周杰倫 in Connecticut

This is the highlight of the trip!!! If it wasn't for Jay's concert, we wouldn't have planned the trip in the first place! 還記得 July 那一月, 第一次看到有人說杰倫有可能會來到Toronto 的事後, 已經很開心了. 到票開始賣的時候, 跟朋友已經決定去了. 差一點要訂酒店, 要開始plan去Detroit 申請Canadian Visa, 有看到有人說杰倫會去Connecticut辦演唱會. 那就更好! 因為可以用Visa那筆錢買更貴的演唱會票. 等了幾個星期, (雖然感覺好像很久!!) 終於在杰倫的官方網站看到公告 - 杰倫真的回來到Connecticut 開演唱會!! 好興奮!! 一看到消息就立刻通電話給ah Pei.

覺得自己好幸運喔!!! 一年能夠看到自己的偶像兩次!! 又在兩個地方 - 1/18 是在馬來西亞, 12/21 在美國!! 更幸運是, 杰倫剛剛發新專輯, 能夠看到他唱新歌 - 那就是可以看兩個不一樣的演唱會!!!

The moment we arrived Connecticut, Ping was already super excited. While getting dressed in the hotel room, 我們已經開始聽杰倫的歌. 一到Mohegan Sun, 興奮到吃不下了. 更何況那環境也很特別. 在美國第一次去Casino. 它的室內裝潢還滿美的. 那天晚上吃的buffet是最不值得的. 好想看到Jay 或許NQMM 他們, 但一個都沒看到. Hehehe...知道, 知道, 那只是一個夢想了. 在馬來熱亞的時後, 是跟Jay2U一起, 所以比較熱鬧, 全部都一起期待杰倫的出現.

The stage from Ping's seat.

The first song - 黃金甲 from the movie Curse of the Golden Flower. The view from our seat. Pretty close eh. We were just one section away. Ping is glad we didn't get the floor level, which is the most expensive ticket since Ping won't be able to see it anyway.

Next is 無雙 from his last album, 我很忙.

不能說的秘密...where they played the movie clips on 葉湘倫 and 路小雨 interactions.

Then it was 退後 followed by 安靜. Ping really wanted to hear the mixed version of 安靜 and 安靜了 that he sang in Canada but he only performed the classic 安靜. Even with the classic 安靜, it was still great because nothing beats listening to Jay live!! especially with one of his best composed song!! Another classic that he sang was 開不了口.

Another kick out of the live concert is 能夠親眼看見杰倫彈鋼琴. He first played a duel with 宇豪, similar to the duel they did in the movie. Later, he played 最長的電影 from the previous album with the MV at the back followed by 說好的幸福呢 from his new album, 魔杰座. We were hoping to hear 給我一首歌的時間 too but he only sang two songs from his new album. BUT, he also sang 黑色幽默!!! This was totally unexpected!! It is one of Ping's favorite Jay's song. This is definitely a surprise for Ping!

After the piano and Jay's classic came 千里之外 with the fan dance. This is another one that Jay is known for - 中國風 songs.

He also did a short version of the 扯 dance after singing 本草綱目, when he also threw the 扯鈴 down. It was so close that we could tell it was a plastic toy one. Haha...no wonder he can afford to throw them down at every concert.

After 扯 was 迷迭香 and 夜曲. 迷迭香 was actually the only song that Ping get close-up look at Jay back at the concert in M'sia. After 迷迭香, Jay went back stage to prepare for the next song while his dancers came down to dance right in front of us!!! Yes, literally in front of us!!

After that came another highlight of the concert - 南拳媽媽 as the 來賓. Not only that, he also brought Gary along!!! NQMM also came out earlier with their What Can I Do and another song which Ping can't remember. When Ping saw Gary, Ping was hoping they would sing 流浪詩人 but they sang 月光 instead. It was actually expected since Jay is pretty good at promoting his buddy's songs but can't hurt to hope mer. Sad to say, Ping wasn't too impress with Gary's performance though...it seems like he wasn't very excited to be there. NQMM did a way better job.

They also sang 彩虹, acoustic version of 雙截棍 and he did a special dedication to all his fans who are away from home, studying in the US (like us!!!) with 稻香 - his most recent 'advice through song' song. Here's Jay when he walked toward the side we were sitting.

Ping was also excited to get a pretty close glimpse of 彈頭 and 宇豪. In M'sia, they stand pretty far away so Ping could barely see them. Ping actually a pretty clear picture of 彈頭 too!!! Wanted to get a pic of 宇豪 but taking picture when Ping is super excited is pretty challenging.
A super cute Jay expression.

Of course, we didn't miss out on the super popular 聽媽媽的話 along with 張學友 singing one of the chorus. He also had a clip showing Jet Li's comment on him which is pretty recent. None of us took any photo after that as he started singing all the 搖滾 songs - 陽光宅男, 霍元甲 and the original version of 雙截棍.

When he sang 髮如雪, someone actually managed to get near the stage to give him a little bear!!!
Ping was hoping he would do another encore and sing 周大俠 but they only showed the MV while he sang 雙截棍. It was about 30 minutes shorter than the one in M'sia but hey, we are in the States. It is definitely a rare chance. 能夠看杰倫兩次在一年時間裡, 已經夠滿足了.希望杰倫有個特別的生日. 生日快樂 to 杰倫!!!! In a month, it will be a year since Ping was last home...yet, Ping feels like it has been forever since Ping was home with mum and dad and ahmah.