There’s a place for West Side in Manila

Manila’s version of West Side Story was fantastic. I witnessed the final show of this production at the Meralco Theater last October 13 and I felt lucky because West End’s Joanna Ampil was the one playing Maria for the night. This production by Stages made “my date with mom” a remarkable experience.

Awesome Audie
I believe Audie [...]

Someone to be proud of

Seven of us in the office today huddled on one computer monitor to watch the YouTube video of Charice Pempengco. Like Madonna Decena and Charlie Green (Filipinos who were featured in Britain’s Got Talent), Pempengco is the newest international sensation after she was featured in Ellen, The Paul O’Grady Show and Oprah. One very good [...]

Loving American Idol

Now down to six, American Idol finalists never really caught my attention – not until today when they sung my favorite songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. Seventeen-year-old David Archuleta remains my top bet after I heard him sing ‘Think of Me’ from the Phantom of the Opera. David Cook’s voice went well with ‘Music [...]

Wow

While writing this entry, the volume of my music player is pumped while playing Kylie Minogue’s new single entitled Wow. For several years, I have always admired Kylie, her music and reinvention. Some call it a guilty pleasure – Kylie that is. I was able to catch the video of Wow while scanning through some [...]

Puppets Tell All

Life in Avenue Q portrays the real world.
I almost missed watching the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q staged at the Carlos P. Romulo Theatre in Makati because of heavy traffic. Although my friend and I arrived about thirty minutes after the call time, we managed to catch up. Before the play, I was so irritated [...]

Psalm 84 and beyond

When I started writing news for our college publication, I was assigned by my editor to follow every move of the UST College of Science Glee Club (CSGC). Now, I can’t believe that I am now part of the singing group I constantly covered during their college gigs, university-wide stints, and even in when the [...]

Some Culture

What is the true taste of music? Delicious.
This week, music has occupied my ears, and generally my emotions, as I have been exposed to three musical events: one in Malacanang Palace where I listened to the beautiful renditions of our college glee club, then in Blue Onion and Basement (Eastwood) where my eardrums almost popped [...]

Spur of Songs, Stress and Sin

There is no concrete reason why there is a thing called ‘last song syndrome’ or LSS wherein you can’t help but sing the lines of the latest song you heard over and over again for the whole day and lasts even for an entire week. It’s sporadic. It’s even contagious. Beware.
But it’s just the price [...]

Strangeness

“Woke up this morning; I was staring at the ceiling cracks”
“Yehey!” – the oh-so-idiotic, stupid-like Filipino cliche expression for being happy finally came out of my mouth. I almost can’t believe it! The five weeks of strenous summer trigonometry classes finally ended yesterday. This day officially marks the beginning of summer for me. A real [...]