went for sis's performance. patchwork, a rojak cultural night theme to showcase different music, dance, drama groups together under the pretense of a musical. havent had the opportunity and time in so long to just sit down and observe. the cranky old place of kallang theatre, i still remember going there a long long time ago. for i dunno what performance, i cannot remember, i was running around backstage. i only remember the long corridors at the two sides of the theatre. ah well.
so many neighbourhood secondary school kids being so busy. busy milling around, busy primming their hair, busy being busy, busy showing off, busy being proud, busy being excited. it's just intriguing to observe them dressing up and doing their hair and being so fussy, like it's an Important Function. or perhaps it is. it is one to them. imagine a setting, so different from school. such a change from the normal classroom uniform setting. and suddenly it's like an Important Show, for them, for all of the audience. to elevate them to a higher level, for them to feel Important, an avenue to earn some respect and attention. i suppose it's a good experience for them. to feel different, to get out of the void decks and shopping centres into the halls of the high art.
kuo pao kun's play. not much of any script left though. but well, i haven't experienced Literature in some time. of motifs and undertones and messages and characters and settings and songs and themes and repetitions and the stage.
it rains.
