Jolly wicked,

Went out the week before finals to catch Wicked @ Marina bay sands, and headed down to the platform by the river to celebrate Xiner's 21st birthday with the rest of the gang, I had fun unwinding before exams prep started ♥  

The musical was really jolly wicked! I've watched three life musicals (Lion King, a classic Disney story @ MBS and Drowsy Chaperone, a parody of the American musical comedy of the 1920s @ Broadway avenue, New York) thus far, and I daresay that Wicked won hands down in terms of stage set up and plot. You don't have to know the detailed story plot before watching, because it's another story that unfolds....with the classic characters of Wizard of Oz, The Good witch of the North and the Wicked witch of the West; and struggles of personalities and differences. (Certain spoilers ahead)

The numbers (mostly Sopranos), especially by the misunderstood Elphaba and ditzy Glinda were such a pleasure to watch, even though we couldn't really see their facial expressions upfront from our seats, the set-up and unfolding of the plot gave dimensions to each character - which eventually made Elphaba's fall from grace evoke sombre yet memorable moments. I absolutely adore how they used Defying Gravity as one of the numbers when Elphaba took flight and escaped, I love that song! If you listen careful, a lot of made-up words were peppered into the script, seemingly to make it sound very magic worldly (words like confusify)

One of the funniest parts of the musical was definitely when Elphaba and Glinda were paired up as roommates and wrote back to their homes to ask well and complain about each other. Glinda sang: "unusuallyandexeceedinglypeculiarandaltogetherquiteimpossibletodescribe" while the other students chimed in synchrony on her plight. Elphaba only had one word: "Blonde". Hahaha I love how Glinda sang her part so professionally ^^

We were slightly taken aback during the abrupt intermission though, still wondering if we were left hanging halfway...turns out that it was a 15 minute break.

After which, we led ignorant Xiner to a non-existant Wicked musical exhibition, but guided her to where Hasan and Yiangmeng were with her surprise cakes! Except that I was quite muddle-headed when frantically trying to find them that I walked into their birthday trap for her and ended up genuinely shocked when they pranced out.....but Happy birthday Xiner ♥ 

Ended up taking night shots and playing around with pretty fire sparklers by the river, here's one of us attempting to form her name!

Kinda missing their nonsense amidst typing this post, I really can't wait for our Phuket getaway this coming weekend - promises to be fun :) It's my second day of work, and it hasn't really taken a toll on me yet except that the airconditioning really gets on my nerves when the temperature drops to uncomfortable states. Glad to have friendly fellow colleagues to share my experiences with :)