Aaron! Aaron!

The last time I watched Aaron Kwok live in concert was about 4 - 5 years ago, with Cardine. The husband (still boyfriend at that time) didn't managed to go to that one as he was doing his reservist at that time. So for last night's concert, he was all excited and looking forward to it.

Being kiasu Singaporeans, we decided to head off to the Singapore Indoor Stadium at 6 p.m. to avoid the traffic jam and also to get a good parking space. We arrived at about 6:20 p.m. and proceeded to look for a place for dinner. We ended up in Brewerkz, one of the few restaurants situated in the area.

The husband ordered the Brewerkz burger with cheddar cheese ($17.99), while I had the Sausages & Mash ($22.99), with the choice of a Bratwurst and garlic sausage. We also ordered a jug, yes, a jug of lime juice, which cost $14.99. We estimated it can be poured into about 5 individual glass, which if we got per glass would cost us $4.99 each.

The total bill came up to about $68.80 or so. A bit on the high side, but the food, we decided, was worth it. The ambience of the place was good, although the air-conditioning was not cooling enough. But the staff were friendly and helpful and the food was of the right proportion.

After answering nature's calls, we were all ready for the concert.

As with all his previous concerts, this one started with a bang too, with a fast-paced song, lots of dancing and colourful costumes. We got to sit much nearer to the stage this time (pity we didn't bring along a camera) compared to previous times, of course with higher priced tickets too. We were surprised to see quite a few middle-aged uncles and aunties, and I told the husband if we would still be getting tickets to watch Aaron Kwok if we were in our fifties. But by then, Aaron Kwok would be an old man in his seventies. Hah. Maybe no more dancing, but just plain singing, like what many of the older singers are doing now.

However, as the concert went on, the feeling that I had with the previous concerts were not there... something didn't click. The dancing was still fantastic, the costumes attention-grabbing and his body was still as sexy and hot. But the sound system wasn't good and Aaron Kwok didn't sound right. Ok, there was no doubt that the person standing on stage was the Hongkong star himself, but his singing was a little off. Maybe he was not feeling well, or maybe it had been too long since he had a 2.5 hours concert. The last concert he had was in 2005. Even he admitted that there was too long a break between concerts and he sounded weird.

But whatever it was, it was obvious that he had put in a lot of effort to this concert and I had a feeling that it would be a long long time, even more than 2 years, before I could see him live in concert again. The 42-year-old star himself mentioned that he would be taking a break from singing and concentrate on acting for now. His greatest wish is to have a musical of his own, which might take a few years to plan and put into action.

Though I had to admit that I was a little disappointed with the singing last night, I was still glad that I had attended the concert. This might well be the last concert he ever had in Singapore if he were to concentrate on acting from now on. But there is still always hope for another one... his musical, if ever he were successful in having one.