It has been a very cultural week and it was the same on Friday when me, Edwin, Remy and Isaac decided to watch the musical Assassins at the last minute! It was a very unique musical in both the way it was presented and also the content.
Firstly, it was a very small theatre where there were like only 150 seats and they were performing like a metre in front of us. There was NO stage! The stage was the floor and it was a really up close performance where you could see every inch of the actors' faces! And when they point their gun which really shoot blanks, you could really feel the fear and power of the gun! Which was really intimate and awesome!
Secondly, they were talking about the stories about the assassins of several presidents of USA. We had quite a discussion about it afterwards at a nice bar call Archibald Simpson's and all agreed about how the musical prompts us to look at the reasons behind the attempts to kill the president which were all different in motives and period of times but still connected in their wish for a better world, a wish to be closer to their American Dream. Really insightful musical!
Here is a taste of the Broadway version which was on a stage, so just imagine they are just standing in front of you!
On Saturday, Me and Edwin join the conservation society for a trip to Aigas Field Centre to learn about the conservation efforts of the beaver and scottish wildcat. The scottish wildcat are an endangered species due to road kill, hybridisation and the decreasing natural habitats. Hence they are trying to mate the pure species and set up a breeding program. So far they had a kitten and they were mating at the time we went, so we couldn't see them as we would disturb them.
We didn't see any beavers either as they were nocturnal but we learnt about their capabilities to build dams, lodges and their tree eating teeth! Really amaze me!
Bieber fur! I mean beaver!
On site learning
Beaver Works!
Beavers love to bite until there is left only a little bit left of the tree and let nature fall the tree as they prob may kill themselves if they bite all the way through. SMART!
On Sunday, we woke up to the snow like I mentioned in the previous post, and then later in the evening it was time to cook up a storm in the kitchen of my new friend from Singapore, Jianyao, who is studying full time mech engineering here. We are representing Singapore in an international cooking competition held by the International Society in our university.
CHICKEN RICE complete with chilli sauce and grass jelly with lychee here we go!!!
Chicken rice Cooking Time!
The most crucial factor!
Ready to be brought to the competition arena!
German food which won first!
Always No. 1 in my heart and I hear from others also theirs.
Made by my Italian friends!
Fried mars bars and the red wine berry salad from Scotland!
The chicken cake (made of chicken) from Bulgaria is really cute!
Food to be eaten with beer!
Lots of stuff from BRAZIL which got second!
One of the most popular from INDIA!!! The kebab finished so fast that I didn't get to try any :(
The aftermath: cleared all food and filled many extremely satisfied stomachs
The event capped a really awesome week that felt more like a holiday everyday than a school week. Well only 2 more weeks to our next awesome event: EASTER TRIP so its time to mug a bit to catch up on school work haha! Ciao! Salut!
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