tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716818039978967212024-02-20T21:41:38.953-08:00Z JilWELCOME!Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-7088760722138723252015-09-10T03:51:00.001-07:002015-09-10T03:51:55.173-07:00Update?Hmmm, I have totally stopped blogging. I don't think I ever did start. It's always been a very interesting thing to me. A little surreal. But somehow feels like a non issue. Blogging, I mean.<br />
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In the last few years, I have grown to feel that life can be lived happier if people just count their own blessings instead of someone else's. So perhaps I have decided to not say too much about my blessings on a public platform so no one would start comparing and start feeling either superior or inferior.<br />
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Well, having said that, I honestly don't have much to brag about. And that's fine. My successes, little or large as they may be, are non issues. What with world hunger, ISIS and other more pressing matters. My failures, on the other hand, do affect me a little more, but yes, just me, and no one else really. So again, more non issues.<br />
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A little summary however...<br />
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I have been writing and directing more. And it does bring me joy and purpose.<br />
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I have been doing a lot of theatre with Indian companies, with the Indian language and embracing the Indian culture. And I enjoy it.<br />
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I received some kind little tokens of appreciations, which I appreciate but often have no idea where to display them. Or if I should.<br />
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I teach drama more now. And I believe I have definitely improved as an educator.<br />
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Hmmm, is there anything anyone wants to know? Well, one can contact me via private message at fb.com/t.jill<br />
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Take care. :)Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-63369846956690947232014-03-23T00:43:00.001-07:002014-04-17T18:49:49.680-07:00What's Good About Good Friday?<p dir="ltr">Today, I am thinking of my dear aunt, with whom I grew up. She was also my Godmother when I was baptized. And she was ultra traditional.</p>
<p dir="ltr">During holy week, yes the whole seven days, we couldn't turn on the television or radio. It was deemed sinful to laugh or tell jokes. We had to dress in black or other sombre colours on the gray scale. We also had to fast, so we ate just bread (butter, kaya & sugar was acceptable), and drank water (I'm surprised we weren't forced to drink vinegar!). On good Friday itself, only breakfast was allowed, and we should do well to wear head veils to mass (no I didn't). I remember how my whines of, "but that boy is eating french fries! In the church carpark!" would simply fall on deaf ears.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I enjoyed the Maundy Thursday church-hopping visits at night. It always gave me a passport to staying out and up late, especially since there would be no school the next day. But going to the 3pm mass and the long tiring procession on Good Friday with my aunt meant going to the church 3 hours before anything happened just to get a seat. Near the aisle. Near the front. Near an exit. (I was too young then to understand that she was much older and all this guaranteed her comfort for the long hours we were slated to be there.) </p>
<p dir="ltr">I sometimes miss it now but the procession was always a long drawn exhausting affair, crawling around the church with dangerous flames that came alive as an offering. The boxy makeshift paper candle handles couldn't protect our hands from the hot angry wax dripping from the silently dying candles. Besides the rare cackles, these willing candles never complained as they slowly faced the inevitable. Much like Jesus himself. My aunt and I would be part of a large ensemble of church goers trickling out of the church with these lights. Walking just a few steps and then stopping, singing sad choruses over and over again, kneeling on the hard granite road, edging about to make sure everyone had space, then getting up to repeat the whole process over again. Hence, procession.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Every Good Friday, wherever in the world I was, I found that it would drizzle a little at about 3pm. It was an interesting sight to notice. I imagine a special army of Good Friday rain clouds would be hired by the Heavens above every year, to make its round from longitude to longitude, and to begin its duties only at 3pm at each time zone. Each soldier of the rain cloud army will stare menacingly onto earth, floating in wait. And just when the hour is about right, they almost each let out a typhoon, but their general reminds them that they have 24 time zones to visit. So they reluctantly let out just a drizzle in order to save their ammunition. The sun beckons and the army knows it's time to move on to the next set of longitudes.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I recall one Maundy Thursday, I was sitting and staring at the covered crucifix in a quiet church. As a curious child would do, I asked my father what the story of Good Friday was. He wasn't a Catholic then, but God knew he believed in Him. He explained the sad end of Jesus' life. I was appalled. Someone these worshippers loved had been tortured to death on this day. Why is it called Good? How twisted are they? Shouldn't it be Sad or Bad Friday? Oh yea, He died for your souls so hooray you're saved, so it's a good day for you? How selfish! I started weeping. I couldn't understand how these people could be so mean. To say they loved this saviour of theirs while essentially calling the day of his painful death good.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Years later in my late twenties, a friend of mine from France mentioned Good Friday in French, "Vendredi saint". I asked why it wasn't "Bon Vendredi". He revealed that it was a different kind of good. Bon meant happy and pleasant while Saint meant holy. Then it dawned on me. Good Friday was more like Virtuous, Saintly or Holy Friday! It was never Happy Friday. I felt so silly, yet so relieved. It all finally made sense. :)</p>
<p dir="ltr">If you do celebrate it this <u>year</u>, may your Good Friday be meaningful and holy. Will it be as traditional as ours from the 80's and 90's?</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-26108738464810846882014-02-20T22:20:00.001-08:002014-02-20T22:58:16.147-08:00AndroMoney : A Useful App! <p dir="ltr">I am not very organised by any means. Except for the few OCD moments where I insist on lining things up a certain way...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Any how, I found an app which worked for me and perhaps it will for you too. <b>AndroMoney</b>, for android obviously. :p sorry to all my iPhone-using friends. There might be an iPhone version too.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPR-MLdtzCUQZaKxlX8zDG8oDFtxdLffjWEw1mUCPNVF-ouc-ouElEIcxx0F-Vw9nUnag0dfbjwIscxqkNpfA_NXD3m9RrsjBMoxjELrjb4dmD8zbJv-vrfoScLJ8oILu0nJEaOwrhhRP/s1600/Screenshot_2014-02-21-16-39-32.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPR-MLdtzCUQZaKxlX8zDG8oDFtxdLffjWEw1mUCPNVF-ouc-ouElEIcxx0F-Vw9nUnag0dfbjwIscxqkNpfA_NXD3m9RrsjBMoxjELrjb4dmD8zbJv-vrfoScLJ8oILu0nJEaOwrhhRP/s640/Screenshot_2014-02-21-16-39-32.png"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">I would always say that paper is still the best. Or excel sheets. This app still takes some getting used to, and apparently, I accidentally deleted a few entries. Don't even know how that happened... but overall I do appreciate this straight forward app</span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">.</i><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_IUeFNnEY3vu_ccdCwpnWuVfnlV6kHtx2_gvny07ktxxG5qYPsKS0mRIwa2wxXH1Ro4TW0Pz-oXm4gZ1up41vzdc7M1QAbhObG0UZwCBcmNirp0HQA8yIrvhx9cVZUfZpaEGzOmwmbco/s1600/Screenshot_2014-02-21-16-42-52.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_IUeFNnEY3vu_ccdCwpnWuVfnlV6kHtx2_gvny07ktxxG5qYPsKS0mRIwa2wxXH1Ro4TW0Pz-oXm4gZ1up41vzdc7M1QAbhObG0UZwCBcmNirp0HQA8yIrvhx9cVZUfZpaEGzOmwmbco/s640/Screenshot_2014-02-21-16-42-52.png"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">What I </b><b style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">love</b><b style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </b><b style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">about</b><b style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> it:</b><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- I can enter expenses and income.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">Each</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> entry's details include project, payment </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">method</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">, payee/r & additional notes</i><i style="text-align: start; font-family: sans-serif;">.</i><br style="text-align: start; font-family: sans-serif;"><i style="text-align: start; font-family: sans-serif;">- I can choose a base currency (SGD) & whatever I enter in other currencies show their value & the SGD value (refer to 1st screenshot).</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- I can personalise entries </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">with</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">photos (refer to 1st & last screenshot)</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- I can later filter and calculate the </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">total</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> by projects, payee/r, specific credit cards, etc (refer to screenshot below, where I filtered "food").</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- I can copy and modify entries easily.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- I can view by date, </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">week</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">, month & year.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- Loads really fast, no need to sign in.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- Future payments can be entered, which is great for wedding planning!</i><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-1Vt34w8vngJnBP2B_lEs9FFgCGgrjtBNBW8W7PtDSx-BvFL3rx-Vk-v13h5s7IQkBkuW8qNzP3D7H-qOCHbVJhPo8qJAIF3uEpdMxWQNOlRFj8_p28TH4w13EBFF6v9STJhe3fb8B5v/s1600/Screenshot_2014-02-21-16-52-02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-1Vt34w8vngJnBP2B_lEs9FFgCGgrjtBNBW8W7PtDSx-BvFL3rx-Vk-v13h5s7IQkBkuW8qNzP3D7H-qOCHbVJhPo8qJAIF3uEpdMxWQNOlRFj8_p28TH4w13EBFF6v9STJhe3fb8B5v/s640/Screenshot_2014-02-21-16-52-02.png"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">What I don't like about it:</b><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- I accidentally deleted some entries, </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">still</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">clueless</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">about</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> how.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- It doesn't ask you to sign in to specific accounts so if your phone has an issue, you </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">might</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> lose all of the data.</i><br style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">- Filtering is usually </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">easy</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> but there were a couple times it </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">didn't</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"> load properly for </i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">me</i><i style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">.</i><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKYxpf8k3OPK9zR4tCEF2lvPtLv4hpFrxUjwwff1z5-6o9Z5PBISweWDQy0HSfNjBFqLHNFjAn1_xIlKgbDCEhWvAzXTH_FPzzcWKrbHbfCqL1MmMqQ9xFNsh93uzHcVciicHhBYd3fQo/s1600/Screenshot_2014-02-21-17-57-01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKYxpf8k3OPK9zR4tCEF2lvPtLv4hpFrxUjwwff1z5-6o9Z5PBISweWDQy0HSfNjBFqLHNFjAn1_xIlKgbDCEhWvAzXTH_FPzzcWKrbHbfCqL1MmMqQ9xFNsh93uzHcVciicHhBYd3fQo/s640/Screenshot_2014-02-21-17-57-01.png"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">All things considered, I like this handy app and will recommend it. I do not work for this free app, but I t</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;">hink it's pretty useful. If you have a better one to recommend, let us all know!</span><br></div>Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-45436416621312846652014-02-19T14:22:00.001-08:002014-02-19T14:28:07.745-08:00Hello Sydney!<p dir="ltr">I needed a break from wedding planning and if satisfying, meaningful or fast/high-paying work was lacking (yes there were some but too few to keep me subdued), I decided to travel. Well, I also had frequent flyer miles expiring. :p</p>
<p dir="ltr">So here I am in the city of Sydney, rainy and overcast the last couple days.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">They all caught trails of the trailer on channel 5. As someone who isn't always watching TV, I searched for the trailer on YouTube and found it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZfxkMTPrM">Code</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZfxkMTPrM"> of Law - Season 2 Ep 5 trailer</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I had fun filming the episode around September last year with my friends and fellow actors Keagan Kang, Beatrice, Vernetta Lopez, Jaslin & Jerry Hoh, who supplied these photos. (I'll dig mine up too and upload some after the episode has aired tonight.)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Free samples would be even better. Click <a href="https://www.samplestore.com/r/106076">here</a> or below!</p>
<p dir="ltr"><iframe allowTransparency="true"  style="background-color:transparent; width:150px;height:150px;border:none;" frameBorder="0" width="150px;" height="150px;"src="https://www.samplestore.com/user/referrer/normal_100.gif/106076" border="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>
<p dir="ltr">It costs nothing to sign up. And you get a number of points which can be exchanged for samples. I just started it so am not sure if the points regenerate on their own. I'll update!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Some samples are free and some require a shipping cost. <u>S</u>$5.99 is a flat fee they charge for any amount of samples in one order. I decided to just get the free ones first for my family to enjoy since I'll be travelling in a matter of days. Yes, I'll talk about that later. :)</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-64403834239461918552014-02-05T20:03:00.001-08:002014-02-19T14:22:17.461-08:00Bridget Tan, Helping Wholeheartedly<p dir="ltr">Last year, and a few times over the last number of years, I was involved in some productions that were put up in favour of foreign workers who were mistreated or abused. Alone in a foreign land, they were able to find solace through HOME (Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics). Its dedicated founder and advocate, came to our shows and touched us with her kindness, generosity and sincerity. That's the humble Bridget Lewis Tan. You can read what she wrote here about sex trafficking: http://www.onesingapore.org/news/stop-sex-trafficking/</p>
<p dir="ltr">I recall Bridget at one of our performances, relating how she wanted to give back to society by setting HOME up with her CPF savings and whatever little time she had left on Earth. She would take calls at any hour, caring for helpless workers, domestic helpers, foreign women trafficked for sex, and even foreign brides. Her sense of justice resonated with many Singaporeans. After all, a lot of us here cannot deny our forefathers' immigrant roots.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On 5th February, Bridget suffered a stroke. According to the news, she hasn't regained consciousness and is in Changi General Hospital. It is heartbreaking for many to hear this, including my "Rojak famiree", who put up a play at the Arts House twice last year entitled Rojak. Let us hope and pray for the best.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can read more about HOME here: home.org.sg</p>
<p dir="ltr">(I'm not linking any news articles about her sudden stroke, because those are the first things presented when one does an online search for her. Also, her condition may change and we all hope it will, for the better.)<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I, as I always have, beg to differ. I feel that chicken skin is an amazing alternative to moisturiser and collagen.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have a confession to make. I am really lousy at sticking to any routine. I also feel that it's a silly thing for us women to spend lots of hard-earned money on skincare, when most men hardly spend anything yet look pretty good anyway.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well, guys may not always have the soft dewy skin and healthy glow that women seem to crave, as many magazines and advertisements suggest. But I suppose they are not expected to as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I imagine this could have stemmed from the distant past, when men had to work hard in the fields or at an office while a woman wasn't allowed to even apply to universities. Her duty in life was to marry a good provider, bear him children, cook, clean, make the house a home, guard the mailbox, stand by her man (poor Tammy), and in the time that's left, look pretty for him. Notice that as a wife, mother and home-maker, her duties did not include falling in love.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If one were in love, wouldn't looks be unimportant? Or are looks the first lure to falling in love? Well, I had always made it a point to go on dates without makeup and heels. Ok, ok, I admit. I am just daaaamn lazy and don't want my feet to suffer in pain and worry about my makeup running, especially if a date is meant to be enjoyable. Why should the guy get to have all the fun in his comfy shoes and his own makeup-free skin?</p>
<p dir="ltr">I also get to be myself from the start and if the other party ain't interested, that's just fine. Because as sincere and honest as I would be that day, I wouldn't put my heart on the line for a relative stranger. If the other party likes that and I enjoyed their company, then things can only get better from there! That's almost like telling some of the story within the pages of a book before you reveal its glossy colourful cover.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Anyway, back to the skin. Muahahaha... I suppose I should start with a proper skincare regime now. Better late than never, they say. Everytime I hear the word "regime", I think of the military. Wonder what I read as a child. I am never disciplined enough to follow a, well, regime, so I never kept to any product or routine. Oh, except maybe shampoo, soap, a toothbrush and toothpaste. I used to condition my hair once a fortnight when it gets really dry and tangled. Now I'm reminding myself to condition my hair just before it gets to that bramble stage.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Eating my favourite food, however, requires no reminding or stress. It relieves stress and gives me joy! It also provided collagen enough to keep my skin from looking like crushed paper. I may scrape off the fat sometimes if I feel too full (though I am never too full for skin). But I guess I could safely say this:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Skin saved my skin!</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6F57PAO-en2XPPKnyTtXeSQ9WK08vj8p_rZGg5K1Iq5xFp1HkofHqxTdGs741vttX_F3zt-UWq0jqw9T4Www1O-825KWPq-n5LZNVFCn6WGMbzFZLsqhJElZ3ghORzjKy-EZeUFq9Wzq/s1600/IMG_20140202_003335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6F57PAO-en2XPPKnyTtXeSQ9WK08vj8p_rZGg5K1Iq5xFp1HkofHqxTdGs741vttX_F3zt-UWq0jqw9T4Www1O-825KWPq-n5LZNVFCn6WGMbzFZLsqhJElZ3ghORzjKy-EZeUFq9Wzq/s640/IMG_20140202_003335.jpg"> </a> </div>Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-537303619928561162014-02-03T02:40:00.001-08:002014-02-03T02:40:21.103-08:00Rebates or Points?<p dir="ltr">Today I am thinking of buying something on rakuten singapore. Many things are currently on sale and to add to the nudge is a S$15 off a minimum purchase of $50.</p>
<p dir="ltr">After the discount, you would be paying S$35 but they will still give you points for your purchase at 1 point per dollar spent. Which means you still get 50 points for your $35 purchase! There's also free shipping now for different deals and amounts.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now if you also use mastercard for your purchase, you will get 10 times the number of points usually given. So your $35 purchase would give you 500 points, equivalent to $5 which can be used to b a future product. Points will be credited about 7 or so days after the purchase.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But from what I read online, it seems you cannot use the points to partially pay for a single item. So if i wanted to buy a $6 item in future, I cannot use my 500 points (or $5 credit) and just pay $1 using my credit card. It has to be an item that is $5 or less. And I won't know when these promo points expire till I get them.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3Em6InUPcb7H0GHpGVXgaikSqQkw4GhyZblCESXn5MqFeg7BXE4iBeHM715MjNOOVvwhLDXk1R2nkJvwAR-WA2S9n-X3yo1Y_IqQbBVWls-8mJeCiFaGqXDjsaaVyzqpJB9lHlBXK5GI/s1600/2014-02-03%25252018.12.14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3Em6InUPcb7H0GHpGVXgaikSqQkw4GhyZblCESXn5MqFeg7BXE4iBeHM715MjNOOVvwhLDXk1R2nkJvwAR-WA2S9n-X3yo1Y_IqQbBVWls-8mJeCiFaGqXDjsaaVyzqpJB9lHlBXK5GI/s640/2014-02-03%25252018.12.14.png"></a><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also have the personal option of paying with the OCBC frank card which gives me a 6% rebate off online purchases (minimum spend of S$500 online). This works out to S$2.10 rebate for a S$35 purchase.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which would you choose?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would normally go for the rebate since I don't know if I will buy anything on the site again. That said, they are giving new sign ups $10 credit which you can use by entering a code (one can use one code per bill so I would recommend the cny $15 discount which expires tonight!). So I might return to get some ramen or something if they offer free (conditional) shipping again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also am forgetful so I might lose my credit as I did with groupon. I just discovered I lost $20 credit from refunds etc which expired in 2012. Oh well. Haha!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, which would you choose?</div>Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-24596271647500995932014-01-09T06:41:00.001-08:002014-01-09T06:41:19.104-08:00Wedding: Marriage Preparation Course<p dir="ltr">We have registered ourselves in the marriage preparation course (MPC for short). The brochure stated that the course hopes to curb the rising rate of breakdowns in marriages because young couples "ride on their feelings of love, which eventually fade as problems start to emerge".</p>
<p dir="ltr">It's a 6 week course, comprising of 3 half-day Sunday sessions at a common location and 3 half-day sessions on weekends at the homes of the couples who I believe are presenting, or conducting, the course.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I wonder if the MPC is compulsory here. I wonder if lots of couples forego this if they could. I also wonder if some wished for a course like this, not knowing it exists.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As a relatively older bride (haha), I am quite certain I know what I would be like as a wife. Thankfully, my fiancé is also older (and wiser, one would hope), having experienced love, loss, fear, pain, arrogance and humility.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But how will we solve issues together? We honestly haven't had fights or major disagreements. However I'm sure there are some important topics to explore. Something to look forward to in July. :)<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Now its September 6th. After my fiancé's mom consulted the Chinese zodiac and calendars online, she decided that September 6th was a more auspicious date.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So now after finally getting 3 (York, Peninsula Excelsior & Riverfront) out of about 30 hotels to reply my emails and calls positively (yes, the 27 or so I contacted are booked up on October 18th), I am going to <u>badger</u> all of them again regarding the 6th of September.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Some are hearing from me a third time since I asked many about the 11th of October initially. I haven't even called to check with the church!</p>
<p dir="ltr">52 Saturdays in a year. How does one choose? Sigh...</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-77336972317891217822014-01-04T23:01:00.001-08:002014-01-04T23:01:36.949-08:00Wedding: Auspicious Dates<p dir="ltr">Looks like we have to change our wedding date. Heh.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It's been fun yet stressful thinking about the wedding on October 11th 2014. We set that with the church. However, after my fiancé's mom checked with a geomancer regarding the dates in September and October, we ought to follow these auspicious dates and times, according to our birth dates and times. The photo in this post features the dates written by my fiancé's mom on the back of an old calendar page. So cute.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We aren't superstitious actually but it's fine to change our dates and we want to please our parents. They did a lot of us raising us and though my dad won't be there, I have decided to make a small little video to sort of share his legacy with our guests. Gotta be careful not to be too indulgent there. My pragmatic brothers will keep me in check.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Settling on a date was easy. The church only held weddings on Saturdays. Fiancé dear wants to have the wedding only in October. So... drumroll... it's gotta be October 18th 2014! He was also amused at the fact that our initially chosen date was only auspicious for 3 hours. :)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now I had no idea october 18th 2014 was so popular. Every hotel and restaurant contacted has that date booked already! And I emailed and called at least 20. I wonder if we can hold a nice dinner for our guests then. Maybe we have to consider venues like the exhibition halls or restaurants in far corners of the island. Even though it's still an island, the traffic and the distances locals are accustomed to will usually present these places as "wa so far and ulu ah?"</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well, let's hope something opens up or we find a couple who needs to let go of their dinner on October 18th 2014. Fingers crossed!</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The date, however, is a necessary piece of information to present before we can confirm our venue.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Which brings us to the question of where...</p>
<p dir="ltr">I was very keen on this beautiful ballroom. It evokes a sense of grandeur, fairytales and magic. As if anything is possible that night and everyone has been transported to a majestic palace, the sort you only read about in fantasy novels.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It isn't up my mother's alley though because she feels it's very inconvenient for most people. Sigh... here it is, my dream ballroom which will remain just that, a dream.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Photos here pulled from the Orchid country club website and some bridal forums. Won't you fall in love here as well?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">I am planning something new this year.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm planning my wedding. Heh. I always was fiercely independent and stubborn, afraid to rely on anyone else. And here I am, looking at spending forever with some random soul I met.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Or is it really random? What makes true love true?</p>
<p dir="ltr">For years, I avoided the idea of marriage for many reasons. One being my fear of loss. I learnt that it is not easy for me to get over such loss from my hamster's untimely kidnapping, from missing my grandpa's departure, & barely catching my father's last moments. So creating that possibility of a husband or child dying before I do? No, thanks! I'd rather not love at all than suffer that pain of separation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But oh well, I went ahead and fell in love. Darn it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'll just plan the event they call a wedding then. Not too big a deal to me since the main focus is the marriage. Updates to appear here.</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-89585849868676988402013-12-11T03:39:00.001-08:002013-12-11T03:39:10.214-08:00Flaws<p dir="ltr">Lately, I have learnt how I am affected by moods and atmospheres on set or in a recording studio. If everything is serious, I may absorb and spew that same energy. If the mood is light, I might take that on and add to what I do.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It is great in theatre and live performances where the energy of the audience is something to play off on. Since I am aware of the desire or need to push a story or emotion forward, a negative or unreceptive audience serves as a positive challenge.</p>
<p dir="ltr">However, it might work against me in a recording studio or film set. I don't think about it but subconsciously, I suppose <u>I</u> react the same way. I am not as aware of needing to push the story or emotion forward so I may end up overwhelmed by my environment. I must say that to myself, this discovery is disturbing, frustrating and disappointing. I hope it isn't so to anyone else though, and that I always managed to deliver eventually and do justice to my characters.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I suppose I need to learn to encapsulate myself in a separate world more distinctly on set & in studios. I'll be more aware in future. I would like to think that I can only improve.</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-36016958780533035562013-12-07T00:20:00.001-08:002013-12-07T06:11:29.912-08:00Organic Soap Nuts (from The DIY Secrets)<p dir="ltr">I just received my soap nuts in the mail!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Soap what? Well, soap nuts are fruits from the Sapindus trees in Nepal. In our daily cleaning, many of us release toxins and chemicals into the sewage system which in turns affect the environment in a myriad of ways.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Besides being a biodegradable and organic way to clean, soap nuts are ideal detergents for anyone with skin allergies. It's also safe ans gentle for babies!</p>
<p dir="ltr">I have been reading online how these can be used in the bath, shower, for hairwashes, and for dishes. It's most common use, I think, are for laundry. Also, it naturally softens your fabrics. The nuts can be dried and reused until they don't sud anymore. Usually that means 3 to 5 uses depending on the temperature of your water. I must say at this point that I haven't used them yet. This is all just me being excited. :p</p>
<p dir="ltr">How did I find out about soap nuts? Well, it was my good fortune to have met Lee Cheng of The DIY Secrets (visit http://www.thediysecrets.com) at the recent Ascendas Green at Heart campaign for which I was an emcee. She was so sweet to mention me in her blog on her site, and even more so to send me a kind handwritten note.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I took advantage of their Christmas Sale on December 3rd 2013, 20% off a 1kg bag (usually S$39) with free delivery. Keep a look out and you might be just as lucky, or luckier!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Check out the warmth and festivities in the photos below!</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf6bdBi0-e7iDQPocIBwYmPQ1PAHgZCjCHipQFRNALVpv_IfWkUSN45xM2IFGcJqsgykGpWZN-75wn2ci3hvfzy9O3jO8BBKigiLXNAUakSDhebjZ5hZC_YyELflkpZG6z52Ka4M7tana/s1600/20131207_160339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzf6bdBi0-e7iDQPocIBwYmPQ1PAHgZCjCHipQFRNALVpv_IfWkUSN45xM2IFGcJqsgykGpWZN-75wn2ci3hvfzy9O3jO8BBKigiLXNAUakSDhebjZ5hZC_YyELflkpZG6z52Ka4M7tana/s640/20131207_160339.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: a nicely boxed package, ordered online on Dec 3rd. It arrived timely on Dec 6th.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinknWJqFFj9nrCIw3P51Dqcg6CM_YJ7WuQ3_YH1Io_9WzjMikduVZ6Kb8PuQRcd_vZMvE7iG5nfI_T6ml7fIY72U0vvTTUOPs5YH2JWyDQR-1_tZefzz-ECkf9iKMSNHjGlmBujT3f8FqR/s1600/20131207_154715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinknWJqFFj9nrCIw3P51Dqcg6CM_YJ7WuQ3_YH1Io_9WzjMikduVZ6Kb8PuQRcd_vZMvE7iG5nfI_T6ml7fIY72U0vvTTUOPs5YH2JWyDQR-1_tZefzz-ECkf9iKMSNHjGlmBujT3f8FqR/s640/20131207_154715.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: presented in a soft cotton drawstring bag made in Nepal. And a bonus festive red ribbon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AxB6rJ9FfOs5jBYiIamNBG5MMPuHr5yLpqkxMHutMPLnnCVi4CcX62uLSXnBf0sSqAeI2JKwB_rmlPd36pA7ilcELYrD3AivtObPgxhmfv4rRWlFD5scz4KLUN8TXpzsoKkrUUjxIV-I/s1600/20131207_155838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AxB6rJ9FfOs5jBYiIamNBG5MMPuHr5yLpqkxMHutMPLnnCVi4CcX62uLSXnBf0sSqAeI2JKwB_rmlPd36pA7ilcELYrD3AivtObPgxhmfv4rRWlFD5scz4KLUN8TXpzsoKkrUUjxIV-I/s640/20131207_155838.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: click to enlarge to read all the wonderful details on why and how soap nuts can help you. Don't forget the lovely card from Lee Cheng!</div>Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-20965198250597823732013-12-02T21:17:00.001-08:002013-12-03T02:54:54.967-08:00Post Production Blues<p dir="ltr">Theatre.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is no way to really describe what a great theatre experience is. Words can never do it justice. When you watch a heartfelt piece that doesn't try to be smarter than you, when each character makes you fall in love with them, makes you want to help them, makes you cry and ache for them, you know they're burnt in your mind for a long time to come, and perhaps stamped in your heart for all eternity.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now when you are one of the players, one of the actors, one of the souls whose stories have been told in that space, it's an experience like no other. Perhaps it's the nerves that tingle ever so slightly just to keep your heartbeat racing just so. Or it could be the echo of the musky floorboards that creak ever so lightly beneath the weight of your character's shifting emotions. Then again, who's to say it isn't the audience who fills the seats and adds warmth to an otherwise cold theatre. For some reason, the air conditioning is almost always near freezing and uncontrolled. Could it have a mind and personality of its own too?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Audience members who join us on our journeys each night are invited to open their hearts and souls to listen, to feel. Very often they invite us, the players, in as well. Sometimes we bash our way in without an invitation from them. This could shock, anger, surprise, sadden, or confuse them. Anything that ignites their imagination and emotions. Of course, we don't actively look for that reaction when we share our tales under the shadows and lights, since we respect our characters as real people who we would never exploit, but love and empathize with instead.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It is fluttery excitement yet relief to anticipate your first entrance, and to run up as slowly as you can for curtain call. Curtain call is when you can finally look into the audience and find familiar faces or simply appreciative smiles.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It has been one week since the show ended its run. Life, of course, goes on. But the glow you exude as a actor, even if visible only to yourself, keeps the memories bright in your mind. And like a stamp on your heart, each ventricle will never forget the intensity, meaning and moment that is theatre.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Written post Rojak, June 2013</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-60095425960756208602013-12-02T16:35:00.001-08:002013-12-02T16:35:06.351-08:00LOL - What Comes to Mind?<p dir="ltr">http://www.dailydot.com/esports/league-of-legends-team-solomid-bjergsen/</p>
<p dir="ltr">Moms & Dads, leave that computer running.</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-50941184425547134312013-12-02T07:15:00.001-08:002013-12-02T07:16:46.441-08:00December Has Come<p dir="ltr">December is here and I have decided to give away my old 4 song EP, Four Tunes.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Go to facebook.com/t.jill to find out more!</p>
Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-27768604712625918162013-11-26T10:40:00.001-08:002013-11-26T20:52:49.909-08:00Gala Premiere: Everybody's Business<p dir="ltr">My fiancé, a brilliant sound recordist, worked on this feature film this year, alongside his brother, who served as the director of photography. Therefore, I had the good fortune to join my fiancé and his parents at this premiere at Golden Village Vivo city tonight.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6sldkPe0Gmx3NSqOHFMZNw9NNX6pv-R8h-oyieUA23A6blhYlt-yhExkyKc42b14qj69LRyJEj06zcaBWEMzH8rVlKSvtcVXQbbkG7W-Yx6FL6MvUJMwdazeyB91APbntHzpZ4vlsAOK/s1600/20131126_205521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6sldkPe0Gmx3NSqOHFMZNw9NNX6pv-R8h-oyieUA23A6blhYlt-yhExkyKc42b14qj69LRyJEj06zcaBWEMzH8rVlKSvtcVXQbbkG7W-Yx6FL6MvUJMwdazeyB91APbntHzpZ4vlsAOK/s640/20131126_205521.jpg"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The film was multi-faceted, entertaining and had some obvious quality work on it. And I'm not being biased. I felt the lighting, steadicam, on-location sound, acting, story & directing were good. Yet bcause of the blatant shameless advertising within the film (my own simple opinion, no one else's) and the script's mild propaganda, only one scene actually touched my heart with its tenderness and truth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I recommend it, but if you are eating during the show, try to finish your snacks in the first 45 minutes. You'll thank me later for that piece of advice.</div>Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-1949976866212887072013-11-26T00:46:00.001-08:002013-11-26T01:21:04.196-08:00Back on a Blog<p dir="ltr">So I haven't been blogging.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the last number of years, it's pretty amazing that blogging has become a profession. And it's got some influence and reach apparently.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am too lazy to do this every day. And yes I have lots of opinions but most aren't strong enough to be sensational. Unless it's a justice or human rights issue.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I recently started saying a lot more online. My Facebook page (http://Facebook.com/t.jill) has many updates of my work as well as some random finds online.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1ZvHO3A6rcYQQ2ZJzP0Y52nhM3cbxEn9zNTVFetPb-4yhOQ3XxirA2L3uvAy0TljvZ2o3JA8BgSH0ATV7pEFccNeurzQPayOoG2cid4b1JwWzadt3hbuAjMbSBOMSKWHbKWsdjZ0i3nI/s1600/Screenshot_2013-11-26-17-08-00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1ZvHO3A6rcYQQ2ZJzP0Y52nhM3cbxEn9zNTVFetPb-4yhOQ3XxirA2L3uvAy0TljvZ2o3JA8BgSH0ATV7pEFccNeurzQPayOoG2cid4b1JwWzadt3hbuAjMbSBOMSKWHbKWsdjZ0i3nI/s640/Screenshot_2013-11-26-17-08-00.png"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't share much of my personal life online. Maybe I feel that my personal friends deserve more of me than the random stranger who chances upon my sites. No offence of course to the kind stranger who would bother with a nobody like me. Heh... Well, maybe it's just cos I don't think anything I experience is fantastic enough to share. I mean, really, who cares what I ate for lunch or what dress I just bought?<br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That said, I shall return to blogging about work. It doesn't matter if anyone reads it or if it's a personal diary for me. Armed with a new phone, I have no excuse to laze now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div>Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-51672842246784007722010-06-10T20:17:00.000-07:002010-06-10T20:40:47.343-07:00War On Wheels<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTYKCSaqgNhmWmD7MoH8okRl3U7SaE5vMKcMXEt09geByXywnDh8JY37kCQdJzE8k_YeT_Zo4xoav2oBls9oPfIuaok-smFxZx4McLKTKDiAox_ZtMvSWbftgeyaiQDfnHKl5yYTfQ1Kq/s1600/gillianhistory.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 612px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTYKCSaqgNhmWmD7MoH8okRl3U7SaE5vMKcMXEt09geByXywnDh8JY37kCQdJzE8k_YeT_Zo4xoav2oBls9oPfIuaok-smFxZx4McLKTKDiAox_ZtMvSWbftgeyaiQDfnHKl5yYTfQ1Kq/s400/gillianhistory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481350474432303634" border="0" /></a>November 2009. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Click</span> on the article to read it!<br /><br />A little overdue perhaps but I was, and still am, proud to be part of this. The whole team was amazing. This live event was carried out over weekends of November 2009. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Juliana Mattar</span> of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Motion</span> apparently gave up APEC to make this meaningful tour happen. She, along with her dedicated team including <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hajar</span>, were like Charlie's Angels. Managing everything from start to finish. Now they really don't need a Charlie, do they? :-)<br /><br />My fellow guides and actors, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hemang Yadav</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Adi Jamaludin</span>, were engaging and deservingly received rave reviews! Our director, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tzang Merwyn Tong</span>, put his heart and soul in it as much as he does in his films. How fortunate I was to work with them all.<br /><br />All this was part of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">National Heritage Board</span>'s "<span style="font-weight: bold;">I Love Museums</span>" campaign, so my gratitude goes out to them as well.<br /><br />Last but not least, the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">participants</span>, the travellers who joined us on the journey to explore historical sites of World War Two in modern Singapore. Young, old, local, tourist, man, woman, doesn't matter. We <span style="font-style: italic;">couldn't</span> say we were there during those three and a half years (1942-1945) but we all shared in the human experience of love, loss, sacrifice and hope.Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-32472807232551406342010-05-20T11:06:00.000-07:002010-05-20T11:58:20.329-07:00Acoustic Originals - Stand Up & Sing<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">One night only! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Acoustic Original Music Showcase</span><br />- Sebastian Ho & Gillian Tan</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrMUzx3e-PomvYWhL8YUOOb6EuRHjlDG2PNEs1mrrldKTGkxNDIkU4guOPW6RSizHqG6XNcgz2Riu4qKHHkzxAcC3l9nXLJRkabUivo4PK_tuD65mEg5GBdzCHPLC51U0_EC60bMAkcHj/s1600/Stand+Up+and+Sing+-+may+23rd.bmp"> </a>This Sunday, May 23rd, 7:30pm, FREE, Earshot Cafe, Arts House.<br /><br />Ok I wasn't gonna make a flyer but I ended up making one. So please <span style="font-weight: bold;">click on it</span> for an enlarged view of my work as a pseudo-designer using microsoft paint.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtrOmPpF1kc-Que5YYUo1tg_LxoDr7dCTXsf06NwsfGgaKSy5BwrS73PSzSvMOW_RhPs_R8jeLIgY_yrlIPn7VUIOi0oNTFmdcGVjd5HcE8JysCf98-jtmuQo1xGqo8z3VZ1UYZC3QOnK/s1600/Stand+Up+and+Sing+-+may+23rd.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 487px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtrOmPpF1kc-Que5YYUo1tg_LxoDr7dCTXsf06NwsfGgaKSy5BwrS73PSzSvMOW_RhPs_R8jeLIgY_yrlIPn7VUIOi0oNTFmdcGVjd5HcE8JysCf98-jtmuQo1xGqo8z3VZ1UYZC3QOnK/s400/Stand+Up+and+Sing+-+may+23rd.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473428116237849970" border="0" /></a>Save the picture, save the link, send it to your friends! And most importantly, save the date and time; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286746895777">RSVP on facebook</a>, come if you can! It's <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">free</span></span> this Sunday and <span style="font-weight: bold;">only an hour</span>. I promise not to tell too many bad jokes!<br /><br />Thank you and see you there. But first, come to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112347298796271">"All the Crazy People"</a>!Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-50243558747930819472010-05-19T23:47:00.001-07:002010-05-20T01:23:37.804-07:00I am so sincerely proud to say...Having had a magical run so far, everyone in "All the Crazy People" from the director to the musicians, from our stage manager to our stage hands, from our cast to our venue sponsors, (phew, deep breath now...) feel we should do another show in addition to our schedule of 9 shows, so.... We have a new 4pm show! Please come! Click on the flyer below for an enlarged view of the information. :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wn9P0I27sBr8OBMYpYkznWvBoDIKZy6uN8z28PRpbrdLM6DYiR1K3stG0227VzM48pUE2r1HLPNQQw8VDrXI5vEen0XfCQa3l-r3vJ9AYANVSn1zlVimniSVZp_xuV7bQQAL4oYRgYLU/s1600/all+the+crazy+ppl+2.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 488px; height: 384px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wn9P0I27sBr8OBMYpYkznWvBoDIKZy6uN8z28PRpbrdLM6DYiR1K3stG0227VzM48pUE2r1HLPNQQw8VDrXI5vEen0XfCQa3l-r3vJ9AYANVSn1zlVimniSVZp_xuV7bQQAL4oYRgYLU/s400/all+the+crazy+ppl+2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473263023118633538" border="0" /></a>Tickets selling fast, so reserve now with Hemang at (65) <strong>8179 6221</strong>. Come for the <strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >4pm show on Saturday May 22nd at Post Museum</span></strong> (Rowell Rd, <a href="http://www.post-museum.org/map.html">map</a>) and we can have a pizza or beer with you next door at Food #03. These are the kindest places with the loveliest folks, with the tastiest healthiest vegetarian food. You will have Noh regrets. :-)<br /><br />By the way, our 8pm show on Friday 21st May is at an exciting new venue: Eurasian Association's Community House (Ceylon Rd, <a href="http://www.eurasians.org.sg/contact-us/">map</a>). Lots of seats still available in the multi-purpose hall on level 2.<br /><br />Check us out on facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112347298796271">facebook.com/event.php?eid=112347298796271</a><br /><br />"Stand Up and Sing" is on again but this time, with the <span style="font-style: italic;">amazingly talented</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sebastian Ho</span> on guitar <span style="font-style: italic;">(he plays with me every Wed at Quarubar)</span> so it's going to be very different. Acoustic and heartfelt. I am very proud of it too but haven't had time to design a flyer. I have a flu now so I seriously am not going to bother. :-p I'll just say it will be an awesome 1 hour show!! Just come!<br />It's <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">23rd May Sunday 7:30pm</span></span> at <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Earshot cafe in the Arts House</span> (near City Hall MRT, <a href="http://www.theartshouse.com.sg/contact.html">map</a>).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Many thanks</span> to all of you and our kind sponsors. :-)Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771681803997896721.post-31067107142754135062010-05-09T23:46:00.000-07:002010-05-10T00:27:53.079-07:00Stand Up And Sing!So I had a long hiatus away from my blog. Life happens outside of it I guess. I have some time to myself today and wanted to just laze around and try (try is the word) to pack up my hurricane of a room.<br /><br />But I am going to record some of my originals in a while. The raw versions of them. I need to warm up my voice now.<br /><br />I have learnt a lot through my time at Holiday Inn. Oh that, that is over. 4 months and I was too tired. I was already doing that and because the atmosphere was somewhat stifling and the salary was insanely low, I couldn't just commit to that. I was, after all, a freelancer. A performer, a Jill of all trades, a vagabond at heart, a gypsy in my soul. So I did so many other gigs in the day from teaching as early as 7:30am, filming as an actor for various projects, working on my original songs, and rehearsing for a dear friend's play. Click on the e-flyer below!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHpT1tgCxXmpXeGSLLTzb4KRTm73HdtB78XYPXlioD29x2SJb-a_ps2_w9Wn11o13i1mIrS9ssjILchHdKlqLARd-MC1UjbVBqMXEYtl2Mblaj1py-rbsx0ns3Cst5ppnsi6XKaj88gY4/s1600/all+the+crazy+ppl+5.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHpT1tgCxXmpXeGSLLTzb4KRTm73HdtB78XYPXlioD29x2SJb-a_ps2_w9Wn11o13i1mIrS9ssjILchHdKlqLARd-MC1UjbVBqMXEYtl2Mblaj1py-rbsx0ns3Cst5ppnsi6XKaj88gY4/s400/all+the+crazy+ppl+5.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469536457293758066" border="0" /></a>The play is called "All The Crazy People". Is this e-flyer too small? Click on it to see it in its entirety.<br /><br />Please come see it! We had a swell opening weekend but we have more shows over the next 2 weekends. Extra shows on 16th and 22nd but under a different name. Call or email to find out more. We are all very proud of the show and the dates listed in this poster are the best dates to come in my humble opinion. :-)<br /><br />May 14th -8pm at Post Museum,<br />May 15th - 4pm & 8pm at Post Museum,<br />and May 21st - 8pm at Eurasian Community House<br /><br />Book through Hemang Yadav (65) 8179 6221 or email him at wisdomofmonkeys@gmail.com now.<br /><br />Tickets at <span style="font-weight: bold;">$22</span> each.<br />But if you buy 2, each will cost you <span style="font-weight: bold;">$15</span>.<br />And if you buy 3 or more, you pay only <span style="font-weight: bold;">$12</span> for each.<br />Could this get even better? Hell yeah!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">$10</span> for students!<br /><br />Ok, that's all for now. Will talk about my music in my next entry. See you at the shows! :-)Z Jil, Jilly, Gillian Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319002825205932151noreply@blogger.com1