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Through the viewfinder

Happy New Year to all and anyone who reads my humble blog. Once again we have entered the beginning of a new year, one that we all hope will bring better tidings for everyone.

As usual there were count down events all over the state of Penang last night, I decided to go check out the concert at Queensbay Mall as Power Station was coming to perform. Well my main purpose was not to go countdown, but more towards shooting the concert, and besides, I missed the past year’s concert which I think featured more interesting celebrities, not that the celebrities who came last night aren’t interesting.

Action!

Traffic was really bad when nearing Queensbay, in the end I had to park at Gold Coast and walk over to the stage area, which was already packed with people. Though I was pretty surprised that it was not all that packed as there was still breathing space in between, guess Penangites don’t like to cramp up together eh? I suppose it was due to this that I managed to make my way all the way to the front of the stage, although my angle was kinda blocked by the huge woofers. Standing in front of the huge woofers was quite difficult in the beginning as you could feel the vibrations reaching all the way to your heart, talk about power. But as I got used to it, there was eventually not much feeling at all.

Due to my late arrival, the first performance I saw was by Man Hand (honestly no idea who they are), which was interesting as all the members were bald, even the female member! Their songs were quite upbeat and energetic, not bad for a local group.

Sing with me

Next up was Tank, from Taiwan I think. Young ‘entau ba’ type who gets the girls all ecstatic at the wave of his hand. At least his songs aren’t half bad, quite enjoyed his songs actually, and he does talk and reminicise a lot.

Power Station

The final act was by none other than Power Station!! Saving all the power for last I suppose, the duo did not talk much other than spouting a few Malay phrases, some weren’t too appropriate though, I mean ‘Selamat Hari Raya’? The crowd was all silent when he said that, I guess it’s better than everyone bursting out laughing eh. Brush up on your Malay and get it right next time dude. A very nice performance by them nonetheless.

The crowd goes wild

After which was the count down, 20 seconds followed by 8 minutes of fireworks. Maybe it’s the distance or the type of fireworks they used, but it just did not look great at all, it was equally as bad during the Merdeka celebration. After which was almost an hour’s jam before I reached home, bidding farewell to the year 2009.

The countdown begins

Happy New Year 2010!!

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