Yesterday was such a tiring day. We spent half the day shooting a video commercial for Zion Food Fest. The video was based on the Thai Cheers Beer commercial, where the actos are very dramatic and overact the scene. It was a really interesting experience directing the whole video. I'd never done it before and I guess I didn't know what to expect even though I had already drawn up the story board of the angles that I wanted. Somehow, when you're thrown into that situation you just do the job and get it done, and I think I did OK! It was really really fun shooting... especially the guys scene because they're all just so hilarious. All in all, it took 4 hours, 4 locations, 2 cars, 1 director, 1 assistant, 1 camera man and 5 actors to shoot was is to be about 3 minutes of footage! Now I can imagine why movies take so long!

Thanks to Pauline, Jaclyn, Alphonses, Wei Yue and Jason for acting so well. Stan the man for shooting the video and Junior for assisting. Thank God that the heavens held up and we were able to shoot successfully without rain! Thank God that we didn't get booted from the petrol station for filming there. Thank God that everything went so smoothly, perfectly and according to schedule! Hopefully the final cut will be put on youtube. I shall share when Stan puts it on youtube. =P It's now in the editing stages and I know it'll turn out really good! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera to take pictures of all things! But alas, the video will prove itself.

Then after that, went for a massage at Essential Beauty in the city (I highly do not recommend going there). It was a four time visit gift voucher from Carol who got it for my birthday last year. The first time I went there they burnt my eyebrow area when they waxed my brows. Not happy Jan! Then somemore, the facials they give are "weak" in comparison to the ones I've had in Asia. Heck, they didn't even remove my blackheads! I was so sorely dissappointed. How can you even call it a facial when they don't remove your blackheads?!

The next time we went for a pedicure which was good. But I was expecting my toe nails to be painted - which it was not. Dissappointement number 2!

The next time we went we went for another facial and it was pretty much the same mundane experience that I experienced in the first place. "Weak" hands massaging my face, no system to wiping the face, and just all round bad in general (but improved from the first time since I didn't get burnt!)

Last consultation was a massage. Omg... Lord help me! Women are supposed to love massages right... but not me! Every time I go, it's such a painful experience. I remember the first time I went for a facial, they give an upper body massage which is fine. I'll just get goosebumps when they touch my shoulders. When I went to Thailand, I got the whole body treatment and it was absolutely painful - painful in the sense that I had to bite my tongue to prevent from laughing from the ticklish feeling I kept getting. I must've had this constipated look on my face when my cousin turned to look at me, and she said, "You have to tell them if it hurts you know?!" I managed to pipe out, "It doesn't hurt... I'm trying not to laugh."

So anyway, back to the massage I had yesterday it was absolutely the most shocking massage I've had EVER! I think I came out even more tense than when I went in. It started OK, then she started massaging my shoulders!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... I cannot take it! Then she started doing this funny move down the side of my body as though she's tickling me... like literally tickling me to death! HELLO... we didn't pay to get tickled. It was so excruciating... I was going to tell her, "Can you stop tickling me please!" But I endured... and now I have sore shoulders today. =( I'm so glad that's over!

Then spent the evening at Carol's house watching Absolute Boyfriend/Zettai Kareshi which is a Japanese love story drama series. I think we watched 10 episodes? It was so good, so funny and so cute! The drama is about Izawa Riko who is in search of her ideal boyrfriend. Kronos Heaven (a robot manufacturing company) creates o1 (where he is later named Tenjo Night by Riko), the perfect male humanoid programmed to be devoted and completely loyal to his lover. The company chooses Riko who is a temp worker of Asamoto Company to take part in a 5-day free trial.

At first, Riko only sees Night as a household appliance. But when she finds out how deep Night's devotion to herself is, Riko finds herself falling in love with him. Joining the love triangle is Asamoto Soshi, a distinguished young executive at her company who also has feelings for her. Throughout the drama, we find that Night becomes more and more human and is yet to face his biggest competition 02, who is the latest, most sophisticated robot who is even more determined to satisfy Riko.

I haven't finished watching, I think there are only 2 or 3 episodes to go, but it shall be interesting to see what happens. Only the Japanese can think of wierdo story lines like these where people fall in love with robots! But I have to give it to Hayami Mokomichi who is the actor that plays Night (the robot) - he is such a good actor!