The Dreamcatchers ended yesterday, and although it was a really bad serial by most standards, I miss it.
Probably because I thought Tay Ping Hui and Jesseca Liu were really cute together, and I also thought they gave realistic performances. Like, I feel as though my older sister whom I'm really close to got married and moved out, and I miss seeing her and my brother-in-law. Who's also very nice and dotes on you.
Even though I think this is how one of the pivotal scenes in yesterday's show should have proceeded:
TPH: Look! You've fallen into a huge hole filled with water in the middle of a forested area in Batam where there usually aren't any such holes! Oh, I'm so sure it was those nasty producers who dug it! I just knew they were up to no good when I saw them sneaking off with shovels just now! And they've even filled it up with a mixture of what looks like flour and water so the water won't seep into the ground, and give it a sort of grey tinge so that it looks like . . . I can't remember what it's supposed to look like . . .
JL: You idiot, don't you remember I'm supposed to have fallen into quicksand, and now you're supposed to heroically jump right in and save me? Have you forgotten already? Quick! The camera's rolling! Jump in and start bending your knees after you deliver your cheesy lines so we can look like we're struggling and about to drown, then the calefare can run over and save us.
TPH (getting into water): I feel like the Little Nyonya. Remember that scene when she was struggling in the well? She and I even share the same mother . . . although she was her stepmother . . . Or is it step-grandmother . . . Or is it both? I'm confused. That's the trouble with these inter-generational shows, I'm glad ours is set in modern-day Singapore.
JL: You're stepping on my foot!
TPH: It's alright, you're supposed to grimace as I declare my undying love for you, because even though you're really happy about that, we might both be about to drown in quicksand. Hey, what's this in my pocket?
JL: Don't tell me . . .
TPH: Oh dear, it feels like a Soo Kee jewellery box!
JL: It's only in the show that it's supposed to seem that you have the engagement ring with you when you attempt to heroically rescue me from drowning in quicksand! Why didn't you remember to give the ring to the cameraman like we discussed just now? The box isn't waterproof you know! And we have to return the ring later, it's a REAL 1-carat diamond ring so that we can send the message to Singaporeans that engineers earn a lot of money and can afford expensive engagement rings.
TPH: Alright, I think I'm supposed to bend my knees now and look like I'm going under. You have to follow suit. Stop talking and let me look lovingly into your eyes.
They really were very cute together lah. And I'm so glad Rui En's character chose Elvin Ng's, I can't abide Shaun Chen, especially after he played Surgical Maniac in Crimebusters x 2. I've got a soft spot for Elvin Ng too, ever since Peiyu told me she saw him in NUS when she was Year 1 and he was Year 4, and he was wearing army sandals. I haven't seen them before, but apparently they're Really Obiang and Uncle.
I have an inherent bias against well-dressed boys, I just don't think they're man enough.
By my standards, Jon is very man.
Probably because I thought Tay Ping Hui and Jesseca Liu were really cute together, and I also thought they gave realistic performances. Like, I feel as though my older sister whom I'm really close to got married and moved out, and I miss seeing her and my brother-in-law. Who's also very nice and dotes on you.
Even though I think this is how one of the pivotal scenes in yesterday's show should have proceeded:
TPH: Look! You've fallen into a huge hole filled with water in the middle of a forested area in Batam where there usually aren't any such holes! Oh, I'm so sure it was those nasty producers who dug it! I just knew they were up to no good when I saw them sneaking off with shovels just now! And they've even filled it up with a mixture of what looks like flour and water so the water won't seep into the ground, and give it a sort of grey tinge so that it looks like . . . I can't remember what it's supposed to look like . . .
JL: You idiot, don't you remember I'm supposed to have fallen into quicksand, and now you're supposed to heroically jump right in and save me? Have you forgotten already? Quick! The camera's rolling! Jump in and start bending your knees after you deliver your cheesy lines so we can look like we're struggling and about to drown, then the calefare can run over and save us.
TPH (getting into water): I feel like the Little Nyonya. Remember that scene when she was struggling in the well? She and I even share the same mother . . . although she was her stepmother . . . Or is it step-grandmother . . . Or is it both? I'm confused. That's the trouble with these inter-generational shows, I'm glad ours is set in modern-day Singapore.
JL: You're stepping on my foot!
TPH: It's alright, you're supposed to grimace as I declare my undying love for you, because even though you're really happy about that, we might both be about to drown in quicksand. Hey, what's this in my pocket?
JL: Don't tell me . . .
TPH: Oh dear, it feels like a Soo Kee jewellery box!
JL: It's only in the show that it's supposed to seem that you have the engagement ring with you when you attempt to heroically rescue me from drowning in quicksand! Why didn't you remember to give the ring to the cameraman like we discussed just now? The box isn't waterproof you know! And we have to return the ring later, it's a REAL 1-carat diamond ring so that we can send the message to Singaporeans that engineers earn a lot of money and can afford expensive engagement rings.
TPH: Alright, I think I'm supposed to bend my knees now and look like I'm going under. You have to follow suit. Stop talking and let me look lovingly into your eyes.
They really were very cute together lah. And I'm so glad Rui En's character chose Elvin Ng's, I can't abide Shaun Chen, especially after he played Surgical Maniac in Crimebusters x 2. I've got a soft spot for Elvin Ng too, ever since Peiyu told me she saw him in NUS when she was Year 1 and he was Year 4, and he was wearing army sandals. I haven't seen them before, but apparently they're Really Obiang and Uncle.
I have an inherent bias against well-dressed boys, I just don't think they're man enough.
By my standards, Jon is very man.
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