:: south afrika ::

helloooooooooooooo... been a while, yes it has... Sorry.. been doing a whole lot of nothing as well as somethings.

Just got back from South Africa, Durban (where World Cup 2010 is gonna be held!) for a shoot. it was a small role but I enjoyed it thoroughly nonetheless.

Its called the Philanthropist. an 8 part series for US channel NBC about a philanthropist who goes around trying to help people. the episode I was in is set in Burma so this is me in South Africa pretending to be Burmese in pretend Burma!

Here are some pics. View from the hotel.

Looks so pretty right?? But once you're on the beach, things get kinda dangerous. well, during the day's ok, but once the sun starts setting, like around 4 or 5, beach cops will ask you to start heading back towards ur hotel. Nightfall is when all the bad guys come out to play.

Was kinda bummed out when we only had a layover in capetown, coz I heard capetown had the world's best sunsets and I really wanted to check that out.. but then when i got to durban, I saw the soccer stadium being constructed and I thought, awesome! I still can't believe I didn't take a single photo of it... but.. I got a mini version of it!!

a sand stadium!!! yepz, that looks almost like the real thing!!! I'm not sure if all stadiums look like that, but the one in durban looks like that.

Some random pics of Durban now.  Me posing with trash.

That's me terrorising the Durban pigeons! A funny thing happened. we were just goofing around with the pigeons and I mean so they flap around here and there but then suddenly, ALL OF THEM flew away. like one second they were there, and u blink and they're gone! so we were like wtf happened right. And then 20 seconds later, it started to rain cats n dogs. like big time. The damn pigeons knew man!

This little girl is soooooo bee-yoo-tee-fool I almost wanted to be like Angelina Jolie and take her home. I didn't know she was smiling for the photo coz usually when i ask a kid to take a photo with me, more often than not, they have terrified looks on their faces. maybe my crazy hair scares them. But this one, what a sweet smile!!

I could sit on this pier for hours on end. ok maybe not HOURS. But I hung around on it for a good 30 minutes before I got hungry and went off to look for some food.

Will ya look at that! I am definitely a beach girl! .... and a snowboard girl in winter. :p

Then at work...

My own little trailer!! I'm not trying to show off but.. ok, maybe just a little bit. :p 

I don't know if this happens in the rest of asia but it sure don't happen in Singapore! My own bed and maybe the toilet looks nasty in the pic but it was really very clean.

This was part of the set. It was too big and I didn't have any pockets to carry my camera around so I didn't get a lotta pics.

Myo! Our Burmese language coach! oh, and a real burmese exile living in Joburg now! he has crazier hair than me.

Edric, another actor from Singapore and our lead guy, James.

Sorry to scare you, no make up! Me and Alain from LA, who plays my brother.

Screen shot of me after being hit and screamed at by Alain.

On our last day, we visited the safari. Hluhluwe & Umfolozi Game Reserve. I don't know if its the biggest but it's one of the oldest safaris in South Africa and its #%^&%# HUGE!! Didn't see any lions unfortunately but saw other cool animals!

And of course when you go on a safari, you HAVE to go in your best safari appropriate outfit!

I saw this and I was like RHINO! and the Rhino turned and looked right at us. Our guide Thami gasped and whispered, "Ros, this is not a zoo! They're wild and will attack us!"

An african elephant! The safari signs didn't say beware of lions or leopards or anything. Instead, the signs said "Elephants in this park are extremely dangerous!" can u imagine? First elephant i've ever seen with tusks.

Random note: I had a classmate who wanted to name her daughter Elephant. She said if you didn't think about the animal, the word itself sounds quite pretty. and we could all call her daughter Ella for short. so I was like why don't u just name her Ella. Ella's gonna hate you when she grows up.

This right here, is the elephant's best friend. What issit? well, Its a beetle. But a very special beetle. its a DUNG beetle. Oh yes, so it rolls around in poop. finds a nice round one, and starts rolling it away... That particular one was moving quite fast. I don't know where its taking its shitball but it sure was in a hurry!

Do you ever see this at the zoo?? Noooooo... the zoo animals never move... these wild little thingers just moved so gracefully I could cry. I want to be a giraffe with their pretty eyelashes!!

And then my favourite... well its a close shot between the zebras and the dung beetle. Look at the female so loving with her partner! Do you see that at the zoo?? NOOOOoooo..... all they ever do is just eat eat and eat!! I assume that's the female with her chin on her man coz when we drove up, the one in front kinda ran in front of her protectively. Do you see THAT at the zoo? NOOOOO....

.lost for words.

That's real lion skin right thurrrr and a tuft of its armpit hair ( do lions have armpit hair?) on the top right of the pic. I was kinda scared to touch it. I was a zebra. it might eat me!

so fun. weather perfect.

Edric called this the sunbathing zebra photo.

And.... THAT'S ALL FOLKS! Till next time!!