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Hairspray

Shermaine's dad gave us a pair of exclusive tickets to watch Hairspray at Vivocity, Golden Village. First jaunt for Shermy to that mall, we especially loved Page One bookstore for its unique layout and variety of books.
So we went into the theatre not really knowing anything about the show; on the way in, we stopped by a poster to check out the cast listing and to our surprise, noticed John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer. I only knew this movie was supposed to be akin to a current version of Grease - Travolta was the bad boy hero in Grease 1, and Pfeiffer was the bad girl in Grease 2.
Movie started with a large girl singing a song in a nice 60s-type town setting. I was a bit uncomfortable, altho the song was nicely done. As the show progressed, Shermy mentioned that Hairspray was like an english-version of "881".. I laughed at it at first, but the truth dawned on me. She was right.. it was kinda similar, but somehow, 881 was better! lol.. ok, it wasn't about getai, but it was about a singing/dancing tv program that the "nicest kids in town" wanted to get on. It was also about big issues like integration and segregation (of whites and blacks). And it was also about embracing the feminine and big side of you (John Travolta). It was about casting the right ppl for the right roles (James Marsden's smiley teeth and good looks is just perfect for the 60's feel!).
Personally, I felt that it was entertaining enough as a movie, but not entirely great. John Travolta was the shocker. He kept drawing laughs from the audience, from me, it was mostly nervous laughter. Not entirely comfortable with a huge lady-man on screen, even if it is THE John Travolta..
I also felt the finale was overly long and drawn out, Shermy says the pace of the movie just doesn't keep things going, there were some "boring" parts (esp the love-duet between Christopher Walken and Travolta.. oh pls don't show Walken and Travolta do it on the outdoor deckchair! *phew*), altho the rest of the movie had its lively bits as well.
Final point, all the cans of aerosol hairspray.. is this an environmentally safe movie..? haha

Shermy goodness

What would I do without Shermy?
Was feeling hungry this evening, torn between Twisties and other such junk food, I needed some solid food.. my tummy was twisting in hunger, just drinking water and hoping for daybreak wasn't gonna satiate these pangs anymore.. and then.. I rem'd Shermy's cheesy meat patties that she packed for me this week, there was excess and I had some in the fridge!!
Ran down, zapped it in the microwave, and voila! ready-made shermy snax for the hungry boy! *rubs happy belly*
What would I do without Shermy..? =D

881

Caught Royston Tan's "881" with Shermy yesterday, been looking fwd to it cos I've always wanted to go watch getai, but cos I dun live in HDB, I never ever had that chance before! I'm glad to say we were rewarded, cos it was spectacular! I now want to buy the 881 soundtrack and learn to sing some of the hokkien songs in there!

The show's more like a broadway performance, with the singing on and off stage. The hilarious spoof scenes, and the hokkien on screen is just a laugh riot. And when the sad parts came, they got really emotional too. That's a great show!

Mindee Ong (Small Papaya) stood out and really carried the show (and the singing), really convincing me that her character really REALLY loves to perform.

And I just LOVE Liu Ling Ling's performance as Auntie Ling, she's Singapore's answer to the bad-ass mama with the piercing voice in Kung Fu Hustle. Apparently she's a getai performer herself.

Qi Yuwu's Guan Yin character just loves to play with his cock. (hahaha, I had to say it!)


Other links:
- You can read an in-depth review of the film at A Nutshell Review, dated 07 Aug 2007.

- Royston Tan's blog entry on 881 here.

- Giant 881 poster currently on afore-mentioned blog here.

Devil

so last nite, I was at Jon's Loft watching a horror movie. They picked a movie called Stay Alive (immediately came up images of 70's BeeGees hits and Saturday Night Fever movie), anyway, its about a beta computer game - if you die in virtual reality, you die in real life, in a similar fashion.

So the movie itself was a little scary, trying to incorporate elements of the Ring, Ju-on and I Know What You Did Last Summer in it. I was still sick; halfway thru the screening, I got chills, despite being all wrapped up in track pants and a warm windbreaker I had brought along. So I left after the show, it was late, and the long walk home didn't help things, I kept turning around to make sure a horse-drawn carriage wasn't bearing down on me.. lol.. ok I was somewhat affected..

You know how it is when you get frightened by scary movies, u start seeing things where there's none? So there I was brushing my teeth when I happen to glance at this tee I've worn for almost 3 years. It's a cute image of a kid dressed up like a devil, with the words "Children of the Revolution" and behind it, it says "Don't be a child". Innocent enough ya? I just happen to wonder, what if this was one of those double-image kinda things.. So I started by staring at one point, and soon enough, a nose emerged, then some kind of bondage mouth with a 5 o'clock shadow, then an eye, and a horn perched on a forehead..

I got so excited at that point, this was a shirt I bought thinking it was innocent and somewhat cute (from Uniqlo, Japan), and after these few years, I suddenly see a second image! woot!

Had a great day off Thursday! Spent the morning just relaxing, reading the papers, playing with the dogs, watching tv. Shermy came over about lunch-time and we had a great lunch (last lunch cooked by Narti- my maid who is leaving for another job location) of saucy chicken and salad (eergh why do we have to eat western Parsley!? - east/west also taste terrible!).
The relaxation carried on till after 4 where we bugged mom to bring up to the club for a swim. Tried to get a tan unsuccessfully, I believe Sherm is getting slightly darker than me already..
After that we got driven to Sun Plaza to do some chores and mom volunteered to drive Shermy home from there, yay mom!
In retrospect, it din look like we did a lot, but it was a just a really great break and time off, haven't had one in a while. Gives one a pep and go for the last day of the week *LOL*!