5 Songs in A Minor
Don't think I've been revved up for concerts in a while. Not since Usher's 8701 tour last year anyway.
News out (maybe not new, but new for me :) that Alicia Keys and Maroon 5 are touring end of this year!
Maroon 5 Sunday Nov 21 @ Hordern Pavilion and Alicia Keys Monday Oct 25 @ Enmore Theatre. Enmore is such a good venue for her, up close n personal, more so than Hordern.

I've always admired piano playing artists, those people being the ones that maybe I could have been (in the art of playing piano anyway). I managed to play up to Grade 7 in the piano before I stopped due to the Higher School Certificate, and never bothered to continue on with it. I rarely play nowadays, though I look for sheet music online to songs I know and think sound good on piano, if it wasnt a piano tune to begin with. Stuff like Alicia Keys(!!), Five For Fighting, Jewel and the like, but I never manage to play it at the pace it really should be. I'm still amazed that I can still play the classical tunes I use to after a few minutes at the keyboard,
even though they kinda killed me at the examinations.

Now the countdown to Sept 9 and 10.... hmmm hopefully they'll have pre-sales as well.

[Bored Update whilst at work]
Just read on Alicia Key's website that she is going to perform in China at the Great Wall, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the Great Wall. Now that is something I would like to see. That would be one of the most awesome places to hold a concert (no bias there of course :) and watch them perform. I'm surprised that the Chinese government even allowed it. Think I'm more and more inclined to get these tickets now (for Sydney).
Mike? :)

Labels: concerts, music

Meeting Room with a view
How many people believe in "signs"? I don't really. No signs to look out for.
Except if today was anything to go by, I think there were some mighty big signs...

Originally, there was a lunch schedule with a few friends (yes you know who you's are... :) and due to the fact some were late *cough*Aja*cough* I had to stick around in the office a lil while longer. Suppose that isn't too bad, but when some people are starving and can't wait.. it's really not good for you. Anyhow, around the time that they were all suppose to arrive for lunch, my manager receives a call from another manager in another department, saying they had a few tickets spare to Bridge Climb that was to start in 45minutes. So he goes around the office asking who would want to go climb... and everyone seem to turn him down. I had to think long and hard on that one (really, I did! :) and of course, who is stupid enough to turn down a free offer to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge? I think my workmates were filled with glee inside that they could get rid of our manager for the rest of the day, and were all pushing for him to go. And yes, me and him were the only ones that went, even though there were 2 tickets to spare. This meant that I was to miss out on lunch, which ended up being no lunch and dinner til 14 hours after I had breakfast. This was very noticable in the lack of energy whilst walking up those arches on an empty stomach. Not that I'm complaining.

The weather today was perfect for the Bridge Climb. Compared to the last few days of chilly winds, today was only a good 9 degrees wind chill at the top, and perfectly sunny, with a few clouds. Damn good photo opps too. The view was magnificent, better than a postcard you could buy in a shop. I'd highly recommend to anyone who is interested in walking it, although its around $160-180pp. I, however, probably wouldn't have done it for the sake of doing it... :)

Now to go back to work on Monday and wonder what I should fill in my timesheet for the 4 hours I was gone. "Meeting" perhaps. Afterall, the photo we ended up with had our company logo plastered along the bottom with another global phone manufacturer's logo... No blatant corporate branding there.

Now if some people hadn't been late or if I had left the office by then, I guess I would have missed this once in a lifetime opportunity. Or not. Show me the way.

Labels: life, work