Okay. I take back my words.

Okay, Okay. I MORE than take back my words!!! 881 has totally glamourised Hokkien as a language which allows for Fantastic Singing!!!


Forget French! Hokkien is SO in now. Haha.

Anyway! 881 is a GREAT show! The campy tricks like laser-emitting bras and the recurring "cock" joke is so natural when it is placed in the Getai arena. It doesn't seem cheesy, in fact, it was (dare i say it?) edgy! It really gave the show a Uniquely Singaporean flavour. *grins*

Do you know what the exact words of my boss was when i told him that i watched 881?

I just caught Les Choristes. It's an extremely beautiful show! A perfect example of a beautiful redemptive tale. It manages to bridge the chasm between boy-hood and aging with the aid of music, the binding element that connects the supervisor with his charges.

French just makes the music sound so much better! They sound so much more ethereal and other-worldly and this allows the music to rise above their grungy, grimy and prison-like existence. Imagine if the songs were sung in Hokkien (Chinese dialect)!




Maybe I'm biased because I came from choir. Haha.

Seriously. Go watch the show. Music Junction is only selling it for $8!!!

If you liked the movie "THE INCREDIBLES" and haven't seen this yet, GO WATCH IT!

Absolutely hilarious.

Talk about cognitive development and neurological stimuli!

I wish flashcards did that to me when i was younger.

Guess i lost out in the genetic lottery.

This TV junkie is experiencing SEVERE withdrawal symptoms. The sudden absence of Heroes, Ugly Betty, Project Runway, Avatar and American Idol has left a sudden void in my life. I need my fix. And, I need it fast.

Anyway! The King Lear play is drawing closer and in a weird, twisted kind of way, I am actually looking forward to it! I even marked it down on my calendar! Go figure.

I think i subconsciously liken this outing as a romantic sojourn into the once familiar realm of academia. An escape from the mundaneness and dullness of the repetitive cycle of life.

On a side note, today is the day i realise that my JC knowledge of Econs, Geog and Lit is gone. A smattering still exists but, what is a "smattering" when i once had a "tome"? I need someone to Defrag my brain. I'm sure all the missing pieces are somewhere inside my brain.

Somewhere.

Crap. I'm officially stupid.

I think UNSWAsia, the short-lived dream of the Singapore government, was (past tense!) a bit too hasty in it's decision to pull out from the tertiary education landscape that is Singapore. The first semester didn't even end and it's shutting down! Talk about not trusting the business programmes that UNSW offers.

Anyway! The sudden exit stunned me and prompted the now looping record titled "Which University Do You Want To Go To? I Recommend..." by the parents.

It's a shoe-in for the worst-song-sung award.

Seriously. My defense of polite smiles and acknowledging nods is crumbling against this infernal music!

Bah!

On another random note, my SATs are coming up next week and guess what! I didn't study for it.

Gah! Guess I know how I'll spend my Vesak day.

I love Ugly Betty.

For those in the know, the first season just ended it's run in the USA and the ending was SO good.

It wasn't a traditional cliffhanger so that's GOOD. It still left me hanging for more though. Hmmm... Words fail me now, so when the episode FINALLY airs in the TV wasteland that is Singapore, you'll get what i mean.

Besides Betty, I think Christina's pretty cool too. I love her accent. Haha. I wanna be Scottish! Alternatively, I could study in Scotland. Just so that my uninspiring and dull accent can morph into something that sounds mysteriously charming.

Anyway, for the spoiler-phobic people out there I'll not say anything more.

So. There.

Okay. One last thing.

I have a deep, dark confession to make.

I am fascinated by Chinese wuxia drama serials. Beneath this air of English superiority (HAH!) lies a dark desire to follow wuxia drama serials to the death.

Despite the rather predictable and garbled plot and the poor English translations of rather poetic lines, I still find myself drawn towards such shows. The plot usually revolves around a hero who is naturally gifted in the arts of wukong (AKA martial arts) learning a multitude of high-level skills and having love affairs right, left and centre. He defeats the evil villain threatening to invade his country and the story, rather predictably ends with him being the leader/chief of some martial arts sect.

However! I am still hopelessly addicted to this genre! Maybe it's because the actors and actresses do feats of acrobatic stunts (and still look cool! And! un-sweaty!) Or maybe it's because it's the one genre IN THE WORLD in which old geezers are pictured as the heroes! Other than the young and good-looking cast consisting of the hero and his bevy of beauties, the rest of the martial arts exponents are people with long, flowing white beards and questionable sanity.

Whatever it is, these shows are the ASIAN equivalent of cheesy western movies. And! As such, I should sniff at them with all the English pomp that i can/should muster. Come on! Some of the skills are translated in a manner that is incidentally humorous! I mean! Dog-beating skill? Somebody call the SPCA will you? Bah!

Anyway! Since we're on the topic of confessions... I have to say that i was rooting for Sanjaya during his stint at American Idol. American Idol is so hopelessly boring now. We need some Sanjaya to give it back it's sparkle! On a related topic, I think the media should stop taking pot shots at Sanjaya!

I'd like to see those media people sing their heart out.

Hmph.