The Opera Populaire

"Treated" myself to 1 day of slacking abt at home today, after seeing my results. I had dreamed of such a day while rushing thru the whole of my last sem ever, so I savoured the day.

Watched "Little Women" DVD while eating my lunch. I really liked the book and its sequel "Good Wives", but the movie was a bit disappointing. It was rushing too much and din manage to delve into the many lovely and meaningful intricacies found in the books. The cast couldn't develop their parts to the fullest. It oso took away some of the plot I found most enjoyable in the book, like Meg and Mr Brooke's funny courtship, Amy and Laurie's "jing zai bu yan zong" sort of wooing etc. But overall it was quite fun to remember the contents of the book as I watched. Although the values expounded by its author Louisa May Alcott is a tad old-fashioned by today's stds, I still think it is not a bad idea to hold on to them, for e.g. not marrying for money. I even cried at the end at the funnily romantic scene where Jo and Mr. Bhaer got tog at last...a very weird feat since I dun normally cry at movies.

Then, since I was too excited to take my nap, I played some KTV DVDs and practised old songs. I know wat shall I sing at a next KTV outing, if there ever will be one: "qian yan wan yi". I oso tried my hand at the Jap version of "Rong Shu Xia". Teresa Teng rocks man! Tried to sing in Cantonese: "Nan Er Dang Zi Qiang", "Shanghai Tan". My dad has all these nice DVDs and VCDs. When I came back I oso saw that he bought this superb CD with all those songs I like to sing in KTV like: "Yi Chang You Xi, Yi Chang Meng", "Rang Wo Huan Xi, Rang Wo You", "Ba Bei Sang Liu gei Zi JI", "Wo Zi Zai Hu Ni" etc. Was so happy then! Since my dad seemed a bit bored with it, I shall bring it back to s'pore. Hiak hiak.

Hai....I urged all of us graduates to take one or 2 of sucj slack day before we r thrown into the reality of the working world!