Chinese Rock Concert in Sydney

Hi, TJ Allison again.  Last night, I did something really amazing, I went to a Chinese Rock Concert and we got the tickets for free.  The singer was Raymond Lam.  He is a famous actor and singer in Hong Kong.  Some of the music was calming and some of it was rock.  He did some cool dance moves and he kept changing costumes.  We got bags with cool stuff in them at our seats.  There were hitting sticks that light up, coupons (which my Mom loves), a pen, and a poster.  Raymond Lam spoke and sang mostly in Chinese and my Mom, guess-lated (guess-translated!).  The concert was at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Haymarket in downtown Sydney.  There were a lot of people there, over 10,000.  We got the tickets at an ice cream store called Cold Rock (like Cold Stone in the US).  We were talking to the owner and he said, “Hey, do you want to have these free tickets because I want somebody to use them?  The tickets sell for about $100 each.”   See one of Raymond Lam’s songs in this YouTube video.  In the video, you can see the audience with the light up hitting sticks.

Before the concert, we went to eat at a Chinese Restaurant.  We sat at the counter and watched the people make the food.  They made hand-made noodles, dumplings and other stuff.  Then, we went to an art gallery and in the front was a pile of black rocks.  The rocks were really Coca-Cola (the drink) and upstairs there were some paintings made from Coca-Cola.  It showed the artist making the Coca-Cola into paint.  First, the artist boiled down the Coca-Cola into rocks and then he ground them into powder and wet it into ink.  The paintings were similar to traditional Chinese paintings like I saw in China.  It was an awesome evening. 

Here is a YouTube video of a chef making noodles like we saw at dinner.