WESTLIFE IN SINGAPORE 2011
Ok so I wanted to write a whole chunk of emo crap before I went into the exciting stuff but I shant because people might just fall asleep reading it =p Bottom-line is; Ive loved WESTLIFE for 12 freaking years and waited 5 years to see them again (in Singapore) Enough said. Drama over obtaining the concert tickets have been blogged about so we'll leave it as that. Lets go straight into exciting stuff =]
27TH SEPTEMBER 2011
About a week prior the concert Sony Music Sg organized a competition in search of "The Biggest Westlife Fan" where the winning entry would win a pair of concert tickets. Submission entry was a story via email on why you are the biggest fan. Considering I was taking part in every single lucky draw I could get my hands on why pass up on this? If I got lucky I might just land myself meet and greet passes as well. So I got down to work and typed this out in like what? Maybe 10minutes tops.
So when 27th September came, I realised that they hadnt announced the winner on Facebook despite claiming they would by 26th morning. So I commented on their page; gathered a couple of likes and comments, and viola! They posted the winner that evening!!
And I opened up my inbox and found this!
I was seriously super excited when I won!! MK was sitting next to me when I saw the Facebook announcement and turned to me and pointed at the screen and he was like "OMG!! You won?!" So yup it was decided then that MK and daddy was going to the WESTLIFE concert as well =] Just like 5 years ago =]
I got super teary when I read the email....they might send my entry to WESTLIFE themself *touched* it was really a dream come true for me omg.
This was the day they finally arrived in Singapore! I got to the airport earlier in the afternoon despite their flight only at 5pm because I was seriously too anxious haha and anyway there was always wonderful company ;-) Paige and Lala.
and yes thats me with my hoodie on cause I felt super paranoid over all the erm unwanted attention haha Lala and Paige will know exactly what I mean. Shant elaborate and give slutface an added feature for her to bitch about
We were super anxious and stressed over the mode of transport of which to use to chase the lads cause the security kept chasing our cabs away. In the end we settled for the limousine cab which Paige sweetly offered to stay behind with the driver. Seriously honey I owe you one ;-)
Finally the lads arrived and omg the fans were mad!! They were like banging against the glass door and screaming. It was scary really. There wasnt any barricades so I was basically just walking around in circles due to anxiousness. The number of fans this time round compared to 5 yrs ago has erm multiplied by 10 times. No joke. Seriously freak scary.
I was seriously like super skilled in weaving in and out of the crowd haha. Nicky came out first and somehow from a far away place I managed to squeeze near the lads and managed to touch Shane and Kian; of which Kian was just wide open but I didnt really want to say hi to him so I just brushed his arms and went for Mark. Mark was the last and I figured the best out to get out of the airport door leading to the cars outside was to follow them close and that was what I did haha. I was hugging Mark from the back all the way and managed to safely get out of the airport without getting mobbed. And I was feeling all happy cause his hoodie was thick and comfortably cuddly hahaha. Heres my video at the airport: pardon the shakiness I basically clicked record and ran around without caring what I was recording hahaha but MK saw it and was like "Omg ure soooo near!!" *beams*
So anyway when I finally got out I panicked once again cause 1) I couldnt find our ride 2) Lala was missing. Thank god both arrived soon after so me and Lala hopped onto the Limousine taxi and our exciting journey began =] I gave a very good narration of our adventure and the uncle even smiled at my camera but the camera woman - Paige sucked big time and forgot to click the record button. OH-MY-GOSH so I was too lazy to make another good vid so a lousy short one will suffice for now =p
The car chase was seriously exciting-much hahaha we kept screaming and giggling non-stop. And chatting with the uncle. Our uncle rocks. In the end we managed to catch them at their hotel; Ritz Carlton and our uncle stopped at the bottom of the slope so we had to get off and give chase. Thank god me and Paige ran fast. I headed to Mark first and asked for an autograph. There were many girls pushing like mad and he got really pissed and screamed "Stop pushing! I cant do anything!" Then he looked at me and took my pen...he was going to take my album cover to sign when this unknown massive object (fat girl?) slotted itself in between me and Mark...and he couldnt reach me so he looked down at the thing and pushed it aside and grabbed my hand and pulled me towards his side. SUPER FUNNY!! Then he signed a few others and went like "ok im sorry i cant sign with this pen" and went off...and my pen went missing!!!! =[ I cried out for it and no one gave my pen back to me =[ Then I went over to Shane and saw Lala taking a picture with him so I captured that moment and went off cause he was being surrounded by way too many girls. Turned around and saw Nicky so I went over to him and held his arm asking for a picture...he continued signing so I waited a while....while holding on to his arm then he finally stopped signing+moving and stood outside the hotel door and we took a photo =]=]=]
Nicky is major LOVE <3 Honestly I freaking hate self shots because it makes my face come out big and fat. Another thing I realised was that most of the girls that took self-shots always never fail to cutoff the top of the Westlifer's head. They insist because they are too tall...but Im super short and I wasnt wearing heels and Nicky looks fine here? Mum commented that maybe my self-shot skills were just damn good then MK pointed out that...I think Nicky bent for you lah! I guess that makes a lot of sense as well...oh well its Nicky =]
After the utter madness I managed to find Paige and Lala again and omg guess what? I caught Paige stoning at one corner. WTH! haha she said she wasnt too interested haha damn she should have helped me get some autographs or something haha but seriously very glad for your company. We wouldnt have survived without you.
Then we continued waiting outside and Paige left at about 7+ while me and Lala continued waiting. We got hungry so we ordered Macs at about 9ish and after a while decided to give up on the wait...then we realised we had to wait for our food anyway so we stayed on and soon after that the security came over to tell us that the lads were coming out!! Omg thank god for waiting for our macs!! Basically he said we were allowed to take photos/ask for autographs as long as the lads are fine with it =]
So waited we did and then when Shane came out first all the girls ran over to him so I grabbed Lala and dragged her to Mark (and threw her at him) hahaha cause I knew this was her lifetime dream being fulfilled...After I took the picture for her it was my turn =]
This is seriously my favouritest picture. Im so glad I wore a dress to match him haha looks so classy =] And yes Mark is tall...and stop staring at his sexy chest hair! haha but seriously when he walked out...I was like oh my god he looks soooooooo goddamn gorgeous...the pictures dont do him justice trust me.
Then Lala wanted to sneak over to Shane then I tapped her and said "Hey I think I want a picture with Kian" Kian was just there standing and talking to Mattie...so I went over to ask for a picture...shaking all the way...and he actually smiled and said "Yeah sweetheart sure" ...OMG. haha then i took the pix for Lala as well and omg so embarrassing my hand was shaking soooooo bad i think he saw!! *blushes* damn you Kian for making me traumatized since 5yrs ago.
Finally pictures with all four Westlifers. haha.
Then I went to find Shane but he was being dragged away by the bodyguards so he only managed to turn and sign my album...while i put it on my hand as a backing haha the image was kinda cute him stretching his hand over with the pen to me and then me realising it so instead of shoving the album cover at me i flipped it and let it lay on my palm for him to sign haha
Nicky came out last and he was seriously mobbed by all the girls...I asked for a picture and he said ok but he was being dragged then he turned around and looked at me and went like "picture?" and another security blocked me and we were just like looking at each other and reaching out to each other while being dragged away...yah drama much. haha really hilarious sight if it was recorded on video haha oh well it wasnt meant to happen that night =[
So anyway me and Lala headed home afterwards. . We were talking about how tempted we were to cab back but in the end we both took buses home haha. Im super impressed by my self control of not splurging on a cab ride home haha. I guess I didnt mind cause the bus was pretty empty when it went past that stop so Im basically fine with bus rides as long as I get a seat.
So yup I went home and konked out soon after. Didnt manage to get any work done cause I was just way too tired.
3RD OCTOBER 2011
Concert day!! Whoooo me and Lala felt kind of lazy and she was worried she might be too shagged by concert time so we decided to meet only after lunch and not annoy the boys during breakfast haha. Anyway we waited for quite abit before deciding to just head to the stadium instead. Mummy was already there when we reached so I decided to change in my car =p and went to check out the merchandise while Lala went over to Kallang Leisure Mall to withdraw cash to pay for her sis's ticket. I brought 200bux cash with me to purchase the WESTLIFE merchandise and guess what? If I really bought every single item it would have amounted to 200bux exactly!! HA. Thanks to mummy I didnt haha she exercise control for me; so the end damage was only 90bux:
One black Gravity Tshirt - 45bux
The tour booklet (super cool 3D pix!) -30bux
Gravity poster - 15bux
I did not buy 2 more Tshirts and the rather fugly bag haha
and somehow now Im regretting not spending an additional 110bux...am I crazy or what?! haha the guy at the store was damn farnie he kept trying to convince me to buy more and when I said stuff like "ok let me see that for like 5secs," he literally counted!! hahaha then mummy asked him to take a new shirt for me and he did haha...he kept trying to get the bag for me cause it was reserved so when the woman removed the tag he screamed and grabbed the bag for me and said "its available again!!" Even with just the 90bux worth of goods I was quite hesistant and eventually I just screamed "whatever lah its WESTLIFE no need to think" haha and paid him the 90bux
Then I waited for Lala to come back before going in, at the entrance I bumped into Sophia =]
When we eventually got into the stadium, the toilet was my first stop and we got to our seats; 1 and 6. Before that mummy had gone into the stadium and saw 3 guys were sitting in between us so all I had to do was smile sweetly and asked if they would allow me to be with Lala when the concert started. At first the guys gave me a rather blank look before one of them answered with "Erm I dont see a problem with that" so yaye =]
Being my usual self I was running all over the place saying hi before the concert started and once when I came back to my seat my seat partner had arrived!
Tracy!! =]
Ok I shall not go onto a song by song detailed analysis here even though the concert was so damn short;
Heres the setlist:
1) When You're Looking Like That
2) World OZf Our Own
3) What Makes A Man
4) Safe
5) Home
6) My Love
7) Beautiful Tonight
8) Hit Medley (Viva La Vida/Only Girl In The World/Time Of My Life/Dirty Bit/Bad Romance)
9) Seasons In The Sun
10) You Raise Me Up
11) Already There
12) I Will Reach You
13) Flying Without Wings
Encore
14) What About Now
15) Uptown Girl
Enjoy the photos and videos =]
It was quite funny because 5minutes into the concert Lala turned to me and said "OMG Nicky officially likes you" hahaha super farnie. Yes, just like 5 years ago. Some things dont change haha. Nicky stop staring at me!! I shy! haha then later he couldnt call me on stage so I pouted and he winked at me urghhhh.....you cant do that to me Nicky!! haha Mark and Shane looked and smiled at us quite a lot of times as well. We were smack centre with a lot of room to move so we really enjoyed ourselves. Regret letting a couple of girls stand next to us at the barricade from the second row...she asked me and I said ok being the kind self but Im regretting it because they managed to get quite a lot of stuff and there wasnt even a word of thanks. Doesnt pay to be kind. Sigh. Yah you managed to scream at Shane to get you on stage but please think about how he even could notice your face in the first place...oh well nvrmind
Anyway after the concert me Lala and Tracy were debating whether to go to their hotel and after much debate we decided to but when we got out we realised that their van had left! Super fast!! So we ran to my car instead of trying to get a cab and unfortunately we were trapped in the carpark =[ So we decided to just try out luck tomorrow instead.
Anyway when I was in the car I felt super emo over the concert ending and a single drop of tear fell yes omg i cried. haha sheesh my mum and bro (on the phone) were super amused =p
I got home and couldnt fall asleep because I was feeling super annoyed over a lot of things. Tracy on the otherhand did go to the hotel in the end and managed a picture with Nicky. =] She too couldnt stand the fans this time round hahahaha
4TH OCTOBER 2011
Today was the day we said goodbye =[ I had actually predicted their hotel check-out timing perfectly but sigh...ok shall explain. Me and Lala reached the hotel at 8am and waited for a while before I saw Mark and Kian walking (with a fat girl chasing right behind) so I brisk walked over and caught up to them and asked Kian for a picture and he made many many funny hand gestures and said he was drunk hahaha. Seriously I was freakin traumatized haha. Then Mark saw so he stopped to turn and talk to me. I was soooo stunned I have no idea what he said to me haha a couple of people asked me what Mark said to me and honestly I cant remember a single thing!! Haha I reckon it was probably along the lines of explaining why they were drunk etc. So we waited in the lobby till the nice hotel guy in-charge came to tell us that the lad would only leave in the evening. So me and Lala went to get nice Swensen's lunch at Marina Square haha. We came back and slacked at the lobby somemore waiting for the lads and omg I fell sleep multiple times =P I blame the comfy cushions haha. Then towards 4+ the hotel person had to chase us out due to manager's orders. I shall the hotel person the funny guy cause he really was haha. He came over to me and Lala and asked why we werent part of the gang there and we said we didnt really want to crowd the area. Haha. Then after we went out he came over to us multiple times to chat and more importantly update us on the lads' plans haha. He was like "omg they are the most irritating people ever! I have seen Rain, Andy Lau, BSB and so many more and theyre the worst!! they cant make up their minds! want to shop want to eat then dont know whether want to shop at marina or mbs" Lala "why dont you make up their minds for them?" Guy "are you kidding?! theyre in a world of their own mann, how to decide for them? did you see the last guy? omg. damn fat" hahahahaha he was referring to Mark. Then he went on about how he never remembered Mark being so fat hahaha. Super funny. Other epic statements he made includes "I hope they decide to shop at Marina, then I will happily open the door for them, wave goodbye then theyre not my problem anymore. You all want to push them into the pond and do dunno what, take photos you can go ahead" and "omg four piggies eat eat eat talk talk talk dont want to leave" hahaha super farnie lah. But oh well he called us the ahjumma group! haha it was me Lala and another lady. The other kids were crowding at the restaurant window staring at the lads eat. Then after a while he came back to tell us that they were exiting via the staff exit...before anything happened their van pulled up and I was like "oh oh theyre coming out by here haha" and he panicked and ran to the driver hahaha then he came back and said that theyre probably picking up their stuff only and the whole gang of kids ran back to where we were. And 3secs later I saw Nicky! walking towards me ;-) and I was like "haha you die theyre coming." and he quickly asked us to stand behind him haha so I stood at my same spot at the corner of four doors and guess who decided to come out directly at that one door in front of my face =p
haha no prizes for guessin who lah of course Nicky. So I just had to ask for a picture and he stopped, put his luggage down and took a picture with me.
Then when Lala slotted herself there many fans came over to hoard him for an autograph and she waited quite long but Nicky didnt look at my camera so I shouted "Nicky here!" and naturally he turned and smiled for her picture =p haha Next was Shane. He was on the phone so I mouthed if we could take picture and he stopped and looked at the camera...damn I should have moved over to his other side haha.
After me and Lala were done with Shane, Kian and Mark were already on the van. Apparently people came afterwards and said Nicky went up the van super fast and someone whined that "You always get Nicky first, Nicky always go to you" Oh well =p haha. Lala and Mich reckons Nicky remembers me from my years ago but I wouldnt dare to go so far, honestly I feel that his taste just hasnt changed lah haha but oh well he does have a picture of us together which he put in his bag ;-)
Ok so anyway bye bye WESTLIFE. Decided not to do a airport goodbye cause we were pretty sure they would take the CIP terminal. And thank god we didnt cause apparently the piggies went shopping in the end =p haha. Me and Lala had a sadded dinner before we parted our ways *hugs babe* Dont worry. Ireland concert planning underway =]
Yes after several days I am still pretty emotional over WESTLIFE. Im going to miss them so so so so much. And yah didnt get a goodbye kiss from Nicky this time round haha. Just to recall sweet memories, I had given Nicky the picture of us together with a love message behind. He saw the picture and flipped to see the message and went "Awwww omg thanks sweetheart" and then he hugged and kissed me. Lala bears witness of my unforgettable memory and omg I was a kid lah haha ok lah not too young but omg 5 whole years ago haha. Love ya Nicky.
Phoebe Feehily (omg typing this surname makes me emotional as well screw this) signing off now ciao!
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