Anything, like, going for a soccer match when you don’t watch soccer at all. And not surprisingly, we spent half the time (literally) walking about, roving from seats to seats, snapping away, oblivious of what was happening down at the field. But Singapore won the friendly match eventually, with a score of 2-1 (their opponents being the North Koreans). Of course, with only 1/30th of the stadium filled with people and a slow and friendly game on going, the atmosphere & excitement was only a minuscule of what a 60,000 crowd could do. But I was just happy enough to wander about that night, occasionally observing the event from where I was.
All in all, I love the texture of the place, remembered the sports meets, ndps and what nots, even the groups of aunties (or uncles) who will walk around selling their fried popiahs or samosas during the various events.
It is afterall these personal memories that have imbued the stadium as a landscape of significance.
Also, thanks Zihao and Ros, for your company that night!
is still mourning over her lost photos of that night!
TIME OUT
antagon theaterAKTion (Germany) Jurong East
A (hypothetical) interview between Qmark and a member of the Audience.
Q. Hello! Good evening! Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? I am from qmark, an online thing that likes to ask questions. A. Eh.. Ok. Hope it don’t take too long cos I got work tomorrow ah.
Q. Oh don’t worry it’s going to be very quick. Well, tell us what you thought happened during the show. A. Mm I was sitting behind this very tall guy so I can’t really see everything.
From the beginning, at around 8 like that, there are around 10 people coming to the stage from the back of the audience. There’s one guy, like some master, using a rope to pull in all the other people. They were all walking on stilts like the, you know, Chinese acrobatics, and wearing white colour clothes. I think got something to do with slavery. Those being pulled were all screaming and making funny noises, abit like animals. Then when they are on stage, they started dancing and surrounding the master after some fighting.
After that it got abit confusing; got many different parts where people jump around, dance here dance there, got video projection, oh there’s the fire too! Wow the fire parts are the most exciting. They pour kerosene on the floor and burn it up, blowtorch on the backdrop, burnt a guitar and even juggle some fireballs. It’s almost like a circus, but those parts are the most interesting. The others are ok only la, but I can see that they put in effort. Then obviously the fireworks make everyone happy, all the kids went wild!
Q. Alright. This show most importantly deals with time. Do you think so? A. Yah. There is a big clock in the background. Come to think of it, many parts of the show seem to be in slow-motion. Some parts like very fast, and there’s one part keep repeating over and over, like rewinding. Yah maybe that’s why its called “Time Out”.
Q. Good observation! Well, this show is really about taking time off, like what you are doing now, to reflect on yourself and your life. Those scenes you saw was about understanding time as a feeling, not as deadlines and numbers. A. Oh really? It’s hard to understand all these arty arty stuff, some people I saw were leaving halfway.
Q. Well true, but precisely it also shows the state of the person and country. How controlled they are by the shackles of time. That’s why the whole show has the feel of rawness, energy, goth metal, animal tribalism and spacelessness, it’s to get you out of the timeframe! Anyway, thanks for your time. Good night!
A. Okay bye!
African to European: “You’ve got the clocks, we’ve got the time.”
is still mourning over her lost photos of that night! 
enjoyed the live stage music. “Run Lola Run” comes to mind.
