jamie cullum

it's past 1am on a weeknight. why am i still wide awake?

well, i just got home about half an hour ago. should have taken the airport express instead of the slow boat to china. shouldn't have minded the $60 fare. but that's a totally different issue.

anyhow, came back from the fantastic concert of jamie cullum. i must confess, i decided to watch the concert with a friend with a bit of hesitation.

you see, jamie cullum isn't one of those artists that i would kill just to see perform - unlike, say, john mayer. and apart from twentysomething, i haven't really listened much to his other two albums. so i felt a bit "unfamiliar" with a lot of his songs.

but it's been a while since i last saw a concert so what the heck. and i wasn't disappointed.

some say that his live performances are bad 'cause they're rough. but i must say, it's rough because it's raw - unpolished and without frills.

without a set playlist nor props - oh, and with a grande can of beer - jamie cullum was as raw as he can get. and it's something that i truly enjoyed. he improvised. he adlibed. he was hyper. he rocked - big time!

although the concert was at a large venue. he treated it as though he was just performing at a small lounge. he was intimate with his audience, and made sure we all enjoyed the concert.

so the "main" part of the show ended a little over an hour after the show started. but the best has yet to come. i actually felt his encore was the real concert.

while encores of other artists last for only one or two songs. his was i think three songs with loads of adlibs that stretched the encore to a good 20 minutes or more.

he just let loose. enjoyed the moment. made people stand up, get close to the stage (freaking security i bet), dance, and simply have fun.

it was sooo worth the money - and the exhausting trek to asiaworld expo and back.

screwed-up weather

the weather these past two weeks has been dreary! it sucks!

and it's starting to affect my mood sanity. i'm feeling awful and gloomy. i actually feel depressed.

being bogged down - almost - by flu (a bad sore throat is all that's left now) didn't help either.

bright sun-shiny days, where are you???