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Ismail Rehearsals Are Always A Ball

Linora Low — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:42:31 +0000

I really wish that I could do this everyday, where there are either rehearsals or just shows or auditions i could go to. It’s terribly fun but if only it will bring in the bread and butter here…sigh. Warning this post is going to be pic heavy and it will show a shorter version of the Ismail journey.. Anyway I want to say I’ve been really enjoying the Ismail rehearsals that have been going on. The musical is set to open NEXT THURSDAY people on the 7th of August at 8.30pm. This will run for a whole month everyday except for Monday.. phew tiring as it maybe but I’m really looking forward to it. We are now at the touch up sessions of Ismail. We’ve already seen the set, sang with the orchestra and been mic-up to test our levels individually. Yeah yeah I know I sound so jakun.. but this is my first time being in a musical… even if I am just an ensemble.. I’m relishing every bit of it. Here are some the pictures to entertain you guys. http://picasaweb.google.com/Aronil/IsmailJourney Thats it for now guys.

Sybil An Unsung Hero

Linora Low — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:43:29 +0000

The same day I had gone to Bubba Gump to meet Nick Dorian and Min Li, was also the day I had gone to see Sybil at The Actors Studio. Synopsis of Sybil is like so:

“Set in Perak, Malaya in December 1941, Sybil Kathigasu, her husband
Dr. A.C. Kathigasu, and the Captain (her Resistance contact) listen one
evening to devastating news of the British defeat throughout the
peninsula.

Suspicion is rife, Japanese collaborators are present in every town,
and the feared Kempetai – the Japanese Military Police that is
answerable only to itself – is beginning to take an interest in the
small town.

Sybil, however, refuses the Captain’s advice to flee to the jungle,
and instead redoubles her efforts to thwart the Japanese. Before long,
Dr Kathigasu is arrested on suspicion of aiding the resistance, and
Sybil’s arrest follows soon after.

She is subjected to torture and interrogation at the hands of Sgt.
Yoshimura, the head of the district Kempetai, who is convinced Sybil is
a Resistance spy.

Starring Sukania Venugopal, Doppo Narita, Darius Taraporvala, Ashraf
Zain and Wong Wai Hoong

Directed by Dato’ Faridah Merican.

Written by U-En Ng, based on the book “No Dram of Mercy” by Sybil Kathigasu.”

Heading into the Actors Studio, we are all greeted with familiar faces in the art scene. That day we saw a number of our Ismailies buddies, Gavin Yap, Joe Hasham and of course Dato Faridah who obviously had to be there.

The set was very economically well done. It looked as rusted and worn out as it should’ve been in the days.

With just a grill door in located towards center left of the stage and a bench, we have the cell that Sybil was once trapped in to serious torture by the Japanese soldiers. If you look on towards Stage right you will see a table and a chair where Sergeant Yoshimura would interrogate and torture his captives. Sorry I don’t have a clearer pic but you can check out more at kakiseni.

I did enjoy the show a lot, and I think our Japanese guest brought down by Faridah was fascinating, although his accent was a bit heavy on some areas. The story began, with Sybil (Sukania Vongopal) talking with her husband, Dr Kathigasu (Darius Taraporvala) and Another Soldier (Wong Wai Hoong). She is then arrested and taken to a torturous series of events by Sergeant Ekio Yoshimura (Doppo Narita) and his subordinate constable (Ashraf
Zain).

On one hand, I was watching it as an actor myself, which to be very honest kills the joy of watching a performance at times. Because you are constantly either thinking “oh hey, she’s acting- you can tell” or “hmm can thay be done differently” or “I see that person act in the same manner somewhere before, is that a habit?”. Yeah thoughts like that float in my head.

It was only after the intermission that I started to enjoy the show for what it was and I found that it got more interesting. As the complexity of the characters grew. Especially for the constable – the guard outside Sybil’s cell – who questions why is she fighting so much, to not even save her own skin let alone her family. He also starts to question his own reasons for siding with the Japanese – just in order for him to cari makan.

In the process, while the play was suppose to focus more on Sybil, but
surprisingly I found myself more drawn towards the Sergeant Yoshimura
who has conflicting thoughts of his own. All this while, we’ve always
seen the Japanese sergeant as a monster for putting one through
torturous moments, such as seeing the scene where Sybil watches her
daughter dawn lowered into a bonfire or watching her husbands finger
being snipped off with pliers.

Yes I now know about Sybil Kathigasu, but I also felt more sympathetic towards the sergeant. It just goes to show how well Doppo Narita acted as his character. He was able to bring forth the slight human turmoil that his character felt in doing the terrible things he had to in order to be loyal to his country. Small things such as the constant wiping of his hands with the towel, was just enough to show how he wanted to wash the blood of his hands but couldn’t or. You could also see how broken he felt when the war was over, and he knew that he would be subjected to a number accusations for the way he had handles his captives. But he was doing ti for his country.. could you blame him to.

Very well done, but just a slight disappointment on the shift away from the original title which is suppose to be about Sybil. The play strikes us with how little we know about the unsung heroes in our country and allows us to see it from a different perspective. None the less, the play was still strong and worthy of applause

Oh yeah moving on, we took shots after the show and guess who came to watch. Dr Tunku Ismail’s son and grandson ^_^

And how could we not get a cast picture too

Rehearsals For Ismail

Linora Low — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:57:07 +0000

Ok Ok… I have been terribly lazy on updating with the . So now I’m going to write about it. ^_^ It’s currently a BLAST right now. It’s so much fun, even though it’s been rather physical for the past 6 rehearsal dates. The first day of Ismail’s rehearsals was a reading, where everyone just sat around and went through the script once, so that we understood what the show was about. We aren’t suppose to be looking at what the message we are suppose to convey until I think the following week, which would mean only in rehearsal day number 4 we actually discuss about the script. Discussion for the script is for us all (The ensemble mostly) to find a common ground and see if we all feel the same way about the text, about the man Ismail. Ismail the man that we are presenting, is about Tunku Dr Ismail – which unfortunately most of us only know as Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) the one near One Utama. The story revolves around his life as not a politician but rather a man who in my opinion had a mountain of things to consider at that period. This was after all during the time that Malaysia had just received her independence and after the horrendous event of May 13 – a time which not many Malaysians would not like to go back to or even remember. The play is very compelling and quite timely with the end of our elections and the countries new results. Anyways that on the side. Rehearsals Day 2,3,4,5 and 6 have been all about movement. After day 2 it was wonderful pain on the thighs… and I just realised that the ache i had for the past week is now gone! Yay! Back to normal, which means.. i can go and torture my muscles again. ^_^ Me stretching it out. Me trying to focus on the pain that is to come soon. Min Li and I cracking up.. over something which I completely forgot. Lol. All the pictures from the rehearsal are courtesy of dear Nick Dorian. ^_^ Like I said pain in the thighs, led to me stretching my mouth like so to hide the ache. Bah! Day 5 was fun and here are the perks when you have stuff going on in KLPAC. Complimentary tickets to watch stage shows! We had warm ups for about an hour on Day 5, then Faridah gave us a surprise of distributing tickets to watch ‘Good People’. Whoopee!! Now for some pictures for us just before the show hehe. Ticks for the show. Nick, Aris Kadir (Ismail’s Dance Choreographer), Min Li, Lax (Ismail’s Dance Captain) and Me. You know how one hates being left out from a funny pic? Well i decided to be too smart. Me and Min Li were suppose to do a funny face, but I kinda felt it’ll be funnier to make sure she was making one hehe. And the dude in the middle is Dean.. Poor fell was stuck in between to nutcases haha. Me, Min Li and Lee Ching. Lee Ching is one seriously cute gurl. This girl has Tourette and while some may think this is a disorder but really i think it has made this girl really even more adorable in our company. Read about her on her blog here. I just love this picture. It’s so kewt! Nicole Ann Thomas, Min Li and Me. Standing in front of Pentas 2 entrance before the show started. Yeah we are all in our rehearsal workout clothes. Hahha. I love doing what I do ^_^

Ismail Rehearsal Day 1

Linora Low — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:12:07 +0000

Yesterday was the first day of rehearsal for Ismail Woo hoo!!! Yes I’m terribly excited. By the way you can join us on our The Facebook Group.

Picture courtesy of the actual blog site of Ismail The Last Days.

Now on to the story. Making my way to klpac was pretty much another tense thing just like the audition, maybe not as bad but still my thoughts were just about preparing for what was to come as I didn’t know what to expect and didn’t even know what the story of the play was about. I was about 20 minutes early to rehearsal time which started at 7.30pm sharp. And when i say sharp I mean Sharp sharp sharp that you can slice your hand off and it can still be reattached to your body because it is so sharp! Ok that was way exaggerated but, punctuality is a must for this. Which will be great discipline for me and also as a person raised in a country where time is always taken for granted and on other occasions I will end up being late. So here we have it ladies and gentlemen: The Script of Ismail in my hands.. or on my table anyway.

Heading into the rehearsal I was delighted to see old friends and new ones that I will finally get to work with in this production. Some of them were from the past classes I took at KLPac like the Practical Aesthetics Class and The Acting for Beginners Class. It was really a joy to see them all and even some well known faces in the performing arts circle. In fact it’s a real BLESSING to even be in this. I can’t begin to even say how happy i am to be among the few to be involved with this. (Those who have been involved before, say all you want on the pain I shall be in, I’m ready!) At the same time though, there will be a number of pain, heartache, disappointment and frustration along with it. At first I was a bit nervous even scared about the first day of rehearsals and this is my friend Min Li also shares the same feelings as me. It’s expected that there will be some hard times. On my end I felt anxious about the whole thing…I don’t know maybe it’s because I want it badly. Maybe it’s because I know it’s a possible stepping stone to a better career. I’m not fully sure. But I do know that I’m going to work my butt off for this. I’ll go in for rehearsals super early just to get ready. Not for sucking up – no – as some may see. No rather, it’s to build my mentality that I need to prepare for the roles as part of the ensemble. Everyone plays a part in this show, and what I love so much was how Joe as the director gave a very deep insight for us to look at this play. Not just in the script but us as actors and how we should see ourselves worth in this production. I was very appreciative of that. The entire rehearsal process will be documented and made into a video wheeee also by my friend Alexander. So it’ll be nice to see what goes on behind the scenes of this production. Nick Dorian, Fang and I have also started a blog site for the production, which we will up date every once in a while. You can view that here: Ismail The Last Days. This is what happens when you have avid bloggers in the midst.

The Final Act and Just the Beginning…

Linora Low — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:38:31 +0000

I’m back home.. a very tired me and yet extremely satisfied and happy me. Today was the final presentation of Joe Hasham’s class Acting for Beginners and I can’t tell you who thoroughly thrilled, happy and proud I am of that class, and to be in that class. We have come a long long way since the very first days of class which was in February. So we had 10 grueling weeks of learning the surface of what acting is about. Now that it has come to an end, I feel rather upset and happy, for no longer will I see these people every Saturday but at the same time happy because we managed to survive all the classes. They have been tough, even if it is a beginners class but it is tough. Todays presentation was basically showing the audience – friends and family – what we have been doing for the past 10 weeks, what we’ve learnt and what we have to show for it.

It started of with us standing in the ‘actor’s position’ which is just you standing perfectly still and focusing on to one point. Your feet are shoulder width apart and hands down to your side. Standing in this, you can stand apparently for hours…thank goodness we only stood for 10-15 minutes. The purpose of the exercise is for you to prepare yourself for the physical and emotional actions that are to come. If say I were asked to move in any manner I would be ready to go. If I were to feel some sort of emotion I will be focused enough to go. Followed by that we then got into the appearances, which I had blog about earlier. . Praise God for finally finally for once, we managed to get the appearances worth watching! I was so happy when I finally FINALLY FINALLY got lust done. For over the 9 weeks I had never not once, shocked or made Joe smile for that appearance, particularly because I was not brave enough. Even if my movements were sharp, it doesn’t make much of a difference because I hadn’t done it well enough to make someone in the crowd squirm. So the images I’m going to show you are the things we did had to do for appearances (but these aren’t so clear, i’ll get better ones later). In this order. Joy, Sorrow, Anger, Fear, Love, and of course Lust. Doing this exercise, gets you to feel the emotion in your belly and see how you can project it to the audience using imaginative ways with your body. Wait I take it back I’m not going to show it yet But I will show Anger for now. Click to see our expressions.

After appearances we had the short little skits where we were paired up into groups. Doing the scripts entitled “I am”, “The Park”, “Roses In The Rain” and “Before Now”. All done with our interpretation of the text. Followed by another teamwork effort of “I Am Me” where we in groups of 3-5 we all had to be the same person. The last thing we had to do was a piece called Chapter 6, where we all are following one script and we are seeing the same thing. Flow is key here. Finishing the class, is such an enormous accomplishment and once again I’m so terribly proud of the group because everyone gave it their all and for some of the people I know, they have grown and matured to be more disciplined in the things they want or need to do. It’s about commitment and whether or not you want to do this thing called the arts. For those who were once so incredibly shy, they are now very open and willing to give all they can to a part. No longer are they shocked by certain things or afraid but they or rather we have taken a huge step in this learning process. We got to wear specially made academy shirts and or course were given our certificate of attendance. ^_^

So once again CONGRATS TO THE ENTIRE CLASS OF 2008!!!!! While the class may have ended… The show doesn’t end there of course… ^_^

I’m In!!

Linora Low — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:10:46 +0000

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Well yesterday was a real crappy day cause (I’m still sick by the way), but I got a call this morning that really really perked me up. It was bout 9 plus in the morning and I was still trying to get some rest. I got a call from a number that I did not know but answered anyway. The minute the other person on the phone spoke, I recognised that voice and my breath held for a moment as I sat up straight in bed. It was Faridah Merican’s voice, and she was going to give me the news on the I had absolute . Drum roll please…**just a small one**

I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so ecstatic to hear I made it! I made it into a local theatre production! Yes yes yes! Can you see my glee, I was jumping up and down just to hear that I made it into the ensemble. Hey! ensemble is great right now, as I’m just starting, but out of over 50 people I made in to the 20 performers they needed for the show. To give the icing on the cake, she said I was ‘impressive’ that day….Oh the joy to hear something like from someone like Faridah. Makes you feel like you can do anything, but most of all makes me want to work harder!

This means that, I shall have no life except rehearsal life up to the show date which is August. Rehearsals start as of May 5th and I should be getting the schedule soon!

Watch “The 11th Hour” At KLPac Free

Linora Low — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:23:57 +0000

have been trying to get my hands on Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The 11th Hour” since last year, but to no avail. So imagine my glee when I saw this huge poster at KLPac, saying that it was to be screened for free! Other than hearing good reviews about it, it’s a documentary that supposedly shows all sides of people who are taking environmentalism seriously.

Then just yesterday I saw it in the papers, YTL is having a Climate Change Week to spread the awareness of how our environment is dying and that we should do something to save it. Even if it is small. Right now according to YTL Climate Change Week website Malaysians generated 7.34 million tonnes of solid waste in 2005 alone, enough to fill up 42 buildings the size of Malaysia’s twin towers. That’s ridiculous but true. Have you ever taken a drive along the MRR2 towards Batu Caves, as you pass that area, you will see large hills.. and those are the kind of hills that you would never like to see. Hills of RUBBISH! It’s atrocious! The YTL event, will be reiterating the facts of how global warming is causing us humans to soon burn in cinders if we do not take care of our environment. It also aims to speak with businesses, companies that are probably one of the biggest reasons for wastage and how they can avoid that by being a green company under the topic of WASTEnomics. The younger generation will also get to have a go at learning how to protect the environment during the Youth Workshop held on May 3rd at KLPAC. The free interactive full-day workshop, held at The KL Performing Arts Centre (KLPac), is open to any secondary school in the Klang Valley and features a fun-filled programme for teachers and their students, providing them with the tools to plan and implement sustainable practices in their schools. While I overall like the concept that YTL but I’m not so crazy about their solutions because while some of them are good and easy to relate with which we can use in our every day lives. I would’ve preferred it if they had thought of other solutions that are closer to home. We don’t use a thermostat in Malaysia and you are marketing to Malaysians. Come watch the 11th Hour with me or on any of the other dates. You can find out more at these following links:

YTL community News
Kakiseni (Register to get free tickets)
Juice Online (Scroll all the way down for this)
Star E central
Offerstation

This is the calendar of events thats happening for Climate Change Week CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date	What	Where
APRIL 29	PREMIERE SCREENING OF “THE 11^TH HOUR” (by invitation only)	8.00pm, KLPac
APRIL 30	PUBLIC SCREENING OF “THE 11^TH HOUR”	8.00pm, KLPac
MAY 1	PUBLIC SCREENING OF “THE 11^TH HOUR”	11.00am, 3.00pm, 8.00pm, KLPac
MAY 2	BUSINESS CONFERENCE “ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE 21st CENTURY”	9.00am – 6.00pm, Carlton Conference Centre
MAY 3	CLIMATE CHANGE WEEK YOUTH WORKSHOP	9.00am – 5.00pm, KLPac
MAY 3	PUBLIC SCREENING OF “THE 11^TH HOUR”	11.00am, 3.00pm, 8.00pm, KLPac
	CLIMATE CHANGE GALA AND LAUNCH OF “WASTEnomics”	8.00pm, JW Marriott Hotel
MAY 4	PUBLIC SCREENING OF “THE 11^TH HOUR”	11.00am, 3.00pm, KLPac

Back From The Audition

Linora Low — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:21:33 +0000

The jitterbug feeling died off when I got there. Thank You Lord! I must say it was a mad Monday, but I think it was all worthwhile, even more so to see long ago friends, catching up with them and even better to see their faces there was a great comfort. I can’t tell you how, really really encouraging it is to see people whom you can either click with or other people who share the same passion as you. It’s completely like another life altogether and it’s such a wonderful joy. To be able to this works, with your friends. Ahhh! ^_^ Being there at KLPAC for the Ismail audition.. I don’t know what it was but it really felt like an audition from a movie like “Fame” or something. It really did! Perhaps it was the crowd (which was a lot of people, think about 50 over). Perhaps it’s the ambiance that KLPAC has, which just breathes the performing arts/theatre or whatever it is. Perhaps it’s because where I was standing were really with people who wanted this as much as I did…well at least some of them anyway.

But I’m glad that the audition went well overall. I’m glad to at least have gotten a callback from the first one, I’m glad to have seen some ol friends and new ones there. Best of all-for me anyways- I finally got to give a go at contemporary dancing for the audition. Which was what we had to do, maybe if I’m inspired enough I’ll make a video on just the steps the fantastic dancer/choreographer Aris Kadir from the show Passion, who happened to be our dance director just now and the previous audition sessions. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even if I don’t make it, I’m glad I was able to dance that short choreography. Oh the joy I have when I am able to dance… pure ecstasy ^_^ See me smile. It wasn’t so scary this time round and maybe that was because we were doing it as a group and not all eyes were on you. Whatever the outcome, It was a fun experience and it makes your eyes open up more to realise… that it’s though and you have to really show what you got to give. It’s only one chance and that’s it. All the best to everyone else at the auditions. Hope that we get to work with one another soon. ^_^

Three.

Linora Low — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:43:34 +0000

I just got back from KLPAC, from another performance. Tonight was the opening night performance for ‘Three.’ A story told purely through dance and background music about people you meet in heaven. Can you take a guess that it is inspired from the famous book by Mitch Albom’s “Five People You Meet In Heaven? This is the story that resulted from it, directed by Helena Foo. Join in on their Facebook ‘Three.’ or you can read about it from the Editors Recommendation at Kakiseni.

The plays cast members were Lorna Hoong (met her at the Uncut, Untitled, Paperhouse Audition), Wong Wai Hoong (I’ve met long ago during the aerobic days and haven’t seen him in ages), Nicole-Ann Thomas, Payal Vashist (who’s from my acting class at KLPAC – Babes so proud of you1) and Soni Deol. The story is about a girl who finds her self in the afterlife. In heaven she meets her guardian angel, and three other people that mattered most in her life. As she goes through these moments, she learns to accept the way she lived her life. The performance began with a very foggy and dimly lit stage, with nothing but a doorway to what looked like the entrance to a plane. All the characters are already in position on the dark stage with the main character, the girl (Lorna) on the floor in a distorted position. Before anything begins, we find that she has died in the aircraft and a slideshow presentation is shown on the floor, which represented the girls life, flashing before our eyes. The slideshow ends and the play begins. The music was played by a live band – I’ll talk about the music later. You see the girl, with what appears to be with broken limbs struggling off the floor and her Guardian Angel (Wong) helps her get on to her feet. As she gets on her feet, the mood changes and she meets with Lust, Temptation and Seduction all represented by Payal. LTS toys around with the girl and as the girl’s Guardian tries to help her, he too is then drawn in to the swirl of seduction. The girl and her Guardian are pulled by invisible strings by LTS. It is only when the girl comes to her senses she is able to fight of LTS and knock sense back in to her Guardian who is disappointed that he has let her down. The girl then meets her mother, whom she lost to breast cancer when she was younger. It was a very touching and tender moment. The mother (Nicole) mimed most of her actions which I thought was beautifully done, with simple actions such as the scooping up of coffee or something, hanging the clothes and tenderly touching the girls features. The last person the girl meets is her lover. Another female who once took her breath away but stole her heart away in the end. In other words something bad must’ve transpired between the two ‘lovers’. The show starts to end with the girl, finally realising that her relationship with her girlfriend was really not meant to be and was wrong to begin with. She then starts to take control and does a frustrated dance which flows into her solo of acceptance.

Now on to the music. The music was played by a live band consisting of Nick Davis, Julio Singho, Tony Selvaraj and Andrew Wong. All amazing and talented. The music was excellent and I wouldn’t mind listening to just the score itself. I hope that they actually make it into an album for I would pay to listen to it again. The choreography done by Miss Kerry Ann Khoo was simple and suited to the abilities of the performers who aren’t all professional dancers. The body movements of Lorna in my personal opinion were brilliant at the beginning. Out of all the dances my favourite has to be the intro of the girl and her Guardian Angel. The relationship between the two characters was in a lovely form of dance and control. For those who missed it. You can at least catch a glimpse of what it’s like behind the scenes and some of the music. I highly recommend anyone out there who loves the arts to go see this show. A simple yet touching piece. Tickets are still available at KLPAC. So just go on here.

Theatre Auditions

Linora Low — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:21:54 +0000

The other night I had gone to KLPAC for the Ismail Audition that has been circulating around on kakiseni and of course on the KLPAC grounds. It was quite a scare heading in to audition for my drama teacher Joe Hasham. Why? Probably because this where he is no longer posing as teacher anymore but rather as that person who auditions you. Very different from the teacher in class where if you make a mistake it’s not so bad, just do it again and again till you get it right. Auditions for a performer is the real world. It’s just like a job interview. You go in not knowing what to expect, you have to be quick on your feet, you have to think real fast… of course you answer accordingly with your body. Where they will ask you to show you what you got. Usually at theater/musical auditions this is what they will ask you to do:

It’s most likely the will ask you to DANCE first. Either they will give you a choreography which ranges from very simple to ridiculously complicated. Or you have to come up with your own routine already prepared from home and your own music. The latter of course sounds nicer, but you never know when sometimes you may forget your own choreography.
Next up in line is they will ask you to SING. Have a song already prepared that you are comfortable with. Either have a minus one version, a piano sheet or have your voice really ready with accapella. But I noticed that some musicals prefer that you have some background music, and you may put them off if you go in with accapella. After singing your song, or prior to it. They may make you follow along with certain notes on the piano just to see your range or your ability to follow notes through.
From there, they may hand you a SCRIPT and give you a role to try out for. Some may allow you to read from the script, others will insist that you memorise the script, which I hate! I’m already in enough stress as it is, stop making remember lines! But you have to be professional about it and pull through.

Those are the main things they would ask you to do. Another thing to be prepared for is, if you screw up on the first go at an audition, there is the likelihood, they will actually say stop..thank you very much and you free to leave now. Ouch! That means, sorry my dear you didn’t impress enough on the first go, so rather than wasting our time and yours we don’t to see what else you have to show. It’s harsh… :sniff: Thankfully I made it through for the Ismail auditions call back along with Min Li whom I met that same day. So we auditioned in the same group. Phewww. All the best to the both of us for next Monday.