Workin' and Playin' in Singapore|Workin' and Playin' in Singapore|Workin' and Playin' in Singapore|オン＆オフ　シンガポールにて

For most of September, I was under the employment of a production company by the name Picstalk in Singapore to choreograph and shoot eight action/stunt/fight sequences for a 13 episode television series dubbed, Mr. and Mrs. Kok, an action-comedic-drama about a married couple of private investigators who solves cases together while experiencing the expected ups and downs of their slightly odd relationship.  It was a rewarding production and I was quite happy with the footage that we were able to shoot and paste together.  Though we did bust our behinds to best match our envisioned ambition to what was eventually captured on tape, my trip wasn't all just about work as I did manage to celebrate my birthday twice, meet up with some good friends, and hang with some very familiar members of the alivenotdead family (as they happened to be in Singapore for an event that I also took part in), all of which were definitely causes for much joy and merriment!

 

HELLO SINGAPORE! 

my home-away-from-home (and base of Farmville operations) in Singapore...

 

look who's face I found covering the walls of the production office!  it's none other than Johnny Lu, not only the new face of Singapore television, but also the homie who recommended me for this gig!

 

WORK WORK WORK

"is this thing on?"

 

on location...

 

"I solemnly promise that I will stab someone in the face if I don't get all my shots in today."

 

first choreographing the fight sequence, than teaching it to the lead actress of the show, Tan Kheng Hua...

 

ballroom-dancing-kung-fu...

 

"I solemnly promise that I will smash this monitor into someone's face if I don't get all my shots in today."

 

making stuff up + telling people what to do + looking into a tiny monitor = my job

 

designing the action and picking the angles to capture it...

 

PLAY PLAY PLAY

on our off days I had a chance to meet up with some pretty super friends...

 

also had a chance to visit a national landmark and gain confirmation that Faye Valentine did indeed spend her childhood in Singapore...

 

got a chance to celebrate sister Race-a-Roni's birthday in her home town this year!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

our producer Pauline and the crewsurprised me witha cake and song on the set... notice me enjoying the cake with our hilarious leading man, Mark Lee...

 

the production crew then took me out to a Korean BBQ the next night! woohoo!

 

sister Rozy and her lovely family taking time out to celebrate my birth anniversary with me, I was very surprised and quite touched :)

 

absolutely amazing!  I got exactly what I wished and prayed for!

 

ALIVE NOT DEAD

The Alive boys were in town to screen the Heavenly Kings movie and to do a question-and-answer session at the screening location.  Since I was already in Singapore and had the day off, I gladly joined the artiste panel after the showing and had the super-duper opportunity to speak with local Singapore audiences, artistes, and supporters!

 

looks who's all in town...

 

pretending to know what I'm talking about during the post-showing discussion panel...

 

hanging with elvanna and terence...

 

wished I could have continued to consume more whiskey and the carry-out McDonald's, but alas I had an 8:30am call time the next day...

 

MISSION COMPLETE

Pauline and crew took us out for an awesome "Phil-is-finally-going-back-to-Hong-Kong" dinner, which included much delicious food...

 

great food...

 

...and great people!

 

final step before heading back to Hong Kong - cutting up the footage and sticking the pieces back together so hopefully it will all make sense when the sequences are broadcasted onto your television sets!

 

A big THANK YOU to the entire cast and crew of Mr. and Mrs. Kok for making us feel so welcomed and happy during our time on and off the set in Singapore.  This whole trip was a very positive experience that I will treasure and remember always.  I am happy to say that I have "survived" Singapore and plan on going back for seconds someday soon!| For most of September, I was under the employment of a production company by the name Picstalk in Singapore to choreograph and shoot eight action/stunt/fight sequences for a 13 episode television series dubbed, Mr. and Mrs. Kok, an action-comedic-drama about a married couple of private investigators who solves cases together while experiencing the expected ups and downs of their slightly odd relationship.  It was a rewarding production and I was quite happy with the footage that we were able to shoot and paste together.  Though we did bust our behinds to best match our envisioned ambition to what was eventually captured on tape, my trip wasn't all just about work as I did mange to celebrate my birthday twice, meet up with some good friends, and hang with some very familiar members of the alivenotdead family (as they happened to be in Singapore for an event that I also took part in), all of which were definitely causes for much joy and merriment!

 

prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /HELLO SINGAPORE! 

my home-away-from-home (and base of Farmville operations) in Singapore...

 

look who's face I found covering the walls of the production office!  it's none other than Johnny Lu, not only the new face of Singapore television, but also the homie who recommended me for this gig!

 

WORK WORK WORK

"is this thing on?"

 

on location...

 

"I solemnly promise that I will stab someone in the face if I don't get all my shots in today."

 

first choreographing the fight sequence, than teaching it to the lead actress of the show, Tan Kheng Hua...

 

ballroom-dancing-kung-fu...

 

"I solemnly promise that I will smash this monitor into someone's face if I don't get all my shots in today."

 

making stuff up + telling people what to do + looking into a tiny monitor = my job

 

designing the action and picking the angles to capture it...

 

PLAY PLAY PLAY

on our off days I had a chance to meet up with some pretty super friends...

 

also had a chance to visit a national landmark and gain confirmation that Faye Valentine did indeed spend her childhood in Singapore...

 

got a chance to celebrate sister Race-a-Roni's birthday in her home town this year!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

our producer Pauline and the crewsurprised me witha cake and song on the set... notice me enjoying the cake with our hilarious leading man, Mark Lee...

 

the production crew then took me out to a Korean BBQ the next night! woohoo!

 

sister Rozy and her lovely family taking time out to celebrate my birth anniversary with me, I was very surprised and quite touched :)

 

absolutely amazing!  I got exactly what I wished and prayed for!

 

ALIVE NOT DEAD

The Alive boys were in town to screen the Heavenly Kings movie and to do a question-and-answer session at the screening location.  Since I was already in Singapore and had the day off, I gladly joined the artiste panel after the showing and had the super-duper opportunity to speak with local Singapore audiences, artistes, and supporters!

 

looks who's all in town...

 

pretending to know what I'm talking about during the post-showing discussion panel...

 

hanging with elvanna and terence...

 

wished I could have continued to consume more whiskey and the carry-out McDonald's, but alas I had an 8:30am call time the next day...

 

MISSION COMPLETE

Pauline and crew took us out for an awesome "Phil-is-finally-going-back-to-Hong-Kong" dinner, which included much delicious food...

 

great food...

 

...and great people!

 

final step before heading back to Hong Kong - cutting up the footage and sticking the pieces back together so hopefully it will all make sense when the sequences are broadcasted onto your television sets!

 

A big THANK YOU to the entire cast and crew of Mr. and Mrs. Kok for making us feel so welcomed and happy during our time on and off the set in Singapore.  This whole trip was a very positive experience that I will treasure and remember always.  I am happy to say that I have "survived" Singapore and plan on going back for seconds someday soon!| For most of September, I was under the employment of a production company by the name Picstalk in Singapore to choreograph and shoot eight action/stunt/fight sequences for a 13 episode television series dubbed, Mr. and Mrs. Kok, an action-comedic-drama about a married couple of private investigators who solves cases together while experiencing the expected ups and downs of their slightly odd relationship.  It was a rewarding production and I was quite happy with the footage that we were able to shoot and paste together.  Though we did bust our behinds to best match our envisioned ambition to what was eventually captured on tape, my trip wasn't all just about work as I did mange to celebrate my birthday twice, meet up with some good friends, and hang with some very familiar members of the alivenotdead family (as they happened to be in Singapore for an event that I also took part in), all of which were definitely causes for much joy and merriment!

 

HELLO SINGAPORE! 

my home-away-from-home (and base of Farmville operations) in Singapore...

 

look who's face I found covering the walls of the production office!  it's none other than Johnny Lu, not only the new face of Singapore television, but also the homie who recommended me for this gig!

 

WORK WORK WORK

"is this thing on?"

 

on location...

 

"I solemnly promise that I will stab someone in the face if I don't get all my shots in today."

 

first choreographing the fight sequence, than teaching it to the lead actress of the show, Tan Kheng Hua...

 

ballroom-dancing-kung-fu...

 

"I solemnly promise that I will smash this monitor into someone's face if I don't get all my shots in today."

 

making stuff up + telling people what to do + looking into a tiny monitor = my job

 

designing the action and picking the angles to capture it...

 

PLAY PLAY PLAY

on our off days I had a chance to meet up with some pretty super friends...

 

also had a chance to visit a national landmark and gain confirmation that Faye Valentine did indeed spend her childhood in Singapore...

 

got a chance to celebrate sister Race-a-Roni's birthday in her home town this year!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...

our producer Pauline and the crewsurprised me witha cake and song on the set... notice me enjoying the cake with our hilarious leading man, Mark Lee...

 

the production crew then took me out to a Korean BBQ the next night! woohoo!

 

sister Rozy and her lovely family taking time out to celebrate my birth anniversary with me, I was very surprised and quite touched :)

 

absolutely amazing!  I got exactly what I wished and prayed for!

 

ALIVE NOT DEAD

The Alive boys were in town to screen the Heavenly Kings movie and to do a question-and-answer session at the screening location.  Since I was already in Singapore and had the day off, I gladly joined the artiste panel after the showing and had the super-duper opportunity to speak with local Singapore audiences, artistes, and supporters!

 

looks who's all in town...

 

pretending to know what I'm talking about during the post-showing discussion panel...

 

hanging with elvanna and terence...

 

wished I could have continued to consume more whiskey and the carry-out McDonald's, but alas I had an 8:30am call time the next day...

 

MISSION COMPLETE

Pauline and crew took us out for an awesome "Phil-is-finally-going-back-to-Hong-Kong" dinner, which included much delicious food...

 

great food...

 

...and great people!

 

final step before heading back to Hong Kong - cutting up the footage and sticking the pieces back together so hopefully it will all make sense when the sequences are broadcasted onto your television sets!

 

A big THANK YOU to the entire cast and crew of Mr. and Mrs. Kok for making us feel so welcomed and happy during our time on and off the set in Singapore.  This whole trip was a very positive experience that I will treasure and remember always.  I am happy to say that I have "survived" Singapore and plan on going back for seconds someday soon!| ９月の殆ど、僕は『Mr. and Mrs. Kok』っていう13回のTVシリーズの中の8つのアクション／スタント／ファイティング・シークエンスの振り付けの為に、シンガポールのPicstalkというプロダクションで働いてた。『Mr. and Mrs. Kok』は、私立探偵の夫婦が、一緒に事件を解決する過程を通して、彼らのちょっと奇妙な関係に、よくある浮き沈みを経験して行く、っていうアクション・コメディ・ドラマ。働き甲斐のある作品で、僕は本当に僕らが一緒に撮影・編集する事の出来たフィルムに満足してる。自分たちの思い描いたものと最終的に撮影されたものをうまく擦り合わせようとして時間を超過してしまったにしても、僕の今回の旅は仕事が全てだった訳じゃない—僕の誕生日を２回もお祝いする事が出来て、仲の良い友人と会って、お馴染みのalivenotdeadの連中（僕も参加したイベントでシンガポールに来てた）と一緒に過ごして—それら全てが、本当に、喜びと楽しみの源だったんだ。

 

HELLO SINGAPORE! 

僕のシンガポールでの「我が家」（兼Farmville（※Facebookのゲーム）の操作拠点）…

 

見ろよ！事務所の壁に誰を見つけたと思う？ジョニー・ルー、シンガポールTVの新人にして今回のこの仕事を僕に勧めてくれた悪友！

 

オン／仕事／職業

「コレ動いてる？」

 

ロケ撮影中…

 

「我ここに厳粛にして誓う、もし本日我が撮影総て終了せざれば我必ずや誰某かの顔面に一刺し見舞わん」

 

ドラマの主演女優チャン・キェン・ワァ(陳瓊華)に教える前に、まずは最初のファイトシークエンスの振り付け…

 

社交ダンス・カンフー…

 

「我ここに厳粛にして誓う、もし本日我が撮影総て終了せざれば我必ずやこのモニター中の誰某かの顔面に一撃見舞わん」

 

やることを作り出して＋何をするか教えて＋ちっちゃなモニタを覗き込む＝僕の仕事

 

アクションをデザインして、それを撮るアングルを捜す…

 

オフ／遊び／余暇

オフの日に、我が愛しのスーパー・フレンズたちと会う機会を持てた…

そして僕はこの国の有名な名所を訪れて、フェイ・ヴァレンタイン（※日本のアニメ『カウボーイ・ビバップ』の登場人物）が本当に幼少時代をシンガポールで過ごしたんだという証拠を得ることが出来た…

 

我が姉妹レイス・ア・ロニの誕生日を、今年は彼女の故郷でお祝いする事が出来た！

 

ハッピー・バースディ・トゥ…

プロデューサーのポーリーンとクルーは、撮影現場でケーキと歌で僕を驚かせてくれた… 僕が、我等が愉快な主演俳優マーク・リーと一緒にケーキを堪能している様子に注目。

 

クルーたちは次の夜僕を韓国式焼き肉店に連れて行ってくれた！ヒャッホー！

 

我が姉妹ロージィと彼女の家族は僕の誕生日のお祝いの為に時間をとってくれた。すごく驚いたし、本当に感動したよ

 

正しく驚き！お祈りしてお願いした、正にそのものを貰っちゃった！

 

ALIVE NOT DEAD

『四大天王』の上映と、上映場所でのパネルディスカッションの為に、AnDの連中がシンガポールに来てたんだ。既にシンガポールに居てしかもオフが取れたんで、僕も喜んで上映後のパネルディスカッションに参加した。シンガポールのオーディエンスやアーティスト、サポーターと話す素晴らしい機会だったよ！

 

シンガポールに居た連中…

 

上映後のパネルディスカッションの間中、自分が何について話してるか判ってるふりをする…

 

エルヴァナとテレンスと一緒に…

 

もうちょっとウィスキーとテイクアウトのマクドナルドを楽しんでいたかったけど、哀しいかな、翌日朝8時30分に呼び出しがかかるんでね…

 

任務完了

ポーリーンとクルーは、スンバラしい『フィルがとうとう香港に帰っちゃうよ〜』ディナーパーティを開いてくれた。もちろんたくさんの美味しい料理込み。

 

素晴らしい料理…

 

そして素晴らしき人々！

 

香港へ帰る前の最後のお仕事—フィルムを切って貼って編集、願わくばこのシークェンスが君たちのTVで放映される時にちゃんと辻褄が合ってますように！

 

シンガポールで、撮影中もオフの日も、僕らの事を歓待してくれた『Mr. and Mrs. Kok』のキャストとクルー皆に、最大級の感謝を。今回の旅行に関しては、総てが実に有意義な体験で、これからいつも思い出すだろう僕の大切な宝物になると思う。心から喜んで言えるよ、僕はシンガポールで"生き抜いて"、また直ぐに二度目の訪問を計画中、ってね！