So Toronto was... amazing. The whole trip was fantastic, and the Bollywood show was the best thing I've ever seen in my life. We had a great week - Alex and Kim were awesome enough to let us stay with them again, and I spent most of the week just shopping (I love you H&M) and eating good food. Friday night was the show, we met up with Shikha and her friend Diljeet for dinner beforehand. Then we all went to the show... where I basically just screamed my face off for 3 hours because I couldn't contain myself.
Here are some before photos, in which we are all very excited.
We had a bit of a panic when we first got there, because our original seats in Row 2 ended up disappearing. They actually cut out our whole seating section, because it was too far to the side of the stage. But they moved us into 11th row in a section closer to the stage, so we ended up with a much better view. They did ALL the songs I ever wanted to hear, and the energy was incredible. It was a total nightmare for the Rogers Centre staff, as they couldn't control the crowds. People were rushing the stage, stealing other people's seats, physically moving their seats to different rows, etc. Shikha got into a fight with a little old man behind her, who was mad because everyone was standing up and he couldn't see. It was hilarious. The man was INSANE. He was hitting Shikha with his program booklet. And he tried to pull a chair out from under someone else who was pissing him off. Indian film fans are psychotic. (Myself included, haha.)
I posted photos from the concert here, for those who care:
http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn102/choohi/UNFORGETTABLE%20TOUR/
I also took a bunch of videos, which you can see here: (Edit: Apparently the nice people at Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt Ltd are mad at me for posting concert footage and infringing on their copyright. They have deleted all the videos and are threatening to close down my account. So there's nothing to see right now! But I'll see if I can get them back up again later.)
http://www.youtube.com/user/maliceandmannie
Other highlights of the week include dinner with Shikha and Gaurav (we meant to go see a Hindi film but ran out of time so opted for dinner/drinks instead), "special" milkshakes with Alex, and Canada's Wonderland! A bunch of us went there Sunday. It rained a bit which was good because that meant smaller lineups. We rode the Behemoth, which is Wonderland's new roller coaster, and apparently the highest and fastest one in Canada. It was sooooo much fun - best roller coaster I've ever been on! Photos below: Everyone looking like dorks before the Spongebob Squarepants 3D Adventure, and the 4 ladies who conquered the Behemoth, next to a photo of the beast itself. We're awesome.
It kind of sucks being back home again and going back to work. I've been doing all the opening shifts, which is cool because I finish around 2pm every day, but also horrible because I don't go to bed any earlier to compensate for the early start, and end up exhausted beyond all reason after a few days. Oh well. Money is needed for future travels. This used to be a travel blog. I need to get back to that.
