travelling dream
replying to wanhui,
i wanna go ireland!! and dublin and scotland and london.. and and and UK!!
and have bread everyday! haha, the english grey breakfast.
or maybe i shd leave the dreams till honeymoon..
US? this december? love going ard with you :)k,
simply after thoughts
maybe i'm simply just not good. maybe i've simply screwed things up. maybe i'm simply bad at it.
maybe i'll simply never get a chance at it again.
but it was great working with everyone. all i could say is, good job and sorry..
i think i'll just retreat to the computer and type my stories that simply are the only things i could do not bad.
You'll be missed
some one loved is going to leave us for Dublin. even though we
haven't met up in ages, just knowing that he's leaving soon makes me miss him already.
for someone who was so much a part of my life,
endless thank yous and best
endeavours.
will really miss you.
thank you
Marcus tan. thank you Mr. Tan. you'll be missed.
Crazy Wongfu Fan
Ah.. I'm so excited i posted on the WRONG blog..
I'm going crazy waiting for the private screening to happen. I can't concentrate on what I'm supposed to do today (storyboarding, the next asian film archive screening posters, producing work).
AH!! I'm so excited. and I'm such a crazy fan that i made a poster for later. I'm crazy.
Slow Saturdays, Sunny Sundays
this was meant to be posted on saturday.. but it was a lazy saturday, so being lazy i didnt post.
i guess after staying in the hostels for too much of your time, home becomes so comfortable. Comfy bed, cool yet warm, fresh air (from the 16th floor) and no one to bother you, no class to worry about. So much so you don't want to wake up. Lovely. I love saturdays at home!
Many people might love weekends out playing, but i like it nice and slow. sleeping in, waking up to have tea, then slacking on the sofa with a book then a little nap again before my lunchtime movie. then slowly working on my next project, dreaming dreams, till mum orders that i get my butt off the chairs and beds to get prepared for dinner out.
then again why not sunday? sunday is my sunny sunday, if god blesses and it doesnt rain. when the big family gathers early in the morning to the beachside parks to cycle or skate or just for a simple run. then back home, buzzing with laughter and screams of the kids while the fathers busy themselves over a talk about politics and the mothers about the biggest sale happening and the men who are sitting by the table not helping in the kitchen. While the young adults and teens are engaged in a game of command and conquer and silly chat about our futures.
Oh if you're confused, it might be because you don't already know that when i say my family, i include everyone under the tree of my grandparents (5 aunts and uncles and their spouses and children).
Well well, life is beautiful. It ways we might not see. If not for university and days away from home, i guess i might not have really understood the comforts of home and what a fortune i have to have such a close knitted family.
so my friends, look around. there always something warm in a room of cold, just look around you. life is full of surprises, so you just dont notice. god bless. and may you be happy :).
If There're Seasons
"If there where seasons I would see snow, but not around here (singapore)..."If There're Seasons... (Tian Le Jiu Hui Lai) Click HERE!I'm so sorry I caught the production so late.
If i rate snow wolf lake 100/100, i rate "tian le jiu hui jia" 1000/100!!
I recommend everyone to catch this production when it comes back in 2009. (I caught the 2nd last show, and the last show was fully booked, so i couldnt ask anyone else to watch it.) And
I URGE ALL Singaporeans. you MUST watch this. hopefully by 2009, singaporeans will readily accept the arts scene and sacrifice buying a levi's to watch this musicial production.
The cast might not be very pro in their singing, but they are still good, and most importantly, they sing with feeling and they sound like they meant every word they sang from the very depths of their hearts. They have the ability to affect you. They might not be very pretty and handsome, but they have a feel of familiarity and home.
Dont be mistaken to think that this production is full of Singlish. It's great for international audience, but it really retains the Singaporean feel in the proper fluent chinese language, with the occasional inserts of hokkien. And I dare to say this musical has been influenced and inspired by the American poet, Cumminghem's works; many chinese traditions; and the Singaporean way of live; and how the 3 generations here are although are alike, are very different.
Its a singaporean production with lots of "xin yao" singapore songs, and in this musical you'll really FEEL the songs and fall in love with this seasonless country. I laughed and cried at almost everyone of them. It's about the main lead Ah Le who after losing his love flies to New York in search of his dream of becoming a song-writer. There he meets other Singaporeans, also chasing their dreams. (wont spoil the rest for you.. wait.. till 2009)
The chinese translation of the title and the main song in the musical, "come back when its cold" is so heartwarming. It's never cold here in singapore (unless you're talking about the blasting aircon). We might not be the best, we might not be a civil "civil" society, we might be too much a formal national, but this is our home and where we belong.
Where you can always fall back on, even if it seems like there's no space for you, singapore is making space for you. We just have to perservere and support each other.
I'm so glad I watched it. I cant stop loving the experience. Makes you think deeper about your roots and cherish your family and nation more.
Say "I am a Singaporean! I love Singa!". Shout it out loud.
"There are no seasons here, but there is always love..."
