The Daily Motivation

Okay, I have had time to breathe, calm down and read my latest email from The Daily Love. 


Celebrating my dive into the big, scary world, I have decided to start my personal wall of "The Daily Motivation" (much in the style of The Daily Love and The Daily Inspiration ). My yet-to-materialise wall will be made up of quotes, pictures, anecdotes, lyrics, entire passages from TDL etc. This is to be my summer project! 


A couple of quotes to get me pumped:

"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent."

- Sophia Loren, iconic Italian actress

‎"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward." - Victor Kiam

- Get It Girl x

Plunges and the big wide world...

Mood: Down.
Music: Alabanza - In The Heights [Original Cast Recording]


Tonight I suffer an emotional plunge (it MIGHT be PMS, who knows?). Things and thoughts have happened today that just really pushed me into feeling like the talentless, useless person I might be.


Tonight I have officially graduated from drama school. Not just any drama school but my drama school. It's a place I go to, knowing no one will laugh if I make a weak performance decisions, no one will judge if my voice breaks during rehearsal, no one is alone. We're all one huge and caring family. You feel at home when you walk into those heavy glass studio doors. I remember so clearly when I first walked in there to enrol. They (who eventually became my great friends) greeted me with a smile and a nice "How are you today?". I'm sure I'll have plenty more of those coming my way but this place was my safe guard.


I am now no longer in safe drama school and I'm unnerved by it. Am I ready to even leave? What do I do now? I'm not good enough to go yet... What happens next?

Little fish, big pond.

Only recently did I finally swim into the big pond. And boooy was I a small fish!

I've been swimming in my little pond of youth theatre and school productions for a couple of years now and last week, I auditioned for an adult company for the first time. I walked in and holy crap. "What did I get myself into??!!" I thought, panicking slightly. The lady in the audition room was really good. And so was the guy after her. And the chick after him. AHHH. For almost an hour, I was in the waiting room across the audition room, seeing everyone, hearing everyone and being the youngest person there! 

I hadn't slept the night before either because of school due dates and my voice was not in the best shape. I stupidly let it affect me and I pulled myself back during the performance. Dumb choice on my part. I received some positive feedback from the panel which softened my self-critical blow...

Just a few hours ago, I got a call saying I had made it into the ensemble! I'm grateful to have been cast at all so I'm glad.

Now, I know I'm in the danger of sounding like an ego-centric diva here but...I have always played a principal role in all the youth shows I've done. It's different being under "Ensemble" in the program. I am not suggesting at all that I think I'm better than anyone else but a part of me is disappointed (especially since this is a show where it was possible to have had some sort of role). I've developed a pretty thick skin over the years which protects me from the harshest of criticism but not "ensemble". So I'm glad I'm part of the ensemble now. I'm lucky to have had sugar-coated beginnings---which I wouldn't exchange for the world---but I'm so thankful for this show.

The Uni-verse probably got the sense that I was being spoiled and beginning to slack off sometimes (alarm bells! NOT GOOD!). The world is fighting the actor's ego!! I'm sure there's plenty of that around already...

I definitely needed this little fish opportunity and I feel lucky to be performing alongside those same talented people I overheard from the waiting room.


What are your thoughts? Your "reality" moment?

- Get It Girl x

(Note to self: Really keep that ego in check. Sometimes, it grows without you realising.)

Mood: Content.

Music: We're in the Money - 42nd Street [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

Click to watch the stunning Ginger Rogers make her sparkling film debut with this song!

Parent Trap

Last night was the night I finally told my Dad that maybe I will end up taking a Musical Theatre course at University. He has always dreamed of me taking Marketing or some other degree which he expects to bring forth rolling cash. Naturally, I could sense he had objections about it but he neither agreed nor disagreed. 

A musical theatre degree is what I've always quietly had my heart on (quietly to the 'rents, at least. My drama teacher and drama friends have sure had an earful of my Tony aspirations! :-P) . There's still some time left for me to change my mind but at the moment, it seems unlikely.


I'm not sure how to describe how I felt when I told Dad my plans...free, somehow? That feeling you get after a huge sigh?


Hmm...all I can say is I'm glad I've told him!


- Get It Girl x


Mood: Pensive
Music: I Can Do That - A Chorus Line [Original Broadway Cast Recording]
Listen to it here!