The Amazing Bubble Man Puts Manila in a Happy Bubble!

Saturday, September 26, 2015

I remember when I was in grade school, our father brought us to the Philippine leg of the Royal London Circus. I can vividly remember it was set up at a huge empty lot along a famous long road in Iloilo City formerly known as the West Jaro Diversion Road. Now that space is buzzling with commercial establishments, but once upon a time {and for only a couple of days}, a gigantic tent was set up there, and what happened inside that tent changed my life forever. The dazzling lights and the shows were something that I'd remember for the rest of my life.

It was a long two-hour drive from where we lived, and I'm so grateful that Tatay never failed to gift us with such heartwarming memories . Tatay is long gone now, but whenever I'd go through an amazing exerience, even ones that don't have anything to do with a circus, it brings me back to that one wonderful memory and it ties me back to our original amazing man -- our Tatay.

who is the amazing bubble man?

Louis Pearl, The Amazing Bubble Man, is in Manila and you should really go see his show. We went to his 7PM show last night and the kids are still bubbling about it. I don't know anyone who is not made happy by the sight of bubbles. Even the bubbles coming out of our teething eight-month-old nephew excites me, seriously.

The Amazing Bubble Man has been touring around the world for 30 years now. At the beginning of his show, he talked about his passion for toys, the toy company he established in 1980 and how he became the famous bubble man that he is today.

He reminded us about one very important thing: "You should never stop playing!"

In this day and age of the Internet, it's scary how kids can sit in front of the computer longer than CEOs can in a business meeting.

What I love about "The Amazing Bubble Man" is how Louis Pearl incorporates scientific explanations about bubbles in his spiels. He tells his audience facts on what bubbles are made of, why they're round and that square bubbles are also possible, what makes bubbles pop, how bubbles can be made colorful and what happens when you put helium in a bubble. It really is an amazing 75-minute show for many reasons. A lot of the kids from the audience {and one adult, who did not mind getting his shinny bald head soaked with bubbles for the sake of science because the bubble man was, well, making a point about bubbles not popping on hair which he demonstrated on his own hairy arm} were asked to participate, and that made the show doubly fun. I should mention that besides Louis Pearl being the god of bubbles, he is also very funny.

"The Amazing Bubble Man" will be running until September 27, 2015 at RCBC's Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, 4th Floor, RCBC Plaza, Ayala Ave. cor. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City. Get ticket prices here.

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