Chicago Audition!!!!

Today is a pretty chirpy & productive day....

Went for my 1st audition for the Chicago musical that's due to play here in end October and early November...Before my audition even started, i already had the executive director from the drama organization repeating twice to me that she doesn't think i will get a part since I am Asian and I have an Asian accent & there are pretty limited roles in the Chicago musical....dun get it wrong...this lady wasn't trying to discourage me...In fact, i believe she truly believed i had no chance in it and was trying to ask me not to be discouraged....but despite her kind intentions, I was pretty discouraged....I mean, i haven't even started my audition!!

But anyway, I was paired up with another girl (also came for the audition) and for our first act, I was asked to act as Roxie and she was acting as Billy Flynn, the unscrupulous lawyer...Surprise Surprise...I think i did pretty well....(^.^)

& the 2nd act, we were both asked to read out a passage out from the "Cell Block Tango" act....& at the end, we both were asked to come back next sat 3pm for our 2nd audition (the singing & dancing part)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo excited.........when i came out of the audition room, you could tell from the executive director's expression that she was totally taken by surprise that i was asked to come back next sat.....ohhhhh, that expression was priceless....I know I know...i really do know that she didn't mean anything mean at all about what she said to me....in fact, she kept telling me that there would be many other plays where she totally thinks that there will be a more suitable role for me...

Anyway, i am really ecstatic....i know that maybe my chances still are not very high...but hey, if i think i can do it, I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....(^.^)

Actually, I have always had an interest to be on stage playacting one day but i guess, along with many other secret dreams & desires, the interest dims year by year, month by month, day by day ...until it becomes a distant memory..

It seems that we are forever preoccupied with tasks and challenges that it is, itself a challenge just to unlearn that preoccupation with our daily goals and learn how to live in the moment....to learn how to enjoy quiet happiness....to learn to connect back with our dreams....& most importantly, to learn to listen to that inner voice inside of all of us....

Life generally still sucks, no matter what....but hey, since we still have to stay on earth at this moment (well, until we die).....we might as well try to make this journey a better one....