Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue is a quadruple-bill presented by the NUS University Scholars Club (USC). This year’s production is directed by Leonard Augustine Choo, and features plays written by Christine Chong, Lucas Ho and Laremy Lee.
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 – Sat, 23 May 2009.
Time: 8pm (Fri and Sat); 3pm matinee (Sat).
Venue: Esplanade Recital Studio.
Tickets: $20, $18 (Matinee).
$2 Discounts for students, NSFs and bulk purchases (min. 10 tickets)
Parental Advisory: Coarse language and explicit sexual references are made in this performance. Children below the age of seven (7) will not be allowed into the theatre.
For more details and special offers, visit the Facebook Event Listing, the production website or drop the club an email.
Join us and our talented cast for tears, laughter and everything in between. Welcome to the wedding of the year.
I’ve contributed a 20-minute play to the production, no-strings attached. Sort of like my way of saying thanks to the USP (University Scholars Programme) and the USC. You can read the latest revision here if you like, or read the blurb below:
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Something Old
By Laremy Lee
The aisle has been swept, the guests are seated, and the ceremony is about to begin. But just when everything seems to be going according to plan, two uninvited guests arrive. Benjamin, the groom, must explain as best he can why he has not invited these two guests – a particularly difficult task, given that they are his own parents. |
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Hope to see you there! 
I was washing my dishes just now in the kitchen in hall, and because I had quite a few dishes to carry, I decided to make two trips. Better that way, I reasoned to myself – I avoid any unnecessary breakage of dishes by carrying too many at one go.
When I returned from my first trip, there was a kukubird (not derogatory in this context) washing his dishes at the sink. All’s fine and well, I though, to each his or her own turn at washing the dishes at the sink.
However, said kukubird was not only washing his dishes at the sink. He was washing his dishes at the sink with MY detergent. RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
He obviously hadn’t heard me re-enter the kitchen, because I walk lightly for a chubsy (ok lah, I shall stop making fat jokes about myself). But still, my sympathy wasn’t going to be wasted on him. I walked over and whisked the soap AND sponge away from this kukubird (now a derogatory term) with a loud “TSK” and walked away.
Seriously, some people.
From: Pang Yu Hin, Peter (Director, USP)
Date: 21 Jan 2008 PM 06:33:15
To: dl.class.usp, USP Faculty, USP Admin Staff
Cc: Goh Pei Siong, Daniel
Subject: RE: Journal naming competition and Student editor positions open.
Dear All
I hope your new semester (and new year) is off to a good start.
I apologize for a slightly delayed report on the journal naming competition and student editor recruitment. There were 16 entries for the competition and 7 applications for the editor positions. I want to thank those who participated/applied.
For the competition, in addition to Profs Kang and Teo (and myself), I co-opted two additional judges Dr Lo Mun Hou and Mr Paul Nerney.
We have decided that the winning entry is “Prism”, which was entered by Laremy Lee (Year 4, English + USP), who explained: “It incorporates the ISM acronym into its name. Also, maybe the tagline can be something like: ‘A spectrum of light’, as a play on the title and also because it presents a spectrum of writing meant to enlighten.”
Even though we have not yet decided whether to adopt the name “Prism”, we have decided to give out the prize of $200 to Laremy. Congratulations, Laremy…
Heh. But I’m thinking of doing something crazy with the money. More updates soon when I’ve decided what to do.
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