RENT, GYM, HOUSE WARMING

“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”

Well guys, just found out my landlord wants to increase the rent since my 1 year contract is about to come up.... thinking long and hard on what to do, I'll definitely start looking for another place close to my office but if I cant do it in time, I may just bit the bullet and stay another year.... it's a great place anyway and I hate the moving around since for 8 years of my life doing miss saigon, I literally lived out of a suitcase... or should I...Read more

MEET THE AIRCON BANDIT

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”

All seems to be quite in the alleys of Shanghai... We found out that most of the locals actually dont like this guy, but he is trying to act like he knows everyone.... it seems the whole neighbourhood knows what happened to our "aircon" ... definitely the talk of street... I managed to take a sneak picture ...Read more

the AIRCON SAGA continues..........

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,"I will try again tomorrow.”

Well, wow... what a day.... let me give you the background :

We signed our lease at our office with a special deal as my Auntie runs the building, but one condition was that the "aircon" was not included as it was already "broken"... howeve...Read more

NO AIRCON

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

Had a productive day today... meetings and more meetings and all good.

Spoke to my bro KENNY in the States this morning for about 30 minutes, then headed out to first meeting.

Was invited today to speak at company forum... should be fun, I'll be focusing on "Confidence Buidling".

I...Read more

MISS SHANGHAI

G'day ALL!

As Promised, here are some pics of us filming last Monday with Benny,(the star of www.AskBenny.Cn ) and Miss Shanghai 2006, Bobo who kindly assisted us and starred in our little project.

( BELOW ) Camera Man, Benny, Miss Shanghai BOBO, Me

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Monday Meetings

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

Had about 4 meetings today...

1. Meeting at Cloud 9 Office Building next to the REGENT HOTEL with a production company

1. Meeting at XIAO NIAN GONG (Children's Palace) on Yan An Xi lu... we basically found the location of our Workshop showcase!

1. COFFEE BEANRY at Nan Jing Lu... met with the Lifestyle Editor of Financial Times

Performance Excerpt

Just playing around with Youtube.... Here's a little taste of the show I did in Hong Kong... the songs from the Musical Jesus Christ Superstar... one of my favourite characters in Musical Theatre - JUDAS.

Video: Robert Vicencio Excerpt "Jesus Christ Superstar"

Tai Kang Lu Pics

Here are some pics of Tai Kang Lu.... Not the most recent pics but gives you a general idea!

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Chilling out in Shanghai

“Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.”

Woke up at 1:30pm.... exactly the sleep in I needed...

Went ot Qi Pu Lu (sounds like Cheap-o Loo) basically the cheapest place to buy clothes, shoes, sun glasses...you name it, they've got it! After getting 2 pairs of jeans, 2 t-shirts, gym pants, and an ice-cream, we headed to Tai Kang Lu on the infamous biker bro... had 2 near death experiences as we almost hit a bus ...Read more

Sunny Satruday

Another perfect day in Shanghai...

Set my alarm at 12:00noon but slept in till 12:45pm... always need to set 3 alarms...

Got ready, had a meeting at Starbucks at Portman's Ritz Carlton with Lian Du, founder of Jazz du Funk ( www.jazzdufunk.com ) for our Musical Theatre Master Class in June... need to still finalise the Venue for the Showcase. Good thing is we have a lead at the Children's Palace where I directed the Absolute Vodka Fashion Show last year.<...Read more