-[ Crazy, cool 19-20 May ]-
Anyway, before I start getting myself carried away in typing all that I wanna to say, here's a video I would really like to share with you. Came across it at a world famous fansite once, downloaded but lost it somehow. Finally found it on Youtube.com, it's seriously the best video tribute to her.
This is the Second best performace I've seen done for the song Baby One More Time. The Best being the one she done for DWAD(Dream Within A Dream) Tour. This lets me knows why I(Loser) Loves her so much. She sings live! rare!
Okay, first thing I watched Da Vinci's code with my classmates over at Cineleisure last night(1am show) and wow.. Nothing too disppointing, the plot was slightly different(and I still prefer the book version). It's was like the more important infomation was sieved out and portrayed on screen while the less important ones are eliminated(duh, of course). What I mean is that the story on screen now has loopholes and the sense of mysteries is really missing. I still like the onscreen version and it's really surprising still. Only now that you could easily guessed the identity of Sophie Neveu and the identity of real bad guy.
The other big flaw is the lack of explanation as to why Teabing could fly anywhere he wants without proper flight plans(required even when you have a private jet) and proper documents. Next is when the arrest is done, why is Sophie and Robert allowed to roam around in England freely when they are without passports and stuff. Actually these strange warps of events are rather sufficiently explained in the book. Seriously.
So I really suggest you to read the book if you havent, it's twice as exciting and intruiging. And yah, just a tip if you find the book quite a bore at some chapters, Skip the chapters on Silas or just skim through fast, because he doesnt cause much problem when u miss him out in the story and his part is really mundane and full of "huhs".
=)
By the way, this year @@ Talenttime 2006 really s##ks and has several severe technical errors during the performances. The AVAC(sound and stage crew) crew was having some awkward running on and off stage moments during the performances, and the sudden screeches and overwhelming impact of some vocalist all due to poor sound management. Mic tests prior to the show apparently wasn't done good.
Yuhui is right, this talent time is more like a karaoke sessions for the people(esp true for the Minister) to enjoy on stage. Minus one tracks are raw and bass is weak and hollow and the singers seem to be tasked with the stupid responsibility to belt out all the parts as the lead singer and background singers(if any) alone. Meaning they are like weak, we seriously need background singers. LoL.
Firstly we have to blame the venue with its poor sound system(as far as i've seen, it's poor. and serves you right for compromising quality for rat cheap venue). Next we have to blame the seemingly inexperienced and noisy sound crew. I'm being critical, but if you want things to be good/better, expect comments and accept certain criticism.
The performances gave me headache when the teachers start to perform. I have to admit, I hail the female math teacher with great respect for the courage to continue to be up on stage when she missed the rhythm and tempo of the song almost completely. Mr Jose-- -an was freaky. Yes, freaky. Yes, he can sing in both Chinese and Japanese like a pro and dance like a hip-hop artiste ala Rain(Korean Singer) and 5566(Taiwan) or even better. But just seeing his Gggggggg_y actions just intoxicates you with helium and makes u squel like a tard. It's SCARY.
And you think the worse is over, Our Guest of Honour was a Minister(refer to www.cchocolatee.blogspot.com for more info on the night's performances) and I thought he was just giving another boring speech like every other Guest of Honours for any show (How I wish he did that). He started tracing the roots of Singapore from its budding state to it's rapidly growing state now, not only by talking. He started singing Xiao Bai Chuan(Chinese Song:Little White Boat) and Bangawan Solo(Malay Song) and even a tamil song~! He proceeded to sing a motivational song to our Singapore written 40years ago and next a duet with Mr Koh. Oh my goddness.
It's the first concert where I really felt overwhelmed, through the blasting mic volumes and the breath, i mean life-taking performances. I had to make my way out for fresh air halftime for survival because I wanna keep my life for my Davinci show after the talenttime.
Oh yeah, Thomas was super cool lah.. "(with muffled embarrassed awkward laughters)Can I make friends with you?"
Wahahaha~! Sh*t. I hope I wont die on Monday.
My blog of sercret messages.
till then;
16:28
