I’m a bit lukewarm when it comes to musicals. It’s not that I rave about them nor do I condemn them with a disgusted face. I did enjoy Hamilton a lot recently and tried to learn the Moulin Rouge version of “Your Song” when I was still unsuspecting of my singing capabilities. The girl suggested this theatre date and we found a musical playing on the day we were available. The event was some sort of ‘best of’ of famous musicals. We were a bit startled when we saw an orchestra and four singers on stage. It turned out to be a concert of musical hits. I guess we were not the only ones taken by surprise, judging by the people that were walking out after a couple of songs.
Expectations versus reality. The promotion in Dubai is notorious for depicting things a bit more polished than what you actually get. That’s okay to a certain extent. It’s what all the marketing is supposed to do. Everyone sugarcoats some stories during a job interview or on a date. Of course we want to make a great first impression, hiding the trash for later. There’s a fine line between misleading and creating excitement though. First, it’s not right and second, it doesn’t help you anyway. On the contrary, you’ll create a negative perception.
Being “real” all the time regardless of context is a bit self-absorbed and even plain stupid. I always have to laugh when someone is giving the “I don’t give a fuck” speech. Trying to appear like a tough guy or girl and actually being a badass are two different things. Let’s try to try not so hard. Yeah, sometimes you have to combat some stereotypes. Yeah, sometimes you want to make sure you profile yourself as a certain person from the start. We all experienced some misconceptions about ourselves before and it was frustrating. We all repeated the same explanation for a certain thing over and over again like a broken record to convey the right image to the world. But guess what, snowflake, the world doesn’t revolve around you. Sometimes we’re so occupied with ourselves and how we look like, we forget about how little other people actually care about your passion for boob-shaped gummy bears, your quest for criminalising eating midnight snacks at noon or your recent landmark achievement of cooking bio lentils.
From a buyer’s perspective, nowadays more aesthetically pleasing and shiny pieces have higher chances to find a new owner. Perceived value outsmarts intrinsic quality, unfortunately. It’s hard to avoid being superficial when the system creates an abundance of sparkling fast-moving dating goods. I’m not immune to it myself to be honest and I experienced it comes biting you in the butt eventually. I remember a class mate updating her MSN status to “whEn U gEt whAt U wAnt bUt nOt whAt yOU nEEd”. Never thought this would be relevant after a decade or two but that’s how life goes apparently.
I know you’re all dying to know what our favourite song was. Well, one of the few songs I actually knew was from the Lion King.
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