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Lea Salonga as Cinderella

Finally saw this musical... Waited for like 1 whole year...

Its run in has officially ended last Thursday and I am glad that I am one of the fortunate fews to be able to catch this world-class international production on 3rd January.

I saw the version of this musical with Julie Andrews first (part of my DVD collection), which is the original television musical. I grew to love the songs thus making me interested in watching the new version.

Ok... to keep my post short, I would state my views in point-form :D (kindda lazy)

The Good
-Great elements added to the original script
-The classics and the new songs are simply Superb!!!
-Beautiful sets (esp during the transformation and the runaway part)
-Professional singers (Lea Salonga has a wonderful voice, not once out of tune)
-Better choreography compared to earlier versions (the other 3 telecasts)

The Bad
-The Godmother was kindda pitchy in some songs
-Lea Salonga looks so tiny on the large stage (esp when standing beside the TALL prince)
-Some sets look flat and plain
-I prefer Julie Andrews's version of the old songs compared to Lea Salonga's

That's all... So overall a great musical and the best one I had seen...

Musicals I had seen

-The Sound of Music (2006)-------------------------Not as great as the movie

-The Phantom of the Opera (2007)----------------Great singing, however, lack grandeur

-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2007)-----------------Uncomparable to the movie, bad singers, horrible script. The only good thing was that the "car" special effects were wonderful.

-Cinderella (2009)------------------------------------(refer to above)

Pictures

Video (made by me during the school holidays)

Another day of my life...

Ok... Some ppl had been very unhappy with my recent post regarding the Adam Khoo Workshop... I'm sorry if I was insensitive towards anyone out there. But, there is one thing I want to state here clearly:

1. I did not say that if you cried=to being unfilial and have ill-treated your parents.

2. I did not say that if you don't cry=you are not guilty of ANYTHING.

3. I did not say I had not done something wrong to my parents before, just that I had already apologise long ago.

If you are still unhappy with anything, pls inform me through MSN and not flood my whole blog without my permission.

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Chinese O'Levels

Got a A2 for it... Kindda hoping for a 1... But anyway I was glad as my chinese results in school can be really suxy... Thank God at least I got an A!!!

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Adam Khoo Workshop!!!

LOL... ADAM KHOO!!!

It was fun!!! It was a 3 day workshop...
Learn things like power reading and speed memory.

But half of the time the trainers were talking about dirty jokes...
The only part which touched me was the last segment about the less fortunate people and about appreciating our families... When Leroy, one of our trainer, talk about us taking our parents for granted and not treating well.

I was so touched by the stories he told us and wanted to tear, but the droplets just can't drip out. Then, he asked us to close our eyes and imagine our parents as the angels of our lives... holding their candles and lighting ours... walked into the dark and never return... And he started talking about us treating our friends more important than our parents, and never take photographs with our parents recently and tell ius that we are hurting them so badly. Parents had given up 24 hours to us since the day we were born, but how much time are we spending with them now?

Everytime when I was about to cry, Leroy will say something that I do not feel guilty of, then I lost connection and could not cry. I was so shocked that everyone beside me was crying and sniffing , but I just couldn't even have one single drop of tear. I had always apologise to my parts if I had done anything wrong.

One funny thing is that I had a friend sitting beside and she was crying. After the talk, I asked if she's ok. She said yeah and also mention that she had never treat her parents this way. Not guilty of not appeciating her parents, then cry for what??? I asked her that and she said she cried for both Monice's and my mother!!! I asked her why? And she said caused we did not cry!!! I was like WTH... never cry means not treating our parents well??? I don't see the link!!! Then, I say she don't know me well enough to judge... And you know what she said... she said that Monice and I are cousins so same!!! I was damn pissed with her that day but ok after a few hours. Adam Khoo workshop did taught us to be more forgiving... I think they did.

Ok now here is the list of the trainers:

Gary:

The funniest of all the trainers, but most of his jokes are so dirty. Oh ya, he just turned 2 innocent Disney characters into something so disgusting...

#1 VICTIM-Mickey Mouse

This may just look like a mouse wearing a pants with 2 buttons... You know what did Gary said? He said the 2 round things are "balls"

#2 VICTIM-Pooh and Piglet

Another innocent cartoon that was turned into something that is the opposite of "innocent"...
He said that Pooh is gay and that he always asked Piglet to go to bed. The worst part was when Gary said the Hunny was for lubricant!!! Then, Monice gave a remark that that sounded so wrong. She said that Pooh's ......ehem was too big for Piglet. OMG! This completely changed my view of her as a innocent girl.

Then, he mention about Walt Disney and he asked everyone what was the 1st cartoon movie made in the world and is 73 minutes long... I knew the answer!!! It is Snow White!!! So I asked my cousin to answer due to my still severe sore throat... To my surprise, he said I was wrong!!! And you know what was the answer? PINOCCHIO!!! But, this is incorrect...Pinochio is 88 minutes long btw.

Here are the sources that imply that I'm right...

-Snow White was released in 1937 and Pinocchio was released on 1940.

Noticed the word " first"

Not that I want to say I'm right, but please do your research before coming up here to present. Another error was that he said was that Walt Disney made the 1st cartoon movie in the world.

The world's 1st animated feature film was "The Apostle" (1917) made in Argentina. While Snow White was the 1st animated feature to be produced in the US.

Other then that, Gary was a great trainer and taught us a lot on how to choose our path to our desired career.

Examples of some of his jokes:

-Golf is a very dirty game as it has a ball, a stick and a hole. He said that using a stick to push a ball into a hole is disgusting. I was like WTH. (I know how to play golf btw)

-Oh ya the meatball and the sausage joke was funny too!

Bong:

He was also a funny teacher but all I remembered doing was "Sexy Up Downs". Just joking... got learn some skills such as power reading and super memory!!!

Leroy:

He was the most inspiring trainer of all of the 3. WOW!!! The power of bringing so many people to tears was a miracle! I did not appreciate he grandfather in the past so he did not want us to miss our opportunity as well. I was so inspired by him during his segment in the program.

Adam Khoo workshop was amazing can make people laugh and at the same time bring people to tears. The scene when everyone was hugging their parents in the end was so touching!!! All of the sudden, Mrs Low, the Vp, came over to me and said: "On behalf of your parents, I would like to inform you that they love you." Only 2 words came out of my mouth "Thank you"... LOL!!! Almost bursted out in laughter... Of course my parents love me and I love them too!

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Farewell Party...

Didn't had the chance to go to choir farewell party last month...

Ok, let me wish all my seniors the best in their future endeavors :D

Oh ya... I was in the invitation and gifts department so here's the gifts!!!

For the video, I was so sorry about grammar mistake on it when it was shown during the farewell. I hope that the video had touched you and that you all would always remember our times together. I have just upload it on Youtube in order all you all to see the photos again. By the way, the grammar mistake is corrected. Unfortunately, the video is in 2 parts as the length of it is too long. Anyway, enjoy it! :D

Part 1

Part 2

Good luck!!!

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HK...

Just talking everything briefly cause it's all so long ago...

27/12

Had Dinner at home.
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28/12

Yum cha with Michelle Ma(godmother) and friends (she is the 4th from the left)

Had Dinner with family at my father's side

Cute right??? He is my tang 弟 or something like that...

Then this is tang 妹...I think so

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29/12

Saw a supplier for computer products in the morning... some quite nice... maybe we selling

Had dinner with Maggie Yiyi, Uncle Sam and Janette... Old friends of my Mum...

See we draw together during dinner... nice right? btw the left one by me... (got more next time I post)
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30/12

Made my HK permanent resident IC.

Yum cha with my Kou Fu (which is my Mum's brother).

Then, had tea with Michelle Ma at 大家乐...

Then had dinner with some of my Dad's friends (which he knew from secondary school...I think)
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31/12

Yum Cha ourselves

Went to shopping with Michelle Ma...

Then, went up to Anna Yiyi's house for steamboat.

Yummy!!! Got meat, got crabs, got prawns, got oysters, got abalone and the grand FINALE........................................
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THIS!!!!!!!
Something like fish fat with fish organs and intestines... Quite yummy...
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I'm sorry if you have just lost your appetite.

Then countdown and blah blah blah... Oh ya we had some dessert too... Some expensive cheeses: One is kept for 4 years, the other one is called black germ cheese (direct meaning of cantonese). Also had some pudding...

Time passes by quickly... appreciate while you can...

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Last Day in Japan

Didn't have time to update in hk cause no internet access... Just gonna say everything briefly

Last day at Tokyo Disneyland...

Played this

Repeated One's Man Dream II show...

Then went off for lunch at the Ikspiari...

Uni (sea urchin)

baby abalone
(kept the shells btw)

After that which we went to the Disney Store...

The weather that day was too windy for fireworks, so we repeated Hauted Mansion and Pooh's Hunny Hunt (which we collected the fastpass in the morning).

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