This family went to the Getai

After dinner, I rounded the family plus helper to watch the Getai staged in our neighbourhood. Wow, the place was packed. Unlike the days of yore, I noted that there was a noticeable number of migrant workers from China, Bangladesh, India and other nationalities in the audience. They were clearly enjoying this respite from the week's hard work. Hmm, I thought to myself: our social landscape has definitely changed. A rare evening breeze boosted the comfort factor of the setting. Everyone was enjoying the gig. Don't 'pray' 'pray' hoh. Although it was a modest set-up compared to the bigger ones you'll see elsewhere in our heartlands, I noticed that they had super-good sound systems. Never mind that the lighting man was perched precariously on a make-shift structure above an electricity meter box. He controlled the spotlight most professionally. Even rigged up some laser effects too! The audience lapped up every evergreen and new hit belted by the singers. They were good. Some were actors, actresses and singers of the soon-to-be released locally produced movie,"12 Lotus". The "Ah Peks" "choped" the front seats (hmm . . . I didn't understand this bit. I thought that they were meant for other "guests"??). You and I know why. There were lots of gyrations and titillating flesh shown. Haha!

That's our Seventh Month. I wish though that there could be the big-time Opera performances like during my time . . . I would then be able to take my 6 down memory-lane and wow them with my on-the-spot translations of the dialect classics!