Live 8 concert - We dont' want you money!

Held in Park Place(aka Molson Park, name of venue), Barrie(name of city), Ontario(name of province), Canada. I thought it was really sad when Will Smith was introducing each location live via satellite. There was Phillidelphia, Paris, London, Rome, etc.. then it came to Canada's turn. Park Place, Ontario?!?! He did not even say Barrie... who would know where it is anyways? Don't understand why Toronto did not get to host this event.

How did I end up going???

23/06/2005

5:48:23 PM

Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.

~Yumm.. my salmon is delicious!!

hey if I got tickets to the Live 8 concert on July 2 would you want to go?

23/06/2005		5:56:05 PM		~Yumm.. my salmon is delicious!!		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		it's a whole day thing isn't it?
23/06/2005		5:57:05 PM		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		~Yumm.. my salmon is delicious!!		ya.... It's fine if you don't.... John just asked if would want tickets if he had them and i was just finding out if anyone wanted to go.

23/06/2005

5:58:13 PM

~Yumm.. my salmon is delicious!!

Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.

dun think i wanna go.. wouldn't enjoy sitting on the grass all day..

days later...

29/06/2005		4:28:56 PM		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		~Ming~ falling apart.. aching, feverish.. :S		so you didn't want to go to the Live 8 concert right?
29/06/2005		4:40:57 PM		~Ming~ falling apart.. aching, feverish.. :S		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		that's right.. christina is going wif u right?

29/06/2005		4:47:39 PM		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		~Ming~ falling apart.. aching, feverish.. :S		she hasn't been feeling great (big surprise) so she was planning on staying home this weekend.
29/06/2005		4:49:40 PM		~Ming~ falling apart.. aching, feverish.. :S		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		oh.. that sucks! like i said before, if u wanna go, i'll go with you..
29/06/2005		4:50:01 PM		Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.		~Ming~ falling apart.. aching, feverish.. :S		no you don't want to go so I'm not going to make you go... what's the point of that.

29/06/2005

5:01:06 PM

~Ming~ falling apart.. aching, feverish.. :S

Andrea... Just call me Cupcake, everybody else does.

ok.. why don't we go.. alicia said it's really really near her place.. and we can stay at her place if we want, so if we get bored we can just head to her place

That's how I came to go.

Like I predicted I did not enjoy sitting in the sun on the grass all day, there were times I was bored, BUT I'm glad I went... The only performer in the line up that I a interested to see was Bryan Adams, and Andrea was only concerned about The Great Big Sea (Canadian group that sings folk type songs). We agreed that we will leave anytime we got bored AFTER both our performers performed. I was under the impression that Bryan Adams was a big shot and therefore will not be out till end of day... but I was so wrong. If we had arrive just 5 mins later, we would have missed him! He came on at 12noon. He was awesome! Great Big Sea came on at 3:20pm... We could have left then, but somehow we stayed on till the end... Can't believe it.. And neither Andrea nor me needed to use the washroom. Our mind is one powerful tool. The thought of using those portable potties just turns us off. yuck!

This event was for a good cause, lots of performers took time off their busy schedule to make an appearance. Celine Dion was obviously invited to perform in Canada... But yeah, she was too occupied with her concerts in Ceasar's Palace, Las Vegas. However, being the "great" person she is, she offered to do a live telecast from Vegas. When Tom Green, the host for Canada was announcing "And now, Live from Las Vegas!!", he was immediately interupted by everyone there BOOing her. Too bad she couldn't hear the boos from her end. People got even more upset when they realise she was doing the telecast in the middle of her concert. The song she performed wasn't even good. People just sat down and started to ignore her. I like Celine Dion's songs, I think she's a good singer, but I couldn't help but to join in the boos..

Regardless of the heat, discomfort, inconvenience, length of stay, being dehydrated, etc., I had a good time and I'm glad I went. Will I do it again? Probably not. :P

some pictures I took:
http://photobucket.com/albums/a6/ming_liew/Live%208%202005%20Barrie%20Ontario%20Canada/