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00:00Because kids look at you and they're like
00:02Why are you so Angmo?
00:04And you're like, am I?
00:06Don't we kind of look alike?
00:08Hi.
00:09Hello.
00:10Hello.
00:11Hello.
00:12Namaste.
00:21Hello.
00:22My name is Carla Dunariano.
00:24I'm 36 years old.
00:26And I'm from Essen, Germany.
00:28Well, I was born in Essen, Germany.
00:30It's quite an industrial town.
00:31It's not like the Munichs or the Berlins.
00:33And I grew up with a Romanian father
00:36and a Singaporean Chinese mother.
00:38Needless to say, there was nobody in that tiny town
00:40that looked like me or my sister, right?
00:42We're the only half-Asian kids.
00:44But life was great.
00:46I mean, travelling within Europe was so common.
00:48I have lots of memories today.
00:50I have a lot of memories today.
00:52I have a lot of memories today.
00:54I have a lot of memories today.
00:56I have lots of memories just being in the car,
00:59going across the border,
01:00and then my mum and dad pointing out like to the floor
01:03where you see the divider where it says like,
01:05Germany, Austria.
01:06So things like that always stuck out to me.
01:08My mum was a stay-home mum.
01:10So she was always around.
01:12Like any memory I have in Germany was definitely with her.
01:16My mum was an SIA student.
01:18And on one of her first few trips to Germany,
01:22she met my dad.
01:26So the first few years in Singapore were really fun.
01:29Going into school though, for like the first few times,
01:33it's so different.
01:35And it was hard because kids just didn't know
01:39what to make of my sister and me.
01:41This was back in the 90s.
01:42Having Pan-Asian kids in a neighbourhood primary school
01:45was unheard of.
01:47Kids look at you and they're like,
01:48Why are you so ang mo?
01:50And you're like,
01:51Am I?
01:52Don't we kind of look alike, you know?
01:54And it was horrible because as a kid,
01:57not knowing how to deal with it,
01:58it was really hard.
01:59At that point,
02:01we spoke English because we went to Australia,
02:04but we had a German-Australian accent.
02:09In a primary school, local neighbourhood school context,
02:12they're probably thinking like,
02:13What is wrong with you?
02:14Why do you sound like this?
02:16So I think once we were able to code switch
02:19and adapt a little bit more into the colloquial slang,
02:22it just made life a lot easier and more fun.
02:25I think being a third culture kid,
02:28you have the best of both worlds.
02:30You know, you have your Asian heritage,
02:32European heritage.
02:34And as long as you are able to embrace it,
02:36tap in on the little nuances,
02:39I think it just makes you a really global citizen.
02:42And I think having that cultural sensitivity
02:44because I travelled and moved around so much,
02:47it's definitely become an advantage.
02:50It's the ability to compromise
02:52without feeling like you are going against
02:55what you want to do.
03:00So I guess I got into acting.
03:01I was probably 11.
03:03I followed my cousin to her acting class
03:06and she literally signed me up without my mum's knowledge
03:09and then asked my mum for the money to pay for the fees.
03:12And then I ended up going for class.
03:14I would do it every weekend
03:15and then there was going to be a casting director.
03:18They're looking for two young girls
03:20to be the leads of this film.
03:23So I was like, I was pumped, right?
03:25I was like, I'm going to get this.
03:26I don't care.
03:27I don't care.
03:28And then the casting director comes and I'm like,
03:29look at me!
03:30Like the irritating child that I was.
03:33But I booked it.
03:35I booked the job.
03:36Lo and behold,
03:37the main actor of the show was none other than Lim Ketong.
03:42It was a short film called Gourmet Baby
03:45that ended up opening at the New York Film Festival.
03:48And that was the first like realisation
03:51that what you are doing now is what you see on TV.
03:55And you see this fantastic actor that you see on TV
03:59and he's now in front of you.
04:00So from then, I started doing a lot more shows
04:03and I was very lucky that once I ended college,
04:05I also ended up booking a job,
04:08which was like a really, really big job.
04:10Part of the team of that production
04:13was very Philippine dominant.
04:16So they asked a whole bunch of actors like,
04:18hey, let's go to the Philippines.
04:19I said, cool, let's go.
04:20I ended up meeting the station manager
04:23for a radio station, 89.9.
04:25And he said, you have a really interesting voice.
04:28They don't have people who sound like me.
04:30I ended up doing radio for two and a half years.
04:32And during the time that I was in the Philippines,
04:35I would still consistently get calls from Singapore.
04:38I knew that if I kept saying no,
04:40at some point,
04:41it was going to be the last time someone calls me.
04:43So I really wanted a sign
04:45that if I'm meant to go back to Singapore,
04:48show it to me.
04:49And then I got the call.
04:50And it was from Media Corp.
04:52We are hosting the 2015 Sea Games.
04:55Do you want to do it?
04:57Yes.
04:58I managed to work it out.
05:00Everything was good.
05:01I came back to Singapore.
05:03And that really was a turning point for me.
05:05It really legitimized the things that I do,
05:08the professionalism that I had,
05:09the Sea Games coverage did super, super well.
05:11And that again,
05:13catapulted me into a whole new string of work.
05:17So after I moved back to Singapore,
05:19I was still dating my boyfriend
05:22who I had met in the Philippines
05:24and I ended up getting married in 2018.
05:26We got married in Singapore,
05:28in Sentosa Beach.
05:29About five years after that,
05:32we finally managed to have our kid.
05:34And I think what was really important to me
05:37was to have a full family unit.
05:39You know, I lost my dad.
05:41So that's something I've always craved.
05:43And I thought if I can give that to my son,
05:45I want to do that.
05:47We packed up our life in Singapore
05:48and we moved to the Philippines.
05:50It was really hard.
05:51I think being away from family,
05:52being a first time mom,
05:54no helper, no nothing.
05:55It was very difficult.
05:57After about 10 months,
05:59I realized that it was just too hard.
06:02And we ended up coming back to Singapore.
06:04You know, got ourselves a place.
06:06Had my mom come over all the time.
06:08And now we're here and I think just the move back
06:10really solidified the fact that
06:12I always come back to Singapore.
06:14Every time I leave thinking like,
06:15Oh my God, this is going to be a fun little adventure.
06:17And it is.
06:18But after a while,
06:19I think your heart always yearns for home.
06:23And then we came back
06:24and then everything kind of fell into place.
06:26Life now in Singapore is fun.
06:29The drive to work is stronger than ever, right?
06:33The need to provide housing, financial stability.
06:37And knowing that I had a great childhood growing up,
06:41I think innately that's something you want to give your kids.
06:44So whatever it takes, you would be willing to do.
06:47So this is the first time in my life that I've done a corporate job.
06:51I think craving this stability is something I've never had before.
06:55My mind is consumed by so many things on a daily basis.
06:58that the crossover to a corporate job is something I never thought I would do in my life.
07:04My identity as not just an actor,
07:07but as a person outside of being a mom and a wife was gone completely.
07:11And that loss of identity was very, very hard to accept.
07:14So being able to come back to Singapore,
07:16have an identity and a personality outside of my acting career
07:21and outside of being a mom, I loved it.
07:23I loved it so much.
07:24It's given me a lot of confidence.
07:28I did it so easily because the drive was strong enough.
07:33I think having my son,
07:36it's probably given me what I've been looking for, to be honest.
07:41The first few years when I came to Singapore, I think it was a lot of like foundational work of just trying to integrate.
07:51And then the longer I spent in Singapore, like doing school, working,
07:56It was always really fun knowing that I was the representative from Singapore.
08:02Being able to say that I'm the one that is going to be the face of Singapore now,
08:08and what I do is going to reflect on the country,
08:11is something that I take immense pride in, you know, and I never take it for granted.
08:16And it's something that I hope to continue doing, whether through my personal life or through my career.
08:22I think I'm proud to have been dedicated to this country for such a long time.
08:29The fact that I choose to be here and anyone who wants to make Singapore home, they accept them.
08:34I think that's definitely something that I would like my son, my husband to also benefit from.
08:41That Singapore is going to accept you and welcome you and be home for you.
08:45Dear Singapore, it's been a while, hasn't it?
08:48You've been one of the longest relationships of my life and what a journey it's been.
08:52Thank you for welcoming my family and me in 1995,
08:56and for letting us not only stay, but truly thrive on your beautiful island.
09:01I came to you as a young girl, trying to fit in.
09:04Within your borders, I grew, I flourished, and I found both my love and my craft.
09:10You gave me a chance to put down my roots and build a home.
09:13When I longed to see the world, you were my constant, the place I could always return to.
09:19Now with my son growing up here, I feel even more deeply the safety and belonging you provide.
09:24My hope, as a mother, is to pass that same gift to my son.
09:29Thank you that you do mine to house-biz.
09:32With gratitude, Carla.
09:34Hooray.
09:35Hooray.
09:37To Davies.
09:38twenty twenty twenty-five
09:41To you with love.
09:43Many may stop.
09:44I hope you have any sort of experience in the world,
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09:46Thank you for passing it now.
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