My best birthday present ever...

So i was up in Genting on Saturday for Khalil's Timeless in Malaysia concert....Mom and Petrina went up with me...I got up about lunch time, finished packing and went for lunch...Dad dropped us off at KL Sentral to get the bus up to Genting...but all the tickets were sold out and the earliest bus we could get was at 4pm...i was like dang!!! so we called the Gombak station to ask if there were still tickets for the 2pm bus...thank God they still had tickets....so we took the LRT to Terminal Putra to catch the 2pm bus...

Mom met a friend in the bus...when we reached the Awana Skyway, the queue was so ridiculously long that i thought we'd never make it up to Genting...but God really provided a smooth passageway for us coz Mom's friend had this Genting member card that allowed us to go into the express lane...so we were checked into our hotel room about 330pm...Mom and Petrina went roaming around while i rested in the room...

Started preparing for the concert at 5pm...was ready by 6pm...then went for dinner with Mom and Petrina...was waiting for the HK girl Karen to appear...by 730pm she still hasn't reach the Arena of Stars...and it was raining cats and dogs earlier...i was quite worried that she would be late for the concert...but thankfully she reached at about 750pm...so i gave her the ticket, collected the money and went into the concert hall...

The concert hall was pretty packed already by the time we went in...the concert didn't start too late... at 815pm, Andrew Tan (Malaysian singer) came out as the opening act...he sang one of his new song "Tian Hou"...and then Khalil came on stage and the crowd (including yours truly) went wild...hehe...this time round, he sang more English songs...totally loved his Stevie Wonder impersonation...he sang his favourites like "Superstitious", "Sir Duke"...even put on his shades...

Khalil played a lot of guitar, quite a bit of the keyboard and the grand piano...he even did some drums for his encore...i just love Khalil on the piano...too bad the piano was at the other corner of the stage...so could hardly see him when he was playing the piano...even Edward Chan played the piano...but i can't seem to remember which song he played...Khalil played and sang on the piano a few songs..."Nan Yin", "Ji De" and Singalong Song...

I was screaming and hooting like a crazy infatuated teenager throughout the concert...i think i totally irked the aunty who was sitting beside me...not to mention i was singing along with Khalil...of course when he walked towards my side of the stage i went wild...hehe...first row seat is really a whole new experience...when Khalil ended his repertoire with his song "Sorry", i was like what? NOOO!!!! don't!!! of course he came back on stage for his encore...but really, almost 3 hours of Khalil is still too little...of course as usual, he kept forgetting his lyrics...but it's still cool...

I saw Hermond (Warner Music Malaysia's GM) and Howard (also from Warner Music Malaysia) during and after the concert...but i guess they weren't going to ask me to go for the celebration party...so sad...wished i had the "All Access" pass...then i could have gone backstage to see Khalil...but in all, it was still my best birthday present ever...:) anyway, Petrina told me The Star reviewed his concert...here's the link to the article..

http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/1/music/6374372&sec=music

My 1st row ticket...:)

Another courier came for me today...of course i've been expecting it all day...i'm actually on call today...but at least the expectation of my parcel made that more bearable...had quite a few referrals...but otherwise i wasn't too busy...the courier guy called me about lunch time that he was at my house but of course no one was at home...so i asked him if he could deliver it to the hospital... so at about 355pm, Fanny, boss' PA called me saying that there was a parcel for me at the office...
Totally brightened my day...quickly went to get it and opened it...YES!!! my 1st row ticket to Khalil's Timeless in Malaysia concert...and 2 of Khalil's concert posters..:) i just checked the seat plan...my seat is actually quite to the left corner of the stage...but it doesn't matter...it's still 1st row...hopefully the grand piano which Khalil will play on is on the left side of the stage...then i'll get to see him better...hehe...

So now i actually have an extra VIP ticket to the concert...i put a comment on one of Khalil's FB fan page to ask if anyone was interested to buy the ticket...it's RM323...13th row from the stage...right of the stage...nearer to the centre than my VVIP seat...and believe it or not, a girl from HK actually messaged me on FB and said she was interested to go for the concert...Khalil really has very willing fans...anyway, she hasn't really got back to me to confirm if she really wanted the ticket...so if you're a Khalil fan, and you're quite desperate for a VIP ticket, please leave your email address in your comment....i'll get back to you asap...