The Reason - Rachel Tucker & WICKED

Amidst the busy day, a package arrived! ..not that I was surprised. I totally know what was in it! It's a gift I got myself for my coming birthday! Nonetheless, I was more than ecstatic to have received it as I have been waiting for it for two weeks now! (Can you feel my excitement with all the exclamation marks?!!!)

And so, this was it... A signed copy of The Reason album

Rachel Tucker - The Reason Album

I know you can tell I'm such a huge fan of hers. In the first place, that's the reason why I'm posting this now! I've declared my love for music countless times already. However, the kinds of music which I love may be a bit strange or odd to some.. but I love them anyways. I like music from theatrical plays, folk and country and those in Spanish. These are the ones on repeat the whole time!

So, again, who's Tucker? She's a West End Theatre perfomer. And, what's West End?

Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London. 

The West End of London (more commonly referred to as simply the West End) is an area of central London containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment venues (including the commercial West End theatres). Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross.[1] For strategic planning the area is identified as one of two international centres in the London Plan.[2] 

The West End is the second most expensive location in the world in which to rent office space, after Tokyo.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_of_London

Glinda, Elphaba, Fiyero
http://london.broadway.com/shows/wicked-london/buzz/

Wait, let me ask you first. Have you heard of WICKED? If not, you've missed the magic!! Google it! Better yet, book for the show now!!! If you have, then you probably have felt, laughed and cried for Elphaba, Glinda and Fiyero. 

Rachel's best known for playing Elphaba in the hit musical Wicked in the West End, where she has played the role longer than any other actress in the production's history and has won several awards for it. Wikipedia. As you would have guessed it, she then recorded an album after her contract in Wicked ended and after giving birth to her first son, Benj.

Interested in WICKED? Currently, the show runs regularly in several countries such as UK, US, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Australia. It also has its production on tour. One of which (Australian cast - who visited Singapore not so long ago) will be gracing Manila's CCP Main Theatre this January 22, 2014.  

Here are some clips (some only audio) from the show (all are West End clips): Give it some time. It's just spell binding!! I hope the show grows into you as much as it has to me :) Enjoy!

Here's No Good Deed. 

I just like how effectively the feelings of 

outrage, misery, desperation, torment 

have been translated into the song.

Thumbs up! Incredible, really.

I promised myself, I'll go and see it one day!!!!!

Run for fun?

Yes! I do exercise! ...sometimes! :)

Tonight, I did the best I could! *ahemmm.

Here's the evidence.

I normally find it difficult to work out. 

And, in most cases, I only rely on the not so brisk walk to and from the office which would take me 7~8mins (500m) under the sun at temperatures as high as 45+F during summer. In addition to that, I do another 15-minute walk from my part time job to home (which is only every other day). That would be approximately 1.3km. Other than that? Nothing.

But the past few days, I've tried walking a bit more. Initially, the goal was actually to "jog". So there.. yeah, I tried to jog.. then walk. Walk. Walk. Walk more. It was quite frustrating that I couldn't jog an entire oval of ~500m! 

And so, one day, I joined a friend in her jog (after having my hair cut by her, what contradicting activities right?). I was scared though a bit excited to test my endurance. Funny how, I was more worried of the jog than of how my hair would turn out! I would constantly ask her to watch me as I (was imagining) might collapse along the way. Thankfully, we managed to complete 2 rounds (bigger oval) mostly jogging - atleast I think it was!

 

Tonight though, I tried to do better and above is the record (and the haircut)! Not bad eh? But still, almost 30mins and I only get to burn 153kcal??! Considering my dinner was adobo, I assume that wouldn't even get a quarter off that! Nonetheless, it felt great to have sweat so much. How about you? Have you tried working out lately?

Analysis Paralysis

I’ll keep it short for now.. Just to get started (with whatever it is).

I know it has been ages since I last tried to bring myself together, focus and put my thoughts in words. The reason? As my friend would have put it – I would be guilty of analysis paralysis and the acknowledgment of such came pretty late. Furthermore, I was convinced that, when I write with this current flow of emotions, I would be putting myself out in the open (you know what follows) and what would come across to you may be anything but positive.

But, I'm writing a fraction anyway hoping that in doing so I would be unloading something.. and little by little lose this feeling of immobility.

Some notes:

Analysis paralysis or paralysis of analysis is the state of over-analyzing (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome. A decision can be treated as over-complicated, with too many detailed options, so that a choice is never made, rather than try something and change if a major problem arises. A person might be seeking the optimal or "perfect" solution upfront, and fear making any decision which could lead to erroneous results, when on the way to a better solution.

Casual analysis paralysis can occur during the process of trying to make personal decisions if the decision-maker overanalyzes the circumstance with which they are faced. When this happens, the sheer volume of analysis overwhelms the decision-maker, weighing him or her down so much they feel overwhelmed with the task and is thus unable to come to a rational conclusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis