Yesterday evening as I was driving out to TST, I couldn't help but be distracted by the beautiful sight of the moon. I haven't seen it so bright, so full and seemingly so close for a very long time. It was breathtaking. Fittingly, this 15th day of the Lunar new year is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day which also officially marks the end the lunar new year celebrations. No more laisee giving until next year.
So in anticipation of this "date night" a couple of weeks ago, Hubby arranged to get tickets for the "Alan Tam & Hacken Lee" concert playing at the revamped Hong Kong Coliseum. I was not so keen as I envisioned how much work our Helper would be lumbered with if I was not around for the evening routine. But what the heck it's not as if we have an evening out every day/ week or month for that matter. I know I need to make my husband the priority more often.
As the concert started at 8.15pm I had an frenetic adrenaline filled afternoon, escorting my daughter to her ballet class and back, entertaining energy bunny O for an hour whilst the Helper walked the dogs early and fried some rice for dinner. Ballet class was late out which meant we didn't make it home until 6.20pm whereby I quickly bathed A and did dinner with her before dashing out of the door at 7.15pm (not before forgetting my ticket and having to go back for it though), leaving my Helper just to feed and bathe O and putting both kids to bed.
Cantopop concerts are always broad in their appeal because HK is just too small in order to entertain a niche selection of the population and make a decent living. Last night's concert was no exception, there were at least 2 toddler aged children in my immediate vicinity (we had excellent row 4 seats) who both had complete meltdowns by about 10pm. One set of parents left with their child at this stage, whilst the other mum was still bouncing her visibly tired and upset child on her knee enthusiastically to the beat of the music at 11.15pm. The oldest was an 85 year old spirited lady who proudly announced her age into the microphone. She was enjoying herself immensely.
So despite Alan Tam (a cantopop superstar, with a career spanning 40 odd years whose prime was probably during the 80s and 90s) being 60+ yr old and Hacken Lee (a very effortlessly good singer with an excellent voice, but whom never had huge commercial success) about 40ish the concert still took me by surprise.
Here were the predictable bits:- sparkly, crystal encrusted costumes, young energetic beautiful dancers, good selection of classic songs, guest appearances, free inflatable plastic clappers and a good band.
The more eye-opening elements were:- topless, bodybuilding posing by the 2 stars who had both spent 3 months with a personal trainer getting fit, laisee collecting from the audience (proceeds of which go to the Sichuan Earthquake charities), big flat screen panels around the stage which flashed up lyrics for the benefit of Alan Tam who is notorious for forgetting them (even his own songs), fireworks, and let's not forget the dance routines which included hip hop, street, modern, marching band majorettes, raunchy lithe gyrating and 2 pole dancers. Excellent family show. Oh and the sponsor of the concerts was oddly the "HK 2009 East Asian Games".
It was not a brilliant show but entertaining nonetheless, me & Hubby were unashamedly dancing out of our seats. So yes, we've become the embarrassing set of parents who think they still look cool dancing.
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