If an amg moh can speak good singlish, we can speak "good english"...
Monday, October 23, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Praises for Singapore
I have forgotten what I was looking for on the internet; my search turned up an article that is full of praises for Singapore. Happened a few months back during my self-imposed exile from my blog.
The General Election had just ended a few months back (6 May to be exact) and there had been a lot of criticism about "freedom of speech" and "unlevel playing field" during the election period.
This article that praises Singapore in every single paragraph sets me thinking deep on how others can see our good side, but we are always critising and never seeing how good we already are.
It was only later that my pea-sized brain realise that Singapore shouldn't be proud of the praises. You see, the article is using Singapore as a base reference to criticize China. The title of the article is roughly translated as Chinese Communist Party, a student of Singapore that is unable to graduate within 26 years. (See original text)
Singapore, a democratic nation complete with General Elections and Presidential Elections, being compared to China, the largest communist nation. If we do not win on "freedom", "fairness", and "playing by the book", then I don't know how to define the difference between democracy and communism.
The General Election had just ended a few months back (6 May to be exact) and there had been a lot of criticism about "freedom of speech" and "unlevel playing field" during the election period.
This article that praises Singapore in every single paragraph sets me thinking deep on how others can see our good side, but we are always critising and never seeing how good we already are.
It was only later that my pea-sized brain realise that Singapore shouldn't be proud of the praises. You see, the article is using Singapore as a base reference to criticize China. The title of the article is roughly translated as Chinese Communist Party, a student of Singapore that is unable to graduate within 26 years. (See original text)
Singapore, a democratic nation complete with General Elections and Presidential Elections, being compared to China, the largest communist nation. If we do not win on "freedom", "fairness", and "playing by the book", then I don't know how to define the difference between democracy and communism.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
MacPherson is spelled with a capital P lah!
The one thing I can't stand is that people insist on spelling MacPherson as "Macpherson". Get this into your heads my dears, it is "MacPherson", with a capital M and a capital P.
We have signboards in the MacPherson area with "Macpherson" splash all over.
Even the opposition candidate running for the parliamentary seat of MacPherson constituency couldn't get it right in his flyers and banners. Hello mister, before you think of representing MacPherson, trying finding out how to spell the name of the constituency correctly, yeah?
Before we talk about "Speak Good English" let us try "Spell Good English".
Come to think of it, what is the opposite of "broken english"? "Good English"?
We have signboards in the MacPherson area with "Macpherson" splash all over.
Even the opposition candidate running for the parliamentary seat of MacPherson constituency couldn't get it right in his flyers and banners. Hello mister, before you think of representing MacPherson, trying finding out how to spell the name of the constituency correctly, yeah?
Before we talk about "Speak Good English" let us try "Spell Good English".
Come to think of it, what is the opposite of "broken english"? "Good English"?
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Prowling on the net
Was getting rather bored with working in the lab yesterday, so surfed the net a little. It's a wonder the things that can turn up.
That's how i stumbled upon the P65 MP website. That's also how i found many of my friends' blogs...we are a bunch of shy people who never invite people to our blogs.
Yesterday i found yet another of blog belonging to my friend. It was the title of the blog that attracted me...because it borrowed the title of a song I love.
She is not really a close friend. She's smart and cute and really nice, but we juz dun click. Kinda different wavelength, me and she. I enjoy reading her blog though, so full of life and happy thots.
Yesterday I found another of her blog. I was saddened by the things she has written on this alt-blog. I am always easily affected by the emotion of people around me...whenever a gal friend is going through a rough patch with a guy friend, i get upset and totally hostile towards the guy...yah, i always side with the gals (unless the fault lies with the gal, then i'll side with no one..heehee)
It seems she is breaking up with her hubby. I had always wondered how come she never mention him in her blog. But then again, I never mention my family in my blog too, so wat's the big deal with a missing hubby.
Am in a horrible mood ever since i read her alt-blog yesterday...
:<
That's how i stumbled upon the P65 MP website. That's also how i found many of my friends' blogs...we are a bunch of shy people who never invite people to our blogs.
Yesterday i found yet another of blog belonging to my friend. It was the title of the blog that attracted me...because it borrowed the title of a song I love.
She is not really a close friend. She's smart and cute and really nice, but we juz dun click. Kinda different wavelength, me and she. I enjoy reading her blog though, so full of life and happy thots.
Yesterday I found another of her blog. I was saddened by the things she has written on this alt-blog. I am always easily affected by the emotion of people around me...whenever a gal friend is going through a rough patch with a guy friend, i get upset and totally hostile towards the guy...yah, i always side with the gals (unless the fault lies with the gal, then i'll side with no one..heehee)
It seems she is breaking up with her hubby. I had always wondered how come she never mention him in her blog. But then again, I never mention my family in my blog too, so wat's the big deal with a missing hubby.
Am in a horrible mood ever since i read her alt-blog yesterday...
:<
Thursday, October 05, 2006
The P65 MPs doing Hip Hop?!
I was listening to Dongli883 while working late into the night in office. Just letting the news rumble on, waiting for the songs to come on again.
Suddenly, *gasp* what duh?! Did I just hear the DJ say MP performing Hip Hop in Chingay 07?!
Oh my god?! It's true!! That's Teo Ser Luck talking about it...
Not say I want to say, but these MPs arh...donno what to say them ah..My first reaction was "Oh shit, what happened?"
Went to visit their blog at http://www.p65.sg
Good try. But must try harder. Everyone write like writing official statement like dat. The best piece is by Lam Pin Min, about his childhood...interesting, at least for me who is born after the "catching spider" era...personal, which is what blogging is about.
First Hip Hop, now blogging. What next? Podcast?
mrbrown shot to stardom with his PNPP #6 (aka Bak Chor Mee Mai Di Gua) podcast...maybe the P65 can try a Mee Siam Mai Harm one and see where that leads them? Haha...
Suddenly, *gasp* what duh?! Did I just hear the DJ say MP performing Hip Hop in Chingay 07?!
Oh my god?! It's true!! That's Teo Ser Luck talking about it...
Not say I want to say, but these MPs arh...donno what to say them ah..My first reaction was "Oh shit, what happened?"
Went to visit their blog at http://www.p65.sg
Good try. But must try harder. Everyone write like writing official statement like dat. The best piece is by Lam Pin Min, about his childhood...interesting, at least for me who is born after the "catching spider" era...personal, which is what blogging is about.
First Hip Hop, now blogging. What next? Podcast?
mrbrown shot to stardom with his PNPP #6 (aka Bak Chor Mee Mai Di Gua) podcast...maybe the P65 can try a Mee Siam Mai Harm one and see where that leads them? Haha...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Fag Hags
fag hag Slang (disparaging and offensive).
a heterosexual female who seeks out or particularly enjoys the company of male homosexuals.Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1), Based on the Random House Unabridged
Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fag
We were in a cafe discussing the plot for our next production. And for some reason I mentioned that a TV celeb once said that her husband is jealous of her best friend because she tells him everything (the friend, not the husband, that's why husband jealous).
One of us commented, "What to do? She is a fag hag...that Goh lady also a fag hag, else why you think her hubby so gay-friendly" (Goh lady being the one more commonly referred to as the Peanut lady in most forums)
I was totally disconcerted. Does he consider me a fag hag too? I am gay-friendly. Of course I have to be, else I won't be sitting at the same table with him. What business does a gay have to call anyone a fag hag?
Everyone in the theatre circle has to be gay-friendly...you can count with your fingers the number of non-gay males in theatre. Does that make all females in theatre fag hags?
There's these gays screaming for equal rights and non-discrimination. Then when we get friendly with them, we get called fag hags...by one of them, no less...
Oh yes, did I mentioned that some years ago I realised a gay friend discriminates against transvestites? Maybe now he has grown up and knows better. But it is astonishing that a person who has suffered discrimination at the hands of others doesn't learn not to do the same to others who, like him, have chosen alternative lifestyles.
Do naught unto others what you would not want done onto you.
Monday, September 04, 2006
The mysterious August Production
I believe the last blog, before I disappeared, mentioned an Aug Production..a play written by Seah.
I was one of the producer of that production. Yes, it was one of the "new and exciting things" that happened to me during my absence from this blog. The play is called "Snakes and Lovers" directed by Ka-Y and performed by Leelian, Weijun, Garrick, Jo, Cat, Qinzhi and Peishan.
It has ended like half a month ago, everyone's happy and gone home to rest and the producers still have admin work to do...damned!
It almost got called "au revoir" something or the other. The publicity manager was aghast...how to publicise if more than half of Singapore population dunno how to pronounce the play title, let alone spell it...
Luckily in the end we decide that the English title should remain in English...
These past weeks, we have been eagerly waiting for reviews to appear...
Only got 1 review and the reviewer buay song we put subtle hint about lesbianism in the play. Said we were exploiting the gay community just to give a cheap twist to the story.
Really cannot see how a "subtle hint" can be considered "exploiting".
Come to think of it, the subject of "gays" has been appearing in every one of our play since our Taking-off Season starting with TKK and ending with SNL. Seems to have become a part of us...PM Goh had said gays are ok in his last NDP rally, right? Last year? the year before?
Guess the reviewer will be happier if we have expanded on the gay theme and lamented about the sorrows and discrimination suffered by the gays or something along that line...We probably have to do a play like that some time in the future to endear ourselves to the rest of the arts community...
But really, we never think to exploit. Gays are among us; some are our very good friends or our very helpful colleagues or our friendly neighbours.
Sure, the mainstream population still thinks gay is an evil. But there really is no need to overcompensate. We don't have to yell about the unfairness in our plays; rally about equal rights and stuff...just because we are not lobbying for gay rights, we get branded as "exploitative"
Unfairness exists everywhere. Colour of the skin; name of the worshipped deity; existence of a penis; pimple-free complexion...criteria that define how much advantage you have over others. Sexual orientation is just one of the defining criteria.
No need to wallow in self-pity.
I was one of the producer of that production. Yes, it was one of the "new and exciting things" that happened to me during my absence from this blog. The play is called "Snakes and Lovers" directed by Ka-Y and performed by Leelian, Weijun, Garrick, Jo, Cat, Qinzhi and Peishan.
It has ended like half a month ago, everyone's happy and gone home to rest and the producers still have admin work to do...damned!
It almost got called "au revoir" something or the other. The publicity manager was aghast...how to publicise if more than half of Singapore population dunno how to pronounce the play title, let alone spell it...
Luckily in the end we decide that the English title should remain in English...
These past weeks, we have been eagerly waiting for reviews to appear...
Only got 1 review and the reviewer buay song we put subtle hint about lesbianism in the play. Said we were exploiting the gay community just to give a cheap twist to the story.
Really cannot see how a "subtle hint" can be considered "exploiting".
Come to think of it, the subject of "gays" has been appearing in every one of our play since our Taking-off Season starting with TKK and ending with SNL. Seems to have become a part of us...PM Goh had said gays are ok in his last NDP rally, right? Last year? the year before?
Guess the reviewer will be happier if we have expanded on the gay theme and lamented about the sorrows and discrimination suffered by the gays or something along that line...We probably have to do a play like that some time in the future to endear ourselves to the rest of the arts community...
But really, we never think to exploit. Gays are among us; some are our very good friends or our very helpful colleagues or our friendly neighbours.
Sure, the mainstream population still thinks gay is an evil. But there really is no need to overcompensate. We don't have to yell about the unfairness in our plays; rally about equal rights and stuff...just because we are not lobbying for gay rights, we get branded as "exploitative"
Unfairness exists everywhere. Colour of the skin; name of the worshipped deity; existence of a penis; pimple-free complexion...criteria that define how much advantage you have over others. Sexual orientation is just one of the defining criteria.
No need to wallow in self-pity.
I'm still alive lah.
When was my last blog post?
April?!
Atrocious...to be neglecting my dear readers like that...
Dun worry, I'm still very much alive in the physical world.
Has stopped writing for a while because...
erhm...a lot of new exciting things had happened to me and I wasn't quite sure if I wouldn't become delirious and start shooting off my mouth on my own blog...
Irony, isn't it? To stop writing because there was too many things happening...
Oh well, things have quiet down a bit and I'll be writing again.
April?!
Atrocious...to be neglecting my dear readers like that...
Dun worry, I'm still very much alive in the physical world.
Has stopped writing for a while because...
erhm...a lot of new exciting things had happened to me and I wasn't quite sure if I wouldn't become delirious and start shooting off my mouth on my own blog...
Irony, isn't it? To stop writing because there was too many things happening...
Oh well, things have quiet down a bit and I'll be writing again.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Fined for wasted food?
Half a year ago, I promised to talked about the story of being fined in Germany for wasting food (see Yada Yada Yada...)
Seems like the story had made it to the "lifestyle" section in Zaobao some time ago.
Erh..wait, I seem to have forgotten half of it liao. Let me recap first...*surfing over to my yahoo to retrieve the email*
Hmm...can't find liao...no worries, it was a forwarded email, so it must be lying somewhere in cyberspace now...
*searching thru google.......searching 0%.....10%...58%.....100%* And we have a hit!
I shall let you read the story first...sorry, it's in Chinese. Me too lazy to translate such a long passage today....maybe I'll translate it after my Aug production....oh, have i told you about my Aug production? I believe I haven't. It written by Seah Goh. Who's Sean Goh, you must be wondering. Well, he is my friend from JC...Ah ha! Now even more blur right? Our JC got someone called Sean meh?
Yah, I also din know he is called Sean until recently. Now this production....
Erhm...ah...I kena sidetracked...opps... Before I get sidetracked again, here's the story...
Title: 德国餐厅的一张罚单让我汗颜
德国是个工业化程度很高的国家，说到奔驰、宝马、西门子、博世……没有人不知道，世界上用于核反应堆中最好的核心泵是在德国一个小镇上产生的。在这样一个发达国家，人们的生活一定是纸醉金迷灯红酒绿吧。
在去德国考察前，我们在描绘着、揣摩着这个国度。到达港口城市汉堡之时，我们习惯先去餐馆，公派的驻地同事免不了要为我们接风洗尘。
走进餐馆，我们一行穿过桌多人少的中餐馆大厅，心里犯疑惑：这样冷清清的场面，饭店能开下去吗？更可笑的是一对用餐情侣的桌子上，只摆有一个碟子，里面只放着两种菜，两罐啤酒，如此简单，是否影响他们的甜蜜聚会？如果是男士买单，是否太小气，他不怕女友跑掉？
另外一桌是几位白人老太太在悠闲地用餐，每道菜上桌后，服务生很快给她们分掉，然后被她们吃光。
我们不再过多注意她们，而是盼着自己的大餐快点上来。驻地的同事看到大家饥饿的样子，就多点了些菜，大家也不推让，大有“宰”驻地同事的意思。
餐馆客人不多，上菜很快，我们的桌子很快被碟碗堆满，看来，今天我们是这里的大富豪了。
狼吞虎咽之后，想到后面还有活动，就不再恋酒菜，这一餐很快就结束了。结果还有三分之一没有吃掉，剩在桌面上。结完账，个个剔着牙，歪歪扭扭地出了餐馆大门。
出门没走几步，餐馆里有人在叫我们。不知是怎么回事：是否谁的东西落下了？我们都好奇，回头去看看。原来是那几个白人老太太，在和饭店老板叽哩呱啦说着什么，好像是针对我们的。
看到我们都围来了，老太太改说英文，我们就都能听懂了，她在说我们剩的菜太多，太浪费了。我们觉得好笑，这老太太多管闲事！“我们花钱吃饭买单，剩多少，关你老太太什么事？”同事阿桂当时站出来，想和老太太练练口语。听到阿桂这样一说，老太太更生气了，为首的老太太立马掏出手机，拨打着什么电话。
一会儿，一个穿制服的人开车来了，称是社会保障机构的工作人员。问完情况后，这位工作人员居然拿出罚单，开出50马克的罚款。这下我们都不吭气了，阿桂的脸不知道扭到哪里去了，也不敢再练口语了。驻地的同事只好拿出50马克，并一再说：“对不起！”
这位工作人员收下马克，郑重地对我们说：“需要吃多少，就点多少！钱是你自己的，但资源是全社会的，世界上有很多人还缺少资源，你们不能够也没有理由浪费！”
我们脸都红了。但我们在心里却都认同这句话。一个富有的国家里，人们还有这种意识。我们得好好反思：我们是个资源不是很丰富的国家，而且人口众多，平时请客吃饭，剩下的总是很多，主人怕客人吃不好丢面子，担心被客人看成小气鬼，就点很多的菜，反正都有剩，你不会怪我不大方吧。
事实上，我们真的需要改变我们的一些习惯了，并且还要树立“大社会”的意识，再也不能“穷大方”了。那天，驻地的同事把罚单复印后，给每人一张做纪念，我们都愿意接受并决心保存着。阿桂说，回去后，他会再复印一些送给别人，自己的一张就贴在家里的墙壁上，以便时常提醒自己。
So many Chinese words, got blurred yet? Okay, let you rest a bit. I'll write my "thesis" on this story later...
Seems like the story had made it to the "lifestyle" section in Zaobao some time ago.
Erh..wait, I seem to have forgotten half of it liao. Let me recap first...*surfing over to my yahoo to retrieve the email*
Hmm...can't find liao...no worries, it was a forwarded email, so it must be lying somewhere in cyberspace now...
*searching thru google.......searching 0%.....10%...58%.....100%* And we have a hit!
I shall let you read the story first...sorry, it's in Chinese. Me too lazy to translate such a long passage today....maybe I'll translate it after my Aug production....oh, have i told you about my Aug production? I believe I haven't. It written by Seah Goh. Who's Sean Goh, you must be wondering. Well, he is my friend from JC...Ah ha! Now even more blur right? Our JC got someone called Sean meh?
Yah, I also din know he is called Sean until recently. Now this production....
Erhm...ah...I kena sidetracked...opps... Before I get sidetracked again, here's the story...
Title: 德国餐厅的一张罚单让我汗颜
德国是个工业化程度很高的国家，说到奔驰、宝马、西门子、博世……没有人不知道，世界上用于核反应堆中最好的核心泵是在德国一个小镇上产生的。在这样一个发达国家，人们的生活一定是纸醉金迷灯红酒绿吧。
在去德国考察前，我们在描绘着、揣摩着这个国度。到达港口城市汉堡之时，我们习惯先去餐馆，公派的驻地同事免不了要为我们接风洗尘。
走进餐馆，我们一行穿过桌多人少的中餐馆大厅，心里犯疑惑：这样冷清清的场面，饭店能开下去吗？更可笑的是一对用餐情侣的桌子上，只摆有一个碟子，里面只放着两种菜，两罐啤酒，如此简单，是否影响他们的甜蜜聚会？如果是男士买单，是否太小气，他不怕女友跑掉？
另外一桌是几位白人老太太在悠闲地用餐，每道菜上桌后，服务生很快给她们分掉，然后被她们吃光。
我们不再过多注意她们，而是盼着自己的大餐快点上来。驻地的同事看到大家饥饿的样子，就多点了些菜，大家也不推让，大有“宰”驻地同事的意思。
餐馆客人不多，上菜很快，我们的桌子很快被碟碗堆满，看来，今天我们是这里的大富豪了。
狼吞虎咽之后，想到后面还有活动，就不再恋酒菜，这一餐很快就结束了。结果还有三分之一没有吃掉，剩在桌面上。结完账，个个剔着牙，歪歪扭扭地出了餐馆大门。
出门没走几步，餐馆里有人在叫我们。不知是怎么回事：是否谁的东西落下了？我们都好奇，回头去看看。原来是那几个白人老太太，在和饭店老板叽哩呱啦说着什么，好像是针对我们的。
看到我们都围来了，老太太改说英文，我们就都能听懂了，她在说我们剩的菜太多，太浪费了。我们觉得好笑，这老太太多管闲事！“我们花钱吃饭买单，剩多少，关你老太太什么事？”同事阿桂当时站出来，想和老太太练练口语。听到阿桂这样一说，老太太更生气了，为首的老太太立马掏出手机，拨打着什么电话。
一会儿，一个穿制服的人开车来了，称是社会保障机构的工作人员。问完情况后，这位工作人员居然拿出罚单，开出50马克的罚款。这下我们都不吭气了，阿桂的脸不知道扭到哪里去了，也不敢再练口语了。驻地的同事只好拿出50马克，并一再说：“对不起！”
这位工作人员收下马克，郑重地对我们说：“需要吃多少，就点多少！钱是你自己的，但资源是全社会的，世界上有很多人还缺少资源，你们不能够也没有理由浪费！”
我们脸都红了。但我们在心里却都认同这句话。一个富有的国家里，人们还有这种意识。我们得好好反思：我们是个资源不是很丰富的国家，而且人口众多，平时请客吃饭，剩下的总是很多，主人怕客人吃不好丢面子，担心被客人看成小气鬼，就点很多的菜，反正都有剩，你不会怪我不大方吧。
事实上，我们真的需要改变我们的一些习惯了，并且还要树立“大社会”的意识，再也不能“穷大方”了。那天，驻地的同事把罚单复印后，给每人一张做纪念，我们都愿意接受并决心保存着。阿桂说，回去后，他会再复印一些送给别人，自己的一张就贴在家里的墙壁上，以便时常提醒自己。
So many Chinese words, got blurred yet? Okay, let you rest a bit. I'll write my "thesis" on this story later...
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Hello...
Nothing much to say nowadays. Just leaving a note to tell you that I'm still alive and kicking.
Forgot to pay my credit card bills again. Had to call up the bank to ask for waiver of late charge and interest. So malu...
So many cards, so many bills to pay at different times...how to remember...
Forgot to pay my credit card bills again. Had to call up the bank to ask for waiver of late charge and interest. So malu...
So many cards, so many bills to pay at different times...how to remember...
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Jobless
Today i received news that a friend has lost his job. He is the main breadwinner of the family, his wife holds part-time jobs, has 3 young kids to feed...and he has no idea when he will find his next job.
Quite pitiful hor?
The worst part is, none of his friend (including myself) can find it in their hearts to pity him. We find it rather hilarious actually...and some of us even made fun of him...
I can actually tell the truth (about my friend's situation) and yet paint a picture that couldn't be further from the truth. And this is a lesson all of us would do well to keep in mind. A person does not have to tell lies to lie.
Why like that, you wonder.
Well...
Tomorrow, you will know why. For tomorrow he will be interviewed and he probably will make the headlines...at least in the evening papers.
Tomorrow, watch the news tomorrow...if you haven't guess who I'm talking about already...
Monday, April 03, 2006
Peacock Jungle
Link: 孔雀森林 by jht
I'm feeling very depressed today.
Partly because I got the flu (again!) and feeling groggy from medication.
But I think mostly because I've just finished a novel titled 孔雀森林. There's no peacocks and there's no jungle. And that's why I am depressed...
That's rather lame, pardon my attempt at humour. Not feeling very humorous right now.
A personality quiz; imagine you have lived in a jungle and reared 5 animals: Sheep or Goat, Bull or Cow....oh bother, this is a Chinese novel. In Mandarin sheep is goat, goat is sheep and who cares about the gender of an animal. Can't imagine why all relatives are either Aunt or Uncle, but an animal-that-goes-moo can be a cow, bull, ox, buffalo, heifer, stag, steer...they even have names for a castrated bull and from the name, you can even tell whether it was castrated as an adult or as a calf.
Okay, let's try again..
Imagine you have lived in a jungle and reared 5 animals: Sheep/Goat, Cattle, Horse, Tiger, Peacock. One day, you have to leave and take with you only 1 animal. Which will you choose?
And so the story goes about a boy who chose peacock falling in love with a girl who chose sheep, and in the process hurt a girl who chose tiger. He spent many happy hours in a pub opened by a girl who chose horse. And his good friend stubbornly insisted on choosing dog, even though he has been told for the umpteenth time that "there IS NO DOG!!"
Which would I have chosen, I wonder?
A sensitive story about growing up and as with all good stories about growing up (Like the movie "20-something Taipei"), it makes you want to cry...
Friday, March 10, 2006
We have an Award!!
In my previous entry, I mentioned that we knew we are not going to win anything in LTA2006 (Life! Theatre Award, not Land Transport Authority), and we went just for the food.
Turns out that we did win something. We got the Best Ensemble Cast. It's a 50% hit. Getting one award out of 2 nominations isn't too bad...I was so excited about attending LTA that afterwards I forgot to watch the Oscar's re-telecast when I got home..Sorry, I have small brain, can only contain a finite amount of stuff and that night, my mind is just too full of LTA.
Actually, I'm more excited about Goh Guat Kian's Best Actress award. Cos she is one of my favourite stage performer. She should have gotten this long time ago. So happy for her that she is finally recognised with an award.
And Darren Ng's Best Sound...He is really getting more and more chrismatic. I don't remember being so charmed by him when I first knew him back in 2000...He has somehow grown to become a real worth-swooning-over material. When I was watching Twisted last year, I was more capivated by him performing on his keyboard in the background (he was the sound designer and live background music performer) and I wasn't paying as much attention on the actresses and puppets on stage :P
The food at the LTA2006 reception after the award ceremony was superb, though the reception area is a bit cramp with more than half the theatre people turning up for the event. Adrian Pang was darn hilarious as the host of the ceremony; definitely even better than Billy Crystal at the Oscar's. I look forward to see him in action at next year's LTA.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Life! Theatre Awards 2006
Today is the day of the Oscar's. Today is also the day for Life! Theatre Awards.
My theatre group was nominated, but all of us knew we won't win. We went anyway, for the free food and free booze..
So here's the results in the order they were presented: (I was paying attention to something besides the food too.)
Best Costumes: Mothar Kasim (Oi! Sleeping Beauty Wild Rice)
Best Lighting Design: Lim Woan Wen (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea The Finger Players)
Best Sound: Zai Kuning (What Big Bombs You Have!!! The Necessary Stage) AND Darren Ng (Twisted The Finger Players)
Best Set Design: Hella Chan (Happy Drama Box)
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Jenkins (Quills luna-id Theatre)
Best Supporting Actress: Li Xie (Happy Drama Box)
Best Original Script: Jean Tay (Everything but the Brain Action Theatre)
Best Ensemble Cast: TKK (The ETCeteras)
Best Actor: Gerald Chew (Everything but the Brain Action Theatre)AND Rehaan Engineer (Quills luna-id Theatre)
Best Actress: Goh Guat Kian (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaThe Finger Players)
Best Director: Chong Tze Chien (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaThe Finger Players)
Production of the Year: Quills (luna-id Theatre)
The biggest winner of the night is definitely The Finger Players...They got 4 out of 14 awards. Wow!
Friday, March 03, 2006
I give up
I give up on friendster blog...
Accessing it is soo... slow...
I've decided to dump everything here and move to blogspot.
Find me and my thought at http://wattalkingyou.blogspot.com/
there's nothing there yet...
haven't written for ages...
its all friendster's fault...
so now i need time to re-discover my writing bug...
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