I've gotten my 881 DVD

I bought this



I got this FREE!

Guess what? Today, I finally got the 881 DVD I've been waiting for! I missed the movie when it was shown on the cinema last month. I was hoping for the DVD price to go down but it hasn't. It remained $21.90 in all the shops I browzed. I gave up waiting, and got the DVD, finaly. The good news was that I received a FREE CD featuring the songs of the show. So I can actually enjoy the songs in my car now. How Grosssssly wonderful, hokkien songs. My first! Ahem..

For those who have not watched it, it's really a recommended show. The show portrays a pair of getai sisters, known as the Papaya Sisters strutting their life out as getai singers. Getai is the same meaning as Ko-tai in our Penang hokkien, in case you were wondering. Getai performance is popular in Singapore and Malaysia during the 7th Month (also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival).

881 DVD is Finally Out!

I missed Joe's recent screening of the 881 at his Ustream yesterday since I didn't have a pc available. Latest news I also found out was that the DVD is out on sale. Costs $21.90 per dvd. Not that expensive, actually. This is a good buy and probably be my first hokkien show for keeps. The costume, choreagraphy and songs are really nice, much to my surprise. I applaud the way it is being produced and directed, very artistically and aesthetically fabulous. Even gawdy colours are actually being carefully paired and enhanced very beautifully here.

Untill I get my DVD, I shall just post one of the songs I found on YouTube here for you to enjoy.







For those of you who are musically inclined, you might like to look at this one below. I found this in YouTube too. This person did quite a good rendition of chord plucking. I remembered I did picked up guitar long time ago and wanted to specialise in chord plucking when I heard the song More than words. But alas, long story.. hahaha





I love internet! I love YouTube. I found More than words mtv here. Fell in love with this song, over and over again. Happy Happy!