Half of my heart is in Havana.
Hi guys!
Hi!
Have you watched any circus performance before?
Erm, no eh. Kooza!
Kooza! Oh my God.
I remember there was this girl...
With a lot of hula hoops.
Then she just like - I don't know what is she doing right,
but there were like at least 30 hula hoops on her.
If you are in a circus,
do you think that you have any skills that you can contribute to the show?
Other than my...
Charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent?
Oh wow!
You know the Tom Thumb?
Just sit on the horse and shoot gun kind, can.
Just like, bang! Then like, yes!
I want to be you know those like - you fly through the hoop.
Like fire is it?
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Like a lion.
Yes.
For me, I can bend my little finger.
I can talk like a man, like 'Hello'.
Maybe that will...
On today's episode of Singaporeans Try,
you will be trying out some circus performance.
Oh my God! I didn't already know that,
since we are already here!
My name is Firdaus, and I'm from Circus In Motion.
I started learning circus when I was about 15 years old.
I started out with fire twirling.
That has been what I like to do most.
So the TSL crew will be doing plate spinning,
poi, stilt walking and globe walking.
Welcome to...
TSL Circus!
Oh my God!
I would like to exit now.
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Oh my God!
Oh!
I'm the worst.
This is so hard.
I'm just...
Meant to serve people plates at the restaurant.
Obviously not a circus.
I cannot! Now that the camera's on me - Get off!
Get away!
Oh my God.
Oh my God!
Once you get it right, it's very easy to do again.
Yah.
It's basically like how you ride a bicycle.
Yah.
It's like once you know how to do it, you really know how to do already.
I'm quite surprised. I didn't know I can spin plates well.
Oh my God!
I did it!
Oh my God!
Ahh!
Boo!
If you practice hard enough, you will get it.
Xenia, how are you feeling?
Sucks!
I damn sian (fed-up), I cannot get it eh!
I don't feel it. I just don't feel it.
I'm very scared.
If you spin very very fast,
and it gets tangled while you're spinning,
it'll go in between your legs.
Good luck.
Good luck ah! Good luck!
Eh! Don't anyhow leh!
Oh my God!
It gets harder and harder every time I do something.
You have to engage both your master hand, and your not so master hand.
I feel like the only thing you need to do,
is just to be happy and smile.
Unlike Xenia, she's very serious looking.
Like if she was a circus performer,
I would be concerned.
Cause it feels like the circus never pay her enough money.
I thought this one, I would get it more.
Cause it's like - you can feel the entire equipment more.
What's this!
Did you hit yourself?
Yah.
Countless number of times.
I mean, it's not painful at all.
Because it's like, very soft.
Oh my God!
Stilt walking don't need any demonstration because it is just walking.
So...
I need you guys to pair up.
Team Adidas!
Because he's not scared of heights.
So one person go up, the other person don't need to go up?
You guys will switch around.
I don't want eh..
Charsew, I'm really very scared.
Wait!
Sorry I fat ah.
Woah!
Havana, ooh na-na.
Half of my heart is in Havana.
Is it very hard to balance?
No! It's actually quite easy.
The instructor said he do this for an hour straight!
While juggling eh!
That is like, intense sia.
Already 5 minutes, we are damn tired.
Wow...
Eh! Eh! Xenia!
Xenia, you can do this!
I'm really very scared.
Wait!
Wait don't cry, don't cry!
I don't want! Don't want!
Wait ah. I'm not ready yet.
If anything, I will catch you.
Yes!
Good!
You got to like, just squat down.
Can somebody just carry me to the chair?
There you go.
Oh?
Like that only?
Can I get the first pair?
Any strategy?
Just finish it can already.
Which is also almost impossible.
We're competing with the monkey team.
They really are very talented at this.
Ok basically I'll do the spinning the plate and poi.
Then he'll do all the balancing stuff.
Because he can do it. I can't.
3, 2, 1, go!
Oh my God! Don't push me lah!
Now must break fall ah?
Hurry! Hurry! Hurry up! Hurry up!
Hurry up! Hurry up!
Hurrying!
Overall, how was the experience?
I think what we learned today is just a stepping stone only.
Yah. Because he demonstrated much more that he can do, and even faster, even harder tricks.
It's very important to trust your partner whenever you're doing whatever you need to do.
Initially when I came in to this,
I was a bit worried, a bit skeptical about what we're really going to do.
But after we did it, it was actually really fun.
For sure - for real right, I want to bring this home now.
The plates.
I swear this thing, is addictive.
I think we all did exceptionally exceptionally well.
Yah!
I'm very surprised, honestly.
Because when push comes to shove,
apparently all of us can perform.
Which was your favourite activity?
I really enjoyed the stilt walking.
When I was training, it was hard.
But instantly when I want to run, then I can.
My favourite has to be the plates.
Because that's the only thing I can do.
Mine is the poi.
Because I think it's very theatrical.
For me, it has to be the big ball.
Eh! Don't lie lah!
It's the stilts lah!
No! Oh my God!
You know the adrenaline? The short adrenaline rush.
Woah! Woah! That sort of feeling.
Thank you Circus In Motion for giving us this opportunity to train with you,
and making this video possible.
If you want to find out more about them,
you can tap on the link in the description box below.