Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass,
it's about learning to dance in the rain. --Unknown--
forbidden city
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Holy guacamole! (Always had an urge to use that in a sentence) Forbidden City was unbelievable. Would have been worth every cent even if the school didn't subsidize. Here's why it was so bloody great.
1) Kit Chan and the three foreign actors Leigh Mcdonald, Sheila Francisco and the guy who played the good guy turned evil bastard, George, were all fantastic singers 2) The bookkeepers~ PANGU! Hossan Leong and Sebastian Tan(?) were damn funny. Even though I was surprised that the black bookkeeper, Sebastian, completely outshined Hossan. 3) The MUSIC. It made me understand why Dick Lee was awarded the Cultural Medallion. Man's a genius. Plus it was quite amusing to see the conductor bouncing up and down. 4) The way they made full use of the huge metal frame as a prop. 5) The little kids that played Tung-Chih and Guangxu
Here's why it wasn't so great
1) Like the Strait's Time review said, they 'de-clawed' Cixi. We all know Cixi from our history books as a power grabber and a manipulating b*tch. Would have been nice to see snippets of that side of her personality instead of the sappy and desperate portrayal that was offered over and over again. 2) Some of the songs/music keep repeating. For example "Only Chance" was first sung by Yehenara(Kit Chan), then she did a reprise, following that was a version by Kate Carl and finally by the elderly Cixi. Lovely songs and lyrics, but too much is just that. Overkill. 3) They missed out a couple of important details like the Boxer Rebellion and the way she imprisoned Guangxu in the Winter Palace. But I guess they could only fit so much into the time they had.
The Esplanade people selling food are daylight robbers~ One itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny can of Pringles cost me a whopping 4 bucks and one normal Mars bar cost me 3. Freaking ridiculous. What's even more absurd is the fact that I actually bought it cause I was starving.
Had to keep explaining to my junior who was seated to my right. She even asked me what a "STD" was. (Or 'disease of whores' as Cixi so charmingly put it) ZOMG. Then when I told her, she went 'Oh' and told the person on her right. Er right. After the entire thing, was talking to Mrs Hoe and she confessed to me that she cried at one part; when Kit Chan's 'baby' was ripped away from her arms. Awwww. Later, walked over to Starbucks with Limin, Duha and Diyana; tried the Raspberry blended tea (Which Limin said tasted like the Ricola Giant Bluefruits) and the pasta salad (disgusting so don't waste your money on it).
Did I ever mention that I "hate" people who possess a disgustingly high metabolism rate? Limin ate like half a pasta salad and half a potato salad and still went "I'm hungry..still can take dinner" *Cue my jaw hitting the floor*
Like winter needs the fire Like temples needs a shrine Like lovers need desire Like prophets need a sign I need him, can't you see? I need him to be mine.
-Kit Chan as Yehenara -Stephen Clark as lyricist
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Talking Cock in Parliament - Hossan Leong
"James Lye is the VR man." ROFL. Who could forget that? Certainly not Diana Ser-her man in black spandex is a hot sight. I'm currently toying with an idea regarding this song(We didn't start the fire-Billy Joel)..we'll see where it leads to...
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prelims end
Friday, September 22, 2006
The prelims have ended~ whoo hoo....now that I've learnt that my A2 for Chinese can be used, I'm pretty sure my L1R5 will be below 20...What is there left to say about prelims? Some were good, some were manageable, some were bad and some were disastrous (read: Lit unseen and HCL)
So after my last paper (Bio MCQ), went to Parkway to get my mum's present...Got this beautiful candleholder with red and orange leaves, N93 silicon case and paper to do the card. I had to slave over that card for hours but it turned out nice even though the silver pen ran out of ink. But the silicon case turned out to be for the wrong model cause my sister told me my mum's phone t'was N93 when it was in fact N73. So in short. WT(Bloody)H.
Oh. LUKAS won Rockstar: Supernova. WTF? Out of the final 4, there were 3 that were brilliant and those blind has-been rockers sally forth to get the lousiest and emo poseur complete with caked makeup who had at most only 2 good performances throughout the entire season. You know what? It's just as well that the other 3 weren't picked- They will have wonderful solo careers.
I can only take the next 3 days to have fun...After that I will just have to dig real deep to find the self-discipline I know is buried within me, buckle down to mug however much that goes against my character(?) ... Waking up at 3, with only 4 hrs or less of sleep, just to cram last minute information into my brain...that was my daily ritual during the prelims. But no more. History will not repeat itself any longer and I refuse to cram for my 'O's.
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