I wanted to blog about work but there's something so much more exciting that happened this week - We Will Rock You the musical! I've been anticipating the arrival of that day ever since last week, when cousin agreed to go watch it with me. Boy, you have no idea how excited i was, up till the very last second before the curtains were draw up.
It's slightly a bummer when the big day is also the commencement of work, which means that there's longer hours to pass. When work finally ended, i walked as fast as i could with my short legs to the bus stop. I wanted to take 700, but it doesn't come after waiting for half an hour. I know cousin is held up at work and i can take all the time in the world to travel to Esplanade, which is only a couple of stops from Shenton Way. But the thing is, waiting for the bus in formal wear and humid weather for half an hour isn't really very appealing, isn't it. It is especially so when i'm a sweat bucket. So, irritated and annoyed and pouring sweat and cursing the damn bus, i took a cab there. Bad bad choice. I don't know, the brain doesn't seem to function really well when i'm not thinking straight. Turns out that they closed down the road around esplanade drive or something for the JP Morgan Run (and HuiYing even told me about it, how dumb can i get?) and there's this huge traffic jam around Suntec. So, a normal 2 minutes drive took close to ten and my fare shoot up to ten bucks. Bloody arse. Well, at least that uncle gave me a 70 cents discount, better than nothing. So i shopped around Marina Square aimlessly, dropping by Times to read some book before heading towards City Link to meet cousin. Had a quick bite at Makansutra, which serves overpriced yet disgusting hawker food. But it's not going to dampen our mood, which was overflowing with excitement. Following suit dinner, we proceed to Esplanade Theatre and we received a good news, our seats were upgraded!! So from third storey side seat, we got second floor, centre seat. Oh my god, that has got to be one of the best seat in the house! We got full view of the stage and because each row is seperated by a step, we've no obstruction of view. Fantastic! Being inside the theatre is a great feeling, i love how it's designed and i was so looking forward to seeing The Phantom dropping off from one of the balcony seat and belt out The Music of the Night. Hahahahaha. Wishful thinking! But still, the adrenaline rush is making me feel like a groupie waiting for Hannah Montana. So finally, the lights were dimmed and we what we withnessed for the next 3 hours were simply magical. It's just great, superb, fantastic, phenomenal, mind-blowing, two-thumbs up, bravo and every other word you can find in the thesaurus that means the word "good". The stage was awesome, the lighting perfect and the atmosphere was nothing to complain about. I also have to give credit to the production for blending in some Singapore flavor into this humorous show. I was laughing so hard at times.
Though performed so many times, the cast still give it their all. That's what it seems to me, haha. Maybe that's what makes a real artiste, i don't know. All i know is, they are freaking awesome. The lead character, Galileo, was played by reality show Rockstar INXS second runner up, Mig Ayesa. He has got this huge pipe and he sang each song with so much conviction, cousin fell in love with him. Hahahaha. Everyone has got a good voice and when each song is performed, the audience would erupt in applause and cheers. I especially love it when the cast starts stamping their feet twice and clap their hand once, the audience all know what it meant and followed suit before they belt out We Will Rock You. Immediately after the rock anthem was followed by the triumphant We Are The Champion, with Galileo singing the song in the pitch dark stage with just one light shining down on him. And the part where the song was building momentum to the chorus, which requires the singer to really drive the vocal, got me. I went numb. Wow, i'm more than impress. I'm amazed. Hahahaha. So after the song ended, all the cast came out to give a bow and receive loud cheering and whistling from the crowd. So they gave the audience the impression that it's over, but come on! You can't expect us to believe that you ain't gonna sing Bohemian Rhapsody when the story is about the Bohemians searching for their Rhapsody, and that the characters Galileo and Scaramouche are part of the lyrics. Hahaha. So after they dimmed the stage for a few second, a sentence appeared on the screen asking if we want to hear the song. Of couse, it's accompanied by another loud eruption of screaming and cheering. Hahaha. So Galileo came out first to sing the ballad part, before the others join in during the harmonies. Again, i was numb with goosebump during this performance because it's just too damn good. Everyone left the auditorium with a huge satisfied smile on their face. I gotta say, it's worth every single penny and second and i would never ever regret watching it.
It's slightly a bummer when the big day is also the commencement of work, which means that there's longer hours to pass. When work finally ended, i walked as fast as i could with my short legs to the bus stop. I wanted to take 700, but it doesn't come after waiting for half an hour. I know cousin is held up at work and i can take all the time in the world to travel to Esplanade, which is only a couple of stops from Shenton Way. But the thing is, waiting for the bus in formal wear and humid weather for half an hour isn't really very appealing, isn't it. It is especially so when i'm a sweat bucket. So, irritated and annoyed and pouring sweat and cursing the damn bus, i took a cab there. Bad bad choice. I don't know, the brain doesn't seem to function really well when i'm not thinking straight. Turns out that they closed down the road around esplanade drive or something for the JP Morgan Run (and HuiYing even told me about it, how dumb can i get?) and there's this huge traffic jam around Suntec. So, a normal 2 minutes drive took close to ten and my fare shoot up to ten bucks. Bloody arse. Well, at least that uncle gave me a 70 cents discount, better than nothing. So i shopped around Marina Square aimlessly, dropping by Times to read some book before heading towards City Link to meet cousin. Had a quick bite at Makansutra, which serves overpriced yet disgusting hawker food. But it's not going to dampen our mood, which was overflowing with excitement. Following suit dinner, we proceed to Esplanade Theatre and we received a good news, our seats were upgraded!! So from third storey side seat, we got second floor, centre seat. Oh my god, that has got to be one of the best seat in the house! We got full view of the stage and because each row is seperated by a step, we've no obstruction of view. Fantastic! Being inside the theatre is a great feeling, i love how it's designed and i was so looking forward to seeing The Phantom dropping off from one of the balcony seat and belt out The Music of the Night. Hahahahaha. Wishful thinking! But still, the adrenaline rush is making me feel like a groupie waiting for Hannah Montana. So finally, the lights were dimmed and we what we withnessed for the next 3 hours were simply magical. It's just great, superb, fantastic, phenomenal, mind-blowing, two-thumbs up, bravo and every other word you can find in the thesaurus that means the word "good". The stage was awesome, the lighting perfect and the atmosphere was nothing to complain about. I also have to give credit to the production for blending in some Singapore flavor into this humorous show. I was laughing so hard at times.
Though performed so many times, the cast still give it their all. That's what it seems to me, haha. Maybe that's what makes a real artiste, i don't know. All i know is, they are freaking awesome. The lead character, Galileo, was played by reality show Rockstar INXS second runner up, Mig Ayesa. He has got this huge pipe and he sang each song with so much conviction, cousin fell in love with him. Hahahaha. Everyone has got a good voice and when each song is performed, the audience would erupt in applause and cheers. I especially love it when the cast starts stamping their feet twice and clap their hand once, the audience all know what it meant and followed suit before they belt out We Will Rock You. Immediately after the rock anthem was followed by the triumphant We Are The Champion, with Galileo singing the song in the pitch dark stage with just one light shining down on him. And the part where the song was building momentum to the chorus, which requires the singer to really drive the vocal, got me. I went numb. Wow, i'm more than impress. I'm amazed. Hahahaha. So after the song ended, all the cast came out to give a bow and receive loud cheering and whistling from the crowd. So they gave the audience the impression that it's over, but come on! You can't expect us to believe that you ain't gonna sing Bohemian Rhapsody when the story is about the Bohemians searching for their Rhapsody, and that the characters Galileo and Scaramouche are part of the lyrics. Hahaha. So after they dimmed the stage for a few second, a sentence appeared on the screen asking if we want to hear the song. Of couse, it's accompanied by another loud eruption of screaming and cheering. Hahaha. So Galileo came out first to sing the ballad part, before the others join in during the harmonies. Again, i was numb with goosebump during this performance because it's just too damn good. Everyone left the auditorium with a huge satisfied smile on their face. I gotta say, it's worth every single penny and second and i would never ever regret watching it. 
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