loud poems loud songs

last nite we went to watch Mel perform in the play entitled Poetic Licence - its a visual enactment of a series of local poems. very very cool & impressive. the poems were varied -mostly pensive, some angsty, some quirky, some really funny & one sensuous. personally moved by a couple - really liked Now, Palindrome #1: Winter Tears, Farewell to Sumana, Dead Nerd's Gf & the Loud Poems - great rhythm & perfect execution by actors. quite quite brilliant :) Great Job, MEL!!

you can still catch it - its on till 6th July at Singapore Art Mueseum - www.gatecrash.com.sg

one of faves (& shortest) that i can recall:

Outside is raining

Inside is paining

In between - just being.

~ Now by Kirpal Singh

besides that, had a great time at botanics on sat - an InterDG social for City Min folks to meet & mingle. thank God for fab weather & good turnout :) we had picnic & games before heading en masse to party world KTV at maxwell. i know, not the typical hangout for a bunch of bible-loving Christians but hey, we aint your typical bunch to begin with :P i made a huge sacrifice in signing up as a VIP member to ensure better rates for everyone - check this out. it speaks for itself doesnt it?! gawdyyyyyyyy!

yes, shockshockhorrorhorror even potatoes like us enjoy a good croon now & then. ill be the first to admit, albeit sheepishly, that karaoke is REALLY fun. in fact, we discovered many other closet singers - to our amazement, the most unlikely pple delivered chinese & even, hokkien renditions most heartily (in some cases, shamelessly!) :) it was funny to watch fellow BS friends getting right with it - eagerly picking songs & at some pts, almost snatching mics from each other haha. most of the time in the English Rm (we split ourselves into 2 huge rms according to general language pref - i shuttled back & forth hee) we were shouting ourselves hoarse to crazy 90s rock numbers/ballads - think tubthumping, westlife & the like whilst some of our (affectionately called) ah peks were doing their beegees & my ways. i personally enjoyed joy & my version of sk8ter boi (i know, quite cool ah they actually have it) & of cos, our usual abba, jay chou & stef sun classics - rite SL / Shins? ;) with the right people, karaoke is way fun!

all in all, it was great hanging out with & getting to know BS pple better outside of DG setting… thanks guys for making the time & for being such fab company! it was well worth the effort.

Ok now, who’s planning the next outing?