April 2008 Archives

Just came back from my dance training with Jeanette for our dance scene together and it's very "hot"! Don't know how it'll come across on camera but I like how it looks in the mirror! But comparing me with Jeanette who has 10 years of dance background I feel pressured and look not as experienced as her dancing! Hee.... *stress*

More training sessions is yet to come and hope it'll look better and better!!!

Did a short film shoot for NEA to promote saving the environment and saving electricity and planting more trees! I'm supposed to be a teacher cum "Guardian of the Forest!"

Here's my "Guardian" outfit during our photoshoot with Ralph the superhero that saves our Earth!!!

Do I look like a fairy???

Wish I could keep the wings tho!! :(

Just shot episode 6 for Her Sense or Nu3 Ren2 Xiang1 together with Cynthia Koh and Trey. We were the guests for the "transparent" theme!

Wore this cute Louis Vuitton nurse-like outfit during one of the show's segments and took photos of it since it'll never be in the stores as it is a runway show piece!!!

Nice?

Do U like my "enhanced" rear? :P

This is the inside dress...

Had a shoot today for publicity shots... Hope the pictures turns out nice!!! *crosses fingers*

I had a hard time finding the photo studio!!! It was at Hong Lim Complex, and I tell U that place is like a maze! The numbers of the units can jump like nobody's business! Store owners was staring at me this crazy girl lugging sooooo many bags walking in circles around just to find the studio!

Hee hee luckily the wonders of technology saved me - handphone!!! When in doubt just call and U can find ur way! *LOL*

Had lotsa fun at the shoot giving very different looks - from cutesy to sophisticated! Once I lay my hands on some of the pics I'll post em here!!!

XOXO
Jess

When I do have a day off or 2, I love to cook, bake, yoga, run, cycle, play my PS3/Wii or online games like DOTA, bowl, hang out with friends and just be myself aka "crazy"!!!

Here's some random photos of me and my buds on these days!

I was attempting to achieve higher cheekbones....

Girlfriend Joycelin!

We girls pigged out before the Fashion Show! (there were plenty of emptied plates put aside already!) Hahah...  no wonder my dresses seemed to fit better than before! *oops* Thanks to the peeps at Swissotel for the wonderful buffet spread!!!

This is me fooling around backstage!

This is a proper photo of me backstage... (acting a bit more shu2 nu3)

Here's more pics from Style Weddings and Dan & Jaime's wedding!

Missed out this back view shot of the red dress the last time! My fav shot!

The happy groom Dan! Just before the wedding dinner. Can't wait to see the pretty bride!

Here comes the bride!!

Jade and I loved the souvenir bears!!!
4. oven backed miso glazed silver fin cod on butternut pumpkin puree, light vermouth butter infused pink ginger, pepper roasted green asparagus

5. Abalone fried rice with pine nuts and conpoy. (no pic)

6. steamed snow fungus with passion fruit, lotus seed supreme and bird's nest, vanilla red bean ice cream.

And the bear bears loved the dessert! Sweet tooth.... :P


Okie! That's all for now... more pics will be posted up soon!

XOXO
Jessica

Just did the Style Weddings fashion show yesterday and it was a blast! This year I had to model 3 different wedding gowns from different bridal boutiques. Had to go through the "quick change" again backstage! I loved all the gowns that I wore... Especially the red one! Very couture...Here are some photos from yesterday....















After the show, Daniel Ong and Jaime Teo got married in the same ballroom!!! In their own words "Don't waste the beautiful stage!" Congratulations D & J!!! So happy for this extremely loving couple... Stayed on to attend their wonderful union and their wedding was really unconventional. In the invites it was already written "Come in your party best!". They surprised us by hosting their own wedding and "sabo-ed" some unsuspecting people didn't know they were going to be impromptu hosts (were pre-chosen by the couple)! E.g. the Flying Dutchman, The Muttons and Irene Ang. Had great entertainment by Kumar, Diya, Jon Leong and many more! Food was fantastic! Music fabulous and most importantly the newly weds were extremely blissful and my favorite moment was when Daniel read out his poem to Jaime! I was tearing up when I heard it as it was sooooo sweet! It's no surprise what's Jaime's reaction was....

Photos of this wonderful wedding will be posted up soon!

Stay tuned...

XOXO
Jess

Had an early day today - woke up at 545am to step out of the house at 615am. Was waiting outside my place for a cab when it started to drizzle, luckily I had my brolly with me and whipped it out in time! In 5 mins or so it started to really I mean REALLY pour! Stood there and thought to myself, no cab will ever drive by in rain like this so I called for a cab.

 Even calling a cab took me 6mins! By then, it was about 630am and I had to be at Mediacorp by 7am. :( What's worse was that the cab I called for took another 10 mins to come!!! Grrr..... Heavy rain, waited half an hour before I stepped into a cab and wee hours of the morning just don't agree with my daily routine. Luckily, I reached Mediacorp at 7am on the DOT! *phew* I really hate being late! This good habit was cultivated into me when I was in SIA when punctuality is a must!

 The rest of the day went rather smoothly unlike my morning. The director said I've improved a lot since my 1st day!!! *big smile* She said that I speak a lot more naturally now and seem a lot more comfortable! And asked me to keep on working hard which I think I'm putting in all my effort to! :) At least I'm seeing results!!! What I lack in experience I try to cover it up with lots of hard work and determination and of course opening my ears to criticism and advise!

 I had a nice time filming my "major" scene with Fann-jie as she was very encouraging and gave me certain pointers and advise when I was kinda "lost" I so appreciate her guidance and really hope to learn a lot from her! I really look up to her as an actress and have always loved her acting!

 I guess I'm lucky that I get along well with my colleagues as Jeanette gives me great pointers too! And she's great at crying scene! Today, I had a scene with her and I didn't even know she was tearing badly beside me as she was not facing my direction. Once she turned to me, I was totally shocked to see her all teary-eyed! And that scene, we totally had no words spoken so it was pure emotion! *admiration* I want to be able to do that just like her one day! Well, for now I guess I'll just concentrate on improving my acting skills!

 Signing off for now!

XOXO

Jessica

 

I've been exercising everyday now from going for yoga, running, skipping rope and going to the gym and maintaining a much healthier diet - taking plenty of fruits/vegetables and drinking only juices, green tea and water -  in bid to stay healthy and also prepare myself for the Chinese drama role. I'm playing a dancer hence trying my best to get a more dancer-like physique.

Also, this gives me more motivation to maintain a healthy lifestyle!

I feel a lot more energetic with constant exercise and skin glows now!

Want to see me really sweat it out??? Look out for this new Ch5 variety show called Showdown (airing in May) where I really work it out and get all sweaty and muddy!!! (no pun intended!)

XOXO
Jess

Forgot to post up these photos taken during the production. So thought I might as well do it now.... Better now than never right???

XOXO
Jess

Just had my second day of filming, and I think it went ok. As expected the director had things to correct about me like my speech in mandarin was too "biao1 zhun3" that it sounded a bit too theatrical hence not simulating a daily natural speech! *hehe* I think I practiced too much with my aunt and Chinese teacher. And my aunt teaches more theater acting in schools hence the influence! :P

At least correcting that part wasn't extremely difficult but it did give me stress as I had to consciously remember not to sound like that anymore! Adding in physical acting and facial expressions, it was kinda overwhelming for a newbie like me!

The comforting part was the director was very nice, patient and actually felt my acting was not bad! :) Maybe that was said to not crush my confidence! *hehe*

Oh well, day 2's over.... looking forward to tomorrow which has longer and a bit more challenging scenes!

Wish me luck!!

XOXO
Jessica

P.S. Just received this new pic of Karen Mok and me in conversation from Shanghai!

Just experienced my very first day of Chinese Drama... I was very nervous and didn't know what to expect! I've heard so much about the directors at the CD side!

I think it went ok.... praying tmw will be even better!

XOXO
Jess

Mr Leonardo Ferragamo stopped over Singapore just for today to catch his flight home tonight. And it was really nice of him to get in contact with me to see if we could catch up over lunch.

It is such an honour to be able to take him out to lunch and introduce him to the local food here. So I thought the best place to bring him to try good Singapore food in a nice ambiance was  at the Straits Kitchen in the Grand Hyatt. I did my part to explain the many different types of food we had here and how we love our food. Convinced him to try Chicken Rice and Popiah which he loved *phew* then he stopped after (very small eater). Glad he enjoyed lunch and managed to give him a little of Singapore to remember!

After our brief lunch, I had to rush off for a clothes fitting and now I'm getting ready to attend the musical We Will Rock You gala tonight.

Filming of my very first Chinese Drama starts tomorrow so I'm very excited and a little scared! Hope the director/colleagues and most importantly the public will enjoy my performance! Please be kind to me as it will be my very first try! I look to learn from all criticisms given! :)

Signing off for now...

XOXO
Jessica