Friday, February 19, 2010

Time flies freakingly fast.. (triple Fs wtf lol)



CNY's over w/o much realisation.. Reunion lunches & dinners~~~

It's nice see relatives whom i get to see like once (maybe twice) a year~

Then i would think how much we know abt each other (not much to say about.. other than he/she is my aunt/uncle/cousin/nephew......) How sad that is..

Make small talk. Eat. Talk some more. Eat some more.
Finish eating. Thats about all. Cos my relatives dun gamble nor smoke/drink..
So it's just gather at house/restaurant to eat..



As we grow older, we will start to realise that it's getting more difficult to meet people.. Everyone's busy & stuff like that.

Chances are we will meet only on chinese new year/weddings/funerals (红白两事)
These occasions bring people together, be it for the gd or bad reasons..
Other 'occasions' include: first month of baby birth, hospitalisation of grandparent..... There shld be more i think..
Just that i'm too tired to think now.....

Fast Zzz-ing soon after 3 days of work, coupled with 2 nights of school.. Right after the 5 day CNY holiday.. Comin' weekend will be a busy one.. Dance perf & stuff.. I'm an Energiser Bunny in real need of a recharge~

So i'm on holiday next week... I took 2 days leave to do my sch assignment..
I hope/seriously think/humbly pray i can complete the computer design work and have it printed & mounted within 2 days..

Wish me luck.. Thanks yo~~~

Till next wed....
Ciao~

HAPPY CNY~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Tmr's 初七人日 = everybody's birthday hehe~

yunn. at 11:30 PM

Monday, February 01, 2010

31 Jan --- The day Cloud did a crazy thing..

She went to SHINee's autograph session~~


The oh-so-shining SHINee --btw SHINee's name is read 'shining'
No candy for guessing whats the meaning of the band name..

Woke up at 345 am, sneaked out of my house at 4am (she did a gd job cos none of her family members knew it)
Managed to board the first cab that she saw roaming the otherwise empty streets & headed to pick up Peifen at her house.
Towards our destination: the ulu-ulu Lot One in Choa Chu Kang --a place she has never been to..

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At 440am, there's already so many many pple there!!!! Heard that pple started Q-ing since 9pm e night b4.
It's quite a challenge to find the end of the Q.. Seems like nobody knew, pple from this end pointed to the opposite end & vice versa.. Hehe..

We settled somewhere where we think it looks like the end of the Q, surprised to see Pekkie there!^^ I only knew she's a DBSK & Arashi fan who recently taken a liking to FT Island. Didnt expect her to turn up for a SHINee event.

== talking abt FT Island, i cant believe i was so busy she forgot the dates that FTI's comin' to S'pore. 29th and 30th.. Felt like banging against the wall, slapping myself, etc..
OMG! It's until my oh-so-uninterested brother of mine asked 'Isn't FT Island in S'pore?? U didnt go to their autograph session?'
By that time he asked, it's alrdy too late *hangs head low*



i wonder why their stylist put them in such vibrant outfits while in Sg.. Putting this kind of outfits on FT Island kinda reminds me of SHINee..
They're popular enough, they dun need bright outfits to make pple sit up & notice them ahahah..

i still can't believe i missed out on meeting/seeing FT Island on their 3 trips to Singapore.. Like how many Korean artistes will come to SG 3 times in a span of half a year?? ==

SO i DECIDED. Die-die must go to see SHINee.. cos it's the 1st time ever SM Entertainment artiste/grp are coming to SG.
I previously thought the country 'Singapore' wasn't printed on SM Entertainment's HQ office wall's world map.





Random picture of the pple Q-ing ard us..

Lucky to have PF as a companion.. Gg to a chaotic autograph session alone is unimaginable.. Thanks Peifen!^^ We survived 10 hours of waiting for SHINee..
When we finally got our 1st Q no (some volunteers took down names & gave out Q no.s since 3am as the event is for the 1st 1000 fans only)



Guess what number we got??
1001 & 1002! It's like so lucky/unlucky depending on how u see it.. lols..
Can go buy 4D liao~ Ahaha..
I should've.. REALLY. Cos 1100 came in the 2nd prize that night. If i'd bought iBet, just betting $1 alone will let me have a small windfall of $160.
Woohooohoooo...
I forgot that the 4 digits written on my hand is just right for 4D betting. (Cloud's arent a gambler by nature.. lol)

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I havent read any fan accounts of the event yet, cos i'm busy & cos i wanna complete my own account b4 reading others [ i hereby solemnly swear that it's all original text that i'd written, not copy & paste other pple's stories ]

The situation's crazy.. As in CRAZY in CAPS no doubt.. i wonder if more than 2 or 3000 pple turned up at the mall..
1000 lucky fans got to enter the venue + a lot squeezed outside rooftop garden behind barricades & glass doors + many scattered ard the mall + crowds in Basement carparks as they couldnt find anywhere else to plonk themselves..

At 830am, Pekkie & i went to tabao Mac for breakfast.. I hate McDonalds food, but no choice leh, dun see anywhere else other than 7-11 & Mac.
Happened to see a mob of screaming fans prying open the glass doors of Lot One, initially i thot they were waiting for the doors to open so they can rush in (they arent in the first 1000 pple u see)....

BUT, on our way back to our 'campsite', we saw the entrance empty... Glass door dislodged from the floor by an inch or so...
1 lone slipper... Pot of Mandarin orange plant collapsed (CNY decor).. The floor's wet (presumably it's fresh but dirty orange juice xD)...
OMG! IT's actually like Breaking in, trepassing... = CRIMINAL OFFENCE!!!

Never underestimate the power of desperate teenage girls.. And of course the power of Shawols (SHINee's fans are called Shawols)


In the end, they got chased down by the Police/security guards who threatened to cancel the event if they still persist.


I took a video of it while perched on a higher 'safe ground'~

[uploaded on Youtube on 1 of my randomly created accts.. but it looks shaky when viewed on the computer =x i thot it looked fine on my hp screen.. just see the no. of pple at e entrance~]





On a positive note, it's really nice to have friendly people around us in the Q, makes time fly faster. Small chat + had fun viewing Korean perf videos on Crys' laptop. 1 laptop = 9 people watching at the same time.. It must be a funny sight cos we're seated neatly in 2 by 2..

But our peacefulness was destroyed when people started cutting Q.. they simply flooded in when we were abt to be led upstairs. WTF.. Why no barricades?!?!?? Our neat queues transformed into a mob of pple. That was when we were squashed like sardines.. That's when i start to feel it's a blessing to be tall. At least i can BREATHE in there. Started fanning my 'newfound friends' as we try to stay togt in the crowd, give them some air~~ Yes, i'm always the nice nice Cloud...

Wanna make sure none of them faints b4 seeing SHINee..
I'm alright if they faint in front of their fav member later.. Lols.. At least they'll get more attention from their idols.. --jkjk~

Tadah! This ultimate ticket is all that matters for the day~



Scratch the ticket & u'll see the member whom u can get the autograph from~ seems like some kind of lucky draw =p

Getting that ticket marks the hope, joy, exhilaration........... for all the fans..

I didnt have much feel actually.. It's just FINALLYYYYYY i'm here..

Thankful, but i do feel duped..
On our way to the rooftop, the organising pple told us : The album costs $60 which comes with a free poster, if dun want to buy, can just back out now *shown the way out (door at the staircase)*
WTH. Like who will back out at this moment after so many hours of Q-ing. Pekkie thot of not buying cos she dun like SHINee that much.. So ex + cab fare $20 = $80 flew away in a day!!
Crys replied 'Woman, u're already here, just buy and go in la!'
She did.. yeah.. Can sell the album after that i know pple started selling the autographed albums just after the autograph session.

Rooftop garden, if u can see (zoom in or sth) behind the glass doors/entrance to rooftop garden.. there's many many fans 'trapped' behind the barricades..
They can't come in w/o the tickets..
If they did manage to flood in, it'll be Hell all over again..



What i didnt like was the limitations of the autograph session. I think i got too accustomed to Taiwanese artistes' events.. Think autograph session = can 1st watch short performance then get all members autograph & handshakes.

Korean style autograph session = autograph only, no handshakes, no PERFORMANCE!, autograph from 1 member of the group only..
I thought watching them perform live would be a surreal experience, cos i've only watched them on my computer screen & on tv screen [i've got a DVD & saw them on Taiwanese tv show 舞林大道)
Hmph.. 感觉被敲了！$60 for a mini album with 6 songs + shiny large poster *pun intended* heartaches =x

Luckily the rooftop garden is cool with gd ventilation. It's much more comfortable there as i watch PF get all excited (自High-ing in progress) on seeing her fave Onew soon.. Many pple made their own advertisement for eg. 'I want Onew for Jonghyun' and waved it for other fans to see. 'Who has the Key to Minho?' -playing on the member Key's name .. on 1st look, one would think that she's lookin for Minho's ticket.. but no, read again.. it's the other way round~

As for me, I got one of my fave: rapper Minho's ticket, neednt exchange (this shows 我们有缘）keke

What made me LOL was this ad that reads: Who wants Taemin for anyone?
I feel so sad for Taemin, cos that fan dun want him... Out of the 5, that fan only didnt like Taemin & she just got his ticket~~
Well, i thot Taemin's very popular cos he's the lead dancer.. youngest & cutest-looking... Came to know that S'poreans dun like him that much only at the autograph session, with many pple holding his ticket wants to exchange..


One of my fav: Lead vocalist Jonghyun..
I love his voice... can't imagine SHINee's songs w/o his voice..

When his autograph Q was empty, he seemed happy & 'blobbed' ard on his seat & smiled in that cute manner.. Lookin' ard, seemingly thinking... Hmmmm.. Who's next???


Am so glad to be able to catch that cute moment when i was in front for 5 min.

Many pple like me wasn't too eager to get their autographs at that point in time.. Cos aft getting autograph, we'll have to leave rooftop garden = dun get to see them anymore!!


Thats why his Q was empty for a short while ---it's not as if he's unpopular ahaha..

Tried to take many pics of him while i was in line to get Minho's autograph..
It's really hard cos they arent seated onstage.. They are on level grd as us, fans just separate into 5 diff Qs leading to each member when they come near the front. I sympathise with those stuck outside rooftop garden.. I dun think they can given get a glimpse of SHINee cos all they see is just pple.. The stage's empty.. What a waste!!

So i can't even get a proper pic of Minho (=.='') we arent allowed to take photos of them when we're near them, that explains why my photos only show this lil bit of them. And there's just so many security officers, organisers & fans ard..


I tried to extend my time while i was in Minho's Q.. By walking in a zigzag manner, go right side to take pics of Jonghyun and left side to take pics of Taemin..



From my centre Q, i got a gd view of Taemin~
Sweet boy with a heartwarming smile.. After the autograph session, Taemin became Pekkie's new sunshine boy.. Hehe.. Pekkie 被电到了 xD I saw her announcement on FB, leading friends to query her 'What abt DBSK's Changmin???!' Lol.. Changmin's place in Pekkie's heart isn't that easily unsurped..


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Key ---he's quite popular in S'pore.. No offence to Key-lovers.. They call themselves Locket or sth keke.. I think he looks gd only with quirky hairstyles like this + generous eye makeup.. I think he looks the most beautiful in the that CD's jacket & booklet.

I once pointed out the CD cover at HMV to Ida, she thot Key's a girl and became interested in the guy-girl mix group.. To her disappointment, i told her thats a guy =p




That 5 min seemed to pass SO FAST!!

Before i knew anything.. There wasn't anyone in front of me in the Q!!

(= 'o' =) oh no!
Minho's smiling & saying Hello to me..

No choice, have to hand my album to him le.. My SHINee sighting moments are about to be over~~~ Reluctance~~~~~~~

He signed, said Thank you, Bye bye..

I smiled (or did i?) & said Bye bye in a soft voice.. I doubt he can hear it.. Ahhhh.. Idol encounter ended so soon~ Minho's face is really v small, it's kinda out of proportion, for someone who's 180+, a small head just looks weird..



My Eyes on Taemin & Onew as i walked past them towards the exit.. Realised i was too preoccupied by Jonghyun that i didnt even try to look at Onew's direction to see him. Sry Onew, didnt mean to forget to take pics of u.. Jonghyun & his choco banana hair (the color reminds pple of that) is just too striking..

Met up with Pekkie & Crys downstairs.. Took pics of the autographed albums..

The silver one's Minho.. Golden ink (can hardly be seen cos it's running out of ink) is Taemin's & Black one's Key (cannot be seen cos it's black.. why the hell they gave him a black marker to sign on e album which has a black backgrd?)



Closeup on my own album~~~

Intro-ing From left to right: Minho (is he made to stand in front so that other members' faces will look smaller in comparison? lols) -- Key (i like that smoky eye makeup) --Onew (where's he lookin at?) --Jonghyun (trying to look cool) --Taemin (trying to look serious) =fails..

I dun like this cover photo.. I think only Key looks gd in there..

Marks the end of my SHINee-seeking journey..

Lookin' forward to their next SG trip cos i won't have enough $ to go to Korea anytime soon..

Please be like FT Island... Come as many times as u like.. S'pore fans are rich.. FT Island's $100 per hour showcase was packed & SHINee's guest perf for concert at Esplanade, fans pay up to $150 for 8 minute perf..





On the night SHINee returned to Korea, they attended a music awards ceremony.. What busy schedules they had.. Since i didnt get to watch them live.. I settle for the 2nd best yet again~~~

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It's a really long post, took me a few days to complete..

Thanks for reading ~~ Thanks for the patience for reading my own fan account of e event.. It's been so long since i'd done a fan account.. Previously it was in 2006 for Fahrenheit's 1st autograph session at IMM. Much more chaos then SHINee's

I've survived 2 crazy autograph sessions.. Actually it's 3.. Ahah.. nvm shan't delve into the details.. I've emerged STRONGER~~~~

P.S. I happened to sit beside an army guy on the bus just now.. He was those suay ones who'd to wear the new ugly lookin uniform. He was donning big white headphones on his head.. He was blasting some upbeat music. He was listening to SHINee's song A.M.I.G.O.

Me: *surprised* Yet not so surprised considering the fact that there were many guys at the autograph session, of course, much more girls turned up to skew the fan gender ratio =p

yunn. at 2:13 PM