Army Daze - A W!ld Rice Production at Drama Centre

Caught Army Daze with pin, jade and mong. After dinner at Purvis Chicken Rice, we made our way there. Must remember how much mong loves her chicken skin. I have this stereotype that girls like roast chicken (shao ji) instead of the boiled white chicken (bai zhan ji). And that they don't take the skin. Especially if it's white chicken. She now thinks that it must be really gross for a girl to like skin so much. Thought it was ok just gotta watch the bad cholestrol going in. And stop eating chicken rice with other girls! Cause they will end up passing you the skin.

Alright, back to Army Daze.

It had a stellar cast: Hossan Leong, Emma Yong, Lim Kay Siu, Sebastian Tan, Shiek Haikel, Kumar, Robin Goh

The script was updated slightly: Instead of SDU, Kenny said Malcolm was rattling his background like he was on friendster.com. Mr X was Chairman, and had funny japanese accent instead of usual dodgy figure. A nod to memoirs of a geisha. References to Singapore Idol...etc etc.

BUT the army jokes were kinda anachronistic because, nobody I know of speaks like that in Army anymore. In fact, when I was enlisted in 1998, I didn't hear any of those stuff. But I can recognise the CB leaf, kind of, and know why it is called that. And no, I have never used if for camouflage training.

The antics were funnier and so was Sheik Haikel's belly. Sebastian Tan seems to be on an ah beng wave of sorts because his role as Ah Beng comes right after Broadway Beng.

Overall the production was quite good, polished feel. Prices were too steep though, if only I managed to get cheaper tickets. A price like $40 would have been great. Enjoyable evening needless to say. Adjourned to Breko for cheap beer and more chicken (spicy wings). Was shooting shit about friends, touchy-feeliness, marriage, relationships , absent friends and distancing friends, single-serving friends and about everything under the sun really.