As usual when I start getting busy my dedication to writing diminishes. Formerly this would upset me, but hey I am writing to keep happy. I am presently sitting in a cab in bangkok rush hour. It's been 52 minutes and we have moved a total of 3.8 km. But today's trip was totally worth it.
Before I get to that however, some house cleaning. Fill everyone in on the past few days. That shoot on saturday, the one that required me to shave my legs, no it wasn't to make me a lady boy (number one guess), it was for a underwear shoot. That's right, I am officially a Thai underwear model. No thongs thank god, but the shoot certainly involved some testicle carriage in the form of briefs. As usual I always have fun shooting, and being in my underwear was no different. With music playing I danced around a bit giving big smiles and laughing at the fact I had the clients, crew and my bookers totalling 12 people watching the shenanigans.
Marlon was in town over the weekend so I managed to meet up with him after and grab a few beers. He introduced me to some new friends in bangkok as well. It was nice to get out a bit even though I was tired from shooting.
Sunday and Monday consisted of many tvc castings. 5 between the two days. One casting for a hair conditioner involved me pretending to be a hair getting toasted by the evil hair straightener and blow dryer. I also had the opportunity to cast for the main role in a toothpaste ad. As I mentioned I don't have a ton of experience with acting, but I can feel myself becoming more comfortable and natural with actions when I am being put in front of the camera.
Another casting was a callback for a salad company. It was great I met the directors and everything. Unfortunately I didn't get casted for it. But I did get casted for a different TVC. Thats right I will officially be making my first TV commercial appearance in the very near future. It's for a vacuum cleaner in France. I will be taking on the role of a window cleaner on a high rise building and looking in and seeing a beautiful woman use some incredible vacuum.
Warning: Tons of Pics!
I had nothing to do today! For the first time
since arriving in Bangkok I didn’t have castings or work. Now don’t get me
wrong, I am not complaining, as a matter of fact I like being busy. Anyway, I
wasn’t the only one that had time Tuesday to spare. My little sisters here also
had the day free, so we made a little detour to The Grande Palace. A picture is
worth a thousand words, so here is a ton of them. Link to more pics
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| Barbara so happy that she had to throw a shall over her pants |
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| Its 40 degrees and I had to wear jeans. No showing your legs or shoulders in religious temples |
The entire Grand Palace was incredible. I spent much of the time with my jaw dropped, also keeping track of the little'uns. My favourite part was the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, unfortunately no pictures of this as photography is prohibited. The inside of the temple was very elegant and had incredible paintings all over the walls and the roof, I immediately thought the Cistine Chapel when seeing this.
We toured around outside the palace as well. People are incredibly pushy trying to hawk their goods. Silk books, wooden elephants, tuk tuk rides, boat tours, etc.
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