Macau concert. no pics or vids though. my home internet is cut, and my work PC doesn't even have a USB.
The concert didn't have any souvenirs!
Can't remember it well. Memorable stuff in point form:
1. Some guy found his friend was there, and they wanted to sit together.
So I swapped my middle-right seat to his exact-middle seat of the same row. Win/Win for both of us.
I kinda feel sorry though. I got an awesome centre view of the stage, where I could see all the action clearly... and google at Rena~
But Miichan was over the far right most of the time, and I would've been much closer if I kept the original seat.
2. I sat next to one of the biggest screamers/jumpers of the concert. cool.
Actually,
I WAS one of the biggest screamers/jumpers of the concert. Flicked my glowstick like a pro (hehe, amateur HK fans). Tiger, fire, cyber, fiber, diver, viper~ Ja Ja~ (at least that's what I read in one of the guys' cheat sheets)
3. AKB+SKE sang Aitakatta and River together at the start (MC said it was supposedly their first time singing those together, including japan. Aitakatta I doubt, but River probably). Aitakatta felt like it was sung like 3-4 times.
4. All the members had a try at introductions in cantonese/chinese. Most were ok! 2 or 3 were non-understandable, so we kinda just screamed in reply. But they tried.
Oya Shizuka scored major points by saying "Tonight, let us all Wey Way Wei" (have fun/go crazy). Honestly, I've never used that line in my entire life. Don't think I ever will either!
And congratulations in going overseas for the first time.
As for leadership roles, I think Moeno, Umechan and Jurina did a great job in keeping the ball rolling throughout the live.
5. Miichan/KitaRie/Jurina/Kumi doing Endroll.
Miichan's sudden cartwheel/flip was my high point of the concert.
6. Kasai and the Sato sisters (Amina + Suuchan) singing Candy. Death from overcuteness.
update: It was Komori, not Suuchan. sorz~
7. HR was the biggest crowd pleaser, with all the audience coming together and singing "I want you~~"
8. Kareha no Station
9. Two Roses = awesomezzz!!
10. Beginner started. Everyone went mad.
11. There were some mini-squabbles between the fanclubs. End of the day, it took a japanese fan to stand up, make everybody cool down, and have him lead the encore chants. Kinda funny when he stopped us and corrected us "Not Chuu, it's Chiyuu!"
12. 2 encores. Aitakatta + Ponytail sung at the end with pink 'I
Macau' shirts.
13. Concert lasted around 1.5 hours. And overall, it had a very fulfilling setlist.
I don't mind the collab. SKE sent in their main force, and it was great checking them out with their new single coming out. AKB didn't have the lucky 7, but I'm really happy they got Miichan over. She's one of the earliest members that I liked in AKB, and I feel lucky just to be able to see her perform.
14. I got seasick on the way back.
Also, a few hours ago I went to the HK AKB Shop for the handshake event.
The shop items didn't interest me very much, probably cos they're more girl-oriented. I wished the frame of the make-up mirror was for a photo frame. In the end I settled for an HK$80 Miichan flag.
I staged in my mind the night beforehand what I wanted to say. But the members turned out in the total opposite order from what I imagined.
It made me only say 'hello, thank you' to KitaRie and 'Chiyuu' to Kasai.
But I did get to say my broken japanese to Miichan:
"Miichan! Honto nee Daisuki~"
(translation = please be my waifu)
"Ko Le Ka La Mo, O En Shi Masu"
(translation = either "I'll be supporting you from now onwards" or "Miichan, please support me from now onwards". I'm hoping the first one)
So... yay! 2 fun days of AKB'ing~