Shakespeare with a local twist

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular and is widely performed across the world.

Until now, I've never expected the amount of improvision done by the Singapore Repertory Theatre. There were lots of hilarious local slangs, outrageous costumes, followed by the fact that its held at Fort Canning Park where immense effort done on the stage settings.

How can an outdoor play do without a picnic, though we gorged ourselves even before the commencement of the play. Surprisingly we saw people going all the way to the max with the picnic idea. Cushions, picnic basket and sundeck chairs, with as usual kids running around (leash them!), people over-dressing themselves (its an outdoor play not a fashion venue for goodness sake); come to think about it, I found a certain degree of entertainment by just observing the crowd.

Two thumbs up for the clean and decent mobile bathrooms, definitely not those you see at a wake. I must say the evening was rather delightful and pleasant, with exception to the gi-normous spotlights (the heat is ON). Let's just anticipate for more unorthodox events like this in future. Sweet...

Illustrated Assumption for NDP 2007 Goodie Bag

Our highly anticipated National Day Parade (NDP) which would be held at the new location of Marina Bay. This time round, high preventive measures are done to avoid any safety hazard. Due to the construction of the floating stage, I have suggested some handy stuff which would be included in the goodie bag for any unexpected situation.

Tattoo Art or Tattoo Cool

There's an article on youths with tattoos, which was rather disturbing after reading it. I pondered as the society created such a stereotype on individuals with tattoos, being straight at the face judgemental with raising eyebrows, we received comments like, "Were you from some kinda cult", "Does your tattoo have some sorta of representation of gangs". These questions.....high frequency when you meet up with new people. Could it be an act of being cool, which ignorance overwhelmed? Or is it a monkey-see-monkey-do trend that had coz youths to be victims of being inked.

My personal impression on tattoos has never been a 'cool' status element, it has always to me, an artwork being orchestrated on one's body. You have to appreciate it rather than depreciating it. Make it a part of you, something you would have to face for the rest of your life. Just like having that special soul mate, you wouldn't wanna remove your soul mate right?

In the article, some 20 malay kids were sponsored by their religious association, lucky for them they're receiving that 50% discount (oh boy...) on the removing process. It mentioned that this malay chap regreted so much (matts are always matts), he had to wear sleeves to cover his tattoos on the arms. This is just crap! These are the idiots that had brought down the reputation of skin art culture. Off with their heads!!!!!! Ha-yee-yaah!