[I-S Magazine] Home, Kit Chan
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http://is.asia-city.com/events/article/first-person-kit-chan
Kit Chan
After a six-year hiatus, the multitalented star returns to the stage in an
anniversary production of the much-loved musical December Rains. She talks to
Dan Koh about trying something new.
By Dan Koh | published Jul 16, 2010
I had a pretty wild childhood. I grew up on Trengganu Street in Chinatown. A
fishmonger had set up shop in front of us—it was fantastic, watching people
skin snakes and clobber catfish; I also learnt a lot of swear words.
The yin is definitely stronger than the yang in my family. I grew up with
three sisters, and the women ran the house; even the female cats we had were
more dominant.
I really hated growing up in Singapore. As a kid, one of my ambitions was to
migrate. I already knew I wanted to be in the creative industry, but there
were no outlets here at all.
After I moved away I changed my mind; while all these other places were
teeming with opportunity, they also had a lot of bad shit happening.
“Home” changed my life. The song was a pivotal point in my career. People
stopped saying, “Oh look, it’s that Hong Kong/Taiwanese singer.” For me,
being home is—and it sounds like a bloody cliché—still the most important
thing.
A friend told me about how the song moved her Malaysian friend to tears. Her
friend had been a Singapore PR for the longest time but, when she heard the
song, she decided then and there to take up citizenship.
As much as we say we’re a global city, Singapore still looks provincial
because we’re so small. We’re like a little town, but a very wealthy and
well-built one.
Working in the real world was really fun. I joined [PR firm] Hill & Knowlton
as a campaign specialist, and my favorite account was with the Ministry of
Defence: I oversaw the Total Defence campaign in 2009 titled “What Will You
Defend?”
During my hiatus, I returned to LaSalle as a mature student. I submitted the
entire library of my work, and wrote a thesis on the psychology of
performance. I got first-class honors.
I’m like a life force-sucking machine. I suck the life out of experiences. I
don’t expect or want anything to really last.
A lot of people warned me about the corporate world. “It’s bitchy, be
careful,” they said. Nonetheless, I tried not to have any preconceived
notions and realised that, with every personal complaint, you’re part of the
contributing factor.
The world is uncomfortable with people who have capabilities but no
ambitions. They don’t know what you are.
I love wearing pants because it makes me feel strong, confident and
comfortable, yet elegant like a female debonair.
One Cantonese saying goes, “Face is given by other people, but worth is
something you lose yourself.” If you hold on to your intrinsic value and you
keep cultivating and embracing it, then nothing can ever break you.
I choose life over career. In the past I was rather driven, like a worker in
a factory line. Now I want to be more sane.
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