爱国的季节

八月绝对是个爱国的季节。

首先，看了很草根的881，前晚又看了像是梁文福歌曲回顾展的《天冷就回来》，突然觉得做新加坡人很值得骄傲。

天冷出乎意料的好，音乐剧《老九》是巨大的learning curve，老九犯的错误几乎都纠正过来。天冷的歌是‘无得弹’，梁的歌- 包赢。 可是有点疲劳轰炸，这么多首歌可以分开两个音乐剧来唱，《天冷就回来》和《天热就出去》 哈哈哈哈。哎呀，忍不住啦是身上的corny worms在咬我!

还没有看的人赶紧买票哦, 听说只剩下好少的票哟。

一人一半 881主题曲

my current fav song, i am learning how to sing it so that i can go karaoke!

Thank you again

Just had my first annual checkup and everything is normal. It's such an irony, I have always wanted to be special, to be unique. But for these tests, I only want to be normal.

With all the love and concern cast over me, i am normal.

Thank you my dearest............ you people are the shining stars in my life.

hugs & kisses

吃软不吃硬

我是典型吃软饭的。

只要朋友稍微对我好一点就会感动到九霄云外。

任你怎样猜你猜你猜猜猜，都不会猜到这两颗星星是谁送给我的。













陈崇敬

881

一人一半，感情不散...........

i cannot shake off the melody of this beautifully arranged and written song from Royston Tan's latest movie 881.

881 is Royston's effort in capturing the life of getai (歌台) singers, and getai being a very Singapore thing, i therefore expected a very Singapore film.

and i was not disappointed.

it is a very Singapore film and i love his cinematic eye for local movies. Unlike another local movie maker 梁志强 whose local flavour is very much restricted to a very tv style. In Royston movie, u don't hv a feeeling u are watching a telemovie. It is not easy bcos he started with short films and some people juz get stucked doing short films and cant move on.

but having said all these, i am disappointed with the weak story line. It could hv been a very moving story. Imagine how colourful the lives of these people can be. But the characters in the movie are not fully flesh out and i suspect it's the director's fault - since he also wrote the story.

there is not enough said abt their inner emotions, why they love the geitai so much and most redundant of all is the mute character and his bird. Really, except for the silly jokes made abt him & his 'bird', i cant see why the guy kept his pet. It didnt help when the actor playing the mute guy looked and acted, well, dumb. Hey u think it's easy playing non speaking roles? Tony Leong Chiu Wai was made to play a mute in Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsien's City of Sadness bcos his mandarin was so bad, the director couldnt take it! But Tony Leong, oh how should someone describe those soulful eyes, speaking to the audience in words and volume much better than spoken lines! (no, i am not comparing him to Tony, it will be very unfair to him. they are not in the same league.)

and the magic realism part didnt work either, too thin a spread, it's a very weak attempt.

but i really love the sound track, it is the best sound track from a local movie. Really wish i could get my hands on the CD if there is any.

and the costumes! my oh my they are so wonderfully loud and riotously imaginative i want to be wearing them too!!! Wondered whether they were all newly designed or modified from existing ones owned by the real singers. Anyways, kudos to the costume designer.

and all Singaporeans should watch the movie once.

Papaya 万岁！

满月啰

9 of August is Singapore's National Day and also my nephew, Chen Wei's full month celebration!

But looking at the photos, it looked more like his brother's birthday party instead.
While the adults filled themselves with the goodies on the table, the kids played, Chen Wei just slept through it all!