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Sunday, January 28, 2007 I went with my brother to watch SHE perform at the indoor stadium. Incidentally, Singapore played against Malaysia at National Stadium, so the road was more congested than usual. We got on the bus opposite Lucky Plaza, and our foresight was justified, as people with scary red shirts waved angrily as our (almost) full bus sped by the next few stops. Three slim ladies held up the inner half of the bus, so they do make up a market, which is unusual given their absolute sizes. Some people could be motivated to move within, but we were more interested in the SHE crowd, rather than the seasonal red tide. ~ ~ The three ladies got off at the National Stadium, so they were there to watch football. We could do without them, since it is likely they will hold up the return trip as well. It must be the hype, or a case of people simply wanting to revisit the nostalgia before the distant and unfriendly-sounding "sports hub" rears its head. Then again, people only value objects just before their demises, and people and their respective relationships are no better. ~ ~ To cut a long story short, SHE performed very credibly, and belted out their signature numbers and some others ably. Fahrentheit was raw, as can be expected, and Stefanie was a welcome addition, with her raw energy. A snippet for people who do not know, Ella can really mimic Stefanie rather well. Given the crowd was mainly youth ladies below 20, I still did wonder why Fahrenheit was cheered so loudly, to the extent it seems to make SHE a little embarrassed with their previous receptions. Thank goodness it was remedied by the subsequent performances. To Fahrenheit's credit, the boyband phased themselves out rapidly, while my brother and I contemplated visiting the loos. I think many did the same, so we did not. Imagination is more important than mere words, so I took some pictures to ease my long windedness. ~ ~ Hebe on the drums (Selina's Latin number and Ella on piano [playing david tao's ai heng jian dan] are blurry so it is not bias I only decided to upload Hebe's). I think this is my best shot, but somehow it looks distorted after montage online. Stefanie as special guest. It should be a rendition of meng bu luo when this was taken. By the way, Stefanie does sound different on her live performances, where I think her pitching is slightly raised to accomodate the reverberations of the less than satisfactory sound system. ~ A sideshow was that geraldine shi, an alumni of campus superstar also sat around my area. Girls flocked up to geraldine when Fahrenheit was in action. I have no pictures for both of them. SHE and purple lights. Think they used almost all the colors of the rainbow as their limelights, but I am lazy to upload all of them (around 10 plus, and I think I am too stringent, deleting like close to 50 blurry pictures). The dramatic effect is nothing like Rain's (if reports are to be believed), but give me three singing gal gal, over over-pricing. Even Clapton only commanded $488 two weeks back. Good music>good pyrotechnics. SHE with cat mascots, which double up as air-cushioned seats. The cats are really cute, and probably in sync with Chinese New Year.Those ubiquitous zhao cai cats comes to mind. In any case, Selina is with the red cat, Ella is with the blue one and Hebe is with the yellow equivalent. Sort of representative, if you think about it. ~ ~ To be honest, it was a good performance, although they were a little nervous at the beginning. (Probably it was the nuan chang, so tempo had to be built gradually) Hebe has some problems with her pitching towards the end, which I think could be the strain of the performance. By comparison, Mayday had more groove but again, I am guilty of nitpicking and more pertinently, comparing apples and oranges. Going home was a disaster, as the lions somehow nicked a win against the tigers, after penalties. The timing must be kelonged, as both sets of audiences bottle-necked at the bus stops. We got on the first bus after half an hour of waiting (2350 hrs), being aided by many ladies who pushed us up inadvertantly. Good luck to the rest left behind, they probably could just hit the taxi stands, as the subsequent three to four stops had similarly large crowds. I wonder why the uncle I was chatting to, did not make the bus, despite the fact he was standing just beside me. He had more grace, it seems, despite lookingnice and comfy in singlets and shorts. I would favor his odds for a fight up the bus. I nudged my brother to keep his hands to himself, and mine to myself, as it was that crowded. Still we were packed within, and running into the MRT station was fruitless, as we just missed the last train service, 1 minute earlier. Fortunately the night rider was good to go, but the downside was that we spent 15 minutes walking home from a more distant stopover. At least it was a really cool, breezy walk to round up the day. weijie froze in time on 28.1.07

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