Maydaymania - Best Fans

I just attended the F1 Rocks, which featured the Asian Pop stars, namely Da Mouth, Sodagreen, A-Mei and Jacky Cheung.

I do not know what was wrong with the audience. How can they not be moved by the music? Especially the heart-thumping numbers!!!

After the concert, I remembered an article which commented that Mayday fans were the most awesome lot! Yes, the Mayday fans are truly the best! They really know how to enjoy a concert. They can sing along to almost all their songs, dance, jump and scream their lungs out!!!

It also seemed the most of the audience were at F1 Rocks mainly to see Jacky Cheung. I know he is a fantastic performer and singer, but, as audience, we should also give our support to other performing artists such as Da Mouth and Sodagreen.

Personally, I think the best performers are probably Da Mouth and Sodagreen. Sodagreen's sound system was down during one of their numbers and they had to stop their show while the technical crew fixed the problem. Da Mouth and Sodagreen were more sincere and put in their best, despite knowing that most of the audience were there to see Jacky Cheung. A-mei is good, as expected, Nothing to complain, really.

I am proud to admit I am there to see Sodagreen and Da Mouth and seeing A-Mei and Jacky Cheung are like a bonus to me. At least, for the show tonight. Jacky Cheung reminded me very much of Adam Lambert, the runner of last season's American Idol, which saw Kris Allen as the eventual winner.

So, not everyone can be a rocker. Jacky can sing very well, but rock is not his forte.

Rock is best left to Mayday, who are the ones who can do justice to rock music!

All the Best to Mayday for their 4 days concert at Taipei Arena!!!!!

I will update again after the F1 race.

Meantime, have a good weekend!

Maydaymania - more favourite clips found on youtube

Ashin thanking the sponsors.Quite a funny clip.

Another funny clip of Ashin talking some stuff before sing this very jazzy version of 《恋爱-ING》.

Another song which I never thought Mayday will sing. I like this song very very much!

Enjoy all clips!

Maydaymania - Favourite YouTube Clips of MayDay D.N.A concerts in Singapore

《明白》, a song which I never thought Mayday will sing at the concert.
《拥抱》, a song which always melts my heart TOTALLY!!!! Thanks to youtube, I can always have this concert version.


《爱情的摸样》, another song, which I did not expect them to sing. Love it!

《I LOVE YOU 无望》, this is one of the few Hokkien ballad which I really really love!!!
As for the fast numbers, one will have to be at the concert to truly appreciate them strumming their strings away or drumming wildly or singing into a state of trance!

Simply speechless concerts!!! 8.28 and 8.29 will now have special meanings... ....

MayDaymania - Scrapbooking

This accordin album was made using Maya Road Accordin Chpbaord Album. Patterned Paper: American Carft. Photos were taken from BinMayDay 的相簿PIXNET。

Yes, after the first concert, I managed to find some nice pictures of the MayDay Singapore concert and used them to make an accordin album as a Christmas present for my friend - B. She was very happy. And of course, every now and then, she will receive either a MayDay themed scapbooking related work or some Mayday related item as birthday/Christmas present. I am glad that she has not complained abit.

This year, Xiu, B and later, Juan will all receive a MayDay themed mini album. Hopefullly, this mini album will help to capture the memories of that much enjoyable concert, which we attended in January, 2009. Everyone's mini album is a bit different because of the journalling and depending on the materials I have at hands at the time of making the album. Shown in the blog is the album meant for B.

Some glimpses of that album -

Thanks for looking!

Maydaymania - 《五月天离开地球表面》极限大碟

Mayday doing an online interview with the crowd at Bishan Junction 8, the Outdoor Plaza. This was an event for pre-ordering their 2007 JUMP World Tour concert CD or CD+DVD. They release this compilation just weeks before their sold-out 3 days flagship concerts at Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan. One lucky audience who was also at this launch event got to walk away with a pair o all-expense-paid trip to see them at Taipei Arena. Lucky!!!

I got the compilation with the septia tone.

For most who do not know that little bit about me not liking Mayday initially, one may think that I am a huge/number 1/die-hard/hardcore fan of Mayday. Yes, who have guessed that I got addicted to them only in 2007! Even I find if difficult to convince myself that I am a MayDay fan now.

I must admit that I was one of those in the crowd who was so moved by their concert that I nearly cried. Strange right? Especially when their last song was a medley of their own number and one of Hong Kong's rock band Beyond's " Paradise". Strangely enough, I could sing Paradise much better than their other song in the medley - 《倔强》.

Anyway, what happened after the concert was a rapid addiction to their works as well as catching up on their latest activities and news online and on any media, be it magazines or tv or online. When I found out the so-called fan club in Singapore, I even emailed the president of the fan club to find out more about their club.

And while listening to the radio, I heard about them launching a CD compilation of their JUMP concert songs. Just a compilation of some of the songs sung at the concert! I got so excited that I went to the shop to pre-order it immediately. And when the announcement of their online video conference was released, I asked Juan if she was interested to go to Junction 8 at Bishan to attend the event. Juan is truly the Monster of our gang. She gladly accepted the invitation.

So, about one month later, Juan and I attended the launch, laughed at the clips shown, talked about their works, took some very shaky pictures of video conference, trying to look for our faces when the organiser released clips of their concert in Singapore and of course, while neither of us was lucky enough to win the all-expense paid trip to Taipei, both of us got a copy of their 《知足》 KTV compilation VCD and a mouse pad of their “Born to Love" mouse pad. Juan was very very very sweet because she gave the mouse pad to B!!!

Of course, I was very happy.

If there is one thing to make me truly happy, that will be to attend a Mayday concert with friends and fellow MayDay fans. Now, I must find a boyfriend who will be willing to either attend or support me to attend the MayDay concerts.

I am MayDay crazy!

MayDaymania - JUMP离开地球表面

Picture taken on Saturday, 2nd June 2007, Singapore Expo. using an Olympus miu300 digital camera with 3X optical zoom. Mayday thanking the fans after their last song for the night.

When I told my other friends and family that I would be attending my very first Mandarin concert, everyone was shocked! Firstly, they had never expected that I would ever attend a Mandarin concert. Secondly, they thought that I only attend Classical concerts at the Esplanade. Thirdly, they felt that I was more of a musical fan rather than one who would spend money on what they believed to be a "waste-money" kind of concert. Forth, they did not believe that I liked Rock.

Prior to this concert, I was like many of my "non-MayDay" fan friends ,who believed that MayDay concerts and alike were meant for the not-so-well-educated, the young teenagers who enjoyed chasing their idols round the island and that it was a money-making concert.

Of course, I was thorougly wrong. This concert had made me addicted not only to their songs and the band, but had taught me much as well.

I was re-doing a module when I attended their concert. Before the start of the concert, I was very disappointed, sad and angry for not doing well for the module and had to retake to module from January 2007 till May2007. I had studied very hard for the module but somehow, when the result was released a week before the concert, I was devasted that I only had a passing grade, which indicated that it was not good enough to go through to the next stage. This also meant another meeting with the professors in school the Tuesday after the MayDay concert.

I know, to attend a MayDay concert under such circumstances was terribly unbearable. I was on the verge of not attending the concert. I was very moody, aimless and basically, unable to be sort out my thoughts. I just felt, that's it, I was not going to make it to the next stage of my course and I had not only failed myself and those who support me morally, but had also embarrassed myself terribly. I know it is dumb to to equate academic achievements to career achievements, but, I am stuggling to tell myself not to think as such like the other foresightless colleagues.

My colleagues were starting to count down to the days when the five of us were going to attend a concert together as friends. I did not know if they had any expectations but I certainly did not have any. For me, it was just an experience to enhance my music exposure. I had gone to K lunch at K Box, probably one or two weeks before the concert to familarize myself with MayDay's works, played the 知足compilation a couple of times, and then looked at the lyrics of the compilation on the afternoon of the concert.

My family was very sure that I was not going to enjoy myself. They were very sure that I was going to go home and complained. They were very sure there was no way I was going to like MayDay because I had never ever show signs of liking them. Some of my friends were also confident that there was no way I was going to like them.They thought that I was going to the concert because my other friends were going, so, I had decided to tag along. I was sure the concert would end exactly two hours later, which was ten, whether they were going to start on time or not. So, I would not have trouble going home after the then "much dreaded" concert.

And so, we arranged to meet at Bedok Interchange to have a quick dinner and then, B's sister's friend would drive us all to Singapore Expo. We chitchat, took some pictures of ouselves while on the van. B and her sister had earlier attended their mini showcase, so, was looking forward to their L.O.V.E mass exercise.

I was still abit moody but the excitment was slowly creeping in. When we reached Singapore Expo, I started to get excited. I remembered taking pictures of ouselves because it was our first concert together as friends and it was a Mandarin concert. Juan and S already knew what to expect from Mayday while I was busy telling them that I would be going to the loo when their special guest was singing. Juan was speculating who their special guest would be when I asked her if there was going to be one.

Around 8:24pm, the concert started with some screening and then a movie clip. Suddenly, all the fans were on their feet when MayDay appeared and their lead singer sang the first line. Although a novice to a rock concert, I was on my feet too and I remembered telling B while they were halfway through their first song, that we had to get the front seats should they come back for another concert!!! It was not even half way through the concert when I said that. I also wished time would stop that night. The concert ended at around 1120pm.

I could remembered vividly that it was a concert that was very enjoyable. Throughout the concert, S and I were discussing the various songs and telling each other which were the songs we had sang at the karaoke session and why did some of the songs had lyrics which was about buying a cup of orange juice. An eyeopener indeed. My throat was hoarse from all the sing-a-longs and shouting. My arm was aching as a result of waving my "light sabre" and my legs were tired for standing almost throughout the concert.

The band did not stop until halfway through the concert when Ashin introduced the band to the audience. At that time, I really, really liked Monster. I also thought that Masa and I looked quite alike, except that I am fatter and am a girl. The strangest thing was that I was able to tell S that 《离开地球表面》 was a song written specially for the concert. Never mind how I knew it. I remembered jumping when Ashin cued us all for a jump. It was like a mass disco party!

And then, there was the much awaited L.O.V.E mass "exercise". The crowd went wild and mad as almost everyone was on their feet to do their L.O.V.E!!! I think we were all very happy and excited. 《终结孤单》was another song which saw the crowd went wild.

There were many Hokkien songs being sung but I really did not know the songs as all except for 《志明与春娇》. As for the Chinses songs, I could only remember the following being sung:

《拥抱》，《离开地球表面》，《为爱而生》，《最重要的小事》，《人生海海》，《终结孤单》，《香水》，《孙悟空》and 《恋爱 I-N-G>。 I really cannot remember what other numbers were being performed. I remembered the band telling the crowd that the Expo was too small a venue for their concert and that they would like to return to Singapore every year to do a concert, but at Indoor Stadium and then it was time to bring down the roof of Expo. So, I was thinking to myself, it will be a while before they return to Singapore for another show. I was speculating maybe another 18 months later.

To my delight, I did not have to wait so long to see them again.

As we had all missed the last train back to City, the rest of us decided to have supper. It was the first time I had supper, the Hong Kong yum cha type. It reminded me of the time I was studying in Melbourne, Australia and Saturday nights were always filled with activities such as walking to the casino to eat.

After that night, I felt better, and more confident to face each day. Regardless of whatever challenges faced, I am sure that there will be ways to overcome them. Their songs have truly inspired me and I am able to handle much problems, whether successful or not is another story.

Let me just say that their songs have given me strength to move on and look forward to each day with much optimism. I am now much happier and despite the fact that there are many difficulties and challenges to face everyday, I have also learn to accept and overcome them with more positivity.

The most obvious change in me after the concert is that I have become addicted to Mayday concerts. While their albums are fantastic, their concerts are simply, more than words can describe. Whether they are truly the Beatles of Asia, I am not sure, but to crown them either the Beatles of Mandarin Rock, they truly deserve it!

MayDay Rocks!!!

MayDaymania - 知足

One month earlier, I did not know any of MayDay's works except for 《孙悟空》，《恋爱 - ING》， 《为爱而生》and 《我有初恋了》. And then, I would be off to catch my first MayDay's concert on Saturday, 2nd June 2007. But I needed to know more their works, so, I bought their 《知足》 compilation, consisiting of songs from their fifth album, Hokkien songs and some other new songs.

This was my first MayDay's album. And with one karaoke session so that I would know more of their works, I had yet to listen to the CD compilation. I thought that Mayday concert would only last for at most two hours. I did not know what to expect for a MayDay concert. I was not ready. I just thought they would sing most of the songs from their latest album, so, I asked B to lend me the album so that I would know the songs.

Let me just say that after what I thought was a good preparation to seeing their concert, I was completely wowed overed, completely overwhelmed and went completely obsessed!!!

What have I become???

Maydaymania - MayDay? Who?

I have never imagined that I will attend a Mandarin concert, let alone a Mandarin rock concert. This was beyong my wildest imagination. I cannot tell you how I fell in love with MayDay, their music and songs. All I can tell is that if not for B, I will, perhaps, never never never, like MayDay. I think the MayDay fans who have followed and grown up with them since day 1 will be angry with me. But hey, MayDay has managed to convince me to love them after all these years of hard work.

Really, I do not know what has gotten into me when they first started out. All I can tell you now is that when they were invited to raise funds on a certain local charity show, I would walk away and not see them. I did not like them and found their song 《知足》 extremely irritating when it was used as an ending credit for a local drama series. I would try means and ways to find fault with them. Seriously, till now, I was not sure what caused me to detest them so much.

Of all the members, I dislike Ashin most. Really!!! Surprise? Well, I disliked all of them but Ashin the most. I found him a show off and simply annoying. The other members were alright although I do remember finding Masa rather annoying too. Really, fellow MayDay fans should hate me in the past because, I really did not know what was wrong with me.

Many friends around me knew and had heard of their songs. Ah Juan even their first three albums and had liked them for a while. Xiu, who was much younger than me, also liked MayDay for just before they released their fifth album.

So, what exactly caused me to dislike them so much then? Was it family influence? Was it peer pressure? Was it the fact that it was rock? Was it that they were not good looking enough? Seriously, I really cannot answer this question. When I heard their collaborated work with Stefani Sun aka 孙燕姿 and FIR called "First Day", I switched off the radio. When I first heard "Noodle Prince", which Mayday sang it with Stefani Sun on TV, I walked away.

Funny right???

And then, after attending their 2007 concert, I was a converted fan. They wowed me over.

Amazing... ...

MayDaymania - 《恋爱 - ING》 Part II

B and I attended the MayDay's 7th album promotional showcase concert at Stadium Green @ Singapore Indoor Stadium

A couple of months ago, I asked my buddy - B, how she got addicted to MayDay because I swore it was her who got me hook onto MayDay. She revealed that it was her younger sister who introduced her to MayDay as her younger sister is a big fan of MayDay.

And then, one day, while watching TV with her family, B saw MayDay singing 《恋爱 - ING》 and was immediately attracted to that song. I think B told me that she sort of vowed that she was going to sing this song if she ever got a chance to go to karaoke. And then, she waited and waited... ....

8th January 2007, B and I were at the karaoke for the very first time. It was also the first time for B to attend a karaoke session, to hold the mike, to select a song and to sing. She happily selected 《恋爱 - ING》 by MayDay and was happily singing it - it was like a dream came true for her. And that was when someone shove the mike to me and made me sing the song too... ...

This is the beginning of our MayDaymania - 《恋爱 - ING》!

MayDaymania - 恋爱-ING

Who would have thought that I will ever be addicted to MayDay? Let alone attend their concert. But the reality is, I am a MayDay fan now. I do not know what have made me to be so insanely obsessed with them, but, I suppose, as the blogs follow, I will be able to find the answer.

MayDay, a Taiwanses band formed in 1999, consists of Monster (怪兽） - band leader and guitarist, Ashin （阿信） - lead vocalist cum lyricist cum composer, Stone （石头） - guitarist, Masa （玛莎） - Bassist and Ming (冠佑） - drummer. I can remembered very vividly that when I first went to attend their concert in 2007, I could not tell put the name to the correct face, with the exception of Ashin and Monster. I can also remember that in 2007, I liked Monster best and disliked Ashin most!!!

Funny, right?

So, how did this infatuation with MayDay begin? It all began with a song 《恋爱 - ING》... ...

Date: 8th January 2007
Venue: Tanjong Pagar Community Centre KTV

This was the first time I stepped in to a karaoke lounge. I have always felt that karaoke is an unhealthy and indecent activity. Do not ask me why I felt the way I felt, but I just "look down" on karaoke, despite the fact that my parents attend karaoke sessions quite often. In addition, I also felt that karaoke was for people who cannot sing!!!

Nevertheless, and reluctantly enough, I went to the karaoke session with a bunch of colleagues. They made me felt comfortable and soon, I was humming to whatever they were singing. I did not want to hold the microphone and most importantly, I did not want to sing!!! I know, I know, silly right? I felt kind of disgusted. Strangely disgusted... ... I felt tainted and unhealthy and immoral. Till now, I could not understand why I felt that way.

It was close to closing time but I was still reluctant to sing. Someone, I think my Buddy, had already selected and sang 《恋爱 - ING》 by Mayday. By some magical power, the song made everyone quite happy. And then, I found myself singing along to the song when it was being played again although I could not remember who sang it the second time.

Then, my friends shoved the microphone to me and "made" me sing 《恋爱 - ING》 by MayDay as I had not sang a single song by any particular artist the whole evening I was there. Not that I mind, but it seemed to the only song I could sing quite comfortably and managed with ease. And then, we were all singing this song on "repeat" mode at the karaoke.

After that night, I was thinking to myself, it would be fun to attend their concert. That song was so cute!!! A few days or maybe weeks later, my Buddy told me that MayDay was coming to Singapore to do a mini showcase in order to promote their latest album as well as their upcoming "Jump" World Tour and asked if we were interested to attend their concert as her sister was a big fan of MayDay and Monster. Strangely, Ah Juan, PY, S also decided to attend their concert, which was to be held at Expo.

And then, from the day B queued up for the mini showcase and the tickets, life with MayDay is not the same anymore... ...