A BIG THANK YOU to the following friends who made my 19th birthday a wonderful one!
// Tiffany and carmen for the reallllllly early gift;
// Wjchan for the early one too;
// Grace, Hajar, Qinghui, Daniel, Justin, Jacq, Azmi, Ron, Joshua, for celebrating my birthday last Weds with me by watching Sweeney Todd and then having dinner at Vivo. Daniel for the birthday song, Jacq for the birthday cake and awfully fattening chocolate ice-cream, Grace for the items featuring cats and all the rest for the shared gift;
// Yong Sheng, Yong Ern, Yong Ler, Clarissa, Clarence – the cousins – for the fun outing and treat yesterday;
// Claudyne and Cathleen for the movie and treat at Cine;
// Max and Huimin, and Abigail for the gifts;
// Yiliang, Yingle, Sheena, Xuewei, Nelson, Yanjie, Sara, Mindy, Hong Bei, Tan Chun, Erfa, Amelia, Liangyu, Siti, Raymond, Amanda, Sharon, Eugene for the wonderful online / sms birthday wishes!
Sweeney Todd must be the bloodiest musical ever! Lots of throat-slashing blood-spurting action (as well as the creepy barber chair, meat grinder, the ingenious trap) going on in there that made me cringe. Somehow the set above Mrs Lovett’s shop looks vaguely familiar – even Sweeney’s hair, his make up, his razors.. Why, it reminds me of Edward Scissorhands! Depp + Burton combi. Wow.
Dinner at a Japanese restaurant (Shin something) after the movie with the classmates. Gosh the food cost so much that I didn’t dare to order anything more than curry rice and a drink. Other than that, the company was enjoyable, the cake was awesome and we hung around outside Vivo until it was time to go.
On Saturday I met up with Claudyne and Cathleen at Cine. Check It Out, Yo! is going to screen soon! Yes! We saw the trailer at the box office. They’d been postponing it since last year, along with Ken Miyake’s (and Matsuyama Kennichi) horror flick Vanished. Inoue Maoh! I think Adeline would want to watch it too. Well, we caught Sweeney in the afternoon lol. I must agree with Qinghui (she also saw it a second time on the same day) that after a second viewing, I’m so addicted to the songs, especially Johnny Depp’s singing XD The blood and gore didn’t have as much impact, and minus the guy classmates’ laughing-at-possibly-everything, hence I was able to look out for the song lyrics and more visual details. Sweeney Todd OST is a must to own!
Prior to the movie I was telling Claudy about how easily one could lose his appetite after watching Sweeney, but I was sure wrong about it. If you hadn’t noticed the newly opened Sakae Teppanyaki restaurant beside Sakae Sushi at Cine, I highly recommend it! At the time we ate there, the entire restaurant was empty o.O” as though we booked it for ourselves. We sat facing the elevators, at which they both commented that we seemed to be “on display” and “under scrutiny” of the restaurant staff. NONETHELESS. They served great food! I ordered a Turkey set and this is what was served: pieces of grilled and chewy turkey, a piece of salmon, tofu steak, veggies, rice and miso soup all for about $12++.
Following lunch was shopping at Far East. Terribly crowded, full of people doing last minute shopping for CNY. Cathleen found so many clothes that matched her, Claud got herself two dresses while I found a nice top from a shop that stocks only one of each design. A pretty rare find, but I’m not sure if I’m going to wear it anytime soon. Stocking up, haha.
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