I just turned on the telly (after a practice session of Blue Rondo, of course *angelic glare*) and caught a glimpse of MTV’s Punked, which essentially is “Celebrity Saboh*” I caught Salma Hayek with friends (Penelope Cruz?) at a club. They go to the bathroom and see an unimaginably huge turd in the toilet bowl. …
I just had one of the best birthday dinners ever, at Zuko, a new restaurant opened by an enterprising ex-colleague. It was good seeing everyone again. You could spout absolute nonsense and everybody would know what you were punning about. Anyway, it’s worth checking the restaurant out for good Modern European fare. One of the …
H and A got married yesterday and we Bristolians had a great time at the dinner. I was really happy for the two of them, and H was moved to tears on a few occasions. I wondered if I too would ever experience such overpowering love for someone else. The ballroom was smaller than expected, …
For the second time, I caught Wild Rice‘s production of Boeing Boeing. It’s as good as the first time, if you like sexy stewardesses, melodramatics, and catastrophic timing. Also, where on earth do they find such huge Filipina actresses? I’m sure “It’s not ee-see!” More details in my first review in 2002.
A package arrived today – from Acmabooks.com. I ordered three books from them and it arrived a week earlier than expected – all in mint condition (that earns brownie points). It all started off when I got roped in as the pianist for our forthcoming company production – a musical farewell to our much-loved CEO. …
I watched Alexander today. It’s another of those epic 3 hour films with lots of gory battle scenes and dramatic speeches, with the occasional romance and sex thrown in. Spoilers ahoy!
Taufik won. Yessss! And there were three million votes. I always preferred Mat to Ah Beng because he was really the better singer, even though he always looked more anguished. Singapore will be proud to have Taufik as our representative in World Idol. At least, he can pronounce his words properly. We know the Chinese …
My review of the opening day of Ivan Heng’s Return of the Tai Tai.
After having dinner with Ally, Paul and little Nate, I walked around Great World City and was inevitably sucked into the Black Hole which I call That CD Shop (because I can never seem to leave, and all my money seems to be going into one). A sharp-eyed sales assistant spotted me and hijacked my …
I just watched Troy and I don’t quite know what to make of it. Admittedly some moments were poignant – like the courage of the King of Troy for visiting Achilles to reclaim his son Hector’s body (aka Eric Bana who came out pretty well – his brother Paris aka Orlando Bloom, was just sitting …