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Thursday (25/12)

Yesterday, met up with wendy, carlise, cindy, nicholas and sarah (all my church mates) for dinner first before the show, Cinderel-lah!..

We went to a shop called, "the soup spoon" at the basement level of Raffles City for dinner.. well.. its really filling lohz.. I had clam chowder in a bread bowl.. the bread bowl is literally bread bowl loh.. the bowl is actually bread (NOT just ordinary bread, but sourdough bread).. well.. i had really a filling dinner lohz... the clam chowder was already so rich.. imagine with the bread bowl.. wow.. i tell u.. i can't breathe manz.. it was really a torture.. my gosh.. but thank goodness, i managed to finish the whole bread bowl (including the soup)... wow.. *clap*.. *chey*.. but i muz say that it is quite cheap actually.. that bread bowl (of course with the soup) costs me like only $7.50..well.. quite a worth-it dinner.. anyway, we finished our dinner about 6pm..

and then, we decide to split up for jalan- jalan and meet back at Espirit at 7pm.. so nicholas and me went window shopping.. i so call be his image consultant for a few minutes or so.. juz advice him on wat to wear for CNY this yr.. yupz..

sorry nick, but I have to say this.. SHOPPING WITH NICHOLAS SURE IS BORING MANZ!!.. u koe y?? becos' he just agrees wat i said, but did not like tell me wat he want or sumthing like that.. i need to like prompt him.. no wonder he said to me, he DON'T like shopping... worse still!! i koe he had a Giordano voucher given as a gift by sumone i koe (but i wld NOT divulge).. and u koe wats the worse thing?? he have NOT used the voucher yet.. he CAN'T remember the denomination of the voucher as well as the date of expiry of the voucher.. i reminded him to use it (but of course, at tat time, i didn't vent out my feelings) , anyway, cont. on.. he actually still like "ok..".. my gosh!! he dun seemed interested manz.. after tat, i prompted him as to wat kind of clothing he wants to wear.. he said he's more interested in casual shirts and 3/4 pants.. at least he's got some dress sense !! =).. but i can't find it in Raffles City loh.. so in this case, I brought him to U2.. i dun think anything has caught his eye.. =)

i juz realise sumthing.. am i a bit too much?? ooopppss.. sorry nick.. have to let my feelings out somehow.. !! Nick, juz change ur way of thinking.. show some interest in shopping can?? pls?? treat it as i beg of u.. ok?? thanx.. =) (psst.. but i dun think he will read my blog, so nvm.. wahahaha.. =P)

frankly speaking, shopping is one of my favourite pastimes.. PROVIDED i buy sumthing.. or else, i wld be like very sianz lohz.. =).. dun u all feel that way too?? but just seeing clothes (by window shopping), has already satisfy my desire to shop.. so yupz.. u can say i'm a shopoholic.. =)

ok.. anyway, we then walked across the street from Raffles City to Raffles Hotel (Jubilee Hall)..

i muz say that the show (Cinderel-lah!) was VERY enjoyable..
the only phrase that rings in my mind all the time is, "feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".. (well.. i guess u koe wat that means.. for those of u dun koe wat is lor-han, it is actually a fish which Chinese ppl believe that it will bring them luck if they have the fish in their workplace/house..)..

well.. quite a lot of familiar faces/actors acted in this Cinderel-lah! musical.. some famous ppl that I koe were:
*Lim Kay Siu,
*Neo Swee Lin,
*Kumar,
*Darren Seah,
*Ivan Heng,
*the character of latchmi on the Channel 5 sitcom, Achar! (her name is Bridget Therese)
*Chua Enlai (the host of the kid-central reality show, Jobs for Juniors!)
*Sheikh Haikel
*Hossan Leong

of all the characters in the show, i love the cahracters played by the following actor/actress:
*kumar,
*neo swee lin,
*hossan leong,
*darren seah and
*ivan heng..

WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD.. read it ONLY if u DON'T intend to watch!!

ALL the man stated in the above list acted as a drag in more than one sceneS of the musical play.. well.. it was really funny loh... u shld look at Hossan Leong man.. he really looks like a she! serious.. I like the part where he (or shld i say she?? ah.. nvm lah..).. where was i?? anyway, ok.. he was wearing a wonder woman costume..

however, the 2 step sisters (played by hossan and sheikh) love this habit.. when the mother (which was neo swee lin acted the role) say lock the "cinderella" (played by Emma Yong) in the toilet, both are so happy.. they are like saddist loh.. and when Hossan was in wonder woman costume, he sing the wonder woman song loh.. its like u koe wonder woman locking ppl in toilet.. it was really sadistic..

n this part is even MORE sick.. lim kay siew act as a crab king, and he really have this habit of scratching his down there loh.. so yupz.. its like a small action, but its enough to make the audience laugh..

Kumar acted two roles.. one is ali, and the other was ali's wife, which I dun koe the character's name.. but anyway, "they" (ali and his wife) opened a shop call mamak-lemon.. ali narrated the story.. so wat he said was mamak is himself (which is ali) and lemon was his wife, as she is always sour.. so then he make two different kind of voices loh.. but I actually prefer he act as the "ali" role.. more natural.. complete with the indian accent and all ... =)

Darren Seah was another good actor.. he acted as a part of the siamese twins (he is 'eng' and ivan heng was 'cheng'.. so together, they are cheng and eng..).. so eng actually like treasure (which was cinderella's step-sister -- played by Shaikh Haikel).. and not only he acted as part of the Siamese twins, he also acted as a drag.. and this drag character right, is actually a bartop dancer !! believe it.. he did all those kind of disgusting moves loh.. which have this prominent part of the bartop dance.. so like whenever he comes out, he would like do that dance move loh.. and then, the audience would burst into laughter..

there is this part where cinderella (played by Emma Yong) had to reach home before midnight.. and becos' the prince (played by Chua Enlai) didn't want cinderella to go, he chased after her loh.. so then, the whole gang of actors, came down on the floor, and like desparately running about loh (to look for cinderella).. so this time right, darren seah was in a mermaid costume (becos' he's attending a Grand Fish Ball [get it?? fish ball??]..which also explains y hossan was in wonder woman costume.. they are all attending the Grand Fish Ball).. anyway, i was seating at the last 2nd row from the door (which is a back seat).. so hossan dun koe whether purposely or izzit scripted, actually squeezed darren's fake bra on the mermaid's costume.. and darren actually screamed.. anyway, it was all in a mass.. so i dun think anyone noticed it.. probably only me.. =P.. wat happen was darren was running in the direction of hossan.. so that's y.. yupz..

Shaikh Haikel acted as 'Precious' and hossan leong acted as 'treasure' (precious and treasure are both step-sisters of cinderella).. and cheng (part of siamese twins and acted by Ivan Heng) like precious.. so yupz.. not so much to say on Shaikh, but its more the song that precious sang lohz.. precious sang the part on "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han" part.. yupz.. it was an instruction for Cinderella to follow, but Shaikh sang it as a "rap" style.. "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"...

oh yah.. there is this part where finally treasure (acted by hossan) and her mother (acted by swee lin) found out that her daughter (cinderella) was actually the person that the prince is looking for.. so the mother was the first one to faint but can't remember wat she said b4 she faint.. then, next to faint was treasure.. she said sumthing like, "wo3 de4 ming4 hao2 ku3 ah4".. then she faint.. the funniest part is precious.. she said this, "hmmph.. i dun want to faint.. becos' nobody catch me..".. wahahaha.. the audience then started to burst out in laughter lohz.. =)


Neo Swee Lin acted as the evil step-mother of cinderella (NAME: evil-lyn).. her make-up was heavy manz.. if not for her voice, i can't recognise her.. serious.. i want to command on her sumthing.. Kudos to her on the impromptu part.. here's where the most memorable part of Cinderel-lah!..

wat happen was its about 30 mins to the ending of the play.. almost the finale liaoz.. so to cut the long story short, the fairy god mother (which the show calls it fairy god macik) turn the 2 step-sisters(precious and treasure) and the step-mother (named: evil-lyn.. get it??) into stone statues.. so in order to remove the spell, they need their one true love to kiss them.. so cheng and eng kissed them, and then, they woke up from the stone state loh.. then they decide to get married..

now left only the step-mother statue.. ali (narrator for the show -- acted by kumar) then asked the audience whether they shld forgive her.. the audience of course said, "no" lah.. then ali said its Christmas and all.. must forgive, etc.. so yupz.. ali then asked the audience whether they shld forgive her (ie, evil-lyn).. audience again said "no".. ali then asked the audience, "u want to go home or not??".. everyone laughed lohz.. ali then asked the audience whether they want to forgive.. crowd this time did not answer.. so ali answer his own qn by saying, "ok.. i'll decide for u..".. audience then laugh again..

there were children in the audience.. so this boy (i think its about 4 yrs old) seated about 5 rows in front of me, shouted, "NO!".. ali heard this and then begin to say sumthing like this: "so small already koe how to talk back".. wow.. audience that started to laugh again..

anyway, ali then tell the audience wat magic words to say in order to revive evil-lyn to a person again, instead of a stone statue.. so of course, audience was not so enthusiatic and as a result, evil-lyn was still a statue.. so ali said, "she needs more energy, becos' she is big..".. then, the audience start to see evil-lyn move a bit, showing a fist sign to ali.. everyone laughed lohz.. then the best part is yet to come.. here comes to the IMPROMPTU part..

one of the audience then shouted from his seat, "kiss evil-lyn".. everyone in the audience starts to get rousy.. ali of course, tried to decline but he can't.. he decline by sayings things like:
*i koe its Christmas time and its the time to give and all.. but there is a limit,ok..
*i got taste ok (y ali said this, is becos' evil-lyn very ugly -- becos' of her make-up)
*i'm married

so finally, he obliged loh.. ali kissed evil-lyn.. and then, ali added: "now tat i kissed her (refers to evil-lyn), i'm not sure whether my wife will still be married to me"..

of course, all laughed lahz.. then ali asked evil-lyn to say "i'm sorry".. however, she find it very hard to say the word, S.O.R.R.Y.. therefore, she said, "i apologize".. ali then added: "cannot! muz say sorry! sorry shorter!!".. audience then burst into laughter.. so in the end, evil-lyn said: "sorry lah".. then audience started to clap/applause..

evil-lyn than said, "since I became good, shall i change my name to things like good-lyn (pronounced as goo-d-lyn) or nice-lyn (pronounced as nine-si-lyn).. a member of the audience that shout out, "NEO SWEE LIN"..

and guess wat evil-lyn answered?? she said:
" never heard of her before.. but i heard that neo swee lin is a good actress..".. audience then started to laugh and clap lohz..

ali then use his hands like fan himself and evil-lyn did the same thing.. ali then call evil-lyn SHAMELESS (u koe wat it means right?? i dun need to explain hor..).. audience then started to laugh..

the play goes into the finale part...

yupz.. i think that's all about Cinderel-lah! that is interesting lohz.. really admire kumar and swee lin on their wit!! They think on their toes manz.. =).. Kudos to them!

PS (Cerdits):
*Ivan Heng is the artistic director of this production, Cinderel-lah!
*Selena Tan is BOTH the artistic director of this production, Cinderel-lah! and the person who wrote ALL the lyrics of this musical play, Cinderel-lah!

anyway, after the play, we went to Newton Circus to eat supper.. Nicholas had to leave, becos' he has to attend a remedial lesson today (26/12) in school.. so we each ordered food and share.. we had fishball noodles, sambal bbq stingray (yum!!yum!!), sambal la-la, hokkien mee and carrot cake.. but of all right, i find the fishball noodles the MOST expensive.. 1 small bowl of noodles costs us $4.. believe it or not.. its about the serving of wat they serve in foodcourts.. so ex.. well.. i certainly had a very FULL supper.. =) *burp*.. ooopsss...

Friday (26/12)

today was my mum's birthday, therefore my family went out and celebrate..

firstly, we made a stop at PS to eat our lunch at the foodcourt.. for once, I've changed my menu.. its always yong tau foo.. but today, its CHAR KWAY TEOW, and i muz say its not bad actually.. i asked them to fry it 'blacker' (which means more sweet sauce).. so yupz.. then ate my fave dessert, and its none other than COLD CHENG TNG.. yummy..

then, we walked down to Giordano at Takashimaya and bought our CNY clothing loh.. u wld NOT believe wat I'm wearing for CNY.. ask me if u are interested.. ask leh.. *hint**hint*.. hahaz.. and the reason y i bought Giordano as my CNY clothing, is becos'' now Giordano is having a 30% sale (that is if u wear ANY Giordano apparel) on regular-price shirt/pants... i also bought a 3/4 shirt, which comes with ANOTHER pattern of 3/4 shirt FREE, becos' current promotion on selected t-shirts is buy 1 get 1 free!! yupz.. so if u think this is cheap and want to take advantage of the 30% sale (ONLY if u wear ANY Giordano apparel) and the buy 1 get 1 free (selected t-shirts ONLY), head down to Giordano yaz??

so anyway, 3 of us (me, my dad and my sis) bought stuff from Giordano, becos' 30% off mahz.. i purposely wear Giordano apparel becos' of this reason.. hehe.. =P

PS: Ooppss.. i think i look like the spokesperson for Giordano.. =).. whahaha

After that, we proceed to have our tea-time.. my parents ate bread, and my sis and i each bought a box of octopus toko-pochi from Takashimaya.. very nice.. my fave.. my sis introduced me to put in chilli sauce and use it as a dip for the toko-pochi.. and i muz say its VERY NICE.. thanx sis !! =)

after which, we proceed to Metro at Paragon to jalan-jalan, as dinner time is far too early.. at Metro (in Paragon), my mum met her ex-colleague and from there, they talk loh.. i was like sitting there on a chair and watch them talk loh.. her ex-colleague (i call her aunty juliet) kept saying that I'm so big already.. the last time she saw me, i think i was in primary school.. =).. yupz.. time flies manz.. ppl start calling me uncle already.. =(.. want to koe y ppl call me uncle?? read my previous blog, 25/12, 11.05am
after that, we proceed to Lemongrass Rest. at the Heeren for my mum's birthday dinner.. we had:
*Green Mango Salad
*Chicken Feet Salad
*CLEAR Seafood Tom Yam Soup (Wendy's fave!!)
*Mixed Vegetable
*Claypot Tau Fu
*Pineapple Rice
*Fried Vermecilli
*Red Ruby
*Honeydew Pudding (Lemongrass's LATEST dessert.. not bad actually.. not so sweet!)
*Mango with Glutinous Rice..

this meal i must say is cheap.. even cheaper than my family (4 adults) go to Seoul Garden and eat their buffet.. in fact, i also feel very full after the mail.. =).. i dun think i binge manz.. i think i ate in moderation!! i nutritionist leh.. =P

the idea of lemongrass came from me.. i use my dad's and sis's Sunperk points (from M1) to redeem a $50 voucher.. all it takes is 1500 pts (which takes about a YEAR to accumulate..).. yupz.. so becos' of this voucher, we only pay a min. sum.. how minimum u dun need to koe lah hor?? its for my family to koe ONLY.. wahaha..

yupz.. then after that, we came home lohz.. =).. and there, i'm on the com writing my blog...

oopppss.. i think i have spent 2 hrs and 45 mins (from 10pm-12.45pm)on this blog !! believe it.. =).. the reason y the time still remains at 9.54pm, is becos' i kept on edit and publish it.. so its like save mahz.. or else.. *choy*..

for those who read the "quite detailed" description of the musical play (ie, Cinderel-lah!) i want to thank you for reading it.. at least my effort has NOT gone to waste!! i hope u enjoy reading as much as I do seeing it live of course.. but i certainly hope that u enjoy it, and u cld give me ur commends on my chatterbox yaz??

for those of u who had skipped about the musical play (ie, Cinderel-lah!) part, thanx for being so patient.. i koe its been hard on u.. thanx again for being so patient.. =)

sorry for the grandmother story kind of blog again.. but i hope u had fun reading it, as much as i had "fun" typing... whaha..


"Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".. I shall then shut-up.. "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"..

Gd nite peepz..

Ciaoz and have a GREAT day ahead,
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