My cousin Beverly and I went to St Scho to watch Pepe en Pilar's last run in the St Cecilia's theater with Nicco, Rian (with girlfriend in tow) and Nikki (wahahaha, who took a break from ushering). It was my 2nd time to watch the actual show (the 1st time was last Thursday with Mimay, Lav, Henry and Nicco), that the songs keep ringing in our heads, hahaha. I heard they'll be back sometime later though, for another show, but with a live band. Coolness. I've gotta see that.

For this show, Pam played Tonet and Mrs. Galang, so another girl (the other Tonet and Mrs. Galang) played Catalina. Wahahaha, finally saw her again as a human being. Even though I liked the other girl's singing voice as Catalina, I liked Pam's interpretation of the character more, because this other one seemed more mataray and spoke more sharply.

This time, the audience was more receptive. Maybe because there weren't only the really young kids, there were grade school kids, plus DLSU students in the balcony where we were also sitting. But the older kids were the noisiest that some of the boys behind us became so annoying.

Wahahaha, as if on cue, Nikki, Nicco (your names really do sound funny together, teeheehee...) and I already know when to expect this and that. Even though we've seen the show at least twice, the actress the plays Pooh-Pooh the poodle still never fails to amuse us with her malandi yet Bisaya accent. And there's also this part where fireworks go off unexpectedly, and we were already covering our ears before then (so I heard my cousin jump in her seat beside me, wahahahaha).

Fave funny lines in the play include...

"Wala ka kasing BREE-DING!"

"Ang damot-damot talaga ni Sheryl!"
"Ang damot-damot talaga ni Sheryl!" (Yes, twice.)
"Ang bait-bait talaga ni Sheryl!"

"Hin-tay, Ban-tay!"

Sometime during the show, Nikki whispered that they're finally selling the musical's OSR that very day in the lobby. Woohoo! We were waiting for that, because the copy we got from her sounded pretty raw.

Anyway, one of the main things I loved about this musical is its concept. No matter how complicated life can get, if we go back to the way things were when we were kids, people would get along much better. *bow* Man, people get ever so stubborn and closed-minded once they become adults.

After the show, some of the cast members went to the audience as usual. For the second time, Nikki, Nicco and I (Rian and his girlfriend left during curtain call) came up to Arni (clad in the pink habit) and "made mano" (syet, ang conyo pakinggan), making some of the kids around us follow suit, wahahaha. Then Gary tapped me on the shoulder, saying "Nandito ka nanaman?" Hahaha, he shouldn't be surprised by now, because most of the shows I've been seeing lately, I watch twice (like their master class' showcase, Baby, and this one).

We then decided to eat at House Blend before we go to CCP for the Eiga Sai. As it turned out, Mimay was also there with her friend Gail. They're going to go to the Eiga Sai too, but decided to just watch the evening show (Waterboys) because she and Gail had to go somewhere else first. Mish also wanted to come with us, so we had to wait for her to leave her dorm. But then, Mish arrived a few minutes before 4 pm (when the afternoon show, Juvenile, was supposed to start), so we didn't make it. Plus the Dream theater (which had a seating capacity of 100) was already full by the time we got there. So we decided to hang out at the cafeteria while we waited for the 7pm screening.

Waterboys was such a hoot. It was a typical sports movie where the main characters end up on top, but the concept of using synchro-swimming was interesting, because they were all male. Interesting though. No matter how they didn't care and even felt embarassed about synchro-swimming, their persistence led them to the top.

While I was typing this whole entry (at the same time surfing and chatting with a few online friends), the entire soundtrack of Pepe en Pilar had already played twice. Hmmm... anyone out there who has a CD of Himala the musical?