Before The Clock Strikes Twelve...

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Titoudao tonight.

I think all the actors and actresses are excellent. Special mentions to Pam Oei, Sebastian Tan, Chua En-lai and Beatrice Chia-Richmond. They brought the characters to life.

The story takes the viewer on a journey of the life of a woman who found life in traditional Hokkien Opera (wayang). Kudos to the the production team who intricately interspersed legends and fables in the operas with the story of the main character living through the sixties.

The stage production is good too, blending the backstage of Chinese opera with painted banners that served as backgrounds for the various opera scenes. The usage of Hokkien, English, Mandarin and Malay to portray the characters is also a refreshing experience for me. For those of you who do not understand non-English languages, most of those scenes comes with English subtitles (but like I said, MOST...).

And the jests are genuinely funny. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Catch it if you can, the play ends this Saturday.

[ About Titoudao]

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I had a thought today.

I hope I do not turn into a snob.

No, really. I've been noticing that I've been having snobbish thoughts about people. Picking on their English, Mandarin, mannerism, how they treat me and even how they look.

A part of me argued that it's a part of the change that I am going through now. Given my more recent exposure to people and situations recently, it's natural that I form my perception of people based on my experiences.

In fact, I'd be the first to say that I judge people secretly. My first impressions of people are not always "Oh, he/she is soooo nice!" Because sometimes, I feel that I am better and more superior than them in many areas. I am not always right. No, make that most of the time. Most of the time, I am wrong in my judgement. Fortunately (THANK GOD), I was able to get to know the person better to wipe away those misconceptions.

Granted, we are all different in the way we do things. That's how God made us. But that doesn't mean if I can do something better than you, I am superior.

So... I will consider my thoughts before I quash my perception of others.

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I also had another thought.

Tonight I realised that I am actually behaving and looking a lot more like a woman now, instead of a girl. I mean, I know that I AM A WOMAN NOW.

It's hard to describe to you the feeling. It's a realisation, the thought of me being a woman, instead of looking forward to be one. You see the difference? Just like a man knowing that he has became a man, instead of a boy or a youth.

I wonder how much of this realisation would change my life this day forth.