Last friday (12 June 2009) after shepherding, met Ying Jie at Tiong Bahru before Er Ge came and drove us to Boys and Girls’ Brigade Sembawang campsite for our drama group’s 36 Anniversary. The last time I met Ying Jie was when we were together watching the drama by our drama group.

A little(haha.. actually not little) background of my connection with my drama group, YPPAE.

See the pictures above. It was taken at SBC, which is now known as Mediacorp. Can you see two familiar faces? One is my face, one is er ge’s face. Another two are my best childhood friends Wei Jing from the left and Jing Ting, the second from the left. Can say that we grew up together since young in the drama group. My brothers and I joined YPPAE together and attended speech and drama classes. Singing traditional folk songs, training us to speak perfect Chinese. Wei Jing has a elder brother who’s also in this drama group and good childhood buddy of my da ge.

YPPAE was under SBS(which became TCS, then Mediacorp). We were trained there in our performing skills, singing skills, speech skills etc and we got to had recordings in the recording studio.

My da ge and er ge outside SBC

In the recording studio.. Can you spot where was I?

And since young, when people are learning their ABCs, we attended all kind of classes and performed on many stages. Victoria Theatre, Drama Centre, Singapore Conference Hall, Esplanade etc.Try spotting where am I. Jing Ting is the one wearing red skirt. Wei Jing wearing blue shirt.

Our performance usually is on friday night all the way to sunday night. We had to skip some of our school classes in order to attend the rehearsals. Luckily our teachers and principals were supportive towards us. And when the rehearsals were stretched for a long day, we had packed rice to eat. Can you see my er ge? He showed a Thumbs-up for just a normal chicken rice.  I guessed we were very hungry back then.

We even acted out in the dance-cum-drama thing. The whole theme was underwater world. I dressed like coral, and the green ones were seaweeds. From the left of the photo below were me, yingjie, xiaoran and i-dont-know-what’s-her-name. XiaoRan also joined in the drama group around the same time I joined. Her brother is good buddy of my Da Ge. Ive already lost contact with XiaoRan and I hope to see her again.

Can you spot where is my er ge (the photo below)?

Yup, me and xiao ran. (photo below)

We also acted the Journey to the West. It’s Xiu Wen and Ying Xi acting as Zhu Ba Jie and Sa Seng.

One of the performances was a musical performance. My Er Ge was the lead performer. The story was adopted from Qin Dynasty and I acted the palace ladies(together with LiYing, Xiao Ru and Min Ai). We not only had to act but also somersaults around with our super high platform shoes.

We even had cross talk performances for quite a few times, moving from drama centre to victoria theatre to esplanade. And there were eight “disciples” all together as described in the script to embark on the journey of learning techniques of cross talk.

My er ge, me and Jing Ting. When I was young, I already fell in love of being seen from the camera lens. I like to pose here and there. My signature pose is making my hands into the flower shape and place it in front of my chin.

The girl beside me (below) is Jing Ting.  She’s my childhood buddy. We joined this drama group around the same time and she got a elder brother who also in the drama group. Jing Ting left the group when she was primary 6 while I still stayed on to Sec4. Since then, I stopped contacting her. If there’s a chance, I really want a reunion with her. Sadly that technology wasnt that advance last time. No friendster, no msn, no facebook. and now that she already shifted house.

It was a christmas party with my drama group. We were supposed to dress up. So, my mum used those trash bag and made it to an outfit for my fashion show. Haha.. my mum made the same kind of outfit for my halloween party last year.

Besides occupying my sunday in this drama group, I also joined dance club – Dance Ensemble Singapore. So sunday morning was dancing lesson, and then drama lesson in the afternoon. I stopped dancing when I was primary 6. And after some time, I joined Caligraphy class which substituted dancing in my sunday’s morning time schedule.

Mice Mice Mice.. Do you know which one is me?

Okay, back to the club’s 36th anniversary. So in the car, we catch-up with one another. When I reached there, Wei Jie Kor Kor saw me and teased me and called me “Ah Mei”. Wow.. feel so close when people called me this way. Since all of us grew up together, we treated one another as mei mei kor kor, and we know the parents very well. It’s like a big family like that. “Ah Mei” is my pet name used by my parents, brothers, close aunties and some drama friends whom I treat them as my kor kors and jie jies. But if my friends called me using this pet name, I think I will be pissed off. Haha.. so only authorised personnels are allowed.

We got to sit down and chatted. We began to sing some songs we learned in the group. So, I took out my phone and recorded the songs. The quality isnt that good and it’s the raw version of the recording. Sang by Yun Zhou, Jia En, my er ge and I. (so i think v. easy to spot my voice) I love the harmonizing which we didnt even plan as it supposed to be. I like the harmonizing from 2:30 to 4:27

Alright, gonna end off. YPPAE and Dance Ensemble Singapore were part of my childhood memories. I’ve posted more childhood photos on Facebook. Hopefully I can get to find back my long lost childhood friends especially Jing Ting and Xiao Ran.

Personality Test – The Real You

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Jealousy Test

You are a jealous person but you try not to let it show.

You often get very jealous of others but you are successful at controlling your emotions publicly. When you feel that other people are winning things that you deserve, you get very upset, but you won’t hurt anybody else by making a scene. Your jealousy is private. You might, for example, cry yourself to sleep at night when you get really jealous of someone.

Your Hidden Talent

The Mass Communicator

You have a cheerful personality and you are a naturally kind person. Your hidden talent isn’t really that hidden at all: you shine among a crowd. You would make an ideal news announcer, flight attendant or model – any position that would give you an opportunity to deal with plenty of people. A tip for you is to avoid getting too deeply involved in others’ personal lives – otherwise you might find yourself constantly being asked for help.

Nosy Level: 70%

You may seem to be a nosy person to some people, but actually you are quite a serious person who’s not at all interested in gossip. You just like to know what’s going on around you. It’s a natural interest and you can get offended when people tell you they think you’re a sticky-beak.

Kind and Gentle

Your kindness is your charm – you are also gentle and sweet. Everybody likes to be around people with your personality. Like a psychologist, people like to talk to you to discuss their problems because you are proper and discrete, as well as confident. You look mature and people respect you. People with this kind of character are few and far between.