jazz by the beach

how lovely :)

join me for a night of pop-jazz
by the sea, under the stars...

this is the final instalment of Sentosa's Jazz By The Beach
on the last Saturday of April,
presenting
Kewei on vox/erhu(?!)
Daniel Purnomo on guitar
Benedict Yan on keys
Jonathan Lim on sax
Rahman on percussion
and a special guest violinist Dennis Lau from KL!

Time: 630pm-10pm (3 sets of 45 mins)
Venue: Cool Deck @ Siloso Beach
RSVP to this event on facebook :)

190408 David Tao Concert in Singapore

4am rush of blood to my head despite extreme fatigue:



now who said Singapore fans are dead/cold/boring?
enough of that already!

the crowd at the Singapore show ROCKED!

they were pretty much making noises whenever the music died down,
and that i honestly don't hear in some other cities!

some of my friends sitting farther back
thought the crowd only got going near the end,
but at least from MY perspective on stage, it was really kick-ass.

right before the show,
we were still discussing with DT backstage,
about audience reactions etc. and he definitely had his reservations about Singapore's; everyone in the band did.

but when he appeared,
he had such a great reception and so much cheering was going on
compared to what I've heard elsewhere
(especially since the 1st song was so quiet)
i could tell that he was really blown away :D

i'm proud!

and before i KO,
i just wanna say one more thing to end this barrage,
it had been a long time since i felt nervous for DT's show
(after all we've been doing it for years)
but I FELT NERVOUS!
omg. it was the attack of the hometown vibes.
alll mental, all in the head.

but it went away for good, about after the 3rd song. LOL.


ok. gonna crash.
tired to bits!!! will update photos when I can.
gonna bring elisa out for some uniquely singapore experience tmr :)

22,23,240308 David Tao Concert in Hong Kong

Welcome to Hong Kong.

I am entirely familiar with the area above,
I can even navigate amidst the chunk of buildings on the right
to identify the precise location of the Esprit outlet.

Having said that, I spent the week traversing the MTR,
only to discover on the last day
that Hung Hom (the station which we stayed at, next to the concert venue)
was only one stop away from Mongkok.

I had spent the past few days travelling to Tsim Sha Tsui,
then going up to Mongkok from there.
OH WELL.


What a boring way to start my HK entry.










What about some Prada?


On my way to the Prada outlet,
I dropped by Times Square for a quick makeup spree fix.


Behold, Space.
for discarded, off-season Prada & Miu Miu

I was alone in my joy, I had spent a hefty sum of taxi fare and toll fees
just to get to this spot buried in a residential area.


And next to a wet market.


The good news is there was nothing worth buying
(ie. no hole in my pocket!)
Don't go there, at least for this season.





Hung Hom :)

Goodness, I took a similar pic,
that was 2 years back for David's Love Can concert






This is what we use on stage
to balance our sound in our in-ear monitors.
Oh, and it's not mine -
it's Kaweii's. With a double i.






Mike and mini-mike!
Bosco of Powermax, who provides the sound equipment for the concerts :)




Random lunch:

cheesy noodles


tomato noodles.

they taste as good as they look bad.


met a friend, graphic designer Danny Chan,
who designs toys as merchandise for kenny B, andy lau, just to name a few :)











this is what we do backstage before the concert...
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yes, we all gather and play NDS.
specifically, MarioKart!!!

while Elisa and I sit at our makeup and hair chair,
we rage a 6-player war.


darling xiao mi, who dolls us up.


the guys just turn up 5 min before standby time
to change and launch into chillaxing mode

exclusively available here:

the one and only full band pic (which is rare by itself already)
plus David himself,
right before the show :)
(...too lazy to edit the lights out)





this is also the 1st time i took pics of David's concert from the stage :)




can you spot yourself? :)



we definitely had a lot of fun every night,
especially during the new dance medley!


everybody loves kungfu fighting~!


kheng long sings!!!!
"I feeeeeel gooood~!"


jamie sings!!!!
"I feeeeeeeel niiiice!"


HIIIIGHHHHHH


always happy to find pics of myself :D

















i bet you guys were really high too!!!









After 2 shows, we went for a team lunch just before the final show!


feels like a school excursion all over again :)

Destination: Clear Water Bay for fresh seafood!





cap buddies from Mongkok!


i've never had so many varieties of tangy, chewy, rubbery seafood in my life,
all on one table.


the girls flank mike


what are they doing?!




jamie is pensive...


or maybe just bored...


fresh for the kill







As always, dessert to top off a bloated stomach,


durian puffs, mango puffs, sesame paste with sago, endless....


words of dessert wisdom


from a famous stretch of 满记


we bumped into 麦兜






last day of show,
we arrived at the venue with the rose (from the fans yesterday)
twirled around our mic stands :)

so we went ahead with it :P




nearing the end of the show,
jamie and casey decided to take it one step further
in beautifying their instruments...







and we head home...
upgraded entertainment system onboard entertaining me silly :)


and... SOME of my loot from HK :)




love...