My 1st Ambition

Since I was a child, I had always wanted to be a dancer. My 1st performance was when I was 3. The feelings of butterflies in the stomach was horrible, but I love the sound of the claps from the audience when the show ended.

In my school days, I always joined the Chinese Folk Dance Club, and I'm proud to say that I was one of the better dancers. After leaving school, I was clueless about what I can do. I knew that I love the entertainment business, but I had no idea how to get into it. My dance instructor asked my to join her dance school. I did for a while, and from there, I had gotten a chance to go to Japan, Osaka to do a parade.

A few years later, a saw a splendid performance done by the Singapore Armed Forces, Music and Drama Company. I was in awe. Since I was one of the teens performers for that event, I got to mingle with the artistes from MDC. I was glad when they shared that MDC needs female performers badly.

Shortly after, I decided to join the company. I had no idea how things work over there, or how I could be part of them. I just knew that I needed to be part of them. I called up, and an audition was arranged for me.

That was my 1st audition, and my inner self was screaming at me to run away from it. I was terrified. I did not know what was to be expected...

During the audition, I had to show them my vocal and dance capabilities, my hosting ability, and my acting skills. I guess I scored at least a pass, because a few weeks later, I was told that I was selected to join the company. I was excited, I was high. I could not believe that someone who was so naive in the past about everything was given this opportunity to be in the entertainment industry.

Even though I had more people disagreeing me about getting in to this field, I chose to do what I wanted. I was glad I did not let their persuasion swayed me away from my dreams, because I had gotten to do many things that I thought was impossible back then.

Life as a performer is very short, but these will be good stories to tell my grand children in the future.