Fanboy Rant Alert ...
After days of scheming, plotting and manipulating ... I finally met one of my favourite Chinese Singers at Singtel Comcentre ... initially it wasn't even clear whether will he be turning up at all and there were people telling it that it might be a pure product promotion and no artist appearance at all ...
Well that rumours was all laid to rest pretty early as the moment I stepped into the venue, I was given an autographed poster ... things were definitely looking at and chances were high although MX/I were not given a one on one opportunity...
so I schemed ... hehe knew that roughly when the most likely opportunity to get my stuff signed and perhaps a photo with him ... after scanning the grounds and the escape routes that he might take ... I figured my best chance would be when he was coming off stage and perhaps before he would be escorted to those infamous back lanes where I would most likely be unable to enter ....
After all the product promo and the stars chatted about the film Pye Dog, it was the finale Photo session time and I packed all my stuff with me, all ready to do that last minute "Can you sign for me" before the body guards (which was only a couple I think) could react ...
Initially I was pretty slow and before I could get to him, he and the female star had left the hall ... pressing on, I went out to the reception area, half expecting that he would have been led out and that's where I hit pay dirt : ) hehehe he and other folks were hanging around
NO WAITING LIAO !
hehehe i approached him and tapped him on the shoulder ... told him I am a fan and if he would kindly sign my CD
and boy he was kind enough to obliged and even asked if it's ok to sign the interior instead of the other cover that I requested ... hehehe well it's your CD : ) (actually after the whole encounter, It made sense to sign the interior as it's less likely to fade off) ... after which, he even asked if I liked to include my name on it .... hehhehe the picture will tell u the outcome right ?
the sensing there's more time since no minders had actually zoom in to stop me, I tried to get him to sign another item which is more dear to me : ) and that is ....
Yup , this cheaply newspaper cutting ... worthless to most but gotto be one of the most precious item to me .... following which, I told him it was one of my favourite film and I gave it 4.5 stars (which I pointed to him)
If I didn't remember wrongly, both our faces brighten up at that moment ... and he inspected what was quoted and read out loud for a while ... hehe he then went on to sign the item ... kept one side for Miriam Yeung : ) yeah .. (Miriam Yeung U r my Next Target! )
afterwhich, my next plan was taking a photo with him ... but this is where I made the most stupid mistake of the day ... as he was signing the newspaper ad, the event organiser came to take him away for the one on one .... the pretty organiser gave me the "no no no" finger signal and not wanting to offend them or reveal to them my fanboy's antics ... i started to relent .... and tried my luck for one last time by asking her (with hand signal) if it's possible to snap a picture with him ... of cos kanna a Bigger NO from her ...
a self note to my fellow autograph and celebrity photo seeker and myself ... minders and organiser are to be ignored if the celebrity look willing to obliged.
so before he left, I shook his hand and well being the nice celebrity he is ... he gave me a big smile and wished me a Happy New year ... regrets sort of flood in that I didn't ask for "more" but I guess I should not be that greedy
in the end, I decided to move on as i think must stop these fan boy mode or invitation might not come our way anymore ... and u never know ... i might just have another chance again in time to come .... : )
