I seem to have a cacophony of thoughts in my head and want to blog about, but each time that I sit down and actually TRY to write it down, it all flies out of my head. Go figure.

Procrastination seems to be the order of the day for me...I always tell myself to finally start getting my lazy bum to do stuff, but it always seem to lead to other things. Self-discipline - zilch. *sigh* Maybe it's something to do with me not exactly enjoying what I do, but at the moment, it's not something I can get out of just yet...which makes it an unending spiral I guess. Work just for the pay, but the pay's not that good anyways, and yet can't get out of it coz of the stupid bond...yadda yadda yadda.

Got into a little 'debate' with a friend the other day about me hating my job and the possibility of changing fields/careers. While I'm quite sure about myself not being able to continue in my current field (due to lack of interest), but I'm not sure where I want to head to. All I know is I don't really like what I do now, and yet I can't seem to think of where do I branch off next...enters said friend who talked about the one thing that I disliked most: SALES. When people talk to me about sales, the only thing that always spring to mind is this well-dressed person with a huge suitcase, going about to convince other people to buy their products. That, or you know those people standing at the mall, getting people to subscribe to their services? Those were my impressions on sales.

I can't seem to put myself in those shoes because:

And then, said friend talked about us being sales people even when we're working office jobs. We're selling our time and effort for a pay. Yes, I've heard it all before...I guess I'm probably stubborn. Probably coz I got all these bad experiences from doing the actual door-to-door kind of sales as opposed to other companies. Or maybe I'm just not convicted enough with my products to make me want to sell it....dunno. I guess time will tell if I can venture into sales again. As of now, I shudder at the thought.

Arm's feeling a little better...it doesn't hurt that much when I do my exercises, but I still can't lift the hand up high without feeling it's SOOOO heavy or me feeling pain and looking at the awkward curvature of the arm before stopping. Been going to a Chinese sensei for herbal wraps to make sure the bones are mending properly. Seems to be working, but it felt quite expensive after a few times...can you imagine paying about RM40 every 3-4 days? That's a heck lot of money! But I guess as my Mom says, 'We cannot be frugal with healing'.

Oh, and physiotherapy session is coming up....more stretching and new exercises to help me get my arm use back. Can't help but wonder how come after each therapy session, I would feel extremely sore for the next 2 days...literally can't lift my arm a lot! So scary sometimes that I feel I might have overdone it with the sessions, but I guess the therapists know best. Next week I go for an x-ray to see if my bones are  mending properly. Looking at my arm condition, it doesn't seem to be (it feels curved instead of straight like my right arm!) and I'm a little worried about that. Fingers crossed that I won't need surgery or something drastic.

I seem to be blabbing more than I wanted to. Will stop now to see if I can organize my thoughts further...heh!

Here's another CD that I got along with my PGLM CD. I have not been to watch the musical myself, but listening to the CD makes me wish I did go. *sigh* One wonders how one can manage to miss all these wonderful things...

This recording comprised of 2 CDs, with so many songs that I feel are ALL the songs sung in the musical. Too bad some had such a short duration (like Getaran Jiwa). Infused together into the songs were snippets of dialogue...which I think is cool for a person like me who didn't watch the musical. At least I get a little gist of what the story was about.

Loved the singers' voices in it...who knew Malaysia has so many hidden gems? The actor who played P. Ramlee sounded quite like the real thing, it's kind of freaky! The actors who played his wives were also very cool...you could hear demure, some angry and depressed, and contentment in the voices.

Awesome job done by the production team who came up with great quality musicals! Now, if only their tickets weren't that expensive to go to, I might just go and watch local productions more often...heh!

Well, I finally got my hands on a copy of this after going through desperate attempts of looking for it in stores and 'stuff'! Am really bummed that I didn't get to watch Season 3 of this lovely musical when it was showing way back in February, but I guess this is the next best thing eh?

First things first, my likes...I loved that they included (almost) all the songs in the musical, and it flowed like it should have been in the musical. One of my favourites was the duet between the Bayan and the Puteri (Moga Temui Cinta). That song wasn't featured in their Season 2 recording, so I'm really stoked that Moga Temui Cinta was released in this recording!

The main characters' voices are still great...loved Stephen Rahman-Hughes strong voice, and Tiara Jacquelina's innocence that she brings to the table. Although in one or two songs you can hear some weird notes, but I guess it's all part and parcel of being a live recording, no? We can't expect a perfect rendition every single time...=)

It was also really nice to hear more of the other characters, like the Bayan who was not included in the previous recording. Plus, there were some different arrangements to the songs which worked very well. Some of them include Cinta Atau Setia, Dewa Perang, Malam Saksi Cinta and Pengorbanan Abadi.

Now I go to some of my little dislikes...maybe it's just me, but I feel that this season's recording was not as clear compared to last season's. It was mentioned that the recordings were taken from the sound manager's booth, but it somehow didn't reflect the full sounds that came from the last season's recording. Sometimes, it seems like I was listening to slightly muffled songs. Still, it's not really a big deal, but I feel if the recordings were clearer, it would give a bigger impact.

Although some of the arrangements were very cool, some I feel were a bit 'overdone'? I didn't like the way they sped up the tempo a little for the romantic songs like Di Puncak Tertinggi, Keranamu Kekasih and Katakan...I mean, I love the lyrics and melody to the songs! They make me feel so good and mushy, but to rush it like that seems to be playing down the 'romantic-ness' of the songs. Maybe it's just me...I'm a sucker for love songs, but I felt that sometimes, slow is not such a bad thing *wink*

I enjoyed this CD loads because it's from one of my favourite musicals, but somehow I can't help comparing it to the previous season's recording (who wouldn't?) which I also loved. I don't really know...probably the faster song works with their additions to the special effects and illusions, but just listening to the CD on its own doesn't really do it for me. I hope they release a video format of the musical so I can enjoy it to the fullest! *crosses fingers*