Am doing some window shopping when I fell upon Topshop which had internet access. So I thought I'd do a bit of blogging.

So, the operetta last night was 'interesting'. The show was 'Porgy and Bess'. Porgy had a magnificent voice. Really booming. Bess had a pretty nice voice as well and so does the rest of the cast. However, I don't think that Kallang Theatre's such a good place for an opera where the singer do not use microphones. Y'see, when the singers are upstage, they sounds really good and really clear. Well, as clear as any opera singer can sound anyway, pronunciation wise that is. Anyway, when the move further inwards on stage, their voice doesn't really come out. So you can't really hear what they're singing about. Plus, I sat at the stalls, which was downstairs, the slightly pricier seats. Not a good investment, I'd say. The seats are not very well raised and they did not place the seats in such a way that the person behind a row would be able to get a clear view. I had a tall woman sitting in front of me. I'm really short. So, I had to seat a lot to my left so that I'd be able to see what's going on on stage. Does my side hurt after the show.

Well, I'd better go. It says maximum usage for this terminal is 30 minutes. I'm sure I've not exceeded it but I've got more window shopping to do. Will blog more when I go back to Malaysia.

What a great night. What a great meet. I don't believe I know when I'd laughed more. The musicals crew meets at last. More than three person this time. This time there were seven people. Seven! What a feat! Congratulations Grace ML for achieving this. We had a great time celebrating Alex's birthday tonight. Alex, tonight, was the thorn among the roses, james bond with his bond girls, a maharajah with his harem .... haha ... he was the only guy who managed to turn up. Besides being the guest of honour of course. We had a bunch of starters. Nobody ordered any meals nor did we have deserts. Weird dinner huh? Was good enough though.

So, what does a bunch of ex-musicals course people do after dinner? Sing of course! After cake, we adjourned to the karaoke on the third floor. Sang our heart out. The song changer was chronic though. Had to wait a century before they load our songs. OMG! I love Fang's voice! Wish I could sing like her! Left slightly after midnight. Rach's got a curfew. The rest had to work. Should have done this on a weekend instead but I wouldn't have been able to attend if they did.

Great night. Can't wait for the next meet. Hopefully the next time will have all these people as well rest of the crew. That is, if they can spare some time from their busy life to attend.

I've finished packing for Singapore and am watching Roswell now. Bachelor Girl's song is in this episode. Can't recall the title of the song off my head but it's cool that they are in the show. Didn't know anyone outside Australia knew them. Don't think anyone in Malaysia still knows them either after their mini concert eons ago.

Anyway, will go read Rach's blog now. She's amazing. Love the way she writes.

Just took two paracetemol. Feeling a little sicky. Think I caught the bug yesterday from Prem last night during our tennis session.

Urgh! Tennis. Played really bad last night. I mean, I don't play well on normal days but yesterday was, like, super bad. I mean, couldn't get anything in the court! Everything went mile high and my double handed backhand ... nowhere to be seen! Horrible. Horrible. Should really just stick to squash.

Hmmm ... just reread my previous paragraph. Sounded a little like my sister, Stef, talking there. With all the 'I mean's and 'like's.

Hope I don't get sick. Suppose to go down to Singapore tomorrow. Got an SMS from Prem & Push after I got home last night saying that they'll be leaving on Friday after all. Their original plan was to leave tonight after work. Thanks guys. Now I don't have to travel on bus. Yay!

Okay time to go pick Mel for lunch with this other bunch of people I hang with. We only seem to have time for lunch and only during work days. Haven't gone out with them anywhere else for a long time now.

Well, I'm off.

Ta.

Was just about to eat the chocolates I bought during lunch when I remembered that I've left it in the car. Remembered it when I got back in my cubicle and sat on my chair. Too lazy to climb that flight of stairs and cross the street back to where the car's parked. Thought I'd do it after say five or ten minutes.

That was at 1.30pm. It's now quater to four! Went to the car and got the chocolates out. It feel soft ... really soft ... all melted.Boo hoo. Can't have my chocolates now. I've placed them in the refrigerator at the office upstairs (no fridge in our pantry ... bad!) They're recovering now, I hope. Will check up on them at say half an hour's time.

:( ... I have a chocolate craving. Serves me right for my procratinating nature.

Tough empress, you'll just have to go without for awhile!

A little something I concocted for my friend the other day. I call it a good weather spell. Her wedding was on the 24th. I wrote this before that.

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...
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abracadabra ...

hocus pocus ...

zim zam zoom ... *poof* (smoke effect)

viv will have lovely weather
on a day like no other
when she will say 'ay'
pledging her forever and a day
to the man of her dreams
in a dress of ivory and cream.

*no guarentee the spell will work. It's just for fun. :)

Had a gruelling class last night. Was corrected so so so so much by Mr Lee.

No floppy arms! ... Look up! ... Sharper turns! ... Shoulder leads before head and legs follows! ... Cha-cha-cha must be done step-by-step! Don't run through them! ... Create space for yourself! ... More shoulder movement! ... More hip movement! ... Remember to create hip movement before starting! ... etc.

Was poofed after class. Didn't even bother to stay back and practise. My limbs felt a bit unnatural after that.

Argh! So many things to remember! Have will I manage.

I have dance class at 7.30pm. Wondering if I should go home or go directly to the studio from work. Do I have time to go home?

Let's see. It's 5.45 now. 30 minutes to get home = 6.15, 20 minutes to the studio = 6.35. So that's almost an hour to spare.

I think I'll go home.

Ta da!

Still healthy. Sickly taste must have just been something I ate after all.

Choir practise was good. We timed 'The Living Creche'. It's about 35 minutes. After that, didn't have much time left to time 'A Night Of Wonder'. Will probably do that next week.

Conductor wasn't there yet again. Second week in a row. He's performing in 'The Fantastiks' in Bangsar. Replacement performance for the cancelled show due to the King's death.

The small choir's going to have practise again this Thursday. Yups! The same day I'll be meeting with the musicals group for Alex's birthday dinner. Oh yes, the small choir has a temporary name now. It's called 'Streetvoiz'. Cris has even set up a yahoo group for it!

Anyway, I'll be skipping that practise. Told them I'll practise at home myself ... yeah right!

I'll be off to Singapore on Friday! Yay! This time to watch Porgy & Bess. Hmmm ... still haven't got the bus ticket. Let's see if I have time to get it tonight after dance class.

Eeewwww! I've got the sickly taste on my tongue.

Why's that? I though I've had enough sleep to recover from the marathon.

Not sick yet but the bad taste should be an indication of the coming doom. Bones not aching yet though, which is a good sign. Maybe it's just something I ate.

Had a sleeping marathon yesterday.

Well, really needed it due to the VCD marathon early Sunday morning. Aunty Gnoh was gonna take the Korean series back to Ireland with her so I had to finish them before she leaves for the airport later that morning.

I think I watched from about 1am till 5.10am.

Then at 7am, my dad woke me up. They needed another car to go to the airport. Urgh! Bleeding brother won't wake up so I had to drive.

After the send off, felt hungry ... went for breakfast but couldn't eat. Not enough sleep I think.

Got home. Slept till 5pm.

Have to call Adrian. We've been planning and scheming a rescue mission. The mission is to get him to come out with us and the aunties without the parents.

He's quite a mama's boy and Aunty Maggie loves going on and on about 'My Adrian'. How smart he is, how sociable, how tall, how good looking ... etc.

Urgh!

Agreed he's smart. He went to Cambridge and all but the rest of us are not total idiots ... thank you very much.

Will make that call now.

Harry Potter was, as my 10 year old cousin would say, brill!

Daniel Radcliffe was so adorable albeit a little rounder than what I had in mind for Harry Potter but adorable all the same. Throughout the movie, I was going ... they've skipped this part, they've skipped that part, they've changed this part and they've shortened this part. Aunty Jackie says that if they do film the whole thing as per the book, the film would be 5 hours long.

Hmmm ... guess they should have made it into a miniseries instead.

Anyway, I liked the part when Harry went to Ollivander's. Loved it when he blew things up testing his wand and also the effects when he found his wand. Only complaint would be that he found his wand a little too quickly. Not that they should show them going through each and every wand but maybe just show a pile of wands of rejected wands after testing the first few wands before finding THE wand. Ollivander didn't quite fit what I had in mind as well. He was a bit too moody. I had a cheerier person in mind who speaks a little fast and would scurry from one side of the shop to the other.

The quidditch game was amazing even though the special effects could have been much much better. Plus, there should have been more quidditch games. Doesn't look right for Harry to be so unstable in his first game. He's suppose to triumph instead he adding fodder for critism for Malfoy.

They one character that I think was superbly casted would be Hermione. She's exactly what I had in mind. Irritating!

Oh yes, when I saw Snape, I kept wondering what the actor's name was. I know I've seen him in Sense and Sensibilities with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet but just can't seem to recall his name. I asked my aunt Chris who was sitting on my right who he was and she said he's Snape.

Haha ... I know he's Snape but what's his name.

We stayed until the cast credit came on and I finally found out his name ... Alan Rickman! Yep! It's Alan Rickman. He's also in one of Texas's music video. What was that song called? Don't remember. Nice song ... I think.

So, in conclusion, Harry Potter is definitely worth the watch. It's BRILL!

Oh no! It's raining!

We were suppose to have BBQ tonight! How are we going to do that if it's raining?

Come to think of it, how will I get to my car? Don't have an brolly with me.

Darn!

I managed to get through to the booking. Alas, Harry Potter tickets reserved for phone booking have all been booked! Have to go there in person.

The cinema's were closed. Didn't get to watch Harry Potter. Couldn't book nor purchase tickets for today from the counter when I checked at the cinema. Weird.

Found out why I could never get through to GSC MidValley. They only have one phone line open for phone booking.

ONE!

Can you imagine that? There is almost 18 screens there and they only have ONE phone line for booking! It's no wonder nobody can get through. It's like calling into a really popular radio station.

Trish will try to book some tickets for tonight's show at GSC Summit ... closer to home but not a very cool place to hang. If she can't get them, I'll have to go to MidValley to purchase them during lunch.

Oh yeah! Have to get mummy's present as well. I'm thinking ... those chains that's attached to your glasses and hangs around the neck. She should have one. Always misplacing her things. This from someone who keeps saying that papa needs to eat Gingko to improve his memory and that all of us are not ... what's that word??? 'Mindfull'. Another word for awareness, I think.

Not sure where I can find those chains. Maybe one of those stall that sells knick-knacks. Otherwise, I'll check at the optical shop. They should have some right?

Hurrah! Tis done. I can go home. It's still light outside. Been a long time since I've gone home while the sun's still shining.

Yay! Can have lunch now. Stef actually called to ask me to go home for lunch over an hour ago. Now I can.

Hurrah!

The King is dead

Well, it's a public holiday today ... and again, I'm at work. This is turning out to be a really bad habit. Can't really help it when that idiot keeps giving me things to do and not the time to do it. What does he think? I don't have a life? And to have all this work when my Aunts are down for a visit is just extremely bad timing!

Might not be able to watch Harry Potter today. All the entertaiments in the city area's suppose to be close as a sign respect to the dead King. Not too sure whether the cinema's are open. *fingers crossed* Please let them be open.

Still at work ... AGAIN! SMSed SM to cancel dance practise. Not sure if he got it. Will call him if he doesn't reply by 8.15.

C'mon! Hurry up and finish, emp!

Harry Potter

Woo hoo! I've just booked 6 tickets for Harry Potter tomorrow at 6pm. It's opening tomorrow and I've got tickets!

Hurrah!

Plus ...

it's been declared that tomorrows a holiday. Double hurrah! Shouldn't enjoy that too much as the cause for holiday is cause the King is dead. Should be a solemn day. Not one for celebration .... but then ...

I don't know the King personally and we are a country run by the parliament to it's not too much a biggie.

Yum ... no more growling stomach. Stomach feeling contented.