I’d really have to admit that sometimes, more often than not, things really do happen for a reason.

I was actually intending to try cycle-commuting to work on Thursday. Had originally intended to try it out come March, but with procrastination, and the uncertainty of the weather made me put it off countless number of times. Until yesterday, or so I thought.

It didn’t really bother me that much, since I was still unsure about the security of my bike at the underground carpark, so one day later wouldn’t hurt at all.

As it turned out, it was a blessing in disguise, the morning showers. There was a circulating e-mail about free tickets to The Crystal Mirror performance. No reason was given as to the source of the free tickets, but since they are free, who’s to complain, right? I placed myself on the reservation list straight away, and as luck would have it, I got a pair of tickets. Great!

The food was great, but like such theme / entertainment restaurants, one shouldn’t expect quantity in the servings, but more of quality, which was what we received. The performance was simply breath-taking in itself. Totally top-notch, if you ask me, considering the size of the stage they had to work with. The few acts I really enjoyed were the Caesar Twins, Tom Noddy, Jojo Weiss, Andreas Wessles and Irina Galagan. The Caesar Twins had wonderfully sculptured bodies, the kind that any normal male would almost be willing to kill for. It used to be that only very few athletes in the world could do a half pull-up and then straighten their bodies horizontally, in mid-air. Well, not any more. The Caesar Twins could do it, and very nicely too. No shivering of bodies due to the intense tensioning of the muscles. Very smooth and graceful movements. Tom Noddy was a joy to watch, simply for the amazing things he could do with soap bubbles and some creativity and ingenuity, a lot of it! I really like the caterpillar bubble he did for the first act, the volcanic eruption, the love bubble and of course, the square bubble! It really was square, and he even blew smoke into it, just to show it’s shape.

Jojo Weiss was the self-proclaimed idiot of the whole show, and he’s exceptionally great at it too! His voice is hilariously side-splitting too, just hearing the way he contorts his voice to imitate other sounds. Andreas was impressive too, with immaculate control of the soccer balls. He can probably send almost any football player off the field with his precise ball control. Well, when you can win an award for juggling in china, what more can you expect? Irina Galagan was very sensual too. Tall, slim with very seductive moves together with the hula-hoops. She just make it seem oh-so-easy and yet, you know full well that it isn’t. I really like the piece of music to which she was performing to. Soothing yet sensual music.

All I can say is that I’m in a way glad that it rained on Thursday morning. It made me leave my bicycle at home and instead, rode my motorbike to work, which in turn allowed me the opportunity to take advantage of the free pair of tickets! Wonderful!