed, she is a great leader and I am honoured to work with her. I look forward to working with Gina and learning more stuff from her in future. (Hey, she was supposed to teach me how to do the fact sheet right?") No matter, I will bug her to teach me soon enough. :)

The positive sms from Eliza, Xinru and many others helped to encourage me to. I am glad that my efforts to stand up for them, to help them paid off. Thanks Guys, you all are wonderful friends to be with. Even if the musical was not successful, I am glad I have at least made some good friends among the artistes working with me. I am really very touched by Yihan's strong desire for the musical to go on. Despite my skeptisim, I agreed to give him my support. However, its not enough. I will need the full support and committment of the other artistes too. As the saying goes "it takes to hand to clap". On our own, we can only do so much. But with everyone joining in and giving their support, we can create miracles and make a difference. Much as I feel I need to rest, I sincerely hope that Yihan's efforts will pay off. Not because, I see him and the others as fellow artitstes, but because I see them as friends and comrades in arms.

May the Lord create a mircale this time round, I pray. Amen.

Eventful saturday

Things happened at UAN today. Apparently Janet and the rest of the management team were not too happy with our performances. I must say that they were right in some ways. A few of the artistes have been training for the musical for so long. By now, they should be familiar with the songs.

But the good thing was, at least they are familiar with their roles, and that makes me pleased. In particular, Romeo, Kim and Yi Han were really good. There's so much I can learn from their acting. Plus they are really committed. I highighted a couple of important points during the evaluation last night. I sincerely hope that every who was present there would bear these in mind. Why are performing and working so hard for?For this musical, it is important for us to sing, dance and to act well. We also have to be committed to the roles that is assigned to us. But all these are the basics, all these are the foundations.

The more important thing that I hoped that everyone would bear in mind is that they are performing for these 3 reasons:

1. We work so hard because we want to give a performance that can touch the hearts of everyone who watch us.
2. We want to set a standard for future UAN artistes to follow.
3. We want to let our parents, friends and loved ones be proud of the effort and hard work that we all have put into this musical.

I really hope we all can bear all these points in mind. We are either going to do it well or screw it. I was rather perturbed when Gina and the others mentioned that they wanted to disband the musical. I pleaded for our guys against it. I've done all I can. I hope that Gina will give us this chance to do our best again. I sincerely believe that everyone can do their very best for this musical. I know it, the Lord knows it. To all those who are reading my blog here, I hope you guys will bear these in points in mind as well. Take care and God bless.