Musical Extravaganza 2004 by ITE CeMTA
My Fair Singaporean Lady -
Adapted and Directed by Professor Andrew Wilkinson
(a comedy-musical; story rewritten in a singaporean context)
:: Liza, a young, street-wise girl, aspires to be a star. However, her hot headed character brings her into conflict with the judges of a major vocal competition, and she is forced to earn a meagre living, selling copy watches and singing in a lounge.
Her 'uncle' and guardian, a gangland boss tries to develop her raw talent by employing teachers - but they turn out to be totally unsuitable. Then, one day, she meets 2 directors of a Performing Arts School, who are suitably impressed by her determination.
Together with her friend, Raj, Eliza embarks on a course of training at the school, and she is chosen to represent the school in a competition. Despite the efforts of the notorious singing teacher, Madam Tippleover, to sabotage her, Eliza finally achieves her ambition, to star in a Broadway Musical - Success at last for our heroine.
Dates:
Sat 2 Oct - 8pm (opening night)
Sun 3 Oct - 3pm (matinee)
Tickets:
Opening night ($10, $5)
Matinee ($5)
Venue:
University Cultural Center (UCC) Hall
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
Singapore 119260
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August 31, 2004
August 22, 2004
So if you think dying under the stars of a countryside happy and stress-free (from evil mechanic pieces of shit) is a horribly good idea, hands and feet up.
Posted by olivia at 10:36:00 PM
August 19, 2004
Useless Information of the Day...
Controlling the Internet
One of Singapore's greatest recent dilemmas has been how to liberalise without opening the information floodgates. This is a particularly curly problem when it comes to curbing the essentially anarchical nature of the Internet. On one hand, the government wants all citizens to be Internet wired or at least Internet savvy. But, on the other hand, it doesn't like all the nasties that go with it - like criticism of the government there to be read by all in the 'soc.culture.singapore' newsgroup, or the prolific amount of pornographic material that is available all over the Net.
Along with China and Vietnam, Singapore is trying to solve this problem through a series of laws and guidelines and through the formation of a regulatory board called the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA). Responsible cybercitizens who notice antisocial activities on the Net in Singapore are required to notify the SBA. In other words, you have the makings of a voluntary Net police: 1984 has come a few years too late.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ultimately bear the brunt of responsibility for keeping out the cybernasties by filtering the good and bad. They are also required by law to report any person or organisation found to be flaunting the rules - a chilling prospect when you consider that you are possibly being spied on the moment you log on to your favourite site. Who knows, the Net police might be knocking on your door just when you least expect it.
* taken from 'city secrets'
bloody fascists.
Posted by olivia at 1:24:00 PM
