Back in 2012, I watched Phantom in the Opera while working on my undergraduate thesis with a mentor that worked at CCP. My groupmates and I would head over to CCP and hear them rehearse. There was even a time that we were eating at the nearby Harbour Square and three of the cast were also eating at the same place. Fast forward to last year when I was jumping with utter joy when Jonathan Roxmouth announced on his Twitter and Facebook pages that he was returning to Manila, playing the talented and yet terrifying Phantom. Last February 23, I got my second chance of watching this incredible music come alive. Like my spotlight on Mamma Mia, I won't go into the details of the plot. [There is the movie and the book if you want a more in depth look into the story.] I'll be going straight to my thoughts on this tour. THOUGHTS I need to get this out first, the Phantom I watched was Ian Jon Bourg and HE WAS AMAZING! Yes, most people would watch this expecting the main cast but...
I say this multiple times a day(or basically every time I open the file of the book/article/story I have to write that is due in a couple of days). But alas, other things are occupying my head. Because my brain can’t handle all the jumbled ideas, I created this dumping ground of everything going on. Do I think anyone will read this? Probably not. But hey, at least I can show it to my descendants and say how incredible sarcastic, bitter yet intelligent and thought provoking I was. As said on the side, I am worryingly obsessed with everything under the sun (movies, shows, books, sports, food, fashion...you name it, I love it). I work in a good, secure job that pays for all the bills. I take pictures because I see the beauty of the world through a lens. I live through the words I write (or type if you want to be literal about it). I patiently wait for the one (because I believe in the cheesy thing called Love). But most of all, I am a human being who is grateful for yet anot...
It's that time of the year again and the Philippines once again welcomes the wolf with the many books. Yup, the biggest book sale in the world is in Manila once more -- Big Bad Wolf Books. VIP day was last Feb. 13 and the sale officially opened its doors last Valentine's Day. Looks like BBW has learned from its rough patch from last year's faulty system. The main complaint from last year's sale was the slow check-out time. Last year saw the sale be disabled by their computer system, every item scanned took a minute or two before being read by the computers making the time at check-out last to a half-hour per customer. Seeing as it was a big sale, one customer could have about 20 or so books -- imagine how long that would take. By the time this entry has been posted, the #BBWManila2020 has been in the country for four days and I've visited the sales three of those four days. The faulty system has been resolved and the three times I've been on the sal...
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