| | When I was working on Crossing Over, Leonardo Nam would always say, "You don't know where life is gonna take you, but you gotta be ready." That's so true for me.
My last post, was a long time ago -- almost three months. A lot has happened since then, and it's funny because a lot was happening then, too. July was a super busy time for auditions for me, even though I was told that it's usually slow. I was going on TV and film auditions almost every day, including an audition for the Tekken movie (which everyone and their mom went on). I shot a co-star role on the ABC mid-season show October Road, shot a two-part episode for the Nickelodeon show Just Jordan, where I played Justin Chon's quirky cousin. (I had played opposite Justin Chon in Crossing Over!) And after years of auditioning, I finally get selected to do the 2007 ABC Diversity Showcase.
My biggest development is that I booked the lead role in a film and will be leaving to go shoot in Hong Kong in less than a week. It's called Seventh Moon -- It will be produced by Haxan Films, the makers of The Blair Witch Project, and I will be playing a newlywed, opposite Amy Smart, who get lost in the Chinese countryside in the seventh lunar month; the most superstitious month of the year. It will be my biggest role and biggest challenge as of yet. This is what they call, stepping up to the next level.
So I will be gone in HK for 10 weeks, working. I've never been before, and now I get paid to go, and will have my own first class apartment and per diem. So because of this, I will be quitting my job, moving out of my apartment, and leaving the country. I figured it was a good time to move out of my apartment, since I've been wanting to. And so I've moved back home and commute to LA everyday. Gawd, moving was a huge pain in the ass, because I had so much stuff this time around and too many things to think about. So much, that I had to quit my job at Abercrombie, and not even finish out my two weeks. Thankfully, they were really cool about it.
This month, I've been running around like a fiend, trying to set my personal affairs in order, moving out, prepping for HK, working out twice a day with a personal trainer (I have to be in "naked shape"), and trying to do my homework for the character and script. After all, when you're the lead, you can't show up to set and not have done your work. Maybe some of you guys have witnessed it, but I've been SUUUUPER stressed out. When you're waking up at 6am, moving non-stop (except for the 3 hours you're in traffic) and still not getting everything done in the day, you tend to worry.
Anyway, this is the last week I'll be in LA for a while. It's my crunch time. So I'd thought I'd take a quick sec to write down what's been going on with me. After busting my ass all year, it's going to end in such a grand way: taking it to that next level, and i'm excited and freaked out at the same time. But like Leo said, you don't know where life is gonna take you, but you gotta be ready.
I'll be leaving for HK this Friday, the 28th. I probably won't get to see most of my friends before I leave, because I have a feeling that I'll be prepping up until the very last minute. If I don't get to see you, I'm sorry. But I should be back by December (in time for the Crossing Over premiere?), unless I decide to take-over the apartment from the producers and stay in HK.
If you want to keep in touch, I'll be on AIM and Skype, and even iChat, whenever I'm free. And I'll be doing my best to blog from HK. In any case, wish me luck... and I'll see you all on the flip-side!
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| | Posted 9/22/2007 9:25 AM - 104 Views - 14 eProps - 7 comments
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