The Long March - In 1934, Mao Zedong led the Chinese Communist Party on a massive military retreat to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. The communists escaped in circling retreat to the north of the country, which ultimately covered some 8,000 km over 370 days. 71 years later, a particular Chairman Yao embarks on his 150-day tour of China and chonrincles his adventures in the Chink Chink Diaries.

Monday, November 07, 2005

Mayday: Final Home

We were over in Beijing to catch Mayday's Final Home concert. For the uninitiated, Mayday is one of, if not the most, popular bands in the Mandopop world.

Weiqi didn't want to join us initially because she was having some problems with the finances, but Julian surprised her and the rest of us by secretly getting an extra ticket. Now that is pretty sweet.

But what's even sweeter was that Guanyou, Mayday's drummer, proposed to his girlfriend on stage! So romantic, hor? I thought they would only do this kind of drama-mama stuff in Taipei!

As they say, a picture says a thousand words, I'll use, uh, a few thousand words to showcase some highlights. For my non-Chinese friends, too bad if you can't read. But if it's any consolation, many of my Chinese friends can't read Chinese characters too! Haha.