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How many buddies you have? I have 3.. We knew each other for years.. Xun and Xiang with Miao and I total 11 yrs(till now) and Miao and me knew each other for 17 yrs(till now). Actually during our school time, we were not that closed. Xiang and I only got familiar with each other during secondary 3. Though Miao and I knew each other since primary 1, but as we were in different class, we had a on off relationship.. Hahahha… Xun? Well, also only during recent years.
Let me talked about them(hope they wont kill me)…. Let me start from Xun..

Ah Xun: Though we were in the same class during Sec 1 and 2, but we hardly hanged around together much.. Rather, I was engrossed mixing around with other class.
I remembered him getting angry only once.. That was the time when we dirtied his sis’s UNO cards(coz we were playing "Heart attack" game) and hes worried getting scolding from his sister.. We felt so guilty about it. But, thats the only time he got angry… Hes a nice fellow whom helped others alot. He and I will make the best craps together and Miao will shake her head and Xiang will rolled his eyes.. Hahaha…. He helped me alot during my final year project and Im so grateful to his help.. If not I think I will die there… We even went for our graduation ceremony together.
We gave him a nickname, Stuck up, coz he never reply sms or answer his phone call. But later he was upgraded to Stuck up 1, coz theres a new Stuck up member that join him, and tt person is….. Xiang!

Ah Xiang: He and I were in the same class from Sec 1 till 4. I still remember his nickname in Sec 1, Ren niang. I cant recall who gave him this name, but reason, he looked like the actor in the "Golden Pillow" which was a hot show then. Eriy till now still remember this nickname and reminded me(I sort of forgotten about it). Anyway, I got familiar with him during Sec 3 and 4. At that time I start calling him big brother. Dont know y, but hes always there helping and protecting me. (If he see this, he will say, "is it?")
Anyway, he was there to listen to me and be there for me during my depression period. Till now, Im still grateful to him during tt period of time, for all my late night calls and coming to meet me(At 11pm or even once at 1am) when he knew I didnt sound good. I remembered once, I was feeling down out of a sudden and he met me at around 11pm, bringing packets of tissue and telling his mum, hes going for supper, having chicken wings so need tissues.(I was laughing and crying when he told me that).  Well, now that I recovered, whenever I call him, he knew its for gossip chat.. hahha!! But as he started to get busy with his studies, he followed Xun footstep, rejecting our group meetup.. So we called him, Stuck up 2!

Miao meow: Ah ha.. This gal gal ya.. Well.. our history dragged all the way back to 17 years ago. Pri 1, new school, new term. I was queuing up at the canteen when I heard someone crying. A gal hanging on to an adult crying. She was then placed beside me. Thats how we knew each other. Day in and out we were together till our teacher want to separate us coz we two too sticky. Chatting on the phone after school made the adults upset. Pri 2, my parents requested from the school to let me go for the morning session. I thought, "oh no.. Im going to be so new in a class." Day 1 of the school, I saw a familiar face, MIAO!!! Her parents transferred her to morning session as well.. So here we are same class again and sticky again.
Pri 3 till 6, we were separated. Though we both are prefects, but not tt sticky. Sec 1 registration, saw a familiar face sitting behind me, Vincent Wong(We were schoolmates during pri school). Haizz I thought.. Then someone came up to me and "OIE!" There she is again!!! whenever I thought I be alone in a new place, this face appeared.. MIAO! Shes in the same school same class as me!! So things went on from then and we started to go out together and yak yak yak…
Though we less sticky, but still know each other little thgs here n there, and I was touched when she said, "I knew that you will know me the best, even if you dont say anything, you actually knew it".

We started going out for, visiting Mdm Seah during chinese new yr, lunch, dinner, drinks, yak…
And what I was very touched, today Im supposed to be int he hospital for an operation, Ah xiang and Ah xun, woke up early and accompanied me to the hospital and Miao miao later asked me how was it. Thanks buddies.

Finally have a bit of time to blog.. Well, the latest show Ive watched(twice), was The Phantom of the Opera. The first time I came to know this show was the time when the first came to Singapore(more than 10 yrs ago). At that time, my sis’s frd bought for her the T-Shirt and I was attracted to it by the mask on the shirt. For then on,I kept wanting to watch this show badly. I dont know know why, but jus felt attracted to it.
Never had a chance to watch as, at that point of time my parents felt Im so young, wont know how to appreciate.

June 2004, My taka buddies and I went to Japan for holiday and of coz, Takarazuka as our most impt stop. Happened that, The Phantom show was played by Sora Gumi. Through my manager’s frd(helped us to queue for hours) got the tickets for us!We so excited and went to watch. This version of Phantom we watched is written by Arthur Kopit. Story is different from The Phantom of the Opera. In this version, The Phantom, Phantom lead a slightly better life than the phantom in The Phantom of the Opera.

Lets compare the 3 main characters of the two show:
Phantom
Andrew version: Phantom, abandon by his parents, grew up in circus freak before he escape and stayed underground of the opera house. Hes very lonely, and when Christine appears in his life, he claims hes the Angel of the music sent by her dead father to guide her through the mirror. Teaching her lesson and not letting her see him till Raoul appears. He was upset when Christine and Raoul progressed in their love of each other and forced Christine to his underground world and wanted to make her his bride. But eventually. he let her go when she kissed him on the account on trying to save Raoul.

Arthur version: This Phantom though disfigured since birth, but was tenderly loved by his mother. When mother past away. his father,Carriere(whom at first could not take the fact that his child is disfigured and went away), came back pretended to be an uncle and took care of him. He nv knew his face was disfigured till one day playing by the lake and saw his own reflection. Carriere gave him a mask to cover his face and he stayed underground of the Opera house(which Carriere is the manager.) Hes yearning for good voice and heard no good voice in the opera house, till Christine joined and he accidentally heard her sing. He gave her lessons and tenderly cared for her.

When he left his underground to get Christine back(after she saw his face and ran away). He was injured and Carriere tried to get him to safety. He asked Carriere,did he loved his mother? Is he his father?

Carriere said yes, and phantom said he had the feeling tt he is so. When they were caught up with the police, phantom had the feared of being caught into the circus, phantom called out to Carriere and he was shot dead by Carriere. Before he died, Christine gave him a kissed and he died with a smile on his face.

Christine:

Andrew Version: Christine was very attached to her father and when her father passed away, he promised her to send an Angel to teach her sing. She was actually a dancer of the Opera House.
She knew Raoul since young but only reunited when she had her first singing appearance at the Opera house and Raoul happened to be there for the show. She always thought Phantom was the Angel that her father sent. Shes in loved with Raoul and was afraid of Phantom. Asking Raoul to help her escape angers the Phantom and he caught her back into his world of darkness. Towards Phantom. she felt scared and no love feeling. When she sees Raoul is facing death by Phantom. she plucked up her courage and kissed Phantom. Though they were let free, but she talked frequently of him.

Arthur Version: Christine was actually a simple street gal that sells lyrics on the streets and of coz well liked by the people. One day, selling the new music score, Melody, Raoul passed by and heard her sing. Amazed by her voice, he gave her a name card and asked her to go to the Opera House to find the manager, Carriere, to get her a role to sing. So excited,she went. But Carriere had been sacked and the new owner’s lover, commanded her to do work backstage.But she dont mind. She was singing to herself how happy she is to be in the Opera house and the Phantom heard her sing. She started taking lessons from him and soon theres a competition to see who can be the lead singer of the Opera house. She met Raoul again and he pushed her to compete with the Diva, Carlotta. Everyone felt so amazed with her voice and sang along with her.

Raoul later expressed his love to her, but she rejected him. She was given the contract to performed the next show only to be sabotage by Carlotta and she could not sing. Phantom brought her away from the stage and to his underground when he realise Carlotta wants to hurt her.
She met Carriere at the underground and when she heard Phantom’s story, shes determined to prove to Phantom that shes not afraid by his looks. But she ran away in shocked when she saw his face(this part is weird! she told him to show her, then ran away!) When Phantom was caught. she tried to stop everyone from hurting him. When he was shot, she ran and hugged him, took down his mask and kissed his face. She was sad that he died and she loves him(i tik).

Raoul:
Andrew Version: Raoul knew Christine when they were young and hes determined to get her away from Phantom. He expressed his love to her and Christine being in love with Raoul accepted it of coz. They were secretly engaged coz Christine is worried it might anger Phantom but he wanted badly to tell the world. When Phantom appears again and forcing the managers to follow his script, Raoul planned to catch "this friend". But Raoul planned failed and angered Phantom. When Phantom abducts Christine to his underground, he followed and determined to save Christine at the cost of his life. He urged Phantom not to be self absorbed to force Christine in lying that she love Phantom. After Phantom let them go, he and Christine went away from the Opera house and got married.

Arthur Version: (yeahhhh my aran!!) Ok. this Raoul… A little playboy at first, whenever he sees cute young gals, maybe dancing is good, cute smile etc, he will give his namecard and ask them to go try the Opera House(Carriere will accept them all… Faint). Same as the other version, hes the regular patron of the Opera House, but different, hes not Christine childhood sweetheart. They dont know each other till he heard her sing on the street. He fell in love with her when they met the 2nd time during the competition. He expressed his love to her, but she rejected him. When Christine went missing with the Phantom, he felt lost and determined to save her, but dont know how and where she is.

When Phantom appears injured, he tried to capture him but instead, Phantom caught him and tried to strangle him. Christine cries out begging Phantom not to kill anymore.
Raoul free himself and when Phantom was shot by Carriere, upon seeing how sad Christine was, he then realised the reason for her rejecting him. She loved Phantom more.
Not wanting to upset her, he stood behind her quiet, to give her the emotion support while she grieves over the death of Phantom. And he walked away quietly.

Conclusion: Both version have their unique side and its hard to say which is better. Of coz I think the Phantom in Arthur version is less "crazy".
But I think both displayed their special point and worth a A* for the story and effort.

Every year without fail, few of us will visit our Sec sch teacher, Mdm Seah, during Chinese new year. This photo was taken some yrs back..
But as time goes by, this 2-3 yrs, it had been standard, Hon wai, ah xun, ah xiang, ah miao n me… N  also standard, we, always late due to unforeseen situations(Hahaha.. excuses).
Ok, this yr, we made a point to be on time, reach at 1pm.. Being the auntie me, nag n nag n nag at all the regulars latecomers to be on time..
Luckily everyone was on time.. But the bus was late!!! We waited nearly 30 mins for the only bus tt goes to Mdm Seah’s place.
Since we got nothing to do, ah xiang took out his camera n start snapping away.But its so hot and we are grumbling why the bus not here..Finally we saw the bus after 30 mins of wait.. AIR CON!!!! Eh.but the bus driver super grouchy.He was late but yet still blaming the passengers for alighting slow la etc.He drove so fast in the small lanes tt I tik its dangerous driving…
Any way.. Finally we’ve reached… Mdm Seah and her mum prepared lunch for us.. She said its simple lunch, but we thought no, she must had spent quite a bit of time preparing for us… I always loved her yu sheng. Coz she always have a lot of fruits in it… Yummy… Everyone was hungry due to the long journey traveled and couldnt wait to tuck in…

Hey, know wat we spotted? Every year, we cracked our brains on wat to buy for Mdm Seah when visiting her.. This yr miao suggested hamper but then again but thougths, we thought it wasnt much worth it… Then we notice from a gift website and thought, y not get this..  So we ordered through online and get them to deliver for us.. On the card, we signed off as, from 4 pigs and half pig-dog(xiang). Coz we are born in yr of pig and this is the yr of pig, so this gift seems quite appropriate.

After yakking for hrs.. Its time to say goodbye..And of coz also, Mdm Seah’s relatives came for visit, we thought we shall make a move for them then….
We had one grp photo before moving off… Byebye… We shall come again next yr..

HaPPy HaPPy LuNaR NeW Yr!!!
This yr is the Year of Boar(pig means pig la!!)

For the 1st time, my Reunion Dinner taken place outside the house.. For all the 23 yrs, it always been at home with my parents having steamboat. But this yr. my uncle(from my mum side) suggest that all shall eat together for CNY’s eve..
Of coz, all the aunties agreed coz they wont have to be so busy preparing dinner individually.
So, here we are at the restaurant waiting for dinner… Wah sei!!! Didnt know so many ppl have their dinner out… The restaurant can hold up to 1500pax and, they r fully booked with turned around 1once already… Usually my mum’s side, we will have to book 3 tables, but as this yr my sis n bro in law couldnt make it, as well as my 2nd uncle’s family, so we only had 2 tables, one for the adults, one for the "kids"(the usual). But i thought tt was pretty good as its easier to go ard to yak..

Dont know everyone crazy bot photography or wat.. 24 of us but there are 7 cameras… Hai yo.. all keep taking n taking.. So u can see from my photos posted, everyone is looking at different directions, coz so many ppl taking at the same time!!
See.. This two brothers taking at the same time….

First dish of be "Yu Sheng". Well, look how clean the table is and look at the after match by us, the "kids table".. The adults say we "Chor Lor"!

We started eating and in between of dishes, sometimes there are like 15 mins of "interval", so we go ard playing, chatting…

My mum’s family had an agreement about 3 yrs ago tt we "kids" wont be getting any more ang bao from them as we all had grown up(except for one) and earning more than them.. Haha.. We, "kids" cant protest either… But our dearest uncle, decided to keep the "custom" of  CNY, and give us "kids" ang bao.. So we, "kids", all went over together to the adults’ table and thank our uncle..

They all had a shocked when all 8 of us got up n walked towards them, and other tables was looking over coz everyone was seated except for us.. My cousins said to hold the ang bao n take photo together…
My uncle was so shy… hahahaha.. And other adults were laughing away..

Soon dinner had end… N we headed home.. But the next day we are going to meet again at my uncle’s house for CNY celebration part 2!!!! But the photos for this part 2 are with my cousin.. I hadnt take from him yet…  But well, its nothing much, steamboat, popiah, karaoke, majong, chess playing, chatting, etc…. Its very enjoyable though… I really loved spending my time with my mum’s family…

Was going through my old photos when I came across some photos that gave me lots of nice memory.

My eldest cousin brother said, I was very active n like to run around disturbing everyone n of coz, kept injuring myself here and there… Well.. till now Im still like tt.. hahahaha!!!

1985, The first time I went out of Singapore to penang and genting..
I still have slight memory of this trip.. As its the first time i go overseas, I had motion sickness.. I could remember me feeling sick throughout the car journey..

We used to go to my grandma place every sunday.. My other cousins will be there too and our favorite hangout? NTUC and the play ground downstairs.. Of coz the staircase are the best place for playing catching and hide&seek.

1988, We went to Thailand. I was excited but also a bit surprised coz its the first time I came to know that theres such thgs as time difference… As I was used to eat at a rather quite fixed time, over there, dinner only served at 8pm Singapore time… Nearly every day I have to complain tt Im hungry… food food food…. I saw them speeding in the sea, n I was so tempted to try, but mum refuse to let me go alone so dad came with me! Wow!! I loved it!!!

1989, Kindergarden time, were the best time then.
Were young interesting, fun n always playing around.
My birthday cake was baked and done by my auntie. I always loved this cake coz its a 3D cake and theres M&Ms on them.
Eh..Till now I still hope to have this type of cake for birthday hahaha!!! but everyone says Im too old for it… :.(
Well, during my graduation of K2, my class was assigned to do dancing and I liked the dress the best!!!

1991, USA.. I could remember we were there during xmas season.
We visited Knotts Berry farm, Disney land, Las Vegas, and also went to Hollywood( i tik so), California, Mexico etc etc..
Enjoy myself so much. But my poor sister was sick when we reached California.

1997, We went to a couple of places like taiwan, china, perth, NZ etc, but my best memory is Bali, coz I took the parachute for the first time. At first I was so worried didnt know wat to do I was really praying hard… But soon, I told myself to relax to relax to enjoy the moment even if I cant make it, at least i did somethg i always wanted to..

2000, After Os, my d
ad brought me to Tokyo. Haha.. At tt time, we’ve no idea how to speak japanese and yet went on free & easy trip. But well, we survived well there.. Of coz, my parents whom didnt like japanese food, decided to bring our own rice etc there to cook(we stayed in a local ryokan-motel). I was amazed by their systematic way of doing tigs, but then, I dont like the way they pushed around..

2004, My sister got married and her wedding, I was being the bad one.. I locked my poor bro in law outside the house for nearly 30 mins and even after coming in the house he still have to do push ups, pole dancing etc b4 we let him see my sister.. Poor poor him.. hahaha… This photo is one of my favo coz when all my cousins from my mum side took the table photo we are all very relax and enjoying.

2006, after going through tears n joy time, finally Ive graduated.

We thought, this might be the proudest moments of my parents, my sis and I completed studies and working now support ourselves.

Of coz, this cant be done w/o my parents support throughout all these yrs.

Thanks dad & mum!!!

Day 5 ~ Its xmas day and also day for me to watch Aran’s First Top show, Hayscode!! So so excited!!!! We were there really early n I sort of regretted a bit.. Y? coz, ah mai n i were the fanclub members of Aran, then….

They wan us to be there to wait for Aran n We have to  squat when other stars came along n stand when they  gone off. since we there early so we stand n squat a lot of times.. like army training!!! Hahaha… n ah mai kept complaining tt her leg tired from these"exercise".
But Im still ok la.. Not so bad lor.. Its an experience lor but hehe tik next time dont wan to go so early liao..

While waiting for Aran’s arrival we saw, Suzumi Shio. We arent a big fan of hers but when we saw her, haiyo, so so so PRETTY!!!! but hor since we two in the grp of aran fanclub, we cant do anythg.. Only kept saying to each other ,shes pretty pretty… Oh n fastfwd a bit, we were seated separately for the show, wat happen was, since its xmas day, takarazuka will usually have a small segment for celebration, my side was at the rear of the middle row. they came up to the audience to sing n giving randomly to some audience a cookie pack, she came up to my row, n i jus put out my hand n ask from her. she looked at me, smiled n gave me!! she so so so pretty.. So we all decide shes our new target!!! Coz very very cute n her acting is very nice too!!!

Anyway, back to topic, Aran came, but shes having flu so went in very fast n even the show, she hardly sing. Heard from other fans tt few days ago, her condition even worst.. n yet, we still bought her chocolates wif merlion shape for her.. hahaha.. We went in for the show, its very nice n funny, the only thg is tt her voice not so good coz of flu, so hardly sings.. So sad!!!! coz her strong pt is singing!!!But well, her dancing is good too!!!so can la!!! when she came out in Santa Claus  so cute!

After show, we went shopping again at Takarazuka official store n i bought Shio san show, we are all so keen to watch her show now.. Our new target!!!!
We just took photos ard osaka town, this photo background is our hotel, we quite sad tt having to leave the next day. I jus wish we could stayed a lot longer..

Shop ard a bit more and seeing osaka one more time n dinner of coz b4 we hit back to hotel to pack.. So sad though!!! Aran’s fan club committee member told us to come n support for the next 3 days but we said we cant coz we going back home.. They said so sad, n yes, we felt so too..

Day 4 - Well, as we had seen quite a bit of Osaka during our last trip, we decide to move out to Nara for a day. Nara, Ive been here wif my family b4 but not wif this 3 frds.. Nothing much change, the cafe I went the last time, is still here.. Hahaha… Anyway, Nara is well known for the temples, Nara parks and DEER!!

For half of the day, we were busy shopping along their shopping street and eating all the tidbits!By the time we realize our tummy is calling is already pass 2.

We came to a very tradition looking restaurant. And I tried their shop specialty, Soba(they made the noodles themselves and won awards b4). Ok, now filled up our tummies, time to move on to the park… Hahaha half the day gone n we are still not there yet, though its a 10 mins walking distance from end of the shopping street….

Slowly, slowly, we came up to the nara park.. Nara park has many many free roaming ard Deers. These Deers are owned by the country and tourist are welcome to feed them BUT not to anger them. Of coz there are some naughty ones(humans) trying to disturb the deers by playing ard wif their food n not giving to them. The deers were angered n chased them(served them right!)…

But overall, the deers were quite tamed and well behaved, theres exception of coz. While mulan taking photos, theres a deer, using its head n pushing her backpack(it must had thought theres food inside!!).
We were a bit afraid of them, n xiaomei commented that she did not dare to go near them coz they were not brought up by her.. She wouldnt know their character n will they attacked her or not.. Hahahaha…..

But well.. Overall its quite nice lor… Next we went into a huge temple.. Xiaomei wanted to see a Buddha(she heard from her frd that its very very big). Mulan n mai didnt wan to go, so only xiaomei n i went. Well, the temple is really huge, and its an historical temple. The Buddha statue is really big and could see that the craftsmanship is really good. Though Japanese do not mind bot taking photos of the Buddha statue, but we thought better not as a form of respect. 

Oh, its xmas eve!!! So we decided to buy a xmas cake and celebrate!!! Its the first time we are celebrating xmas in Japan, so we do it their way.. We go queued up for the cakes, and buy one.. This is a nutella cake.. But its not cheap lor… But super super super good!!!! But a funny tig is, y they nv give us knife to cut the cake????

Day 3 in Osaka… See this train? Yes!! We r going to Takarazuka City, to Takarazuka Theater.. But not for show.. Jus to go buy Takarazuka goods. Very sad, Takarazuka theater is closed for upgrading work.. So well, jus go there to take photos n shopped abit.

Anyway, its so comforting walking towards along the theater, everythg so quiet n nice.
On the way, i suddenly thought.. Hmmm the Takarazuka stars may returned
back for practice n rehearsal.. Hehe, maybe can get a glimpsed of
them.. So… We decide to try our luck to the backdoor there to see see
look look.. Gasp! True enough!! Many fans are waiting ard there and
then we realise, the Sora gumi members are in today for meeting… So
we can see stars stars!!!! YEAH!!! But mulan hor, said we tricked her
here.. We convinced her to take photos of the stars for us n we treat
her lunch.. hahaha.. But hey, we didnt tricked her, we didnt expect
this leh.. :p

Anyway, saw many stars, n one queue were really long… Its the fan club of Kei Takeshiro. Current Sora gumi top star!She came n so cute! Now this is the rule of Takarazuka. You can give only presents or fan mail. No touching of stars or photography(if u r in the fan club). N all fan club members follow this rule. Giving the idol a fan mail or present, tts all, no body contact allow, yes, not even handshake. Well, good n bad.. At least they wont be hurt. I cant laughed at these ppl here coz I myself did this 2 yrs ago when seeing Aran san, n this trip also.. Hahahaha… Pix on the left are some otokoyaku(Acting as man on stage) we saw. Center, musumeyaku(Acting back as female on stage). Right, We going ard Takarazuka taking photos. There are so much more photos but cant post all….


   

   

Hungry hungry!! Didnt realise its nearly 3!! Lunch lunch!!!! We went to a rest opposite Takarazuka Theater for lunch.. Its so nice n cosy!! Of coz!Theres some Takarazuka stars signature!!!

N u know wat i saw? Aran’s big big Calender poster!!! So… I took photo wif it… Hahahaha!!!!

After lunch, its shopping n shopping n shopping!!! We bought Takarazuka stuff, bags n etc etc!!! So tired n happy!!!!!

Day 2 - Freshed!!! Had a filling breakfast in the hotel and we came to, Umeda Theater!! We are so excited!! Cast from our favorite show, Elisabeth from German(original performing theater) happened to be in japan for a concert with some of the Takarazuka OG! With the help of my dearest jap frd’s brother, we got tix for it!!!

We came early, coz Im not sure of the place and we have to be here again on xmas day to watch another show.. So I thought coming early to check the place so tt i know where to collect my show tix from the fan club on xmas day…. Anyway, a surprise came in for us.. We happened to see a grp of ppl there waiting for some stars(but we dont know who) we jus walk over, n a lady asked, r we Aran’s fan club member? We replied yes n she told us to join in n wait for Aran’s arrival too.. I kept saying no no, today we not watching Aran’s show, it be on xmas day, but she kept saying its ok… In a state of mess, Aran san came!!! N we saw her… *GASPS!!!* CUTTTEEE!!!!
Anyway, we ran off soon after she went into the theater..

Then we hanged ard a bit n who we saw, MIDORI!!!!Another Takarazuka OG whom we quite liked too!!Shes here for the Elisabeth concert show.. Shes one of the guest.. At first we didnt dare to go up to her coz Aran’s fan club members were behind us..(hahaha scare wait kenna blackmarked!) But when she walked past us the 3rd time, we couldnt be bothered and said hi to her.. N ah mai, said out tt "We r from Singapore!" She was surprised n said, Oh!!
Some Takarazuka OGs, though left takarazuka, but still wouldnt take photo wif fans, but when we saw tt shes fine wif it n taking wif another fan, we two went up to her n ask to take together. Shes so cooled bot it n said yes! 2nd pix was how she looked like in 2005 while still in Takarazuka. So gal gal now!!!! Anyway we said goodbye to her n wished her the best for the concert.

We went off but mulan stayed there for a while, n u know whom she managed to see? Elisabeth’s Music composer and conductor, Sylvester Levay!!!

Hes the main character behind the success for Elisabeth play throughout Europe and Japan!!! The music he composed, simply wonderful!!!
Hes here for the concert too!!
Ok ok.. Time to enter into the hall for the concert.
For this concert, 1st section is a talk show tts in German n Japanese. Its a talk show between the Takarazuka OGs(whom performed in this show b4) and the German cast.. eh… I understood maybe 60%, while other 3 frds not so well.. So i have to translate abit but zunko chan had quite strong Osaka Accent tt even the translator couldnt understand at times. The German cast were asking the OGs, how did they act as men on stage n singing in men voice n wonder do will they fall in love wif their partners or not.. The audience roared in laughter.. 2nd section was singing by the german cast n OGs! The songs that they sung were so wonderful tt we stood up n clapped at the end of the show!! We liked the
duet sung by Zunko and Lukas Perman.N Lukas sang in Jap wif Zunko!!

At the end of the show, we had encore like 7 times i tik! The audience jus refused to leave! After, We went back to the backstage entrance. There was a crowd waiting, hoping to catch a glimpse of them. So we joined them.(I hope to see Midori san again!! while mai hoping to see Mr Levay.) Yes, I saw Midori san came out, she saw us, n waved to us! She stopped and said sayonara to us and we told her tt the performance was wonderful. She smiled and told us to take care on our way home.. Sweet!!!!Ok ok, everyone was looking as us n Im so proud of it.. :p

Next,German cast Ms Maya acting as Elisabeth came out but left in a hurry. Soon, Lukas(Acting as Rudolf) and Mate(Acting as death god) came out. Everyone went crazy and could see tt Mate was so pleased.They shook
hands wif us, n ah mai shouted out, "We r from Singapore!!!" N Mate was surprised(expected), he said, "Wow so far!!"

Then they went in, n after half hr, only left a few of us, these two fellows came out again n said they have time n would want to autographs and take photos together..
From left, Mate Autographing with my book- Mate n us- Lukas n me- Zunko hurrying off(as usual),but shes really pretty!! Its the first time I saw her in person!!
- Program Book

Osaka. Been there previously and well, quite nice n cooling.
This time round, we checked ourselves in Shin Osaka Hankyu Hotel and theres, Takarazuka channel, Skystage!! Specially just for Takarazuka Programmes..
Yeah, so we watch n watch all night long…Trying to keep our eyes open till last prog ends at 3am…(But pss psss… we all failed… hahaha)..

Anyway… On day 1, we went to Hankyu International Hotel.. Why?? Coz, our favorite, Kouju tatsuki is having a dinner show there.. Well.. We thought we could get a chance to see her, but i guess nope, we couldnt… But, we were there early n u know what, shes having rehearsal in the function room, though we were outside the room, but we could hear her sing.. So 3 silly + 1 forced to = 4 were sitting at the hall listening to her singing.. We didnt buy a ticket for the dinner show coz its very expensive! Oh, n we saw her good frd (Takarazuka OG, Someone we liked too!) sent her good wishes too!! So sweeeeettt!!!

We went to Osaka town center, to Hankyu shopping center… For wat?? To Quatre Revue to buy official takarazuka goods of coz… We nearly went crazy with so many things, but control control.. Coz there many more days here for us to shop…
The view from here overseeing Osaka is wonderful too!!!
Ok ok.. Time to go back to hotel n hugged our Takarazuka Skystage liao!!!!