5D's Pictures (I)

No elaboration of storyline, only pictures uploaded for all to see. ^^



At the backstage, waiting and waiting. My role is a very "free" role however I was a very busy backstage helper from scene 1 to 4.



The show started after the struck of the gong.




Happy Birthday Occasion



Naughty and spiteful maid got herself a slap. Serve her right for being impudent.



Maid in distress begging on the streets. (Reminds me of a bittergourd seller yozz.)



Bittergourd seller earned more than 50% in Yishun than Tampines. (LOL)

The Launching Of Xiangopera 21

The troupe launched its own book, Xiangopera 21.

The book took a few months to prepare and it contains our troupe's history.

We performed 5D last night and some of us stayed up late to prepare for today's launch. WMY even slept alone in KH while the rest went home at around 3am last night.

We had our own duties and XJ was the overall in-charge for today's launch. You should see how stress our XJ was. She probably didn't sleep well last night. In fact, I don't think she had really slept well these few weeks as she had to stay up very late for OT.



See how busy our Chief Commander was. She didn't even have time to put up make-up. Shanice was another stress-up soul because she was the MC of the day. Actually she did a good job though she kept whining that she couldn't do it. (LOL)



SH also another stress-up gal. You should see how excited and nervous when she was trying to take a lift down to be with Leader. Her role for today was to accompany Leader in and out wherever she went. Serious face sia, don't play play with her yozz. (LOL)



While waiting for the VIPS to arrive, we took some fun pictures. We even had a dry run on clapping for the VIPS.



Finally our VIPS arrived. ^^



Leader making her "poetic" speech on how she established the troupe 21 years ago.



Wow wow, I got the Mayor's authograph!



What had gotten K's attention?



Hungry Hippo K.



Took a picture with Teacher Hong.



Grand Finale for all the Khers.

Kun's Upcoming Show

OMG...Oh My God!!!

It is Kun, the xiaosheng in the picture.

She is going to stage this show on the 30th Dec.

So many good shows in Dec..Too bad they all clash with my own performance and work.

At least Shanice got to watch her idol(s)' Venetian Twins and they have gotten quite many positive feedback. I wish the troupe would release its DVD soon..

(Please consider...at least the CD is released and I have one. Thanks to Shanice for giving me one copy. ^^)

Back to Kun...

She is so so so so PRETTY! I like her very much. She is my IDOL!!!! She is a very busy person, has to juggle between her teaching and opera activities. Last September she made a point to meet me and treated me to a nice sumptuous meal. We had a fun time chatting together with my brother and Peggy. XL joined us too except FM was too shy to join. FM is always so shy...don't know why...(LOL)

Anyway, they are all very very nice people! I like them very much. ^^




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五女拜寿的第一场

Enjoy... ^^

弔祭

弔祭 演唱者:李佩穎

歌詞:

無聲無息無記智，無未來無過去
生命中流星一閃消逝
我叫著你的名，卻是回音
回音被聽見

敢是命運的創治？
靈魂在夢境相依
你夢中的我，夢中的你
我踏著你的腳步，卻是獨影
獨影在身邊

喧鬧的人間、冷淡的世情
半邊的靈魂飄來盪去，找無倚依
雨水冷冷冰冰
留下是真實還是空虛
因為有你，我才明白自己
讓我找到自在的勇氣

因為有你、因為有你
讓我找到自在的勇氣
已經謝幕的人生，由你來為我寫下意義


本音樂收錄在:《威尼斯雙胞案》原聲大碟

Arrogant Sheng???

Leader had a meeting this afternoon. She shared comments that she had heard from her audience. (2 of them, one of them is our loyal audience another is a colleague of TOP.)

I am not going to go through what she had shared. But there was one particular comment made by the TOP's colleague which I found "amusing".

"Amai sings the best among all actors HOWEVER she is very ARROGANT on stage."


Personally I feel I did not sing that well that night. As for I being arrogant on stage, this comment makes me confused.

In what ways was I being arrogant?

My feel? My style? My eyes? Or Just ME?

Too Tired Plus Tummy Pain

(Taken before the performance. Nope..I was not doing Wawasheng..The hair was tied in order to make it more secure when you wore the hat."

I was very tired yesterday and I am also tired today.

I have not totally recovered from my rashes and I developed another fever last night after my performance.

I reached TP CC at 1plus and we were expected to reach the venue at 12noon. Dans were expected to reach at 11am instead. Leader said that they were the “摸菇”s.It means they tend to dilly dally and stretch their time doing things at minimal level. (LOL)

I did 2 other members' make up and 1 dan's head. Luckily I was able to finish my tasks within the stipulated time.

ZQ commented that my makeup (on my face) was nice and asked me how did I make it look so clean. He said he tried to but he could never get the strokes beautifully drawn.

Though I only appeared in the last two scenes, I was still very busy running here and there, making sure that everything on stage turned out okie.

Then I started to have tummy pain after the interval. My throat was dry and I was trying so hard to sing my lines. I don't think I sang it well last night. I could have sung better.

My tummy pain never seems to go away. Or is it gastric? Sometimes I have problems distinguishing tummy pain and gastric.

I don't feel good today. In fact I feel tired and sick...sick in the tummy...

Fever went away after I took my medicine last night.

Yet why do I still feel so tired................

I didn't take many pictures last night. Too busy and too occupied and too tired to take.



Took this picture when I reached home last night. Huipei gave me a nice sunflower. It is very nice of her to remember me. Thanks a lot. ^^

Oh yes...I came home straight after helping to move things. My sister-in-law saw me in my opera makeup for the first time. (LOL)

Kash is used to it already......Anyway.....it doesn't make any different...Dogs are supposed to be colour blind...hahahahaha. ^^

Yueju's 5D

Enjoy yourselves. ^^

Yueju's Hong Niang

Enjoy yourselves. ^^

A pretty xiaodan. ^^

赵海英的[劈棺]

Performance On Saturday

Most of us will be debuting for this show - 五女拜寿

I missed it when this show was first released in mid 90s.

I had chicken pox a few days before the performance.

It was a major performance at Golden Theatre then.

Mum agreed to let me act provided I didn't get spotty on the face.

I did eventually...

So someone had to cover for me.

Leader called to give me a scolding. (I remember till now...Told you before...I can forgive but will not forget. One characteristic of a scorpion...LOL)

Who would want to get chicken pox? I would be very glad to be spared from the ugly red spots and that terrible itch.

So there were two candidates to take over that role. ZN didn't get because she wasn't confident then and CE(the actress who played the role of Cui Yun) chose TOP instead.

Now almost everyone's roles have been changed.

ZN is promoted to Old Master which is one of the Top roles. She has more confidence now after years of training. TOP is doing the role of the 3rd son-in-law. K remained in her role together with HM.

XJ ever asked me why I asked to play such a small role.

Well...Just to fulfil a wish . ^^

May be small but this role affected me last time because I really wanted to be on stage and I couldn't because of chicken pox.

It took more than a decade for this show to be restaged.

So if anyone interested to watch this show, please present yourself at Tampines CC this Saturday at 7.30pm.

Feverish

I developed flu last Sunday. I tried to fight it down.

Apparently I could not. After the rehearsal last night, took a bath and my body started to develop red spots.

I woke up my mum and showed her.

She said that I must go and consult the doctor next day.

I waited for more than an hour for the Doc. Doc is chatty but nice. He talks to his patients and I prefer to see him than the rest.

Showed him my rashes...Doc was worried...He took my blood test. (I have taken so many blood tests this year...Needles always freak me out!)

He was worried that I might get Dengue Fever.

My next door neighbour was fined because his fish pond had larvae.

However I don't recall getting bitten by any mosquitoes.

Doc said that he would inform me of the results by today.

I hate mosquitoes! No dengue fever for me please! I'm having a performance this Saturday.

I smsed leader that I am not feeling well. She didn't reply, think she isn't happy with me for not helping to move the stage props and ironing the costumes tonight.

Well...if she is really unhappy, there is nothing I can do.

My life is more important. I have to answer to my loved ones.

So I shall wait patiently for the Doc to call me to inform me of the results of my blood test.

(I just gotten a reply from Leader asking me to rest..at least makes me feel better...）（Time recorded - 10.47pm)

S.H.E&飛輪海 新窩 MV[完整版]

感受不易形容
就算会有一点唐突也要说
请搬进我心窝
如果你不幸福再离家出走

我心窝做你的新窝也许坪数不太够
甚至会拥挤只装的下你我
请快准备行李
丢掉用不到的伤心旧回忆
脑海中相本日记从此更新
只有彼此专属甜蜜
抱枕就丢掉有肩膀就够
最后用关心问候
捆绑我们的手完工
只要在你身边我就省掉思念
也许一待就永远
我心窝做你的新窝
也许坪数不太够
甚至会拥挤只装的下你我
请快准备行李
丢掉用不到的伤心旧回忆
脑海中相本日记从此更新
只有彼此专属甜蜜
抱枕就丢掉
有肩膀就够
最后用关心问候
捆绑我们的手完工
只要在你身边我就省掉思念
也许一待就永远

Yueju Again

Yup yup...Yueju again but this time in a MTV format. ^^

Enjoy yourself. ^^

Active Blogger

Gosh...When I surf around...I notice that I am the more active blogger among my blogger friends.

I don't blog that many nowadays but yet I am still the more active one.

What happen to the rest?

Shanice is now in Taipei happily holidaying and merry-making...How I wish I can go. I wanna to go!!!!

AC is now in China, ZZ. He watched the ZZ actors rehearse yesterday. Hope he can get some xiangju vcds...I wanna watch! (LOL)

XJ is busy working madly in office because it is year-end closing.

YN is MIA with no internet connection temporarily.

SH...expecting her to blog after this weekend's performance.

FR...I think he is on holiday but nice enough to leave a comment. At least I know someone does read my blog. (LOL)

MK.....think she is not in the mood to blog.

MD ... I am not sure about him...recently interested in KTV???

BX... She doesn't blog often but I know she reads my blog often. (LOL)

I think I am still the more active blogger....Gosh......

Yueju Yueju

I didn't go out today COS I am SICK!

I wanna to go out but in the end my headache and fever defeated me.

So I stay in my room watching the "Charmed Ones" Season 3.



Enjoy this yueju opera clip by veteran Chen Huiling, one of my favourite cutie dans. ^^

Monday Blues

Having Monday Blues now....

I wanna go KTV... I got sick on Sunday so can't really sing now.

I wanna go SHOPPING... Got PIGEONED cos she wants to get Christmas presents for her friends. In addition, I wasn't informed earlier of the change in plan and I am really PISSED off.

At least should have the courtesy to inform me first before I place my hope on it and to imagine that I was actually looking forward to it.

I wanna eat HOTPOT in the afternoon...But I have no Kaki.

A friend said...

"I thought you have friends who are teachers?"

I replied...

"Yeah..yeah...They have no time for me. (LOL) One is off to TW to see her TW IDOL's TW opera performance this Saturday. One actually "pigeoned" me today."

The person who asked this question is a teacher herself too.

She has no time for me also.

So... I am again left alone...Somehow or rather....I have to get used to it.

How about my other KH non-teacher friends?

They are working hard and they have no time for me too.

BOBO Bear isn't with me. He is on holiday near the borders of Singapore.

So I shall wander aimlessly later in somewhere. (LOL)

TW Opera @ GCB (I)

Some friends went and commented. Some comments were overheard.

Comments from the aunties......

"Prefer XFX and XLN because they have colourful costumes"

"The main dan in XSY's troupe is plump and old. They should let the younger dan do the role of Chang Er."

"The storyline is boring though they sing well."

"The casts in this troupe are not good-looking. I like to see "Yan Tao" xiaoshengs."

"Aiyo, the dan is going to lose her voice. It is only the 4th day and what would happen towards the end as there are still so many days left."

Comments from friends......

"The story is too long-winded. Why is the main cast just flip open and close the fan?"

"The story line has no logic, "no head no tail"."

"Is the fan special or expensive? It flips so easily."

"XSY's troupe is better than XFX's because they sing better and they are more traditional."


Well...well...well.... I personally feel that XSY's troupe does sing better than XFX's. For me I rather prefer a troupe that can sing than to see a troupe does fashion show. Even if only the two main casts can sing, it is still not good enough. Opera isn't a one man show. It needs group effort to bring stunning effect overrall.

Aunties usually like to see the Young and the Pretty even if they do not sing well. Even if you sings so terribly but with a pretty face, you still can get fans.

Sighz...sighz...sighz...

That's why I not only believe in 實力but only in 包裝!

Having Substance is not enough, you still need packaging to make it whole.

KH Rehearsal Sianz Again

It is Saturday again and is also KH's rehearsal day.

Frankly, I am very SIANZ. I rather waste my time watching TV shows, reading spine-rising thrillers and aimlessly blogging away.

5D is going to perform next Saturday on the 22nd and I do not feel at all excited at the thought of it.

I rather watch other troupes' performances.

Not that I am being disloyal to my troupe, just that I don't feel the kick anymore to go KH. (LOL)

I used to have very good friends there...But now...I am not certain anymore.

Maybe I am being too sensitive...But they are in their own little groups...I feel like an outcast sometimes.

Maybe I am an outcast myself long time ago...(Hahahaha)

Now...I just do my job, keep my big mouth shut...

I am useless now...so find some other xiaoshengs to pair off for a brighter future. (LOL)

Oh yes... Last Saturday they sang the forgotten ones their belated happy birthdays.

I have overcome it already. No FEEL at all...I just kept quiet and thoughtless.

AC sat behind me and I heard him say..."It's already OVER." and DC made a little scene out of it.

Yes...I agree...

It's already OVER...Singing birthday songs just make some people feel a bit uncomfortable.

Just sing the song to the ones who deserve it. ^^

I don't think I deserve the song...

I am such a big failure...despite the fact I am with the troupe for a good twenty decades.

Now no such thing as "long service award"...This is all crap.

Just be a nice Ms Goody Goody with a set of sweet teeth will be sufficient enough. ^^

I received a Xmas card from Shanice telling me to be happy...

Another friend told me that she didn't understand why I still cling on to KH since KH makes me so unhappy. She said I should have quit long time ago.

A friend who knew me for years said that she could read me like an open book except that she stated that I seemed to be depressed in recent years.

I am happy to receive a nice and warm card from Shanice.

I am quiet when I heard my friend made that statement.

I am speehless when the other friend questioned me.

Even if I do quit, no one cares also.

I am just another part and parcel of life...another forgotten being only.

TW Opera @ GCB Again

XSY is back again but this time she is here with her own troupe.

I must say that most of her troupe members can really sing well.

I went to GCB yesterday. It was the 2nd day of XSY's performance. Most of the $5 seats were occupied and the turnout wasn't that bad.

The performing area is bigger compared to the previous.

One thing that I don't really like is I hate to see them with hand mics in their hands. It looks too "yetai" and I was told that the TW street operas operate in this manner. (Faint)



Enjoy this clip that I took with my digital camera last night. I assure you that they really sang well. ^^ (Just ignore the hand mics...what an eyesore!)



This is the most interesting part where you can see how much the fans award the artistes.

One fan awarded XSY 5000 Singapore dollars....Wow.... more than a person's monthly salary..(Well, you don't count the highly paid jobs like lawyers and accountants etc)

Singaporean fans are really GENEROUS... (LOL)

Pip-Pop-Tiao Chocolates

"It is amazing. The chocolate pip-pop-tiao in my mouth." (Quoted)

I LOVE Pip-Pop-Tiao Chocolates!!! (LOL)

"Charmed" Again

This time round I managed to borrow Season 2 and 3 from the library.

Boy oh boy, I was elated!

At least I can pass my time watching them.

I have finished "Desperate Housewives" Season 1 and can't find Season 2 in the library.

I am contented and want to watch the Halliwell sisters in action yozz.

I find Prue (the eldest sister) charming though she has quite some negative issues like being bitchy and getting trouble with the laws. However I still find her charming.

Piper (the middle sister) is a typical next door girl and is well-known for her role as picket fences..

Phoebe (the youngest sister) is a singer herself.

Prue died in Season 3, so sad. So won't get to see any more of her in other seasons.

It was rumored that Prue and Phoebe didn't get along well and the latter had Prue kicked out of the cast.

Anyway, it's all over now. "Charmed" considered quite a marathon TV series as it has 8 Seasons altogether. (OMG)

I wanna watch "Supernatural"...Shanice, hope you can find it soon...^^ Lend me yozz!

Mensa

If you read Shanice's blog, you will know what "Mensa" is.

It is really tough and not easy though.

e.g: 24 H in a D = 24 hours in a day

1. 26 L of the A

26 letters of the alphabet

2. 7 D of the W

7 days of the week

3. 7 W of the W

7 wonders of the world

4. 12 S of the Z

12 signs of the Zodiac

5. 66 B of the B

66 books of the bible

6. 52 C in a P (WJs)

52 cards in a pack (without jokers)7.

13 S in the USF

13 stripes in the United States Flag

8. 18 H on a G C

18 holes on a golf course

9. 39 B of the O T

39 books of the old testament

10. 5 T on a F

5 toes on a foot

11. 90 D in a R A

90 degrees in a right angle

12. 3 B M (S H T R)

3 blind mice (see how they run)

13. 32 is the T in D F at which W F

32 is the temperature in degrees fahrenhiet at which water freezes

14. 15 P in a R T

15 players in a rugby team

15. 3 W on a T

3 wheels on a tricycle

16. 100 C in a D

100 cents in a dollar

17. 11 P in a F (S) T

11 persons in a football (soccer) team

18. 12 M in a Y

12 months in a year

19. 13=UFS

13= unlucky for some

20. 8 T on a O

8 tentacles on an octopus

21. 29 D in F in a L Y

29 days in February in a leap year22.

27 B in the N T

27 books in the new testament

23. 365 D in a Y

365 days in a year

24. 13 L in a B D

13 loaves in a baker dozen

25. 52 W in a Y

52 weeks in a year

26. 9 L of a C

9 lives of a cat

27. 60 M in a H

60 minutes in an hour

28. 23 P of C in the H B

23 Pairs of Chromosomes in the Human Body

29. 64 S on a C B

64 squares on a chest board

30. 9 P in S A

9 provinces in South Africa

31. 6 B to an O in C

6 balls to an over in cricket

32. 1000 Y in a M

1000 years in a millenium

33. 15 M on a D M C

15 men on a dead man chest

Finally finished typing...hehehehehe...

Interesting, aren't they? ^^

Pictures Again (III)

We were kidding around and it is fun to pose candid pictures. We all like it and we can be real funny, you bet!




Somehow YN is better at posing these kind of funny pictures than the normal ones. (LOL)

Pictures Again (II)

ML's camera went haywire. She only passed me one flashcard with very limited pictures. I have to get the other card from her some other day.

So show off a few pictures as it is very late now and I need to ZZzzzzzzz...


KHers at work


Me as "Jia Baoyu"


Me again


YN as "Lin Daiyu"


Yup...we look as if we owe each other few hundred thousand dollars. The faces are so glum!. (LOL)






The Dragon Ladies





The Prince Consorts





The Street Peddlers

Gotta sleep, too tired......Need to go for rehearsal tomorrow......

Pictures Again (I)

We had a photography session again. Pictures are needed for our 2008's March Performance. That's me after my makeup and not to forget to show off my "Hello Kitty" hairband again. ^^


Hi again from Me. ^^


Me getting ready for my wig. ^^ Wearing a wig is tedious especially you have to use the glue.


A reflection of me in the mirror. ^^


Me and my wig. ^^


Ooops...Half of YN. Better give a whole YN if not she will 'complain".
(My glue looks aweful......I forgot to powder it. Must remember to do it next time.)


Hahahaha, a whole YN but I did something to the picture. (LOL)


One more to add, SH's barang barang all placed out on the chairs for her to pick and choose. She is now XJ's successor. (LOL)