what a taylor-rific night

going to a taylor swift's concert? it is something i have never imagined i would do. however, i have done it and there is no regret at all. in fact, i am glad i was there when she entertained all her swifties (her fans) at stadium putra, bukit jalil on 11 june 2014.

i ended up going due to some curiousity and goodwill to help a few kids to attend the concert of their idol.

our journey started at 3pm from tm when the wind was howling and rain was lashing. phew! it was stormy! luckily the rain stopped halfway to kl and it was a smooth journey from then on. the first destination was cititel hotel at midvalley. one of the kids had to check in first as this was the place she was putting up for the night. the sacrifice one would make for an idol...not to mention the $$ spent.
haha...guess who is talking now. as if i had never done this sort of things before.

we had our dinner at alexis in the gardens first. i only had mangoes in the afternoon just so i could eat more. lol.

my cup of cappuccino. not bad.

soup of the day- minestrone. i needed something to warm my stomach.

lobster roll. someone ordered and i picked on like a quarter of everything on the plate. miss fries!!!!

seafood pizza...yummy. a slice for me please.

bittersweet chocolate...which is the worst chocolate cake i have ever eaten. the sponge chocolate cake was so dry. horrible. nobody wanted to take another bite after the first one and i ended up having to finish up the piece of cake.
actually everyone was so full that they did not want dessert but i insisted because it seemed an incomplete meal without dessert especially when one was in alexis.

we reached stadium putra at around 7.45pm. i read that the place was already bustling with fans since 3pm. there were many booths by the sponsors where they had cut-outs of life sized taylor swift for fans to take photos with. there were queues in all the booths.

there were also many stalls selling non-official merchandise such as notebooks, caps, t-shirts, bags, etc.

but the real deal is here, in the photo above....the only stall selling official tour merchandise....and they were not cheap mind you. the stall was also not that obvious and could easily be missed. only when we saw people holding the paper bag below, that we realised there was an official merchandise stall after all.

those t-shirts cost rm100 a piece. the kids bought piano score book for rm90 which had all the scores to all songs in the red album. the blanket in the middle hanging there with taylor's face, that was rm180. that was an ok buy since it was big and one could use it for many purposes. maybe a cover for die-hard fan. the most ridiculously priced item was a photo of taylor swift in smaller than A4 size selling for rm30. i wonder how many they sold of that.

they were happy just with their paper bags i think. hehehe.

i got category 1 ticket, rm497 and i was really happy with my seat. i could see the stage clearly and taylor swift could be clearly seen.

the fans were really die-hard. had to give them the compliments for coming out with different make-ups, attires (mostly red), huge cards, light signs, and head gears. their adrenalin was at the highest level even before the concert began. so imagine the euphoria once taylor swift started singing. i thought my ear-drum was going to burst with all the screaming.

we spotted two local celebrities at our section. one was jinny boy, hitz fm deejay whom i heard is a big taylor swift fan. he is the one standing on the left of this photo recording his fans screaming for him.

the other one was sheena liam, winner of asia's next top model. it would be hard not to notice her thin figure with her bleached hair. i think she might be there with her younger sister.

oh, i think mr and mrs swift (taylor's parents) were there too. they walked in before the show began and fans who recognised them took opportunities to take selfies with taylor's sporting mom.

the concert started a few minutes after 9pm. the time printed on the ticket was 8.30p.m.

this was the first look. one lucky fan standing in front of the stage was given the black hat by taylor herself. i could see her group jumping with joy after that.

practically everyone was on their feet once the concert began, well except for parents who accompanied their children. and there were many of them.

everyone in every section was screaming and i bet taylor swift could be talking gibberish, and they would all still be lapping up to every word. that was the kind of star power she had.

a small section in category 2 was really lucky as there was a mini stage in front of them.

this was how near they were.

taylor in i 'heart' kl black tee. that was such a nice tee to wear especially to please her fans here. i wonder if this shirt was given to her by a fan or her crew got it for her.

this was the set for the song trouble. she wore the same set as what she performed at brits award.

the encore- only one song. we are never ever getting back together.

the concert ended before 10.30pm so it was actually less than the 90 minutes reported. a bit short right? if hk artists put their concerts at only 90 minutes, they would be booed no doubt.

and one song for encore? i think this was the first time i had ever heard of that. usually there would be another set of about 3 songs at least. felt a bit shortchanged there eh?

well, the fans would have nothing to complain about i am sure. the organiser here would be paying taylor in US dollar so there was never a chance of getting lesser-priced tickets for sure.

well, she is playing in singapore now and the stadium is even bigger. the tickets sold for stadium putra was 7500 and they were all sold out in 2 hours.

all in all, it was a good night. i reached home at midnight and had fun sharing my photos and videos on fb. haha. had fun showing off eh. kakaka.

will try to upload the videos here as well. i am having some problems uploading in this post. maybe i will put the videos in a new post after this.

so did you go to this concert? what do you think??