Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience

[Note: This is a back-dated post. After searching through... realised that I had not posted this memory anywhere except in Facebook. The Pallet will be updated] 

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22 April 2023 Classical Therapy by The MozART group

Some things are simply a joy to be immersed in, though it seemed to be a recurrence. 

Art is one such form... but not all... some are simply magical 

The Classical Therapy is one such. The first encounter was an "accidental" one... when I first surfed aimlessly in the SISTIC website (yes, sometimes, I do such aimless surf in hope to find surprises). 

Classical music is therapeutic. However, for me, not the full suite... could be quite indigestible if I were to sit through 1.5 hours of serious classical. Yes, had one experience when I had the complimentary ticket for an orchestra performance at Victoria Theatre (more than 20 years ago). Yes! I discovered my 'true' self - the extent that I could hold this 'water'. The MozART group was a good second try when it's a 'small' 'orchestra' make up mostly by violinists and a cellist. 

The pleasant surprise was classical can be humorous and light-hearted for 90 minutes! Love it! 

It was my 2nd time to watch this performance. After 7 years, as reminded by one of the performers - they returned after 7 years, at the same place. This time, I had a seat right in the middle, 3rd row. Not too near but near enough. Love it! Deeply influence by the joy and passion these performers brought for the evening. No time for the brain to wonder off to think of other things. Yes, I was fully immersed!

Oh... one more unusual move... I usually would not attend evening shows but I stayed awake for the entire 90 minutes! 

Thank you for the wonderful performance! 

 

16 April 2023 The Soldier & His Virtuous Wife《都是当兵惹的祸》

One of those rare attempts - to catch a drama. 

It was another brave move... for the first time, catch a mandarin drama or musical (?), despite the not-so-good experience with the another show watched last year. 

What catch my attention was the title... which was pretty eye-catching... what kind of trouble could one get into trouble for going to the army? 

It seemed to be a re-run... or to be more precise, there's a re-run every few years. 

On the other hand, the storyline is not strong actually - though it could be break for someone who wanted to unwind. In terms of music and songs... it's a small local production... good try... 💪👏

It's matters... when you say "never mind" on my behalf

I admit... my English language is just average, which I would use the simplest possible words to express myself. 

To me, "never mind" is one way to marginalise some matters... it goes lowering the status of a matter to "unimportant" or to trivialise it. 

It is perfectly fine if it is a matter that comes from me and I decided that it should be played down or no longer important at that point of time. And obviously, only I would know how important it weighs right from the start. When the time is unsuitable, I would say, "Never mind, we can talk about the matter again another day or another time." It is not urgent or basically, it could be dealt with later with little impact (when we stretch the timeline). 

However, I personally feel that it matters a lot if we were to label something that someone wants to say as "never mind", even before it was articulated. To say "never mind" even before one says another thing, we are simply marginalising or trivialising what one intends to say, i.e. "what you are going to say is "unimportant"." 

Never go into the mode, and assuming one knows all... It is definitely a lack of basic respect, regardless how experience or senior we think we are....