Salam,
Yes! Finally I am updating my blog on my activities in 2008. I love updating my blog but most of the time I am just too occupied to update it. So today is one of my rajin days I guess.
Ok so when I was selected as one of the Intern 3R Search winners, before going to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for further shootings, I was informed that we’ll have shooting in Malaysia as well. I thought that there must be challenges since this is regarding on being an intern right?
So I was summoned to Red Comm’s office in Petaling Jaya without any prior notice of what to expect, only to be told I should wear something comfortable especially comfortable sports shoes. Aiyoh nak suruh main netball ke? Who knows, 3R is all about women being confident in their own skin, and to be active in almost every single positive things on Earth, so it could be anything. I just wore my old Miss Selfridge baby blue jumper top and jeans, which luckily I could fit in after such a long time not being able fitting into it. Yikes, Suraya is indeed so fat. With my baby blue hijab and my lovely Coach sneakers (always scared that something bad might happen to these like extra dirtiness..oh no..) so basically I look like a Blue Hyppo.. only the shade of blue is lighter. I bet I was going to look extra fat on TV, but lantokkk lee udoh teman memang sendor pun!
When I reached there alone at about 2 pm, I was asked to wait. So I waited. Then after quite some time waiting, Kartini came and greeted me. She’s so adorable wearing a denim skirt and a green top. She’s nice and friendly, and personally I think she is prettier off TV and her face does not need much make-up. This is the first time I met Tini because when I was attached with Maybelline for the Beauty In Me competition, Tini was still in UK completing her Masters in Mass Communication.
She told me shooting was about to be started, so I just have to act normal because this is some sort of reality TV. Uhuh. When the camera started to roll, I was introduced to Mona, here referred as the 3R director. I was introduced to her as the new intern. Sudah mati aku what do I know about TV production except being in front of the camera for very-very small things?! Ok although I am very familiar with the Red Comm’s staffs, but it’s not like I know everyone by name and their job posts. Then Mona gave me an envelope, telling me that I am the PM. Absent-mindedly I asked “Is it Programme Manager?” She just gave me a cold stare and answered, “No. It is Production Manager.” Haa! At least I know, that’s what Julie from Sadiq & Co. is. She handles everything regarding the shooting. She is the one whom people would point finger at to blame when anything wrong happens. Damn it. But at least I got the idea what a PM is. Also I was given RM 20 for the budget of that evening.
In the envelope it stated some names I should contact for a shooting that evening for one of the scenes on 3R namely “Pandang-Pandang, Jeling-Jeling” or “Salah ke Nak Pandang?” or something like that. It is about man staring at women and vice versa until the opposite sex is not comfortable. I knew that this episode had been aired already, I even remember the scene where Reza acted as the pervert teasing a schoolgirl. However since I know this is a challenge on Reality TV, I just had to go with the flow. Mona also asked me to contact everyone so the shooting would be done around 7 p.m. as stated in the paper. I was also asked to prepare the Production Box where many essential equipments are kept in the box or else the shooting would not happen. Not excluding I have to get all the electrical appliances which are needed for the shooting, which I was not familiar with at all.
Luckily I am quite familiar about what the crews do about TV production. This time I was one of the behind the scenes people. Firstly I went to the Red Comm’s bungalow which is located nearby to get the costumes which were school uniform for the girl, books, schoolbag and perhaps clothes for the guy. Then I contacted the cameraman, audioman and casts, everybody played as though as they were not inform about the shooting at all. Everybody made up excuses that they could not come. The casts especially the guy pissed me off like crazy when he got angry at me when I tried to confirm whether he could come or not. You know, acting all Divo like some sort of superstar. One thing I noticed was, I knew all the staffs at Red Comm were always so friendly and helpful and nice, but this time everybody put on a cold front when they met me. Ok I know you guys were trying to make things tough for me, so I tried my best to play it cool and not to be defeated.
Then I contacted the owner of the location, suddenly she said she thought the shooting was supposed to take place next week. A’ah dan dan. Then of course, they tried to see how I negotiated with everyone to get things running, finally I managed to get the location but she wanted everything to wrap up at exactly 7 p.m. since she was about to have a family gathering that very night. Meanwhile, all the other crews with me whom I managed to get them moving tried to delay things for me like “Lepak la Suraya. Masa banyak lagi.” Even Abang Zul the audioman asked me whether he could buy some cigarettes first, I just gave a firm no because we were running out of time. One of the crews Chew, well I always knew he drives in a very speedy way, but this time annoyingly he drove me around in the slowest motion possible.
When we arrived at the location which was a nearby house, I greeted an old lady asking for the owner, she did not even recognize the name I mentioned but it did not hit me then that the ‘owner’ might be an actress as well. Then Mona asked me where is the Production Box. Uh-oh I completely forgotten about it! Then I had to return to the bungalow and searched for the box. That time things got a little hectic, I even toppled the Christmas Tree! Keong, the cameraman whom recorded me that time was really excited of the footage but it was edited when this episode aired on TV.
When I arrived back at the location, Bull-Dog, the cameraman for that day carelessly dropped the lights where it freaked out the owner, and she told me that she had warned us about not having any scratches or damages. Yes yes noted. Then one of the crews broke a flower pot, and that really made the owner angry. I had to use my communication skills and intelligence and what not to calm things down, at that point I was annoyed myself too. Urgh I knew they purposely did it! Sabar je la! At the same time, the casts were not there yet, and from time to time Tini interviewed me about how I was doing. Once I told Mona that the talents were still not around she just said, “Then are you asking ME??” I spontaneously answered “No, just talking to myself,” when indeed I was asking her.. huhu.
One thing which really irritated me and made my blood boil was when I could not contact the girl talent at all! Her phone was ringing all the time but she did not answer! Arghh! At first she said she was in front of UIA Matric Centre, then when I went to fetch her there she said she was at the bungalow, when I went to the bungalow she said she was at the office. Oh darn it, we should have started to shoot at that time already! When she finally showed up at the office, my heart skipped a beat. She was wearing this really revealing top (no problem with that) but the problems were her eyebrows were thinly waxed, pierced nose and her nails were so long and painted in deep red nail polish. My heart sank because I knew she would be rejected to be a schoolgirl. This time I was really confirmed as dead meat.
Nevertheless, I asked her to change into the school uniform and asked her to remove the piercing. I asked her gently why were her nails painted, didn’t she know at all about the shooting? She said she forgot about the shooting and she was not at home when I phoned her. I just knew I would be dead but kept silent.
When we arrived back at the location, Mona had this really grim expression which could scare anyone to death. Ok I guess there is too many words relating to death in this post, but seriously although I knew they purposely created the challenges for me, I was really scared of failing. Then Mona said to me she did not want the guy talent because his hair was dyed blonde and he had eyebrow piercing. I just tried to calm her down and said since he was supposed to be the bad boy so that should not be a problem. However I told her the girl would be impossible due to her appearance. Mona just shook her head in a super annoyed way. Ouchhh. Then after a few seconds of silence, another flower pot fell on the floor and broke. Tini did it in the most accidental way. I was boiling but did not utter a word.
The ‘owner’ showed up being all angry chasing us out of the house. Me too, instead of backing up my crews I just said “ Yes I understand, I’ve told them to be careful but they did not, so nevermind no shooting for today.” Cehh konon! Then the guy talent got angry and said “ Hey I have come all the way for the shooting but there is not shooting so what about my payment?!”, I did not care anymore at that time it was his fault as well for coming really late. At one point, when everybody stared at me, I just could not think of anything else to do just stared on the floor hoping that they would say everything has ended.
Alhamdulillah, Tini finally said “Suraya, actually all these were planned to see how you would handle the situation as a Production Manager.” At that time, tears filled up my eyes and I said “Although I know from the start everything was planned to go against me, I still wanted us to shoot and wrap and I do not want to be considered as not capable to perform work.” Arghh, I told myself not to cry but still I had tears in my eyes. I was so disappointed but was truly glad everything has ended.
At the end of the shooting, Tini commented that I am a perfectionist, and a very result-oriented person, creative and tried my best to find the solutions to the problems. My negative points were, I should be gentler to people around me, and in showbiz sometimes you just have to kiss people’s asses because we might work with them again in the future though in reality we feel like choking them. I also have to be gentler to people since all around me were older than me. Well I agreed with her, I know I respect older people around me for example when I had my attachment at CSI Bukit Aman but I did not have any problem with them because things were going my way. This was indeed a worst case scenario.
It was a good and unforgettable experience for me, and yes a tiring one too! And yes people, they did not manage to show the real picture on TV due to time limit, all the troubles I went through, it was unbelievable really!That night I smsed Sok Peng, the Producer saying thank you and told they really acted well, she laughed and said everyone in Red Comm has acting qualifications of some sort. Would not deny that. :p On the next day, I was supposed to meet the other 2 winners, so just hang in there and check out The REAL CurHat Sue soon. Later. J
Yes! Finally I am updating my blog on my activities in 2008. I love updating my blog but most of the time I am just too occupied to update it. So today is one of my rajin days I guess.
Ok so when I was selected as one of the Intern 3R Search winners, before going to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for further shootings, I was informed that we’ll have shooting in Malaysia as well. I thought that there must be challenges since this is regarding on being an intern right?
So I was summoned to Red Comm’s office in Petaling Jaya without any prior notice of what to expect, only to be told I should wear something comfortable especially comfortable sports shoes. Aiyoh nak suruh main netball ke? Who knows, 3R is all about women being confident in their own skin, and to be active in almost every single positive things on Earth, so it could be anything. I just wore my old Miss Selfridge baby blue jumper top and jeans, which luckily I could fit in after such a long time not being able fitting into it. Yikes, Suraya is indeed so fat. With my baby blue hijab and my lovely Coach sneakers (always scared that something bad might happen to these like extra dirtiness..oh no..) so basically I look like a Blue Hyppo.. only the shade of blue is lighter. I bet I was going to look extra fat on TV, but lantokkk lee udoh teman memang sendor pun!
When I reached there alone at about 2 pm, I was asked to wait. So I waited. Then after quite some time waiting, Kartini came and greeted me. She’s so adorable wearing a denim skirt and a green top. She’s nice and friendly, and personally I think she is prettier off TV and her face does not need much make-up. This is the first time I met Tini because when I was attached with Maybelline for the Beauty In Me competition, Tini was still in UK completing her Masters in Mass Communication.
She told me shooting was about to be started, so I just have to act normal because this is some sort of reality TV. Uhuh. When the camera started to roll, I was introduced to Mona, here referred as the 3R director. I was introduced to her as the new intern. Sudah mati aku what do I know about TV production except being in front of the camera for very-very small things?! Ok although I am very familiar with the Red Comm’s staffs, but it’s not like I know everyone by name and their job posts. Then Mona gave me an envelope, telling me that I am the PM. Absent-mindedly I asked “Is it Programme Manager?” She just gave me a cold stare and answered, “No. It is Production Manager.” Haa! At least I know, that’s what Julie from Sadiq & Co. is. She handles everything regarding the shooting. She is the one whom people would point finger at to blame when anything wrong happens. Damn it. But at least I got the idea what a PM is. Also I was given RM 20 for the budget of that evening.
In the envelope it stated some names I should contact for a shooting that evening for one of the scenes on 3R namely “Pandang-Pandang, Jeling-Jeling” or “Salah ke Nak Pandang?” or something like that. It is about man staring at women and vice versa until the opposite sex is not comfortable. I knew that this episode had been aired already, I even remember the scene where Reza acted as the pervert teasing a schoolgirl. However since I know this is a challenge on Reality TV, I just had to go with the flow. Mona also asked me to contact everyone so the shooting would be done around 7 p.m. as stated in the paper. I was also asked to prepare the Production Box where many essential equipments are kept in the box or else the shooting would not happen. Not excluding I have to get all the electrical appliances which are needed for the shooting, which I was not familiar with at all.
Luckily I am quite familiar about what the crews do about TV production. This time I was one of the behind the scenes people. Firstly I went to the Red Comm’s bungalow which is located nearby to get the costumes which were school uniform for the girl, books, schoolbag and perhaps clothes for the guy. Then I contacted the cameraman, audioman and casts, everybody played as though as they were not inform about the shooting at all. Everybody made up excuses that they could not come. The casts especially the guy pissed me off like crazy when he got angry at me when I tried to confirm whether he could come or not. You know, acting all Divo like some sort of superstar. One thing I noticed was, I knew all the staffs at Red Comm were always so friendly and helpful and nice, but this time everybody put on a cold front when they met me. Ok I know you guys were trying to make things tough for me, so I tried my best to play it cool and not to be defeated.
Then I contacted the owner of the location, suddenly she said she thought the shooting was supposed to take place next week. A’ah dan dan. Then of course, they tried to see how I negotiated with everyone to get things running, finally I managed to get the location but she wanted everything to wrap up at exactly 7 p.m. since she was about to have a family gathering that very night. Meanwhile, all the other crews with me whom I managed to get them moving tried to delay things for me like “Lepak la Suraya. Masa banyak lagi.” Even Abang Zul the audioman asked me whether he could buy some cigarettes first, I just gave a firm no because we were running out of time. One of the crews Chew, well I always knew he drives in a very speedy way, but this time annoyingly he drove me around in the slowest motion possible.
When we arrived at the location which was a nearby house, I greeted an old lady asking for the owner, she did not even recognize the name I mentioned but it did not hit me then that the ‘owner’ might be an actress as well. Then Mona asked me where is the Production Box. Uh-oh I completely forgotten about it! Then I had to return to the bungalow and searched for the box. That time things got a little hectic, I even toppled the Christmas Tree! Keong, the cameraman whom recorded me that time was really excited of the footage but it was edited when this episode aired on TV.
When I arrived back at the location, Bull-Dog, the cameraman for that day carelessly dropped the lights where it freaked out the owner, and she told me that she had warned us about not having any scratches or damages. Yes yes noted. Then one of the crews broke a flower pot, and that really made the owner angry. I had to use my communication skills and intelligence and what not to calm things down, at that point I was annoyed myself too. Urgh I knew they purposely did it! Sabar je la! At the same time, the casts were not there yet, and from time to time Tini interviewed me about how I was doing. Once I told Mona that the talents were still not around she just said, “Then are you asking ME??” I spontaneously answered “No, just talking to myself,” when indeed I was asking her.. huhu.
One thing which really irritated me and made my blood boil was when I could not contact the girl talent at all! Her phone was ringing all the time but she did not answer! Arghh! At first she said she was in front of UIA Matric Centre, then when I went to fetch her there she said she was at the bungalow, when I went to the bungalow she said she was at the office. Oh darn it, we should have started to shoot at that time already! When she finally showed up at the office, my heart skipped a beat. She was wearing this really revealing top (no problem with that) but the problems were her eyebrows were thinly waxed, pierced nose and her nails were so long and painted in deep red nail polish. My heart sank because I knew she would be rejected to be a schoolgirl. This time I was really confirmed as dead meat.
Nevertheless, I asked her to change into the school uniform and asked her to remove the piercing. I asked her gently why were her nails painted, didn’t she know at all about the shooting? She said she forgot about the shooting and she was not at home when I phoned her. I just knew I would be dead but kept silent.
When we arrived back at the location, Mona had this really grim expression which could scare anyone to death. Ok I guess there is too many words relating to death in this post, but seriously although I knew they purposely created the challenges for me, I was really scared of failing. Then Mona said to me she did not want the guy talent because his hair was dyed blonde and he had eyebrow piercing. I just tried to calm her down and said since he was supposed to be the bad boy so that should not be a problem. However I told her the girl would be impossible due to her appearance. Mona just shook her head in a super annoyed way. Ouchhh. Then after a few seconds of silence, another flower pot fell on the floor and broke. Tini did it in the most accidental way. I was boiling but did not utter a word.
The ‘owner’ showed up being all angry chasing us out of the house. Me too, instead of backing up my crews I just said “ Yes I understand, I’ve told them to be careful but they did not, so nevermind no shooting for today.” Cehh konon! Then the guy talent got angry and said “ Hey I have come all the way for the shooting but there is not shooting so what about my payment?!”, I did not care anymore at that time it was his fault as well for coming really late. At one point, when everybody stared at me, I just could not think of anything else to do just stared on the floor hoping that they would say everything has ended.
Alhamdulillah, Tini finally said “Suraya, actually all these were planned to see how you would handle the situation as a Production Manager.” At that time, tears filled up my eyes and I said “Although I know from the start everything was planned to go against me, I still wanted us to shoot and wrap and I do not want to be considered as not capable to perform work.” Arghh, I told myself not to cry but still I had tears in my eyes. I was so disappointed but was truly glad everything has ended.
At the end of the shooting, Tini commented that I am a perfectionist, and a very result-oriented person, creative and tried my best to find the solutions to the problems. My negative points were, I should be gentler to people around me, and in showbiz sometimes you just have to kiss people’s asses because we might work with them again in the future though in reality we feel like choking them. I also have to be gentler to people since all around me were older than me. Well I agreed with her, I know I respect older people around me for example when I had my attachment at CSI Bukit Aman but I did not have any problem with them because things were going my way. This was indeed a worst case scenario.
It was a good and unforgettable experience for me, and yes a tiring one too! And yes people, they did not manage to show the real picture on TV due to time limit, all the troubles I went through, it was unbelievable really!That night I smsed Sok Peng, the Producer saying thank you and told they really acted well, she laughed and said everyone in Red Comm has acting qualifications of some sort. Would not deny that. :p On the next day, I was supposed to meet the other 2 winners, so just hang in there and check out The REAL CurHat Sue soon. Later. J
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