LET'S GET WET

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On June 17th, 2009, my friend and I attended Raymond's concert at the Hong Kong coliseum. Oh right, and I bought his new CD right before the concert.

It was such an awesome experience because I haven't gone to a concert since 2004! Though I found it quite retarded that my friend who came along with me was an anti-Raymond person so she was being very annoying. (I only asked her to come along with me cuz all my Raymond fan friends were out of town. I even paid for half of her ticket 0_0") Enough about that, let me talk about the concert.

I sat at the green section; 17th row. It was actually quite a good spot because it was perfectly in the middle and I had awesome view of Raymond.
Now, most of you already know that Charmaine came to watch Raymond. But could you even imagine how ecstatic I was when I saw Charmaine walk in? I was screaming my head off and those people around me were just like.. jeez, what's wrong with this girl? I got so hyper that I kept snapping pictures nonstop. Unfortunately, because I snapped way too fast, the pictures all came out blurry.
This is the "clearest" one. I'm so sorry!

Beside Charmaine is her mom.

Here is another picture of them all seated down. The people are Charmaine Sheh, Charmaine's mom, (I don't know who), and Ron Ng. I also saw Mani when Charmaine came in but I have no idea where she sat. At the end of the show, I also saw Aimee Chan and Joyce Cheng leaving but they were not sitting in the front row. This makes me think that these two bought the tickets while the people in the front row, like Charmaine got the tickets for free. :) Notice that Charmaine has the best seat in the whole coliseum! It's front row and the middle-est.

From this image, you can see how many people were there!

The lights went out, people started shouting LAM FUNG, and he came out in his first outfit; silver! I thought it was a wonderful costume because the lighting was so cool. The lights kept changing colours and so did his outfit.






At some points in the concert, I was quite disturbed, haha. This one was one of them. There'll be more as you scroll down later.







See? Charmaine was so absorbed in watching Raymond that she was the only one in the front row to actually lean on the rails!



Haha, these two photos was a little disturbing too.

Oh, and look at this. Notice how throughout the concert, Raymond keeps singing in front of Charmaine. That part doesn't mean anything because that's probably all the work of the choreographer. However, it does once again prove that our dear Ray did save the best seat for Charmaine. Keep looking for those photos which show how Raymond keeps singing RIGHT IN FRONT of Charmaine!



Ray is so cute!!


And here: Charmaine is really supportive!! She leans on the rails and claps while Ray is singing! At one point, she even got up from her seat and clap plus shook her hips (kinda like she was dancing) to the music. But I don't have a picture of that because by then, my camera ran out of battery. Needless to say, I was PISSED.






Here's Ray welcoming his first guest: Vincy Chan!







And Raymond's next guest: Wong Cho Lam!


Another pair of guests: FAMA They were absolutely hilarious too!


Other guest stars included Miriam Yeung and Michael Tse.


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When Raymond started singing 換個方式愛你 (Loving you at another angle), he said he always cried when he sang this song.

Here are the lyrics:

換個方式愛你

沒有驚天動地 沒有掌聲贊美
Wasn't elaborate, didn't have any applause.
前路遙遠沒空氣 仍期望到最后會一起
The road ahead is far and without air, yet still wish that in the end we'll be together.
直到冰天絕地 亦會開遍薔薇
Until the world ends at ice age, yet there will still be blossoming flowers.
無望完美 回頭或有驚喜
No hope for perfection, if I return, there may be surprises.

傳說愛會成就勇氣 飛出去世界更旖旎
According to legend, love will become courage, flying and reaching out to the rest of the world.
行李載滿懷念幾重 總相信我會拿得起
Luggages filled with heavy memories, believing that I am capable of carrying it all.
曾抱過你然后兩臂 將一世記掛這滋味
Having hugged you in the past and then my shoulders will remember that taste forever.
請愛惜 愛惜你自己
Please take care...Take care of yourself.

若隔開天共地 換個方式愛你
If we're separated by the sky and floor, Let me love you at another angle.
停住時間或空氣 原來合上眼就會一起
Stopping time or air, Closing eyes will bring us together.
做最好的夢寐 預最傷的結尾
Having the best dreams, predicting the hurtful ending.
長夜流過 從頭在記憶中 碰上你
The long night slips by, Once again, in my memories, I meet you.

若隔開天共地 換個方式愛你
If separated by the sky and floor, Let me love you at another angle.
停住時間或空氣 原來合上眼就會一起
Stopping time or air, Closing eyes will bring us together.
做最好的夢寐 預最傷的結尾
Having the best dreams, predicting the hurtful ending.
從未忘記 從前在記憶中 吻過你
Never forget you. In the past memories, I have kissed you.

(*The lyrics were translated quite rush-ly because I don't exactly have the time. Still, they bring out the basic meaning of the song)

Anyway, I was just wondering why Raymond would cry when he sang this song. So, I decided to analyze the lyrics. According to Raymond, he hasn't dated in the past 10 years or since he's been in the industry. Something in me tells me it's not true. Here's my "CharRay based thought".
I think Ray is crying because this is related to his own relationship. Assuming that he and Charmaine is dating/ or dated... Because both of them are artistes, they can't have an open relationship. So, they probably did an underground relationship.
Hence no one knows, and therefore,

沒有驚天動地 沒有掌聲贊美
Wasn't elaborate, didn't have any applause.

They don't know what the entertainment industry will hold for them and neither do they know what the audience will say if they ever get exposed.

前路遙遠沒空氣 仍期望到最后會一起
The road ahead is far and without air, yet still wish that in the end we'll be together.

They might have broken up or are experiencing problems because of all the pressure they're experiencing. So, if they can't be open about the relationship, because the public audience doesn't even relate them together.. they can love each other another way.

若隔開天共地 換個方式愛你
If we're separated by the sky and floor, Let me love you at another angle.

No matter what happens, they love each other. So whether they separate or not, their memories will stay.

從未忘記 從前在記憶中 吻過你
Never forget you. In the past memories, I have kissed you.


Great, now that I'm imagining this melodramatic scene, I feel like I'm going to cry as well :(

Anyway, at the Raymond concert, I took 1400+ photos but I seriously can't sit in front of my MacBook all day and upload stuff. Technology hates me and I'm not gonna mess with fate. If I have time, I'll upload more. If not, I won't have time until the end of August.

This is probably my last "long" post for a while as I'm leaving Hong Kong on Monday (june 22) to Vancouver for my summer holiday. I'll be visiting Toronto and Seattle as well for the next few months. I'll be back in HK in time for school at the end of August so I'll be quite busy visiting my childhood friends, family, and shopping :) Of course, I"ll still have internet and I'll continue to read the C-box once in a while, but I'll be pretty busy. Hope you guys enjoyed this post.


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