The One and Only Emil Chau

For the uninitiated, Emil Chau/ Wakin/ Zhou Hua Jian is performing in Singapore on 2nd December 2006. I'm still undecided on whether or not to go... I've not bought tickets but I think I'm probably right to assume that it's not sold out. And it doesn't really matter whether I get good seats or not cos he's hardly anything to look at.

If I do go, I'd go alone. Mainly because a concert is hardly a social activity. It's between you and the performer and I suppose the memories that come along with the songs. I don't really know why people go for concerts but for me, it's either cos I really like the singer e.g. David Tao or because the songs mean something. I've only ever been to 2 concerts in my life i.e. David Tao and Jay Chou but none of them can compare to Emil Chau simply because Emil Chau walked me through my whole life. Through my pre-teens to my teenage years and guess what? He's still around now.

At different stages of my life, his songs represented an emotion, represented a pleasant memory, an unpleasant memory. So many things which I still feel, which I've since forgotten I felt. Going to his concert would be a major exercise in nostalgia, reminiscent of heartache, of infatuations, of dreams long gone, experiences which were insignificant then but significant now.

Going to his concert would be almost cathartic. It is definitely self-indulgent.

Yet if I don't go, I've no idea when he would ever come back.

Tough.