September 6, 2008 1:30 PM. We had absolutely no plans to watch this since it’s for kids (audience participation omg). But we were given tickets by our brother’s fiancée and one should never ever EVER waste tickets. Especially when free ones are given to you once in a blue moon!!

It was sort of fun. It really was a compressed version of the movie. I was positively SHOCKED when they announced it was already intermission. The first act was like 30 minutes. The second act, by the way, was much more cute. Everyone (I think) loves the song Reflection, but the songs that I liked best from Mulan is I’ll Make A Man Out of You (Donny Osmond, hello!?) and A Girl Worth Fighting For. The additional songs made for the stage version of Mulan was catchy. It’s a good thing they repeated the songs a couple of times because people might end up only remembering the songs sung in the movie.

As usual, the audience participation was cheesy but it was really cute to see little kids enjoying themselves. Actors were energetic, enough to overpower the noisy kids who just can’t sit still. The guy who played Shang was also in Altar Boyz. Ugh, I can’t believe I missed that show. Stage it again, please!

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I think I decided that this weblog feature of the site will be dedicated to reviews. But I don’t have time to write agh. Besides, I haven’t exactly watched a lot of plays or musicals. Sometimes I completely forget because of something “school-related” that I have to finish immediately.

I wanted to watch Altar Boyz but it was in the middle of finals week and OJT. Second run, please?

Noli at Fili Dekada 2000 (July 26) I wasn’t able to wake up early so I arrived late at PETA. I missed the first 15 minutes of the play. Too bad I missed the whole Sisa scene. Anyway, it was a good play. It’s not something I’d watch unless it was required for class. And yes, it was required so I didn’t have a choice. The modern update of the two Rizal novels were good. I’ve forgotten about Noli and Fili as soon as we were through with the novels. As usual, I loved the references to Filipino pop culture.

I wrote a lengthier paper on the play for class. But it’s in Filipino. And it’s about foreignization and domestication ekek the approach is too academic. Anyhoo. The set was good too. I think PETA is my favorite theater. It’s so cozy and intimate. Sure, they use monobloc chairs but it’s has a really good ambiance. Sort of similar to that small theater in CCP. I forgot the name.

Cinderella (August 9) - Lovely set and costumes. The carriage was wonderful! Aaah. Lea Salonga, as usual, was brilliant. The last time I got to watch Lea Salonga perform was in Miss Saigon. No wait.. They’re Playing Our Song? Ewan. Cinderella is a cheesy Rodgers and Hammerstein musical but it was ok. I haven’t seen the Julie Andrews version, although my sisters have. But the made-for-tv production with Brandy, Pablo Montalban and Whitney Houston is my favorite. Bernadette Peters! I wish they got Pablo Montalban for the international cast, though. That would’ve been so cool.

Downside: CCP. The seats and the air conditioning were awful. The organizers also ran out of programs. Hello?!? Or maybe it’s their scheme to make people buy the cast recording instead. Which we did. lol. Whatever. They should’ve had printed extra copies, knowing that it’s LEA SALONGA.

I’m looking forward to West Side Story and La Boheme. I haven’t bought tickets to La Boheme yet since I’m hoping that free tickets might magically appear or something. Ugh.

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The ID picture I used is 5 years old. Hah.

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Random and jibberish. Hopefully, this will help me organize my final paper before my practicum ends. I also have to delegate people for the freshmen orientation because I can’t attend any of the meetings if I want to complete 200 hours before May 22.

Anyway… So far, we’ve met really nice officers/traders, listened to countless how nows, observed the PDex and Reuters screens, watched Bloomberg/NBA and eaten free food. Haha. But we don’t get paid. Bummer.

April
14 - Start at Treasury. Funds and Liquidity Management Division. Free lunch.
15 - Free pizza.
17 - RR. MS. Handouts. Access to the internet! Meal in a leaf. No free food. Fitness.
18 - Test. Difficult. Enrollment. Down server. Free lunch.
21 - Fixed Income and Structured Investments Division. Not. Lecture. ICAP! Interdealer! Voice Brokers! Market liquidity. Free pizza.
22 - Sales. Marketing. T-bills. Corporate clients. Basis. Swap points. Clients. Colds. Decolgen. Twilight.
23 - They were very busy. Clinton. Phoenix Suns lost. Ids. Envelopes. Notebooks. Brochures. “Overtime”.
24 - Nothing. Finished Eclipse.
25 - Bora pictures. Lol. Java Man. Forex handouts. Trainee lolz. Games. I write well and I am flexible. Woo!
28 - Crossrates. Interbank. Finished The Host.
29 - Forex test/exercise. Mind block. Mars and Wrigleys. Austrian. Baron. UAAP. “Overtime”.
30 - Forex checking. Ugh. 100 hours!!

May
2 - Volumes per region. Photoshop map. Wuthering High. Shoes.
5 - Made test questions for management trainees. Bond valuation.
6 - 8.3% inflation. Bond prices. Halfway through Wuthering Heights
7 - Power point presentation for GDA. Summarized circulars.
8 - Power point! Lunch and coffee with mother.
9 - Research circulars. Week Update.
12 - omg free.
13 - NBA. Seriously.
14 - Made GIF of trader. lol. ING seminar.
15 - Faculty visit! Impressed, awed. lol. Made GIFs. ~Blingee~
16 - News of casualties during robbery in one of the branches Cruel and devastating.
19 - Last day IRMD and Forex. Cover short positions. Cute Reuters keyboard. lol.

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