Models help people

 

This picture was never published in the ad for the condos but I love it and wanted to share it. 

I think the most quoted movie in the past 4 months by me has been Zoolander. One of my first posts I mentioned it and will continue to. So much of that ridiculously stupid yet incredibly hilarious movie can be applied in a humourous manner. So before I get on sharing what has gone on over the past few days, I wanted to put some props out to one of my buddies in Singapore.  A little bromance if you will, no homo.

When I first met Andrew it was at the small little gym at the condo. I was frustrated that another person was tramping in on my already small gym territory; ironically enough he mentioned the exact same thing. We chat, he was born in Canada, lived in the US and came to Singapore about the same time as me.  He has been an awesome buddy for me since. Naturally he was looking to lose a few lbs., nothing major and he was by no means fat. I introduced him to my circle of friends, including models and that helped motivate him to push harder.

Props for Andrew!

On a number occasions we chatted about nutrition, and even shared some ass kicking workouts in the gym. I wanted to share with you the results.  The credit I take in this is minimal other than maybe additional motivation and the odd little tip. Andrew did most of this on his own. This picture is from Mid January to Mid March; over that period he lost 7 kilos.

  

Ok back on task. Friday was a fun day, despite being trapped in a van for what seemed to be an eternity. We had weigh ins at the agency in the morning. I weighed in down 1 kg from Tuesday, which was no surprise as I was up 1 kilo on Tuesday from what I expected. That my friends, is water weight, for those that don’t know your body is typically composed of 50-70% water and its not uncommon to see a 5% swing.  

From there, Kevin, Jessica, and myself had a shortlisted casting with body glove. This was a super fun casting; we tried on some close and took a few test shots. The clients were great too, which is always something that helps.  From there Jessica and I had to find our way to a fashion show casting to meet our booker and a few other models.  This was my first BTS (or sky train) experience, these trains are packed, not it makes rush hour Singapore MRT feel comfortable.  Fortunately it was only a few stops and the stops are announced in both Thai and engrish. 

I don’t want to even get started about this casting, but overall it was frustrating and terrible. So I will just let you know I was there for almost 3 hours and it wasn’t productive.

Following that recipe for frustration, I had an emergency casting to head to. The van drove me there with a car full of cranky ladies. One was hungry, one was tired and one was bored. Woosa! Deep breathes. This casting was very last minute and for a Russian telephone company. I had fun with the casting agents for the little video we shot and few snaps shots. 

Friday was a relaxing evening for me, this lead me to my Saturday. I had a callback Saturday for the phone job, followed by a TVC audition for Nutrilite. Followed by a couple hour back workout and an incredible dinner. The dinner was about 300 baht ($10) and it included a 6 oz. chicken breast, 1-cup wild rice, and unlimited salad bar. I didn’t have my phone to take a picture but I easily ate 4 cups of veggies at this meal.

Best news of course. I found out today (Sunday) that I booked the phone job and have a fitting tomorrow morning. I am officially pumped to start working!

Sexy women popping up everywhere

 The pool was great last night. It really helped me feel cool again. 

I had a pretty standard morning, wake up eat something, and I think it was oatmeal and an apple. I pulled out the DVD for Insane abs and did that as my workout for the day. 40 minutes of insane cardio and abs exercise. It was awesome, even with the A/C set at 16 degree I still was a ball of sweat.

I had a meeting set up with the ladies at the agency to pick up my allowance, take care of some picture things and to film two more casting videos. One video was done to be casual and another one a little more formal, dress shirt and dress pants.

TIP: Wear solid colours. Stripes and patterns take away from your face.

After we finished these, Vivian and I went to go grab some lunch. She helped me find a beef noddle dish that was awesome. After grabbing this I headed back to the agency avocado juice in hand.  Shortly after sitting down, Geri showed up at the agency.  She had just bought herself an iPad, completing her Apple family. We discussed meeting up to go shop a bit and check out some fly cars in the garage.  Pat handed me the address to my next casting, a commercial casting for Axe Body spray.

It would be about 45 minutes until I arrived at my destination. Google maps gave me directions but Barbara was way off. She wanted me to walk an extra 4 km. You can’t always trust the lady in the box.

After doing some standard video casting stuff, where you introduce yourself and show your different profiles, we dove into the meat and potatoes of the ad. This will be for a TV commercial. This is one of my first times acting so it was fun and exciting. For those of you that know me, I am always up for a challenge and learning something new. When I don’t get challenged is when I become bored and unsatisfied.

The scene is to have me come out from the shower (this is the mirrors view), I check out my face see if I need to shave, decide I am satisfied and then pick up my body spray. I spray it all over. Then a noise out of the corner happens. I kind of imagined a POP! Very animated type pop. And then beautiful women from all over the world start popping up. I am supposed to be curious, then surprised, followed by elation, satisfaction, excitement and happiness. This was a real test for me, as I know how I would in these situations and I was required to be much more expressive. Cool!

I have no idea how many men are going to these castings, but I will remain confident.  

For dinner I had Clay pot Gung Bao Chicken legs and congee. It was great. But way to much carb for me with the congee. Thankfully it was on the side so it was much easier to portion control.