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Singapore's Next Top Model?! DREAMing.. Haha.

Oh how I love life after army! I'm serious. Spending my days away from the dusty, musty camp really feels like luxury. Probably because I haven't felt so "free" before. Finally, I don't have to worry about booking in, don't have to worry about breaking any army law right now. Cos you know what, I'm a civilian! Hohohoo!!!

So let's see. These 2 days been rather eventful for me. Yesterday, my dad woke me up early in the morning and told me that I had to start my orientation with him. Yeah, did I mention I'm supposed to help out my dad in his job? So anyway, I visited Nestle factory with him to check out on our exports, then we headed to a farm at Lim Chu Kang where the exports were sent over there. It was so good to see the farm roads again. I've used to go to my dad's farm when I was younger and there were so many ducks there. But sadly, the farmland had to be returned to the government. So I really missed the good old days running around with the dogs in camp, touching and hatching the little ducklings. So back to the farm yesterday brought back memories, though it's my father's friend's farm. But the odour that hung in the air was instantly reminiscent of those farm days. And the swallows that circled the warehouses were just everywhere! Sometimes, it's good to step back a little and relax a bit at the "countryside".

So anyway, today, I decided to go for some job hunting. Woke up in the morning to go through the Classified section of Straits Times. Managed to book a few interviews for tomorrow. I even called up a modelling agency and went down for an interview today!! Haha. Yeah man, it's back to the "wannabe" lifestyle of going for auditions, interviews and whatever, just to see how far I can go. I mean, I've loved to perform ever since, so army has been a long break for such ventures.

So as I was saying, I dropped by this model agency which I knew had advertised almost everyday on the papers. I had this impression that it was rather sleazy. And my elder sister heard of it before, and advised me not to even waste my time. However, the adventurous spirit in me decided to check it out. I mean, I couldn't be too gullible right?! Surely I could differentiate what's good for me. So anyway, the place was not as bad as what I thought it would be. I was greeted by rows and columns of professionally-taken face photos on the walls, as if they made up the wallpapers. And this "booker" talked to me. Talked a lot. Nearly more than an hour I think.

He asked me if I had the passion and interest for modelling and asked me if I have heard anything about the model industry. Of course I have heard lots from my elder sister who used to model for prestigious model agencies. I followed her to numerous fashion shows and therefore sparked my interest in this arena. I just told the guy that the modelling industry is not as glam as it seems. And he asked me for examples. Then I said well, there's this thing about being manipulated, about influences into clubbing and things that basically stray from the good path. So anyway, that was the skeptical me, not that I have come up with all these myself, but I have heard stories too. But the guy just gave me a "question mark" look, trying to tell me that all these are untrue, and that these don't happen in his agency. Seriously, I can tell he's trying to buy me, but I know these are all "part of the process". But he did not look unscrupulous in any way, so I guess it's ok to hear more. He showed me evidence of his models in photoshoots, print ads, and so on.

He told me that the model market is all out for Caucasians and Pan Asians, and that Asians like us are not in high demand. This I have heard about too. But he said his agency is different from the rest, saying that they are all out to promote the Asians. I don't know whether to buy that or not but I just continued to listen on. So he blabbered on with what's the industry about, and that they wanted to gather models from the public because they are looking for different faces and personalities, and that personality is the key to making it big.

I told him I don't mind giving a try though I did not have very high self esteem on this. But he assured me that looks-wise, I look pleasant and nice-looking, and that the moment I stepped into the office, he found me refreshing. I stared at myself wearing a mickey-mouse long sleeve white shirt with a 3-quarter green black striped pants, and I wonder if he's just trying to console me. HAHA. But anyway, I also wonder if he told everyone who stepped in all these, like as if he's got some script or something.

He proceeded on to tell me that he's already accepted me and just waiting for my response. ALREADY accepted me?! For like an hour of sitting in his office? Ok. That's fast. But he told me I had to go for some photoshoot to see how good I am on photos. And the package is charged at $199 for 9 professional photos, a student rate, according to him. I wanted to roll my eyes but decided to prevent that from happening. Then he showed me some COM cards of the models with their pictures and statistics on it and said that the cards are to be shown to clients. The agency will help to promote to the clients, but there are still auditions to go through. So whether or not we get to have an assignment, it's another thing.

I told him I would need to consult some people for advice. And well, he's just waiting for a reply from me now.

I don't know. Me? A model? Oh man, I think I need to bulk up more first before thinking about going any further huh? But can you imagine seeing me on TV, on print ads on posters at bus-stops or whatever? HAHAHA. Sounds hilarious. Let's see. I'm still hesitating though. But honestly, if it's 100% free, I would just sign up instantly man.

Ok. I need to do some serious job hunting first. And enrol in a school. I still wanna study!

Get down to work Chao. Time to put effort and put time to wise use. Now get cracking tallie. XD