A Trip Down Orchard Road

Hello everyone... Just came back 2 hours ago from Orchard after watching a movie at Cathay Cineleisure with one of my bestest buddies ever. :) --> Beauty Shop. Very funny movie with Queen Latifah, Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Bacon.

Queen Latifah literally carried the whole movie on her shoulders. Luckily she had enough pizzazz and well-timed humour to carry it through... The whole movie would have been totally stale if not for her presence.

And Alicia Silverstone was totally cute in this movie. Her Texan(?) accent was so cute... and her hair was funky throughout though I thought when she first appeared in the movie was the cutest ever- two ponytails on both sides from the top of her head, very Baby Spice ;-) She was so loveable in the role! I totally couldn't resist always looking out for her - she sounded and looked so innocent though when she talked to the others, it showed that she knew more than they thought she knew... :P Things like sex and that sort of thing. And her dance at the night club. Damn sexy. And damn funny. The other ladies were like shocked when they saw her gyrating on the dance floor!

And Kevin Bacon... Hmmm. Not sure what to think. He was supposed to be this gay guy from some European country, Sweden I think. He looked the part. He acted the part. But I'm not sure if he was believable enough. I'm pretty sure a swish of the hair and the nose thing he did in the air maketh not the gay man though I may be stereotyping a bit here. Sorry if I offended anyone. But the movie's a good and satisfiable movie.

But be aware of the plot. It's very thin. It veers on serious issues such as inter-racial relationships and the importance of family relationships but simply skims over them. You're never actually shown how they actually feature in the movie and how they're solved because they issue is gone before you even get to think about it. Anyway, watch the movie. The lingo was a bit difficult to understand but once you get a hang of it... It's just a laugh-fest most of the time. :)

And I finally found my beloved Avenue Q Original Broadway Cast Recording! At first, I wanted to buy it at HMV but couldn't find it. So I bought it at Borders instead where I received my first birthday present from my buddy! Thanks! :) Deception Point by Dan Brown... :) You've gotta love Dan Brown. The plots he concocts are like mind-numbing! Like Da Vinci Code. That is a hoot of a book. It became the talk of the world and it now has books discussing the things inside Da Vinci Code! Well imagine that... Another novel explaining a novel. Sigh. :) And Avenue Q is a total blast! Though I have to be careful when I listen to it loudly in my room. The words like "fuck" and "dick" can be clearly heard so I have to be kinda careful around my parents before they start questioning what the heck I actually listen to. "Schadenfreude", "If You Were Gay" and in fact every song in the soundtrack is just superb! :) Can't wait to watch it if I manage to go NY with some buddies in Broadway! Watch Phantom as well and Wicked!!!

And anyway, Orchard is a very interesting place to be in during weekends. Can observe a lot of strange going-ons. I love eavesdropping on people's conversations when I'm like caught in a sudden crowd like at a traffic stop. Strange discussions ensue and I love listening in on their accents... and try to determine whether they are fake or not. Many teens now love adopting strange accents ie American or British and some of them are really totally fake. Like when they start using sentences beginning with "like" and ending it in the same vein. Or when they start bitching about someone they really don't like.

Also, the dress code is still kinda difficult for me to emulate. I'm still not certain what street fashion is... but 2 peculiarities stood out like a sore thumb today. There was a group of teens at the mrt station dressed like total punks with their leaher jackets and leather pants and their mohawk hair cuts. They looked totally ridiculous. I'm not even sure if what they wore was real leather... if it was even leather! Anyway, they would have just died in the heat that has sweeped over Singapore recently. Another one was a couple. The girl was ok but the guy... He looked like a girl with a pink shirt and a girl's plastic hair band. And it didn't help that his hair flared up above his head and he was carrying this big bag on 1 of his shoulders... those kind that girls like to carry their thingies in. Was probably his girlfriend's. Lol.

Anyway, that's all from me till tomorrow where I shall be at Cathay again to watch Install with about 2 or 3 more good buddies of mine from camp. See ya till then! :P