Huh!

"Facility has armed guards, high wire fences, CCTV cameras..."

If security at detention centre is that high, why is the suspect still able to escape?

Dian Xin Dian Xin!

Three's a crowd and that was the case today as I got together with two friends to catch three crazily-funny ladies in Dim Sum Dollies: The History of Singapore.

In a return for a second run of the hit comedy-musical, the Dollies this time re-invent our Singapore's history (everything from Sang Nila Utama to Samsui Women, and Japanese soldiers to Singapore Girl) by giving it a spicy twist, filled with catchy songs, fancy costumes and huge dose of wicked humour.

Blended well into the history-telling, the musical also parodies and pokes fun at controversial current affairs like road blocks, Youth Olympics, Integrated Resorts, en-blocs and so on.

While the Dollies are the main crowd-stealers of the whole show, there's also Hossan Leong who played a supporting cast as "Chopstick" providing equal laughs from his cross-dressing antics as well.

All I have to say is, there's definitely no way you can escape from LOL (laughing out loud) while watching this whole musical. Oh, and I'm totally blast off by the accents the casts created. Especially that of Pam Oei's Makcik character. At least don't sound as irritating as Mark Lee's one in Ah Long Pte Ltd.

Nearing the end of it, I thought National Day was here early. That's because we were led by the entire cast, as part of the closing, into a sing-a-long of some patriotic songs we'd only sing on 9 August and together with mini Singapore flags given to wave to. Weird and slightly embarrassing indeed.

Having never watch a live musical before (film musicals not counted) and a rare opportunity of stepping into one of the grand theatres of the Esplanade, I'm glad that I made the right decision of catching the Dim Sum Dollies.

A past video from the Dim Sum Dollies musical - Parking Pontianak

Kow Long Chou

This Chinese New Year, apart from the usual group of relatives' and friends' houses that I have to go visiting to, there were three other persons I've planned to visit - Ah Kow, Ah Long and Ah Chou.

However, with Chinese New Year already coming to a close, I've only had the time to meet up with Ah Kow but not quite the other two.

Now before I go on any further, let me explained that Ah Kow, Ah Long and Ah Chou, these three fellows were not any distant relatives of mine. And they were not some ah beng friends I have befriended. Neither were they some Chinese deities like "Fu Lu Shou", although in this case it would be "Kow Long Chou."

They were actually the three main leads from three flicks that's showing in our theatres this Chinese New Year period.

Ah Kow, as you'd know, is the adorable alien dog in Stephen Ah Chow's latest comedy CJ7; While Ah Long is the female loan shark played by Fann Wong in Jack Ah Neo's Ah Long Pte Ltd. And of course, Ah Chou is Jay Chou who kungfu-hustles basketball in Kungfu Dunk.

Though it was a pity that I did not managed to catch Ah Long and Ah Chou the two shows, then someone had came up to me consoling and saying, it would be even more pitiful to watch them.

Their reviews was so bad that I actually heard some of them saying, Ah Long Pte Ltd should have pig-head hanged, red paint splashed, and owe $9.50 pay $9.50. While Kungfu Dunk should be dunked into the trash bin in an early spring cleaning for next year's Chinese New Year.

How really bad the two shows is, I don't really know. And I also couldn't care much about it because I'll still stick to liking CJ7. It's delightful to watch, it's Stephen Chow with his wacky antics, and the dog is cute. But out of all these, there's only one main reason - because they used my favourite 70s disco song, Boney M's Sunny in the movie.

"Sunny, one so true, I love you..."

Serial Clubber

While movies have their trilogy of sequels, I have my own trilogy of... parties.

Well you see, I attended three major parties, organised by Fabulous Sundays, over this Chinese New Year period. In fact they had four theme parties but I had give one of them a miss, out of exhaustion of energy and money.

On the first day of Chinese New Year, already I was at St James Powerhouse merrying away with a portion of the angbao money I had collected during visiting in the day.

3 days later, I was at St James again. However, this time round instead of Powerhouse, I was at a new outlet called Boiler Room. The special bit about this party is, apart from being held in a new location, it's a 3D party where clubbers are handed 3D glasses to view special 3D visuals that are on display as they dance to the music. I haven't got to mention, that the Boiler Room outlet also has a special dancefloor that rotates.

Now I thought an idea like this is brilliant because not only you get to spin like those candies in the Chinese New Year candy tray at home, allowing you to have a 360 degrees view of the whole clubbing room, it's also a good way of dodging from people you do not wish to see in the club. Now you see me, now you don't.

However, it can be bad if you were to go away for a while and have a hard time later searching or getting back to your friends again on the dancefloor as they seems to be playing merry-go-round with you.

And apparently, some people who were there at the Boiler Room that night were boiling with anger, as they complained about the choice of music played, which is boring to them. Now you'd know clubbers are a bunch of hard-to-satisfy people.

Despite so, there were still others who were boiling with excitement over the 3D visual displays, the rotating dancefloor, as well as stars-spotting (Fiona Xie and Thomas Ong was there).

And there finally came the finale of my party trilogy, which just took place last Saturday - the Chingay post party, City Jam 2008.

A hard-to-come-by opportunity of dancing on the streets without any vehicles and traffic police coming your way. Feels unique and fresh indeed with such an open-spaced thing. Themed the Mardi Gras of the East, perhaps what's missing here is some 881 dancers at the scene with feathers and glitters.








(A video clip of the scene that night)

Lovers' Concerto

It's Valentine's Day today and I'm back again at my voted number one favourite romantic haunt, Upper Seletar Reservoir.

Spotted a number of love birds flocking to this place, including this one below on a lookout for its partner.







(Spying on others' intimate moments)


(Hitting Prata Place one more time earlier on.)

And Lo Hei with a group of friends yesterday. Haven't had it for a really long time.





Tossing high, high in the air.