I’ve got to agree with Lea Salonga when she said, “I love Avenue Q.” We watched this musical last night and I enjoyed it from the beginning ‘til the end. I could very much relate to the story, which is about the realities of life. You might think that this is such a cliche, but really, life has a lot of complexities, and that was what Avenue Q shows.

What struck me the most is when the characters were wishing they could go back to college. I’ve said the same thing few months after I graduated, and I’ve already started working at that time. I remember my classmate’s philosophy, “college happens only once in your life, so savor it. Because when you start working, you’ll work until your last breath. And then you die.”

You just can’t go back. Because when you try to enroll back in college, you’ll realize that everyone’s a lot younger than you are. Haha :) That sucks.

When the characters sang “it sucks to be me, it sucks to be you” (could be spelled as: sux2bme/sux2bu), what came to my mind was, it could be a perfect theme song for my life. Kidding. hahaha :)

After graduation, that’s the only time that the real things starts—that thing we call life. You might be working for a low-paying job, paying your rent and bills, etc. etc. It sucks.

But the truth about starting life is not trying to find your real identity, it’s finding your purpose. This was the dilemma of the lead character, Princeton.

And with all the distractions and temptations, we tend to go to different directions and forget what our real purpose is. However, an important lesson in Avenue Q is that when beginning life, you really don’t have to identify your purpose immediately. It will reveal itself along the way. If not, it is also a fact in life that not everyone finds their purpose in life but they continue to live. Not everyone is able to reach their dreams but they can be fulfilled. What’s important is today. We should be able to look on the bright side and be thankful for what we have. “There’s a very fine line between what we have and what we want.”

Other facts of life were also presented in Avenue Q. Racism, for one, has been existing for like forever. And everyone experiences this. Likewise, each of us are a bit racist sometimes.

Schadenfreude is also an interesting idea. This means happiness because of other people’s misery. We feel good for ourselves when we see other people’s mishaps because we feel safe and lucky.

Aiza Seguerra and Rachel Alejandro’s performances were REMARKABLE and so does the rest of the cast. I just don’t know their names. haha :)

With the characters in the musical, I think they represent a type of person in this society. Definitely. Princeton is the type of person who is still trying to find out who he’s going to be. Gary Coleman (Aiza Seguerra) is a “has-been”. He’s been there but he wasn’t as successful. Brian is a “could’ve-been”. He wanted to become a comedian but in the end he became a consultant. And he feels good about it. Kate Monster (Rachel Alejandro) is the one who hold tightly to her dreams and she made it. :)