Location: Fake Bahamas (actually Palawan Beach)
As much as possible, I will avoid being a production assistant again, not because it's too tiring or stressful or anything along these lines. In fact, during this production, being a PA is rather slack. It actually gets to a point where I feel guilty for having nothing to do. So, the reason why I'll try to do stuff of other departments next time is that I know I'm a sucky PA. I'm disorganised, I don't communicate well, and I'm the furthest one can get from "passionate about food". Of course, it's easy to decide, but I've made enough empty decisions to realise that I've got to act upon them. So, instead of stupidly picking a job that doesn't suit me, I'll try to choose something else if I do get the choice again.

But this post isn't one complaining about being a PA. I don't mind, actually. In fact, I'm really grateful to be able to be involve in the production of Koji Cooks, and, as much as possible, I try to be useful. Compared to everyone else on set, I'm the least experienced, and definitely less useful, seeing how everyone is so good at what they do. Three weeks in, I'm the only one who got an MC. Given that, I still hope to continue in production after NS. I know I'll get better at it.

It's kind of impressive how it takes me awhile to realise I'm on the right track, and that I don't have to worry that much about life. One thing that my colleagues know is that 船到桥头自然直 (the boat will straighten itself at the jetty), so they are really chill even in difficult situations. No point dictating where to go.

Back a quarter of my life ago, I was at the stage where I was so impressed by media, by cameras, by the idea of scriptwriting, and by Mediacorp dramas. I'd been questioning things like "if the actor throw away that ice cream in the scene and then they have to redo the scene, do they need to get another ice cream? Won't that be a super huge waste of money?" and "if it takes so long to film drama, how is it even possible for 500-episode soap operas to run without breaks?" It's kind of cool that I've got some of these questions answered.

And, I've got to admit that as a newcomer into this whole thing, it does feel quite good to talk to the actors on a personal level. It also feels good to tell people about your job and have them ask you things like "what show is this?" or "isn't that the guy from Mata Mata?" Yeah, this proves that I'm still a freshie. To finally get to my point, I'll try to cherish this project that we're working on.

Labels: production, reflection, things that happened