Tuesday, June 5, 2007
May Day Concert!
Woohoo! Mayday's Concert's here. After so many months of waiting...of listening to their songs..haha..they're finally here. Besides the fact that i'm a MayDay fan, it's also the first time i'm going to a concert, one that is a full-blown one. HAHA! I'm so excited that day. Didn't even mind when the students will wreaking havoc in tuition class which means i had to shout most of the time...but the thought of meeting boon han and zi ping later for the concert is enough to appease my anger=) Lol...we are supposed to meet at 5.30pm but i waited abt 30mins for that bus and hence i only reached at 6.hai...and when we finally reach the max pavillion, it's already about 7.15pm...We wanted to buy tee shirts. but apparently, most pple already ordered theirs online..and the only ones left are the red not-so-nice ones..arghhh..felt so irritated...i should have gone browsing through their web...felt like hitting myself..so disappointed...so sad..but nvm, we each bought one light stick with the MayDay concert print on it!!! Haha...yeah! at least i have a souvenir...lol.However, when we entered, Zp realised her light stick is spoilt and there's no more left.all sold out.so cannot exchange...hai.No choice, so we continued to wait for Mayday's appearance as we sat down.
Even though we paid the most expensive price, we are still really far back.Hai...arghhh..They're too far away=( Anyway, enjoyed watching their MTVs of their previous concerts..see their fans crying in the one just before they took a rest..As the minutes dragged by, i began to grow impatient...eh.and well..there's a group of pple trying to zi4 high in front of us and we were quite put off by them.haha..eh..that's not impt..so i shall skip to the part when it all begins...
The lights suddenly dimmed and then screams aroused from the crowds all around us. Everyone left their seats and craned their necks to catch their first appearance. Then Monster and Stone appeared from two rising platforms to the left and right strumming their guitars to the tune of Wu3 Zhuang1...haha...so cool! and then Ah Shin, Guan You and Ma Sha appeared on the central stage. Ah Shin was wearing the white concert tee that's on sale for $60. I didn't catch how they appeared though as i was too preoccupied by Monster's appearance and him strumming the guitar...Aww...so Shuai!
Haha..well. They played a medley of fast songs like wei ai er sheng, ren sheng hai hai, zhong jie gu dan, kia qia and a super nice version of wan an di qiu ren that made boon han and me so amazed...haha! After that is some slow songs like Tian Shi..luckily they did that cos i was out of breath after jumping too much...lol=) Well, so Ah Shin alone stood on the stage. Shortly after, Monster and Stone appeared on the left stage with their guitars in hand and were sitting down. Ah Shin walked over to join them and they started playing Yong Bao..oh my! One of my favourite pieces..it's so nice to hear it live. As the last notes rang out..."MASA!" a group of his fans sitting quite near us screamed!
We looked to our right and Masa was sitting in front of a white grand piano and he started to sing an English song. The title of the song? I duno..haha. and one of the highlights of the concert: Masa's rendition of Zui Zhong Yao De Xiao Shi...that really melted our hearts..he can really sing too..so talented!
The concert's really full of surprises la..cos the rest of them appeared immediately on the central stage to pick up from where Masa left off and they had all changed their clothes. haha...I think it's at this point when they begin to talk and introduce the band or maybe this happened earlier.haha. well..and they sang lian ai-ING and then suddenly left us to shout L-O-V-E all the way for about ten minutes before they reappeared. Think that's they interval ba..lol.Ah Shin then led the crowd to sing la ji che. It's so nice to just listen to the whole crowd singing together, just like how we used to do it during community singing back in RV. and Ah Shin said: Zhe Shi Shang Zui Mei De Sheng Yin Jiu Shi Ni Men le..which i totally agree. What can be nicer than this? It's really quite Gan Ren.
Okies...i shall continue... then we continued with another medley of songs like gong lang, zhi ming and chunqiao, wei han lan nong, chong shang tian etc..and another touching part came...
Wen Rou!!! Ah Shin began to sing..and the crowd sang with him...Oh man. At that point in time, tears welled up in my eyes but i forced myself to continue singing. Haha..so i didn't cry! Yeah! lol...but it's really nice..If only they had sang Heng Xin De Heng Xin..i think i would have really cried liao.
Soon after 11, they disappeared from the stage ans left us to shout "Encore!". and this time when they reappeared, they were all wearing the MayDay Concert tee! haha...Guan You's in Red..so i told ZP.she should have bought red too..haha.I grabbed the opportunity to look at them for a while more and to relish in their live music for a while longer..hai..really don't wan them to fly back to Taiwan..It'll be at least 2 years before they come=( Anyway, the end will always come and after Jue Jiang, they saluted and all left...all that was left was their instruments and equipments.hai..that's it..we stayed a bit longer and then left to grab a drink too.
Mayday! I really love them. Started to listen to them in 2005...From the Shen De Hai Zi Zai Tiao Wu album. I fell in love with Ah Shin's lyrics and songs and their music..The guitar of Monster, Stone and Masa and of course the super impt Guan You and his drums..Their songs are full of hope and expressed how they feel about the world..That's what i like about them...yup! Everytime i'm down, hearing their songs will fill me with hope again and i will cheer up=) Mayday rocks! Really miss them le..though the concert only just ended three days ago...-_-
Going to sing Kbox this sun with BoonHan and ZiPing...going to have a Mayday Marathon cos we simply too high le!
Can't Wait...=)
Xiu Min @ 12:49 PM
