Country-fy it

Hello all! yes i'm back! finally have my laptop working, so i can indulge in blogging again :) So first a short list for myself to keep track of what i've done over the past days!

Thurs: Josh came over for dinner
Fri: NE Trip
Sat: BTT and Mahjong and Movie
Sun: Rehearsal

++Thurs++

Joshua came over! Uncle Francis' Kid, just messaged him out of the blue last week and asked if he wanted to do dinner, haven't really met him in a while, and i hear he's been baking! so what better way to get to know what Josh has been up to, and the additional baked good was a bonus :D haha. He's been at MINDEF since he POP-ed, and having quite a senang life there, so like me he is using his time productively to pursue interests.
"Take half the time you spend on things and put it for Baking, the other half for knitting, and you pretty much have how i spend my time" - Joshua Heng
haha, great stuffs, Knitting is good! maybe you can make me a nice handphone pouch to rival ZhongTing's! haha
Oh! and Josh has got his license already! so he actually drove me back on Thurs, awesome-cool, makes me all the more eager to get my license!

++Fri++

Garh, NE Trip, even the sound of it sounts like a waste of time... and actually it was >.<>.< haha
The other thing was the KARAOKE SYSTEM, holy crap! its freaking fun! and everyone had a good laugh with my Chipmunk rendition of Superman, wish i knew more chinese songs, since that was what everyone else seemed to be obsessed over, oh well, they had english songs, but trouble was we discovered it too late, so we kinda had no time to play around with it, still hilarity for those that did take part!
the trip was... erm. yeah. But the guys made it funny, and enjoyable.
Racism: Embracing the many races is not living together as one race, but instead able to accept other races, in their practice, culture, and able to make jokes about them without them feeling offended :D
That's the only way to describe the fun we had with Sanji (the 'New' Xiao Bai!) also awesome just walking around talking cock with Milks and Xiao Bai, making the tour guide Laugh incessantly at Transvestites, and all sorts of other retardedness, all NAISE! (Sanji's 'nice')

++Sat++

woo~ this was a long day, to describe, because it actually felt quite short >.<

Morning: BTT day! finally get this part over and done with! walked in, finished the silly test in 10 mins and walked out to get my PDL, all done in about 1/2 hour? yes yes, so quickly have to get my FTT and practice done within 6 months! or else have to pay for the stupid extension, that would be a terrible waste of money. i'm thinking maybe i can do all my lessons intensive for 2 months after the production ends, then can take my TP practical early, before i forget everything i've learned. yes, sounds good.

Afternoon: itching to play mahjong! and i finally got my chance to on Sat! still, i lost TONNES of Chips to everyone, but as we call it "Jiao1 Xue2 Fei4" or 'pay school fees', not as painful as real money, but i guess bad enough huh? Still must practice! and train up, cuz i cannot be the only weak mahjong guy in the family, must be able to hold my own, so must play some more! hahaha

Night: now, we were all supposed to meet 6.45 p.m. at Somerset MRT, but EVERYONE ELSE was late, save for me of course, so by the time they reached, we decided to just catch the later movies, 9+, and go grab some dinner first. So sat around eating and catching up, hearing about how all the Sergeant trainees all are dropping like flies, all OOC or find someway to escape, sigh... oh well, be a Tech! and get your sergeant anyway! :D

More important was the movie! from the beginning we knew we were gonna split up, Eugene, Gavin, joined by Lester and Marshall, caught Monsters Vs. Aliens. While me and Kai Jie happily went off to catch HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE! okay i know you guys will pass judgement and call us gu niangs or whatever, but! a Disney movie is a Disney Movie, and as long as the magic is there, it doesn't matter what others say :)

Hannah Montana: The Movie
i just had to do a review and my take on how it was! Sure, Disney is a Machine, taking young kids, and churning them through a life so littered with sparkles and glamour that many get caught up in it, and lose their way after (Stupid Britney, and Lohan, messing themselves up >.<) Miley Cyrus may be no different, but there is hope for her yet, partly because faith makes a difference (yes Brit used her faith too) but the other quality is her Dad. Miley is not alone in this business, her Dad has many years of experience under his belt, and hopefully he can help in steering her in the right direction.
Back to the Movie, it was a feel-good, tweenie love-type movie, and they pull out all the usual things with love, and dual-life, and friendship, and family, but they did it with the same ol' Disney Magic, and there's one person who made all the difference, Miley Cyrus. I really really hope she makes the choice of going into acting, because she has charisma, and is one charming girl, if she rides the acting wave like Zac Efron, she can go on to do better things with Music in them, much like our Christian, Ewan McGregor, from the likes of Moulin Rouge. To go down the music path would be much tougher for her, and as Hilary Duff tried to, Duff fizzled out, hopefully Miley doesn't go the same way.
If anything, the movie did 3 things for me, showcased Miley's acting and charm, but for me, i was enchanted by the landscape of the Countryside, and i think i've got a new found appreciation or maybe even interest in Country, culture, but more importantly Music!
So for me i usually rate movies by how much i want the DVD (whether i do or not is another thing) I prolly won't go out of my way to get it ( I STILL WANT MY SIMPSONS: MOVIE DVD!) but if i do it'll be nice :) BUT! I really want to get the OST, soundtrack! to this movie, great stuff by both Miley and other country stars.

i think i was caught at the Rascal Flatts Cameo, with their Bless the Broken Road acoustic, that kinda make me look at Country in a new-found light. as the pretty boy in the movie put it, Country Music is always about something, it isn't just fluff, it always tells a story, i like that in my music :)

++Sun++

Speaking of country, i got an awesome new shirt today! from Marks&Spencers, this lovely denim-washed shirt that cost $89 >.< but it's REALLY NICE, and it has that country-flavour which i have a new found love for. hopefully i can continue to lose more weight and i'll look even better in it :)
Rehearsal was good, i'm getting more comfortable with the people each day, and now that the rehearsals are combined for full runs, i get to see the nice Hamleteers like Rosary (Zhao Han, haha) and the other fellows, and even Darren, who has come back from BMT recourse! so the people are fine. the play itself-though... it still got ALOT of work to do, so yeah shall just go along with it i guess, hopefully it turns out good. maybe i should say something to the directors...

But that pretty much sums up my past few days, i've got another filled week coming up, with POP-boys galore, PAY DAY! and rehearsal lined up on Wed, i know my later half of the week is gonna be packed, i'm worried for my wallet again >.<

now i leave you with, Bless the Broken Road