From Rose, with Love...

Again, taken with my N95 and an unsteady hand, nonetheless, pictures (for posterity) of my time with the cast of Rose, many of whom I couldn't get pictures of. However, others have (much better) pictures which I can probably link to. Later. When I'm not so tired :)

I had a great time, probably should have behaved a little better, but oh-well :) The crew was a strong one, with close-knit ties. Finally got to work (somewhat) with Tony, whom I've known for years, but never encountered professionally.

In no particular order, here are the pics from our cast party, immediately after our last show on Sunday the 11th of November, 2007.


Bella is a lovely person with a wonderful personality. Spent a lot of time on her laptop while waiting for showtime (early make-up call time lah, what to do?) playing some mystery game. It was awesome! And so's Bella :)


Carmen and moi...I play her mui-zhai, which has some benefits. One of which is I get to whap the ensemble boys with my long hair-extension. Bwahahahaha!

Contrary to some comments I've read about her from reviews of the show (from audience members), she is really a nice person. Very professional, very eager to do a good job, and absolutely incapable of a mean thought.


The Stilettos, Kuk Fa aka Chrys (my name is Chrysanthemum!!), Stylo-Tailo, the dude who gets to slap me at least 2-3 times each night (and live!!!), and Penny, our music director :)


KK and Anrie, two BPs (Beautiful People) both inside and out. KK's a brand-bitch ;) He's totally straight, and totally metro-sexual. Anrie's a cool, even-tempered person who totally makes everyone around her feel calm.


KK, Maria, and myself. Maria's got this tiny body and a huge, soulful voice. Every time she sang her storyteller parts, we'd get hyped to perform, or tear up with sentimentality. She's also an awesome person, without a single mean bone in her body. Party on, mama!!! :)


Lainie, a very sesat person. Showing support for the wrong show (we're doing ROSE lah, blurro! Not Girl from Ipoh! :p)...that smile on her face is totally perved on Carmen, but we luvs her anyways :)


Tin Tan, whose final strip scene always chokes us up, making us cry as we move into our final song. A total doll, she spends the most time rehearsing (next to Carmen) and is a sweetie. She gets to slap Tony around a lot, which is cool. I totally approve :)


Tin again :)


Tony Eusoff!! *screams extravagantly!* Okay lah, geez. It's just Tony. He gets his nipples pinched repeatedly (by Tin) and on the last night, got his nuts kicked up to his teeth by Jenhan. By way of apology, Jenhan arranged two cherry tomatoes and a piece of chicken sausage on a plate with an apology scribbled in Thousand Island sauce.


Tony, showing the guys there's no hard feelings over the damage to his nuts. Also, probably displaying his mutant Sarawakian mojo, proving that a mere kick ain't gonna stop this dude from having a good time ;)


Workaholic, perfectionist director, Low Ngai Yuen. Oddly enough, she's managed to fall short of being anal retentive, which was great for us :) She's actually very nice, and quite sporting lah. Adonis played Mr. Scorpio, the dude who whacks a brick off Johann's chest.

Since My Last Post...

The Kakiseni Gang took me to a birthday luncheon (post-birthdate) at Bangsar Village II... I chose The Banquet, because I am a total Cafe Cafe fan, and their tiramisu rocks. However, on that day, the Gang had bought me a cake from Bakerzin (which was equally as awesome) and I just have to post up these pictures... it says a lot ;)


It clearly says "NERO BUCKET"... Juliet tried blaming the guys at Bakerzin (it's supposed to be NERD Bucket...NERD!) but we shot that idea down... I mean, they're just copying text off her hand-writing!! ;)


I couldn't remember taking this, but it goes on the blog because Zedeck is...funny. 'Nuff said :D

After said luncheon, we had the photo shoot for the program book. The pics I took are fuzzy, but for lack of better material (try none...) I'm gonna post 'em up anyways :)


The view from the parking lot...

Fuck, I'm 30...

So... Rose rehearsals are going okay. We're starting to put things together. Show time's in 2 weeks, and rehearsals have, naturally, intensified.

HOWEVER.

Tonight was the exception. Due to poor attendance figures, rehearsals got canceled, and being the eve of my birthday, the family took me to a neat little corner shop in TTDI called Porto Romano... It's a nice, out-of-the-way restaurant, with excellent service, cozy ambience, low level and warm lights, and a decent menu selection. The price wasn't bad either.

I must say though, that I don't think I made a wise decision when I ordered the seabass. It arrived looking a tad too brown and crispy.. however, the salad, brocolli soup, pizza and lasagne were great. Stole bites from everyone, haha!!

And of course... dessert is essential. God bless Tiramisu :D

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A look at the menu...


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Taking a pic of second Sib taking a pic of me...uh...


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A necklace I made. Ripped the design off something second Sib owns... I loved it a lot. Hers, I mean, but it's in a warmer color. Copper links and wire, warm-colored beads. Lots of orange, pearl, some red. Decided to counter-design by going for icy-blue and silver. Whatcha think?! :)

p/s: The flower/bead thong on the left was something Doll made. Had to keep her out of my hair while I was twisting wire, so gave her some beads and a length of elastic string. It's quite cute :)

Come and watch it!

The Week In Retrospect...(Photo Heavy Post Part II)

Test shot of a tin of Almond Roca. Learning the 3 cardinal rules of photography...

A more sedate picture of the 3 groups.

Bartenders at..Red Dot. Walked past taking random photos, and these guys just hopped into position :)

The WP in front of the Victoria Theatre. Posing shamelessly on the front lawn :)

Mbube, first night encore.

Dessert display @ Pacific Coffee. Other pictures of logo and venue were discouraged.

I shot someone's butt. Hehe >:)


Cecil Street, next to the Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Headed to TAPAC, Day 1, for my workshop.

TAPAC...Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre, home to many of the arts groups of Singapore. TAS new home is located here. Initially, thought it was a school building.. but not in the way I'd imagined :)

Explaining genres...

I think we were discussing interpretation of lyrics here...

Intent faces... I hope the workshoppees (is that a word?!?!) went back with some food for thought.

First night, on the stairs. Screaming fans were ambushing the other groups. We camwhored instead :)

Paid a trip to Jurong Bird Park on Sunday. Hubby spent hours taking photos. It was a muggy day, and slightly overcast. The smell of bird poop prevailed, yet despite it all, we had a good time :) One of the inmates at the park.

This guy squated on the walkway in one of the smaller aviaries. He didn't seem to mind us infringeing on his personal space :) Cool eh??

A Lorikeet feeding from a plastic cuppie thing you can purchase at the door. It's a HUGE aviary with suspended bridges linking station to station. The drink is a mix of honey and some other vitamins, and the money goes to funding the feeding and care of these cuties. But really, how cool is it to have some brightly plumed bird sweep from a tree on the opposite end, just to drink from your hand?? :)

On the way home...

And here's something from Sam... in response to the picture I posted about the dodgy Singaporean loo... here's a Malaysian one in the newly erected CENTRO building in Klang. He was so impressed, he snapped this photo straight off :)

A Week In Retrospect...(Photo Heavy Post Part I)

Like, nobody reads this blog, I don't think :) But here're pics of my week... well, starting from the point where I got my new camera. Hubby was so sweet :) I got shtuffs!! Majorly!! Also, shamelessly asked if I could hop in (at the ELEVENTH HOUR, OKAY?!?!?!) for a song at Jazz@Southbridge... I think I embarrassed myself a little, but I can now strike that off my To-Do List... Hehehe :D

NOT in order, but with related captionizing....:D

Our lovely hosts, Alex and Angie...newlyweds (relatively!) and mushy with it :)


TAS' new home...cozy!


NANU, Angie's group... She heads up The A-Cappella Society of Singapore :)


Sculpture (The black one, not the dude in green) on Boat Quay...Quirky, eh?


A manual test shot taken with my new Sony... This was outside the City Hall MRT Station.


Celebratory supper @ Lau Pa Sat, some glam'd up mamak street for tourists, that was located near the Theatre.


A shot of my goodies. Hubby had really showered me with gifts :D


A trip to Singapore has some obligations. One is to Ben & Jerry's, bless them :) These are the seats at the outlet in VivoCity.


Da Doll had been pining for these. She'd dropped the notion after a while, but when I saw these on sale, I just had to snag them up :)


Key Elements (Singapore), SJ Tone (Korea) and The Wicked Pitches (Malaysia) in a merrily murderous mood :)


A muslim grave yard, directly across the swanky new VivoCity mall...


Here's something to ponder, in spite of the clean loo frenzy in Singapore...


I present to you...the Dodgiest Loo in Singapore!!


Our hotel, gleefully pronounced by Allan as a Fuck Shop *tm*... Me, I had no complaints (eventually)... the loo works, the rooms are clean, there's no prevalent stench in the air, breakfast was adequate, and it's actually a block away from VivoCity (we didn't find this out until Day 4). Also, there's a bus stop that connects us to most everything in Singapore just down the road a ways...


Day 5 (or was it 4?) we decided to walk to VivoCity from our hotel. That's Kampong Bharu Road, Harbourfront-bound.


The view from the Peach Garden restaurant, located in the OCBC Centre on Chulia Street, a block over from Boat Quay. Lovely view :)


While waiting @ the Harbourfront Plaza (which, incidentally, seamlessly connects to VivoCity via a walkway) for the Aeroline to depart, we shopped for gifts, and finally tried out Godiva's infamous Chocolixir... Hubby stoned out on it, as did I. It was orgasmic :)


More test shots. The ceiling of my room.


Ben & Jerry's!!! Yum!!