Sunday, October 02, 2005

The Finale...

Bo pa nai lor me... yesterday i spent 1 hour writing this post, then i highlighted all trying to save but instead i press the 'delete' button, so everything *poof* GONE! So now have to retype again...

Malaysian Idol Grand Finale 2005 (23/09/05 and 24/09/05)
My friend Emily came and pick me up at 2pm, then went to her house to park her car there and we take a taxi to KL Sentral for the Genting bus. But the tickets were booked until 4pm! So we took the putra lrt to Gombak to catch the 3.30pm bus... unfortunately we missed it by 2 minutes!! So no choice but to wait until 4pm. We reach Genting Skyway at about 4.45pm then quickly queue up for the cable car and rush to check in... Finally we get dressed and rush to the Arena of Stars at about 6pm... Whoa! Damn a lot of people queueing up already, so me, emily, ching, anju, anusha and siva squeeze through to go nearer to where my friends chin fai, kian pong and kok leong were... Clean and clear was giving away free samples and some 'macho' *cough cough* guys were upselling the pepsi drinks...

Until 7.30pm only the doors open, so at the mean time fans of daniel and nita were screaming their names in front of the recording camera... When the door open, everybody rush in front and me and my friends were squashed like pancakes... i was holding my banner samore... Luckily chin fai got us some nice seats so we felt much better... kakaka... Altogether there were me, emily, ching, anju, anusha, siva, chin fai, kian pong, kok leong, bernard, bernard's bro and gf... We were at the normal seating, there were vip seats in front of us, then lagi in front (just below the stage) is normal seating as well but for the idols' families and friends... but actually early birds could have gone there... Priya, chin lung, benjamin and suzanne were there too... They sneaked into the VIP seating and sat next to the idols from season 1 (!^#*(*@^*!(*Y!!!)

About 8.30pm the red carpet starts, so we just sit back, relax and enjoy the whole show... First up was the performance by the idols from season 2, i think they sang Pop Ye Ye by V.E. and Shut Up by Simple Plan... Xerra's hair was blue and damn chun weh!!! Ash was really good looking and all the other idols were great too! Then Nita and Daniel came out... After that is performance by both the idols... Daniel sang Mimpi first, then Nita with her Berhenti Berharap, then Daniel with Heaven Knows, then Nita with Big Spender, Daniel with Angin Malam and finally Nita with her version of Mimpi... The show ended with a duet by both of them singing the malay and english version of 'You'll Be In My Heart' by Phil Collins... it was really really nice!!! Nearly cried... sob sob...


Then, sadly Ching Yee's dad did not allow her to stay overnight in Genting so we send her off, me and emily went for supper at McD with Priya, Ben, CL and Suzanne... Met Mr Izham on the way, took pic with him *shy shy* haha... Don't know why la, i really admire him... He's good looking, talented and smart... Too bad he's married... Sigh...

Went to bed at about 1 something and woke up the next day at 12pm by Priya! Then we went down for lunch, coincidently the judges of MI were having meet the fans session (something unusual, usually only idols will have this kinda session thingy) so we get their autograph and Rina and Edleen (from 8tv) were giving away free goodies and passes... They have a singing competition, so Priya joined, she sang 'If I Ain't Got You' and she won! So we got 4 VIP passes and to go to the post party after the result show!

Then we go to emily's mom's canteen for lunch, had fried rice and cantonese kuey teow, then quickly go find the 8-team crew for more goodies... They ask loads of questions regarding the MI, clean and clear, creative, and even have a game called 'musical bum' where when the music stops you have to sit down on the floor, whoever is slow will be eliminated... the top 3 had to finish up 2 packets of Tiger biscuits (wah, i see also i felt full!) and some girl who really want to meet Daniel won 2 passes... Emily won a Creative bag, Anju won a water bottle i think... Kinda funny cuz Felix ask 'create a sentence out of '8tv' and 'creative', so Emily just shouted '8tv is creative 'lah'!' Haha! Then we went back to our room to rest and then by 5.20pm we leave for Arena of Stars...

By the time we reach the Arena of Stars, the 8-team crew was there to give out goodies again, they played a game where you have to pose like Nita and Daniel to win the VIP passes... I think one couple won... We got three more passes for Anusha and Siva and Chin Fai (haha, don't have to know how la)... I pass 3 tics to Shermayne (a girl i met in the spectaculars) and go back to the room to get my charger for chin fai... By the time me and emily go back to the arena, the entrance was opened... We sat near to the steps where we can see the VVIPs coming in... We saw Sarimah, Kesh, Adam, Marion, Kak Jee etc... The result show was more interesting because they have individual performance by MI2 idols, and a group performance by all the idols from MI1 and MI2... Then they also invited the 'Britney boy', 'Michael Jackson' and 'Siti Nurhaliza wannabe' to perform... Really funny! And they showed the cursing of the guy who sang Chinese song during the audition, where he cursed the judges in Hokkien and broken english... kakaka! Nita and Daniel duet 'Menanti Sebuah Jawaban' and an english song, can't remember the title though... Then Jaclyn sang Gemilang... It was really an unforgettable experience... And oh ya, they showed the clip of the judges in action and Jien where he had to take his pants off and run around because he lost his bet in football... Hilarious! And finally, the results time... During breaktime, Rina and Phat Fabes come out to 'fluff' us up... And the winner is, well, by this time you all should know, DANIEL!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

After that, me and Emily were waiting for Priya at the entrance and at that time, Daniel and Nita was walking out of the red carpet to the press conference, me and Emily went near to take their pic and the camera shot us! My friend called me to say that we were on tv, pai seh man! Then we rush to the post party, it was quiet at first because the idols were not there yet, so we makan a bit and chill... Then we take pictures with Sarimah, Marion, Jien, Sarah Tan etc... We take with anyone we could get la basically... Nita and Daniel came quite late due to the PC... I'm so happy cuz i took pics with Daniel 2 times, and i hug him 3 times (thanks to Emily!!!! Thanks a lot pal, without you it won't happen!)... All the idols were enjoying themselves dancing and chatting with everybody... Of course Daniel was the star of the night, everybody pulling him to dance and take picture... keke... so cute... but he still make sure his parents are alright all the time... Chin Fai was so happy because get to meet his idol, Jaclyn... Well, the idols from season 1 looked quite free, maybe because people tend to forget about them when there's new season haha... Andrew was really quiet the whole night... And i think Fahmy left really early... We went back about 3am... Gave goodbye hug to Daniel and the 8-team crew...


The next day pack and check out at 12pm... And went back KL with all the wonderful memories... Then i got to know that a gang of forummers went bowling and had lunch and dinner with Daniel and his family!!! Argh!!! Idiot!!! Keke, nevermind la, i happy enough get to see him already... Well, a lot of my friends think that Daniel can't sing and all, well, true also, compared to Nita, Nita is a better singer, but well, no point saying it now, people tend to vote and like him rather than Nita, keke!

To Daniel: Wish you all the best in everything you do, may your album sales achieve millions! Hope to see you again... All the best in everything you do!

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