Today (June
5th, 2020) is the 21st wedding anniversary for YC and
me. Needless to say, I’ve been thinking
about her a lot the past few months. And
the thoughts run the entire spectrum from happy to sad. I would like to share one of the happier ones
today.
Back in 2000,
we attended a Leslie Cheung concert. He
is YC’s favourite singer. It was his
last concert – the one where he came out and embraced his homosexuality. For this reason, it was a really fun
concert. He was being himself and he was
just singing for the pure joy of it – one last time with his fans. You could tell he was having a good time and
not necessarily doing a “job”.
We had pretty
good seats – they were on the ground level and probably the second tier. That allowed us to get to the mini-dance
floor in front of the stage. And that’s
what we did during the encore. Leslie
called for everyone to get up and dance during his H2O medley. Since he did this concert in Hong Kong, we
already had the bootleg CD and knew that he was going to do this. The songs in the medley were from Leslie’s earlier
albums so hearing those songs was a great blast from the past. They’re also fast, upbeat songs. And the thing about fast Leslie Cheung songs
is that you can’t help but get up and dance.
I know this is strange coming from someone like me who has no sense of rhythm. But if his songs can have that effect on me,
imagine what they can do for those who are musically inclined.
Anyway,
when Leslie started his H2O medley, YC grabbed my hand and we raced to the
dance floor in front of the stage. It
was extremely crowded but we didn't care. We were all being wild and crazy fans, dancing and
screaming in ecstasy. The atmosphere and
energy were amazing, unreal, awesome. As
each song morphed into the next – H2O, 少女心事 (Young Girl’s Thoughts), 第一次 (The First Time), 不羈的風 (Unruly Wind), we all cheered the new arrival. (Think like a fan of Friends going to see a
Jennifer Aniston press conference and then have the rest of the Friends cast
show up, one by one.)
For those 7+
minutes, YC and I danced without a care in the world, just enjoying the moment. This night created such a wonderful memory
for us and we often reminisced about how great “The Encore” was. So my love, if you are reading this, I know
you will be smiling with me. Happy Anniversary.
Big Oh
