My first musical
How many musicals/plays did I say I want to go to this year during my so-called new year resolution?
It is nearly halfway through March but I caught my first ever.. and it has to be….
The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre!
We were seated at the Grand Circle which is quite high up but the view was fine. The ticket costs GBP 23.50, which fair enough.
As for the show itself, the props are amazing! Just imagine a show where all the characters are animals and you use humans to act them out on the stage. You’ve got to use some imagination, really. I personally didn’t really know the story well, but now I do. My favourite parts must be the ones with Timon and Pumbaa.
On a totally unrelated note, if you ask me who is suitable for the lion king character, I must say this lion….
The last conversation
Hospitals were never very welcoming. It was cold. She had been consented and assessed. She laid still, waiting to be wheeled into the operating theatre. Her children and two grandchildren were there. They were all grown up, she thought. She wondered what would happen next. This operation had been delayed a few times. It was finally time.
The phone rang and the eldest daughter picked it up. She struggled a little because she never really used mobile phones. After a short chat, she passed the phone to her mother who was lying there, waiting for the surgery.
On the other side of the line, the 20-year-old college girl was anxiously waiting at the airport for her flight home. She decided to call nonetheless. Her grandmother was going to undergo a major operation. She wasn’t good in expressing herself in her native language, but she decided to talk to her grandmother anyway. She wanted to give some sort of encouragement. She spoke briefly, asking if her grandmother was nervous. The girl sounded more nervous that her grandmother at the other end of the line.
Little did she know that was her last verbal communication with her grandmother.
The next time she saw her grandmother, it was a hasty decision to fly back. She dashed into the Cardiac Care Unit and broke into tears the moment she saw her grandmother at the bay. She wept like never before. She kept calling her grandmother “Mama, Mama…” and her aunt scolded her for being so negative in front of her grandmother.
Bursting with emotions, she went out and cried. She didn’t stop crying. She could not stop crying. When she gained her composure again, she went back in and tried to sound cheerful. This time, her grandmother’s eyes were opened and tearing. She felt her eyes hot again.
Her life was never the same ever since that incident. The bitterness, guilt and regrets.
To start off the week!
I didn’t fall asleep during lectures today! This is a piece of good news. Nevermind I had coffee packed from home or the fact that my bladder it nearly burst! It was the addiction lecture this morning that made me wonder.. am I really that addicted or dependent on coffee? Well, apparently, there are many types of addiction.. whether it is caffeine, tobacco (speaking of which, I wonder if you have heard of electronic cigarettes? Interesting to check it out, really!), drugs and even studying.
Studying… an addiction? Oh, please! I wish I would be half as addicted, really. I’ve been doing everything half-heartedly. My concentration isn’t at its best and my memory is deteriorating big time you cannot even imagine!!
Oh well. That aside, I have a few great things to look forward to. I have got a few movies on my laptop which I haven’t gotten time to watch.. and I am enjoying cooking and eating with the flatmates. It is always impromptu but fun nonetheless. Feels rewarding to be able to cook for people.. even though I’ve never really cooked my entire life. Heh heh. Mummy should be at least a little proud of me.. considering the fact that I don’t even know how to switch on the stove on the Zanussi stove.
Sedia payung sebelum hujan
Almost like barefoot
At first glance, this shoe looks a tad bit odd.
Hmm.
It has got this curved sole that makes it look a little out of norm. But a close look again reveals very fascinating details. This is one of the many exciting designs of MBT shoes. This ‘mbt‘ actually means Masai Barefoot Technology. It has been developed to simulate walking barefooted, thus a more ‘healthy’ type of walking.
I personally think these are pretty interesting things. This is because I personally walk a lot in London. On average, I easily walk 3-5miles a day. I can no longer simply choose any footwear because I might suffer from horrible side-effects if I don’t feel comfortable in my shoes. The sole would be aching so badly of skin would even peel off.
I think MBT has a potential in creating a revolution in the footwear industry. It claims to get you lose weight wearing these MBT shoes. WOW! There is some minute details about the toning of the muscles and such.. I wonder if they really help..
Since its introduction to the market in 2003, it has been doing pretty well. I wonder if there is any in London……… it would be interesting.
