lion.hunt

you wonder why it took you so long to watch the lion king.  you briefly remember the story in the cartoon but seeing this in a theater was an amazing experience. it also momentary transport you out of your hectic day job and go on a safari with all the creative animals.

 you arrived convent garden a little earlier to collect your ticket

 wandering around the area, you decided to pop in to this cupcake house for some sweet treats

 and this was your dinner, two cupcakes and a cappuccino

 a rare find of commercial cupcake that didn't use coloring, but natural red velvet. the texture is fine only the cream cheese frosting is a little too sweet for you

 another vanilla cupcake with lemon and coconut frosting, yummy! that's your dinner, you can swap main course with dessert. after all you couldn't really combine dinner with a theater show.  you planned for supper later tonight, but that didn't come...

 around the neighborhood, there's mama mia

 a new production sherk is also showing

 back to the lion king, it's amazing. too bad you're sitting at the upper circle, otherwise you will be in the close proximity with the "animal" and your king. but you still enjoy yourself from a distance. costume is great, dance and the entire production is just creative!

spot the lion king? all in all an amazing show, wonder why it took me so long to watch this performance. perhaps new york is too expensive for the broadway show. theater performance is so much affordable in london. now one crossed out, a few more to go perhaps... there are a couples of productions you would like to see anyhow, so hopefully next one soon.

thriller.thriller

 you've been wanting to watch this for a few years now, well since 2009...

 you found a deal at last minute and so you just beat the west end...

it's a nice entertainment show. you loved the dance and and the stage. very lively, not a second of boredom and you almost relive the jackson five era. the vocalists were a bit inconsistent, then again they're a six people playing MJ and thus the voice changes from time to time. you didn't expect you drop a few tear when the song "heal the world" was sang. you became a little emotional but not for long before you're fully distracted by dangerous and other famous MJ songs that you grew up with. he is indeed the king of the pops, although none of his song really occupied your teenage-hood, they are familiar... thriller is indeed a tribute to MJ.

 you had a quick roaming at china town after you collected the ticket, before the show time. you found the small alley,

had a plate of fried flat noodles (char kuey theow), it's not as good as you expected. you had taste the better one at another restaurant at notting hill.

a deep fried ngo hiang/five spice roll (五香), deep fried food is never your favorite, you ordered this because it's nostalgic, a taste of child hood, even though it didn't has a very strong shrimp flavor, it's a good rekindle of something that your mum used to make for festive season.

nonetheless, it's a pleasant thing to do mid week in london. especially venturing out from bank business area to a more touristic west end.   life is certainly more vibrant here in london.

CHICAGO

This week I am at London alone again. Since this is my last 4th week, I took my chance to plan for some must see musicals that I know Johannes will never go with me.
I booked Chicago through the lastminute.com and got a really good deal. The 3rd row from the front, I could see almost everything....
I have watched this movie before, and so I believed it is naturally to compare the musical against the movie. I must say the lady who acted Roxy is really good, especially the pupet on the swing singing...
Well...that's me alone in a musical but worth the lonely night in London.
Hoping for another musical next week.

http://www.chicagothemusical.com/