FINALLY, i finished mapping my sep modules. and guess what. i will be taking 12 modules there!! isnt that totally exciting?? i am so darn looking forward to it. imagine, spending 10k in france to be a blardy mugger! life is good man.....

and FINALLY, gonna have my first Funka prac..... anxious, excited. cant wait

death by chocolate..... totally. just came back from the much raved abt chocolate buffet at fullerton. OMG..... death by chocolate. i had to say it again. its waaaaay to much chocolate, even for willy wonka. i think i might have to self induce myself into puking. its terrible.

actually my frens and i didnt have a table.... cos my dear fren carol didnt book (so inefficient). so we ended up waiting and looking like some desperate pple trying to getourselves into some posh restaurant. we could smell the chocolate fountain from where we were waiting. and we wanted to kill those pple taking the food.

in the end we got a table (after carol and skee worked their female charm on the waiter.... seriously.... some womanly charms do work) ok. before we went to the buffet, we made a note to pace oursleves...... but i obviously didnt..... and i pretty much KOed after one hour, eating nothing but some fancy fusion of green tea & chocolate, chocolate fondue.... chocolate cake..... more chocolate cake. in the end we just ended eating the fruits, withour chocolate. cos it was just too much. i can still smell the cocholate fountain..... and it makes me wanna barf.

so we finally gave up and went to maxwell to have some real solid food. wahhhhh it feels good to have something warm and salty in my mouth...... seriously. chocolate buffet is a once in a lifetime thing..... i wun ever go back...... even if u bring me there in a sedan or pay for it. i am swearing off chocolate for at least one month. barf.

feeling very musical-ish after coming back from an absolutely mazing performance of RENT, i have decided to rank all the muscials i have watched in my short 22 years of living:

1. Phantom of the Opera
this huge mama of musicals is definitely the most amazing and grand. the sets are stunning and the songs are pretty much super well knowned. watched it 4 times, once in singapore when i was in pri6, twice in the cinema and once more in london's west end (tickets that cost me a whopping 37.50 pounds.... which roughly equates to over $110). the story is pretty simple. girls unknowingly becomes a huge sensation in opera business. girl meets boy. boy meets girl. both fall in love. girl's ugly mentor (but oozing tonnes of sexual charms) gets jealous and sparks off a series of misfortunes on the opera. mentor holds girl captive. boys held captive too (wat a wuss). mentor lets both go and escaped back into his lair. the end. The story might be simple but the songs are way captivating.

2. Chicago
Again, another musical that has a hollywood adaptation. didnt actually watch the musical until only after the movie version. also watched it in london's west end. stellar performances (although not necessarily from brooke shield's roxie hart) and fabulous dancing fromt he stars and ensemble. witty dialogue and a wierd stage setting. the band is right smack in the centre of the stage. good usage of props and overall choreography. definitely worth your money.

3. Rent
hehe okok so i just came back from the show so i may be a bit biased. i absolutely loved the show! although it had quite a sluggish start but it started to pick up the pace in the middle of the first act. i loved maureen and the cow-jumping-over-the-moon thing. hilarious. tom's heart wrenching rendition of I'll cover you..... mimi and rogers' light my candle (i love love love this song).... the all star la vie boheme and of course, seasons of love! i love love loved it. and more importantly, it touches on issues which are, erm well, close to heart. cant wait for the movie version coming to our shores in 2006!

4. Blood brothers
ok i don't think a lot of people would have heard of this. once again, rich little me watched this in london's phoenix theatre. actually this is a major sad story. twins that are brought up in 2 different families. one rich one poor. both meet at a young age at the playground but doesnt know about each other yet. both fall in love with the same girl. all become good friends. girl marries the poor dude. but sees the rich one occassionally, purely as friends. poor dude gets jealous and kills his own brother. and in turn gets killed by the police.

"So, did y'hear the story of the Johnstone twins?
As like each other as two new pins
Of one womb born, on the self same day
How one was kept and one given away?
An' did you never hear how the Johnstone's died
Never knowing they shared one name
Till the day they died."

i still get shivers down my spine whenever i hear this. not a bad choice if you are tight on budget.

5. Les Miserables
lots of pple love this, but i beg to differ. highly overrated musical..... about the french revolution (like i give a shit)...... so so music. erm. i cant even remember the story. probably because i was late for the show and dun really know much about the history and stuff. so i didnt appreciate it that much.... yeah. so i guess i wouldnt be watching again anytime soon in the theatre unless someone don't mind paying to change my mind. hehe.