the roller-coaster ride of a star-chaser

the days of a star-chaser can indeed be like a roller-coaster ride. there are the ups and the downs. the heart can leap sky high and fall down flat on the ground the next. the body must have hell of a time reacting to all these responses. hence, puffy and dark circles around the eyes, dull skin, breakouts, and messy hair are things which yours truly could not avoid during this ride.

the second night of the concert was a much better experience. first, my seat on the second night was great!!! it was right at the centre and i got the aisle seat again. woohoo!!! i was on row 7 but it still felt closer than the previous day's row 6. photos too turned out better from this angle.

the concert started at 8.15p.m. again and most of the pumped up fans were all at the centre area this time. yes, my area. so the guards were always around us telling everyone to sit down because those at the back could not see. pity those also lah for sitting behind us.

anyway, some photos first.


cute pose huh?

finally managed to get a photo of her in this outfit. love this part where she sang disco-like songs in english. this was of course the sexiest outfit in the whole show.



she sang you raise me up by josh groban to replace a gospel song in cantonese which was in the rundown in hk concert.

mc jin doing the rap.
a new outfit. again the dress looked loose on her. no butt ma. i love all her killer boots.

singing last christmas with han jin, a singaporean artist.

she wore a black spaghetti strap top yesterday in this segment but changed to this one which she wore in hk on the second night. this one was a 'safer' choice as the spaghetti straps kept falling off her shoulder when she danced.
the show on that night was a more energetic one. you could feel that they are really performing their best to execute all the moves. this was what made it good or better than the previous' night. they had already put in more effort and heart into their performance. audience can feel this kinda thing.
oh oh oh...a scuffle broke out here too between a fan and the guard. the fan was sitting on the first row and of course who could resist from standing and pumping the fist to the fast songs? well, of course except the older generation lah.
one lady in the third row stood up and confronted the female fan. but the fan ignored her and continued standing up. a few others were standing too in that same row.
actually, the stage was so high, i don't think the fans dancing in front obstructed the lady's view. the lady's nose was kinda arrogant. maybe she just could not stand some fist pumping in front of her.
then the security guard got into the picture. the guard had to do their job. he tapped the fan's shoulder to tell her to sit down. maybe quite hard. the fan sat for a while then she took her camera and pointed it at the direction of the guard and took the guard's photo. a warning from fan to guard? watch out...i know who you are??
then i think the guard went to the girl and this was when the exciting part came.
the girl got aggresive and held the guard's collars with both hands in a confrontation. woooh! it was drama in a concert.
more guards then came...including those genting executives who made their presence felt. there were almost 10 of them surrounding the girl. then some shoutings, and then they dragged the girl out of the hall. the fan resisted all the way and was seen holding to the railing, kicking and shouting.
but of course the fast numbers and the audio drowned out everything. many fans did not notice this incident too because they were engrossed in the performance. but i am almost certain that even the singers and band members noticed the scuffle down there as the lighting was quite bright at this segment.
the fan was away for quite a long time and she only came in during encore.
lesson learnt? join the fans in a big group if you want to get high and don't get aggresive.

another new outfit for the first encore. see those metal studded boots? what a killer. those spikes on her outfit were bubbles.


encore 2. most fans who went to facebook earlier already knew about this. fans were all esctatic.

and...the curtains fell after the second encore. the concert was longer this time, it ended around 10.45p.m. so i guess there were no complaints from the ticket-paying audience gua.

but wait....my roller-coaster ride had not ended yet.

after all, what is a good concert without some celebration? nah...obviously not for me, but for the crew, dancers, musicians and the star herself.
venue- one of the restaurants at highland hotel.
and the star-chaser me of course waited patiently for her to appear. this was another 'up' for me. i got onto the same escalator and was in front of her separated by her assistant. managed to give her some praises about the concert and when we got off the escalator, i told her to rest well and she replied, 'i will.' ok, that was short but enough to make me happy.


the videographer is already more experienced here. haha...good shot.

we waited at the lobby after she went into the restaurant but she did not come down using the same exit. she must have left using the back door. so it was back home on a clear night. phew! thank you my driver for driving back both nights.

now, this is not the end yet. gosh, you must be wondering, what is it with these star chasers and their days??
well, the next day, early in the morning, before 6a.m., we had already made our way out of the house to the airport. i had less than 3 hours of unsound sleep but a cup of coffee and toasts with dried duck meat kicked start the engine.

overseas stars have to leave the country don't they? well, it is a 'down' ride here. we waited and waited and waited. dancers showed up, musicians came and even her assistants. but the star was nowhere to be found. fail mission this one. i could accept this disappointment because this was what happened last time.

but hey, there was something to make up for this disappointment. i saw someone else. omg- get this- wu zun from the group fahrenheit. check out his myspace. he came in his dark shades and a face mask, but damn! he was tall and i am sure beneath that glasses and mask is one of the most handsome faces! hahahhaa!!!! and he was oh so nice to all his young fans. they were of different races and spoke different languages to him. he just strolled and took his time walking into the departure gate while signing autographs and chatting with them. how lucky the fans were.

my group of star chasers could only wallow in self-pity while having mcdonalds and shared our grievances. but it was fun because we were not alone.

sigh... this officially ends the star chasing period for this visit. we left the airport at around 11a.m. and i headed to the curve. i had an eye-check appointment at vista lasik centre. my eyesight is getting blurry and i already had a feeling that it would be bad news. just waiting to confirm it.

anyway, before the bad news...something caught my eyes and lifted the emotional state to another new level.

i have got myself a pair of dark grey booties from clarks!!!! aahhhh.....heaven!!! do you know how long i have deprived myself from buying a pair of heels?? that 'fast' was really killing me. i really could not stand it anymore!!

so do you think i can resist when i saw this pair from clarks active air range selling for rm238? the leather was sooooo supple and when i put it on, man, i could see myself in so many outfits and rocking it. i must have fast for a long long time.
i dun care if my soles are going to hurt later, the pair of booties is mine!!! but i can't imagine myself walking the malls in them though. i would be killing myself that way. aahh....i love my booties.

now to the final down ride on the roller-coaster track. the eye-check result.
my eye sight has disgressed. i dunno the term you use to describe the eyes but...layman's term lah here. i have powers on both eyes, about 100 each. yes, i definitety have problems reading sign boards and car registration numbers when i am driving. it is my call for the second surgery.

so do i want to wear glasses or go under the machine? i think i choose the latter. it is almost 3 years since i did it and the doctor said he could still lift the flap up to do the corrective surgery. so do i want to do the custom lasik or standard lasik? standard lasik i will lose more eye tissues in the process. tissue loss would be minimised if i do the custom lasik but i will have to pay the difference in the price. that would mean about rm2000 more for each eye.

why oh why? why me?
what a way to end this roller coaster ride huh? i think i came off the ride feeling exhausted and in a slightly blur state now.
i need to clear the head now.