A Piece Of Summer II, Hong Kong

Alright, I happened to visit Hong Kong in mid october and got the chance to attend Cheer's APOSII hong kong concert during my stay.  If I did not blog about it I guess it will be kinda wasted right??

 

Very well done first segment.  Piano duet & descending like a "godness" 

I think rearranged versions of Sentimental Kills and 旅行的意義 were the best performed songs

I attended the second session on 16th October(which was a Saturday).  The venue, Starhall@HITEC, Kowloon Bay, was quite a ulu place hahaha...  I met up with my HK-based SG friend and together with my mum, the 3 of us took a cab there.  This time round, my friend managed to get us seats at row 10 but unfortunately they were on the extreme left.  Surprisingly, it turned out to be not to bad as I managed to snap photos that were even better than Taipei's concert - Moral of the story, it is ok if you are seated at the side, but distance to the stage is very important.  Grab rows as close to the stage as possible!!!

 

She is really charming and cool when she strums her guitars.

 

Yet she can also be very artistic and peaceful

 

Or just sweet and simple

 

Or rocker style together with Tiger

I will not elaborate on the concert segments as they were pretty much the same as the Taipei's one.  The only BIG difference was that the Hong Kong Fans were super HIGH and ONz!!  I thought I enjoyed the Hong Kong Concert way much more than the Taipei one.  I would also say that Cheer's performance was better too!!  In Taipei, as it was the first performance, Cheer sounded quite nervous during the first few songs; The audience were super quiet and obedient during the first half of the concert as they did not know what to expect so most of them just enjoyed quietly.  But for Hong Kong, Cheer was already seasoned with APOSII and I guessed alot of people would have know what to expect from watching online youtube clips and photos from the concert.  The best part - There's basically no restriction during the concert and I snapped photos from the 1st min to the 190th min (non-stop but got quality control). 

 

 

Beautiful backdrop projection and lightings

As everyone was happily enjoying and taking photos, I managed to take my time to adjust the exposure and compositions of my shots manually(and happily).  I would say I enjoyed taking photos very much while still being able to enjoy Cheer's performance.  The guys seated at my area were super ONz and basically all the 4 ENCORES were initiated from our side.   Everyone stood up at the PB zone from song #8(the closet song with wings!) onwards and we barely sit down much after that hahahaah.. 

Of course the most happy thing was I got to listen to Cheer's new song "蜉蝣"(mayfly), 小小校歌 & 讓我想一想(unplugged version), which I did not get to do so in Taipei!!!  So even if you thought that the encores were sort of "expected" in one way or another, whatever songs Cheer decides to sing depends greatly on her mood and the audiences' reaction - I would say that Cheer was very HIGH that night.  She talked alot during the Encores and best of all impromptu decided to perform 蜉蝣 and 讓我想一想!!! That's what most sessions did not get (especially 讓我想一想 - so far I think she only sang that in the last taiwan session at Taichung).   I would say it was really a great enjoyment to be able to watch her concert again - Even my mum was mesmerized and so impressed that she wanted to rewatch it in Singapore!!

I will be looking forward to Nov 13th, the Singapore one.  Hopefully it will not disappoint me hahaha...

Songlist for APOSII, HK 16th October 2nd day.

Part 1

小塵埃(with ukulele) 狂戀(Piano duet with George Chen) 嫉妒 慢慢長夜 靜靜生活 sentimental kills(New arrangement) 旅行的意義(demo new arrangement) 太多 躺在你的衣櫃 飄著(Faith Yang’s song) 魚

Part 2

越洋電話 after17 表面的和平 la vie en rose(ukulele solo)

Part 3
一起去巴黎 下午三點(percussion performance) 1234567(with band members) 女明星(downstage)

Part 4
吉他手(guitar heroes II) 最初的起點 讓我想一想
Encore
慢歌1 太聰明 旅行的意義(機車帽version)

Encore 1
小小校歌 告訴我(Premium zone audience area piano solo) 微涼的你

Encore 2
天天想你 蜉蝣(ukulele)

Encore 3
距離 讓我想一想(unplugged guitar version)