Tuesday, May 16, 2006
14/5/06 was Mothers' Day.
the Duck tgt w her family went to e esplanade to watch a concert. No.. its nt symphony orchestra nor some rock band concert. Its called "Beautiful Sunday - Happy Mothers' Day" featuring verteran singers like Deng Miao Hua and Marcus Chin (Chen Jianbing). And guess wat.. its FOC! So, as expected, thousand plus ppl (including e duck family) were lining up for the free seating concert.
Who says tt S'poreans r unfilial? Who says tt implementing the Maintenance of Parents Act is inevitable? Jus come dn and take a look: most of e crowds r transgenerational.. children, papa & mama as well as grandmama and grandpapa! * Tears welled up in e duck's eyes and she mumbled to herself, "wat a touching scene!!!"*
However, e poor duck din rlly get to enjoy e concert.. simply bcos there were a bunch of kids who talked non-stop during e entire concert! These bunch of adorable kids happened to sit directly behind me. I'm so blessed! Imagine.. there were abt 1600 seats in the Concert hall.. and they.. chose to sit behind me.. and spared the rest of the 1590 plus ppl. Parents who hve kids tt r super duper active/tok non-stop/dun appreciate old singers & kept laughing or giggling in e midst of the performance (onli love 'Hi Five' and "barney" etc). Those who suffer fr any one of e above syndromes.. pls.. lock them up in ya cosy hme. Many Singaporeans will appreciate this kind gesture of yours! I agree tt its nt easy to stop kids fr tokin or running ard.. i mean they r kids afterall! But, parents hve to make an effort to teach them hw to be GOOD AUDIENCES. They may be young but u hve to start treating them like young adults. Teach them hw to respect performers even if they dunno hw to appreciate certain kinds of performances. It matters alot to the performers out there, i mean its e basic form of courtesy rite?!!
Anw, I din wana strangle these kids since their parents were ard or spoil their (e kids') mood. However, I was so flabbergasted tt I hve to turn back and "shhs" them. "shhs" is a universal language. I'm glad tt they toned dn a little aft tt. But thanx to them.. i din rlly enjoy much of e performance. But i din rlly blame them. I mean.. i wld rlly love to say a big thank you to their parents instead. Oops.. this is supposed to be a Mothers' Day entry rite... wat an irony.hahah.. i mean Happy Mothers' Day to all mamas out there!!
Ok, shant dwell on it. Anw, i think god took pity on me and decided to give me a big reward. There was a lucky draw at e end of the concert. And onli 5 out of 1600 ppl got e prizes. My lucky draw no. happened to be e last no. to be called out!!! WOOOHOOOOO! I won myself $140 worth of vouchers. I presented these vouchers to mum cos its Mothers' Day!!
Love u loads mama... MUACKS!!!
the Duck tgt w her family went to e esplanade to watch a concert. No.. its nt symphony orchestra nor some rock band concert. Its called "Beautiful Sunday - Happy Mothers' Day" featuring verteran singers like Deng Miao Hua and Marcus Chin (Chen Jianbing). And guess wat.. its FOC! So, as expected, thousand plus ppl (including e duck family) were lining up for the free seating concert.
Who says tt S'poreans r unfilial? Who says tt implementing the Maintenance of Parents Act is inevitable? Jus come dn and take a look: most of e crowds r transgenerational.. children, papa & mama as well as grandmama and grandpapa! * Tears welled up in e duck's eyes and she mumbled to herself, "wat a touching scene!!!"*
However, e poor duck din rlly get to enjoy e concert.. simply bcos there were a bunch of kids who talked non-stop during e entire concert! These bunch of adorable kids happened to sit directly behind me. I'm so blessed! Imagine.. there were abt 1600 seats in the Concert hall.. and they.. chose to sit behind me.. and spared the rest of the 1590 plus ppl. Parents who hve kids tt r super duper active/tok non-stop/dun appreciate old singers & kept laughing or giggling in e midst of the performance (onli love 'Hi Five' and "barney" etc). Those who suffer fr any one of e above syndromes.. pls.. lock them up in ya cosy hme. Many Singaporeans will appreciate this kind gesture of yours! I agree tt its nt easy to stop kids fr tokin or running ard.. i mean they r kids afterall! But, parents hve to make an effort to teach them hw to be GOOD AUDIENCES. They may be young but u hve to start treating them like young adults. Teach them hw to respect performers even if they dunno hw to appreciate certain kinds of performances. It matters alot to the performers out there, i mean its e basic form of courtesy rite?!!
Anw, I din wana strangle these kids since their parents were ard or spoil their (e kids') mood. However, I was so flabbergasted tt I hve to turn back and "shhs" them. "shhs" is a universal language. I'm glad tt they toned dn a little aft tt. But thanx to them.. i din rlly enjoy much of e performance. But i din rlly blame them. I mean.. i wld rlly love to say a big thank you to their parents instead. Oops.. this is supposed to be a Mothers' Day entry rite... wat an irony.hahah.. i mean Happy Mothers' Day to all mamas out there!!
Ok, shant dwell on it. Anw, i think god took pity on me and decided to give me a big reward. There was a lucky draw at e end of the concert. And onli 5 out of 1600 ppl got e prizes. My lucky draw no. happened to be e last no. to be called out!!! WOOOHOOOOO! I won myself $140 worth of vouchers. I presented these vouchers to mum cos its Mothers' Day!!
Love u loads mama... MUACKS!!!