The first time I watched Little Shop of Horrors, it was a Singapore Production with the Dimsum Dollies and Hossan Leong as Seymour. I loved it, dearly. It has always been a favourite, with the sarcasm and witty humour, and beautiful songs. I loved it as a child, I loved it even now but it took me the second watch to realise one thing....
HOLY, THIS MUSICAL IS SO DARK. WHY WAS I ALLOWED TO WATCH IT AS A KID ?!
For those who have never watched it before, I won't go into details and spoil it, but the whole musical is kind of dark, like bordering on Sweeney Todd dark, but just that it's more lighthearted. But I would say, not suitable for kids under 15.
And I was pretty sure, I was definitely not 15 when I watched it. Maybe 12 ? Maybe 13 ? But yes, now that I watched it again, I can't help but think, what sort of a morbid child was I to enjoy this so much and not think that it was dark.
I whatsapped my sister and told her this, her reaction was:
"YES, IT IS FXXXKING DARK ! (SPOILERS EXCLUDED)"
But yes, I only realised it like now. Anyway, it was good, the songs were good. I love the songs sooo much. All of us went up to sit in the circle so we could look down and get a clear view of the stage. It was really funny for those who came after we did, because I told Nat that we are all here.
But Nat didn't know we went upstairs so she was so confused when she walked into the room and couldn't find us until Caroline told her that we were upstairs. And when Sophie came, Caroline told her we were upstairs but then Sophie thought that there wasn't an upstairs and didn't believe Caroline until we saw her and shouted her name. She was sooooo confused.
So Ivana and I decided to Selfie before the rest got up ~ Ivana's really super duper sweet to me all the time ! I am so grateful to meet such lovely people during my course of study here.
After the production which drove everyone to laughters, we went for the after party where I played pool and drank a little. We are now calling alcohol Liquid Courage. Which is true. Because now that I think about it, I don't think I really want to remember how I was when I was drunk/tipsy.
It started out with an offering from Nathan, in the end we shared 3 bottles of beer. Do I want to remember how I started drinking a little ? .... It was probably because I needed a little liquid courage before I could start dancing. But yea, I might have become really bouncy after that.
It was just like David, Lauren, Alice, Tom, Saniya, Ivana, Nat, Nathan and my other flatmates together. The only reason why I drank was because my flatmates are around to keep a lookout for me.
Before I go on any further .... there's a little backstory that I should say it upfront now. Before I entered Uni, I met a guy who is also a fresher on facebook because he was helping me out with an issue with the school email. So we started talking, bordering on flirting even. But of course, we never really managed to talk in school and the only time we had contact was for a group work. Let's just say that everyone was painfully shy and no one really talked to each other, unless we really had to.
And the other time we sort of had contact, was after Christmas dining in where I had a little bit of liquid courage. But even then, it was nothing much.
Okay, end of backstory, back to the current story.
It was funny, because the night started out with like him stealing glances every once in a while when I was dancing. Then he came over to me and danced by my side while looking at me. And because I tend to move about alot when I am dancing, apparently, I was going to go to Nat's side. So ... from his side ... I danced and twirled right in front of him and stood right next to Nat and continued dancing. Don't know what he thought of my little stunt, but he walked away after that and drove Nat to laughters. She was like, OMG KELILA, THAT WAS BRILLIANT. YOU GOT HIM AWAY WITHOUT EVEN TRYING.
Well ... I don't know if that was meant to be a compliment but I somehow earned myself the position of being Nat's Wingwoman. Okay, it was pretty funny now that I think of it. Who knows what went into his brain when I pulled a stunt like that. LOL. But yea, and he never came back .
Oh yes, before I forget, he is a very tall guy. 190cm. When he first told me, I was like, holy shit. What kind of a giant is that. And when I saw him in person , yeap ... that's really like a brick wall. Anyway, I had too much of a drink that night, considering that I'm a lightweight .... it really didn't take much to knock me out. I remember most of the night but there are some parts of the night that I really don't know. So I am very glad that I chose to dance near my friends and flatmates so they are always looking out for me.
Alright, so Alex and Max stopped dancing at some point. Now, here's the thing you have to know. Alex and Max drunk dancing is the absolute funniest thing on earth. I wish I filmed them dancing but oh my god. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.
It's like their limbs don't know how to function anymore. But yea, Charles was sitting with them when I went over I think, so I decided to tickle Max and asked why isn't he dancing anymore. But also sat down after that. The only seat was beside Charles, so I sat there and we started talking. And it's not like we're complete strangers. And so he asked me what happened to my alcohol allergy (I am surprised that he remembered) but I just told him that I don't care anymore so I'm drinking. And somehow, it ended up with both of us dancing.
And of course, my flatmates were keeping a close watch on us, but Caroline was looking at us to make sure he is not taking advantage of me and Max is looking at me and Charles with some kind of interest, like the OOOH HO HO HO HO kind of interest, if that made any sense.
Even Alex made fun of us -_-.
But okay, we were dancing, and he was twirling me etc. And so I tripped over my feet so many times because I was tipsy and so there were a lot of arms around waist, fingers interlocking etc. And a lot of falling over and hitting his chest because he was so damn bloody tall. And his chest was really hard. I swear I could concuss on that thing.
ANYWAY. No kissing was involved. Just to set things clear. I always feel that there are certain boundaries that cannot be crossed. The moment lips are involved, it's a clear sign that you should get the hell out of there. One thing can lead to the next, which I am very adverse to.
Apparently, Jake Richards, the guild chair and the one who was playing music that night, was watching us as well and was waiting for the right moment to put on a slow song for us. What the hell. Nice to know there are people shipping us -_- ?
I have been told that Nathan wanted to dance with me but I was preoccupied with Charles so I ended up ignoring me. This coupled with the latest monopoly game where I accidentally screwed up his game would never stop haunting me because whenever I do something wrong ... Nathan would mention this and I would just be like, OMG I AM SORRY OKAY !?
But yea, at some point, we sat down together, sitting very close to each other. People who have seen me drunk would know that I am a giggly drunk so it was us putting our heads together and giggling. And I might have just put my head on his shoulder and sat there with my eyes closed. WITH EVERYONE ELSE STARING AT US APPARENTLY. WHAT THE HELL.
Then Charles kept asking if I was okay, if I was tired. And when I finally thought to go back, Charles walked me back and people might have stared at our interlocked hands. And halfway through, I realised that I didn't bring my cardigan back with me so we stopped and turned back, just in time to see Max stalking us back. So it ended up with Charles and Max chasing each other in the bar while I picked my cardigan up. So we walked back and I left him at the door of my building before going back.
I made sure to text Caroline to inform her that I was back safe and sound, everyone in the group asked "with Charles?" And I was, NO. ALONE. IN MY ROOM. GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER. And when I was done, Alex, Max and Jemima came back, and first thing they asked? Where am I hiding Charles?
....................
We ended up chatting in the kitchen where Jemima made toast because she was hungry but Alex ended up eating both slices of toast. We were just so confused and Alex was just like, oh well. I'll just eat it. But of course, it didn't take long for the topic to go back to both Charles and I. -_-
So when they kept harping on it, I was like, okay peeps. I'm going to bed, the rest of them just whined behind my back. That was 3am, apparently they only went to bed at 5am. When I woke up the next day, everyone kept mentioning Charles to me. FROM MORNING, ALL THE WAY TILL NIGHT. WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE.
Of course, there is nothing between me and him. So the awkward moment came when Sam and I went to play pool and he decided to grill me about it (he left early so he didn't see us dancing together). And obviously I don't know what to say because HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT WAS GOING ON !?
Obviously, I was drunk and slightly unaware of myself. So Sam just asked, alright, if there's a next time, would you still do that? My response? I will probably not drink too much of that thing we call liquid courage.
So I think that's pretty good answer already, isn't it? I mean, the dancing was fun and it was nice hugging and the feeling of interlocking fingers (I'm kind of a physical contact person with only the people that I know or like, random contact can make me feel disgusted). But yea, beyond that? I am not sure.
Dancing is fun, flirting is okay. But everything else more serious than that... I don't think I am in a state where I would go ahead. Now I just hope that it would just go away and this entire hooha would die down.
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