a sunday
so anyways this morning we went to service and sat next to esther and we had lunch at the food court at wisma - fish soup and fried hokkein mee - mildly satisfied was jauntered about town and landed up at the coffee bean at paragon for a cuppa each and mingyao laughed at my sleepiness - you're not talking coherently. and we walked into borders and i bought wallpaper magazine and style sg magazine (i will really stop this magazine buying as of now - oh i got the latest issue of monocle at the hong kong airport) and we went home and i slept the noon away and my brother cooked dinner - chicken and mushroom stew, a recipe he got from eldest aunt when he and siew went to grandma's house that day.
so i had a lovely holiday with a lovely boy and now it's back to work and detox yo.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
hong kong part three
so on friday we decided to go to this dragon centre place we saw on the map because it was circled 'big mall' or something like that but when we got there it was such a disappointment - like a far east cum chinatown shopping mall kinda depressing sell cheap teen clothes kinda place so we left in a hurry and took the mtr to causeway bay where we spent some hours walking about the street side and had lunch at maxim's fast food place on the second level of some building. but oh we discovered an area called fashion walk which was so delightful because the ground floor is filled with niche brand names like Y3 and marc by marc jacobs with beautiful billboards and upstairs it's regular housing which looked a tad yuppy like, eg. some units replaced the grilles with glass balustrades and the look of that with the remainding grilles was cool; so it'd be cool to come back to this area again if we are in hong kong again.
we went into the 7-11 to get a drink and decided to buy the new kinder brenneur to try. and then began the long walk along hennessy road down towards soho. midpoint we decided it was too far and there was nothing much to see along the way - mish mash of odd shops like pawn shops and this fashion type clothes etc. so we went into the mtr at wan chai and came up at, i dont remember where and decided that area felt abit like new york with all the big brand names and the many caucasians around and we walked up towards soho along peel street which i gathered is towards the top of the peak as well. so soho is kinda slopey and there are cool shops everywhere, cafes and stuff, felt a bit like soho in london - and we had liang teh at an old chinese shop with retro green and white tiles and took some photographs. we decided to head to lan kwai fong to take a look but walked the wrong way and ended up at the old ymca, i think, an old creepy redbrick building. later we watched a hong kong dramady on tv in the hotel room and some fighting scenes were filmed along that slope with the building as a backdrop. so that's cool. it's like going to alcatraz in san fran and coming back to watch escape from the rock on cable the next day at the service apartment in october.
and so we walked back down hollywood road to lan kwai fong and we were a little disappointed with lan kwai fong because it's such a gwai lo place with restaurant types you can find back home. so we decided to skip that and went to sogo in kowloon to buy lao po bing and we saw at the sea side they were having some laser lights display beaming from hong kong island side and vice versa so that was a nice surprise. after which we had dinner at this hang heung restaurant nearby which was just alright and decided we were beat and decided to head home via train instead of walking. so indeed we went back to the hotel and no we didn't use the gym at all because we walked so much and we had a packet of mongkok flavoured chips which mingyao bought at the supermarket which tasted like ordinary calbee chips so we couldn't figure out where the mongkok flavour was. and yes we were glued to the tube again watching discovery channel that was talking about the nobu chain of restaurants and i forgot what else we watched.
so hence the next morning we had breakfast again the hotel and got to the airport via the k1 free airport shuttle and the train and we had lunch at fairwood which is like, another chinese fast food chain and yes we had char siew and roast duck mix noodles again and we figured out they like to make their noodles and soup super duper salty.
postscribe: agnes b is everywhere. we walked past chungking mansion and i recalled lin ching sia chasing the indians down the alleyways in chungking express. the bobbies in their blue uniforms reminded me of tony leung's character. i would say after going to so many chinatowns - vancouver/toronto/new york/san fran/london, that some guy from hong kong would feel right at home in those places - the ugly haze is a spoiler. if it were fog that'd be more romantic but no. we skipped the theme parks - i think we've had enough of them in australia and besides the excuse for a holiday besides experiencing places i've read about/seen in films/heard in music is very much to spend handholding time with a lovely boy and doing things together like checking out music in hmv and being consumer junkies together/ pushing airport trolleys together/admiring leather bags from dunhill together/hanging on to handrails in the trains together/figuring out mtr maps together/deciding what to eat together/glued to the tube together/taking the lifts together/basking in the small street lights together/nibbling on egg tart crusts together/going through the mtr turnstiles together/gazing at the ice clean machine thingy at the ice rink going round and round the rink in a hypnotized gaze together/watching friends rerun on board the trip back together/etc. etc. etc. the word is, together everything forever. i think you can tell i love being with you.
so on friday we decided to go to this dragon centre place we saw on the map because it was circled 'big mall' or something like that but when we got there it was such a disappointment - like a far east cum chinatown shopping mall kinda depressing sell cheap teen clothes kinda place so we left in a hurry and took the mtr to causeway bay where we spent some hours walking about the street side and had lunch at maxim's fast food place on the second level of some building. but oh we discovered an area called fashion walk which was so delightful because the ground floor is filled with niche brand names like Y3 and marc by marc jacobs with beautiful billboards and upstairs it's regular housing which looked a tad yuppy like, eg. some units replaced the grilles with glass balustrades and the look of that with the remainding grilles was cool; so it'd be cool to come back to this area again if we are in hong kong again.
we went into the 7-11 to get a drink and decided to buy the new kinder brenneur to try. and then began the long walk along hennessy road down towards soho. midpoint we decided it was too far and there was nothing much to see along the way - mish mash of odd shops like pawn shops and this fashion type clothes etc. so we went into the mtr at wan chai and came up at, i dont remember where and decided that area felt abit like new york with all the big brand names and the many caucasians around and we walked up towards soho along peel street which i gathered is towards the top of the peak as well. so soho is kinda slopey and there are cool shops everywhere, cafes and stuff, felt a bit like soho in london - and we had liang teh at an old chinese shop with retro green and white tiles and took some photographs. we decided to head to lan kwai fong to take a look but walked the wrong way and ended up at the old ymca, i think, an old creepy redbrick building. later we watched a hong kong dramady on tv in the hotel room and some fighting scenes were filmed along that slope with the building as a backdrop. so that's cool. it's like going to alcatraz in san fran and coming back to watch escape from the rock on cable the next day at the service apartment in october.
and so we walked back down hollywood road to lan kwai fong and we were a little disappointed with lan kwai fong because it's such a gwai lo place with restaurant types you can find back home. so we decided to skip that and went to sogo in kowloon to buy lao po bing and we saw at the sea side they were having some laser lights display beaming from hong kong island side and vice versa so that was a nice surprise. after which we had dinner at this hang heung restaurant nearby which was just alright and decided we were beat and decided to head home via train instead of walking. so indeed we went back to the hotel and no we didn't use the gym at all because we walked so much and we had a packet of mongkok flavoured chips which mingyao bought at the supermarket which tasted like ordinary calbee chips so we couldn't figure out where the mongkok flavour was. and yes we were glued to the tube again watching discovery channel that was talking about the nobu chain of restaurants and i forgot what else we watched.
so hence the next morning we had breakfast again the hotel and got to the airport via the k1 free airport shuttle and the train and we had lunch at fairwood which is like, another chinese fast food chain and yes we had char siew and roast duck mix noodles again and we figured out they like to make their noodles and soup super duper salty.
postscribe: agnes b is everywhere. we walked past chungking mansion and i recalled lin ching sia chasing the indians down the alleyways in chungking express. the bobbies in their blue uniforms reminded me of tony leung's character. i would say after going to so many chinatowns - vancouver/toronto/new york/san fran/london, that some guy from hong kong would feel right at home in those places - the ugly haze is a spoiler. if it were fog that'd be more romantic but no. we skipped the theme parks - i think we've had enough of them in australia and besides the excuse for a holiday besides experiencing places i've read about/seen in films/heard in music is very much to spend handholding time with a lovely boy and doing things together like checking out music in hmv and being consumer junkies together/ pushing airport trolleys together/admiring leather bags from dunhill together/hanging on to handrails in the trains together/figuring out mtr maps together/deciding what to eat together/glued to the tube together/taking the lifts together/basking in the small street lights together/nibbling on egg tart crusts together/going through the mtr turnstiles together/gazing at the ice clean machine thingy at the ice rink going round and round the rink in a hypnotized gaze together/watching friends rerun on board the trip back together/etc. etc. etc. the word is, together everything forever. i think you can tell i love being with you.
stuff
we were trying to spend of the remainder of our money at the airport and after wandering around for one and a half hours mingyao finally bought the dior bracelet for me and a mont blanc card holder for himself and we raced to gate 18 fifteen minutes before the scheduled time for take off - like an episode of amazing race, mingyao says. it's my first girly girly bracelet and i really like the birdie on it. besides that i bought stuff i could have bought back home, but duty free - tons of skincare products and my clinque happy refill at the airport.
plus a massimo dutti top, a top and blue jeans from uniqlo, boxes of lao po bing (the ultimate pilgrimage-to-hk-food) and almond cookies for the family and collegues. and of course the ivy album.
in hong kong we just gravitated back to the malls for shopping. the small streets are cool to walk by, to savour the sights and atmospheres but after being through so many pasar malam-type places you don't really wanna spend money on pirated clothing and keychain type souvinairs.
we were trying to spend of the remainder of our money at the airport and after wandering around for one and a half hours mingyao finally bought the dior bracelet for me and a mont blanc card holder for himself and we raced to gate 18 fifteen minutes before the scheduled time for take off - like an episode of amazing race, mingyao says. it's my first girly girly bracelet and i really like the birdie on it. besides that i bought stuff i could have bought back home, but duty free - tons of skincare products and my clinque happy refill at the airport.
plus a massimo dutti top, a top and blue jeans from uniqlo, boxes of lao po bing (the ultimate pilgrimage-to-hk-food) and almond cookies for the family and collegues. and of course the ivy album.
in hong kong we just gravitated back to the malls for shopping. the small streets are cool to walk by, to savour the sights and atmospheres but after being through so many pasar malam-type places you don't really wanna spend money on pirated clothing and keychain type souvinairs.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
hong kong part two
mingyao is watching mythbusters on cable tv now. cable tv is great in a hotel. today we walked alot, window shopping and shopping. mingyao went out to the supermarket, wellcome, to buy soya bean milk and we had the eggtarts we bought last night for breakfast. later we went to the restaurant upstairs to have dim sum. there wasn't the typical char siew sou or egg tart; the cheong fun with char siew was not bad though. we took a train to kowloon tong and spent several hours in the huge mall there, connected to a university. lucky students. we're mall rats; there are so many agnes b shops around town. there was even a cafe in the agnes b sport shop. that was cool. i like agnes b but it's so overpriced. there's a skating rink in the mall. we went into uniqlo again and i bought some stuff and mingyao got some baby stuff for his soon-to-be-in-this-world nephew. oh ya we bought egg tarts from this shop at the station. we took the train to another suburban mall a few stops away where there was an ikea and after walking for a bit we took the train back to the hotel and lazed around with more cable tv before deciding we were alright for dinner and mingyao craved for yesterday's roasted duck so we went back to the same restaurant across the road, star restaurant or something, the name, and we had half a roast duck, some melon soup and a vege and fish dish. the carlsburg beer lady recognised us from yesterday. we went back to the hotel to laze again before coming out for dessert, because this is hong kong, mingyao said. we both had a bowl of mango and grapefruit and sago dessert and now i'm so stuffed and yeah we're watching cable tv again. we're skipping the peak and disneyland and ocean park. tomorrow we're going shopping again at causeway bay and probably lan kwai fong for dinner. i hope i can get to use the hotel gym tomorrow morning. because i need the detox mannnnnn. sleepy.
yesterday we went to hmv and i bought a cd. we always get new music on trips. ivy's 2001 album. it's wonderful. beautiful.
the hotel room comes with a cool soundsysem we can manipulate. so here we are sitting around blasting oasis on the stereo with bass and everything. champange supernova in the sky.
these days are made of: spritzs of evian water spray in the random afternoons/a sometimes hot afternoon/ a sometimes chilly (like new york, like melbourne) evening that calls for scarves and zipped-up hoodies; with arms around each other walking the streets laughing and joking with each other under the drug of wandering in foreign streets together; surprise kisses on the cheek and standing in the mtr train laughing at advertisements, looking into glass door reflections; feeling the mosaic tiles on the train stations as we lean against them while in wait - blue, yellow, green (at jordon station, our station); gulps of hydrating water; walking into any supermarket we see - hong kong beer, i pointed out to mingyao as we visit the alcohol section; cable tv; singing aloud to anything and everything; reading menus (only mingyao; i look at pictures or other things that distract me) under the neon signs crawling up the streets on the building facades of dirty black and greyed windows and a blurry sky. we were getting high. we were getting high...
the song has ended. goodnight.
mingyao is watching mythbusters on cable tv now. cable tv is great in a hotel. today we walked alot, window shopping and shopping. mingyao went out to the supermarket, wellcome, to buy soya bean milk and we had the eggtarts we bought last night for breakfast. later we went to the restaurant upstairs to have dim sum. there wasn't the typical char siew sou or egg tart; the cheong fun with char siew was not bad though. we took a train to kowloon tong and spent several hours in the huge mall there, connected to a university. lucky students. we're mall rats; there are so many agnes b shops around town. there was even a cafe in the agnes b sport shop. that was cool. i like agnes b but it's so overpriced. there's a skating rink in the mall. we went into uniqlo again and i bought some stuff and mingyao got some baby stuff for his soon-to-be-in-this-world nephew. oh ya we bought egg tarts from this shop at the station. we took the train to another suburban mall a few stops away where there was an ikea and after walking for a bit we took the train back to the hotel and lazed around with more cable tv before deciding we were alright for dinner and mingyao craved for yesterday's roasted duck so we went back to the same restaurant across the road, star restaurant or something, the name, and we had half a roast duck, some melon soup and a vege and fish dish. the carlsburg beer lady recognised us from yesterday. we went back to the hotel to laze again before coming out for dessert, because this is hong kong, mingyao said. we both had a bowl of mango and grapefruit and sago dessert and now i'm so stuffed and yeah we're watching cable tv again. we're skipping the peak and disneyland and ocean park. tomorrow we're going shopping again at causeway bay and probably lan kwai fong for dinner. i hope i can get to use the hotel gym tomorrow morning. because i need the detox mannnnnn. sleepy.
yesterday we went to hmv and i bought a cd. we always get new music on trips. ivy's 2001 album. it's wonderful. beautiful.
the hotel room comes with a cool soundsysem we can manipulate. so here we are sitting around blasting oasis on the stereo with bass and everything. champange supernova in the sky.
these days are made of: spritzs of evian water spray in the random afternoons/a sometimes hot afternoon/ a sometimes chilly (like new york, like melbourne) evening that calls for scarves and zipped-up hoodies; with arms around each other walking the streets laughing and joking with each other under the drug of wandering in foreign streets together; surprise kisses on the cheek and standing in the mtr train laughing at advertisements, looking into glass door reflections; feeling the mosaic tiles on the train stations as we lean against them while in wait - blue, yellow, green (at jordon station, our station); gulps of hydrating water; walking into any supermarket we see - hong kong beer, i pointed out to mingyao as we visit the alcohol section; cable tv; singing aloud to anything and everything; reading menus (only mingyao; i look at pictures or other things that distract me) under the neon signs crawling up the streets on the building facades of dirty black and greyed windows and a blurry sky. we were getting high. we were getting high...
the song has ended. goodnight.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
hong kong part one
our hotel is on nathan road, so on the first day after arriving and settling in we walked along nathan road first. the air was pollution-hazy but it wasan't dust-in-your-eye kind of hazy. we had dinner at a chinese restaurant near our place. oh, lunch was at a charsiew eatery along a lane on nathan road. the char siew and soup was absolutely salty. at night we walked along the smaller street stalls. today we went to the hong kong side and went to uniqlo near times square. the season's not so fantastic as when i was there in nyc last autumn. but it was still quite fun going there. and mingyao got a cool bag. he went to visit his office at IFC 2 building and i walked around while waiting for him and got myself a massimo dutti shirt - i just love their shirts and the details and fabric. this IFC building is like an ORQ + paragon on a larger scale. lots of mid-high range shops. i think there are a lot of shops in singapore that are here, the usual labels. we bought some egg tarts outside a restaurant, still piping hot but decided to bring it back to the hotel and keep it for supper because we didn't want to spoil dinner. the whole day we were looking for dan tart but we didn't see ideal ones - either the crust wasn't the flaky kind or the egg wasn't slightly burnt like it should be. so we were duly rewarded by waiting till we saw this perfect one. we had dinner at another chinese restaurant, opposite our hotel. the roast duck and char siew hanging at the window called to us from across the road and indeed the roast duck was gorgeous. beautiful, mingyao said. we got a set meal that consisted of shark's fin, a piece of abalone and some scallops with broccoli. by dessert, which meant a platter of fruits we were stuffed. it's really funny how the salespeople/waiters keep talking to mingyao in cantonese and i just smile and nod along. we've got cable at the hotel so it's cool. we can eat egg tarts later and watch discovery channel or whatever's on.
our hotel is on nathan road, so on the first day after arriving and settling in we walked along nathan road first. the air was pollution-hazy but it wasan't dust-in-your-eye kind of hazy. we had dinner at a chinese restaurant near our place. oh, lunch was at a charsiew eatery along a lane on nathan road. the char siew and soup was absolutely salty. at night we walked along the smaller street stalls. today we went to the hong kong side and went to uniqlo near times square. the season's not so fantastic as when i was there in nyc last autumn. but it was still quite fun going there. and mingyao got a cool bag. he went to visit his office at IFC 2 building and i walked around while waiting for him and got myself a massimo dutti shirt - i just love their shirts and the details and fabric. this IFC building is like an ORQ + paragon on a larger scale. lots of mid-high range shops. i think there are a lot of shops in singapore that are here, the usual labels. we bought some egg tarts outside a restaurant, still piping hot but decided to bring it back to the hotel and keep it for supper because we didn't want to spoil dinner. the whole day we were looking for dan tart but we didn't see ideal ones - either the crust wasn't the flaky kind or the egg wasn't slightly burnt like it should be. so we were duly rewarded by waiting till we saw this perfect one. we had dinner at another chinese restaurant, opposite our hotel. the roast duck and char siew hanging at the window called to us from across the road and indeed the roast duck was gorgeous. beautiful, mingyao said. we got a set meal that consisted of shark's fin, a piece of abalone and some scallops with broccoli. by dessert, which meant a platter of fruits we were stuffed. it's really funny how the salespeople/waiters keep talking to mingyao in cantonese and i just smile and nod along. we've got cable at the hotel so it's cool. we can eat egg tarts later and watch discovery channel or whatever's on.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
one of the beautifulest photoshoots i've seen in awhile. michelle williams.
last night i went with my collegues to have zhi char at por kee at tiong bahru. i love those low rise flats. they're so interesting and different. sherry stays in one of them and we went to her house to play pictionary after dinner. it was hilarious. there's a new special die where you are kenna-ed to draw closing your eyes/ drawing with your left hand etc. everyone's drawing was hilarious. we played pictionary for two hours.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
happy birthday love
today is mingyao's birthday :) we went to sushi tei for dinner - bumped into chloe and suchin at the same outlet - i gave him his birthday presents. a japanese confectionery - almond biscuits with red bean paste filling. and a royal copenhagen 1998 children's day plate (the year we met). it's no longer in production and there are limited pieces available. this one will go up next to the 1981 donald and daisy one. we wandered into the bakery and mingyao had an ampan bun - just after dinner? he said. okay, i said, and he walked in, 'cos it's my birthday, he says. we are going to have an extended celebration next week. i'm looking foward to that.
today is mingyao's birthday :) we went to sushi tei for dinner - bumped into chloe and suchin at the same outlet - i gave him his birthday presents. a japanese confectionery - almond biscuits with red bean paste filling. and a royal copenhagen 1998 children's day plate (the year we met). it's no longer in production and there are limited pieces available. this one will go up next to the 1981 donald and daisy one. we wandered into the bakery and mingyao had an ampan bun - just after dinner? he said. okay, i said, and he walked in, 'cos it's my birthday, he says. we are going to have an extended celebration next week. i'm looking foward to that.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
wedding 2
this afternoon mingyao and i had lunch at mos burger at chevron house and we bumped into gerald and gang from zhiwei's batch and gave them the four-seater table we were going to take and we sat on the bar stools. gerald's still in school - school! such a foreign word now! tonight we attended eric chiang's wedding at four season's hotel. there were nice big mirrors everywhere but it was so cold. it wasn't a big crowd but it was nice to bump into some people like delphine and jacob, who said grace, and boon yong who introduced us to his very beautiful, charming and pleasant fiance millicent. he's such a funny guy, and his fiance is really sweet - the kind of person you feel so comfortable talking to just two minutes after meeting her. it would have been cool if we were at their table but we were at the miscellaneous table with the official photographer/videographer cos mingyao was doing backup photo-taking. and now there's going to be another wedding to attend in may - but i think that will be a fun one! seven more days to IT day!
this afternoon mingyao and i had lunch at mos burger at chevron house and we bumped into gerald and gang from zhiwei's batch and gave them the four-seater table we were going to take and we sat on the bar stools. gerald's still in school - school! such a foreign word now! tonight we attended eric chiang's wedding at four season's hotel. there were nice big mirrors everywhere but it was so cold. it wasn't a big crowd but it was nice to bump into some people like delphine and jacob, who said grace, and boon yong who introduced us to his very beautiful, charming and pleasant fiance millicent. he's such a funny guy, and his fiance is really sweet - the kind of person you feel so comfortable talking to just two minutes after meeting her. it would have been cool if we were at their table but we were at the miscellaneous table with the official photographer/videographer cos mingyao was doing backup photo-taking. and now there's going to be another wedding to attend in may - but i think that will be a fun one! seven more days to IT day!
Saturday, March 08, 2008
a wedding.
today i helped to video-cam martin and carlene's wedding. mingyao was photographing eric's wedding in the morning so i helped out. i enjoyed myself very much today. i always love to see how family dynamics are so different in every family and weddings are such joyous affairs so the excitment in the atmosphere is addictive. i arrived at carlene's place and she had already started her make up. fresh flowers for the hair is always a pretty option. her two sisters were running about the house doing their dolling up too - so deja vu of the atmosphere in my home. girls everywhere. where're my shoes/ i haven't done your makeup!/how shall i do my hair?/jie give me a sweet! - carlene/ etc. they did away with the bridegroom at the gate brigade thingy and we went straight to the church - it was fun to see the fellas all there helping out in various aspects. the wedding ceremony was short and sweet - pastor melvin's good at that. later we ajourned to 1 rochester - one of the most beautiful settings for a wedding lunch. the lush greenery and old black/white architecture was beautiful. i so love these old houses with the patterned natural ventilation voids/window shutters/screened doors/etc. the verandah spaces and all makes the guests so relaxed and happy with champange in hand and in gorgeous summery clothes. carlene looked very womanly in all her gowns. mingyao came from the morning wedding (yay!) and took over the videocamming for a while so i had fun hanging out with the fellas at our corner and taking photos. i superlove mingyao's new nikon d300 - the colours are GORGEOUS. everybody looks amazing. hannah and josh gave a song dedication to the couple - hannah's voice is breathtaking. it's rich yet subtle/ engaging yet natural. it's just beautiful for a wedding. the speech time was so emotional. it's at this part of the wedding that you get the closest glimpse to the intimacy of the family being expressed in such a touching manner.
later faye, hannah, alex, mingyao and i ajourned to coffee bean at guthrie house and we had a lovely time downing overpriced tea time drinks and chatting.
i was tired. but it was a wonderful day.
today i helped to video-cam martin and carlene's wedding. mingyao was photographing eric's wedding in the morning so i helped out. i enjoyed myself very much today. i always love to see how family dynamics are so different in every family and weddings are such joyous affairs so the excitment in the atmosphere is addictive. i arrived at carlene's place and she had already started her make up. fresh flowers for the hair is always a pretty option. her two sisters were running about the house doing their dolling up too - so deja vu of the atmosphere in my home. girls everywhere. where're my shoes/ i haven't done your makeup!/how shall i do my hair?/jie give me a sweet! - carlene/ etc. they did away with the bridegroom at the gate brigade thingy and we went straight to the church - it was fun to see the fellas all there helping out in various aspects. the wedding ceremony was short and sweet - pastor melvin's good at that. later we ajourned to 1 rochester - one of the most beautiful settings for a wedding lunch. the lush greenery and old black/white architecture was beautiful. i so love these old houses with the patterned natural ventilation voids/window shutters/screened doors/etc. the verandah spaces and all makes the guests so relaxed and happy with champange in hand and in gorgeous summery clothes. carlene looked very womanly in all her gowns. mingyao came from the morning wedding (yay!) and took over the videocamming for a while so i had fun hanging out with the fellas at our corner and taking photos. i superlove mingyao's new nikon d300 - the colours are GORGEOUS. everybody looks amazing. hannah and josh gave a song dedication to the couple - hannah's voice is breathtaking. it's rich yet subtle/ engaging yet natural. it's just beautiful for a wedding. the speech time was so emotional. it's at this part of the wedding that you get the closest glimpse to the intimacy of the family being expressed in such a touching manner.
later faye, hannah, alex, mingyao and i ajourned to coffee bean at guthrie house and we had a lovely time downing overpriced tea time drinks and chatting.
i was tired. but it was a wonderful day.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
yesterday mingyao got tickets to an SSO concert at the esplanade - rhineland rhapsody featuring a famous clarinet player called Kari Kriikku. the repertoire was:
weber - Euryanthe: Overture, Op. 81
magnus lindberg - Clarinet Concerto
schumann - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
i preferred the the schumann piece about the river because i could relate to the narrative a little more than kriikku's abstract technical piece. i didn't know you could do that on the clarinet, mingyao said in awe after that piece. he probably could take it in better than me instead being a musician himself.
being in the concert, i suddenly recalled the free concert we went to in new york at the lincoln centre and how we left halfway because we were quite tired. do you think they're still showing 'the wonder years' on tv? mingyao asked as we made our way back to our residence.
that was nice.
weber - Euryanthe: Overture, Op. 81
magnus lindberg - Clarinet Concerto
schumann - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’
i preferred the the schumann piece about the river because i could relate to the narrative a little more than kriikku's abstract technical piece. i didn't know you could do that on the clarinet, mingyao said in awe after that piece. he probably could take it in better than me instead being a musician himself.
being in the concert, i suddenly recalled the free concert we went to in new york at the lincoln centre and how we left halfway because we were quite tired. do you think they're still showing 'the wonder years' on tv? mingyao asked as we made our way back to our residence.
that was nice.