Coldplay in Singapore

From Coldplay’s official website:

I could be mistaken, but the crowd seem even louder than the previous night. These folks don’t just make noise between the songs and in the singalong sections – there are swells of cheering and singing popping up all over the first few songs.

Coldplay’s resident roadie is not wrong. The crowd on 1 April is way louder than the one that watched the 31 Mar show – no joke. They probably forgot (or didn’t know) that the first show was actually the 1 April one, and the “extra” show was on 31 Mar. Which probably explains why the crowd on the “second” night is more passionate than the “first”, because the “first” night is actually the “second” night. And vice versa.

(And I did feel the same, considering that I was at the venue on both nights too ;))

Simply put, I think #ColdplaySingapore is the best concert I’ll ever attend in my life. (Until maybe I go see them at Glastonbury or something)

The Evening Sky

Today, I witnessed a simply beautiful evening sky. The colours are vibrant, yet not too overpowering. It’s this beautiful mix of amber and grey, with a hint of purple in there somewhere. I don’t even know how that’s possible, but that was what I saw.

Instinctively (and I’m somewhat sheepish about this), I took out my iPhone and tried to capture the sky. It was a total joke. Whatever is displayed on the iPhone’s camera is nothing compared to what I saw in real life. Then, obviously, I turned on the filters and tried to find one that worked. Obviously that didn’t work either.

I took a photo anyway, and tried to enhance it on iPhoto to make it look nice (as seen above), but it was still not the same. But the image was still in my head (along with Coldplay’s hauntingly beautiful closer in their new album Ghost Stories called O/Fly On – somehow that song fits the scene perfectly).

It’s quite cool, isn’t it? Some things you can only appreciate and see with your eyes. And you foolishly try to capture an inferior version of it in your phone, to be left somewhere in the Camera Roll, probably forgotten after you move on. After that picture, you move on, and the stunningly beautiful sight disappears gradually by itself. By the time you realise that “hey, that looks pretty cool”, you turn, and it’s gone.

I don’t know what I’m trying to say here. Is it about treasuring the simple moments? The overuse of technology and cameras and things like selfie sticks? Is it about opening one’s eyes? I don’t know. They all mesh up, I guess.

Regardless, it was a beautiful sight, and as I walked, my eyes were just taking it all in.