Had a big dose of ABBA music last night! Went to watch Mamma Mia at the Esplanade with D.
Oh, it was good fun! It was a lighthearted musical which very smartly incorporated the ABBA songs into its storyline. Set on some Greek island, the story revovles round a girl’s search for her father. Twenty-year-old Sophie has grown up not knowing who her father is, and now that she is about to get married, her greatest wish is to have her father walk her down the aisle.
On reading her mum’s old diary, she realises that there are three men in her mother’s past who could be her Dad. She secretly invites these three men to her wedding. Comic situations unfold as old loves and acquaintances meet up again, and dormant feelings are ignited.
D and I enjoyed the musical even though ABBA music wasn’t really in our time! But I like their music…it’s just so fun to dance to them. Yeah, so what if we’re stuck in a time warp? We were one of those who stood up and danced to the music at the end of the musical. Thank goodness the people in our row were quite spontaneous. After a while, more people stood up and grooved to the music.
And I discovered that some people can be so judgmental. There was this 50-odd year old man sitting behind me who came alone. He was one of those who stood up to dance. At the end of the musical however, as he left, the four other people beside him whispered amongst themselves about how weird this man was. They were saying how weird it was that he came alone and how weird it was that he just stood up to dance!
I mean come on, I think they’re the weird ones! Them repressed individuals who can’t let loose and they expect others to live by their repressed ways. I just can’t stand the way they judge others. Like why should you stop others from expressing themselves? And big deal if somebody goes alone. Watching a play/film/musical is essentially a very individualistic kind of activity. Think about it–do you really interact with anybody while watching it? Ok, I admit the nice thing about going with somebody is that you can talk about it later. But seriously, do most people really dissect what they watch these days? Hardly. Anyways, I was pissed off by the comments of those narrowminded people.
Oh, before the show, D and I had dinner at the Beijing La Mian Kitchen at Colours by the Bay. I ordered a bowl of Zhajiang Mian and some XiaoLongBao, both of which are favourite dishes of mine. Zhajiang Mian is like the Chinese equivalent of Spaghetti Bolognese. The food at Beijing La Mian Kitchen is pretty good. I enjoyed my meal.
After the show ended, we went to Max Brenner (Chocolate by the Bald Man) as we had this craving for chocolate. And what better way to get a chocolate fix then to go to Max Brenner? I had the famous Suckao–the chocolate shot, while D had some ice cream toffee thingy. I ordered dark chocolate bits. No other chocolate does it for me. The Suckao is actually hot chocolate. The warm milk is served in a mini pitcher and you have to pour this milk into the specially designed cup with a tealight candle at the bottom. The heat helps to melt the chocolate bits into the milk as you dump the bits in it, stir and suck it up with that specially designed straw which also acts as a spoon. I first had the Suckao in Sydney when I visited six years ago. I love it just as much as I did when I tasted it in its outlet at Oxford Street. I’m glad it came to Singapore!
When the waiter brought me the chocolate bits, I looked at the pale brown colour and asked if that was really dark chocolate. Sure enough, they had gotten my order wrong. I KNOW my chocolate ok. I slurped up my warm chocolate shot with gleeful relish. You should have seen the look of satisfaction on my face. D thought I was nuts. Oh, it was the perfect fix after coming out of the cold theatre.
Also tried one of the chocolates there. It was a dark chocolate ganache with lavendar flowers. Fancy name, but somehow I failed to taste the lavendar. But then again, I really don’t know what lavendar flowers taste like! One small morsel cost me $2! Bloody expensive…almost as expensive as the Godivas! But it was pretty good.
So anyways, it was an enjoyable evening.