Kiss Of The Spider Woman @KLPac

Ahhh look at that clear sky. Who would have thought it was raining monkey's ass an hour before that. The drive there was extremely terrifying because it was impossible to see the road. The only thing visible up ahead was the tail lights of other cars, and even that was blurry. 

Anyways, went to KLPac with the gang last Friday (a day before Thirst) to catch a "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" musical because we were required to write a review of the musical for our reflective learning. I think trips like these in conjunction with class assignments are more eventful then plain old boring questions like

1. How do you think this subject has helped you in deciding your future career pathway?
2. What were the difficulties that you have faced throughout this semester and how did you overcome them?
3. What are the 3 Taylor's Graduate Capabilities that you have gained through this subject?

If I have to crap another entire paper about the graduate capabilities that I've gained, my hands are going to bleed for typing lines and lines of lies.

One of the cafe's in KLPac

The place is relatively hard to find. That, and the GPS and google maps were screwing with us. We arrived at our "first destination" in the middle of a kampung in the city. I know what you're thinking. A kampung in the city? You'd be surprised. We managed to find the place after almost 2hours though, including the jam and countless detours.

It's always this time of the semester that I don't even bother with makeup. I'm always so gung ho about dressing up and making sure that I look presentable in Uni but alas, like every other semester, I'll just go "Fuck it, that's how I'm leaving the house".

We reached fairly early, despite the jam and detours. An hour and a half to be exact, so we decided to stroll around the grounds. The place is so beautiful, the lake is full of Koi fishes, like big ass Koi's and the view of the lake and everything at night is quite breathtaking, which makes it a potential place to do dating ;)

View of the building from the outside at night. My camera is so frustrating, it doesn't do justice to the actual scene.

Went back into the building an hour before the show started because we were getting eaten alive by mosquitoes outside. Settled down in another cheaper cafe for a snack before the show started. The shelves are decorated with cd players, tv's and brochures and magazine's about the local performing arts scene. I think that us Malaysians always underestimate the Arts. It's just as important as any other industry but yet it is one of the least unappreciated ones.

This is what happens when a Justin Bieber portrait is discovered. Ellen will never give up the opportunity to mock him. Poor Bieber nostrils.

Come come, Qing will always have some love to spare for you. But the rest is reserved for One Direction hehe.

Brownie with vanilla ice-cream. The best by far is the one in TGI Fridays... With a whooping 1470 calories.

Beef pie. Shared both with Ariel.

There were 18 of us in total attending the musical that night because most of us were going to Thirst. The rest of the class went the next day.

Sigh. Being a local production, the door opened to the public at a Malaysian time of course, LATE! Having been to quite a fair number of musicals and plays before this, I didn't have much expectations for this, partly with it being a local production. But boy did it exceeded my expectations. The acting was not as theatrical as the internationally staged musicals and maybe that's what I liked about it. You could really see the actors portraying the character that they are playing and not expect them to randomly burst into a song.

 "Two men are forced to share a cell in a South American jail. One, Molina, is a romantic fantasist condemned for his sexuality. The other, Valentin, a young Marxist rebel punished for his ideals. Through the glamorous world of the movies, an unlikely relationship is formed that offers both men the hope of survival."

In my opinion, the character that made the best impression was Molina ( first male on the first row ). His acting was the best and the most believable. Others, I think, were trying a bit too hard, but still good nonetheless. A very unexpected ending to a more unexpected liking towards the musical. I can definitely see myself returning to KLPac again some time soon.