The Village was so good.

There are some shows that leave such a deep impression you can't stop thinking about the characters long after the curtains fall.

There are shows that move you, and then there are shows that make you forget that the people out there are acting. They've taken on a different dimension and you no longer think of them of characters.

帶了媽媽去看寶島一村 還蠻開心的
因為不出所料 真的很棒
沒問她 但似乎是覺得好看
她是在馬來西亞的 kampung 村子長大
很年輕就來新加坡工作
相信寶島一村看下來是蠻有感覺的

好像跑了時光隧道認識了一堆寶島村民似的
現在還在想著那些人和事
其實 在電視上看了幾次王偉忠說卷村故事
剛剛的一幕幕似乎多了一份親切感

還有 看見王偉忠活生生站在眼前也讓我十分興奮
因為我很喜歡他﹗

Huayi Festival 2009

It's super exciting. After a lot of agonising, I finally bought tickets for 宝岛一村 (The Village) for myself and the mother. This is about the immigrant village culture of Taiwan in the late forties. I've watched 王偉忠 (Wang Wei Zhong) tell so many riveting 眷村 stories of his childhood, and I've lamented enough that I am not in Taiwan to catch this.

Well, I can't go to Taiwan, but a piece of Taiwan has come to me now. I'll kick myself if I miss it. I think the mother should enjoy it too. Tickets from here.

There's also 华丽上班族之生活与生存 (Design for Living) which has me really tormented because I really want to see 郑元畅 (Joseph Cheng - so cute!) live on stage! But I'm not completely certain about the play and I shouldn't be wasting money. But it's 小綜! Sigh, shall continue to think about it. Tickets from here if you're interested.

And then there're the in::music gigs. The lineup is fab. 盧廣仲 is already sold out, unless you're senior citizen or NSF, in which case you can get tickets here.

Also playing are 1976, 旺福 (Wonfu) and 这位太太 (Mrs. This) from Taiwan as well as 曹方 from China (I'm not familiar with her but she apparently has Cheer Chen's endorsement). Tickets from here, here, here and here respectively.I'm tempted to catch 旺福 and 1976...

So you see! The lineup for Huayi 09 is honestly very exciting! Do go for something.