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The Softhard Concert of 2006 seems to be a very hot topic these days here in good ol’ HK, and most of the feedback (usually via Friendster blogs) from my fellow friends from friendster seems to be quite positive.  Here are some of the points that make me wonder

1.  I think the concert is good, but they are never good in singing

2.  I think their jokes are good, but I can find Seinfeld to be much better

3.  The stuff that they are doing are the stuff that they have done from years ago

4.  If you notice the guest they are bringing up, those are people from years ago (I went to the one with Leon Lai, haha)

Now then how come the feedbacks are extremely positive then?  I think the reason why it is so good (just my point of view) is not because of the jokes, not because of the style, and definitely not because of the singing.  The explanation to the excellence is their ability to bring back the audience’s teenage memories.  A good example is the list of guest that they are bring in, such as Leon Lai, Andy Lau, Jackie Cheung, Leo Koo, and etc.  Those are the popstars that have filled up our brains back in the days of the 90’s (oh, my civic days).

I personally think Jan and Eric have done an excellent job on the arrangements.  I also think that amongst all the 90’s artists who have done a concert recently, they are the best group for doing this “bring back the past” theme (I have only gone to this group’s concert, so I could be biased), and they definitely deserves a big thumbs up. 

As mentioned before, not only they can bring back our memories for Softhard, but also the memories for other stars, which arrives to a point where I have to say that I think it is a pity (almost frustrated) that they are unable to get Faye Wong on the stage (at least to my knowledge, but shit, if they do in any concert in the future, I will definitely get tickets for it, no matter the cost, muahhahaha).  This feeling of pity leads me to have a sudden urge to listen to a few of Faye Wong’s old song. 

I have been tracking down some of the songs, well, actually, almost all albums of Faye Wong for a while.  I found that some of it still sounds pretty decent, and everytime I listen to it, it’ll kicks back the memories; it also makes me feel somewhat weird,  I don’t know how to put it in words (perhaps my fellow friendster friends can help me out here), but somewhat like déjà vu of the past.

When i mixed together that strang feeling along with all the things that happened recently, I have come up with a conclusion, that is, I can actually feel, (although I have always know that this is the fact, but have never actually “feel” it) that gosh, we are growing up.

I do think that sometimes we do need to sit down with old friends and refresh the past so that we can treasure the present (like the Softhard Concert for Jan and Eric, but of course all this could just be nothing but a money making scheme), because there are some past that we can have it again, but there are some that we cannot (like Softhard singing with Faye Wong).  And that, is what makes me think I’m getting old……. or at least, I have to get older. 

It is also somewhat funny because at least now I know why parents always like to listen to their oldies songs and sit around with friends and talk nothing but the past.

Oh, and also, there is another important note; it is just as important that at the same time to look forward enough so that when the next meeting comes up, the topic of discussion won’t be THAT boring!!!!!! (especially in front of our next generations, because kids always thinks their parents are dumb talking about the same shit over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, I do that myself.)

Hope this sounds right.

-byue

have been thinking a lot recently, especially with my new job.  Am I slowly moving away from the dream that I’m chasing, in which that was the reason why I came back to HK in the first place?  Of course I am learning new things everyday in my in new career path, and hopefully mixing with what I know is going to help me to get somewhere.

I guess I have to be responsible for choosing the wrong job in the beginning and accept the fact that I could have been in a better path.  And yes, I have been angry, very very angry.

I really respect those who have come through hard times and achieve what they want to do, perhaps I’m just not focus enough on what I want leading to my current situation, where I know a little bit of everything but nothing ever came through.

I always have this idea that everybody is a human being, how come others can do it and I can’t, now I realize, yes, there is just something you just CAN’T achieve, at least not in a quick pace.

A big Thank You to all my close friends and relative who have stood by me all this times, perhaps it is time to leave the shelter of my relatives and head out.  And for all those who said "Brian you’re getting there", Thank You but sorry I have to say, I’m still very far from "there".

Looking through some of my friend’s via friendster friend’s list, and with all the photos that they have posted and how they have changed and all that.

I have come up with a conclusion …………………..

I’m standing quite still and my life is quite fuckin’ boring .  Need to fill up my "interesting" meter.

Efforts put in hopes and dreams are never wasted, getting the results is actually a bonus, and should always appreciate the experience gained during the process.

Spending twice the effort = have twice the fun.

With the above in mind, it would be easier to hold on to your goals and dreams.

Just went to Sandy Lam’s concert, it was one of the best I have been so far.  Bring back memories from high school when she had her "Wildflower" Album.

I don’t even know why I started this blog, I don’t even have much to say anyways, but oh well, just following all the others who started their own blog, monkey see monkey do, that’s me. 

Hope I will have something meaningful to say in the future…….not just crap…..