Oh Edward! Sigh..........

Handsome. Slim. Smart. Well-mannered. Super rich. Eloquent.Poetic. Thoughtful. Caring. Protective. Sensitive. Musical. Attentive. Appreciative. Selfless. Perfect. Respects human life. Self-controlled Loves you and you alone forever. The list goes on. That's what I gather of the 109 year old virgin Edward who is forever 17 in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga.

I am currently about to finish book 3, Eclipse after I enjoyed the best movie of the year with both my husband and my girl 5. I always prefer to watch the movie first then the book, I don't know why but there's something beautiful about being able to "see" through the directors' eyes, the characters, the scenery and yes even how the pace and the plot develops even when it is based on the book.

Edward is the grim reminder that no such perfect guy exists in this fallen world. Imagine, he is the type that will get ready the dish-cloth to help Bella when she was about to start washing the dishes. Most guys will disappear and appear when the timing is right. Most guys will be like the dad, Charlie who will be glued to the TV, easily satisfied with a huge delicious porton of home-cooked food.

What I particularly loved about Edward is his taste in music and his musical abilities. He can sing a lullaby and hold Bella to sleep in his cold arms and serenade her with piano music. Of course, as a vampire, he does not need to eat or sleep only hunt occasionally large animals to satisfy his thrist. Another major plus factor, he's always there to cradle her face, brush her cheeks, kiss her and play with her hair. Oh I love that!!! All the gazing deep into the eyes of the one you love takes place mainly before marriage and kids anyway. Sigh...

The other night I actually dreamt of Edward!!! By the way the very first Cullen I dreamt of was Dr Carlisle. Ha. It was a silly dream about conversing with a doctor and I was "studying" his pale face and light brown almost golden eyes. He looked so unreal in the dream yet like the actor Peter Facinelli, he was handsome and cool!!!! Very nice light blonde hair.

The Edward dream was really hilarious. I was watching some high school performances where each team was to take turns and jam on the stage, their own rendition of a certain newly composed song. Most teams did not make it. Either their grooves were out of order or the leads were unable to sing in pitch or whatever. I was laughing at these silly performances because they were so ridiculous!! Then I realised Edward, aka Robert Pattinson lookalike was beside me, laughing in a surreal voice almost melodic but with bell like tone and God!!! Is it really Edward in the movie beside me??? I gasped in the dream, my mouth slightly apart. I was totally mesmerised by his beauty. The perfect jawline, he was at my right, the high nose and sculptured cheek bones and oh..the glistening skin that I could not take my eyes off. So shiny and radiant and pale yet with very light pink undertones.

I was about to ask him," Are you real, Edward?"when Rachel woke me up with a sudden kick to my side. Yes, she jolted me back into reality and crushed the dream fantasy just like that. I know if the dream goes on, I will probably hug and kiss him just to see what it is like!!! Cold, soft yet masculine lips??? Strong, marble like arms??? Maybe I've been reading each night one or two chapters of the book that so captured my heart and soul that its in my sub-conscious. But I really enjoyed the technicolour, 3D, surround sound, well texture dreams that had entertained me since my childhood. Sometimes my dreams are so real, its like watching or being in a movie. No wonder I aspired to be an actress when I was younger and a director after that!!!

Very likely after Eclipse, I will continue with Breaking Dawn. I just cant wait to finish the best non-ficition, almost literature novels that I've ever read in my life.

Thank God for blessing Stephanie Meyer with such a rare talent, such a beautiful writing style. I've become a fan of the entire series and fan of Robert Pattinson as well.

I've watched Remember Me and I think Robert Pattinson is one great actor. Not only is he eye candy, musical and with a nice sense of humour, this guy can really express himself, musically and his acting touches me. He's definitely going to greater heights in this career and in no danger of being type-cast at all, despite the long success of the Twilight Saga.

PS....Hey, Rob, I believe you will enjoy even greater success in whatever you do.
Be true to yourself and all the fans say, "We love you." And I add," Thank God for you."

J'adore Joshua Bell.

I was elated when I finally bought the tickets to the Joshua Bell concerts last weekend. His performance was part of the Singapore Arts Festival 2010 and with the highly sought after Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

The first night, I sat directly first row, in front of him and watched in awe as he conducted and played (also danced) the violin with such perfect virtuosity. I was totally raptured in the very sweet, sweetest I've ever heard violin, the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius that was the price of his posh well designed Manhattan Penthouse in the Gerard Butler issue of Architectural Digest.? I felt like I was in heaven, I forgot the entire dramatic week that had me so physically and emotionally drained and received like nourishment for my soul from God through his beautiful playing.

Personally, I prefer a more mellow sound for the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64, but Joshua Bell's playing was so beautiful, lyric and passionate I felt that I was one with the music and the composer Mendelssohn too!!! The other piece that I had the same feeling of "oneness" was Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26. It sort of "speaks" to me those heart wrenching movements reminds me of my past feelings, moments, thoughts and they were all captured in those dramatic movements.I was indeed privileged to watch Sarah Chang performed it live in the same Esplanade concert hall in April this year.

I loved to watch Joshua Bell play the violin. I love his "dancing' movements and OH, the beautiful hair that bounces here and there, one minute it was all wet with perspiration and the next it seemed drier and bouncy again. Frankly, he should endorse some shampoo for he still has such lustrous nice locks past 40 when most men I know are showing more scalp.

Watching him and listening to his exquisite playing, one can't help but thank God for creating, nurturing and sharing with us such a talent. It is like Joshua Bell is made to play the violin really well, giving Glory to God and I felt so blessed as a audience, a violin student to watch him play live!

I was also very surprised that he can conduct very well as Ist violin with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra. They brought to life the Beethoven Coriolan Overture Op 62 and later after the intermission the Beethoven Symphony No7 in A major, Op 92. The very contented audience was happy to applaud non stop and most were on their feet like I do, thanking him for such a wonderful perfect performance. Right before the intermission, he gave a cheeky very effortless Yankee Doodle Paganini style with many variations, all the difficult, double-stopping, harmonics and spizzicatos that left me with my jaws slightly apart in awe and deep admiration. I was saying, "God, when can I play like this?????? dreamily and audaciously!!!!!"

Despite all the hard work on the stage, Mr Bell took time to sign the long queues of autographs and was very gracious to pose for a photo when the security was rather strict on the first night. "One autograph per person, strictly no posing etc etc"

The second night, after the sprightly Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K492, Joshua played one of my favourites, Beethoven's only violin concerto in D major Op 61, again with his own cadenzas. I imagined it must be so tough composing one's own cadenzas when there are popular ones used composed by Joachim and Fritz Kriesler. I loved the originality in the artiste and who knows one day I may make up one myself..haha after playing violin for the rest of my decade years. Muahahaha!!!

Though the second night's performance of the Beethoven Symphony No4 in b flat major op60, ended without an encore. The autograph queue was treated to a can of free diet coke, not my liking though, and thankfully the gracious Mr Bell signed another autograph for me and posed this time 2X with me. I feel very happy to be near a great artiste, to hear him play the violin so well and to take home an autograph and pictures to inspire my little one, Rachel 5, who was too young to attend the concert.

Thank you very much Mr Joshua Bell and God the Father for bringing him to bless Singapore!!!!!!!!!