Musical review;photos;book blog

Today's Life! section of The Straits Times has a review of the musical, "Man of Letters". Here's a brief glimpse of it:

All the write stuff
by Corrie Tan

Dick Lee's much anticipated romantic musical was, all in all, a valiant effort.

Commissioned for the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Centennial celebrations, Man of Letters attempts to incorporate a spectrum of elements: romance, politics, death, friendship, ambition - with varying degrees of success...

The songs no doubt were catchy and memorable, particularly the theme song Dear Roseanne, a moving aural ballet...

The small chorus proved to be inflexible in parts, particularly those demanding fiery crowd and huge vocal support. Clumsy dance interludes also drew slight titters from the audience...

But this certainly did not dampen the onstage energy, particularly from a highly-spirited Lim Kay Siu as the radical Professor Chan, who gamefully sang despite the onslaught of a hoarse voice...

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Hit and Run

Hit and run?? Seen at void deck near my house yesterday morning while on the way to work. The poor... stuffed toy. Whatever it is. Looks like a monkey. Haha, the irony. First I pitied it, then I expressed scorn at it. Should have called the police... The stuffed toy police, that is.
Or maybe the toy was smsing while walking and then knocked into the cone and flew sideways. Wow, it must have been moving at a really high speed. *shakes head* The perfect example of what one shouldn't do.

Extinguish graciousness

If you look around carefully, there are these two stickers on the MRT. Think only on the NE-line.
The heart reads: Graciousness is... Caring for others by giving up this seat tothose who need it more.
The extinguisher sticker above doesn't say anything. It just points downwards.
*grin* Interpret it yourself.
I thought it meant whenever we see somebody giving up that seat to another, we should use the fire extinguisher at the bottom of the seat to spray the person. *raise eyebrow* No wonder nobody wants to give up that seat. Unless that person is dressed in white that day and wants to get his/her hair dyed white as well.

Felt so weird taking a picture of that while standing in the MRT. And sniffing loudly as well. People must have been staring at me. Didn't know, was trying not to look around.
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