Last Full Show.

Don't mind the title. Wala lang yan.

This evening, Betty had told Opa and me, "Kung walang opportunity, then make the opportunity."

She's right. Oh, the things we will do, hahaha.

The three of us went to watch the Dulaang Sipat Lawin alumni's twinbill of Bent To Heat You Up and Cool You Down in CSB. I had wanted to watch it when they staged it in Penguin, but I didn't have the time to do so. Thank goodness they did make the opportunity to produce it in CSB with the help of the Arts Management students.

One thing annoying about watching shows in CSB that are ORDEV accredited is that most, if not all, of the kids just go there for the sake of just attending something that was required of them to go to, and not bother understanding it. But sometimes, when they do try to understand it, you realize by their noisy reactions how boxed in most kids are now these days, ahahaha. Considering that these gender plays are not exactly all that wholesome, you'll hear gasps and squeals and other "scandalized" noises all over the place. OK, all right, it's natural for those reactions, but please naman, keep other conversations to a whisper. The people sitting in the row behind me kept talking about the "ew factor" and what this alter ego was saying, etc, that it was getting too distracting already. Oh well.

Anyway, it was still a great show. I love how the alter-egos in To Heat You Up and Cool You Down were sort of battling it out to concretize the thoughts of each person. And the story of the homosexuals in Lihis who fall in love in a concentration camp was equally brilliant, especially being laced with wit. That simple eyebrow gesture just to say "I love you" was so touching.

Congratulations to the Dulaang Sipat Lawin alumni!

So anyway, Betty and Opa and I ended up talking in Jollibee after the show. The quote Betty had said emerged as we shared each others frustrations in finding outlets. We also shared how it would be fun to work with each other again because it doesn't really seem like work. Heck, the simple table discussions and rehearsals we had last year didn't really feel like work at all. It was as if we were just playing around, but we were still seriously doing our craft with such passion. Plus Betty and I want to see Opa act, hehehe. Opa, let's stop hiding behind stage manager's posts. Looks like May is turning out to be our annual arts month, hahaha.