Experience in Challenge #2

We got our second challenege at school & it was to find an actor, acting school, acting agency, & an acting film producer along with a photographer.

Right when we got this assignment I knew I had a contact.

We all decided what we were going to do & how to get it done.

I automatically decided to get contacted to my old acting coach & family friend

Jasmin Geljo.

He is a professional actor in Serbia & Canada.

He is well known in Serbia for a lot of his movies & shows.

Here he is known for leads in Train 48 & Blue Murder.

He has done a lot of work & has taught me a lot about acting as well.

Once I told my parents, they set up a date & took me to meet up with him.

We all sat down at a Cafe in Downtown Toronto called California.

We talked about acting & what I want to do in the future.

Just by sitting there & talking to him after so many years, & just for those 2 hours,

I learned so much.

It was such an organic moment.

He told me that here in Canada it is very hard to get acting gigs & jobs.

He decided that here in Canada he didn't have much to do, & that he is going to go back to Serbia.

He told me that in Europe, acting isn't just about the busniess,

it is about the craft itself.

He told me the importance & he gave me a few contacts as well.

He is such an inspiration to me & I hope that he will always be someone I can go to.

Olunike's Visit

On Thursday, Olunke came to our class.

We had a lot of preparation to do in such a short time but we all got it done.

By the end, it looked amazing!

Once Olunike arrived, we all introduced ourselves.

My first impression of her was that she is a very stunning woman.

She was such a sweetheart too!

Once we started asking her questions I realized that she is really incredible & she has done so much!

From raising a daughter, to acting all over the place, she is such an inspiration.

What I really took from that whole experience is when she said "you have to know yourself & people won't take advantage of you"

I realized that at some point in my life I really have to find out who I am & say "yeah, this is ME"

Everything that she said was very organic & powerful.

To star in so many things, and to really become someone is a big deal.

I can easily say that after Thursday she is truly one of my inspirations.

First Theatre Excursion

On Wednesday, we went on our first theatre excursion with the Acting Academy class.

It started off us leaving from the school at 11am and we got to the theater very quickly.

Once we got there, I noticed that there were a lot of elderly white folks there as well.

Once the play got started, we were all seated & it began. It start it off very fast paced & interesting.

I was a very interesting play & I loved every minute of it.

It really opened my eyes & I realized certain things that Aboriginal people go through.

A lot of people spend time with their own cultures & the most populated cultures, rather than others' that they barely noticed -- like the aboriginals.

I loved the quick & simple transitions and everything from the simple guitar and the barely any costume changes was just exquisit.

After the play, we went to the Eaton Center.

It was quite busy & I couldn't wait to go shopping!

Samantha & I headed off to Abercrombie right away

But unfourtunatly I couldn't find anything that really caught my eye.

After that we went to Hollister, but it turned out to be the same,

there was nothing I really wanted...or needed.

After that, we went to Starbucks.

There was quite a miscommunication there though.

What happend was, I orded a grande caramel Frapaccino.

A lady before me ordered a tall mocha frap. -- too bad I missed that.

What happened was, one of the workers asked me if I ordered a frap, I told her yes.

She said it was ready, so as I tried it, I realised it wasn't what I ordered.

It did NOT taste like caramel.

So I went back & I realized that she gave me the wrong order.

Since the lady before me didn't want to drink that, I got the tall frap for free.

&I got a tall caramel frap, so I told her i didn't order that.

once again THE WRONG order.

So finally, after 30 minutes, I ended up getting my right order.

But behind us, was a girl from our school, she also ordered something,

& of course, they screwed that up too.

Overall, it was pretty hectic, but it worked out in the end!

After that, we got Dan & Theo to take us to Forever 21.

I saw some really cute stuff, but didn't end up buying anything.

Overall the day was amazing & I had a very organic day.