Ice Skating and Broadway Music

Whoah, again it's been a loooooong while since I posted. :P Many sincere apologies and my excuse, albeit lame one, is that I've been busy with so many things going on, including my midterms in school. But midterms are now over! ^_^

Let me tell you what happened on Saturday... Woke up around 9:00 then an hour later, Erin and I went to Ala Moana Shopping Center. Not to shop mind you but to do a kind of 'research' for my paper. What I had to do was visit an upscale retail store and write a report on it. For example, what kind of "feel" did the store have, where were the cash registers placed in the store, what color scheme was used, etc. Decided on checking out Coach which was fun and interesting. After making sure that I understood and new its layout, we left for home.

I started writing my paper then for lunch I made fried rice. Was sooooooo good! Because I've been so busy, the whole past week I haven't made myself lunch at all (just leftovers). Making lunch is sooo nice and much yummier.

Around 1:20, Naomi picked me up and we both went to take Aunt Jean and Reed to the airport (they're going on their belated/second honeymoon to Tahiti). Hope they have a safe trip and have lots of fun there!

Stopped by Tina's house because Tina is moving today. For the past two weeks, Naomi and Erin have been going to help her pack because she had a lot of stuff. :P Only stayed for a bit before Naomi and I swung by home for a second then headed off to the Ice Palace skating rink. Some of my musical theatre friends had decided to go skating and I had been invited (then I in turn invited Naomi). :P There were so many people, mostly kids! It was a very interesting experience to go skating in Hawaii. lol!

There were a few ice rink games I joined it which is a bit complicated so I won't get into. :P But both games I was among the runner-ups which was cool. ^_^ There was also a taiko game which to my shock and dismay, I lost againts Matt. :P Oh, well, I'm comforted in the fact that I'm a real drummer... lol!

In the picture above, that's Lani leaning over with Mitsuko and Matt behind her (I had a nice group picture but unfortunatley, blogspot refuses to put up any more pictures for some reason :S). Mitsuko and I REALLY get along because our personalities are very similiar. Plus she's also taken ballet with the same teacher at the college so likes to dance. She's also really energetic and funny... like me! It's so sad though that she's going back to Nagoya in December. *sobs*

Around 6:30 I say farewell to my friends and headed for home and a little after 7:00, with just enough time to change into nicer clothes, Tiffany picked me up to go to the Honolulu Symphony Concert. The concert was "Giver Our Regards to Broadway" in which there were several guest singers who came to sing famous Broadway songs from like The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, etc. One of the singers was Guy Merola who I had LOVED playing John Jasper in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Then there was Cathy Fox who played Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie (these two productions are the ones I saw at the Diamond Head Theatre). There was Rocky Brown who was in the actual Broadway cast of Miss Saigon when it first came out on Broadway in 1991. Then old-timer Jimmy Borgers and last of all, 21-year-old Jordan Segunda who was actually in the top 12 in season 2 of American Idol. Such a great group of singers!

Favorite singers who most defintiely have to be Jordan and Guy who were simply excellent! Favorite songs were... "Bring Him Home" (Les Miserables), "This is the Moment" (Jekyll & Hyde), "Guys and Dolls" (self-explanatory), "Luck Be a Lady" (Guys and Dolls), and "The Last Night on Earth" (Miss Saigon).

And that's it for my wonderful Saturday! Until next time!