Finally a Portfolio. . .

Hejsan!
Alright, next on the agenda was the photoshoot on monday hehe (Except for various castings here and there)
Well. . .. i was to be there at 9.30am, so i had to wake up at 7am, not too bad considering what i've been through the past few days :P
Anyway, the cabdriver had some trouble finding the place (700 Beach Road. . . 700!)
But eventually we found it. As usual there was a guard on the first floor which i had to approach before i was let in (Sometimes the elevators. . . or well most of the times, the elevators need key cards to function. . . hence you have to go through the guard on the first floor :P)
I went upstairs, it was pretty much like all the other magazine/fashion offices. Just lots of cubicals spread out and a reception at the entrance :P
I went to the bathroom for a while (Did not spegla mig sjalv :P had a cap on anyway so was nothing to fix even if i wanted to XD)
Then when i came out i walked back through the hall until i ran into a rather large lady. As usual I see the person's lips move but i have no idea what they are saying. . .. until i remove my mp3 earphones and ask them kindly to repeat what they just said. . . this is what happens everytime someone starts talking to me. . . .looong waits and trips are just too boring to go through without music pumping in your ears! :P
Anyway, turns out she was one of the people that would be supervising the shoot (The shoot was for NS magazine btw, i was supposed to do the fashion bit, Jemmy was supposed to do the fitness bit. . . that guy is ripped as hell hehe)
The lady led me into a room, it was a big studio with, lights, camera man, background paper. . . the typical instruments :P
She told me to sit down and wait on the couch, which i did. . . i picked up an issue of men's health and read about how stretching benefits your workout. . .. . i was well acquainted with the Cover model (Ken from Japan), and the guy who was the model for the stretching information :P
After a bit of a wait, 2-3 more people arrived, 2 stylists and one girl who was also a stylist but had gone to the wrong room so she left hehe
I was told to come and get my makeup and hair done, ofcourse the guy doing it was gay. . . no surprise there, man there are a LOT of homosexuals in singapore! Not only i have noticed that, many of the other models are surprised as well haha, so i guess if yer gay this is the place to be XD
Well. . . the makeup was nothing special. . . very light, barely noticeable. . . if noticeable at all. . .. and the hair. . . .. dammit. .. . i hate letting the stylists fix my hair because they all suckass. . .. hahahah quite bluntly they all suck ass. . .. NO ONE knows how to handle my hair :P
When he was done. . .. i just looked in the mirror and was like .. . . .. ". . .. ". . . . it looked just like it did when i had first removed my cap. . .. *sigh*
Anyway, everyone went out for a smoking break when i had changed into my first outfit so i was alone in the room for like five minutes. . . i did my best to fix my hair so it looked atleast a bit presentable hahaha XD. . . now i'm starting to sound gay ^^
Anyway, my first outfit was supposed to look a bit nerdy, so i had sunglasses, a red wristband, a white shirt, red tie, brown suit shoes and gray pants. It looked pretty good anyway.
But man. . .. the photoshoot. . . ugh. . . .they wanted me to run in from the side, they wanted me to launch myself forward. . . i just felt like a friggin idiot hahaha XD i don't think those pictures turned out well XD. . . ah well time will tell hehe
The second outfit was a puma sweater, jeans i think it was, and puma shoes. . . . this looked kinda stupid.
But this shoot was a bit more fun, i was to look as if i were balancing on something, so i just stood on one leg in a few different ways, this time everyone was laughing and it was a lot more fun than the first outfit :P
Ah well, that was it! it was so quick, from 9.30 to 11.30. . . that's all it took :P
I thanked everyone and left!
After this. . .. i don't remember exactly what i did but i ended up in the gym anyway.
Well, today it's wednesday. . . .i've been to a few castings and done a fitting for a show i'm going to have tomorrow. . . .i'm gonna get paid 500 dollars for that show XD
Wow. . .. today was just. . . . UGH. . .. it was raining so heavily all day long, and i was wet and it was uncomfortable and just pleh. . . ew. . . haha
But i went to a casting for Vasceline (Or whatever it was called :P some cream that would make your skin fairer. . . . only in asia they wanna look more white haha)
for that casting i had to be topless and get my pictures taken in a few given poses.
Then at the same place i had a casting for UOB as well, i think it was a banking thing. So i had my suit on and had to do some given poses as well .. . . Man . . .. it sucks. . . not the castings, they were fun, but it sucks that i'm so young. I have sooo many jobs where they say i look too young >.< sometimes they accept me anyway and tell me to grow a stubble and stuff hehe, that's what i'm doing at the moment for tomorrow's show. . . . but shit i wish i were a bit older so i could do more magazine jobs ^^
All the models are like 21 - 27 years old, most are probably 25 . ..
Ah well!
After those two castings i went to my next casting on the other side of the planet. . .. i hate all these travelling distances. . . and it gets expensive because i have to pay for buss, mrt, sometimes cabs. . . ah well, to make money you have to spend money right? ;)
Well, i was sitting on the bus on the way to my third casting, and it was raining really heavily outside and i was thinking shit. . .. i was pretty worried about getting wet because i had my suit jacket folded in my backpack. . . and i didn't want that wet. . .. i didn't want to be soaking wet ofcourse ;)
But what do ya know!
I walk up to the driver of the bus, ask him nicely if the next stop is the closest stop to Marina Library, sitting closeby are two elderly ladies who had been chatting with the driver. . . . .When i got my answer from the driver i thanked him and smiled, walked to the door which was close by and waited for the next bus stop. . .. . then, from nowhere one of the old ladies holds an umbrella infront of me and tells me to take it. . . .. i was shocked! i'm like. . .. "What. .. . nooo hahah nooooo no nono i can't take you umbrella! thanks but i just can't take it haha" She insisted, i refused, she insisted and eventually. . . .i walked off the bus with an umbrella hahahhaha XD pretty old, but hey. . . keeps me from getting wet right! . . . man i'm telling you, wierd coinsidences like this jsut keep happening every now and then, Thank you God! seriously. . .
When i got off the bus, the bus driver honked and all three of them (The driver and the 2 old ladies) smiled and waved goodbye haha. . . . nice. . .
Well i continued my journey out in the rain to the casting place, which was closeby luckily enough. I walk in say hello to the recpetionist, sit down, see another young guy walk in, i say hello, he gets called into the next room to do his casting, a girl comes sits down on the couch, i start talking, she speaks terrible english, the receptionist chips in on the conversation, it goes quiet, i lean back and wait in silence, another brazilian guy comes into the room, we greet eachother, the two brazillians leave, i get called into the next room for my turn. . .. . hehe
So i change into my swimming shorts (Maybe i should've brought my tight little swimming speedo's instead hahah XD)
The guy takes some shots of me in pre-defined poses, and i'm done, quick casting.
I walk out, see that the first guy is waiting for me, we say farewell and start walking to the bus together. At the busstop we meet the two brazilians again, we all take the same bus, i end up in the middle chatting with both parties, i get the guy from singapore's email, he invites me out on saturday. . . i dunno it was some event. Trevligt folk. . . .all of em. . .
i meet so many people here haha!
Alright. . . well after that i went to the agency and talked a bit with Yuki who was there, she's leaving tonight :( which is too bad because she's really cute haha.
When she leaves, i sit down infront of the computer, take care of some facebook stuff, take care of the Akelius forsakrings bolag thingy, and take care of some other business :P Then i take farewell of the agency people and head to chinatown. FINALLY i get my pictures from the 2 test shoots, i'm going to print out some copies for you guys and send them with Cathy as well ;)
The pictures look a lot better on high res A4 paper hehe. So now i finally have a portfolio i'm not ashamed of showing the client XD maybe i'll get some more magazine jobs now :D
The people in the photoshop seemed happy to see me haha, they were all smiling and waving goodbye when i left. . . i like singapore XD
Well i walked through the dystra rain which had still not subsided. . . . . .
Took the MRT to the gym, an hour later i was out of there and went to the City hall foodcourt for some chicken riiiice!. . . . .doesn't seem like it was enough though. . .. hungry as shiet right now. . . . so i'm going to go make some sandwiches and watch southpark before i go to bed ;)
I have to report 3pm for the show or whatever it is tomorrow, so no early morning tomorrow :D
Alright. . .well that about sums it up. . .and now i've caught up with the present time :D
Well hope you guys are well!

Lots of love

/Alex

PS.
Farfar
Yeh i was considering studying in signapore as well, but since it is gratis in sweden i figured i may as well save me from future money problems and do my base studies in sweden ;)
Besides. . . now that i'm gone, i realize just how great Stora Essingen is :D. . . . i knew that before as well ofcourse. . . but wow i love Stora Essingen. And i miss you all very dearly ;)
Btw, how is it going with Battlefield and Call of Duty. . .have you tried any of the two? haha
I appreciate all your comments very much, farfar ;)
Love

Dad
OFCOURSE i ate lots of daim!. . . i felt like a pig! haha i was just munching on lots of ballerina and daim :D, i went to sleep right next to the bowls hahahah XD
And yeh, wow if i get to go to Japan i will cry. . . . a japanese female model added me randomly on Facebook. . . . .by god she is beautiful hahahah XD search google for "Lena Fujii". . . . MMMMMHHMMMMMM!!!!!
Vaxsjo. . .. .ugh. . . i wanna live in stora essingen :P. . . hell if i'm gonna study somewhere else than sthlm i might as well jsut freakin leave sweden . .. . sweden's not THAT exciting. . .. only Stora Essingen ;) although i do miss sweden a lot. .. . . . ah well. . . .
Btw, Me and Jane tried faxing the bloody Akelius thing twice, but it never reached them so i just bloody scanned the letter and sent it through email. . .. hopefully it worked. . . i'll keep you updated
Love

Farmor
Awwww. . . . now i miss sweden even more :( Adventkalender. . .. . especially farmor's special Adventkalenders haha XD (The chocolate ones just suck. . . .how the heck am i supposed to only eat one a day. . . pff yeh right)
I have also heard about the julmiddag together with the singaporians. .. . they've been asking me what it's like. . .. i'm like i freakin love it! but they seem to be uncertain hahaha, they're like. . . . we dunno how to eat western food! i'm just like ". . . .. . . . ." so i guess you guys will have to supervise them a bit XD they all seem very excited though hehe.
Hopefully the countryhouse and the rest of sweden will be covered by a blanket of white snow by the time they arrive!
Love

Mom
Why don't you call anymore :P
Love