Finally i've experienced my first ever pop concert in my entire existence...and T Music Festival was great!!! great is really an understatement but it's almost 4am and the part of the brain that controls my vocabulary must be asleep now...anyway, the show started quite on time...it was 7.10pm when the MCs came out to announce the commencement of the party...it is now raining as i'm typing this and i thank God that it didn't rain throughout the 6 hours plus show...God's timing is great huh?I took the LRT to bukit jalil stadium coz i thought driving there would be an insane idea...reached there about 6.20pm...i walked towards the stadium and saw many ppl who were already there.. went to the ticket counter to ask where was the rm268 tics entrance coz i didn't see any sign...ended up going in through the wrong entrance..had to be escorted to the other entrance..the vip entrance..hehe..my seat was row M seat 16...M16...;) it was at the end of the row next to the stairs...quite middle...so i had a great view...oh, and i found out what T stood for...Tiger..as in the beer...coz Tiger was one of the sponsor...smart move huh?The show started with Andrew Tan (Malaysia)..then Rickman Sie (Malaysia)...then a singaporean singer..next up was James (Thailand)...never really knew what was so great about him except that maybe he looked a bit like Wang Leehom (from afar)...then it was ManHand (Malaysia)...the basist actually looked quite cute, hehe...Soler (Hong Kong) came next...never heard of them...but they were quite the rock band...then it was another Hongkie singer, Hoi Meng Wai...and some pretty boy Hongkie singer who's quite forgettable...Up next, Power Station (Taiwan)...another rock band...and they sang quite long...but their songs are quite cool...then it was Liu Li Yang (China)...really like her "Yan Lei Xiao Le"...but her outfit was pretty hideous...when Chin (Thailand ) came onto stage and started performing, suddenly the whole stadium blacked-out...and then there was smoke coming from the power source...somebody overloaded the power system i guess...we had to wait for more than half-hour before the electricity came back on...and i was so worried that they'd cancelled the concert...coz Khalil hasn't performed yet at that time...oh no!!! but the MCs and some of the singers entertained us while they were fixing the power...Justin (HK), Khalil, Kay Tse (HK), David Tao (Taiwan), Sam Lee and Z-Chen (Malaysia) came out to sing acapella using a hailer...that kept the crown happy for a while...thank God for His kindness coz the lights came back on...phew!!! the show is back on the road...So Chin performed...his signature "Yu Jian Ni", the sony cybershot Skinny T theme song or something like that...then it was some Malaysian female singer singing some irritating songs...but when the next Malaysian male singer came up, both of them dueted JJ Lin's song "Xiao Jiu Wo", which i like...then it was the moment i've been waiting for...Khalil came on stage...woohoo!!!! i went down the stairs to get a closer look...wanted to film his performance but the stupid organizers and rela ppl won't allow...party-poopers!!! so i ended up just gazing at Khalil from afar (not unlike some love-lorn teenager, hehe)...he sang "Ai Ai Ai", Singalong Song, Love Song and Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You...he didn't sing Wonderful Tonight..:(...if only he did...it'd have been the best performance of the night...and he didn't even have to do gimmicks like the other singers...oh well, life's full of disappointments...After that, it was Z-chen (Malaysia)...something went wrong with the music during his performance...so he got fed up and started singing acapella...he sounded good singing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You...powerful vocals...then it was Sam Lee's turn...i just love his voice..it's so nasal..and yet it sounds so good when he sings..and he's tall...though not too good looking...managed to film most of his performance...hehe...avoided the watchful eyes of the organizers discreetly...next was Kay Tse....she's got a nice voice..better than Fiona Sit's...and her dressing style is quite retro...pretty...Justin came on next...apparently he's got the most fans among the crowd...though i don't see why... i guess most ppl are into hip-hop these days...then it was Davis Tao's turn...his fan base is quite strong too...really got the crowd going...he sang his new song "An Lian" and his signature "Ai Hen Jia Dan"...finally Joey Yung (HK) came on stage...she was the last performer of the night...by then it was already 1am...and yet the crowd was still going strong...i supposed everyone was waiting for her...though again, i don't see what's the big deal...besides the fact she was pretty...but she did sing the song i like..."Zhe Jiu Shi Ai Ma"...found out that it was written by JJ Lin..cool...My butt and practically my whole body were aching all over by then...stadium chairs are the most un-ergonomical...and my heels killed my feet...thank God i didn't get the rm400 ticket which would have granted me access to the floor which was a lot nearer to the stage, but would have required me to stand throughout the whole concert...i would have needed both feet amputation if that was the case...next time, i'm gonna wear t-shirt, shorts and slippers to concerts like that...then i can buy the vvip ticket and stand whole night...hehe...So, i didn't get to watch Khalil sing Wonderful Tonight live...and i didn't get to see him close enough to get him to sign my album...but i still had a marvelous time...i was like an 18 year-old kid again... cat-calling, screaming and wolf-whistling my heart out...it's a good thing that i went alone..no one there knew me anyway..hahaha...HIlton's sponsoring the celebs' accomodation...i'm rather tempted to go stalk Khalil out...hahahaha...yea, wishful thinking...i should just go sleep now and dream that he'd come knocking on my door....hahahaha....sigh..i need help...
You know your work life sucks when you thank God for the measly 4 hours of (interrupted) sleep you get during your calls...coz on most days, you get less than that....still, that's part of your life as a doc who works like a dog for a living...sorry, i'm rambling again...post call syndrome...But i'm back in KL now...slept for 2 hours on the flight and now i'm wide awake as an owl...it's Saturday!!! WOHOO!!!! T Music Festival is happening today at the Bukit Jalil Stadium...finally got my ticket from my bro...that fellow was trying to pull my leg pretending not to know what i was talking about...younger brothers can be so pesky...i had to pretend to beg and get all teary before he finally produced the ticket...ass...;PAnyway, i'm all set...got my outfit, shoes, etc....tomorrow afternoon gonna get a hairwash and blow-dry my hair...B said he somehow imagined me getting ready like almost a wedding..hahaha...nay! that will be a hundred-fold more exciting..hahaha...but i do love playing dress-up....i hardly dress-up..lazy...so i only dress up for special occasions...i feel like i'm 18 again...getting ready for my first pop concert, ever...seriously, i've never attended a pop concert in my whole 28 years of existence...so i'm making it up for my lost teenage experience...hehe...Flora said i'd probably be the oldest person there...though i won't be surprised to see uncles and aunties bringing their teenage daughters and sons...I hope Khalil will sing "Wonderful Tonight" tonight...it'll be so magical...brought back my Timeless album...still hoping i'll be able to get him to sign it for me...
Ok, will interrupt the Gold Coast series again...too many things happening to distract me...first, i had the worst OT call i ever had yesterday....started from 8am yesterday...worked non-stop until 7am this morning...sent 2 patients to ICU...much to Hoe's dismay...couldn't help it...one was an intra-ab injury with 3L blood loss and queried haemothorax/ lung contusion (whole left lung white out)....another was early this morning...suspected perforated bowel...intra-op turned out to be perforated appendix...with lotsa pus contamination...dilated bowels..unable to close...ended up with Bogota bag...uncle had a right lung pleural effusion...so didn't wanna extubate and send back to ward at 3.30am...thought that was the end of it..but then got perforated gastric ulcer...so i 'bersahur' with the nurses...and then continued with the PGU...ended about 6.30pm...sent patient out...went to sleep about 7am...i couldn't wake up at 8am to pass over to the next person on call...i think i was just mumbling in my sleep when i was passing over..then i collapsed again and slept till 9am plus...felt a bit more awake...so should be able to drive myself home without ending up in my own ICU..thank God for his protection...so Sleepless in Theatre went home...and paid back her sleep debt till 5.30pm just now....
On a brighter note, my bro Simon finally went to Sungai Wang to buy the ticket to T Music Festival for me yesterday....he bought be the RM268 ticket..which i thought was the most expensive tic already...and then he told me there was the RM400 vvip ticket....floor seatings...i was like, hmmm, why didn't you call/msg to ask if i'd prefer that one? coz obviously i'd prefer to have the vvip ticket...anything just to be able to be as close to Khalil as possible yea? anyway, since he bought it already...better than nothing lah...now i really have to hope that myfm will have a contest to win some vvip passes to the T Music Festival...and that i'd be able to call in and win one...oh gosh!!! i can't believe i'll be meeting Khalil again...well, even from far also good enough for me...
Since i'm missing Khalil's Timeless concert in HK today, tomorrow and Saturday, so at least the T Music Festival is a consolation...i'd do prefer to find myself in HK now listening and watching Khalil live....for like 3 hours...just him only...oh well, i'll have to wait for some other crazy Khalil fans to upload onto youtube so i can watch how the concert went...by the way, Jasmine found out that Khalil is actually the artist of the month in Channel V (Squeal!!)...but unfortunately, we don't have astro at our house....if not, i'd have been able to watch Khalil a whole month long on Channel V...hahaha... i sound like some high-school girl high on her crush....
So, while Khalil is performing at the HK Convention Centre singing his songs from the Timeless album and i'm sure, many other of his songs...i'm stuck in my room in KK...listening to his Timeless album again and again...mourning about my being unable to be where he is now...sigh...
The T Music Festival poster...was quite tempted to bring it back after the concert....
Would have brought back if it was just Khalil on it..hehe..
Liu Li Yang in action...that's the best my camera can get from where i sat...
During the blackout...guess i wasn't the only Khalil fan there...
Khalil...
Khalil...
and Khalil...so near yet so far...sigh...
Sam Lee Sheng Jie...singing passionately...
Kay Tse...the lightings kinda overexposed the photo...
David Tao...
