Christmas weekend

Christmas was a much quieter affair than Thanksgiving. I ate, slept,read, and watched movies. It was fairly typical. My parents made great food the entire weekend. We had fish, duck with sticky rice stuffing (super scrumpdiliumptious), stir-fried asparagus, chicken with carrots and mushrooms, beef tendon, the list goes on. On Christmas day, I opened my presents to find underwear, and a nice orange shirt that I ended up wearing the rest of the day.

After lunch, we went to Foxwoods to hear Cai Qin sing. There, I ran into an uncle from Boston. They had taken a bus from Chinatown down to see the show.

Cai Qin's show was minimal, consisting of herself and nine musicians on the stage. The better to focus on the songs and her voice, she said. She kept up banter between each song, talking about this and that. I didn't recognize any of her songs until she mentioned that her next song had been selected to be played in Infernal Affairs. She said it started acappella, and I immediately knew what she was about to sing. It was the high point of the concert for me.

After her first set, she left the stage to return moments later in a green dress with a white boa. She sang a few older songs (a few of which I recognized) and then bid everyone a good night. Most of the theater got up to leave. When she returned, people hurried to sit back down. She said she'd do another song and joked to lock the doors so people couldn't leave.

The rest of the weekend, I just read and watched movies. I tested the new camera and took a roll of my parents unwrapping presents, making dinner, and fixing the stereo. I get the contact sheets back today. I can't wait to see the results!
Posted by eku at December 28, 2005 8:34 AM