Right! We just went to The Police Reunion Concert in Singapore last Monday.
What such an amazing concert that was. Not only because of the top quality performance of Sting, Stuart Copeland and Andy Summer, but also because of the audience!
From the first beat, the whole Singapore Indoor Stadium jump to their feet and sing along with Sting. And it lasted for two hours until the concert was over, after two finale (yep..I’ve never been to a concert with two finale).
I think there are lots of blogs out there that were talking about the concert. So, I’m going to write something that I saw with my own two eyes.
It all begin on Sunday morning in Soekarno Hatta. It was the first day of fully functioning Bandara, after it was closed for 6 hours on Friday and a jam-packed Bandara on Saturday. Nevertheless, early Sunday morning the airport is very very very busy already.
Before checking in, I spotted several camera crews. Infotainment types, so right away, I know that there must be hordes of celebrities traveling abroad.
Then we checked in – normally. Until we sit down in the waiting lounge where surprisingly the aircraft was not yet arrived. Strange..that is sooo not SQ. Then, I saw with my own two eyes, my first encounter of a couple of celebrities. Cut Keke and hubby. Then I was distracted with the arrival of my former client. WE chit chat a while, and yep, he is going to SG to see The Police.
Ooooh…I also saw hubby’s doctor arriving with the same aircraft. He did mention that he is coming to ID.
We shared the same flight with the Esia gank — they did a contest to see the Police I think. Then we also see Agus Ringgo — along with them.
To cut things short, we arrived in SG on time. Went to the hotel and go out to have lunch.
It was soooo busy at Bugis Junction. There’s a little bit of a commotion at the far end of the mall. OMG…there’s a meet and greet with Jay Chou. Waaaaaa…i like Jay Chou. Waaaa..he is having a press conference in our hotel and waaaa…he is staying in the same hotel.
Later that day, we were meeting our friends from Jakarta (who are coming to…what else…see the Police) at Clarke Quay. And…I saw with my own two eyes…..the Project Pop gank!
And while we were sitting in one of the cafe, hubby and our friends are constantly bumping into their friends, who are in SG to…what else…see the Police). I counted around 25-30 group of people speaking Bahasa in the Clarke Quay area that nite. It was like hanging out at Citoz…..hehehehehe
The next day, when we are at Singapore Indoor Stadium, we go around the Stadium counter clock wise. On the right side of the stadium, we see a big group of expatriates (bules) gathering around their watering holes, Brewerkz. Circling around the back, we saw a tent that sold concert t-shirts, jackets everything. And yep……we saw with our own two eyes……a bigger group of INDONESIANS!!!!
That time, hanging around that area before we enter the stadium was like hanging around Jakarta Convention Center. No English, Singlish, Mandarin, Malay were spoken there. Only BAHASA. Even the drink kiosk sold Aqua Gelas — which is very difficult to find in SG (Aqua bottles are so many, but Aqua in glass…nope).
Then I saw Alya Rohali and Krisna Mukti. My friend told me that they saw Nico Siahaan and Farhan. We are constantly on the look out for Ahmad Dhani and Mulan actually..hehehehehehe.
I met with my cousin, my friends from Uni (imagine, we haven’t seen each other for around a decade), hubby met with his high school friends (we met them like six times during those three days). These are the peeps that we didn’t even meet in Jakarta.
Well..I can say that The Police Reunion Concert was also a Reunion for us all. There, we met with our old friends, relatives and probably enemies.
Probably my hubby’s doctor’s assistant (she is probably in her mid twenties) got it right when we were discussing about the concert. Hubby’s doctor certainly know who the Police is and even said that Sting comes to Singapore quite often. When we ask his assistant whether she is going to see the concert or not, her reply was: “hmm…no. It is one of the oldies group, right?”.
I really don’t know whether to laugh, cry or say: “Maksud lhwooooooooooohhhh??????”
I knew it.. I knew it… I deliberately avoid visiting so I won’t read such posting and drool over my keyboard..
But hey, this is an interesting angle though hehehe…
So met Maia and Dhani ?