The Pursuit of Happyness
Just watched a very inspirational film starring Will Smith (playing as Christopher Gardner). His character bore through tough times (homelessness, near-bankruptcy and taking care of his son) to finally being happy when being told that his efforts at being an intern has paid off. The film started off slow and brought us slowly through the mini-episodes of his life i.e. “Riding the Bus”, “Being Stupid”, “Running” and a few others that showed us how he had to choose to live and take care of his son.
The stark contrast between the adult and the child was interesting as one was constantly concerned about finances and housing (therefore being unhappy) while the other was being taken care of, had place to sleep and got the present he wished for (therefore being happy). Watching the show made me realise how much life has changed since my childhood days, and it made me realise how hard my parents worked to take care of my family. Although I can’t say I have experienced what the main character had gone through, I can most definitely understand the need to constantly work hard and improve one’s situation in the pursuit of happyness.
Merry Christmas 2006
Christmas parties 
Just love them, don’t you? We hosted one at our place this year and also went to another at Joe & Karpeng’s.
Mayflower gang.. we even had Jingtian and Eric join us! Haven’t seen Eric for close to 12 years!
At Joe & Karpeng’s. Ace is sooo cute!
Night At The Museum
Watched this hilarious movie on Friday night (22nd Dec) at Bugis Shaw. The movie started off a little slowly as it tried to show us why Ben Stiller’s character “Larry Daley” had to get a job to take care of his son. Once we get to the museum however, things start to pick up on the first night as seemingly everything comes alive and their personas kick though their waxy exterior. Robin Williams (Teddy Roosevelt) patience guidance of Larry finally ensures that the main character shines through and saves the night for all the wax characters. Overall a pretty interesting movie since there are some historical footnotes in there (for knowledge) and some low-brow humor (which is always enjoyable on a Friday night ). Particularly liked the characters played by Owen Wilson in his western diorama and his eventual bonding with the roman general.
Jack and the Beansprout
JACK and THE BEANSPROUT
Opens 29 Nov 2006
Drama Centre Theatre @ National Library, Level 3
W!LD RICE proudly presents Jack & the Beansprout!, a brand new musical-comedy-pantomime about dreams, a mother’s love,, Giants, honesty, greed and the perils of keeping up with the Tans, Dawoods and Sallehs.
Source: W!LD RICE :: Production : Coming Soon
Yh thought this might be interesting so we’re going tonight
Edited 2006-12-25
The musical held at National Library was definitely very interesting. Compared to Oi! Sleeping Beauty last year (also by Wild Rice), I liked Jack and the Beansprout more. The theme of wanting more as you get more felt very real as we grow up and earn more financially. The weaving of such a universal theme into a children’s classic was definitely interesting to savour since we all know what’s going to happen, but the tiny twists and overall “upgrade” of the characters to more accurately reflect current cultures made it even more fun to watch. I personally liked Ivan Heng’s character of Widow Neo the most since it was over the top and superbly funny to watch. Definitely a must watch and glad Yh picked this for us to enjoy. Thanks dear!
Jack and the Beansprout, the fourth in this series, is characteristic of the W!ld Rice pantomimes. It’s a sugar buzz of fun, featuring overblown, interactive drama that children should love – director Jonathan Lim milks plenty of physical humour from the actors’ efforts to negotiate a supersized kitchen floor in the giant’s palace. This sense of fun often reaches out to adults alone – there are jokes about Royston Tan and the Singapore Biennale, and loads of sexual double entendres that rugrats will not comprehend unless they’re corrupted already.
Source: FLYING INKPOT THEATRE REVIEW: Jack and the Beansprout by W!ld Rice
A-Gapella Performance at Library@Orchard
We attended A-Gappella’s Christmas caroling performance at Library@Orchard yesterday (our 2nd time, first was in Outram). It was a pretty enjoyable hour of a-cappella style caroling. We found out about the event coz Yh’s good friend Stanley was in the group Looks like they’ll be performing again on the 20th of December 2006 at the Esplanade Concourse so be sure to drop in if you’re there!