The Things I Miss

And so I managed to survive the crazy month of audit. The last minute requests for information, the last minute mad rush, and the overcoming of nerves during the audit itself. For that, the hospital managed to get re-accredited. Hurray for it, now it’s peace time for me (or so I hope with all the Christmas ideas/orders and OT Day coming up ).

With all these mad rushing happening, I cannot help but sometimes think back fondly on the more peaceful times that I had. And so, let me rant now on the things that I miss when the times were good.

• I miss photography.

I was looking back on my other photo blog and realised that it’s been a really long time since I last went on a photo shoot. Just walking around anywhere, looking for angles, objects to shoot. And the poems that I managed to write in accompaniment to the photos, even I myself was impressed. Not that the poems were of great quality. It’s just that I could somehow feel the emotions that I was feeling so at that time.

• I miss clubbing.

It seems like eons since I last went to a club to just dance myself crazy. I’m not a good dancer, but I cannot deny that I just love music and moving along with music. The constant rhythm thumping along with your heart beat. Ha, that may sound weird, but it certainly gives me the grooviness =)

• I miss the old school days.

I sure miss the times when I was still studying, when there were no politics, just assignments to rush for. Not to mention that there were long school holidays for one to play and relax. Man… I miss being young! Haha…

• I miss playing sports.

It’s been quite some time since I last played some team sports. I enjoy the adrenaline and teamwork that keeps me going, the going forward in search of a score, a goal.  Plus, I was in such great shape, with a nice tan and all.

Hmm… With all these reminiscence, I wonder when can I get a chance to do any of these again though I don’t think I can do some of them at all anymore, like being a full-time student again. Boo… =)

Moments with Esplanade

Looking back at my blog, it is like ages since I last blogged! There must be lots of cobwebs here now that needs dusting, not to mention the dropping in readership =) Oh well, the busy days at work just got to me these few days, that I just can’t wait for my year end trip to just let my hair loose!

Anyway, here’s a short entry here on the times spent at the Esplanade – one for personal leisure, another for work.

First up, Stomp!!

Yes, I finally got a chance to watch Stomp after so many years. The Boy was very kind to accompany me again, as we appreciated music made out of our every day items. Being a music person, furthermore a percussionist, I was very much amazed at the way they made music out of mundane items that would have never ever crossed my mind that they could be used they way they were. The use of lighters was one, as we were amazed at how they played with the light and the different patterns of clicking to a magical display of musical art. I also loved how they incorporated martial-arts-like movements into their performances that just blew my mind.

What entertained me the most? It was the nutty display of antics by the performers themselves, that just tickled my funny bone, and got me laughing non-stop from the start to the end. What can I say… You really got to watch it yourself to get what I mean! =)

Anyway, the next performance that I got to watch was Dunas, a world premiere which features Maria Pages and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Due to work collaborations between IMH and Esplanade, some of my colleagues and I were treated by the latter to a sumptuous dinner at a Japanese restaurant, before heading off to enjoy the performance. Of course we didn’t just had fun. We did discuss about future projects for collaboration, though we seemed to have more play than work =P

Dunas, as part of the Dans Festival, featured contemporary flamenco dance and abstract dance. While I admit that I do have trouble appreciating abstract dance, their place of visual effects like light, shadows, visual effects through the use of the visualiser, and shapes through curtain drapes was utterly fascinating! Perhaps this might inspire me more to watch more dance performances in future (though I do think that I might prefer to take up dance classes with Zhuo Wei instead, haha) =)