Sunday, August 22, 2010

十八般武艺 showcase

22 August 2010


Last weekend, I did something that, come to think of it, is even less constructive than lazing around at home.. hahahha.. Something tat i wouldnt have imagined myself doing if not for a sudden bout of craziness -- Stargazing! The type where you go and queue for hours on end just to catch a glimpse of some star.. hehhehe.. i think the last time i did tat was during JJ Lin's fourth album tour (its his 7th album now, i think) during my diploma days.. @.@~

The idol of countless ppl i know.. After watching Love in Disguise, i was kind of mesmerised by his handsomeness on screen.. thus the sudden idea to go to his showcase at 1Utama Central Park Avenue with Adelynne (her purpose was to go see her 'lover') and her youngest aunt, eventhough we're obviously a little old for such stuff, muahahha O.o...

The yet to be decorated stage..

Since 1U is so huge, we decided to go search for the venue before having lunch.. imagine, the showcase was at 6pm but we were there before lunch, cos we were afraid that we wouldnt be able to get a parking space if we went later.. :S

Special entrances for media representatives and homaniacs???
hahhaha.. thats Leehom's fans club~

Had lunch at Dragon-i, and you can guess by the expression on her face how the service was, grr.. another place im banning cos of the lousy service.. Where can you find a head waiter who suddenly turns round to chit chat with another waiter while we're ordering, and while we were halfway through the name of a dish some more! wth~

After lunch and walking ard inspecting luggage bags for Adelynne's Korea trip, we headed over to Central Park Avenue to check out the queue, that was 4pm.. See her helpless face when we forced her to join the CD buying queue.. muahahahha...

the crew frantically unpacking and selling CDs at a steep price of RM50 each *gasp*

and little wonder they were so frantic, the crowd gathered round the counter was quite big

the queue to enter the showcase area stretching alll the way to the back and winding round again to the front... 4pm @.@~

The Homaniacs...
they got better treatment compared to us 'normal people' but god knows how early they had to start sitting there..

since we were already there, we joined the queue as well..

damn hot, luckily i had my trusty umbrella~

According to Adelynne, her 'lover' likes palm trees and extreme weather.. last time he was here, the showcase was at Sunway surf beach with lot of palm trees and heavy rain.. this time oso got palm trees but it was super duper hot!

She bought 3 copies! so i could pinjam one to enter the CD zone..

gift that came with the CD, a key to Leehom's bedroom, lol.. jkjk.. obviously an unshaped key~ :)

The tiny stage~

stuck in a sea of little girls and boys.. :S

taken around 6pm, still going strong...

My FM DJ Royce was the emcee.. the guy i once bumped into in a lift at the Gardens~



I was so far away~ :(

all the media representatives invited onstage..


After the toilet break~

The superstar was late.. only came at 6.30pm and only sang half a song (we sang the rest).. Then starting to sign autographs for awhile before announcing that he needed a toilet break, then disappeared for half an hour.. :S damn off-putting lor.. personally, i felt the whole thing was rather badly organised.. aside from the toilet incident, after being squeezed around (no proper queue) and boiled alive (no ventilation) for another 2 more hours, we were told that the signing had come to an end, even when there were still quite a number of ppl who hadnt gotten their CDs signed...

Then why did the emcee bother to keep asking ppl to buy the CD to get an authograph when the promise couldnt be kept?! Luckily im not a real big fan, if not i would have been very disappointed.. Heard many little girls complaining that they had missed their movie or had an exam the next day, even one who was so traumatised that she exclaimed that she would never ever come to a showcase again..

Thankfully my previous experiences were much better, maybe cos of the different organisers.. My conclusion is tat its better to choose a lesser known idol or at least a less popular one than Leehom.. Last time when i went to see JJ Lin, we had air-con, there was a queue, everyone got their CDs signed, got to shake hands with him and he sang about 4 songs.. :) This one was not worth the hassle at all... :S

Only Adelynne managed to get on stage and she came back with this:


Her aunt joked that she would sign the remaining 2 CDs and nobody would know the difference, LoL~ Pity the poor fans who didnt get an autograph and had to be scolded by the security personnel.. I left immediately when they started yelling at the crowd.. Boo.. All in all, not a very good experience lor.. :(

PS: I blame the lousy organisers for this.. Hmph!

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