Friday Five 18-June-2021 #1 Heights
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elusivekThe following questions from F.riday5.com
1. What’s the best non-animated movie musical you’ve seen in the past several years?
This is so specific LOL. Let me think. I don't know if it's movie musical or not. I think I've only watched Les Miserables in a movie musical (the recent one, the one with Anne Hathaway). Real-life musical, I've only been to a few. I admit I've always been enamoured by The Phantom of the Opera, and when I was last in London I went to one as well. But... I didn't like it. It was just the initial scene of the falling chandelier that was impressive (in terms of props and all that). I've also been to a Cats musical in Macau (passable) and I went to a play/musical thing in Hong Kong for Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. But I think the best musical there is.... is.... erm..... the Les Miserables I went to in London LOL. I remember the props, the speed of the scene changes, and use of lighting, was amazing.
2. How are you most likely to pass the time during a lengthy blackout?
I wish I could say with conviction that I'd be reading on my Kindle for however long the battery will last from the blackout point forward. But I think I'll more than likely be just snoozing and staring into nothing. I know that because it's happened LOL.
3. When were you last in a swimming pool?
That must have been 2 years ago.
4. What do you remember fondly about the neighborhood where you grew up?
I'm still living in the same neighborhood so there's nothing to remember fondly about. I do appreciate the general quietness of the area as it's more a residential area than a commercial area. By 8 or 9pm any stores or tuck shops would be closed and nobody will hangaround. Lighting is sufficient and there are many people exercising. So it's relatively safe and you can still go running well past midnight as the street lights will not go off.
5. What language did you study in school, and what’s something you remember how to say?
School was English-based. Then students either take Chinese or Portuguese on the side. Usually you need to study a lot more if you take Chinese, because you need to also learn Chinese history, Chinese literature, and all that. But those who took Portuguese (me) never had to worry. Every year they seemed to teach the same thing over and over again. First the present tense. Then the past tense. Then the present perfect. Then the imperative. By the imperative it's the end of the school year and we went no further than that. I can still speak Portuguese if I need to, but that's not because of what I learned at school, but more because my Mom forced us to speak Portuguese at home. Later in life I took up Chinese reading and writing (coz I was fluent in speaking). I took French for a while, but I've forgotten it all. University I took Japanese. I can still communicate in it if I absolutely have to, but really, I'm out of practice. German is an ongoing project that never seems to go anywhere LOL.
1. What’s the best non-animated movie musical you’ve seen in the past several years?
This is so specific LOL. Let me think. I don't know if it's movie musical or not. I think I've only watched Les Miserables in a movie musical (the recent one, the one with Anne Hathaway). Real-life musical, I've only been to a few. I admit I've always been enamoured by The Phantom of the Opera, and when I was last in London I went to one as well. But... I didn't like it. It was just the initial scene of the falling chandelier that was impressive (in terms of props and all that). I've also been to a Cats musical in Macau (passable) and I went to a play/musical thing in Hong Kong for Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. But I think the best musical there is.... is.... erm..... the Les Miserables I went to in London LOL. I remember the props, the speed of the scene changes, and use of lighting, was amazing.
2. How are you most likely to pass the time during a lengthy blackout?
I wish I could say with conviction that I'd be reading on my Kindle for however long the battery will last from the blackout point forward. But I think I'll more than likely be just snoozing and staring into nothing. I know that because it's happened LOL.
3. When were you last in a swimming pool?
That must have been 2 years ago.
4. What do you remember fondly about the neighborhood where you grew up?
I'm still living in the same neighborhood so there's nothing to remember fondly about. I do appreciate the general quietness of the area as it's more a residential area than a commercial area. By 8 or 9pm any stores or tuck shops would be closed and nobody will hangaround. Lighting is sufficient and there are many people exercising. So it's relatively safe and you can still go running well past midnight as the street lights will not go off.
5. What language did you study in school, and what’s something you remember how to say?
School was English-based. Then students either take Chinese or Portuguese on the side. Usually you need to study a lot more if you take Chinese, because you need to also learn Chinese history, Chinese literature, and all that. But those who took Portuguese (me) never had to worry. Every year they seemed to teach the same thing over and over again. First the present tense. Then the past tense. Then the present perfect. Then the imperative. By the imperative it's the end of the school year and we went no further than that. I can still speak Portuguese if I need to, but that's not because of what I learned at school, but more because my Mom forced us to speak Portuguese at home. Later in life I took up Chinese reading and writing (coz I was fluent in speaking). I took French for a while, but I've forgotten it all. University I took Japanese. I can still communicate in it if I absolutely have to, but really, I'm out of practice. German is an ongoing project that never seems to go anywhere LOL.
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Date: 2021-06-18 18:58 (UTC)http://inmywords.kimdeister.com/2021/06/18/friday-5-heights/
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Date: 2021-06-25 10:38 (UTC)Of recent movie musicals, I strongly recommend The Greatest Showman and In the Heights. :)
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Date: 2021-06-25 11:32 (UTC)will check out your recommendations, thank you! :-)