Thick skinned
When Naomi asked me last night, ‘how was the show?’, I said, ‘good, Hossan was so funny I kept laughing even though I knew what was coming’. ‘Not shy, some people! Laugh at own joke!’, she said. What I can say is, the jokes are no longer mine once they’ve been given a life of […]
Opening night
The show opens tonight! Yay! Actually, I’m not sure what I’m feeling at the moment. A bit of nerves, a bit of relief, a bit of pride, a bit of nerves. But yay, nonetheless. And yes, tickets are still available for the rest of the run (till Sat 10th Feb), though I think this week’s […]
Re-hearsing
It can be quite thirsty work, rehearsing for a show, even if you’re not the performer. Everything is coming together nicely. Actually, with five days to opening night, they’d better be. Thank goodness for these fizzy vitamin tablets that you put in water that make you look like you’re peeing highlighter ink an hour later. […]
With low-flying, washed-out colours
And so, with the dramatic, almost theatrical, gasping dash that lasted half a minute over the last one hundred metres, I passed the 2.4km run segment of the IPPT tonight, at 13:29, a full minute slower than my previous attempt more than two years ago. But who cares? An ugly pass is still a pass, […]
Testing time
So I’m taking the IPPT today, whereby if I pass, I will not be required to go to Remedial Training Phase II. The past few trainings have featured new gadgets the instructors call heart rake mongnitors. And they are for you to mongnitor your own cardio training, whereby you should be training at 80% of […]