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12:25 a.m. 2004-04-18 the silly little girl and the funny old tree

watched the silly little gal n the funny old tree:) it was great!
char, lingyi, mad, wanying n mr tang all did a fantastic job:)
lingyi's singing was great! she can sing so so so well:) char was so like a lifelike tree! n i love the part where they were trying to capture the little gal in the box...n the part where mr tang stormed into the library!so funny..

it's so so nice..right from the begining..when those words appear..so meaningful..n the part where the gal was guarding the tree with all her life..touching sia..n the walk! so slow..so calm..across the whole stage..she was real good.

n the lights were cool too..the torches were bright though..shinning right at our eyes! hee..( middle of 4th row)plus the set..at the beginning the tree was artistic:) n then the christmas tree..haha...i love it when the singapore song came on too..there was a time..haha
the questions..what plant dun haf flowers, leaves, grass? mushroom.y r tears salty? y do stones cry? dun fish get tired of swimming? y turtles crawl so slow? y do ppl cut down tree?
n it's sad..i dun wan them to cut down the tree..n they did..they r so mean..i love the tree..
it simply just rox..go theatre alumni! yay!

update: i took it from genn n found out the many meanings behind it So basically. Uncle Jack's bro tells us about the problem Singapore is facing. Ageing population. Then the actors stand infront of the moving lights and move slowly, growing. Just like trees, and people. Going through the walk of life. Slowly growing to mature. Then the tree. Having leaves at bottom. Christmas tree. Yep. Four trees at the side, growing at first, then cut down. Forestation when Sang Nila Utama landed on singapore. Industrialisation. Raffles founded Singapore. "Organised" the place, British people. Then LKY, planting more trees. Flower garden. Government wants to cut down trees. People who love trees are tricked to believe that they won't cut trees down. Girl is placed in box, perhaps the asylum. Thinks she's mad. Then they cut down the tree... The library scene. Showing that people should not always stick to the same old rules. Must be challenged with new stuff. Plus the asking of questions by the tree. Shows that there's no definite way of doing something. One should always try new ways. Adapt and succumb to changed. One shouldn't be too proud. One's success is gained corz of another. "Only when trees dance, is there wind. Wind musn't be too proud". About the A asks B and etc thing. The walking is our journey of life. There's no end. And if there's an end, No one will continue to walk, continue to strive. We do not work towards death. We work towards old age, eternal life. Why are tears salty? Cause they contain bitter feeling. Sour feelings within us. So they come out salty. At the end, replanting occurs. More trees are grown. The new generation of both, trees and humans. One more thing to add. "Tree, old already no use (Lao le bu zhong yong)" Just like humans. When old, what do companies do? Throw u aside, think you''re too old, think you're slow. The problem Singapore is facing. I like this production. also, the 10 minutes walking across teh stage. Shadows... Lights were the sun shining. I thought it cud have been better. The middle part was quite unnatural. Best if it was around the same intensity. Or something. Was great nevertheless. It depicts the looking at the tree from morning to night. As how tang said the scene before, "she comes to look at the tree everyday .