so near, yet so far.

none* of my musical loving friends would be attending the musical west side story, except for two very very lucky gals who got free premium tix. yeahhh.. corporate clients are such wonderful creature. i wish i still worked at that institution. but nah, the tix wouldn't have gone my way in a million years. yes, i'm all green from my nightly vege dinners and deep envy of their fortuity.

but really, the price structure for this show is very frustrating. prices start from RM190 for seats furthest from stage, and quickly move up by a quantum of RM100, with prohibitive RM500 tickets covering a huge section of the seating chart. i don't think the local organizer quite understand what the public sentiment is and the depth of our pockets. 500 buckaroos is a lot a lot of money ok.

and i think that the government could do well subsidizing the cost so that more people could have access to such rare opportunities, instead of blowing a couple of million for those shameless advertisements on NYTimes. really, "first lady", your "family and friends" would far appreciate it than knowing that you won some obscure award for some dubious achievement.

mm, maybe this being the musical's only stop in SEA, they hike up the price cos they know the singaporeans could afford it? whatever it is, i will be sulking at my corner til this is over.

bah, humbug!

* update: ooh just found out over FB one musical bug actually went! :) happy to know it, and naturally also terribly envious. tsk tsk @self. hehe..