1) some fast food, or....
2) a day-out at the theme park, or......
3) a trip to the circus.
he's been pestering us ever since his kindergarten teacher announced that the school was selling tickets for the royal london circus which started its run last week. we had taken the daughter to the same circus when she was 5, so i thought that it's only fair the boy got his due.
needless to say, he was thrilled to bits. i mean, which child wouldn't be? the big top, the lights & music, the acrobats & clowns, & of course.....
..the cotton candy.
me? i'm not easily impressed. the trapeze act failed not once, but THREE times. yes, the guys failed to grip their catching partner's hands on the other trapeze THREE times, & they're alive, thanks to the safety net. other than a tame-looking elephant, there's no wild animal act - presumably they were difficult (& expensive?) to maintain, or maybe there were safety issues. maybe a partial refund was in order.
the singers were quite good - surprise, surprise, they were filipinos. their rendition of amigos para siempre was commendable, although i thought they strained a bit at the high notes.
but what did sway me was this motor-cycle act where the stuntman rode around inside a hollow steel sphere, measuring about 8m in diameter. round & round he rode on his scrambler, defying gravity while creating a din & spewing exhaust fume. 1 by 1, his partners joined him till there were FOUR riders, each on their machines. so there you have it - a fitting finale - 4 daredevils simultaneously speeding horizontally, vertically & diagonally, criss-crossing each other's path within the restricted confines of the sphere, which by then seemed decidedly crowded.
truely, an act of unusual skill, precision timing & bravery. & guess what? 1 of the riders turned out to be the clown in earlier acts. who said men can't multi-task??
as the show ended & the audience trooped out, the ringmaster (also the male lead for amigos) wished that everyday may be a circus day. ha ha, at those prices, i don't think so, buddy! not when guys in leotards keep falling from the sky. the boy thought that was funny, though!
like i said, the needs of a kid are simple.
4 comments:
I love that Burger King treat!
I don't have a Circus story, but I have a story of burger, mother, daughter and hospital.
How about that? Read my SingLand Footprint (2) This is hard selling which I am good at. (smile)
From your son's perspective, a day out with daddy definitely fulfills his emotional needs, circus or no circus!
yan,
i agree - i still think BK still make the best flamed-grilled burgers in town, even though they cost a bit more than the competitors.
your singland post reminds me of a visit i made to my old primary & secondary schools some years back. the primary sch was about to be demolished & walking along its empty corridors sure brought back a lot of pleasant memories - it's uncanny because i couldn't recall any bad ones.
the secondary school was organising a fund-raiser for a new hall, so i ended up at the dinner where i met a few ex-schoolmates, but unfortunately, no ex-teachers, which i assumed would have retired long ago.
just me,
yes, the boy is at an age where he needs attachment - someone to be with him, either doing things with him, taking him out or just being there for him.
it's true - the games, programmes & activities are incidentals, but nevertheless, just as important to him.
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