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wow. i realised i haven't blogged properly for quite awhile now. i just haven't been bothered updating and i suppose i really ought to before this year flies by and i'm left with a whole bunch of photos on my blog which i already have on my computer, but not much written memories.
let's start from miss saigon shall we? (boy i can already tell that this post is gonna be long). i went to that last saturday night at the princess theatre. um.. it was an experience to say the least. theatre culture is still well and alive in melbourne! people of the older generations rocked up dressed to the nines. my eyes nearly popped out cos i was so underdressed :( ah wells.. it's not like i had the best seats in the house :D but yeh, there were sparkley heels, pretty dresses, lots of bling, clutches and purses and long coats. the men were pretty formally dressed - i spotted a couple of suits. it all added up to give a very authentic theatre experience if you know what i mean. i can't wait! next time when i go see phantom of the opera.. and i do have the best seats in the house.. i shall dress up for it too.
the music wasn't that great - and saying this i mean the actual songs. the singers were pretty darned good. the main character was some small mixed lady (her surname wasn't asian but she sure looked like one.. small with dark oriental features) anyhow. her voice projection was amazing - and the clarity in which she sung her songs was beautiful. as far as the storyline goes, i thought that was alright, a little bit draggy and not terribly exciting.. but (duh) it's a tragic love story. dont know what else i expected lol. in any case i appreciated the experience because it's been a long time since i've been to a musical - my last one was Anna and the King in london and i remember fidgeting cos some adult with a big head had sat in front of me. a couple of years later, nothing much has changed :( i still can't see whenever someone tallish sits in front of me. it sucks being short! i was pretty moved by the music though because it felt like the emotion was riding on the music and .. well at the end, the main character shot herself and it was really heart wrenching :( i teared slightly.
she waited 2 years for a man who remarried and forgot about her! it is completely beyond me ._. i left with a very indignant feeling towards the american whom she pined for. for those who didn't know, miss saigon is an adaptation of Puccini's Madame Butterfly. my favourite character though, was undeniably the engineer.. or the pimp daddy :D lol.. he was just so alive and slick that i cracked up everytime he appeared. he did a real pimp daddy dance too, complete with pelvic thrusts. :P awesoome!
um. between that there was the formal. photos were in the previous post. the location was good, the music a little bit old school for my liking, and although the food was good i sort of expected a bit more cos afterall, it did cost 85 dollars. i was hoping for lobster. instead what i got failed by comparison. so sad!
some sort of fish with fancy sounding potato gnocchi and buttersauce.. it came with like.. one kai lan on top of it. but the dessert was pretty good though :p chocolate mousse cake.. mmm. (very happy about that choice of dish).
last friday night i went to cirque du soleil. at first i sat there feeling quite lost as the show started and all these abstract scenes flooded my imagination.. tis a sad thing to say, but i've lost my imagination as i've grown up and i can only think in rigid structures now :( but i think the story involved an icarus (i remember reading this fantastic series about icari in secondary school and i have this urge to get my hands on them again.. i just can't remember the title) anyway - background on icarus - angel who had wing stuck on with wax, and he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell to the earth.. so there was this symbolism of a figure in white falling to the ground and the wings being stolen by a demon or witch or something (creepy figure dressed in black) halfway through i gave up trying to follow the plot because it was just easier to entertain and amuse myself with the acts. there was one comedy act that i didn't really get though.. this guy and the girl.. basically all the girl did was flash her underwear and giggle.. (?) liddat also can meh?
but the performers were fantastic. it's like their bodies are made out of rubber - they are so incredibly flexible! they bounced, twisted, turned, leapt, and flipped all over the place like tigger on steroids or something. there were the famous twin brothers who i accidentally mistook for gay.. can't blame me though, they were holding each other round the waist and soaring around the tent very.. romantic like lol. like spiderman would hold MJ. :p (and thats coming out soon too!)
as i came out i passed rod laver arena, and it was like there was an earthquake or something - the whole place was so loud! pink was screaming her lungs out in typical pink fashion. on hindsight, the same amount of money that would get me a pink ticket was so much better used on the circus.. because imagine the amount of training they must do to achieve such feats! and yet what they get seems like a mere pittance.. whereas pink just gets up and screams in some hoarse voice and shes got money pouring in already. life just isn't fair is it?
went with debbie.. whom i haven't seen in yonks. i knew this girl since singapore! back in the good old days of SLO and horse riding.
and gloria who had just gotten a fresh haircut. i like it.
made me feel like a kid all over again.
[insert random sch photos] from when i was bored during my spares. my awful bottom locker!and the poor person in my stranglehold is maggie.
bas
gina .. i did one too but i look retarded :P
the weekend was honestly very trying and tiring. cutting it short, i've never felt so helpless before in my life and even now i still feel drained from the happenings over the weekend.
i am very lucky though to have friends who take care of me. thanks guys.
and now.. school's more or less back to normal! i have a new phone though.. slidely slidey! :) my new number is 0403 688 276 .. prank me with ur new number! :)
ciao all.
Monday, April 30, 2007 at 7:44 AM
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the music wasn't that great - and saying this i mean the actual songs. the singers were pretty darned good. the main character was some small mixed lady (her surname wasn't asian but she sure looked like one.. small with dark oriental features) anyhow. her voice projection was amazing - and the clarity in which she sung her songs was beautiful. as far as the storyline goes, i thought that was alright, a little bit draggy and not terribly exciting.. but (duh) it's a tragic love story. dont know what else i expected lol. in any case i appreciated the experience because it's been a long time since i've been to a musical - my last one was Anna and the King in london and i remember fidgeting cos some adult with a big head had sat in front of me. a couple of years later, nothing much has changed :( i still can't see whenever someone tallish sits in front of me. it sucks being short! i was pretty moved by the music though because it felt like the emotion was riding on the music and .. well at the end, the main character shot herself and it was really heart wrenching :( i teared slightly.
some sort of fish with fancy sounding potato gnocchi and buttersauce.. it came with like.. one kai lan on top of it. but the dessert was pretty good though :p chocolate mousse cake.. mmm. (very happy about that choice of dish).
last friday night i went to cirque du soleil. at first i sat there feeling quite lost as the show started and all these abstract scenes flooded my imagination.. tis a sad thing to say, but i've lost my imagination as i've grown up and i can only think in rigid structures now :( but i think the story involved an icarus (i remember reading this fantastic series about icari in secondary school and i have this urge to get my hands on them again.. i just can't remember the title) anyway - background on icarus - angel who had wing stuck on with wax, and he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell to the earth.. so there was this symbolism of a figure in white falling to the ground and the wings being stolen by a demon or witch or something (creepy figure dressed in black) halfway through i gave up trying to follow the plot because it was just easier to entertain and amuse myself with the acts. there was one comedy act that i didn't really get though.. this guy and the girl.. basically all the girl did was flash her underwear and giggle.. (?) liddat also can meh?
went with debbie.. whom i haven't seen in yonks. i knew this girl since singapore! back in the good old days of SLO and horse riding.
and gloria who had just gotten a fresh haircut. i like it.
made me feel like a kid all over again.
bas
gina .. i did one too but i look retarded :P
