here’s loisy’s adaptation of the onigiri (japanese rice ball)
normally, they’d put plums or salmon flakes or the yellow preserved thingy in it.
but like….. err……
lets just change it to something MUCH more easier to make…
XD
yep. let’s cheat a little. ><
if you don’t know what’s the thingy on top or have never tried it……………………
you’re missing out on the GREATEST condiment ever!
adding these flakes into your rice makes plain rice MUCH more appetizing. like, i can just add this and eat with rice alone. no need meat or anything ><
ANYWAYS,
first, you boil the rice, mix in the flakes
its best if you do this while the rice is hot so its easier for the rice to stay in shape when you’re done.
japanese food experts would actually mould it by hand while its hot but… i think my hands and arms have been tortured enough, so……..
just put it on a cling wrap.
fold one side
and the other and the other.
the aim is to get a triangle blob of rice
done done!
XD
Have THIS as your dessert!
okay. this MAY look gross, but believe you me…
it tastes absolutely PHENOMENAL!!!!
what is it?
its youghurt+mandarin orange slices+biscuit crumbles.
this musical was ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its the BEST musical i’ve ever watched!
My greatest regret is that i didnt watch it the second time….
T.T
seriously wanted too.
but it was $$$$$
cos the first time i watched it, the tix was cheaper cos we bought group tix but if i go…. i’ll have to go alone, and that costs WAAYYY more
T.T
AARRRGGGHHH!!!!!
I WANNA WATCH IT AGAIN!!!!
but i’m really blessed to be able to watch it
Gosh.
such an exquisitely beautiful musical
the music was AWESOME!!!
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!
to have missed watching this… i think it would be a person’s stupidest mistake ever….
too bad they’re not going to show it in kl anytime soon.
i saw the ad for this musical in germany 2 years ago. really wanted to but didnt cos the whole thing was in german -.-
i think the aussie cast did a better job than the us one.
(don’t get all hecked up)
i watched clips of the us one online and it didnt impress me much.
the casts for the aussie one are better looking too.
galinda/glinda, elphaba, fiyero….. (ESPECIALLY fiyero >< >< >< so hot right??!!!??? >< >< ><)
anyways,
the following are going to be spoilers for the musical
read it if you want to be spoiled.
i tried to embed audio but after 2 hours of trying to…. i give up…. -.-
so just watch/hear through youtube
its a mixture from us and melbourne versions
it opens with munchkins rejoicing the death of the wicked witch of the west (elphaba)
then dawns glinda the good.
‘it’s good to see me, right?’
then someone asked her how elphaba got to be so wicked.
then she goes on to this really nice song.
how elphaba’s dad was the governor of munchkins land. and her mom had a sort of affair with this other guy who gave her this green liquid which she drank. and the baby inside her came out green
DONT watch this video unless you’ve got lots of time. cos i only like the music from 3.30 minutes to 4.40 minutes…
very jazzy tango-ish
then someone asked glinda was elphaba really her friend
so she started telling about how they knew each other:
elphaba came to the school with nessarose, her sister that couldnt walk.
everyone ran away from elphaba
galinda came in surrounded by friends
stuff happened and they both end up sharing rooms.
something bad is happening around Oz!
animals slowly are begin to be restricted to talk and to teach!
oh noooo!!!
:p
elphaba’s teacher, this woman who controls the weather told her that she was going to recommend elphaba to see the wizard because she was amazed by elphaba’s extraordinary magic capabilities. elphaba goes on to sing. funny thing was, she sang about one day, there’s going to be a celebration for her. it turned out to be true later on. they were celebrating her death…..
galinda convinced boq, a munchkin who loves her to ask nessarose to the dance so that she can go out with the new guy, fiyero.
nessarose convinced elphaba to treat galinda nicer to repay her for encouraging boq to ask nessarose out.
so elphaba told her teacher to include galinda into the magic class, which galinda couldnt join.
galinda, touched by elphaba’s action helped to defuse an embarassing situation caused by elphaba at the dance. so they bonded.
at night, they were to tell each other something they’ve never told each other.
galinda’s secret?
she and fiyero was going to be married.
only…. he doesnt know it yet.
-.-
then she decided to make elphaba POPULAR
australian cast
one day during class, elphaba’s animal teacher got arrested and taken away.
then comes in these guys who showed the class a lion cub.
elphaba got angry when they zapped the cub and couldnt control her anger. somehow, it made others move in a weird way. fiyero grabbed the cub and took elphaba away.
they bonded and started to fall in love (surprise surprise)
but………. :S
us cast
the song so sad… T.T
then the elpaba’s teacher told her that the wizard wants to see her and she was to go to emerald city.
galinda came to see her off. at the last moment, fiyero came holding flowers. galinda thought it was for her, but it wasnt…
then they said something about being nice, and galinda decided to change to glinda so people wouldnt have trouble pronouncing her name -.-
elphaba convinced glinda to come with her to emerald city when glinda was sad about fiyero’s cold treatment towards her
they went to emerald city. saw the wizard. but he tricked elphaba to add wings to his pet monkeys.
when elphaba found out that the monkeys were to be spies and he was the one who started the whole humans and animals must be separated thing, she got mad, took the magic book and ran away with glinda.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!!!!
elphaba’s teacher, who was in with the whole thing with the wizard announced that elphaba must be found. and its easy to spot her since she’s green. but the weird thing i dont get is, she was in emerald city. where everything is green. and i think the people are too cos when they first walked into the city, elphaba said she looked just like everyone else….
anyway, she runs off.
few years later,
glinda is now glinda the good
and she’s engaged to fiyero who’s now the captain in charge of finding elphaba.
the witchhunt for elphaba is on!
instigated by boq, the guy who was turned into the tinman and the cowardly lion.
lol. remember the lion cub that elphaba and fiyero rescued earlier on?
well… apparently, because elphaba rescued him, he didnt learn how to stand up for himself and grew up to be the cowardly lion who later on joined dorothy -.-
elphaba visits her sister, nessarose. this part was a bit scary….
nessarose is now the governor of munchkinland. boq is her ’slave’
elphaba heals her sister’s leg. boq, seeing that nessarose can walk tries to run away, back to glinda.
but nessarose got angry and took away his heart. to save him, elphaba changed him into the tinman
lol. get it? part of the dorothy oz clan.
elphaba visits the wizard again and is captured by fiyero. fiyero runs away with elphaba. awwww…. (but he shouldnt get engaged to glinda in the first place if he’s in love with elphaba -.-)
australian cast. lol. fiyero dont look so good close up ><
but boq does in the booklet.
to catch elphaba, glinda, hurt by fiyero and elphaba told the wizard to threaten nessarose’s safety. elphaba’s teacher, who’s an expert in weather caused a house to come flying in to oz and it….. landed on nessarose…. -.-
(remember wizard of oz opening?)
glinda gave the red shoes that nessarose was wearing to dorothy and sent her off to see the wizard.
elphaba came and saw her sister dead and wanted those shoes as its the only thing she have of her sister and her father (her father gave it to nessarose).
that’s why in woz movie, the witch was hunting dorothy for the red shoes.
fiyero gets caught and was killed.
T.T tears were like…. T.T
elphaba found out and was seriously mad.
her sister gets killed, she gets blamed for everything, fiyero was killed….
she decided that no good deed goes unpunished
and decides to end it all.
glinda comes in.
elphaba took a bucket, filled it with water, hides glinda.
(this song became super popular and is used in graduations and weddings and stuff. LOVE IT!)
‘who can say i’ve been changed for the better, but because i know you, i have been changed…. for good…’ T.T
then……..
remember the ending of woz where dorothy kills the witch by throwing a bucket of water on her?
yeah…..
so elphaba dies……
i seriously cried here… T.T
glinda, shaken up and fed up with the whole thing, orders the wizard to go back to where he came from and horrors of horrors……
elphaba had a vial of green stuff from her mom where the guy she had an affair with gave it to her.
glinda has only seen it twice. when elphaba showed it to her and when…. *gasp* the wizard tried to convince her to drink it……
!!!!
the wizard is elphaba’s dad!!!!
elphaba’s evil weather teacher was arrested.
everyone celebrated the death of the ‘wicked witch’.
then….. in secret……
elphaba’s monkey pet opened a hidden latch on the floor and elphaba comes out. fiyero comes in they hug. both walks away to the background. elphaba feels bad for tricked glinda but…..
its better this way….
and there you have it…
WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>< >< ><
gosh. i seriously love this musical.
its not as predictable as other musicals i’ve watched.
like…. the whole storyline is really something different…
and the music… so catchy and awesome!
everytime they start singing, i dont go… aiya… why sing again. but instead its like… yay! they’re singing! :p
i dont find their music draggy.
go watch it if you have the opportunity too!!!
btw, contrary to the name, wicked is not like all witch crafty…….
the past few days, have been having probs with it. like screen probs where i can’t see the screen at all unless i’m under really good lights. meaning, the lights dont come on.
but now…………………….
the whole screen goes blank!!!!
T.T
but i know still working cos can still hear sounds when it locks the phone….
T.T
was going to send it for repair today, but the lady advised me to take it home and copy the contacts and pictures on my phone.
when i reached home……………
the whole thing konked out!!!
can’t even copy the pictures or the photos….
T.T
and i had so MMMAAANNNNYYYY pictures i wanted to post up yesterday from my phone but was too lazy to do it then….
T.T
and now…… i don’t have anybody’s contacts……
T.T
SSSOOOOOOO
if you’re reading this and you know my aussy number, send me a message so i have your contacts ya
For in His grace, I can truly be myself.
For in His grace, I am accepted
For in His grace, I am highly favoured
For in His grace, I am greatly blessed
For in His grace, I am DEEPLY loved
:D
SUCCESS
“To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people, and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics, and endure the betrayal of
false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson