Justin Bieber in Manila, Never Say Never Concert

It's been more than a month since I last updated here. I've been really busy both at the personal and professional fronts. The whole family is actually. But I took some time off from work, at least half day last May 10. It was a big date my daughter has been waiting for.

Yes, we were two of the gazillions of people who watched Justin Bieber's Never Say Never concert in Manila. We bought the tickets last December 2010 just to be sure we have secured ourselves passes to see JB. We don't want what happened with Taylor Swift's concert when we were not able to get tickets right away.

It was a fun night but I was not exactly impressed with Justin Bieber's performance. I thought something was lacking. I thought he seemed less energetic and enthusiastic. I was expecting what I saw in his concert movie, like his concert in Madison Square Garden. There was not even much special effects.

He was looking tired. I told myself watching his 3D concert/documentary Never Say Never at the theater was a lot better. The live concert by the way is much like his movie with video clips when he was still a young child. I appreciate him better on the big screen than watching him perform live. But of course, my daughter did not notice what seemed to be JB's lackluster performance. She was really in high spirits watching Bieber.

Going home in the wee hours of the morning after the concert and checking my Twitter and Facebook, I found out Justin was sick during the concert and even had throwing up episodes. That explained why the show was not as spectacular as I thought it would be. But kudos still to the boy for doing his best and not cancelling the show.

My daughter was really happy and I was really happy seeing how excited she was watching the show. I actually had fun not only from watching the concert but witnessing a crowd of young people so alive - screaming from joy, dancing to the beat, singing their hearts out. Boy, they have memorized all the songs JB did. JB really owe it to his fans. :)


Justin in his famous purple shirt.

Probably singing one of his mellow songs.

Until I've watched his 3D concert movie/documentary, I didn't know this boy plays a lot of musical instruments.

The text above the picture was edited by my daughter, not me, haha. Yes, she was really excited.

Oh yes, the mom is just too happy to see her daughter having a great time. The crowd was so alive.