Sunflowers on the road

One day in the car, something caught our attention. And since we have our camera handy with us that day, we'd like to share them with you. Is he campaigning for 'save the sunflowers' or something?

...the one who forgot today should be vegetarian day :(

White good, any other colour bad?

Ever so often when I am on the road while cruising in the car, I can see couples holding hands. Not any couples, but specifically, a western male and a chinese female.

The western males can come in various shapes and sizes.

Old?

Receding hairline?

Bald on the crown?

White hair exceeding the black?

Beer belly hanging so low it could touch the floor?

And for the ladies, there is only one type: Attractive, young and slim.

Well, am I exaggerating? Not really. Most of the time, they really have either one or a combination of the above. Of course I am not denying the fact that on rare ocassions, we do get a couple made up of a charming handsome white man with a gorgeous chinese lady.

I stand to be corrected but somehow, all the above doesn't matter as long as the guy is a white? Is it because these males come from the exotic western countries? Is it of the prospect that they will have very adorable-looking 'offsprings'? Is it the fact that these guys should somehow be quite financially competent? With all the above conditions attached except the male is a chinese, these women would probably not want to be caught dead being near any of them.

...the one who is still wondering

My friend's husband's face is on a taxi!!

April, congrats to you and hubby! I wonder how many taxis have his face on them. Ha ha!

...the one who is quite excited because this is the 1st time that I see someone I know and who knows me on the face of a taxi.

Beijing Ren

Rating: ***

Cast: Beijing People's Art Theatre

Watched on 23 Jun 07 with Chup at Esplanade (S$20/pax).

When the stage was revealed, I was quite impressed by the huge courtyard of a typical chinese house. I was later a little disappointed to realize that this set will be what I see from beginning till end. I am quite a sucker for impressive sets when I watch dramas or musicals :)

I thought the pace was rather dragged. It was a long 185 minutes! But then considering this depicts a scene set in 1937, that would be exactly how the people behave at that time.

After watching, the drama gave me horrifying thought about what I should do if my elders pass on? Bury? Cremate? In Indonesia? In Singapore? Coffins? Urns?

Synopsis from Sistic

Cao Yu's own personal favourite play Beijing Ren comes to Singapore replete with a vast paper-house that bespeaks the fragility and fractured emotions of the people who live and take shelter in it. Set in 1937, a family is torn apart by selfishness, divided loyalties, unrequited and unfulfilling love, and yet unable to escape its own entrapment. This theatre classic exposes the eclipse of traditional feudal families at a time of turbulent change in China.

...the one who was rather disturbed by some of my neighbouring audience who kept farting in the theatre!

Dollhouse

Rating: ZERO!!

Watched on 21 Jun 07 with Chup at National's Library Drama Centre. Ticket costs S$20/pax.

Hated it from the second it started till the intermission time where Chup and I went straight home...

For those who are keen, here's the synopsis (Source from Sistic)

DollHouseMabou Mines (USA) Adapted and directed by the legendary Lee Breuer, Mabou Mines DollHouse transformed Ibsen's bourgeois tragedy into a tragicomedy with a deep bite. DollHouse is an extraordinary theatrical experience incorporating romantic parodies of dance, opera and lavish declarations and gestures of melodrama. In this fascinating production the women towered over the men whose heights ranged from three feet four inches to just over four feet. The physical intensity, the emotional violence, the pained recognition are juxtaposed against humour and pathos."The whole experience is so fascinating - thrilling here, confounding there - that it must be seen." New York Times

Advisory: Contains brief scenes of nudity

www.maboumines.org

...the one who's guilty of not updating Blogs