This prolly sums up 2005 for me. It actually began on a bad note, with me kinda loosing a decent role due to some miscommunication with a casting director. Also, my pro-bono short film project at that time overran, so much so that we had to do a re-shoot right around CNY as well. But things started to look brighter in the middle of the year; I shot my first bona fide product TVC, acted in an award winning short film (4444) and landed my most prominent performance (Full Circle) on television to date.
Things were looking so up at that time I seriously thought that my ship is finally gonna come in, especially if the said TVC were to air. But, alas, it was not meant to be and from then on, it has been a downhill ride for me, with almost every audition hitting a brick wall.
On the bread and butter side, things weren’t looking too rosy last year as well. In fact, my income dipped and my spending went up (more on that later, lol). Changes were happening to the industry and I fear what I experience last year was just the tip of the iceberg. So much so that I actually broke my rule of not accepting tight dealine jobs this time round and accepted one for January. I most probably have to turn down any role that comes my way this month because of this. (Hopefully I don’t get to turn down any good ones…)
