Jasmine's Father

Tonight is the first night of "freedom".
No rushed dinners.
No rushed baths.
No running to Astana for practices.
No drawing props lists.
No script writing or memorizing
No migrations, no props repairing, no twists, no grammar checks.
Nothing.
Empty.
Hollow.
And then i realize,
i miss my team.

I miss each and every one of you.
I miss the laughter.
I miss the crazy waiting.
I miss listening to the guys' random crap shitting.
I miss listening for grammar mistakes,
and laughing at our new vocabulary.
"speaken",
"miating",
" terriblerer",
"listen to your father explain"
echoes in my mind all the time.
I miss going out on trips to buys props,
and running round and round to look for the stuff needed.
Simply put,
i miss the presence of each and every one of you around me.

We were once strangers with different paths and directions,

now,
i can't imagine what it'll be like without you people around.

Without Adrian
and his directing, camera and disallowing Shawn to sleep.
You were the glue that held us together when we were falling apart.



Without Esin
and her "i'm hungry" and commitment towards her character.
You proved that you were the best actress despite everything that the judges said.


Without Heah
and his super "geng" designing skills,
You showed us that the prettiest of things are self made.

Without Shawn
and his "My Lord" when being ignored and mosquito killing sessions,
You gave us the spark of random laughter when we needed it.


Without Heng
and his lateness and never-ending jumping on cement floors.
You thought us how to be patient.


Without Kuan
and his red props bag and speakers,
You showed us that being who you really are is the best acting skill needed.



Without WenXue
and her kesian role of being abused and crying from the start till the end,
You showed us real commitment can bring wonders.

We have come a long way.
The Jasmine's Father's crew has come a long way.
Remember our first meeting?
It was so formal and awkward.
Remember our first ever practice?
We did not even have proper names for the characters yet.
Remember our first ever performance?
We thought it was our last.
I am glad that i had you,

every one of you,

every step of the way.
with one less member,
we would not have made it to the end.
Props team included =)



Finally,
19th April 2011.
The night which made it all worth it.

That performance was the best that our team has ever shown.
The applause and cheers from the audience filled me with pride.

We did it,
we finally did it.
And guess what?
We nailed it.

In my eyes and in my heart,
we were the champions for the night,
because we exceeded our own expectations and limits.
Our best prize?
It wasn't the 500 bucks.
It wasn't the best actress or the best supporting actor awards (although those two awards were pretty damn awesome too XD)
It was the fact that for that moment in time,
we knew deep in our hearts that nothing,
nothing can ever take what we have away from us.
ever.



It has been an amazing month with you people.
One hell of an awesome month.
It is hard to believe that a month earlier,
all this did not exist.
Now, i can offhandedly recite what your preference for food.



So my dearest team,
you are a miracle sent to me this semester.
Angels without wings and saints without halos.
Brothers and sisters that God forgot to give me.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Smile because this is not the end of the story,
Smile because it is merely the beginning of a new chapter of our friendship.
Here's to the people that made my final semester of foundation a freaking awesome one.
cheers!



Lotsa love and care,
Christine =)


p/s : all the pretty photos are edited by adrianleeyungkhin.