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...
**This was written back in December of 2012, a couple of months before my college graduation. This was also sent for consideration for a youth column but was not published. I think I read a quote about choosing between what you love to do and what you need to do. If someone knows the quote I'm talking about, feel free to look it up and tell me because right now, I need that to be my life motto. (I’m thinking alone the lines of Dumbledore but that was more of choosing between what is right and what is easy) In a few more days, I'll be entering the real world and for the past few weeks, I've already been on the trail of job hunting, printing resumes, setting job interviews, ironing my corporate attire and fussing over myself in front of the mirror. Needless to say, no one has replied back (yet, fingers crossed). Ah, the harsh part of the next stage of life, after college, the real world. No matter what, the college you attended, the course you took, and...
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