My beloved friends,

After sharing my personalised funnies, and the most recent instalment of the Dramaturgically yours series, Cynthia’s sober! Cheers! (with photos!), it’s time for more satirical humour with Kuo Pao Kun’s The coffin is too big for the hole.

Kuo Pao Kun, born in Hebei, China, in 1939, was awarded in 1989, the Singapore Cultural Medallion – the highest honour bestowed on an artist by the Singapore government each year.

The coffin is too big for the hole was Kuo’s first English play written in 1984.  It was also his strongest entry into the socially and culturally complex world of bi-lingualism and bi-culturalism in Singapore.

The fourth (and second last) of the series, this rendition promises to transport you to the morphing psyche of a filial grandson, and a close-felt identification with hard-walled bureaucracy.

Rock with the satirically grave dilemmas of  Too big? Too small?  Details as follows:

• Title: Too big? Too small? – Kuo Pao Kun’s The coffin is too big for the hole
• Venue: West Coast Toastmasters, West Coast Community Centre, Level 3, Conference room, 2 Clementi West Street 2, Singapore
• Date: 14 August 2010
• Time: 2.00-5.30pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

PS. Contact Pei Shan for more details.

My beloved friends,

Get ready for the second instalment of the rare Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha! series!

After B.O., B.O.!, the entertainment factor is amped up a notch, perhaps more!

With 99.9% original, never-before-heard of my true personal experiences; sit back, sit up, and ready the sides of your mouth to be tickled!

Open your hearts and ears and mark your calendar!

Details as follows:

* Venue: New Millennium Advanced Toastmasters, Cairnhill Community Club, Level 2 Conference room, 1 Anthony Road, Singapore
* Date: 10 July 2010
* Time: 7-10pm

With love,
Pei Shan

PS. Contact Pei Shan for more details.

This was the most challenging of the Dramaturgically yours series to date!

Enjoy the slide show of Cynthia’s sober! Cheers!

My beloved friends,

It’s been a while since my last act with D. H. Lawrence’s Snake – A triumph of style and idiom, and Roald Dahl’s Matilda – interpreted MY way.  I’m back again with a vengeance!  This time, not only have I taken up the challenge of acting out a monodrama, but that of writing and directing this!

Weaving from storytelling with Roald Dahl’s Matilda to wild imaginations with D. H. Lawrence’s Snake, Cynthia’s sober! Cheers! brings to our attention growing societal issues that pervade the very fabric of life – our social relationships.

With a dry wit and a love for all things expressive, Yip Pei Shan is a creative mitochondria (energy house) behind her writings to date.

I am my own favourite author! – Yip Pei Shan

Come, ready, armed with your imagination and let your hair down with my characterisation of Cynthia and what she has to share with you in an original monodrama written, directed and acted by Shan!  Details as follows:

• Title: Cynthia’s sober! Cheers!
• Venue: New Millennium Advanced Toastmasters, Cairnhill Community Club, Level 2 Conference room, 1 Anthony Road, Singapore
• Date: 14 June 2010
• Time: 7-9.30pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

PS. Contact Pei Shan for more details.  Feel free to RSVP here.

Double win! International speeches and table topics contest 2010!

It was double the fun winning in both contests! I enjoyed every minute of it – someone even said I was glowing! What made my wins wonderfully delicious was the high calibre and sheer number of my competitors! I was set for success with the huge and supportive audience that excited and inspired me to share my message!

A very big thank you to my wonderful friends and supporters – your presence and ardent support has been a great source of comfort and inspiration to me. Thank you!

I treasure the intangible more than the tangible. The tangible trophies merely represent the more precious intangible recognition, love and admiration. I quote from my last year’s win,

“Remember my message. Trophies will fade, but the message I share with you, I want it to be imprinted in your hearts and gain inspiration when you need it.”

Last but not least, a very big thank you to my superb mum who has stood by me all these moments; the Universe who is with me; and my beloved late Grandfather – this is for YOU! Thank you!

Jubilations! I'm receiving my recognition! International speeches contest 2010 - first runner-up!

First runner-up: International speeches contest 2010!

Euphoria! I'm receiving another recognition one after another! Table topics contest 2010 - second runner-up!

Second runner-up: Table topics contest 2010!

My beloved friends,

I will be taking part in the International Speeches and Table Topics Contest 2010!

Open your hearts and minds and enjoy yourselves at tonight’s contest with some of the best speakers in my club!

I invite you to come and support me!  Details as follows:

• Venue: New Millennium Advanced Toastmasters Club, Cairnhill Community Club, Level 2, Conference Room, 1 Anthony Road, Singapore
• Date: 8 March 2009
• Time: 7-10pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan

My beloved friends,

Happy Shanshine 2010!

It’s been close to 3 months since I last wrote here – vacations, parties, time with loved ones and time for reflection and focus!  I love this period of time.  It gives me the chance to evaluate and congratulate myself and my team on our sweet successes and escalate to greater heights.  Time is limited, hence the need to hone our energies and talent in the desired direction.

What can you expect for this year?  A HUGE conception in the pipelines, a book or two, and more of IM Speaking and FUNshops!

HUGE is HUGE.  I will need the help of many talented and enthusiastic persons!  Please contact me if you are one, or you know of anyone who is, and ask them to contact me, or let me contact them.

If you are interested in helping with my books, participating in IM Speaking and FUNshops, please contact me as well.

More of my distinct thoughts penned here to inspire a positive mindset too! (^.*)

Here’s to a Shanshine 2010!

Shanshine smiles,
Shan

Enjoy the slide show of Winning over burnout!

Relax and invigorate your hearts and minds with Ms Shanshine, as she reveals secrets on Winning over burnout!

• What is the essence of Winning over burnout?
• What are the four secrets to Winning over burnout?

Challenge yourselves with Shan lighting up your neural circuits to create your own personalised strategies in Winning over burnout!

Details as follows:

Venue: Nanyang Polytechnic, School of Health Sciences, Nursing Alumni Association, Lecture Theatre, 180 Ang Mo Kio Avenue, Singapore
Date: 25 November 2009
Time: 6-8pm

With love,
Shanshine

My beloved friends,

With my latest audience in raptures over NYP can do, so can YOU! (photos too!), I am back on the acting scene!

D. H. Lawrence has been one of the most interesting and controversial writers that captured my attention several years back.  Snake is one of the very few English poems in free verse, and also one of his famous poems.  I love the transformation and investment of a complete and common experience with mythical grandeur.

Curve and weave your way to my bringing Snake to life!  Details as follows:

• Title: Snake – Nagging and sinuous
• Venue: Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters, Braddell Heights Community Club, Room 03-03, Serangoon Ave 2, Singapore
• Date: 21 November 2009
• Time: 2.30-5.30pm

I look forward to seeing you there!

With love,
Pei Shan