Living in Singapore (or anywhere outside of the US) means that hit TV shows will take longer to get here. In this case, Glee. I am oblivious to current tweets and only understand them weeks later - fine, no problem. So, in the episode this week Blaine leans into Kurt and then awkwardly jerks away. Then I realize, “Oh! They had to cut the kiss out!” Really, Singapore? I feel like Minnesota and Singapore have an unfortunate commonality right now. Singapore, you need to grow up so I can watch Glee in it’s complete form.
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Pizza Hut helps people with horrible taste get married to other people with horrible taste.
Who works in Marketing for Pizza Hut in the US and MENA? Between this and the Middle East ‘Oriental’ promo spotted on Gubbi’s Tumblr, the Singapore menu looks almost healthy and un-crazy. (It’s not. It just appears that way.)
I saw Spring Awakening when the musical first debuted in NYC in 2006 (featuring future Gleeks Rachel Berry and Jesse St. James). I was a little confused as to why German teenagers from the late 1800s were singing rock songs; this actually still bothers me a bit. The actors were good, but the punk/rock/1800s style was too much for me.
I was walking home from the grocery store this morning and saw ads for this show coming to Singapore. Sigh. I realize I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m going to air my critical and unconfirmed complaints.
- Asian actors are going to dress up in 1800s costumes with a punk twist and play characters named Wendela and Melchior from Germany? I have no imagination - I admit it.
- A fairly conservative country is showing a musical about youth sorting through their sexual curiosity? This may be reason enough to see it: that is, to see the reaction of fellow theater-goers who had no idea of the plot. If I see the original image for this show used in advertising…I’ll go and see it. (I’m betting there is no way they would use it!)
- I don’t have anything further. I thought, I did. But, I don’t.
/Rant
I am two weeks and one day away from the Christmas holiday/my friends and family/time off. I am counting the days. I have been in a bit of a ‘what the hell am I doing with my life?’ crisis, so a week and a half without email and conference calls at all hours of the day is a beautiful thing.
As you can see from the first photo, I am leaving an island where the average temperature is about 30 C and willingly taking a trip to what looks like an Arctic tundra. The degrees are negative! This makes my email-less vacation a little less beautiful, but I’ll make do.
So, there is a new gimmick in one of the malls here. The mall built a structure that looks like a life-sized snowglobe for willing participants to hang out in -3 C room. What kind of masochists willingly line up to throw themselves into a life-sized snowglobe in the middle of a mall? (Don’t worry, I’m heading back there this weekend to find out!)
At the same time, I have to wonder if I am the crazy person returning to the tundra…or if my family and friends are the actual crazy people for living there permanently. (My bet is on them.)
I think, I’m a little more Singaporean now.
The beginning of my day: swiping my MRT card to get on/off the bus.
*If you’re viewing this outside of the Tumblr Dashboard, you can hover over the picture and play a soundclip of the sound this thing makes…
**I’m just experimenting with sounds/tagging/etc. with SoundCloud and Thinglink.
Advertisement for insurance: useful if you live next to an archery training facility or a summer camp…unnecessary in my neighborhood.
In case you were curious about Singapore…
I am the Neighborhoodr editor for Singapore. So, check it out if you’re in Singapore…or thinking about coming through here…or if you wanted to see what else I’m posting about when I’m not posting nonsense here.
Bamboo clams, anyone?
A friend of mine has organized an event to raise money for Japan. She’s a brilliant musician, so if you’re in Singapore: go to this!
Gambatte! Japan from Singapore Charity Event
Today at 6:00pm - Tomorrow at 1:00am
Blu Jaz11 Bali Lane, Historic Kampong GlamSingapore, Singapore
We would like to inform you to have a donation event “Gambatte! Japan from Singapore”, a donation event for victims of Tsunami/earthquake started in Miyagi, Japan.
This event is organized by :
Vivid Creations
Wakyo-Kai Singapore
Ayaschool
and BluJaz.
Charity partne by Mercy Relief
Media supporter: COMM Pte Ltd
Soundsystem support: MUGIC
Our kick-off charity event is coming up on 17th Thursday at Blujaz. It will have 3 floors of creative activities including all kinds of music and dance.
1st floor : Jungle Jam for Japan (person in charge : Aya Sekine)
2nd floor DJs jam (person in charge : Kentaro Taniguchi)
3rd Floor : Dancers jam! (person in charge : Kyoko)
Muzium: DJs Jam (person in charge : Kentaro Taniguchi)
Participating performers/musicians/artists/DJs/rappers/dancers/artists/illustrators etc.
This list also includes who replied to us with yes but can’t make it.
Here we’d like thank you so much for the spirit!
Alicia Pan
Alina Ramirez
Andy Yang
Audrey Tang
Aya Sekine
Aynsley Green
Benjamin Low
Ben Pho
Ben Thia
Brendon Perera
Brian Benson
Budi (Wicked Aura Batucada)
Casie Lane Millhouse
Casey Subramaniam
Cindy Gomez
Corinne Gibbons
Dan Wong
Darren Dubwise
Darren Moore
Dawn Ho
Dean Chew
Della Angelina
DJ Ko Flow
DJ Small
Dominic Phua
Eric Foenander
Eugene Siow
Eugne Ang
Eugenia Yip
Flee Circus
Franco Toh
Goro Tsukakoshi
Hiro Maekawa
Joanna Dong
Jean-Baptiste Berchoteau
Jeremy Monteiro
Joe Tan
Jonathan Kiat
Joshua Pillai
Kaye
Kayo Ota
Kiwamu Shibata
Ko Sherman
Kyoko Bellydance
Luke Buirski
Maya Nova
Michaela Therese
Michael Ng Mindflyer
Munir
Nicolle Duffell
Rachma Lim
Ramu
Sachiyo Nakagaki
Sarah Cheng
Shawn Letts
Shirlyn Tan
Stephen Yonathan
Taisuke Yamamoto
Takuya Kashiwada
Tett Lim
Timothy Koh
Tyler Made
Vanessa Fernandez
Vijay Singh
Wei Xiang
Yvette Atienza
Zushan Benny
There will be local and non localmusicians’ CDs for sale, all the sales will go directly to Mercy Relief for donation. You take great music home for great cause.
Lo hei! Two lo hei occasions in the past week. I just learned it’s primarily a Singaporean-Chinese thing and not a China-Chinese thing. Thank goodness for wikipedia, I guess.
Another (bigger) lo hei coming up at the company party next week so one more chance at wishing for salary increases/good health/etc for the coming year.
Gong xi fa cai, everyone!
About Asinine Alliteration
Minnesota gal (via NYC) transplanted in Singapore.
Unintentionally nomadic.
Sympathetic beyond my means.
Quirky at the worst of times.
