Usher on Broadway!!!

Chicago starring Usher, originally uploaded by socs.

Jenny flew in for the weekend for some healthy dose of Broadway...we headed for TKTS to catch a matinee and lo and behold, there it was. Usher in a crisp suit, in all his Usher-dom for a Chicago ad!!! We both went..."Usher! Chicago! OH MY GOD!".

And that sort of decided it. We would head back to TKTS and find out if there were any Chicago tickets on sale.

There were five of us watching the matinee show for The Producers, but only us two were determined to see THE man himself. So we got in line early evening and got us two tickets, in separate seats at 25% off. Okay, so we cant gush together, but at least there wont be a pool of drool at our feet.

We got the worst seat in the house but we were seated anyway, while a whole bunch were standing (yes, they had SRO seats! er...tickets :p). It was a packed house, and no wonder since Usher only started Tuesday...

Long story short, we got to see him perform, heard him add his own flavor to the Billy Flynn songs and saw him make his moves onstage...I wouldve loved to wait for him outside the theatre, but dozens of others had the same thing in mind. So after the show, I got my programme and left singing Chicago songs in my head.

Overall, I loved it better than the Producers. Not only because of Usher, but because the songs were great, the performers were really very good, the choreography was powerful and the cast was simply awesome.

I can leave New York feeling very fulfilled. :)

moving the second time around

In keeping with the times, I've opted to write about what I remember most about the previous (now) two homes that the company have had since I joined....

1. Toilet breaks in Erechem meant grabbing the keys to the Ladies' by the side door OR
2. Using the Toilet and Bath off the pantry (yeah, we had a shower there, you could easily spend the night there...though I'm not sure I would've wanted to)
3. The conference room that served as pantry extension during lunch time
4. ...and the white board that lets you print a copy of whats written in it
5. Erechem elevators that stop functioning during off hours (and I think the staircase doors are closed at that time too)...to get out, you'd have to call security on the ground floor to activate the elevator
6. PACSPORTS golf store
7. The one thing I really could NOT understand about RCBC...the bronze statue depicting EDSA....it just doesnt go with the very modern, streamlined, glass-y and silver-y building.
8. the lobby drop off I have to admit, is one of my favorite spots...
9. along with the 3rd floor of the Podium part of the building (where the theatre is)
10. the pockets of "team" areas in the RCBC office...I dont think anyone ever utilized them though...
11. Breathtaking views of the Manila Bay sunset. I dont think Net 2 can top that.

NYC reunion

IMG_3604, originally uploaded by socs.

After more than a year, I finally see Grache again.

I was away for work when she moved to the US and this assignment has given us the opportunity to catch up....sort of.

Thing is, it was just as she said. When we saw each other, we picked up where we left off. Its like we just saw each other the other week. I guess because I still knows what was going on with her life, she knows whats going on with mine and we both know that we're heading off in a certain path...so we were never really disconnected I guess. Even though the email, phone call and chats are not as often as you would expect.

I suppose after 12 or 13 years of being friends, things just happen the way they're supposed to happen. And its easy to accept that when you have so much history.

It was great seein' ya grache....as for the other girls, I'm coming home soon :)

Oh and by the way, I should write about the whole weekend soon....when I can get around to it.