Crazy Little Thing Called Love

~poignant portraits of the ties that bind - and sometimes knot~

I just came back from this play called em, as mentioned above, Crazy Little Thing Called Love at the YMCA hall, Ipoh. It was a 2 hour play from 5pm till 7pm and the tickets were FOC. I got to know of this through one my christian friends and she invited us all to the play. There's even an invitation through Facebook! LoL
The play featured The Footstool Players and was organised by the St. Peter's Church Ipoh.

It was a series of sketches that would highlight various issues affecting marriage and family relationships to support marriage enrichment seminars. The play is in two acts. Act 1 deals with love, courtship, and marriage, while Act 2 deals with family relationships. Each act was 55 minutes long and at the end of every sketch there were short snippets of songs played in the background and one of my favourites was Do What You Have To Do by Sarah McLachlan (I'm gonna go download this after I'm done here!)

These were my favourite sketches:-
Be Real
Its about this guy er, Robbert Ooi I think, LOL. He signed up for this speed dating thing and was doing a video recording session of himself (introduction). His guide was being all funny and asking him to pretend to be as good in front of the camera, but in the end the moral of the story was to be your own self and not pretend just so that you can give people the ideal impression of you.

I Love You More
This sketch is about a couple who compares their love with almost everything under the sun and tries to win by competing with each other on who can say the most poetic comparisons! Haha! It was so hilarious and amusing~ There were many phrases and its all about the mountain, the rivers, the entire universe...erm I don't know what else, LOL. It was lovely though.

The Ledger People
In this sketch, the husband and wife keeps track of each other's merits and dimerits in a ledger book. Yes, ledger books used by accounts clerk! Haha~ Because they were too busy adding and subtracting points from each other, they failed to remember what it felt like to be doing things for each other, not for the sake of earning points but because they love each other. =)

Word Picture
This is basically about a married couple whereby the husband was so engrossed in earning to support the family as well as not wanting to feel looked down by the wife. The wife meanwhile feels that the husband is beginning to ignore her and the family and prioritises work over them. There was a long and heated argument which ended with both confessing how they felt towards each other and they reminisced about the past where they were dating, how they enjoyed talking to each other every moment- sharing everything and without boundaries. It was a happy ending after that though =)

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All sketches above were from Act 1, which was all about love, courtship and marriage. The 2nd act is more on the serious side- less laughter and more arguments, confessions, and sadness.

I didn't really enjoy part 2 as much as part 1 though. The sketch that I could say I've enjoyed most was :-

Billy
It was about a boy and his father. The boy, named Billy thought that his father loves him because of his smartness and all the good things he did. However his dad kept on reminding him that it wasn't because he knew his ABCs or that he drew a good picture of the family, but it was just because he loved him. The big guy who played Billy (Colin Kirton, the creator, producer and director!) was awesomely cute in this sketch! His voice went all squeaky and bubbly, LoL.

It all ended great, with the last and final sketch, The Greatest of These and it was curtains down. Everyone truly enjoyed the play and the audience roared with thunderous claps at the end. The play was AWESOME! Many lessons to be learned and experiences which we would soon encounter later in our lives were depicted in the sketches today.

Many credits to the Footstool Players (all casts and crew members) and the organisers as well!
Well, that is all for my post of the day~
Gotta hop into bed soon.
=)
Good Night.

More Reading

Ok, I've finally finished my Caribbean Cruising (^_^)V

Boy was that a great refreshment!
Ryan, hot hunky hottie, always so caring, always there whenever Lindsay needed help, so very understanding, never too pushing and asking for too much, always helpful and each time you're in a situation, he'll be the one next to you.
It was like going on a cruise with them and truly enjoying every single page of the book.
I liked the people in it, the activities they do- whether planned or unplanned, the places they've been to, partying whole night, dancing, enjoying life, relaxing...haha you get what I mean. I think I'm being too repetitive! LoL
It's all about hot summer romance on a super romantic cruise in the Caribbean~

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Haha...I started this post like about 2 hours ago, and I'm only continuing now!
As I was saying, after a few more posts on books I'm reading, this blog is gonna turn into a book review site, LOL !
Sorry for not being able to put in much here cause I was too busy in MSN, haha
SO, my next book will be Wuthering High, by Cara Lockwood.

SYNOPSIS
Fifteen-year-old Mia is not exactly thrilled when she gets the news that her parents are shipping her off to boarding school. It's not like she did anything that bad -- all she did was wreck her dad's car and max out her step mum's credit cards. So, off she goes, from Chicago to Bard Academy, an exclusive prep school that treats troubled teenagers with a healthy dose of higher learning and old-fashioned discipline. But all is not what it seems at this educational institute, and Mia and her classmates soon discover that the teachers are actually ghosts, stuck in limbo, some of them famous authors who died before their time, including Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, and Charlotte Bronte. And what's even more disturbing is that not all the ghosts have good intentions. Mia and her friends must stop one evil instructor's plan to bring down the school -- and the entire student body with it.

Ok, that's about it for now...
I'll keep posting on any further updates.
Btw, today my friend just helped me discover I have another 2 dimples!
Haha, which makes it 4!
I have 4 dimples!~~~
LOL

Caribbean Cruising

Ok, this book was bought under RM20 I think and it was certainly a good read!
Hm lets see when did this book land on my bookshelf...
I think it was around the end of 2006, when I was in Form 4.
Today is the 2nd time I'm reading it and although the story was familiar, I find myself still giggling and smiling to myself at certain parts of the story.

'The perfect summer story of a girl, several boys, and a cruise ship full of possibilities. Lindsay has never been on a cruise, but she knows exactly what she wants to do now that she is: climb a waterfall, snorkel, meet lots of cute guys, and look for one perfect guy for a summer fling. But her to-do list isn't going according to plan, especially when she discovers that it's impossible to have a fling-when you're actually falling in love with the hot hunk appointed to be your 'baby sitter' by stepdad.'

Ok that was the short synopsis I copied from another site. Btw, the cute guy's name is Ryan, which reminds me of my darling friend who dreams of marrying a guy with the name Ryan or at least a Bryan, and it'll be a bonus if he's a spaniard! =.=|| According to her, having the name Ryan is like a must. Haha~

Rachel Hawthorne the author did manage to get me so involved in the plot till I'm nearly halfway through the book today despite its my second time reading it. The book talks about hunky hot guys who can be so nice, super caring and yet able to keep cool about all things going around, including his feelings for the girl; and how things always happen so 'coincidentally' with him and it always seem to turn out into an unexpectedly good outcome; how it all seemed too good to be true and its always the cute guy who ends up with you. You might see this all as a facade to the real world where there is no such thing as the Things-Always-Go-Your-Way Principle.

Besides that, this book also talks about cruising and this means a lot of descriptions on the cruise ship, the ocean, island destinations, outdoor sports like paragliding, hiking, waterfall climbing and shopping! -ok shopping is not a sport, lol.

Anyway this post is just to talk about the book and I think I'm able to complete it tomorrow or by Wednesday at least and after that I think I'll move on to either Wuthering High or erm...I don't know, Dancing Queen perhaps? Or finish up the other book which I've abandoned quite some time ago (also my 2nd time reading) So Super Starry.
Haha, we'll see first. No point planning ahead what to read when I know there's a possibility of me not even reading it later!
Toodles~

WMP Playlist

Lately (2 to 3 days back) I've been listening to these few songs again and again and again...

I am indeed addicted to them now...haha

Song No. 15, 16 and 17 are from Camp Rock. Just watched them the other day and it was such a nice movie. I really enjoyed it. ^_^ I never knew Joe Jonas could be that cute too! Haha~
And I thought Nick was the only cute one in the group. Btw, the accoustic version of This Is Me is so much nicer than the normal version.
Right now, I'm partially a JB fan too, LOL.
I also realised Demi Lovato looks too much like Miley Cyrus.
And Joe Jonas looks a bit like Drake Bell.
Don't you think?

Song No. 19 is the background song for one of the 2Days 1Night episodes, where they all went to Mount Baekdu. I liked the background theme very much back then and finally managed to find the You Tube video of it. I converted it to MP3 version and voila~ is in my playlist! haha~
The title of the video is
Beautiful Country (아름다운 나라) - Shin Moon Hee Moony
Once again, this song has a kinda 'grandeur' and regal kinda feeling.It feels great to listen to this song and picture yourself at the Crater Lake at Mt Baekdu or any other picturesque scene on Earth.

Song No. 22 is the main theme for 2Days 1Night too! The dance that goes along with the song was seriously hilarious! haha~ worth watching.

Lastly, song 23, 24 and 25 came from Nic Jonas (his solo album when he was a kid) At first I thought the solo came up recently, but turns out that was many years ago. No wonder the voice was sounded like a girl (no offence) and I thought it was a girl singing the song!
But the songs were seriously nice! Especially Appreciate =)
'Life is too short so take the time and appreciate~~~'

Well, basically this post is like an update of my WMP latest playlist! These few songs are the ones that have been repeated again and again lately. LOL.

Ps. Revenge is sweet~ We're equal now...muahahaha

Spinning In My Mind

I'm blogging again (=.=|| lame statement) Haha~
Hm, few issues to be lightly mentioned here:-

1. I'm sick of relationship matters. I'm not ready to commit and I DON'T WANT to!
SO stop being a worrisome sicko and keep on worrying that someone will 'snatch' me away.
No one is and no one can.
Don't keep on pressing and if you go on like this, not even God can help you.
It's just too bad. I'm already trying to increase my tolerable level day by day, week by week.
At this rate you're going, I can't catch up and you'll end up right back at square 1, ie I'd want to turn and go the other way when I see you in future.

2. I just went to watch The Unbelievable yesterday. The direct translation from chinese is something like 'Strange Talk' and its really worth watching.
The movie is like a documentary and revolves around this tv crew from HK who travelled to Thailand and Malaysia to film on the supernatural and ghosts.
There were many different short scenarios combined into a 95 min movie. They attempted to summon the spirit of a Thai man who hanged himself, bring back the spirit from the netherworld by opening the coffin and giving the corpse 'human breath', witnessed many weird, disgusting and gruesome scenes of shamans 'biting' (yes, biting, and the animal was still alive!), hitting the chicken/fish/lizard/frog with a heavy club.
He practically bit the chicken (with feathers all intact and still flapping) who was very much alive using his teeth and torn everything out until only the main vein is visible so that he can dig the heart out to be fed to the 'baby ghost'.
Then there was also women in Thailand who seek the help of the Penis God (yes, he does exist, and I'm sure you know for what reasons)
They also played Spirit of the Coin in Papan, resulting in a girl being possessed, and got a video footage of a ghostly image in Kellies Castle, Ipoh.
Phew, ok that was a long summary! But it was interesting to watch.
I went with 4 of my frens ( KH,V,T,YY) and there were like only 10 of us in the cinema!

3. Got a surprise & short Audit Test waiting for me in class as soon as I got back from the movie. =.=
Good thing I studied all this while.

OK that is all I have for now. So until I have some more things spinning in my mind, we'll say goodbye for now =)

Love Is All Around

My fingers were in pain...especially my left hand's finger tips.
Why?
Because I had to go and discover this guitar tutoring video in You Tube.
And what song is he teaching? LoL
Love Is All Around, by Wet Wet Wet.
Haha, a very very nice song and it brings back the old days.
I stumbled upon the video and realised that his teachings were kinda easy to follow and also the fact that there were only 4 chords to play throughout the song.
Em, not really 4, cause there're another 3 or 4 chords for the chorus part which until now I can't get hold of! Damn it!
The four main chords were:-
D major
E minor
G major
A minor
in which you can strum or pluck using different tempos or styles! It was amazing.
I immediately went to get the nail clipper and got rid of my long nails so that I can hold the chords properly.
FYI I haven't been playing the guitar for quite some time due to my long nails and extreme interest in nail art! Haha~~~
So each time I get to cut my nails short, I'll go grab the guitar and play a few tunes!
Hm, yeah back to my short lesson this afternoon.
As I was saying, I took about an hour plus to actually play all 4 chords smoothly. All the switching between the chords is not easy, considering I haven't been playing for so long.
Then, I tried singing along with it and I did it!
I was super happy! For once, I can sing, and play the guitar properly without messing up!
Usually I can only do one at a time.
Then I went along to learn the chorus part, which I still cannot get after about an hour.
It's something about the G major, E minor, D major, and A minor! Aiks~
Its the same chords, but it was played in a different count this time and I just can't follow.
Arrrghhh~~
My fingers are in pain and its red, even now...
Well, I'm gonna perfect this asap!
I wanna learn how to play a full song at least!
There are so many songs I wanna learn how to play but most of them are kinda tough!
But this song is really easy to learn. Trust me.



You guys should go visit his channel. There're about 200+ vids on tutoring!

090909!

Happy 090909!!!

Today was indeed a memorable day worth blogging about! Well, not that anything special occurred to me today but its the 9th September 2009! 090909! How often do you get that coming by? I mean, yeah it comes every year like 080808, 070707, and next year will be 101010 XD
Hm, i went even further as to wait for 9.09am! I could've gone and waited exactly till the 9th second but I didn't. What was I doing at that time? LoL in the library looking for my friend who fell for my trick! haha He thought of skipping class for half an hour because he didn't do his 'homework'. There was no homework but eventually he fell for it. HAHA~
So, at 9.09.09am, 9th Sept 2009, I was in college library with 2 of my best buddies AKA brother and motivator =)

If you've missed today's 090909, then wait for next year's 101010!

My Stuff

Instead of converting all my complains and dislikes here, I might as well channel some positive energy in here, instead of all the negative energy and emoness. Haha

For a change, I'm going to talk about my obsession with Uniforms!
Uniforms as in not the kawaii Japanese-schoolgirl-style, but more of a military type of uniform.
-Not the ordinary soldier uniform (the khaki/dark green and patches style) but more towards the olden French revolotionary style (minus the feathered hat!) and other similar styles influenced by them.
Take two examples:

The first pic above is from the anime series God(?) Save Our King! aka Kyou Kara Maoh. I like Wolfram's uniform, the blonde guy in blue military uniform. I like everything! haha
The second picture is from Le Chevalier D'eon. I like this type of uniform too. It's classic, classy, very medieval-ish, elegant, and regal.
Haha, there's another one I found in Deviant Art. This is just sooo cool! LoL
Beautiful! ~and smart!

Fairy Tales

You know what? Fairy tales are but lies.

When you're small and young, and naive, fairy tales are to you, the most enchanting thing that has ever existed.
Girl meets boy, the Prince and Princess falls in love, and they lived happily ever after.
Bullshit.
This never happens in reality.
You very often would not get the guy you want.
No matter how badly you want him to be with you, somehow, it won't happen.
At the end of the day, you'll just have to accept what has come your way and learn to live with it.
But is it wrong to put your faith and hopes into fairy tales?
Hoping that one day your prince charming will come along in his white horse...
Haha! Dream on.
Because so far, none of this fairy tale stuff has ever happened to me.