Been a month since i went to HK! time flies ..should have bought that vivian westwood wallet there! now regretting a bit. but when you are there, you are so afraid of over spending cuz there is INDEED too many many desirable things to get!!!!
The main objective of the trip was of course to see Mr Eason Chan's "Get a Life" concert. told myself just had to go this time. and he said in spore maybe its the last time he will perform at the HK coliseum. (my hk friend said...'nahhh..dun believe him...now with wife and kid...no way"...haha) ....well whatever, but i feel eason is one of the more outstanding singers around and he knows his music.
It was my 3rd time at the coliseum....and everytime there is a sense of excitement esp when walking thru from TST east thru the KCR station....u will be walking with many many pple heading for the same direction accompanied by lively chatter in anticipation of the concert!
lots of young pple naturally dressing their best. the trend now is big crazy curls in hk so you see lots of gals in their colourful gear, pretty make up, 3 quarter pants with boots and some with an equally cool bf by their side.
Eason delivered a great concert...100% effort definitely!! in fact some parts i felt he was really too serious about singing with emotions and getting everything perfect. but overall he wanted to focus on music and less nosense. suprisingly he didnt talk to the audience until the very last part of the concert, saying he wanted to sing more songs...which he really did ..... the concert was done immaculately (as always) by K's productions.......there was a cute goulish theme for the whole set......and the characters that accompanied eason were all so weird and cute! there was some spider , pumpkin heads, bubble pple, a cute smoking house and a cloud than could rain on stage.
The concert was not really a commercialised one where he sang all the k-hits and had fancy dancing and fireworks....but it was really just him and what he wanted to express. dun think it made superb headlines the next day or wowed everyone to scream or whatever, but it was a showcase of an artiste that is serious about his craft and the world he live in.
He is a very funny guy who has lots of crazy ideas...and he acts them out accordingly. seems once he was really bored sitting for 2-3hrs at an awards show, that once it was his turn to perform, he practically jump up the stage and started doing aerobics or whatever moment he could do as his butt was so 'tired' from all that sitting!!! pple thot he was nuts....but he said he doesnt care cuz that is what he feel like doing at that moment. haha.....
the coliseum was full almost everynight, tickets ranged from HK400 to 100....highly affordable. everyone was armed with pong pong sticks...something spore concert dun have. eason had to do 8 shows straight...!! wonder how can tahan like this everyday but this is HK so no body complains of work...haha!!
straight after the concert, the most amazing thing that can only happen in hk is the concert photos for sale of THAT NIGHT for sale!!!!! outside the hall.....in full colour and good angles....you can buy a piece of memory straight away. this is how fast they work and cash in on the moment.
last sat, a retail article came out in ST, written partly by my poly lecturer ...an PHD in retail....and it was mentioned HK is the #1 shopping place in the world ...one of the main success is that they are excellent in creating impulse buy for the consumers...where everywhere u go ...u see things and think ..." i gotta have THIS NOW!"......trends move fast and old stock get slashed as sold off quickly unlike here....u may see the same thing sales after sales....haha
read from media that eason is throwing a wedding dinner party today 323...he and his long time gf is now finally officially married. and so romantic to think that he has arranged 3 mins of fireworks for the evening....costing S$60k. this is really sweet....i think i will prob just cry if this happens at my wedding...aaahhh...... being pisces...i think i am a sucker for this type of things. dream proposal would be a mild winter's nite at victoria peak in HK...with all beautiful night view around...haha......and dream wedding would be something like those they hold in Tokyo Disneyland.....princess gown and horse carriage.....hee.....siow liao....
anyway in japan, most of their wedding packages are very fairy tale like...decor and design and all...wonder why spore dun have....i am sure some pple like this. its so boring where everything is simple and urban. weddings must have a touch of romance! or not marry for what...just rom can already. some pple the rom off the rack fake satin gown is the same as the wedding dinner wear......i dunno lah....just seems unmemorable ...more like a chore.
hmmm...prob its down to the weather here AGAIN......haha.....hot and humid ...so every thing simple chin chai is the best or not get mung chang!!! hahahahaha!!!
ok, back to Eason......well, looking at his career, his wedding and his cute daughter...just feel he is very Xin Fu now.....all the best for the newlyweds!
*yummy cake!
Finally decided to buy the Maxim crispy cake that my friend always rave so crazily about! took some courage cuz the cake cost HK$145 per pound and minimum order of 2 pounds! its called Chap Guo Cheng Yan or something.....the ultimate indulgence....cripsy sweet biscuit base with a layer of walnuts and chocolate and also yougurt, soft sponge, tons of generous pieces of expensive fresh fruits in between and macademia nuts inside the cream. Plus the whole cake is wrapped with thin butter biscuits....actually its quite an experience to eat it...cuz i had to figure out what in the world they put inside. my fren always buy this 1kg odd cake back from HK ....thot i just try lah....my dad thot i was nuts to bring a fragile cake back. funnily at hk customs.....when the cake went thru the scan machine...the officer shouted at the staff..." careful!! its a cake..."....hee...they rather rough handle your camera and handbags....but noooo...a cake is very important.
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