Daily: 'Les Misérables'

My 20yrO B-day's a mess.

I was on bed, another guy was on the bed. He climbed onto me, he touched here and there, he started jerking me off...

And then

Him 'So when's ur first time?'
Me 'This time'

He was like 'dah' and got off bed immediately.


.....


What kind of fucker start somebody's 20s like this?

And that was his house so it's me who have to get out.

Theatre: Tickets sold out!

Rope of Love (Re-run) 's tickets are sold out! Yay!

Those with tickets, please come on time so you don't miss all the good stuff : P

Theatre: Symptoms after becoming a techie

1. Interest in tools
You suddenly become interested in tools that you never thought you would pick up before

2. Walking speed
You walk a lot faster than before and hate people who walk slow AND are in front of you

3. Eating habit
You eat a lot quicker and use your meal time to sleep, and you care less what you are eating

4. Bag content
PVC tapes, gaffer tapes, LED headlight mysteriously appear in your daily bag

5. Speaking
You use jargons or lines of drama you have done in your daily speech, or you relate people you know to characters of plays.
You kinda look like Deuteronomy you know that?

6. Social Circle
Distant relatives ask when will they see you on TV; friends who have seen you in your work outfit think you are a plumber; family doubts why your job take so much time

7. Party
In a party, you automatically attend the mic and DVD player.
Hey pal, can you fix it?
Hmmm the RCA connector of your video playback system broke. You got a new one?

Theatre: Kill'em Situations

Situation 1: Foolish Designer
In a dance piece, there are two different video projections, one from the rear and one from overhead, both played from start of piece till the end. I was the projection operator, supplied with two DVD players, a video control panel, and a playback monitor.

The first time J, the designer gave me the DVDs, she burnt the rear projection and overhead projection on the same disc. So I could not possibly play the two videos at the same time.

The second time she gave me the DVDs, she burnt the videos with some weird method and thus I could only play the videos on Mac and so during tech rehearsal I spent quite some time to re-establish the system.

The third time, she accidentally cut the length of the video so the video ended before the dance end.

End up I have to obtain the source files and burn the disc and also extend the videos myself.


Situation 2: Crazy Crew
At the end of a light focus session, one of the lighting crew was on the cougar doing some fixes. When the other crews move her to a upstage bar (slowly), she hits the bar without warning anyone or dodging action. She was not hurt but the whole rig of lamps need to be refocused.

Situation 3: Nonsense Clients
In technical meeting of a gala dinner-cum-fashion show with a fashion show with 12 models and 30 outfits

Us: OK..here's the plan for the T stage in the hall..
Client: Oh, the T stage's there?
Us: Yeah
Client: We have to add 2 extra tables there, we got too many guests...can you cut the walkway?
Us: But you have 12 models and 30 outfits..
Client: How big is the stage after we cut the walkway?
Us: 4X1 M
Client: Is that OK?
Us (in our head): DAH

Situation 4: Out-of-memory ASM
I was ASM, B was ASM, we were doing a drama, and I was in charge of the props list

13:00
Boss asked me to give the props list to the designer so the designer can shop for materials to make them, I asked B to come to the computer lab at 1400 to update the props list together as we were on different side of the stage

14:30
B appeared in the computer lab, and said 'Hey Chris, I gave the designer the list already!'

So I shut up, walked out, swore, called the designer to come back, updated the list as fast as I could, apologized and gave the designer the updated list




P.S. Thanks Stephen for adding me to his blogroll : )

Tech: A Guide to Soldering

As a crew, I often have to solder, either to make cheap LED lights from basic components or to repair cables. I am never a good soldering person and while surfing the Instructables, I come across this amazing article on soldering, with videos!

Instructables: How to Solder

Hope it helps.

Theatre: One Down, Two to Go!

The Nameless Tomb ended!







Although I joined as a crew only during the move in period, I feel so honored to be in it. The company , though amateur, is so pro and their passion is even more radiant than the lights.

Show this Aug: Rope of Love (Re Run), Beauty and the Beast Musical

Daily: Solar Eclipse and The Techie Way To Watch It

Today's the 22 Jul 2009 Total Solar Eclipse!

My two fellows and I, working in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Studio Theatre, abandoned our work (only for a while) and took a stack of LEE 156 Gel to watch it : )



Must thank the venue technicians for the gel : )