My first concert (does Disney On Ice count?)

Never would I thought of going to any gwen’s concert. As many of you have known, I have fewer likings for female singers. As a female myself, innately, male singer seemed more appealing. My preference lies on hot bodes like Justin with his slick moves and hip-hop stuff, Kanye, or any rock band for that matter. I am also not girly enough to sing-along to a Gwen’s say…Four In The Morning :P.

Gwen concert started with a nice little queue at Putra Indoor Staidum. The queue gradually turned into a hideous snake-like formation (there were confusions at the start of the queue!). Quite inevitable. Hey, even those paying for RM340++ seats had to queue darn long too! Gwen was ‘practically Malaysian’ so she followed Malaysian time too. She started half an hour late, but I believed she was waiting for Beh to arrive before she starts her show. No kidding - Gwen turned out the lights right after Beh sat his ass on the seat!! Hah..!

It’s hard to believe that our seats turn out to be amazing because our tics were comparatively cheap. We could see her quite clear from our angle. Thanks Kenny - you’re the real genius here. And the concert begins – all songs from her ‘Sweet Escape’ album were amazing. Never would thought buying an album from Gwen, but errrrr…yaa, I am beginning to download her songs now that I love her. In the concert, I sang a long though I think I did forgot her lyrics a little (embarrassing!). Some songs are even unheard of :P Flashback: Hitz.fm was virtually a Gwen.fm (you’re right, Fipink - on that Tuesday!), so I did some practicing on the lyrics (sing along with my car radio) before the concert so that I wouldn’t be accused of being a bad ‘fan’ in the concert. Her songs are quite rap-py, so it’s difficult to follow her the whole time despite my effort to learn some songs. Plus those screaming crazy fans, I realized my voice actually didn’t matter.
Hey, try singing to a Hollaback Girl song for instance….bet even a fan of Gwen can’t remember those wordy-lyrics (I may be wrong) – All I could remember from that song was ‘ba-na-nas na-nanas” and ‘ain’t no hollaback girl’. If I were to go another concert of anybody, I think learning the chorus would be sufficient. I am sure to remember any of Justin’s lyrics though.

No regrets for the concert and because I did have a great time, it felt short. Still had some voice left for next day’s swimming class to scream at those kids. I thought those Japanese harajuku dancers were excellent. I didn’t feel short changed at all. Gwen also had a good rapport with her fans. She was still very sexy even she wore black tight leggings. The word here is ‘tight’. Nahhh, not even an issue! - the media had made a huge buzz about nothing.

Justin’s next. NO cameras allowed?

Minneapolis Bridge collapse.

When the news broke thru' CNN, wooohh (sweat), I thought it was from some hollywood film or some Steven Speilberg behind it. It was exactly like Die Hard 4.0! Collapsing bridges! After I've read the accounts from survivors, I guess it's really too bad something like that happens in a place I thought was generally safe when we speak about engineering and science. This bridge over the Mississippi River was under construction when the collapse occurred. The bridge couldn't hold the weight of the many vehicle on top of it, but wouldn't the engineers have calculated that?!

There's this bridge over Bandar Utama, as you come from BU 11 and 10 towards Centre Point and Sunway Damanasara just in front of Sony building. Before it's under its current construction to widen it, I have never felt save on top ot it while waiting for the lights to turn green. All the cars are bumper to bumper crawl towards Damansara uptown.... it just feels scary and unsave, dunno why. Then the controversial, cracked highway in Kepong (I thought would have collaspe one day - touchwood!!!) is also scary because you can totally feel the vibration of the road (and my car) when any large trucks/lorry passes you.

Anyway, speaking about cars...I thought my bloody small Kelisa couldn't conquer Camerons, but I was wrong. Though at certain inclination I had to change to 3rd or 2nd gear, I guess my car could take it quite well. Hey, with extra weight behind (we girls bought tonnes of stuffs back to Ipoh) and someone sitting behind (no mentioning names here!), my car felt draggy but managed to pull through the whole journey. I think the trip to Sg. Palas BOH plantation was the most interesting as there were swearing involved and some exciting manuveres too!

We should do this more often. Next year maybe: more trips. Next time I'm not driving :P I can't drive airplanes, u know.... (hint hint: Bangkok!)