Long Weekend Fun (^o^)
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
1. Friday - Premium Outlets, Tulalip WA
Left early Friday morning to see the new premium outlets near Seattle with Mike and Sherry. There are so many bad drivers driving across the border... and going at 140 km/h too. The outlet itself wasn't too bad.. the Banana Republic and Calvin Klein outlets probably were the most worthwhile stores there. Lots of shoe stores there too (puma, nike, sketchers, aldo, etc.). We got back in time to try Feenie's for dinner; pretty good place, but don't order the calamari (-_-).
2. Sunday - Matt's (Surprise) Bday Party
A bunch of people from St. Andrews held a surprise bday party for Matt at the quads. We managed to genuinely surprise him too, which is pretty amazing, considering how they baked the cake in his dorm and I had to phone Chiann about 10 times on her cell to keep tabs on Matt. We spent most of the night playing a VERY competitive game of Cranium (well no fights broke out at least), and most importantly, my team won (^o^) ~mwahahaha!
3. Monday - Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
In celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, I watched the third episode of Star Wars ( I dun really care about the queen...). There was a bit of a lineup, but we had no trouble finding decent seats for a 2:30 showing. The movie was much better than eps 1 or 2, in terms of story, fight scenes, and even acting. I think Ewan Mcgregor shined in all three movies - he made Obi Wan a really interesting character that was fun to watch. My major criticism about the movie is how they tried to jam all the 'linkage' parts at the end of the movie in order to bridge ep 3 with ep 4. There were also some parts in the movie (mainly the emperor parts) that were so over the top that people bursted out laughing. I definitely don't regret watching the movie, but it'll be weird to try to watch all 6 movies in a row.
4. Tuesday - Delirious? Benefit Concert
Sam invited me at the last minute to go to the Delirious concert at the coliseum, which I gladly agreed to ^_^. He got the tickets for free (they originally went for 35 bucks each), and we got decent seating as well. The first hour and a half was pretty lame though - the first opening act was a DJ and a dance team who didn't exactly energize the crowd. We also had to sit through a raffle draw that went very slowwwly... The opening band ( I totally forget their name, it was something in latin) was pretty good for a local band, but the main singer seemed really nervous. The concert started around 6:30, but it wasn't until 9:00 that Delirious? finally came onto the stage. It was definitely worth the wait though- they gave a really good live performance, even though Martin (the main singer) couldn't hit some of the higher notes because of a cold. Listening to live versions of 'Rain Down', 'Majesty', and 'History Maker' was awesome... they even put the lyrics up on the screen so the whole crowd could sing along. Heh , one of the most memorable moments was when people began to wave their cell phone screens instead of lighters during one of Martin's ballads ( he later said "you all think you're a clever bunch. do ya?" in his british accent). All in all, an enjoyable concert that was definitely worth going to (^_^)
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The long weekend was fun, but now it's time to refine my LSAT skills : only 2 weeks to go :o !
Posted byCharles Ang at 1:26 PM
Sounds like you had an awesome long weekend!
I'm going to see Delirious? when they are in Calgary at the end of Stampede on July 17. Unfortunately, it's mainly a Michael W. Smith concert and I'm not that big of a fan of MWS. However, I'm hoping that Delirious? live will be worth it. I've been listening to the "Unified Praise" album featuring Hillsong and Delirious quite a bit lately. It has live recordings of "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever", "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble", "Rain Down", "Majesty", and "History Maker".
Oh yah i forgot about the Stampede haha...
damn, I LEAVE on the 17th! But yah, like you said, I'm not that big of a fan of MWS either.