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She is unpredictable, frequent moodswings. Sometimes she’s nice, and sometimes she’s not.
Her name is Yan Ying. 90% of the world can’t pronounce it properly, simple as it seems. But no one really cares so they just call her YY. She is not fond of people with the same name as her. She turns 14 on 6th September and she loves her birthday cause it is a sex symbol. She was from Yew Tee Primary and is still proud of her school. She will never forget the class of 6D’07, or the batch of P6’07. She is currently an idiot in Nanyang Girls High and it is a love-hate relationship. She belongs to 202’09 which she, to be honest, doesn’t feel much for. She is a Theatre Club girl and is more than proud to be one. She especially loves Emo Batch♥, and looks forward to devoting her next 3 years to TCN with much optimism. She does ballet with more than just passion but she can’t do a center split. She is trying her best and is currently aiming for a far-fetched distinction for Grade6. She loves hiphop just as much though she’s pretty new at it. Her favourite sport is swimming and she occasionally plays basketball as a form of stress-relief. She likes to be tan and loves her swimming tan line. The piano, is yet another love-hate relationship. Like most teenagers, her hobbies include MSNing, blogging, and youtubing and facebooking. She loves shopping and doing random stuff like gaying people, jumping over railings, walking in the rain, and having completely irregular sleeping hours. Unlike most teenagers, she thinks that rap music is trash. She also thinks that she is getting old cause she hates the songs the average listens to these days. She can’t explain her love for oldies, country music, ballads, and sentimentals. Nostalgic songs are the best. Her favourite bands are Michael Learns to Rock, The Beatles and Westlife. She loves too many singers to name them all. “Forevers” are bullshit as of now. The night speaks to her the way no one else can. Her favourite thing to do is to curl up with a book on a rainy afternoon in her room, where she feels safest in. Her favourite flower is a black rose, but on the contrary, she likes rainbows and hugs too. She is always torn between two. But she is determined when she sets her mind on something, so she wants the world to shut up and believe in her. Just watch.Tag
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Friday, September 04, 2009, 11:59 PM
MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK: CONCERT.
If I could keep this moment in timeif I could make you forever mine
Baby I'm lost in your love
from heaven above
You came to bring me up
Tonight is undoubtly one of the most memorable nights of my life. I don't know how and where to start blogging, and as much as this entry is going to be a mess of emotions and not in chronological order, I'll try to be as coherent as possible. Photos next entry because my camera's out of battery. GOSH I NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEOS.
So. Wow. I can't bear to sleep tonight because I'm afraid the image left in my mind won't be as fresh anymore when I wake up tomorrow. Crazy or what? Tonight was unbelievable, incredible, amazing, spectacular, breathtaking, unforgettable. And I don't wanna let go of tonight, I want to keep playing and replaying it over in my mind until I finally get tired of it, which is never.
While typing this I'm hugging my monkey which has "MLTR" written on his shirt, weird considering the fact that I'm "not a soft toy person". I'm hugging it for comfort and reassurance because I'm actually very sad now that it's over, you won't believe how emotionally overpowered I am now.
"Boy I missed your kisses,
All the time but this is,
Twenty five minutes too late."
Oh no we definitely weren't twenty-five minutes too late, in fact we were more than two hours early. I left home immediately after I edited the previous entry, 4.31pm I think, had a very early dinner with my cousin, and took the MRT to Dhoby Ghaut. On the MRT we couldn't stop smiling like two idiots and there were many times I wanted to break out in laughter/ start screaming that I'm going for MLTR's Concert but I had to restrain that because I don't want to end up on Stomp.
At Dhoby Ghaut we met up with Eik Kar and Janicia (very pretty!) and I practically demanded my autograph and my limited edition watch - the 34th out of 500. Once again thank you EK for the millionth time and yes I'll treat all that you have done as my first birthday present from you! Really it's not just the autograph, if you hadn't talked so much about this I wouldn't have been this hell bent on going. And if I didn't go I'll be like god-knows-where just now, missing out on this fantastic opportunity.
Walked to Fort Canning, and when we arrived there which was before six, there were less than 10 people waiting. By 630 the queue was pretty long already, which we were at the front of, and they started tearing tickets at seven. Ended up just behind the barricade, there were plenty of space there so of course we hurriedly chope. FRONT MIDDLE. Okay just slightly to the left which was Jascha's side so no problem. Like what are the chances of you standing at my position for a free-standing concert?
And I was worried my height wouldn't be able to make it and I would just end up smelling peoples' armpits.
Okay we sat down and waited and it started at around 845, 45 minutes past scheduled time but that's always what happens. The area was full, crowded all the way to the back, and I thought there wouldn't be this much people! We were standing at the frontest front (sorry for horrible grammar I just wanted to emphasize that again) without anybody blocking our view, no heads, nothing but the barricade and photographers who were stooping down.
I heard two girls who in their 20s perhaps, sitting behind me and talking about how come they see kids around 15 years old coming to watch the MLTR's concert. Okay, so we probably weren't even born yet when this band existed, but it doesn't mean we like them any less. Shouldn't generalize all teenagers today to be 987FM-ers or DBSK/Suju-ers, though I was once one of the former and of course it's not a bad thing. Different people have different tastes. I do like some songs from today too, like 21 Guns and those by Taylor Swift.
OKAY LET'S GET BACK. In fact I quite liked the age-range today, most were people in their 20s and 30s with a handful of teenagers like us. I couldn't spot anyone younger than me though, didn't expect to. I really admire those adults who have been liking them since they started their journey in '88 and early 90s, some collecting every single of their albums and waiting for everytime they come to Singapore. Hopefully they still will in future, and yes from today onwards I'm one of those who will be waiting for them to come back again.
Mmhmm at 845 we were getting pretty restless, but when they came out it was simply AMAZING. Seeing your favourite band right in front of your eyes, less than 5 metres away you can see their features all clearly defined. You can look right into their eyes because they are so freaking close. Started off with an audience favourite - "Sleeping Child" and also performed two others that I wanted to hear, 25 Minutes and That's Why (You Go Away). Others that I knew included Take Me To You Heart, Out of the Blue, Paint My Love, The Actor, It's Gonna Make Sense, How Many Hours, Nothing to Lose, Complicated Heart, Blue Night, etc. ALL. VERY. AWESOME.
I had the time of my life and so did everyone else. Took alot of pictures (memory card full in the end) and videod a few hit songs, though I definitely did put my camera down and just watch them perform - that's most worth it. At one point Jascha the lead singer+keyboardist came down and his hand brushed mine. TWICE. We were standing less than 1m apart. He's awesomely talented, can sing so well and play both the keyboard and guitar. Very charismatic too! And he's my dad's age, 46.
THE GUITARIST JUST BLEW US ALL AWAY. So quietly hot, his half-buttoned white shirt translucent due to his sweat, his neat gelled hair turning ruffled and sexy by the end of it, a little bit of fringe dangling in front of his face. Oh goodness his smile! Even Eik Kar said he "will turn gay just for him". I think he's the friendliest among them too. Nevermind he's 41 and I'm 14.
Age does not matter at all. Manliness does.
Most of all it was the music; songs you can listen to for an Eternity and not get tired of them. No idea how to elaborate on this one. If you're a fan you'll get it, if you aren't then too bad.
The three-hour wait was definitely worth it (wasn't that bad because I was spamming SMSes to various people while listening to MLTR songs). So was falling deathly ill in the morning, I swear it was the MLTR power which made me recover in a matter of hours. It was worth the money, the time, the obsession, the screaming.. Wonderful memories for a first concert. The whole thing - autograph, watch, concert - best birthday present in my 13 years and 363 days of existence. Thank you mummy, daddy, Wan Ting and Eik Kar!
You probably think it's weird that I'm so obsessive and stuff right now, because I'm not usually like this over idols. I swear this doesn't happen alot, and allow it once.. It's Michael Learns to Rock afterall.