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Monday, February 16, 2004
salute to mr. levine and mr. mayer!

last saturday. went to vancouver. saw the concert. maroon 5 and john mayer. met her and her brother. had a great time.

you get the point, right?

i was hesitate before, for i don't know where to stay. thanks god i could stay at one of my friends' apartment and didn't miss the fun. took the 11 am bus from victoria to swartz bay, took the 1 pm ferry to tsawassen, took the 3 pm bus to downtown vancouver, took another bus at 5.30 pm to pacific coliseum, boy that was a long and tiring trip. but it's worth while.

when i arrived at pacific coliseum and collected my tickets, i couldn't believe my eyes. that day was valentine's day, yes, and couples were everywhere! so while cuddles, hugs and liplocks are all over the place, i just had to enjoy the concert alone while grunting on how long distance relationship sucks. (hun, if you read this, i miss you so much!). but well, i won't let that thought ruin the night, so i queued happily until they let us in and searched for my seat. lucky i got it at row 18 of section b, i could see everything clearly. after i bought myself some snacks and drink, i finally met this girl, whose brother is my elementary school friend. and she's fun!

then at 7.30 the opening act started, it was maroon 5. seriously, they were great! i knew that i like their songs, but i never realize how good they are after i saw them performing live! they've done really well on combining the rock, pop, and blues sounds into their songs.too bad they only performed for about 45 minutes, for i expected them to play all of their songs from their album songs about jane. nevertheless, they performed really well, and they didn't miss the songs that i like: this love, sunday morning, she will be loved, the sun, etc. the guitar was great, the drum was great, the vocal was particularly great, heck, everything was great!

john mayer himself got to the stage after about 15 minutes break, gave us hints that he is the star of the night. i thought he would play most of his songs from heavier things, his second album, but no, he played a fair amount of songs from his first album room for squares, thank you very much. boy, he was really good! he made lines between the songs on the night's theme, valentine's, but didn't end up corny. he didn't try hard to look and act cool, he just played his songs because he's good at it. now that's what i call a true performer! i mouthed almost all of the lyrics, some girls were actually staring at me several times, heheh, but whatever. i shouted a lot especially when he played no such thing, why georgia, my stupid mouth, only heart, bigger than my body, and my favourite, '83, that i almost lost my voice after the show. all in all, it was a very entertaining show, everyone seemed to be happy and pleased at the end.

great time, yes. but where were you after the show, nique? i tried to look for you and rene but you were nowhere. next time i go to vancouver, we'll meet again, ok?


# | posted by emil @ 2/16/2004 08:14:00 p.m. |