Singapore Garden Festival (27 July 2008)

Over the last weekend, went to the Singapore Garden Festival (held at Suntec City) with my family. Erh, actually I am not a flower fan la (somemore need to pay entrance fee!), but becoz my mum likes so I guai guai follow along lor. wahaha!

I visited one last year, and I think this year one got more people and more participants. The event is 'split' into two portions. 1) With various design themes for competition and works from professionals. 2) Mainly orchid exhibits and works from students.

Sharing some photos I took:

Black and white photos? how "ancient" right? But on another point of view, solidifed colours like black and white gives people the feeling of simplicity and distinct clear perspective.

This one quite cute. hehe. I like the feel of the guy (cool feeling) amongst the "colourful world" that surrounded him. His movements are showing as if trying to get hold of something in frot of him that can be interesting/anticipating.




The below picture gives me a feeling of Christmas. Hmmm, something like those old cottage side pond during the early period of Christmas. hehe.

The below project is making use of cellophone papers to give the mysterious but strengthen the overall colour of the flowers as well.



This is the most magnificent project among the competitors. And indeed it won 1st prize!! Kind of reminded me of 'Underwater World'. Haha! Hmmm, wondering how they support the whole heavy structure so high up there with water inside? But really attracted many people to take photos :)

Erm, trees without leaves? To me, it kinds of symbolic the idea of 'free from troubles'.

At first when I went near, thought what is the green and brown plants doing there lor (imagine you see the colourful flowers around!) After I walked further and turned back, to my surprise it is a very abstract cum intelligent design of the past era Hollywood icon sexy lady "Marilyn Monrne"! Tough work trying to assemble her face. haha!




Very nice rainbow colours of orchid! Just like our life full of different colours whereby each colour can be representative of our personal experiences and feelings.

Any lily flower lover? Quite delicate work there, gives the feelings of crystal clear feel that is very complementary and suited to project the feelings that white lily gives to us.

How aptly! Our National Day (9 Aug) is coming! And the below project is done by one of the secondary schools, showing their creativity and at the same time remind the public of a very important day to Singapore! :)

*Hope you guys like the photos I took and maybe if there's a similar event to be held, do visit and you will get to know more kinds of flowers around you and appreciate the nature feel (especially if you have been facing computer and work whole day!). Great job to all people involving in the competiting projects and coordination! :)

Korean shows, 一切完美

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Of recent, seems that "Korean wave" remained strong with more and more stories into the '明朝时代" settings. As observed, these Korean shows educates values and cultivates culture, plus the settings are quite natural. I am personally attracted to it. Kind of reminded me of our good past local shows like "出路", '红头巾', which is sad to say, the shows nowadays focus more on nonsensical screaming (丑化女生!) and 老少配weird combination! :(

(photo credits to MediaCorp TV Channel U website)

Of those recent local shows, 一切完美 is a better one. 郑婉玲 although not really the main character but her bubbly yet a little serious brightens the show a lot with her famous '娇艳' interpretation. haha! A natural 笑将 cum 可爱 auntie! :) Too bad the show is quite short, but nevertheless one of the better local productions this year. Sin Huey's song renditions also not too bad. 8/10 for the show (would be even better if the operations details were more indepth)!

Music Addict! Wei Lian!

Being a music addict, I like to share and recommend some of the songs/singers to many more people around me. I appreciate good music and music talents out there...now trying to compose music, but needs a lot a lot more hardwork given that I am not born with music talents (I'm not pro in music instruments either) that some do. Well, each and everyone of us has their own strengths and weaknesses right? haha!

Talking about singing and music..In particular, Wei Lian was one singer that make me 'chase' his songs and performances (some singers i do like but never chase)...All started from "火柴天堂". haha! With everyone trying to be jay chou, stefanie and a-mei, this rendition proves to be different in terms of feel and it does bring back some memories of the original singer (熊天平) who has fantastic vocals but quieten down over the years. I don't know if you realised or not, Wei Lian's songs chosen during the competition rounds are more 'leng meng' type (as in one won't chose for competitions), yet he still able to remake into his own. (e.g 火柴天堂, 孤单的夜里我不孤单, 草原之夜, 走出黑暗的世界吧朋友!, 我真的受伤了, 其实你不懂我的心, 一剪梅) not including those he did when he was busking...) Did disability really won him, or what I said his uniquely strong song selections/style (and I don't think it's easy to sing even though they are slow songs) that sets him different from his competition peers, hence able to won general heartlanders' hearts? I let you decide ba!

In the present era whereby music is being overdone with many complicated background music and hype of big-shot production crew behind the 'wonders', not many truly able to bring out a song's essence and 'feel' purly using their own vocals...Wei Lian's vocals proven otherwise. I personally recommend you (especially not-a-supporter yet) to listen to his live guitar unplugged performances...that always won applauses from audience of all ages and how he won Superstar eventually.

Actually the first time I saw his live performance was in an enclosed hall area somewhere near Kallang Stadium after he was crowned the overall winner. (Nope, not at any competition rounds, coz that time I was busy and can't go down) The event is Youth Leaders' Talk and actually we paid to join the event coz only primary and secondary school students were invited. haha! But you will be more than surprised, that even young kids who I sat along with gave him arousing applauses and commented that he's talented. You know kids - their reactions will show whether they like it or not. ;)

To know more about him, do visit his official website: http://www.weiliankelvin.com/

Join in the Blue Angels family where they render much support and care to him and among themselves as well. It has been about 3 years since he started off. Hope his music journey will continue to touch many who have heard his music or got to know him. =)

My Title Description

You may be thinking that I am a 'love addict' from my title description...No! That was the intro to one of the stories that I wrote for my friend's acting materials but she took only the last few parts of story (modify a little as well) so the intro became 'my copyrighted' materials. haha!

'Love addict' I am not, but I more of a "sentimental fool" though (sometimes my thoughts are beyond my age and I like to reminicise the past)...haha! But definitely a food addict! Can't resist good food, that's why if you happended to see my baby days photos (I was born like 2.5kg and somemore only premature 7 months!) and now, can see the impact that food has brought to me! ;) I won't say I'm a fantastic cook but coming up with four can-be-eaten-and-not-sick dishes is still within my means. hoho! I am a fan of Chinese food, don't eat beef and moderate hotness is still ok for me. hee.

Welcome! My very first post!

Woo hoo!!

Finally decided to come out with my personal blog. Despite the fact that it was eons ages ago that there was the craze of blogging, it took me like tortoise years to do it! No doubt I like writing, but I can be quite lazy to do updating. Plus my life is pretty boring, so also not much things to write la. wahaha! :P

Some people (especially my parents) say I can be quite quiet (well, compared to my sis who is even more expressive and outspoken than I am!) Others who know me better, know that I can be a pretty lame-cool-jokes joker, a mild temper and dedicated person. hehe. I say that my character depends on the situations I am in. :P

Nothing fanciful (maybe occasionally?) is going to be shared yet, coz like I said I am a very simple gal. hee. Life is too hectic nowadays that we failed to appreciate the simplest things, and left many things to regret. Instead more personalised thoughts and feel of things/people I met will be blogged, just like what my title head says: 我的火柴天堂.

How did I came up with the title? Not difficult to see that I support Wei Lian ba? haha! But more because the song itself is rather uplifting for those who are in sorrow. 火柴 represents glow of light (or life) and to be in admist of 天堂 (being 'classified' as a place free of worries and where good souls will also be there) seems lucky and that there are many hopes/dreams. That's why I hope that my life will always be like a 火柴天堂: stay positive, appreciate people around me and the things I have. As well as bring that spirit to many more others. =)

Hereby, wishing all the best in whatever you do :)



Cheers!
Stella (Silly Hippo)