A weekend of sheer sexiness

What a sexy weekend it's been. There's been awesome progress on Broken Bridges - we've been working on the last few scenes of the play and it's turning out very very well. Quite an emotional rollercoaster. I think they should get Kleenex to sponsor Act 2.

The coolness news, we just heard today. There's a POSSIBILITY that we'll have an "Original Cast Recording" of all the songs from the play, on sale as a double CD. With some kind of royalties tied-in for us. How f*cking cool is that?!? My name, in an album?!?!? Fuwahhhhhh... imagine the day I walk in to HMV on Oxford Street (London, mate) and No. 1 on the hit list - The Original Cast Recording of Broken Bridges, the musical. Wacheh, the writers can tell Lloyd Webber to drop dead man.

This is the smile on our director's face on Saturday. Hallelujah, for He is pleased!


Talking about emotional rollercoasters, I was reminded of AsiaWorks. C'mon, it's all there - working hard, dealing with all sorts of people, emotional upheavals, speaking a different language ("blocking", anyone?), forming a new community of friends. And of course, the resident Darth Vader-equivalent (see left, with opposite emotion). For those of you who don't know what I'm crapping on about, it's an awesome training built around Abraham Maslow's theories on self-actualisation. In English, it builds up on some very useful life skills such as self-awareness, goal-orientation and leadership (ie working with people toward a common goal, or working with yourself toward a personal goal). Highly recommended.

Anyone ever observe China Chinese or Japanese people (esp young girls) taking pictures? Note that Koreans, Taiwanese, Hong Kongers and even other overseas Chinese (who emulate style icons of abovementioned countries) are starting to be guilty of this... crime. Allow me to postulate the "Law of 1-2-5" (originally attributed to a gila-fied woman who is pretty smart and funny). The law states that thou shalt only assume one of THREE postures at a time where a still camera (on video thou shalt look most ridiculous) is pointed at thy general direction.

Enter Exhibit A: Posture "1".

Presenting Exhibit B: Posture "2".

And lastly, Exhibit C: Posture "5".

(yes, it earns you friends)

Is there an exhibitionist, a poseur, an attention-seeker within each and every one on stage?








Now what would make you go and say something like that??

We went to watch X-Men 3 at the new Cineplex in the Mutiara Damansara area (IKEA IKANO TESCO The Curve et al). There's nothing there but a cineplex right now, and it's very Singapore. Lots of escalators and stairs. Awesome show, loved it. There's a part after the credits that ties in nicely with some of the things they talk about, and I think with the storyline in the comics as well. I can't remember much of the comics, except that they were awesome with very very good storylines that never shied away from hairy deep issues like racism and ethics and whatnot. Cineplex is so-so, nothing spectacular. Loads of advertising though - each screen is sponsored by someone, and Nokia's says "take a pic here with your new Nokia" or some shit. Erm... right, because my life is so meaningless that I have to take pictures of movie advertisement at a cinema? In between learning about new Nokias, of course.

Also had a quick makan at Sakae Sushi, which is at The Curve's boulevard or walkway or whatever they're calling it. Ordering system is cool (there's a screen on every table that allows you to click your orders in), there's also a conveyor belt, but the food's very mediocre. Service is quite lacking too, of course. I think my best experience with Japanese in KL is still at PJ Hilton. The buffet is heavenly... especially if you go with a friend who knows the chef - a personal massive plate of salmon sashimi is hard to beat.

Here's an interesting dilemma of manners or propriety: emptying the contents of one's nose into the sink. Is that rude? Is it dirty? Is it fine? Does anyone care? Is there any relation to peeing in the shower? Re blowing your nose into the sink, I don't see any problem with it. So long as the person doesn't get me with any of that crap, and cleans up after himself. I'll use tissues if there are people around, mainly because I don't want to hit anyone with my nose gunk (and have you seen my nostrils? It's like discharging a shotgun into a sink). What is disgusting is the English way of handling it: blowing into your hanky. And replacing it into your pocket. And reusing it later when your nose stuffs up again. And offering it to your girlfriend to dry her tears with. Blimmin' charming, innit mate?

I've downloaded Blogger for Word, but have test to test it. Seems quite clever though - you can do stuff to your blog directly from Microsoft Word, like edit and create. I've also added a couple of extra features on the sidebar on the right: a "chatterbox" and a unique visitor counter. You'll need to mess with some HTML code to do that, though it's not too tricky if you can think vaguely logically. The Blogger Help is really useful, and they're quite forgiving if you make mistakes I think.

Ok I think this post has been long enough. Jo out.