For some reason, I arrived at City Hall Interchange over an hour ahead of time. I ended up in MPH, where I spent some time reading the last chapter of The Return of the King. While listening to the soundtrack! It’s a great experience, really. I’m tempted to purchase the set again, after having misplaced my old book.
I finished with it, and set off to Suntec City in search of more books. I settled myself in a corner of Harris, with a book that supposedly explained The Physics of the Impossible. Yes, a guy attempted to explain how perpetual motion, psychokinesis, and telepathy could be achieved. Within the laws of physics. In a book. I immediately jumped to “Telepathy”. The chapter was mostly devoted to how we have so far been able to map the brain. In the end, they said that we were unlikely to be able to unscramble other people’s thoughts, even if we could receive them. Some explanation.
Eventually, I headed back to the station where I was very surprised by Sophial’s ninja skills. After that, we were both surprised by Hongjie’s own Shadowdancer abilities. Are they teaching people in JCs how to hide in plain sight? If so, this sucks. I need a Natural Camouflage module.
(LoTR weapon replicas are the single coolest collectibles ever)
Anyway, today… Yesterday… Was the first time I’ve been in the Esplanade for a concert, in at least a couple of years. It was definitely the first time that I got to sit so close to the stage. Our actual seats were about six astronomical units away from the stage, and surrounded by people who were chattering away. I couldn’t make out any faces on the stage, either. Rachel took my miming of a cutting action using a big pair of shears to be an indication that we should find another spot. And so we did.
We got those awesome seats that were literally right above the piano. Suddenly, the concert became so much more enjoyable. It didn’t hurt that the second half, when we had the awesome view, was also filled with much dancing and other interesting antics. Also the pinafores. Yeah, I know it sounds weird coming from me, but it was so cute. Really. They all looked like little girls.
Again, I’d like to say that voice ensembles are really quite brilliant. Nothing can blend as well as the human voice. Yes, you could probably explain this using wave physics. It’s different from bands, where all the sections produce a drastically different sound. So yes, great performance. Well worth my money. I’ll probably be back next year.
And I got my fix of donuts! Woot. After the concert, we (very slowly) made our way to J.Co, where we scrounged out the remaining donuts from the trays. We seemed to have taken too long, as by the time we were done, the gate leading to the MRT station was shut. We ended up walking all the way around the building and catching what might have been the very last train.
And then the shower. It was so necessary.
Inside joke!
-Joe