FETE DE LA MUSIQUE

Fete De La Musique
VENUE:Les Bouchons Rive Gauche @ Robertson Quay
By Alliance Française de Singapour
Saturday 25 June 2011

The Fête de la Musique -  literal meaning in French "The Festival of Music", is a festival taking place on June 21 every year in France( and now all over the world too) . June 21st is supposedly the longest day of the year , is there any other way to make the day more entertaining and exciting?? Fete de la musique started in the late 70's in France to promote music. French ofcourse are art , music lovers - The Aesthetics! French culture is such where every second child plays a musical instrument.This is a spontaneous event where all the people come down to the street and sing and dance and be merry- a festival of national integration.

Music festival is now celebrated internationally to motivate and encourage amatuer and pro musicians . Street performances are common making it accessible to the public. Music festival is a authentic Paris culture! Concerts and performances are given in every street , every cafes and restaurants day or night!

Although all over the world Fete de la musique was celebrated on 21st June, in Singapore we celebrated it on 25th of June. I must say quite convenient being a Saturday !

The crowd was astonishing! A mix of French and local Chinese! All dancing to the tunes of the international musicians who dedicated their time to perform for the audience for the cause. We heard several artists back to back.

 Yuzuru (Instrumental)
 Andayoma (Caribbean Jazz)
 Aziz (Rock)
 Yuzuru (Instrumental)
 Beatles Juice (Rock n Roll)
 Latin Affair (Salsa)
 Le Groupe (French chansons)

Although almost all musicians were new to me and I heard them for the first time, I still couldnt stop grooving to the music! I was so taken by the music that I dint even pose for pictures! Considering my obsession with preserving moments in pixels!

All said, the performances were terrific and the venue made it even merrier .Weary , tired and feet aching I returned home just to dream about more music and joy that it spreads to the world...

Metamorphosis..of The Inner Self

Exactly an year ago this blog transformed and so did I. This page got an identity with a unique header created by 'MOI'. A cartoon resembling 'moi' gave the blog a personalised touch.

Today this blog is no more a journal. It is much more than Rantings and Ramblings of an unlikely wife. In a year this space of mine has transformed. And I hope it continues to..

Today I resurrect this blog once again by creating a new header which would be more appropriate and add life to it. A little zing to make it more dynamic and vibrant! A pictorial description of me.

Rojak - The Hotch potch

ROJAK -Very well known in  Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Rojak means “mixed up”.Ther are many different types of Rojak.Just fruits and vegetables, or fried fritters of various types.

This is the "Indian Rojak". Dont ask me why its called 'Indian'. I have never ever heard of Rojak in India, and am quite sure nor have you...Yet It does look little like pakodas..

ROJAK
Originally uploaded by 'The Fallen Angel'

A plateful of spicy potatoes, fried tofu, bean curd, coconut flour ball , cucumber with the distinct orange coloured sweet chili dip, generating enough carbo-sugar energy to keep you going through out the day without feeling the fatigue! This statement is being made out of experience, mind you!

The procedure to order Rojak is as same as "Yong Tau Fu",we pick out the fried potatoes , tofu, or coconut flour ball etc we want from the stall and it is then cut them into pieces and placed in a plate with the sweet chilli dip accompaniment. There are other choices for non-vegetarians.( must say a lot! )

Only order maximum of 4-5 pieces as when they are cut out the plate overflows! Once again a statement made by experience! When I ordered this yummy dish picking and greedily choosing all fritters available in vegetarian , the stall uncle kept giving me a smirk. Too late only to realise, he thought I haven;t been fed for days! My plate looked like a heap of assorted 'rojak'. I devoured all of it to the amazement of the stall uncle, who kept gaping at me.

What still amazes me is the small little rojak stall draws long queues during lunch hours!
A must try if you are in Singapore ( and if on a diet lol )

Doodles- The Facebook Song.

A web of Facebookers !

Social outcast, reject of civilization, loner, even an alien being - Thats what you are if you are not on Facebook :)  I was a girl with no identity- on FACEBOOK! Of course I wasn't an anti-social or a misanthrop! But ofcourse I was not known because I was not tagged in someone else's album or was 'liked' in my status or being 'poked' by someone .Mine was a tragic existence ( lol). To the outside world I was non-existant. ( ofcourse I had my reasons , I just dont like trouble makers)

I stuck to my guns and resisted all forces that have been luring me to sign up into this web weaved by humans.(pun intended)  The only agenda behind not joining the crowd was not having to login to that hell of a site on an addictive, daily basis.Thinking of all the productivity wasted being nosy and lurking into someones profile and pictures.  Also to stand out from the rest of the crowd even if it means to be an outcast! Well, the day has finally come when I succumbed to the forces and surrendered to the mighty web. It was like a conspiracy of the nature against me to create a series of events around me such that I voluntarily( happily ) signed up in FB!

In the past 2-3 weeks of Facebooking experience I have positive and ofcourse negative opinions about it.Its a good networking site and a ego boosting site for attention seekers like me ( lol again). I just love the 'like' button! Yet I still find FB a little overrated.My aim is mainly professional networking ofcourse can be done through linkedin too ,like a friend suggested. But all in good time!

 I have classified different types of people on this virtual web community as per my views:

Attention Seekers:
These are the FBers who crave for attention. You will find them uploading a lot of photos . Need I say who belongs to this category?

Lurkers or Peeping-toms:
These are the FBers who just click away from one friends profile to another, keeping tabs on whats happening in others life. ( mostly house-wives and teenagers)

Virtual FBers:
They have FB accounts but they seldom update pics or statuses.They are just 'observers'. The idle account is to just to observe the other FBers and not be branded as an outcast. Name-sake FBer.

The Friend-Collectors:
They add anyone and everyone they fancy online. Unknown and faceless people. I dont understand what drives them to do it. Chatting online expanding the so-called "Friends list". Maybe a sense of achievement?

Two glorious weeks and I am enjoying every minute yet feeling guilty of the time spent which could otherwise be spent being creative on the blog or even watch a movie! At the same time it has gotten me closer to friends and family without having to call them, being in touch and without fail(damn memory!) wishing on their birthdays!

P.S : This is just my way of categorizing. No intentions to offend anyone.

Idols in Concert!

Date: 4 June 2011
Venue: Esplanade, Singapore
A sensational musical extravaganza! With Sriram - Indian Idol 5 , and the runner up Bhoomi Trivedi entertained around 1000 Singapore fans and admirers. They won the  hearts of dazzling audiences with their high energy and versatile voices!


The evening itself started with a pleasant surprise. We were asked to be interviewed by Sony Television reps to speak about the show and the singers! A few lines ,yet I liked facing the camera for a change! 


The mesmerising show started at around 7:45 pm starting with Bhoomi singing tracks from oldies to the new rap songs. She also sang "If you wanna be my lover" from the Spice girls. Her array of songs consisted of Mayya Mayya, paheli zindagani, lambi judai, dum maro dum etc


After about 15 minutes, the star of the day Sriram, came on stage making the crowd go wild  with his entrance! Sriram is not just a versatile singer but also a complete stage performer! He sang Kwaja mere kwaja,rock on etc. Upon audiences request he sang Peelon and breathless which was defintely a breath taking performance. 


The duo later sang songs together , sort of a medley which were peppy dance numbers .The instrumentalists behind drums, guitar , keyboard were full of life and were in synchrony with the singers. Sriram sang  Telugu songs, and Bhoomi sang Guajrati and Marathi tracks. Srirams last performance for the night was "the breathless" song which left the audience asking for more. Among the audience were indians , chinese and Foreigners. Music irrespective of language barriers brought all races together. Such is the power of Music!


To summarise, it was an enchanting, captivating night. A special thanks to Sony Entertainment and Team Works for getting these music artists onboard and giving us an opportunity to listen to them live!