I took some time in the afternoon to go down to Bugis Junction to show support for primarily the six revivalists for the coming Monday's revival round. Unfortunately, I could not see all the twelve contestants onstage because it was beginning to rain at around 4pm so I had to find shelter or risk getting sick (which will be a bad thing if being sick affects continuing the performance commentaries properly).
As usual, I used a camera phone and I was taking the photos from quite a distance because I did not want myself to be captured on the MediaCorp cameras which were sweeping from side to side at the audience close to the stage.
No detailed commentaries about the six revivalists' singing because as Lee Teng had said onstage, all six of them will need more encouragement in the highly-stressful revival round so there's no point adding anything to their shoulders in specific details. Perhaps the only thing I would want the six of them to take note would be their volume projection control because almost all the six of them had singing which suddenly increased in volume at certain parts without warning or necessity. Maybe it was the microphone controls there but just be careful during revival round because volume projection control will be one of the considered factors in both the judges' considerations as well as my performance commentaries.
Enough talking, get on with the photos.
The four hosts of the day.
Jeremy
Jeremy
Mavis
Mavis
Lee Teng imitating Hsiao Jing Teng's way of singing and he was pretty good with it. Hahaha.
Shelly
Shelly
Adrian
Adrian (with trembling hands). Hope he keeps his nerves during the highly-charged revivals.
Rachel Chua
Rachel Chua (her voice projection was clear and firm throughout the entire atrium)
Rachael Chang
Rachael Chang (brilliant smile - I could see the smile all the way from the back)
The six revivalists onstage.
Personal Random Photos Backdated:
Some French Beans with wedge potatoes salad which gained no favor from SC or myself - it was a very dry new salad dish from Swensen's. I advise against trying it because it was very dry on the throat and I ended up washing my share of it down with at least three glasses of ice water.
The chocolate fondue shared by SC and myself when I suggested an impromptu ice-cream treat last week because it was so warm and stuffy for that whole week. SC simply refused to dip the ice-cream balls into the chocolate but we had a lot of fun talking the afternoon away over the delicious dish because it was a good day to sit back, indulge in ice-cream and relax.
This was the carbonara spaghetti dish from one of the small restaurants near Bugis after the temple visit. The waitress there could not understand English properly and had to apologize profusely after she took such a long time to get our orders right. My family was displeased with the service but at least the waitress was nice enough to bring glasses of plain water when she saw our drinks were finished before our meal ended.
The human meat crunch and squeeze outside the temple of Guan Yin near Bugis. It was a legendary temple for Singapore so many people wanted to get good luck angbao packets from it. The incense smell was overwhelming and so was the heat that day but it was a family outing so I kept my mouth shut.
Another closer shot of the temple worshippers' rush despite the loudspeakers urging the worshippers not to run and rush, toasting one another's hair and shoulders with the incense sticks. The place was serious guarded by at least twelve visible Cisco guards with semi-automatic pistols in their holsters - it seems like the temple was doing all it can to prevent any chaos or trouble from brewing on that sacred day of Goddess Guan Yin's (it's actually a he) birthday.
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