A few weeks earlier Rain had a concert in HK, and I was fortunate enough to have 2 free tix for it. So why would I like Rain though, you may ask? He's suppose to appeal to girls! Well yes, the people attending the concert were 80% girls... but nevertheless I admire him as a performer. He is one helluva dancer, and his is more entertaining to watch than pretty much anything local HK "singers" can put together.
The lucky person I brought with me is my very good friend, who is a Rain nut. Now here's the twist: she is also a journalist, and at the night of the concert, she had actually registered herself for a press pass! So our plan was to see if we can first get in as the press (which we assumed would be better seats), and if not we'll use my tickets.
As we got there, what happened was that since she only pre-registered for herself, only one press ticket was issued. But after some debating back and forth with the organizers, we were advised that I had the option to pose as a photographer for the 1st 3 songs! So that was the change of plan: we'd split up for 3 songs seeing where we end up, and return to our original seats thereafter.
My Press Pass!!
After being led in, I ended up right by the stage, where all the other film crews are! So yah, I was literally standing in front of all those poor people who payed HK$1000 for their concert tickets (hehehe). Meanwhile my friend had pretty good seats herself, and was sitting just behind Karen Mok (for those who know her). The speakers were booming and I was shaking so I didn't manage to take any good pictures, but here's the video to his opening that I uploaded to YouTube.
We returned to our cheapy sponsor seats after and enjoyed the rest of the concert there. Needless to say it was a super fun night, and special thanks to my friend for being such a great partner-in-crime. Sadly she has since moved on to Shanghai to further pursue her career, so I will dedicate this post to her. Best of luck in SH!
