Caught in a landslide, though escaped from reality ** NEW PICS**

I decided on this title as it’s fitting for what the past 5 days have been like for me, as well as Bohemian Rhapsody has been stuck in my head. Thanks to David and his Facebook status update. Soundtrack time:

I think this has been the longest time since and update. Things have become quite hectic for me over the past few days, my calendar is starting to look busier, more photos are coming in and my days in Singapore are closing in on an end. Every day I am enjoying more and more and they are going by faster and faster.  Friday, I went and printed my photos and had them arranged into my book. I also found out I am booked for a 2 day job for a skin whitener this coming weekend. White suit, white pants, white shoes, white boy, I am probably going to blind someone.

On Thursday, a photographer who added me on Facebook had posted that he was looking for models for a test shoot. Being the opportunist I am, I contacted him and set things up. Oops, I had forgotten one of the things a model should always do. Confirm with their agent, so the following morning I contacted the ladies at the agency, and received approval. On Saturday myself and my roommate Andrew were to shoot with Irwan. To be completely honest, I became skeptical about working with the particular photographer, as communication would be a challenge. *Irwan had a very high fever when he was a baby and as result he lost his hearing ( my apologies for incorrect information). A naïve mindset finds this very difficult. Although I trust my agents and they commended his work so I moved forward with the shoot on Saturday.

Irwan was a great guy. Incredibly nice and sincere. While it was a little challenging to communicate to start with, Irwan did incredible with it. Whether showing a facial expression for us to mimic, or a motion, or writing in a notepad/iPad. As we worked together the day became easier and easier to shoot. I am excited to see what the shots will look like. He took us to Fort Canning an old Military fort laced with history and beautiful spice gardens. My phone was off for most of the shooting so unfortunately no pictures, but I really would like to go there again. I didn’t know what a star fruit tree looked like, or coriander plant or cocoa tree. All, which I thought, were super cool.

The shoot took most of the day on Saturday. After finishing, I came home, worked out and then headed out with Rafael, my Brazilian/American buddy to another friends house. This was probably the most incredible house I have seen in Singapore; oddly enough it was a duplex. Actually second most, that one from the Condo shoot was incredible (how do you top monkeys trying to steal food off your bbq?). The homeowner works in commodity trading and is doing quite well. He was a pretty cool guy, very good storyteller. Naturally I was curious about the industry. I called the night early as I had fun plans for the next morning. Fortunately I was able to share a cab with a new friend that get this is lactose and gluten intolerant as well. She told me about the best place in Singapore I haven’t heard of “crust” which makes gluten free pizza with goat cheese. Cha Ching!!!! Can you tell I am excited?

Burr. This air conditioning in Starbucks is freezing. It reminds me of the top of Pocaterra. Those that joined me do you remember?

My original plans for Sunday were to head to the beach like last week. But I caught a hint of opportunity and decided to jump on it. A friend of mine works for Johnnie Walker in KL and posted on his FB that they were doing a quick mock up shoot for an internal conference and needed volunteers.  As I have always mentioned I love doing photo-shoots, they are fun, you get to perform and you get to meet new people and that is exactly what I did. I finally tried Johnnie Walker Black. It was very good, just a touch of sweet, with a balance of vanilla and peat and a slightly smokey finish. I love my smokey drinks, but many single malts I find a little overwhelming for me.  We also did some shots for Smirnoff. It was a fun cool day, and for lunch they brought us pizza. Hold up? Pizza. Yeah I couldn’t eat it, so I headed to Vivo City and found Thunder tea Brown rice dish, check it out. I was pumped the first time I saw brown rice at a food centre in Singapore.

I almost forgot, I found this at the Fair price the other day. Pretty sure, I jumped and clicked my heels Fred Flintstone style when I saw this. Buy 2 get one free. BONUS!

I ended up missing out on the beach and a fun time with the guys, but I hade my own fun in a different way, and also had the opportunity to network and discover an intriguing Jazz Club.  

I took a nap and hit the gym quickly on Sunday, night and got to bed nice and early. Monday was to be another big day. And Monday certainly was!

For those of you in Halifax it’s a 12 hour time change, those in England its 7 and in Calgary it’s 15. This means that Superbowl starts at 7:30 am. So naturally I set my alarm for 7:29am and then tried to find it on the TV. My landlords don’t have ASN (All Sports Network), so after missing half the first quarter I finally found an online stream. I thought this was one of the better superbowl games I have watched, and also decided that Giants are my #2 team because they are always exciting to watch. Nail-biting at times but exciting. 

Following the game literally immediately after I departed to head to meet with a mutual friend of Mel’s and talks some nutrition. I very much miss this aspect of my career. It is actually a little funny how many people in the past week have asked me for nutrition advice. Just as much if not more confusion here as there is in Canada and the whole grain alternatives are much harder to find. 

After brunch I met up with the ladies at the agency to pick up my allowance. We had a great chat about the upcoming weeks. 

Here are some pics from the shoot with Renee Jansen (https://www.facebook.com/reneejansenphotography, http://www.reneejansen.com/)