Sunday, January 11, 2009
GREASE THE MUSICAL
My cheese baked rice with chicken slices and sausage with creamy white sauce.
Sakina's cheese baked rice with chicken sausage and mushroom with black pepper sauce.
Yesterday was super duper uber fun! I wished I can relived it over and over again. Okay, maybe not over and over again. Yikes! But I really had one of the best times yesterday. I met the girlfriend for dinner at Eighteen Chefs, Eastpoint. I really liked the fact that they actually embraced the whole yellow ribbon campaign and gave those people a second chance in life. Kudos to Eighteen Chefs. Besides, their food is really really good, so I am not complaining.
My cheese baked rice with chicken slices and sausage with creamy white sauce.
Sakina's cheese baked rice with chicken sausage and mushroom with black pepper sauce.
Our Eighteen Funky Strawberry.We are truly satisfied with their delicious food and service. Definitely will be coming back for more.
After dinner, we walked to ITE College East to catch GREASE THE MUSICAL. Yes! At long last, my dream to watch a play came true. Well, maybe it wasn't exactly a Victoria Theater kinda play, but it's still a play. And I've been dying to watch one! [I gave up waiting for some debonair Prince Charming who share the same artistic interest as me and the love for theater and music to bring me to a play. Obviously my delusional days are wearing thin and reality decides to set in. Pfffft.]
I was so impressed with the whole set-up. It was done with class. You should see the doormen. They were all young, clearly ITE students. But they were all so smart-looking. They were dressed in suits with white crisp long-sleeved shirts underneath, matched with silk solid baby blue neck tie. Pretty impressive huh? I'd say. They each even had a walkie talkie and a posh tag on their suits which read EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR! Sakina and I can't shut up about how professional, posh and fierce they looked.
After dinner, we walked to ITE College East to catch GREASE THE MUSICAL. Yes! At long last, my dream to watch a play came true. Well, maybe it wasn't exactly a Victoria Theater kinda play, but it's still a play. And I've been dying to watch one! [I gave up waiting for some debonair Prince Charming who share the same artistic interest as me and the love for theater and music to bring me to a play. Obviously my delusional days are wearing thin and reality decides to set in. Pfffft.]
I was so impressed with the whole set-up. It was done with class. You should see the doormen. They were all young, clearly ITE students. But they were all so smart-looking. They were dressed in suits with white crisp long-sleeved shirts underneath, matched with silk solid baby blue neck tie. Pretty impressive huh? I'd say. They each even had a walkie talkie and a posh tag on their suits which read EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR! Sakina and I can't shut up about how professional, posh and fierce they looked.
Us during the 15-minute intermission.
I know the pictures from the play are minimal. But they specifically said 'STRICTLY NO PHOTOGRAPHY' before the play began. So I only took out my no flash camera phone during the finale when I was very sure everybody's eyes were on the cast on stage. Sorry to disappoint guys.
Anyways, about the 2-hour long play. I thought it was nicely done. I mean them being just students doing Grease The Musical. It's GREASE for god's sake! It's very difficult to produce such a musical play and be on the same level as the original. So I think they did pretty good on their own level. The fake American accents did not do it for me though. It was a tad too annoying with their local twang still dramatically attached to every word they said. Other than that, it was pretty impressive for ITE students to do a play such as this. I hope it's not their last.
Half the audience actually stood up for them when it was over. Yep, they were given a standing ovation. They were all super shocked, you should have seen their expressions. Classic. And then one by one burst into tears and started hugging their co-stars. But I thought it was a bit biased because I was pretty sure 90% of the audience were their family and friends. Haha. But all of their nearly a year of hard work deserved a standing ovation. Nonetheless, it was very very entertaining. Sakina and I enjoyed it very much. My choice for best actor is a tie between the guy playing the character Kenickie and the guy playing the lead character Danny Zuko. I know Sakina's choice is that cute, tall, lanky and super hyperactive guy who played the nerd, Eugene. Am I not right B? Heh.
Anyways, about the 2-hour long play. I thought it was nicely done. I mean them being just students doing Grease The Musical. It's GREASE for god's sake! It's very difficult to produce such a musical play and be on the same level as the original. So I think they did pretty good on their own level. The fake American accents did not do it for me though. It was a tad too annoying with their local twang still dramatically attached to every word they said. Other than that, it was pretty impressive for ITE students to do a play such as this. I hope it's not their last.
Half the audience actually stood up for them when it was over. Yep, they were given a standing ovation. They were all super shocked, you should have seen their expressions. Classic. And then one by one burst into tears and started hugging their co-stars. But I thought it was a bit biased because I was pretty sure 90% of the audience were their family and friends. Haha. But all of their nearly a year of hard work deserved a standing ovation. Nonetheless, it was very very entertaining. Sakina and I enjoyed it very much. My choice for best actor is a tie between the guy playing the character Kenickie and the guy playing the lead character Danny Zuko. I know Sakina's choice is that cute, tall, lanky and super hyperactive guy who played the nerd, Eugene. Am I not right B? Heh.
After the enjoyable play, we walked over back to Eastpoint and had a drink at Starbucks. 
You know the night isn't over when we haven't took a couple of crazy shots together. Which is exactly what we did. 10 mins in the photobooth! :)
Saying I had fun yesterday is an understatement.
love,
nadia.
sin-fullybeautiful.
