“If not for
Star Search, I think
I would still be
a softball player,
playing in leagues in
China or Japan.”
Faced with the topic of why she gave up her studies,
she seems especially mindful of what to say: “I didn’t
get into this line because of the glory. I didn’t see
myself acting until Star Search. If not for it, I think
I would still be a softball player today, playing in leagues
in China or Japan.”
After winning Star Search, she had to sign a contract
with Mediacorp, and she figured that her studies could
wait. But she doesn’t deny the importance of a university
education – especially since it’s something her late father
had wanted for both his daughters.
“If you make a detour to do something that gives you
the opportunity to learn more, it’s not a bad path. I feel
that Singaporeans have a very fixed route in their minds.
Looking back, I think I was a little rash, but brave,” says
Felicia with a guffaw.
But she would have you know that she plans to fulfill
her father’s dream. “I’m still hoping to go to university,
and I really hope to study film, acting, theatre or
production for two years in either China or New York,”
she adds enthusiastically.
Felicia looks like the sort of girl a guy would want to
bring home to mum. And her
ability to win the hearts of the
young and old with her string
of likeable, sweet-young-thing
roles has scored her lucrative
endorsements with Vitagen,
SilkyGirl beauty products, Tweety
Bird apparel, and a posturecorrecting
device – deals that some
of the other “Seven Princesses” can
only dream of.
Now that she’s in the big league,
what’s changed in her life? “I have a
lot more bags and shoes!” she says with a chortle. But not
before adding contemplatively: “I don’t think I’m very
successful or popular, but I’ve improved a lot from three
years ago. I think I’ve also blossomed, looks-wise, and in
my acting.”
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