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Went to Jay Chou's concert at the Indoor Stadium with Qing and the husband on Friday. Car parks nearby were all full and the area outside the Indoor Stadium was filled with people. At first glance, you might even wonder if the Indoor Stadium could actually hold all these people. I wondered if it was the same for Jacky Cheung's concerts.

Anyway, we reached the Indoor Stadium about 8pm, after we finally found a parking lot at the National Stadium car park. There was a long queue to get in, and luckily we didn't have to wait long as the queue moved fast. After paying $3 for a cup of regular-sized iced-lemon tea, we finally got to our seats and waited for the concert to start.

Comparing to the Aaron Kwok's concert we went to a few months ago, the atmosphere was completely different. Oh, it also happened to be the singer's 29th birthday on Friday. No doubt there was excitement and anticipation for both, but the air for Jay Chou's concert was super-duper hyper. It was like a hyper-active child, with an endless amount of energy, which didn't diminish one bit for the whole of 2.5 hours. I guess it was due to the huge number of teenagers, compared to the fans of Aaron Kwok, who may be a little older.

Highlight of the concert? Hmmm.... or should I say highlights? It could be the time when he emerged on a platform playing on a transparent grand piano and singing, or it could be when he and one of his guest playing a powerful duet on their individual grand pianos, or when Chow Yun Fatt and Jacky Cheung appeared on the background video during one of his songs, with the latter singing a short verse, or when Jay Chou tried to dance but looked stiff and awkward, or it could also be when he played the drums, guzheng and electric guitar, or maybe the 2 encores, which were full of energy and obviously prepared.

It was definitely worth the one whole hour I spent in front of the computer, trying to book the tickets online.

The only tiny regret I had was that we didn't managed to capture Jay Chou's performances on using the different musical instruments, especially when he was playing the piano, which were Qing and my favourite parts of the show.