December 12, 2009
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There’s always some magic about theater plays that you can never catch in the movies.
Perhaps it’s the intimacy of the stage, that you feel so close to the actors and you can relate to them so deeply as the play progresses.
Perhaps it’s the script and plot, that it is so concise to portray a story with the bare minimum, each dialogue is so well written that you get absorbed without the need for close-up cameras.
Perhaps it’s the environment and atmosphere, where the lighting and music are carefully cued and arranged that it makes you feel much deeper than watching people on screen.
Whatever it is, I’m a sucker for theater plays lately, and The Swimming Instructor is sucking me deeper into the whirl of theater arts.
It has everything, great actors, great script, carefully chosen yet minimal props made this intimate play at KLpac’s Pentas 2 a marvelous success.
Hours had passed since the end of the show, and I’m still lingering on each scene, trying to catch the layers of plots and morals embedded in every moment.
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October 18, 2009
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I have always believed that simple words or quotes, by anyone on the net, shows the zeitgeist of our time.
No matter how funny, how sad, how philosophical, how boring, how exciting, how stupid, how smart these quotes might seem to be, they do mean a thing. It might seem to be meaningless at first glance, they might not mean a thing to you, but when you’re looking at it, closely, how many things are happening around us, all of us, each second, each minute?
“there are many variables to success – reactive, manipulatable and constant. You may not control all, but you control one variable: yourself.” — Aldric Tinker
“Ideal drivers – road etiquette = Malaysian drivers.” — KLue Magazine Oct ’09
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October 15, 2009
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That’s a confession one of my friends made the other day, when he came over to ask me how to burn MP3s into a CD.
I was shocked. How can someone not know how Mona Lisa or to burn a CD at this time of age?
After my initial shock, I was even shocked by my own ignorance.
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October 14, 2009
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“Being gay” is a joke. Having a gay friend is fun.
Really being a gay, now that’s real fun.
No kidding. There’s a whole YouTube series dedicated to how fun being gay really is. Bring on the gay, babeh!
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