Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga bow that lights up!

     On Sunday, while we were being shown around the malls, Kelly and I were offered the opportunity to buy some  concert tickets off of one of the teachers. We snapped up that chance in a hurry, and so we waited for Friday to come. What an amazing way to end our first week in Bangkok. Actually, not even a week. We got in during the wee hours of Sunday and now five days later we are headed to an event at the National Stadium.
 I am not an OMG!! Lady Gaga fan, but the chance to see her in concert in Thailand is too hard to pass up.  Kelly and had a difficult time getting to the stadium. First lesson learned, do not get on the 92 bus to go to the BTS (Bangkok Sky Train). Luckily we hopped off and got on the MRT to make the connector. Second lesson learned, there are two stadiums (at least) named National Stadium. We went to the wrong one. In fact, we jumped back on the BTS and headed toward a connecting line for the airport rail line. We knew we were in the right direction when we saw others dressed up to go to the concert. By this time, we got off of the train at 2000, and the concert was scheduled to start at 1930.  A quick taxi ride from the rail station later and we finally arrived at the stadium. We could hear simple piano music being played and knew that the concert had not yet begun. A long walk around the stadium and we got to the entrance. Kelly had problems entering because of a silly rule about not bringing your cameras into the concert. There is a camera check just for that reason. Much like a coat check at a restaurant.  At last we made it inside, and began the trek to our seats on the third level. It was so high up, that the stage looked so small. I believe there were over fifty thousand people in attendance. We got into our seats and the concert began about five minutes later. We were so lucky, considering we got so lost.  The concert was very entertaining. She sure does but a lot of thought into the theatrics and making a show, not just singing. I was so glad that we were on the top level of the stadium because we could feel a slight breeze throughout the night. We were in no way cold, let alone cool, but the air circulation felt wonderful. She sang a mixture of new and old songs to fill about two hours of time.  That is another difference to a concert in Asia, there are no opening acts. The music we had heard prior to the start was just pumped in through the speakers. All in all, I would love to see another of her concerts from a much closer seat.   :) Pictures to come :)