Problem Solved
You can relax now. After an incredible number of phone calls, emails, and faxes I believe I have my class registration difficulties sorted. I should be signing up for classes by Monday at the latest. Yay me.
July 07, 2006
June 29, 2006
Back from Macau.
I got back from Macau last night. I had a really nice time. The show was for an annual ritzy birthday party at the Mandarin Oriental. I was nervous at first because really rich audiences can sometimes be quite difficult. I think the open bar before the show helped loosen them up though. It certainly helped loosen me up after the show. My performance went over well. I ended up doing most of it in English and only translated some bits to Mandarin. Most of the audience understood English quite well, and more importantly the guest of honour was Portugese and did not speak Mandarin.
I spent yesterday walking around taking photos and visiting sites. I'll try to get some pictures up on the weekend. I have a test tomorrow, and my Chinese needs attention.
June 26, 2006
Off to Macau Again
I have a gig in Macau tomorrow night, so I'll be out of the country and incommunicado for a couple of days. I'm off to provide some entertainment for a private function at the Mandarin Oriental. Apparently it is a famous lawyer's birthday and all the movers and shakers of Macaunese society will be there. How exciting. Much of the show (just a 15 minute spot) will be in Chinese. I'm curious to see how well I can translate the humour.
I'll have some more free time on this trip and will try to take more photos this time. But I may not have a chance to upload them until the weekend.
January 05, 2006
Happy New Year
Happy New Year. My New Year’s eve was spent half naked, painted red, with a flaming stick in my hands. I did a gig for the Ministry of Sound. They had their New Year’s Eve party at the New Taipei Arena. I did a few spots of fire juggling on stage for them to help add to the festive atmosphere. It was an alright gig. There’s nothing like seeing thousands of faces staring at you in a semi-intoxicated state of appreciation to stoke one’s ego. My most memorable moment of the evening was trying to wash off the body paint, while the Go-go dancer on E in the shower beside me squirmed around on the floor giggling like a school girl. The water was too hot to stand under so he was using the slightly cooled floor water to try to get the makeup off. After showering he walked around the backstage area buck naked for about 25 minutes striking up conversations with whomever he could. My New Year’s resolution is go the rest of the year without wearing so much makeup that I’m washing it out of my bodily crevices for three days.
December 16, 2005
Macau for the weekend
I'm going to Macau this weekend to do a corporate Christmas show. I'll be back Sunday or Monday, hopefully with some photos to post.
December 14, 2005
Video
I've got some posts I want to write, but I'm a bit too busy right now. In the meantime here is a link to a video of a show I did almost two years ago. It was filmed in Halifax. If you're looking for something to do you can watch it.
Warning: it contains some adult language, and is quite long http://www.ourmedia.org/node/81291