Friday was something special. The more I think about it the more I realise how great it all was. It's kinda sad though as it's all over. Now i'm thinking about putting in UU'06 to tide me over.

Special thanks to Jacob, Zoe and Lucy for being awesome concert buddies, and a shout out to that french couple. It was really great to see ayehunny and kumachang too, so it was a nice time altogether. Pour one out for Pips though. It's such a shame.

DJ Marlene was really working the crowd with the charisma of a spoon. The tunes were alright, though there was some awkward mixing. I did feel a bit bad after Utada explained her background. I suppose she's not used to being front and centre like that. She seemed to completely avoid eye contact with the crowd and was stoic, more focused on chewing her gum, but occasionally she would look up to someone on the second floor and grin.

Hikaru herself was great. Awesome to see the crazy hair in person. I kept getting goosebumps throughout the whole show. Absolutely loved hearing Passion and Hikari. I was a tiny bit dissapointed that she avoided the crazy screaming in YMMWTBAM, going silent at the start of that part, but then she was freestyling for a bit in a lower key. The guitar was different too, so I kinda wish the crazy old guitar person was there. I should stop comparing it to UU'06 since it was an entirely different show.

The band were good though. I couldn't help myself from trying to awkwardly dance in the tiny amount of room I had, and I had the constant urge to clap along. My arms were really aching in parts with them held up for long stretches sometimes. I was really amused by that David Cooke guy to the left of stage. It seems that I kept making eye contact with him and he was grinning a few times as he saw me clapping along. Sometimes he would then follow suit, and start getting the audience clapping in time with me. I wish more people were singing along, but the crowd wasn't short on energy. I found it amusing how everyone started chanting for an encore less than ten seconds after the band had cleared the stage. We all knew how it was gonna go.

I was to the mid-right of the stage between hikki and the other keyboardist, about 3-4 metres from the front barrier, along with loli-drop, Kuromaguro and co. I had a purple and white checked shirt on. I hope my crazy arms weren't too disruptive to anyone's view. No balls were thrown near me unfortunately, but some asian girl behind me got one of the picks the guitarist threw out. It seemed like someone fumbled it and so after a bit of searching she came across it. Bad times immediately after everyone left the stage when I realised my decision to use the coat check would come back to haunt me. The queue for that thing was ridiculous.

Had a pretty amusing time waiting for hikki after the show, especially with 'Kuromaguro, pro at stalking' on hand. We were so close! A great night was had.