Monday, March 22, 2010
e乐大赏 Singapore Entertainment Awards
13 Mar 2010
Got a first feel of SHINee's outdoor concert in Singapore...
In front of a 10,000 strong crowd, at the Marina Bay floating platform, facing the scenic city skyscape that lights up at night.
You can see the Singapore Flyer, Esplanade, Peaceful river waters~^^
Many local, taiwanese, hong kong singers/groups performed at the awards ceremony. But the main draw for the majority of the audience is most likely the Korean group SHINee.
I find it kinda weird when it was announced that SHINee's coming.. Cos i thot Singapore Entertainment Awards (SEA) is for Mandarin pop songs.
SHINee didnt have any Chinese songs leh... (Fyi, their seniors DBSK & SuJu do have Chinese songs) Hmm.. How come they come to this award ceremony?
Funny eh..
I doubt the fans will mind this weird arrangement. All we want to see is SHINee (^.^)
SHINee at their 2nd fansign event at IMM (1st fansign at CCK's Lot One proved too small to accomodate their fans)
I didnt go~~ Cos have to buy the same album again.. And if u've read my prev post, u would know why~^^
Arrived at 5... Q-ed in the drizzle to enter the Marina Bay platform stands..
Sat togt with the hot pink grp of Liang Wenyin fans.. I like their idea of getting hot pink helium balloons and tying all of them to a banner (hoping to make it fly into the sky)
Unfortunately, it was too heavy, 50 balloons arent enough to lift it high up.. so change in plans: each fan hold on to 1 balloon, then let it fly after LWY finished her songs..
I don't think this turned out well actually, cos after singing, she turned & left e stage, i dun think she saw the balloons~
Shld've slowly released them when she's singing.. Add more romantic-ness to her ballads~^^
And their customised LED boards are so striking under the mysterious cloak of darkness, attracting much attention fr the rest of e crowd.
Sat directly behind 1 row of Xiaogui's fans -- i like their black skull cut outs that they waved as 小鬼belted out 2 songs amid screaming fans.
He's been hosting 100% Entertainment for several years, amassed quite a big fanbase here~
Had fun cheering for Xiaogui togt with his fans~ It's always nice to cheer and scream togt w a grp of enthusiastic pple rather than scream on your own and risk looking like some siao zha bor =p
Thanks to a whistle i got fr LWY fans, i could make more NOISE as & when i like... Lol.. For LWY, Xiaogui & my lovely SHINee..
Create 气氛~ That's what outdoor performances are for.. 尖叫声四起！热闹热闹~
I felt the crazy urge to exclaim in excitement when i saw FT Island appear in a trailer video of celebrities.. The organisers got them to say something (dun ask me what they said, cos i dunno, kept busy by all that excitement building up in me & the screams by girls in e audience drowned FTi's voices)
It's just part a video (barely a min) and FTi arent even coming for this event..
Why am i so excited for??
Cloud got to admit she's a FTi's Fangirl~
Of course my loudest cheers are reserved for SHINee
Performed 3 fast tracks.. Dancing throughout~~ OMG.. So worth my ticket price of $24+..
Replay + JoJo + Ring Ding Dong
Totally didnt expect them to kickstart their perf with my all-time fav song! It's the song that got me noticing them, 1st song they released in their 1st Mini Album.. Symbolic thats why?
For that 10 min or so... I was in SHINee Heaven~
Finally got to see them perform 'live' looks diff from video footage..
So surreal~
Almost the entire audience were standing up.. I stood on the seat eventually cos i'm tired of craning my neck & standing up in such a straight manner.. Oki, i admit i often slouch, cant stand straight/properly.. usually slant to one side.. Pretty restless i would say..
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1st time watching so many local singers 'live'
JJ Lin --talented musician playing the 'prince charming' by playing on a big piano
A-Do --sang 2 of his signature songs... Awww.. so nice.. plus a new song, with a funny title.. 听见牛在哭.. really sounds like 听见牛仔裤.. So Lol-ing song name~
BY 2 --cute twin power
Tanya --talented musician.. A simple acoustic guitar accompanying her strong vocals~
Event ended b4 12.. But at 11++ after SHINee's performance, many people started leaving..
I was kinda surprised cos Eason Chan is an A-lister.. Maybe not that popular in Sg... But he's the most popular HK singer in Mandarin Pop scene.. I feel bad towards Eason~ So embarrassing!!!
Whatever it is, it's rude to leave a performance when someone's performing on stage.
Took Night Rider bus home.. The long ride of 1 and half hr brought me to many places..
I expected myself to drift off to sleep, but i was
1) Suffering from the aftermath of the excitement of seeing SHINee
2) Hadn't been on a sightseeing trip on a bus for quite sometime since i'd been busy working
3) Too tired till i was numb to the tiredness
The bus went to Orchard, Mohammed Sultan area, Marine Parade, Bedok, Tanah Merah, Simei then finally Pasir Ris..
Went past my former schs --teejay & ahs (the backgate area.. the bus stop where i used to take bus 17 home) awww.. nostalgia time in the quite wee hours of the night!
Reached home at almost 130am... The NR bus stopped right at the bus stop opposite my house... Yayness~ Convenient & Cheap (compared to cab fare) & Nostalgia inducing..
It would be nice to have a companion..
Although it would translate to a diff feel of the bus journey~
Chit chatting rather than enjoying the peacefulness of the night..
Cloud's much-delayed entry for the month of March
yunn. at 5:09 PM
Monday, March 08, 2010
13 march & 14 march SHINee's coming again
Yeah yeah it's gonna be a post on them again~
This was posted on the Live Journal community that i'm following~
"Simply Purchase SHINee's <2009> Album on
13 March (Sat) at IMM (from 9am onwards)!
And get an Entry Pass to EXCLUSIVE SHINee Showcase on
14 March (Sun) (2pm) at IMM Level 3 Garden Plaza!"
damn it sounds freaking easy..
i wish lor..
:: LATEST UPDATES 040310 :
*STRICTLY FOR FIRST... 3000 ONLY!
LIMITED TO ONE ALBUM PER PERSON!
- Number queues will be given out to the person who is queueing by AUTHORISED WARNER MUSIC PERSONNEL.
*** ALBUM PRICE: $35.00 Nett
All the Shawols (term for Shinee fans) in Spore are like 'WTH...They increased the no. of pple to 3000? The previous event was limited to 1000, so much CHAOS alrdy.. Now "limited to 3000 people" Omg.. 3 times the CHAOS?!? Imao.
And why the album's so cheap now? Compared to $60 which we paid previously?
INTERESTING COMMENTS posted after this entry~ 原滋原味 No-edit fan comments with my own comments in brackets =p
I didnt post any comments on the forum post tho.. There's alrdy 4 full pages worth of comments there.. A helluva lot.. I prefer commenting on others' comments~~
-yeah. so queue overnight on friday? then buy on saturday.
go SEA at night. then watch shinee 2 perf then rush off to imm and queue overnight again???
WTF. THAT SOUNDED CRAZY
(Key: SEA refers to Singapore Entertainment Awards to be held at Marina Bay Floating Platform, this comment actually attracted several others who shared the same CRAZY idea)
-2000 MORE PEOPLE IN IMM? i foresee fans breaking down walls.
-GASPS 2012 CAME 2 YEARS EARLIER :(
(rmb the movie 2012?)
-BEWARE OF WORLD WAR III
-Besides, no kpop groups actually look that happy to be in Singapore D:
THIS LOL. i suppose i'm not going D:
They are probably going to make history in Sg like "earthquake in IMM?!?!?!"
how about giving me tickets to korea instead?
(anticipating the MALL-QUAKE -earthquake in a mall
which sugar daddy is dangling korea trip tickets? will certainly lure many young girls)
-kinda want to go since i didn't get to see them the first time round, but i kind of fear for my wellbeing...
-the reputation that fans now have makes me think "omg what if my boss sees me in a place like that???"-- it's just not good
-ikr, i'm like "i hope none of my students see me"
(*nods* acknowledge the 2 comments, it's embarrassing to be spotted squashed togt with so many young girls just to see a boyband with all 5 members who 'happen' to be younger than me
ooo.. i'm sure the noonas (elder sister in Korean) will just heck care)
-IMM will be World War III. Brb, going to hunt for war materials and safety equipment nao. >D
-me too. i'm gonna wear helmet, knee guard, elbow guard etc. I'M GOING.
(never in my life have i seen girls/ladies so keen to go to war)
-Go if you want to!:D I'm still lolling over the fact FTI had only 300 tickets, and SHINee 3000.
(FTI vs SHINee Showcase in Spore.. 300 vs 3000.. Xozy close-up showcase vs Showcase in front of a mad sardine-packed crowd)
-They should just not advertise at all, or at least minimise the advertising. Such things need no advertising, srsly.
(this is the gd time for all Warner Music marketing & promotions people to go on leave.. cos they arent needed anw)
-warner is ridiculous.
-2 days? omg the travelling to IMM will kill me! twice!? >.<
(for the sake of SHINee, i'm sure crazy fans are willing to die as many times as they can)
-I'm actually anticipating another door breakage lol
(FYI if u didnt/havent read my earlier post on SHINee's 1st fansign event, Lot One's huge glass door was dislodged aka broken by mobs of fans desperate to get in)
OOoh.. Coming to an end of my Commentary on Comments..
Hadnt done this in awhile, i guess i need to sharpen by critical skills every now & then =p
An event's on my coming Sat's calendar..
Sg Entertainment Awards, thz Samarx for helping me get a ticket~~
Nvm that the event's 5h long.. SHINee's singing 2 or 3 songs max..
I am lookin fwd to seeing Xiaogui & listening to Eason, Tanya.... many others coming~
yunn. at 5:18 PM
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
It's the Season for flying Kites
Since there's strong winds coming from the northern side.. Aka seabreeze?
The green grassland near my house would be flooded with kite-flyers on weekend evenings..
One fine day when my Mum's walking home after alighting from a bus.. She saw a huge fabric (those gd quality types) kite falling a short distance away from her. The string's either broke or got cut by another kite's string.
The kite eventually landed on the road.
In the way of an oncoming car which went over it..
The Malay woman walking in front of my Mum went 'Ohhhhh!!'
She went forward to take the kite after the car drove away.
My Dad's the one driving the car..
What a coincidence!!
My Mum wanted to pick up the big kite, but the Malay woman was in front & nearer to the kite.. Of course she got it.. Actually my Dad wanted to take the kite too, when he drove past and saw it fluttering towards the ground, but since he's driving, it's hard for him to stop and pick it up.
He thought the kite probably belonged to the Malay woman.
My mum said No, that woman alight fr the same bus as her, she can't possibly be kite-flying b4 that.. Lols..
And he didnt see my mum walking by the roadside, he probably set sight only on the kite.. =p
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Just in case u're wondering why i'm free to blog now~ Hehe, no i'm not slacking at work..
Truth is, i didnt go to work.. On MC for 2 days...
Cos my left eyelid's swollen.. Quite uncomfortable & feels itchy.. It's infection/inflammation due to dust, dirt getting into my eye..
Went to see a doctor ytd, (hoping to get a day's MC) got 2 days =p
I still went to school ytd night.. I think the antibotic the doctor prescribed made me really hungry.. I'd an early dinner b4 gg for class (15 min late... My ALS kicking in)
Barely 1h into the lesson, my stomach's growling loudly.. Yeah, loud enough for my friend next to me could hear~
Lesson ended 1h early, i gulped down lots of water & thot i could tahan until i reach home..
As i walked thru Bugis Village towards train station, I was perspiring & i felt cold. Coldness~ In the middle of Bugis Village Level 1???!? Guess i was breaking out in cold sweat. WTH. I NEED food & a drink to go with it....
At that hour (9:30pm) the first thing i thot of was McDonalds since many food outlets are alrdy closed/closing. I made my way out of Bugis Village, first thing i saw ---Burger King..
I decided, yeah that's the place..
Got myself a mushroom swiss students meal with iced milo.. As i drank Milo & ate the slightly soggy fries, I felt a sense of guilt.. Eating unhealthy fast food which i arent too fond of for supper.. Omg~ Reluctance to eat vs growling stomach, spent more than half an hour eating the meal... The burger shrank in size, just like Mac's... too lil of those tasty mushrooms which i love..
Thanks to the BK meal, i managed to travel home in comfort --no more coldness even though the mrt trains these days are freakin fcuking cold-for-no-reason.
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Dear DBSK~~ It's been so long~~ It's kinda sad that i can't name some songs which you all sang at this concert.. I've listened to almost all your songs over these 4+ years.. I'm sorry cos my memory's not that fantastic, i rmb lovin' these songs.. But then, i just cant rmb those song titles =x *hangs head low*
Tmr i'll be back to work, should be quite busy ba~~~
yunn. at 4:43 PM