Hairspray Gold and my AHM Pride

(To address Fungi: If you shag, I'm shag times a gazillion times =P And for YW, I did say the twist was good lor ... haha ... and I bought a silver-gun-chain from jiamin; I got support friend oso lor.. lol)

How exciting could a weekend have been?!

This entry is gonna be long. First, there's my HAIRSPRAY review and there's of course ... that 21KM run.

On saturday I met wenjie at orchard cine for KBox ... after straining our vocal chords for 3Hrs, we decided that we just decided that we had to watch Hairspray, so yup, we bought the tickets for the 3:15PM show, since we both must book-in that night. Before the movie started went over to *scape to support jiamin and friends at their LIME flea market stall. Happy with what I got =)

Anyway, here's my exciting review of HaIrSpRaY!

I give the movie W o o o o o W (5.0/5)

HAIRSPRAY has got to be one of the best pictures of the year!! This is what a good movie should be made of. It is very feel-good entertainment; and the song-and-dance numbers are so good I found myself wanting to clap after every single one =P

HAIRSPRAY kicks off with an instant sing-a-long: Good Morning Baltimore by a very promising Nicky Blonsky. Her earnestness and sometimes fiestiness are the reasons why the movie is so fun to watch.

HAIRSPRAY succeeds best when the beats start and the fantastic actors do their stuff. You just have to see it for yourself to believe the amount of professionalism thrown into the film.

Talking about the actors, they are the heart and soul of this unbelievable musical. The Straits Times, Life! called Amanda Bynes (see below) a "comic revelation". I wouldn't go soo far as to say that, but she did a pretty decent job playing Nicky's ditsy little best friend.

The person I think that rightfully deserves the "comic revelation" title is none other than John Travolta (see below)! Holy mama ... his tour-de-force 'drag-queen' role as Mrs Turnblad is so bloody hilarious and gross at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if he was nominated for an Oscar Best Actor next year. Heck, he could win Oscar Best Actress and he/she would still deserve it =P

There is no need to comment about the rest of the actors. Queen Latifah is powerful as usual; Christopher Walken is surprisingly funny; Zac Efron provided the right amount of charm; and Michelle Pfeiffer puts her acting chops to perfect use as a villanious TV station manager.

She Rocks.



















He / She Rocks.

LAST SAY:

Go watch it and have a great, great time. 'Cause you can't stop the beat!


And now, onto the topic of the Army Half Marathon 2007. Woohoo!

My legs are in such pain now I can't even bother to describe. But I guess ... it was all worth it? You bet it was, man.

Here's the LowDown:

Woke up at 0245 this morning. Brushed-up. Boarded bus to NDP Floating Platform.

Waited until 0545 before the run officially started from Sheares Bridge.

Paced with Sgt Kwok and Sgt Kang initially.

Then Sgt Kang had to shit. Last saw him at Lau Par Sat.

Then Sgt Kwok fell behind. It was me on my own.

Ran pass Chinatown then entered expressway ECP.

Upslope was crazy. It was still dark. There are thousands of people.

Saw my SISPEC commanders along the way: Sgt Lawrence and Sgt Tan Chow Li.

It was at the 8km point that I entered East Coast Park.

Daybreak. Sunrise was nice. But my fatigue wasn't.

The entire ECP run was 7km. It was tiring like ****.

At 15km, finally broke free of ECP.

The next 6km was a blur of waterpoints with 100Plus and bananas and rockbands.

Ran pass Mountbatter Rd and then pass the Indoor Stadium.

The last 1km was torturous.

Then it was over.

I couldn't feel my legs.


Was I proud of myself? Yes.
Because it was certainly no easy feat.

Never ran with so much endurance before. Guess I fnally did something in the Army that I can be proud of.

Presenting to you guys my Finisher Medal, hee.



That's my number tag in the background. 2871. Can go buy 4D =P
Shall keep it safe. =)
Take care, peeps!