LOL Talkshow Season One - All Time Low, Hossan Leong, Chua Enlai, My Beauty Diary

That was my first time attending a live recording of a talkshow as an audience. I was really excited then. From Twitter, I heard that a boy band called All Time Low is heading to town and they will be interviewed at 987FM studio, just below the recording venue. I planned to take a peek before heading for the recording but I failed to do so as it was packed with their fans. Oh well. I proceeded to the recording area after meeting YX for the refreshment. That was my first time wearing a dress out for casual purpose. Love that new dress that I got.

As the recording has not started, we decided to make a trip to the toilet. At this very moment, the situation seems to be a little not quite right. We heard fans screaming and coming up to our level. Standing near the registration table of the talkshow, the boy band is heading towards our direction. As there is a lift there, we were expecting that to be the band's "escape route". YX and I were wowed by how lucky we were to be able to get a glimpse of  band without having to squeeze with the fans. We are not really into them so just being "kaypo". Well, what happened next was really infuriating. Never did I expect a very rude staff from the LOL talkshow to push me aside and shouted "GET OUT OF THE WAY" at me. YX witnessed what happened. I was shocked and angry at the same time. The boy band then entered a small room behind the registration table. We later then found out that the room was the preparation room for the talkshow's guests. How infuriating that is! That was my first talkshow. I have no idea who the guests were. I have no idea how this whole thing runs. How on Earth would I know that I blocked the boy band's path? I believe that saying "excuse me" or "please move aside" would be nice. I was pushed and shouted at. So much for being the audience guest of the talkshow as mentioned by YX before I agreed to sign up? Great.

We stood there for a very long time till we were allowed to enter the studio. First thing that they did was to give a brief introduction of what the event is about. I felt so high tide after they recorded the audience clapping and cheering due to the drink that I drank. I quickly make a trip to the toilet before the recording began. At the exit, I was told that I was not allowed to enter when the recording starts. This is not what I expected but I understand. At this moment, the same woman came and said in a rude tone that if I need to go to the toilet I should just go. I was trying to clarify whether I get to enter during appropriate breaks in between then. Honestly, this is still acceptable for me, I was just furious that she pushed and shouted at me.

Making a quite run to the toilet and running back, I made it in time. The boy band was going to perform and they were setting up their instruments then. How I wish that The Wanted is there instead. I want to see my favourite boy band perform live.

After the performance, it's the interview session with the boy band by host Judee Tan. She was a member of The Noose, that awesomely funny comedy.The boy band mentioned that they have been thinking for the past half an hour on the strategy to get out of this building but they could not come out with one as there were just too many fans crowded outside of the recording studio.

After the interview session with the boys, it's time for Hossan Leong and Chua Enlai to appear! I was expecting some weird antics and costumes for their appearance but there were none. It was an interview session and playing of some simple game with them. They are working on an upcoming project titled "The Importance of being Earnest". Initially I didn't quite catch what they said and hear it as "The Importance of being a Nurse". Furthermore, they mentioned that they characters of the story were actually females but their cast were all males. They are not changing the script so they will be referring each other as a "she" because this is not supposed to be restricted to any gender. I agreed with that as there are male nurses out there too; this discrimination that all nurses are female is still lingering around in this culture and society. It took me a long time to get what they were actually saying. I then realise that being earnest should not be restricted to any gender too.

There is a beauty segment after the interview with the two funny men. It's about the facial mask from My Beauty Diary. The masks looked cool as there is this double moisturising thing I have never seen before. I didn't know about it till YX went to ask the lady who was one of the in-charge in bringing the items for the recording.

After YX enquiries, I went to have a photo taken with Marcus, the host for the show. Judee Tan and the two funny guys have left so I didn't get a chance to take photo with them.

Heading out, we received our goodies bag and both of us were quite satisfied with our experience except of what that idiot did to me. YX helped me to sign up for more shows after she realised that there were more shows that we can sign up for.

春晚 2013

祝大家蛇年快乐！

今年的春晚又没有赵本山的表演，不知道令多少观众感到失望啊。看了《郭得秀》才发现到其实要上央视春晚的舞台并非易事。因为要把最好的呈现给各位观众，不知赵本山在背后付出了多少心血，真的很累人。从这里我们都可以看得到赵本山对于他所呈现的一切是有一定的要求和水准。真的要谢谢赵本山这些年以来带给大家的欢笑以及他的付出。

我最喜欢的表演是蔡明的小品，水与火的结合的杂技表演，和武术表演。蔡明也是一个具有实力的小品演员。她演得多自然而有气质啊。我特爱那杂技比表演的音乐。那是我喜欢的音乐类型，能感受到心里热情的火燃烧起来，对于我训练和干活有挺大的帮助。他们那完美而具有力量的舞蹈动作真是太漂亮了。这次的武术表演还算平平；去年的比较酷，比较火。

希望今年的元宵晚会会有些精彩刺激的表演来符合我的“重口味”，哈哈。=)

ilight Marina Bay

Pei Fen and I didn't manage to finish walking the whole stretch of the map where all the displays were located. Guess I am too tired from work and it was already quite late. Not bad that we managed to finish taking pictures for most the displays.

My event ended way earleir than expected so I ate the buffet for the guests while I waited for Pei Fen. Nice chat with Jeanie and ShiHui.

I walked over to Raffles City MRT to wait for Pei Fen. What a coincident that she took the right escalator up while I was about to go down. Fate.

Walking towards the first point of ilight, we had a good chat. She gave me a surprise present; banana. Asked her to eat in the end as she had not eaten much.

Our crazy picture taking session begins after we reached the point. It wasn't a smooth trip as we kept walking the wrong way. We got to have nice picture of us with Marina Bay Sands as the background.

We did not really understand the first point though as it was a giant egg-like structure. We slowly understood after reading the description and have a better expectation of the pattern of the artworks displayed around the whole of Marina Bay.

We spent quite some time on an interactive artwork. It was cool! It was like a giant kaleidoscope but not really one. The patterns on the screen change as we change our positions. Cool!

We then went to the next point where there were three big fans. The lights went off when we we there. I found the way to activate the fan but could not activate the light no matter how I tried. Oh well. Honestly, we do not know whether it was one ofthe display or not because there was no description. We then proceeded to the next point.

Strolling on, what I coincident that I saw HongQuan at one of the point. I did not recognise him initially till I walked closer. It was the display of the "doves" with some eerie sounds that I could not understand.

Singapore has a very beautiful skyline. Sitting by the river side to enjoy the sea breeze and staring at the awesome skyline is very relaxing. Yes, it's sea breeze instead of land breeze. I have no idea why. It's the relaxation that matters anyway.

We had another interactive display on the helix bridge. Wattfish. There's no fish but a fishing rod that will light up when the motor was spun. It really can train arm muscles.

Our trip stopped at one display below the bridge near esplanade. My legs cannot take it anymore. Furthermore, it was late and I have school the next day. I rocks.

It was a fun trip. How I wish I can spend more time there with Pei Fen. We have got so much to talk about and so many pictures to take. The exhibition is innovative. It can be improved with maps placed at certain locations. The descriptions are really helpful to aid in our understanding of the artworks.

Mid-Autumn Festival By The River 2010

My first time attending such big public event. I met up with PeiFen after attachment to enjoy this picture taking session. Thanks to Uncle Jimmy who told me about this.

We took pictures of the displays of the twelve zodiac signs and the additional displays of dragon and the famous classical Chinese stories and sayings.

After the camera-snapping session, we went to take a look at the quiz section. Staring at it for some time, I managed to make out some answers but those words does not seems to exist. One participant went up to give the answer I thought of, and he was right! PeiFen and I was shocked.

After much pondering, thinking and checking my answer for a hundred times, I finally took up the courage to give it a try. I was still shy to do so. Thanks to PeiFen for accompanying me to queue up for the microphone. Giving my answer, I was right! I won a voucher for free Mr Bean soya milk and pancake set. Happy!

As I do not know how to pronounce the word I thought of, I was allowed to write down. I was asked to explain by the "drummer" but he interupted me while I was talking. I was thinking, he might as well do the explanation.

I was really over the moon for first time for participating in a public quiz and won something! I really need to work on my courage.

PeiFen and I then strolled around the shops at Central. I was searching for a bear shop I heard from my senior of my secondary school. As we were about to give up and head home, we found the shop! Nice! The logo sure is very adorable and attention-catching. Simple and nice. The varieties of bears available sure is a lot!

After photo-taking, we chatted at the bus-stop where I waited for my bus before we left. I was looking forward to upload the pictures taken as I made successful candid shot of PeiFen finally.

POCC's "Pope Joan" Movie Preview

The movie "Pope Joan" will only be released on 12th August 2010 in Singapore. As a winner of the movie tickets, I get to catch the show first. I was a little reluctant to attend the screening as the show seemed boring to me. My initial plan was to get the tickets first. I can give it to my friends if I am not interested. However, after knowing that I have to be present to collect the tickets on the day that it is being screened, I asked Auntie Mui to accompany me to watch the movie.

I reached there early. The people were late due to a traffic jam. It was kind of the person to message me, reminding me about the screening and that I can contact that person through that number if I have any query.

The booth was finally set up after some time. Almost 6.30pm, the time they indicated the cut-off. I expected a rather grand event but it was obviously not. The people seemed so unprepared. It seemed that there is some miscommunication between nuffnang and POCC.

After grabbing our goodie bags, a lady took a photo of Auntie Mui and I for marketing purposes that the cervical cancer is the only cancer that can be prevented by a vaccine. After taking the photo, she stuck it onto a board, asking me to write down 5 names of the ladies that I would like to protect. Names? I wrote the addresses instead; mother, sister, grandma, auntie, friends.

She was not familiar with the camera. I tried to tell her but she ignored me and kept asking to her people. Great. It kinds of gave me the feeling that "hey, only officers of this event knows". We were kind of jammed there for a while as we were the first to collect the tickets.

Proceeding into the hall, we get to choose our seats. Great! Auntie Mui and I chose the top and middle seat. Good view! The seats were not in good condition I would say. It shakes and there isn't much space in between the roles. My head was almost resting on the legs of the peson sitting behind me.

After some time, the show finally commenced. NC-16. It was my first time watching a movie with this rating. I thought that there were just some additional gross sexual scenes as compared to PG. I was wrong. There were lots of other disturbing scenes too. Violence. The sexual scenes were disturbing too.

The actors were great. Those acting the bad guys, I really felt like walking right up and punch them in the face. I hate male chauvinist to the core. The wits of the female lead was just great. How I wish I can be that smart too.

The story of the show was good. But I really dislike the disturbing scenes. I guess that are the things that make a movie comes to life. This movie is "very literature" I would say. The poster for the movie looks kind of scary. I then understood why after watching the show.

All the people left after watching the movie. I did not really see the significance of the screening of this movie with the POCC campaign. There was no talk to elaborate what's going on. This definitely need improvement. This event, seemed to be rather, cold.

Media Preview of our Singapore 2010 YOG Documentary

I took leave from the supervisor and rushed to cineleisure to attend this event with Auntie Mui. As I was told that the event starts at 1pm, I have only 5 minutes to rush there after my quick lunch.

Reaching there, there was no signages to direct me. Glad that there was someone around whom I can ask. Reaching the registration table, the person at the reception looked at me blankly. I felt as though I went to the wrong place and that I am an intruder.

I finally got my tickets after introducing myself. I said something wrongly. I said "media brief" instead of "media preview", a little embarassing I would say.

Auntie Mui and I entered the cinema after getting our free popcorns and drinks. We have got a rather good seat at the back of the hall. It was quite nice of them to provide some refreshments. It was totally like a movie screening. I did not expected this to be held in a cinema. I thought it was going to be some talks given by someone in a room.

We waited for about thirty minutes till the screening begins. The show was quite alright though there were some of the things that I thought can improved on.

The documentary was basically about the journey to the games from the point of views of three athletes of different sports, judo, cycling and fencing. The only female athlete featured is in fencing. The three athletes were at the screening too. What leaves me an impresison about that girl was that she is very tall.

Seeing how the judo athlete trained, I somehow had certain thoughts. I wonder if this has brought me any motivation to push myself further in wushu. Though both may be of different sports, they are both martial arts.

The documentary also included the journey of the production of the mascots. Suana! Those people under the mascot puppets looked as if they just had a swim after they came out from their costume. They spent lots of time practising their dance movements so that the mascots will look genuine and lively. It's really tough on them!

My mystery to whether the person under the amscots were males or females was solved. The funniest part was when the person in the Merly costume said that Merly was part of him. It's kind of a good thing to know that his hard work and effort had made him grew feelings for Merly and fused with her.

I find the countdown to 99 days celebration familiar because I was there! That was the only thing I felt close to. A little disappointed that I missed out all the other events. Guess the publicity need some improvements.

From the factsheet given to me, this documentary is one of the two that is going to be broadcasted. The broadcasts of this firat documentary will be on 7th August and 14th August on channel 5. After seeing the timing of the broadcasts, I was so glad that I attended the preview as I will be away at the floating platform performing for the world!

After the screening, I had some thoughts while I rushed back to my workplace. The athletes are stars, what about the other volunteers? Though volunteers have roles that are small, they are the ones that make a very big difference. Maybe a documentary of people holding difference posts that make no matter how much contribution to this event can be made. This is one of the things that is going to make them feel like they are part of the first ever inaugural Youth Olympics Games.

TV Broadcast of Chingay Parade 2010

Watched the repeat of the Chingay Parade 2010 on last Sunday as I was not able to watch it on the previous Sunday. It was a different view of the show. It brought back the wonderful experience on ground watching the performances.

The good part of watching it on TV is that I get to know what are the things that I am supposed to look out for. Well, I still prefer to watch it on groud as I can really feel the zest. The ability to smell the fireworks listen to the full blast of fire crackers is a really good experience. The people in-charge of the fire crackers seemed to feel nothing when they were standing right beside the crackers and have the crackers bursting onto them. Yes, it was the most looked forward show of the parade, the fire cracker dragon. It's dragon dance with the fire crackers cracking on the dragon. Some performers that were not holding the dragon held on to the fire crackers as they cracks.

The show started with the music from Chingay Wonderland. I once again felt happy.

The dragon dances are really cool. I remembered that there was a group of monks that performed a very tough way of the dragon dancing. I saw another group showcased on TV but rememeberd what I saw on ground.

Liang Zhu's music is nice. I got to see more of the dances and what was on the float. I got to watch the full performance of the group from Taiwan too. Their skills are really great!

The Sayang Sayang song is great too but I do not really feel the beat that I felt on ground.

The finale song was quite nice. I still prefer last year's though. Hope I can get the sound tracks of the songs.

After watching the TV, I finally understand what was going on for the segment on the "yellow river". As I was at the side on ground, the show was rather confusing for me.

The broadcast lasted for two hours. Quite fast. Maybe it was an advantage that the parade was not broadcasted live so that no segments will be missed and mediacorp can continue slotting in advertisements through the shows.

The commenters were alright. They have provided information that helps me to further understand the show. It can however be improved as I do not think some unnecessary exclaimation is needed. There were point of times when the voices of the commenters drowned the music of the performances, affecting my enjoyment of the show.

Though the show was the same, watching it from the VIP's view is rather different. I am so glad that I got to enjoy the live fireworks on ground.

River HongBao 2010

This was my first time attending this event. Before going down to the Marina Promenade, I was expecting lots of beautiful displays, nice foods and a big crowd of people.

As I reached there at around 9.30pm, there were not that much people there. Joycelyn, HongQuan and I stayed till the venue was closed at 11.30pm. Because of the minimal number of people, we managed to take quite a lot of nice pictures. As I forgot to bring my camera along, I have to use my camera phone to shoot pictures. Many turned out to be blurred.

Items on displays did not turned out to be as much as I thought it would be. I especially like the pandas and the dragon made of molten sugar. As I went there late with a hungry stomach, I really felt like biting the dragon! It just looks so yummy. Some people were selling some masterpieces beside this sugar dragon. They use the molten sugar to draw out different types of animals. They are really cool! A beautifully drawn animal was done within seconds.

I took most of the pictures with the pandas. They are just unresistably cute. The one set of display dedicated to pandas is quite nice. There are pandas that are fishing, riding, and even taking pictures!

We went to the food section, hoping to try some nice foods. We ended up eating nothing as the price was way too high for the small amount of food. The food however smells nice though. Some of the food seemed common, for example, pancakes. I would rather buy the durian pancake from AMK Hub then from there as it was really very small. Furthermore, what was spread in the pancake was just simply strawberry jam.

There were some other stalls besides from those selling foods. But there were not relly very much interesting things there.

The three of us took lots of fun pictures at the entrace before heading home as the decorations of the entrance seemed nice.

It was a rather tiring day as it was rather rush. I can only visit the place on Thursday as it only last till the last day of Chingay. It would be nice if the duration could be extended so that I can take my time to visit after Chingay.

Formula One Grand Prix 2009

This is the second year that Singapore is hosting the night race. I can say that I am more "involved" in this year's race.

This was the first time for me to be stuck in the traffic jam due to the night race. This was due to the road of the bus that I have to take to work. The duration of road closure was reduced as compared to last year.

Good part was that I get to see more. A lot of people were deployed to help in the traffic. Diversion of the bus routes sure caused many problems for many. Saw a few red vechicles with big black words "special operations command" parked at different locations. Security sure is very tight. I would say that they had done a great job.

Reaching my workplace, I can hear the zooming of the formula one cars. Cool. First time hearing the sound "live". How I wish I can see them live in action. That would be really cool.

While the National Day Parade shows were going on, the barriers and gallery seats for the race were being slowly set up. I had once stepped on the tracks where the formula one cars ran that night.

Watched the live telecast but wasn't really interested. Seeing them going round and round made me feels bored. Guess I am more interested in knowing the winner. The sight of the pit area and the flyer brought back my NDP memories. Seeing the Marina Promenade, I realised that my memories are more of the pit area and the flyer as I spent more time there. I miss the flyer.

I wonder why the skies wasn't that bright this year as compared to last year's. Maybe different lightings were used I guess. I do not have much comments for this year's facilities. Heard that the system wasn't very good for the performance by the singers, especially when it was Asian singers that were performing.

Dad supported Button while I supported Hamilton. Pitied Hamilton for losing due to cheats used by the Champion last year. Saw the statistics of them in the magazine a classmate showed me a few days ago. Hamilton won seven races out of the fourty-seven that he had raced. Cool. His statistics was way better than Button's. Anyway, from the interviews, I can see that Hamilton is "burning with fire", full of confidence to win this race.

In any case, I would like to congratulate everybody for their effort in making this race a great success.

NDP 2009 TV Broadcast

Watched the repeat TV broadcast on Channel 5 and Channel 8. I can feel some differences though. But in any case, there is a big room for improvement.

The angles of the cameras doesn't seems to have much variations. Though there may be some nice shots, there are still a lot of nice ones neglected. I find the focus on the six musicians at one point was a little too long, taking away my chance to see the other performers dancing.

The feel of watching the parade is really different from being at the Marina Promenade itself. The atmosphere is so different. Furthermore, I can see what I want to see instead of what is chosen or decided by the cameraman.

IT Show 2009

Went to Suntec City for the IT Show with Dad and Brother as I am intending to buy an external hard disk drive. Didn't bought any in the end as there were so many people and I spent most of my time squeezing than seeing and get to know more about the products.

The space there were rather limited. There were times when there was only a small narrow path in between two stalls. As there were lots of people walking, one can't stay long to have a detailed look at the products.

Some of the discounts are not genuine at all. For on particular product, it was sold at $x at level 4. It was a discounted price for a few sets only. The rest were $(x+y). However at level 6, the same product was sold at $x as the original price.

I think the duration can be stretched longer. Too many people squeezing at one time doesn't really helps in the sales. Having the event over a longer period of time may incur a higher cost of production. But I believe that they will obtain way higher sales to cover that.

The shops around did somehow benefit from this event. Many people after going for the show, went to the shopping centers around to shop as well. I bought a new flip flop for myself at Muji, love it. It's my first flip flop! =D While I was there at the shop, many other people were there shopping there as well. From what they were carrying in their hands, I can see that they have just left the convention center.

For this event, it's really an eye-opener for me.

TV Broadcast of Chingay Parade 2009

Finally get to watch the full performance of Chingay Parade 2009. The performance at area one is very different from area four. Never knew that I missed out so much. Well, glad that I manage to watch it on TV. I have just finished watching the repeat as I was attending Chingay@Heartlands last Sunday. I really like the music for some of the items.

My favourite performances are the dragon dance from China, the twleve fairies and the finale. The dragon dance have the sparks effect which is created by the hitting of molten metal according to the narrator of the event. I wonder why there isn't any residue left at the area. The music for the twleve fairies sounds a little like the pirates of carribbean. For the finale, the voice of the "king and queen" is really nice. The music is nice too. Wonder where I can get it though. Haha.

Commenting on the show, I wonder why there was so much echo. Words of the emcee, the royal clown, was blurred and there are times that I do not get what he was trying to say. Overall, it was a great event.

I heard from SockHui that the broadcast was a mixture of the preview and actual day. Haha. The good part of not broadcasting the event live will not cause homeviewers to miss out any part of the performance. The feeling of watching on the spot is really different from watching it on TV though. Haha. It would be really nice to watch it at area one as there are fireworks. Haha.

I simply love Chingay. Chingay 2009 rocks! =D

Formula One Grand Prix 2008

This international championship is first time held in Singapore and this is also the first time that it is held in the night. I am really amazed by the efforts put in by everyone to make this event possible. This is especially the layout of the circuit. With all the details so nicely done, I really wonder how much planning are being done. I am sure that they have squeezed a lot of brain juice for this.

Even though I do not get to watch it live or get myself involved in this game, I have enjoyed myself watching the live telecast. Watching them going round and round is a little boring I must say. The racers have to run 61 laps in order to finish the race. The total distance is equivalent to around 300km.

What kept my eyes glued to the TV is the gorgeous night view of Singapore. It's a rare chance to see Singapore light up so brightly in the night. Furthermore, I can also see my beloved marina promenade. Some information given in the show is good as it had provided insights for people like me who knows almost nothing about the race. It would be nice if the surrounding is captured for audience to see before the start of the event instead of just showing the cars running in the circuit.

I am really puzzled when the winners are not singing their national anthem or paying attention when the national anthem of the champion's was played. No one seems to even notice that the Singapore's national anthem was sang at the beginning.

Spain's Fernando Alonso cliched the championship while Germany's Nico Rosberg and Britain's Lewis Hamilton are in the second and third place respectively. Congratulations to them! The efforts put in by the other teams are commendable as well. Great job everyone!

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Watched the movie on one of the episode of the chronicles of Narnia yesterday. It's really a nice film I must say even though there are some flaws here and there with the flow of the story. Which film is flawless anyway?

How the film is shot is really amazing. The scenes seems so continuous with no flaws at all. The job done by the makeup artists is superb. Even though I had read 6 episodes out of the 7 episodes, I hope that all the episodes are shot into movies. Reading the stories from books is a pleasure as well, just that watching the show would provide me with more understanding of the story.

It has been years since I have read the story of Narnia. Around six years. I have forgotten most of the stories. How I wish that I can read it again. What I remember is that the first book is the best. "The Magician's Nephew". The characters are different from the rest of the book as it talks about the start of Narnia. The book that I have not read at all is "The Last Battle". As I borrowed the books from my primary school when I first read all these books, I wonder where I can find the books now.

春晚 2008

今年的春节晚会挺不错的。这次最引人注目的舞蹈是由八位舞蹈员呈现的“飞天”。虽然好些地区被雪灾困扰，他们没有被在场庆祝的人所遗忘。就有一项诗歌朗诵是为那些受到雪灾困扰的人而写的。为这次春晚现歌的有周杰伦、费玉清、SHE及章子怡等。小品的项目都不错，最逗的是赵本山和宋丹丹合作的“火炬手”。晚会里的两项杂技表演都值得称赞。

但是，最让我感到疑惑的是章子怡的打扮。她那脸上的钻石可是许多人议论纷纷的话题。花这么多钱打扮，为什么不用在那些需要帮助的雪灾灾民的身上呢？

这些春晚的表演可以在youtube的网站找到。我本人推荐大家去看的是那些小品，挺逗人的。祝大家愉快！

Chingay in Neighbourhood 2008

Wow. I stood at the roadside with my Dad and Brother for about 30 to 45 minutes to wait for the chingay "cars" to appear. I thought that they would just run pass us quickly at first, because that was what happened in the past. However, it did not turn out as what I thought. It's really cool.

The event turned out like a mini chingay. Although there are no dances, the perfomers that perfomed at City Hall last week were here as well. Great job! Not just because that it's not a significant event that they do things in a sloppy manner. Their efforts put in to put up a show for us to enjoy can be obviously seen. There is also one extra "car", which is the hippo tour double-decker bus, which the Minister of Parliament and some other people were on board at the second level, waving to us.

Although the lion dance troupe on the "car" did not perform, they sat there and "make" their "lions" blink at us. Haha. isn't that cute? The starting of the mini chingay is by another lion dance troupe and dragon dance troupe. Some challenging action were done by the dragon dance troupe. Cool.

After the "cars" left, I found that the Malay Dikir Barat, Lion and Dragon Dance troupe, Journey to the West group and the Bangla group stayed at one block's void deck and continued to have fun with the residents. Cool huh? The Bangla group have a few kids leading the way, quite interesting.

I was rather high at first, waving at them. But halfway through, start to feel a little tired, so stopped waving even though the performers are waving at me. Had a rather long day though. Feel a little bad that I didn't wave back. There was one "car" where they are two girls who kept saying "byebye" to the people besides from just waving. The performers and residents are filled with enthusiasm and it's a rather fun event.

Chingay 2008

The performance last night was as usual extravagant. However, what that bothers me as usual is the interruption of the broadcast of the performance by advertisements and some unnecessary talks by the emcees. Some explanation by the emcees are good that it helps the audience to better understand the meaning behind each item performed. But that doesn't mean that to show involvement and excitement about the performance, one has to scream into the microphone.

The last item is what I like most. To me, it is the most artistic item of the whole performance. This is especially with the presence of Singapore Chinese Orchestra! Haha. Though I don't really understand the poem recited and didn't get to see what is drawn by the Singapore well-known artist, the music of that item is really nice! What infuriated me is that the broadcast is cut off when the performance of the item is still going on and it's not even 9.30pm. The broadcast is cut off when they show the Singapore artist is drawing something for around 5 seconds. How to know what he is trying to draw when I am only given 5 seconds of broadcast? Furthermore, at that moment, he seems to be just started with his masterpiece, meaning that there the item is going to continue for a while more. Argh...

I wonder what's going on as the overall performance doesn't seems to be well-rehearsed. Some of the music is played at the wrong time and the camera doesn't seems to be focused on the right thing for each item sometimes. Odd. I did tried to watch it online, which is loaded so slow that I gave up. Anyway, I don't remember there are any interruptions when the national day parade is broadcasted though.

Overall, although I didn't have a satisfying view of the performance, the performance is really great and the efforts put in to organise this is commendable.