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a couple of weekends ago, i went to see mary poppins at the capitol theatre here in sydney will some of my loveliest friends - kat, benny and suzie q.

the theatre is always such a fun and exciting place to go. you buy your tickets months in advance thinking "man, that is forever away!!" and then all of a sudden... it's tomorrow.

and there's something to be said about a matinee. nothing like sitting in a dark theatre for hours, only to come out when the sun is still shining.

matinee also means an excuse to go out for a special lunch, and this saturday afternoon, we hedged our bet on the little queue - well, the littlest i've ever seen anway - at mamak for some malaysian delights. man that food was excellent. milky sweet teas, chewy roti and spicy curry sauce. and i don't think any of us could resist ordering the maggi goreng. like mee goreng except with good ol' aussie maggi noodles. i also ate a whole prawn. head and all. and afterward decided it was probably not meant to be in the chip i ate. oh dear. despite the randome baby prawn it was still well worth the 20 minute wait out the front for a table.

1. i dont know that other girl. 2. food 3. suzie q and her noodle.

now, mary poppins wasn't a huge part of my childhood personally (i was more of a wizard of oz kinda gal), so i was a little bit scared that some of it would go over my head.

all i can say is mary must have been able to read my mind and pick up on my nervousness. 

she had me at blue lemonade.

it was incredible, incredible show. the performers were brilliant (even that little short guy from sytycd who i think is a little bit annoying normally), the music was beautiful and i even knew most of the words. and anyone who says things like "just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" is ok in my book.

actually on that point - rule number one in the going to a musical handbook:

i dont care how much you love the movie / know every single line of every single song - do. not. sing. out. loud.

if i didn't love my blue lemonade so much it could have ended up down someone's back.

practically perfect in every way.