Trying to draft my cca testimonial and was totally grossed out by how I praised myself.

For all the "Prudence" and "Diligence" that Nanyang taught us, they missed out the lesson on how to have self-confidence.

The Lion King Musical @ Marina Bay Sands Theatre

After 3 months of contemplation, I finally decided to spend all my hard-saved money on a 2 hour show and TADA!! the long-awaited Lion King musical.

Well, I think going for a great show after 7 days of block test isnt really a good idea, because I was so so sooo tired on Wednesday. Nonetheless, I decided not to waste my money by staying sleepy so I took a nap after physics paper to ensure that I could keep my eyes WIDE open through the night.


I shall not waste unnecessary vocabulary on how great the show is, and anyway I dont have that many adjectives in my head now to throw them out. But let's just say that both the voice and the dance are superb and it's definitely worth the money. I was surprised that they actually had a live band performing, it was my first time seeing a real (abeit small and semi-computerised) orchestra underneath the stage. But the vocal power of the actors are just great. There was only one instance when the actor held the note for too long that the note went slightly off-pitch.

The theatre was a small and cosy one, and it reminded me of the Nanyang Auditorium with the red seats, Victorian-style white carvings and the small balcony at the second level.


This is Zazu, the lovely bird whose specie I do not know.


And they are pumbaa and timon! I love pumbaa from the cartoon, but I must say that the puppeteer playing timon is awesome. He is painted all green (which I presume is to blend into the jungle background, but he looks really striking on stage) but the way he moves the puppet is so smooth that the audience barely notice him. You can either look at the puppeteer himself or at the puppet during the show; both their facial expressions are fantastic.

The actors tried to put in some local characteristics, saying in between lines slangs such as "la", and chinese such as "谢谢" and "鼓励鼓励". The audience appreciated them but considering that about half of the people watching are foreigners, I doubt they understood where the humour is.

some thoughts..

My dad and I were watching "老字号" on TV and we saw this shop selling sliced bread. My dad asked," 我们现在就去买啊？” and I said "OK!" so we left the house at 8.30pm on a thursday night and took a 1/2 hour drive around singapore to find that shop. We spent $5 on gas and ERP, and in the end I bought half a packet of sliced bread for $1.40.

My parents chided me for not knowing how to 变通(the money we spent on gas >>>>money for 1 big loaf of bread, and I should just buy a lot), but I was so happy for the entire night that I drank two bowls of soup even though it has meat inside. (I never never drink soup with meat inside.)

Aren't my dad just cool? haha I feel so childish bragging about how great my father is, like when I was in kindergarten when I told my friends that if they bully me I would get my dad to beat them up muahahaha. But this event really dawned upon me how much we are alike in character! Admittedly, I have inherited his bad temper and most of his shortcomings that I really hate, but at the same time we are also both 性情中人, as in we would both leave the house in the middle of the night to just buy sliced white bread. I'm not sure where I'll be for my uni studies (maybe I'll end up in good old kent ridge), so I really treasure all the time I have with my parents. Short bonding sessions like this always make me so happy I think I can laugh out in the middle of the night.