(Sunday, July 20, 2008 / 11:33 AM)
Thank you for your enthusiastic response.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of Yang Jia Ying, I'll have to stick with it lo~ hahaha!
So, yeah, I'm still Carrie, Jiaying then!
A lot has happened in the past few weeks. In terms of my career. Singing career.
You know, after joining Mediacorp, I always thought in this industry, LUCK plays the most important part. Like being casted in Shouzu was due to my luck, 天时地利人和. Just nice when this other actress (the original wenya) was negotiating contract problem, I went for interview / audition and the casting person saw me and thought I suit the role Wenya. If my interview was 2 weeks earlier or later, I might not have gotten the role. If the casting person was on MC or forgot about this role, I might not have gotten the role and might not have been signed as a Mediacorp artiste, might not have been having so much fun in Mediacorp.
Same for other roles in Mediacorp, I think any role could be acted by any actor or actress. So the most important thing in this industry is... LUCK. I mean of course hard work is very important. But when it comes to opportunity, it's... luck.
But this recent few weeks taught me something else.
Ok, big news.... I'm leaving Mediacorp at the end of this month. Tadah~ surprised? Well, I'm not. I'm a singer. Acting was fun. Hosting was fun. But I am not getting any younger and singing is still my passion. I thought I should not waste any more time and I should FOCUS on singing. When it comes to a singing career, unfortunately, Mediacorp can't really help me and is not the place to breed singers. So i'm leaving.....
I'm leaving a comfort zone that I've formed for myself for the past 1 yr plus. I get a stable income, I din need to go LOOK for other opportunity in terms of singing and stuff. Coz I have a job mah. Even when I decided that I won't continue my contract with Mediacorp at the beginning of the year, I was still comfortable and lazy to go find opportunity. I thought opportunity will presents itself. Finally, when July approached, I panicked. Coz i'm leaving my comfort zone in a months time and I have to fend for myself. HOW????
So I started planning for a singing career. I started jio-ing people out for coffee. I started asking questions, even embarassing questions that I din think I could get out of my mouth. I started jamming with 2 bands, preparing to sing gigs after July. I started to know more music industry people. I started chasing my dream!!!!
When you start taking initiative, take those tiny steps towards your dream, things start to happen.
So.... hehe... something exciting is gonna happen in August. Not the same exciting thing that I mention the last time. Something that involves singing. Woo!
Lesson learnt. It's not all luck at play. If you want to fulfil your dream, you have to go LOOK for opportunity. If you don't, opportunity won't know where to find you.....
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